Westward Extension, 1841-1850Harper & Brothers, 1906 - 366 من الصفحات A vivid portrait of a turbulent & crowded decade. Although the emphasis is on expansion, the book is largely a history of the U.S. during the years covered. Also discussed are party struggle & the domestic problems of the Tyler & Polk administrations. Illus. |
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... Clay and Webster , of whom Clay was the superior as leader and organizer . He was beside himself with anger when he learned that Harrison , and not he , had been nominated by the Harrisburg convention.1 He had no lack of faith in ...
... Clay and Webster , of whom Clay was the superior as leader and organizer . He was beside himself with anger when he learned that Harrison , and not he , had been nominated by the Harrisburg convention.1 He had no lack of faith in ...
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... Clay's warmth and personal magnetism , with little fitness for political management , and , as a New - Englander , less " available " than Clay . With all his disadvantages , his was an influence that must always be reckoned with ; and ...
... Clay's warmth and personal magnetism , with little fitness for political management , and , as a New - Englander , less " available " than Clay . With all his disadvantages , his was an influence that must always be reckoned with ; and ...
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... Clay ; while Polk carried eight slave states and Clay five . New York and Michigan were lost to Clay by the de- fection of the abolitionists . Benton alleges that New York would have been carried by the Whigs but for the strength of ...
... Clay ; while Polk carried eight slave states and Clay five . New York and Michigan were lost to Clay by the de- fection of the abolitionists . Benton alleges that New York would have been carried by the Whigs but for the strength of ...
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THE QUARREL BETWEEN TYLER AND THE WHIGS | 51 |
ADJUSTMENT OF THE MAINE BOUNDARY CON | 67 |
THE TEXAN QUESTION 18191841 | 85 |
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¹ Niles 29 Cong 30 Cong adopted Albert Bushnell Hart amendment American annexation of Texas August Bancroft Barnburners Benton bill boundary Britain British Buchanan Buren Calhoun California Cass chap claims Clay Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Columbia committee Congress Constitution convention December declared Democrats Diary district Documents election favor Free Soil Frémont Globe Hist History Holst House Exec Ibid issue Jacksonian Democracy January July June letter LXXIV March ment Messages and Papers Mexican cession Mexican government Mexico Mexico and California minister Missouri Compromise movement negotiations Niles nomination North Northwest Ohio Oregon organization Pacific party passed political President Polk question refused Register resolution Richardson River Santa sectional Senate Docs Sess session Silas Wright slave slave-holding slave-trade slavery Slidell South southern tariff Taylor territorial government Texan tion treaty troops Tyler Union vols vote Walker tariff Washington Webster West westward Whigs Wilmot Proviso York