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James Monroe: “I have thought that the United States should act with a generous spirit; that they should omit nothing which should…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1825
I have thought that the United States should act with a generous spirit; that they should omit nothing which should comport with a liberal construction of the instrument and likewise be in accordance with the just rights of those tribes.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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