American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... became prominent as a lawyer and as a writer on interna- tional law , sought to restore his health during his college days by taking a sea voyage as a common sailor . Most of the two years thus spent was employed in sailing up and down ...
... became prominent as a lawyer and as a writer on interna- tional law , sought to restore his health during his college days by taking a sea voyage as a common sailor . Most of the two years thus spent was employed in sailing up and down ...
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... became minister to Mexico in 1842. His sober estimate of that nation shows the conditions under which she entered upon a war with the United States . - Bibliography : H. H. Bancroft , History of the Pacific States , VIII , 249-251 ; War ...
... became minister to Mexico in 1842. His sober estimate of that nation shows the conditions under which she entered upon a war with the United States . - Bibliography : H. H. Bancroft , History of the Pacific States , VIII , 249-251 ; War ...
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... became , therefore , of urgent necessity to provide for the defense of that portion of our country . Accordingly , on the 13th of January last instructions were issued to the general in command of these troops to occupy the left bank of ...
... became , therefore , of urgent necessity to provide for the defense of that portion of our country . Accordingly , on the 13th of January last instructions were issued to the general in command of these troops to occupy the left bank of ...
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... became engaged with a large body of these troops , and after a short affair , in which some 16 were killed and wounded , appear to have been surrounded and compelled to surrender . " The grievous wrongs perpetrated by Mexico upon our ...
... became engaged with a large body of these troops , and after a short affair , in which some 16 were killed and wounded , appear to have been surrounded and compelled to surrender . " The grievous wrongs perpetrated by Mexico upon our ...
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... became commander - in- chief of the army . Like Taylor , he was a Whig . The Democratic administration with reluctance consented that he should command in person the expedition against Mexico , which he brought to the brilliant close ...
... became commander - in- chief of the army . Like Taylor , he was a Whig . The Democratic administration with reluctance consented that he should command in person the expedition against Mexico , which he brought to the brilliant close ...
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