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... declaring a Blockade of Rebel Ports - Position of Virginia - Secession of Virginia , Tennessee , North Carolina , and Arkansas - Response to the Call of the President at the North and West - Mr . Doug- las's Visit to Mr. Lincoln - His ...
... declaring a Blockade of Rebel Ports - Position of Virginia - Secession of Virginia , Tennessee , North Carolina , and Arkansas - Response to the Call of the President at the North and West - Mr . Doug- las's Visit to Mr. Lincoln - His ...
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... spring of 1832 that his treaty was simply an expedient for gaining time , and raising a larger force . He gathered his warriors in large numbers , and crossed the river with the intention , as he openly declared , of ascending the.
... spring of 1832 that his treaty was simply an expedient for gaining time , and raising a larger force . He gathered his warriors in large numbers , and crossed the river with the intention , as he openly declared , of ascending the.
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Josiah Gilbert Holland. intention , as he openly declared , of ascending the Rock River to the territory of the Winnebagoes , among whom he doubt- less hoped to receive reinforcements . Warned back by Gen- eral Atkinson , then commanding ...
Josiah Gilbert Holland. intention , as he openly declared , of ascending the Rock River to the territory of the Winnebagoes , among whom he doubt- less hoped to receive reinforcements . Warned back by Gen- eral Atkinson , then commanding ...
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... declared that " the Mexican Government not only re- fused to receive him [ the envoy of the United States , ] or listen to his propositions , but , after a long continued series of menaces , has at last invaded our territory , and shed ...
... declared that " the Mexican Government not only re- fused to receive him [ the envoy of the United States , ] or listen to his propositions , but , after a long continued series of menaces , has at last invaded our territory , and shed ...
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... declared , were or were not , at that time , armed officers and soldiers , sent into that settlement by the military order of the President , through the Secretary of War . 8th . Whether the military force of the United States was or ...
... declared , were or were not , at that time , armed officers and soldiers , sent into that settlement by the military order of the President , through the Secretary of War . 8th . Whether the military force of the United States was or ...
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