The History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent to the Close of the Thirty-sixth CongressAppleton, 1868 - 812 pages |
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... Mexican Governor , 735. American Settlers in alarm , 736. California free - Monterey on the Pacific captured , 737 . -Commodores Sloat and Stockton -- Expedition of Kearney , 738 . Santa Fé taken ; a Government organized , 739 ...
... Mexican Governor , 735. American Settlers in alarm , 736. California free - Monterey on the Pacific captured , 737 . -Commodores Sloat and Stockton -- Expedition of Kearney , 738 . Santa Fé taken ; a Government organized , 739 ...
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... Mexicans submitted , and their em- 1821. pire became a province of Spain . Just three hundred years from that time , the province threw off the Spanish yoke , and became a republic . Rumor told also of the splendor and wealth of a great ...
... Mexicans submitted , and their em- 1821. pire became a province of Spain . Just three hundred years from that time , the province threw off the Spanish yoke , and became a republic . Rumor told also of the splendor and wealth of a great ...
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... Mexican war . But for the present the nation suffered 1846 severely from false economy in not founding the Academy when first proposed . The first exhibition of the war spirit and the party XLII . 22 . CHAP . feeling which existed was.
... Mexican war . But for the present the nation suffered 1846 severely from false economy in not founding the Academy when first proposed . The first exhibition of the war spirit and the party XLII . 22 . CHAP . feeling which existed was.
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... Mexican war , and that in turn to the acquisition of California . The region known as Texas had been claimed , but on doubtful grounds , as a part of the already purchased ter- MOSES AUSTIN - IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS . 685 L. ritory 684 ...
... Mexican war , and that in turn to the acquisition of California . The region known as Texas had been claimed , but on doubtful grounds , as a part of the already purchased ter- MOSES AUSTIN - IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS . 685 L. ritory 684 ...
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... Mexican republic . The American who originated the plan of colonizing Texas , was Moses Austin , a native of Durham , Connec- ticut . He was engaged in working the lead mines in upper Louisiana , when , in his explorations , he became ...
... Mexican republic . The American who originated the plan of colonizing Texas , was Moses Austin , a native of Durham , Connec- ticut . He was engaged in working the lead mines in upper Louisiana , when , in his explorations , he became ...
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Page 517 - I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Page 788 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly...
Page 449 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 796 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution, " That all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable...
Page 287 - They planted by your care! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny, to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable, and, among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take upon me to say, the most formidable of any people upon the...
Page 308 - Episcopalian as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor, such ardor, such earnestness and pathos, and in language so elegant and sublime — for America, for the Congress, for the province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially the town of Boston.
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Page 521 - God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 310 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.