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US Presidents #5 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/25/2007
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2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

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Geocache Description:

FTF goes to VtoPb on August 26, 2007

You may click on this picture for the page with all the answers

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With a quick search of the internet you'll easily be able to find out who this man was. If you like just peak at the link provided in the related to web page block or click on the picture of this President to find all the info you'll need.

You will need to read the provided web page for this man to decode the following puzzle.

AB CD.EFG
HIJ KL.MNO

A = 3
B = 8
C = As Minister to France in 179 _ -1796, he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with Robert R. Livingston, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.
D = Last number (Left to right) of the year he served as President.
E = His ambition and energy, together with the backing of President Madison, made him the Republican choice for the Presidency in 18 _ _ . (These two number added together as individuals)
F = As a youthful politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1 _ 90, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator. (This number minus 2)
G = Born April 2 _ , 1758
H = 1
I = 2
J = 1
K = How many former Presidents back him in his bid for office in 1816
L =How many years did he serve as President? (Subtract 3)
M = In foreign affairs Monroe proclaimed the fundamental policy that bears his name, responding to the threat that the more conservative governments in Europe might try to aid Spain in winning back her former Latin American colonies. Monroe did not begin formally to recognize the young sister republics until 1 _ 22, after ascertaining that Congress would vote appropriations for diplomatic missions. He and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams wished to avoid trouble with Spain until it had ceded the Floridas, as was done in 1821. (Halve this number)
N = How many years as President did her serve? (This number minus 7)
O = Monroe accepted Adams's advice. Not only must Latin America be left alone, he warned, but also Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. ". . . the American continents," he stated, "by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power." Some _ _ years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known as the Monroe Doctrine. (This number minus 11)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)