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 475
... claims in Texas , " for the talk in New Orleans was that " our Minister to Mexico is about to conclude a Trety with the Mexican Republic for the Province of Texas - the Rio grande to be the line between the two governments . . . . " The ...
... claims in Texas , " for the talk in New Orleans was that " our Minister to Mexico is about to conclude a Trety with the Mexican Republic for the Province of Texas - the Rio grande to be the line between the two governments . . . . " The ...
Page 606
... claim of the whole Rio Grande from mouth to source , the United States would assume the debt of paying all claims of her citizens against Mexico , to be calculated at a minimum of two million dollars . Slidell set out for the capital ...
... claim of the whole Rio Grande from mouth to source , the United States would assume the debt of paying all claims of her citizens against Mexico , to be calculated at a minimum of two million dollars . Slidell set out for the capital ...
Page 860
... claim to the lakes , but their claims were not valid , and it was not until 1877 that other Texas interests acquired a legal right to the saline deposits . The new owners at once established a fixed fee to be paid by all who came to ...
... claim to the lakes , but their claims were not valid , and it was not until 1877 that other Texas interests acquired a legal right to the saline deposits . The new owners at once established a fixed fee to be paid by all who came to ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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