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On the recordApril 27, 1818
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this 28th day of April, A. D. 1818, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Proclamation—Notice of Agreement Between the United States and Great Britain on Lmits of Naval Forces on the Great Lakes

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