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21 Feb. 1821
Original paper slip text:21 Feb. 1828? [i.e. 1821?]
Anonymous
Original paper slip text:Anonymous ("a Kentuckian")
Although docketed and perhaps even dated 1828, it is addressed to JQA as Secretary of State. In 1821? Thomas Hart Benton introduced a bill to establish a trading-road from Missouri to New Mexico (Roosevelt, Benton [Amer. Statesmen Series], p. 53).