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James Monroe: “With a view to the security of our inland frontiers, it has been thought expedient to establish strong posts at the…”

On the recordNovember 15, 1818
With a view to the security of our inland frontiers, it has been thought expedient to establish strong posts at the mouth of Yellow Stone River and at the Mandan village on the Missouri, and at the mouth of St. Peters on the Mississippi, at no great distance from our northern boundaries.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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