Origins of the War with Mexico: The Polk-Stockton IntrigueUniversity of Texas Press, 1967 - 189 pages Examines the involvement between President James K. Polk and landowner / businessman Robert F. Stockton in the Mexican War of 1846-1848. |
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... Congress , Senate , Executive Documents , 1st Session , 29th Congress , Senate Document No. 2 , Serial No. 480 LC - Library of Congress , Manuscript Division NA - The National Archives NDA - Navy Department Archives PL - Princeton ...
... Congress , Senate , Executive Documents , 1st Session , 29th Congress , Senate Document No. 2 , Serial No. 480 LC - Library of Congress , Manuscript Division NA - The National Archives NDA - Navy Department Archives PL - Princeton ...
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... Congress he said : " No country has been so much favored , or should acknowledge with deeper reverence the manifestations of the divine protection . An all - wise Creator directed and guarded us in our in- fant struggle for freedom and ...
... Congress he said : " No country has been so much favored , or should acknowledge with deeper reverence the manifestations of the divine protection . An all - wise Creator directed and guarded us in our in- fant struggle for freedom and ...
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... Congress advocat- ing that the one year's notice for the termination of the joint occupa- tion of Oregon be given immediately , even though Lord Aberdeen , British Foreign Secretary , had told the American minister in London that he ...
... Congress advocat- ing that the one year's notice for the termination of the joint occupa- tion of Oregon be given immediately , even though Lord Aberdeen , British Foreign Secretary , had told the American minister in London that he ...
Contents
Stocktons Effort To Finance a War | 118 |
European Intervention in the Texas Game | 131 |
The Collapse of the PolkStockton Intrigue | 139 |
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