The Congressional Manual: Compiled from the Congressional Record and Other Public DocumentsInternational Survey Company, 1901 - 288 pages |
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... North American continent . The whole of South America was given over to the Spanish dominion , which stretched across the isthmus up through the present coun- try called Mexico , and reaching up from the mouth of the Missis- sippi for ...
... North American continent . The whole of South America was given over to the Spanish dominion , which stretched across the isthmus up through the present coun- try called Mexico , and reaching up from the mouth of the Missis- sippi for ...
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... North America . By a treaty with Napoleon in 1801 , this vast tract was given to France , as Bonaparte then had the intention of placing a great colony there to prevent the growth of the United States to the westward , and control the ...
... North America . By a treaty with Napoleon in 1801 , this vast tract was given to France , as Bonaparte then had the intention of placing a great colony there to prevent the growth of the United States to the westward , and control the ...
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... north of the Arkansas , In- dian Territory , Dakota . Wyoming and Montana . Under this treaty Texas was included in the transfer , but the * Oregon country was not . The next expansion of the United States occurred in 1819 14 THE ...
... north of the Arkansas , In- dian Territory , Dakota . Wyoming and Montana . Under this treaty Texas was included in the transfer , but the * Oregon country was not . The next expansion of the United States occurred in 1819 14 THE ...
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... north of what was then called Upper California . From a poor , struggling , weak republic one hundred years ago , the United States has expanded into one of the largest countries in the world , and today has more wealth per capita than ...
... north of what was then called Upper California . From a poor , struggling , weak republic one hundred years ago , the United States has expanded into one of the largest countries in the world , and today has more wealth per capita than ...
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... north , and longitude 155 de- grees to 160 degrees west . They consist of eight large islands and several uninhabited , rocky islets , all of which cover an area of about 6,640 square miles . Their names are : Hawaii ( formerly called ...
... north , and longitude 155 de- grees to 160 degrees west . They consist of eight large islands and several uninhabited , rocky islets , all of which cover an area of about 6,640 square miles . Their names are : Hawaii ( formerly called ...
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