American Interest in Cuba: 1848-1855Columbia University Press, 1948 - 323 pages |
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Page 71
... purchase of Cuba , John L. O'Sullivan saw President Polk for the same purpose . had finally realized that Buchanan ... purchase . Payment of the purchase 52 Ibid . , 614-7 . 53 Diary of Polk , ed . Quaife , III , 446 . money O'Sullivan ...
... purchase of Cuba , John L. O'Sullivan saw President Polk for the same purpose . had finally realized that Buchanan ... purchase . Payment of the purchase 52 Ibid . , 614-7 . 53 Diary of Polk , ed . Quaife , III , 446 . money O'Sullivan ...
Page 72
... purchase of Cuba was somewhat quickened by a natural anxiety respecting the per- sonal safety of some very dear members of my family resident on that island , I beg you to be assured that this motive is wholly subordinate to the higher ...
... purchase of Cuba was somewhat quickened by a natural anxiety respecting the per- sonal safety of some very dear members of my family resident on that island , I beg you to be assured that this motive is wholly subordinate to the higher ...
Page 73
... purchase [ Cuba ] , and was willing to pay one hundred millions of dollars for it " . This commitment by the Secretary of the Treasury was considered by Polk to justify negotiation of a treaty of purchase without any assurance that ...
... purchase [ Cuba ] , and was willing to pay one hundred millions of dollars for it " . This commitment by the Secretary of the Treasury was considered by Polk to justify negotiation of a treaty of purchase without any assurance that ...
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annexation of Cuba annexationists August Barringer Britain British Buchanan buy Cuba Calderón Calhoun Campbell Captain-General Cardenas Claiborne Clayton commercial Congress Congressional Globe Consul Consular Despatches Contoy Creole Crittenden Cuban annexation Cuban Council DeBow's Review December Democratic Review Department Diplomatic Despatches Douglas expansion expansionist favor filibuster expedition filibusters Fillmore foreign France Free Soilers Havana Club Ibid island Jefferson Jefferson Davis John José July Junta leaders letter liberal López Louisiana Madrid Manifest Destiny Marcy ment Mexico Mississippi Monroe Doctrine Narciso López Negroes Notes from Legations Notes to Legations November O'Sullivan October Orleans Pidal Pierce administration Pierre Soulé planters political Polk President prisoners purchase Quitman Quitman Papers revolution revolutionary Roncali Saunders Secretary Senator September ships slavery Soulé South southern Spain Spanish Spanish authorities Spanish government Spanish Minister sugar Thrasher tion told treaty Union United Verdad vessels Vilá Walker Washington Webster Whig wrote York Young American