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James Monroe: “On this view of the policy and sanctions of the law it has been decided to send a public ship to the coast of Africa…”

On the recordDecember 16, 1819
On this view of the policy and sanctions of the law it has been decided to send a public ship to the coast of Africa with two such agents, who will take with them tools and other implements necessary for the purposes above mentioned.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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