Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 535
... President marched down the Brazos , and crossed on the eleventh , at Thompson's Ferry . There he heard inter- esting information . At the town of Harrisburg , thirty miles northeast , the Texans who called themselves president and vice ...
... President marched down the Brazos , and crossed on the eleventh , at Thompson's Ferry . There he heard inter- esting information . At the town of Harrisburg , thirty miles northeast , the Texans who called themselves president and vice ...
Page 692
... President adjourned the meeting without having had any word of en- counters on the Rio Grande . But about six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day theAdju- tant General of the Army appeared at the White House with dispatches for the ...
... President adjourned the meeting without having had any word of en- counters on the Rio Grande . But about six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day theAdju- tant General of the Army appeared at the White House with dispatches for the ...
Page 915
... President was awakened at the White House by a telephone call from his Secretary of State , William Jennings Bryan . Also on the line were Josephus Daniels , Secretary of the Navy , and Joseph Tumulty , the secretary to the President ...
... President was awakened at the White House by a telephone call from his Secretary of State , William Jennings Bryan . Also on the line were Josephus Daniels , Secretary of the Navy , and Joseph Tumulty , the secretary to the President ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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