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On the recordFebruary 18, 1807
I transmit to Congress a letter from our ministers plenipotentiary at London, informing us that they have agreed with the British commissioners to conclude a treaty on all the points which had formed the object of their negotiation, and on terms which they trusted we would approve.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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