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On the recordDecember 13, 1820
With the Weas, Kickapoos, Chippeways, Ottawas, Choctaws, and Mahas; and also a treaty with the Kickapoos amended as proposed by a resolution of the Senate at their last session
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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