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... Mexican border , the Polk administration prepared to launch its formal diplomatic " peace offensive . " It was agreed upon at a cabinet meeting in mid - September 1845 to communicate with John Black , the United States consul in Mexico ...
... Mexican border , the Polk administration prepared to launch its formal diplomatic " peace offensive . " It was agreed upon at a cabinet meeting in mid - September 1845 to communicate with John Black , the United States consul in Mexico ...
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... Mexican Republic , had the honor on the eighth day of December last , to address to His Excellency Manuel de la Peña y Peña , then Minister of Foreign Relations , a copy of his credentials , with a request that he might be informed ...
... Mexican Republic , had the honor on the eighth day of December last , to address to His Excellency Manuel de la Peña y Peña , then Minister of Foreign Relations , a copy of his credentials , with a request that he might be informed ...
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... Mexican Government bears date on the 29th of the same month , and contains assurances of the " anxious wish " of the Mexican Government " not to delay the moment of that final and equitable adjustment which is to terminate the existing ...
... Mexican Government bears date on the 29th of the same month , and contains assurances of the " anxious wish " of the Mexican Government " not to delay the moment of that final and equitable adjustment which is to terminate the existing ...
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The Ambivalence of the Concept of Party | 597 |
The Formative Period | 603 |
In Search of Victory | 615 |
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