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On the recordFebruary 16, 1825
The exposure being common to the whole District, the regulation should apply to the whole, to make which Congress alone possesses the adequate power.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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I transmit to Congress translations of two letters from Don Joaquin d'Anduaga to the Secretary of State, which have been received at Department of State since my last message communicating copies of his correspondence with this Government.

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