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Informed of all these proceedings, sent a man-of-war to 

 Monrovia and there saluted with twenty-one guns the Liberian 

 flag, as a sign that Great Britain recognised the new African 

 republic as a sovereign State. 



On the first Tuesday in October, 1847, Joseph Jenkins 

 Roberts was elected first President of the republic. Until 

 then he remained " Governor " of the colony. On January 3rd, 

 1848, he was installed as President. 



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