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 478
... wrote to his sister that if the United States were to buy Texas , the family " would not take less than $ 500,000 " for their " interest in the Country . . . . ” in any settlement by the United States of individual claims following such ...
... wrote to his sister that if the United States were to buy Texas , the family " would not take less than $ 500,000 " for their " interest in the Country . . . . ” in any settlement by the United States of individual claims following such ...
Page 489
... wrote to the President and to General Mier y Terán , and drafted though did not send a letter to Lucas Alamán , the Mexican vice - president , who held jurisdiction over the colonies . He argued hotly against the exclusion measures of ...
... wrote to the President and to General Mier y Terán , and drafted though did not send a letter to Lucas Alamán , the Mexican vice - president , who held jurisdiction over the colonies . He argued hotly against the exclusion measures of ...
Page 514
... wrote a furious letter to the Town Council of San Antonio de Béxar . It was dated October 2 , 1833. In it he said that civil war conditions in Mexico made it impossible for anything to be accomplished . Nothing had been done for his ...
... wrote a furious letter to the Town Council of San Antonio de Béxar . It was dated October 2 , 1833. In it he said that civil war conditions in Mexico made it impossible for anything to be accomplished . Nothing had been done for his ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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