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... California and New Mexico , as well as the belt of country in dispute be- tween the rivers Nueces and Rio Grande were ceded to the United States . Mexico had previously in this territory prohibited slavery , and her negotiators had ...
... California and New Mexico , as well as the belt of country in dispute be- tween the rivers Nueces and Rio Grande were ceded to the United States . Mexico had previously in this territory prohibited slavery , and her negotiators had ...
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... California -- an experience which made one sure that what cost so much to build must not be broken up ; an experi- ence , too , which was in such strange con- trast to all that belonged before and since in my life that it stands apart ...
... California -- an experience which made one sure that what cost so much to build must not be broken up ; an experi- ence , too , which was in such strange con- trast to all that belonged before and since in my life that it stands apart ...
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... California , in the spring of 1848 , the gold discoveries had not been made . In Au- gust of that year was the first finding , and with the uncertain , slow communications then had with that coast , it was nearly win- ter before the ...
... California , in the spring of 1848 , the gold discoveries had not been made . In Au- gust of that year was the first finding , and with the uncertain , slow communications then had with that coast , it was nearly win- ter before the ...
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... California . Judge Black said to me lately that my father's work " had the privilege of standing uncon- tradicted . " He was exact in facts , and had the habit of a good lawyer " to secure evi- dence when it presented itself ; " and in ...
... California . Judge Black said to me lately that my father's work " had the privilege of standing uncon- tradicted . " He was exact in facts , and had the habit of a good lawyer " to secure evi- dence when it presented itself ; " and in ...
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... California also . He wished to know per- sonally the newly acquired country , its people , and its needs . Should it remain a Territory , he , as Senator from Missouri , had the neighbor's right to look out for its in- terests ; and ...
... California also . He wished to know per- sonally the newly acquired country , its people , and its needs . Should it remain a Territory , he , as Senator from Missouri , had the neighbor's right to look out for its in- terests ; and ...
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Página 3 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 20 - No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered upon claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Página 3 - MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL With a Portrait of William of Orange.
Página 124 - The opinion was closed with the declaration, " we are obliged to conclude that an act making mere promises to pay dollars a legal tender in payment of debts previously contracted, is...
Página 1 - A Short History of the English People." ROME. By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON, MA, late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. With Eleven Maps. iSmo. is. "The author has been curiously successful in telling in an intelligent way the story of Rome from first to last"— SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE.
Página 7 - FIRST SERIES: From the First Settlement of the Country to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. SECOND SERIKS : From the Adoption of the Federal Constitution to the End of the Sixteenth Congress.
Página 82 - Scott — who used to shoot birds for you at the frontier — gave out. They did the same for him as for Hubbard, and continued on. In the afternoon, the Indian boys went ahead, and before nightfall met Godey with the relief. Haler heard and knew the guns which he fired for him at night, and starting early in the morning, soon met him. I hear that they all cried together like children. Haler turned back with Godey, and went with him to where they had left Scott. He was still alive, and was saved....