 | United States. Congress - Law - 1831 - 692 pages
...I know the price of what I abandon. 1 renounce it with the greatest regret: to attempt obstinately to retain it, would be folly. I direct you to negotiate...with the envoys of the United States; do not even wait the arrival of Mr. Monroe; have an interview this very day with Mr. Livingston. But I require... | |
 | François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - Louisiana - 1830 - 468 pages
...recovery of it. I renounce OF LOUISIANA. 275 • it with the greatest regret. To attempt obstinately to retain it would be folly. I direct you to negotiate...arrival of Mr. Monroe: have an interview this very day with Mr. Livingston; but I require a great deal of money for this war, and 1 would not like to commence... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1831 - 688 pages
...I know the price of what I abandon. I renounce it with the greatest regret: to attempt obstinately to retain it, would be folly. I direct you to negotiate...with the envoys of the United States; do not even wait the arrival of Mr. Monroe; have an interview this very day with Mr. Livingston. But I require... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1831 - 692 pages
...I know the price of what I abandon. 1 renounce it with the greatest regret: to attempt obstinately to retain it, would be folly. I direct you to negotiate this affair with tlie envoys of the United States; do not even wait the arrival of Mr. Monroe; have an interview this... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 pages
...Louisiana. It is not only New Orleans that I will cede, it is the whole colony without any reservation. I direct you to negotiate this affair with the envoys of the United States. I require a great deal of money for this war, and I would not like to commence it with new contributions.... | |
 | E. Bunner - Louisiana - 1842 - 276 pages
...it, I am convinced it would be a folly to persist in trying to keep it. I commission you, therefore, to negotiate this affair with the envoys of the United States. Do not wait the arrival of Mr. Monroe, but go this very day and confer with Mr. Livingston. Remember, however,... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 766 pages
...with Spain had for its object the recovery of it. I renounce it with the greatest regret. To attempt to retain it would be folly. I direct you to negotiate...with the envoys of the United States. Do not even wait the arrival of Mr. Monroe : have an interview this very day with Mr. Livingston. But I require... | |
 | Henry Howe - California - 1851 - 452 pages
...it, I am convinced it would be folly to persist in trying to keep it. I commission you, therefore, to negotiate this affair with the envoys of the United States. Do not wait the arrival of Mr. Monroe, but go this very day and confer with Mr. Livingston. Remember, however,... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 674 pages
...Spain had for its object its recovery. I renounce it with the greatest regret. To attempt obstinately to retain it, would be folly. I direct you to negotiate...arrival of Mr. Monroe ; have an interview this very day with Mr. Livingston. But I require a great deal of money for this war, and I would not like to commence... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 666 pages
...Spain had for its object its recovery. I renounce it with the greatest regret. To attempt obstinately to retain it, would be folly. I direct you to negotiate...arrival of Mr. Monroe ; have an interview this very day with Mr. Livingston. But I require a great deal of money for this war, and I would not like to commence... | |
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I renounce it with the greatest regret. To attempt obstinately to retain it would be folly. I direct you to negotiate this affair with the envoys of the United States. 
