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... negotiate a treaty of annexation . The Texans continued to reject these proposals , saying that they were currently engaged in negotiations with Mexico aimed at protecting the security of their new borders . But Upshur was not deterred ...
... negotiate a treaty of annexation . The Texans continued to reject these proposals , saying that they were currently engaged in negotiations with Mexico aimed at protecting the security of their new borders . But Upshur was not deterred ...
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... negotiations . In the meantime , the British representative in Texas convincingly assured the Republic's secretary of state , Anson Jones , that the British government had never had any intention of interfering with slavery in Texas ...
... negotiations . In the meantime , the British representative in Texas convincingly assured the Republic's secretary of state , Anson Jones , that the British government had never had any intention of interfering with slavery in Texas ...
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... negotiations for peace . The President had a first - rate group of diplomats in Washington , with whom he was on extremely intimate terms , and throughout the first year of the war he kept talking to the German and the French ...
... negotiations for peace . The President had a first - rate group of diplomats in Washington , with whom he was on extremely intimate terms , and throughout the first year of the war he kept talking to the German and the French ...
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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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