A Century of ExpansionMacmillan, 1903 - 316 pages |
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Page 82
... sovereignty and possession of Loui- siana , on both sides of the river , and also of the Floridas , so as to own the Mississippi from source to mouth , and also the whole shore of the Gulf and those narrow Florida Straits through which ...
... sovereignty and possession of Loui- siana , on both sides of the river , and also of the Floridas , so as to own the Mississippi from source to mouth , and also the whole shore of the Gulf and those narrow Florida Straits through which ...
Page 96
... sovereignty was signed on April 30 , 1803 , without the knowledge of a single person in the United States , and of course without a hint of authoriza- tion . When the news of it reached Jefferson , he perceived that the commissioners ...
... sovereignty was signed on April 30 , 1803 , without the knowledge of a single person in the United States , and of course without a hint of authoriza- tion . When the news of it reached Jefferson , he perceived that the commissioners ...
Page 107
... sovereignty of any other nation in the world . Whatever any nation can legally do , it can do . If France could purchase Louisiana from Spain , the United States could purchase it from France . That was and is the fundamental principle ...
... sovereignty of any other nation in the world . Whatever any nation can legally do , it can do . If France could purchase Louisiana from Spain , the United States could purchase it from France . That was and is the fundamental principle ...
Page 114
... sovereignty . " Senator Pickering , of Massachusetts , conceded the power of the United States to acquire and hold territories as territories , but insisted that no mere two - thirds vote would be sufficient to incor- porate them into ...
... sovereignty . " Senator Pickering , of Massachusetts , conceded the power of the United States to acquire and hold territories as territories , but insisted that no mere two - thirds vote would be sufficient to incor- porate them into ...
Page 116
... sovereignty from the French officials were W. C. C. Claiborne , the able and tactful governor of Mississippi , and Wilkinson , the detestable traitor who at that time dishonored the American army by being its commanding general . The ...
... sovereignty from the French officials were W. C. C. Claiborne , the able and tactful governor of Mississippi , and Wilkinson , the detestable traitor who at that time dishonored the American army by being its commanding general . The ...
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