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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... Louisiana was transferred from Spain to France . It was the intention of Napoleon , who was then at the head of the French government , to claim Texas as part of the acquisition , and to fix the southwestern boundary at the Rio Grande ...
... Louisiana was transferred from Spain to France . It was the intention of Napoleon , who was then at the head of the French government , to claim Texas as part of the acquisition , and to fix the southwestern boundary at the Rio Grande ...
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... Louisiana . Unfortunately we have become only too familiar with such charges , and are too often forced to credit them ; yet it is by no means easy to sift the evidence concerning them , to fix the responsibility , or to ascertain ...
... Louisiana . Unfortunately we have become only too familiar with such charges , and are too often forced to credit them ; yet it is by no means easy to sift the evidence concerning them , to fix the responsibility , or to ascertain ...
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... Louisiana . In the treaty signed by the commissioners of the two powers , December 31 , 1806 , but rejected by President Jefferson , there was added after the signing a provision that the line of the forty - ninth parallel , which was ...
... Louisiana . In the treaty signed by the commissioners of the two powers , December 31 , 1806 , but rejected by President Jefferson , there was added after the signing a provision that the line of the forty - ninth parallel , which was ...
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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