American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... river and the Del Norte had been represented in the Congress and in the convention of Texas , had thus taken part in the act of annexation itself , and is now included within one of our Congressional districts . Our own Congress had ...
... river and the Del Norte had been represented in the Congress and in the convention of Texas , had thus taken part in the act of annexation itself , and is now included within one of our Congressional districts . Our own Congress had ...
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... river , " 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 ...
... river , " 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 ...
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... showed himself there , is there a man over thirteen and under ninety who would not have been ready to meet him ? Is there a river on this continent that 24 [ 1847 The Mexican War Senator Thomas Corwin An Opponent of the War, 1847.
... showed himself there , is there a man over thirteen and under ninety who would not have been ready to meet him ? Is there a river on this continent that 24 [ 1847 The Mexican War Senator Thomas Corwin An Opponent of the War, 1847.
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Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. him ? Is there a river on this continent that would not have run red with blood ? Is there a field but would have been piled high with the unburied bones of slaughtered Americans before these ...
Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. him ? Is there a river on this continent that would not have run red with blood ? Is there a field but would have been piled high with the unburied bones of slaughtered Americans before these ...
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... river disappears in the sands of the desert , and that from that place a desert of sand , with water but once in forty - five miles , had to be crossed . In our worn - out condi- tion this looked discouraging , and it was with a kind of ...
... river disappears in the sands of the desert , and that from that place a desert of sand , with water but once in forty - five miles , had to be crossed . In our worn - out condi- tion this looked discouraging , and it was with a kind of ...
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