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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 25, 1819

The treaty of amity, settlement, and limits between the United States and His Catholic Majesty having been on the part of the United States ratified, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, copies of it are now transmitted to…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 25, 1819

As the ratification on the part of Spain may be expected to take place during the recess of Congress, I recommend to their consideration the adoption of such legislative measures contingent upon the event of the exchange of the…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 21, 1819

Copies of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the minister from Spain connected with this subject since the renewal of the negotiation are likewise inclosed.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 21, 1819

I transmit to the Senate a treaty of amity, settlement, and limits between the United States of America and His Catholic Majesty, concluded and signed this day, for the decision of the Senate as to its ratification.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 5, 1819

This letter has been mislaid, or it would have been communicated with the other documents at the commencement of the session.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 5, 1819

I transmit to Congress a copy of a letter from Governor Bibb to Major-General Jackson, connected with the late military operations in Florida.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 4, 1819

How many of them have been appointed officers in the Army and Navy of the United States

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 4, 1819

To cause to be laid before it a copy of the rules and regulations adopted for the government of the Military Academy at West Point

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 2, 1819

These injuries have been sustained under circumstances which appear to recommend strongly to the attention of Congress the claim to indemnity for the losses occasioned by them, which the legislative authority is alone competent to provide.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 2, 1819

I communicate to Congress copies of applications received from the minister of Great Britain in behalf of certain British subjects who have suffered in their property by proceedings to which the United States by their military and judicial…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Feb 1, 1819

I nominate John Overrun, Newton Cannon, and Robert Weakly, of Tennessee, as commissioners to negotiate with the Chickasaw tribe of Indians for the cession of a tract of land 4 miles square, including a salt spring, reserved to the said…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 29, 1819

I transmit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, and likewise one from the Secretary of War, which will afford all the information requested by the House of Representatives.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 3, 1819

I transmit to the Senate, in pursuance of their resolution of the 30th of last month, requesting to be furnished with the instructions, including that of the 28th of July, 1818, to the plenipotentiaries of the United States who negotiated…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 30, 1818

I transmit a report from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, together with a communication from the Board of Navy Commissioners, which, with the documents accompanying it, comprehends all the information required by the House of…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 28, 1818

I have to request that these documents, which are original, may be returned when the Senate shall have acted on the convention.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 28, 1818

I lay before the Senate, for their consideration, a convention, signed at London on the 20th of October last, between the United States and Great Britain, together with the documents showing the course and progress of the negotiation.

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