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James Monroe: “I transmit to the Senate a convention, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the Republic of…”

On the recordFebruary 20, 1825
I transmit to the Senate a convention, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the Republic of Colombia at Bogota on the 10th of December, 1824, together with the documents appertaining to the negotiation of the same, for the constitutional consideration of the Senate with regard to its ratification.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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