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While the Oregon question was pending between the United States and Great Britain , he agreed with John Quincy Adams that our government should give notice to Great Britain of the termination of the joint occupancy of that territory .
While the Oregon question was pending between the United States and Great Britain , he agreed with John Quincy Adams that our government should give notice to Great Britain of the termination of the joint occupancy of that territory .
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I come now to notice the suggested compromise of the boundary between Texas and New Mexico . This is a judicial question in its nature , or at least a question of legal right and title . If it is to be compromised at all , it is due to ...
I come now to notice the suggested compromise of the boundary between Texas and New Mexico . This is a judicial question in its nature , or at least a question of legal right and title . If it is to be compromised at all , it is due to ...
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Such election shall be held within six months from the passage of this act , and on public notice of not less than three months , to be given by the Marshal of the District . If a majority of the votes given at such election shall be in ...
Such election shall be held within six months from the passage of this act , and on public notice of not less than three months , to be given by the Marshal of the District . If a majority of the votes given at such election shall be in ...
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The next objection to the measure which I shall notice is , that it is an indiscreet one . This , I think , was the language of my honorable friend from Massachusetts , [ Mr. WINTHROP . ] The objection implies assent to the justice and ...
The next objection to the measure which I shall notice is , that it is an indiscreet one . This , I think , was the language of my honorable friend from Massachusetts , [ Mr. WINTHROP . ] The objection implies assent to the justice and ...
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If the distinguished personage , whom it is the design of this resolution to honor , had floated upon our shores unbidden and unheralded , there would have been no great embarrassment in suffering his arrival to pass without notice by ...
If the distinguished personage , whom it is the design of this resolution to honor , had floated upon our shores unbidden and unheralded , there would have been no great embarrassment in suffering his arrival to pass without notice by ...
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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