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 | John Tyler Morgan - 1897 - 269 pages
...their local position, are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...population; its situation midway between our southern coast and the Island of Santo Domingo; its safe and capacious harbor of the Habana, fronting a long... | |
 | RICHARD DAVEY - 1898
...proportions. As far back as 1823, John Quincy Adams said: " From a multitude of considerations, Cuba has become an object of transcendent importance to...political interests of our Union. Its commanding position, . . . the nature of its productions and of its ^wants, furnishing the supplies and needing the returns... | |
 | 1898
...United States of America. Said Joli n Quincy Adams in 1823: "From a multitude of considerations Cuba has become an object of transcendent importance to...political interests of our Union. Its commanding position .... the nature of its productions and of its wants, furnishing the supplies and needing the returns... | |
 | Richard Davey - 1898 - 284 pages
...proportions. As far back as 1823, John Quincy Adams said: " From a multitude of considerations, Cuba has become an object of transcendent importance to...political interests of our Union. Its commanding position, . . . the nature of its productions and of its wants, furnishing the supplies and needing the returns... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 1900
...appendages to the North American continent. One of them, Cuba, lying almost within sight of our shores, is an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our union. It commands the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas. The character of its population,... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 1900
...appendages to the North American continent. One of them, Cuba, lying almost within sight of our shores, is an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our union. It commands the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas. The character of its population,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1901
...their local position, are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...population, its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of St. Domingo, its safe and capacious harbor of the Habana, fronting a long line... | |
 | 1901
...their local position and natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...importance to the commercial and political interests of onr Union. Its commanding position, with reference to the Gnlf of Mexico and the West India seas, the... | |
 | John Brooks Henderson - 1901 - 529 pages
...their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them [Cuba] almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...transcendent importance to the commercial and political interest of our Union. ... In looking forward to the probable course of events for the short period... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1903 - 316 pages
...them, to others. These islands are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas, its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo, its safe... | |
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