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James Buchanan to Louis McLane, February 26, 1846
Mr. Buchanan to Mr. McLane. Department of State, Washington, February 26, 1846. Sir: * * * * * * The President, since the date of his message, has seen no…
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No. 36., March, 1846
No. 36. Extract from the [London] Quarterly Review for March, 1846, Vol. LXVII, page 603. * * * We believe that the proposition for a division by the forty-ninth degree…
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[Untitled], March 25, 1846
[Untitled] *Extract from the speech of Mr. Sevier, of Arkansas, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in the Senate, March 25, 1846.[41] * * * Sir, I am not…
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[Untitled], June, 1846
[Untitled] Extract from the speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, in the Senate, June, 1846 * * * “We are seeking a doubtful good, at the certainty of a great…
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[Untitled], April 13, 1846
[Untitled] Extract from the speech of Mr. J. Q. Adams, in the House of Representatives, April 13, 1846. * * * “I am not for settling the question at the…
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[Untitled], February 9, 1846
[Untitled] Extract from the debate on the Oregon question, in the House of Representatives, February 9, 1846. Mr. T. B. King: * * * “I should like, with all respect…
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[Untitled], March 30, 1846
[Untitled] Extract from the speech of Mr. Webster, of Massachusetts, in the Senate, March 30, 1846. * * * I was not very far out when I took the precaution…
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No. 35., March 16, 1846
No. 35. Extract from the speech of Mr. Calhoun, of South Carolina, in the Senate, March 16, 1846. * * * “The past history of the affair, the fact that…
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Louis M C Lane to James Buchanan, February 3, 1846
Mr. McLane to Mr. Buchanan. London, February 3, 1846. Sir: * * * * * * * It will be perceived from the remarks of Lord John Russell, and Sir…
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Joshua Bates to Wm . Sturgis, December 2, 1845
[Private.] Mr. Bates to Mr. Sturgis. London, December 2, 1845. Sir: * * * * * * * Our relations with the United States.—When I last wrote to you on…
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Louis M C Lane to James Buchanan, December 1, 1845
Mr. McLane to Mr. Buchanan. London, December 1, 1845. Sir: Although it is well understood here that in the present posture of the Oregon question my connection with it must…
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Louis M C Lane to James Buchanan, October 3, 1845
Mr. McLane to Mr. Buchanan. London, October 3, 1845. Sir: I received, on the 29th ultimo, your dispatch No. 9, dated the 13th September, transmitting a copy of your last…
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James Buchanan to Right Hon. Bichard Pakenham, August 30, 1845
[Extract.] Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham. Department of State, Washington, August 30, 1845. * * Such a proposition as that which has been made never would have been authorized by…
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Rt. Hon. R. Pakenham to James Buchanan, July 29, 1845
[Extract.] Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Buchanan. Washington, July 29, 1845. * * * The undersigned, therefore, trusts that the American plenipotentiary will be prepared to offer some further proposal for…
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James Buchanan to Rt. Hon. R. Pakenham, July 12, 1845
[Extract. ] Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham. Department of State, Washington, July 12, 1845. * * * He (the President) has, therefore, instructed the under signed again to propose to…
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*No. 27.[31], undated
*No. 27.[31] [undated] Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, by Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., commander of the expedition, in five…
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[Untitled], April 26, 1845
[Untitled] Extract from an article by Mr. —— Senior, in the [London] Examiner, No. 1943. Saturday, April 26, 1845. “If arbitration be unobtainable, the only mode of accommodation is mutual…
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Joshua Bates to Wm . Sturgis, May 1, 1845
[Strictly confidential.] Mr. Bates to Mr. Sturgis. London, May 1, 1845. My Dear Sir: I wrote you some weeks since to thank you for the pamphlets you were so kind…
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Ashburton to Wm . Sturgis, April 2, 1845
Lord Ashburton to Mr. Sturgis. London, April 2, 1845. Sir: Your lecture on the Oregon question reached me last week, and as the subject itself interests me, and still more…
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Edward Everett to John C . Calhoun, April 2, 1845
[Confidential.] Mr. Everett to Mr. Calhoun. London, April 2, 1845. Sir: * * * * * * * A person very high in the confidence of the government, but not…