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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Page 108
... Galveston on 12 May . It was the first extensive cruise for the Princeton and Stockton was intent upon demonstrating her worth : he instructed the captains of the other three vessels to make their own way to Gal- veston , and he put on ...
... Galveston on 12 May . It was the first extensive cruise for the Princeton and Stockton was intent upon demonstrating her worth : he instructed the captains of the other three vessels to make their own way to Gal- veston , and he put on ...
Page 118
... Galveston , Stockton wrote : " War now exists and as any & every man here fights on his ' own hook , ' the Texians ought therefore in my opinion to take possession and drive the Mexicans over the other side of the river before the ...
... Galveston , Stockton wrote : " War now exists and as any & every man here fights on his ' own hook , ' the Texians ought therefore in my opinion to take possession and drive the Mexicans over the other side of the river before the ...
Page 125
... Galveston with Wickliffe and sev- eral Texan friends on 27 May , but by 2 June they were back in Galves- ton . Wickliffe wrote to Polk that they had encountered very heavy head winds and he and " the gentleman upon whom I relied to ...
... Galveston with Wickliffe and sev- eral Texan friends on 27 May , but by 2 June they were back in Galves- ton . Wickliffe wrote to Polk that they had encountered very heavy head winds and he and " the gentleman upon whom I relied to ...
Contents
Stocktons Effort To Finance a War | 118 |
European Intervention in the Texas Game | 131 |
The Collapse of the PolkStockton Intrigue | 139 |
Copyright | |
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