American Interest in Cuba: 1848-1855Columbia University Press, 1948 - 323 pages |
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... Polk's Cabinet was Robert J. Walker , Secretary of the Treasury . He was a planter and land speculator of Mississippi who had initiated the program of southern imperialism commonly pursued by politicians of the South , especially ...
... Polk's Cabinet was Robert J. Walker , Secretary of the Treasury . He was a planter and land speculator of Mississippi who had initiated the program of southern imperialism commonly pursued by politicians of the South , especially ...
Page 75
... Polk . 66 61 It is far from clear why O'Sullivan confided in Polk or what he expected the President to do . The island could not be bought quickly enough to forestall the events he anticipated . If he imagined that Polk would connive in ...
... Polk . 66 61 It is far from clear why O'Sullivan confided in Polk or what he expected the President to do . The island could not be bought quickly enough to forestall the events he anticipated . If he imagined that Polk would connive in ...
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... Polk received evidence from a strange quarter that may have encouraged him to believe Spain was ready to sell Cuba . On July 6 , Secretary Walker told him that Vice President Dallas had been approached by a person who said he was ...
... Polk received evidence from a strange quarter that may have encouraged him to believe Spain was ready to sell Cuba . On July 6 , Secretary Walker told him that Vice President Dallas had been approached by a person who said he was ...
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