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... Brazos Santiago , there is no entrance for vessels drawing more than seven or eight feet ; and the prevailing winds render the operation of lightening ex- tremely uncertain and hazardous . We have been favored with fine weather , and ...
... Brazos Santiago , there is no entrance for vessels drawing more than seven or eight feet ; and the prevailing winds render the operation of lightening ex- tremely uncertain and hazardous . We have been favored with fine weather , and ...
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... Brazos Santiago , as well as our landing at that point . And I would suggest at any rate , that until the most perfect friendly relations are again established with Mexico , a naval vessel of the above description be placed under my ...
... Brazos Santiago , as well as our landing at that point . And I would suggest at any rate , that until the most perfect friendly relations are again established with Mexico , a naval vessel of the above description be placed under my ...
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... Brazos Santiago as a depot will be indispensable . That point and a position on or near the river opposite Matamoras will I think answer all present purposes . At any rate , I shall not separate my force further until the position of ...
... Brazos Santiago as a depot will be indispensable . That point and a position on or near the river opposite Matamoras will I think answer all present purposes . At any rate , I shall not separate my force further until the position of ...
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... Brazos Santiago , and at all events to coter the establishment of a depot at that point . I deem this co - opera- tion very opportune and necessary , and am gratified to obtain it .. Commodore Connor will be enabled , at the same time ...
... Brazos Santiago , and at all events to coter the establishment of a depot at that point . I deem this co - opera- tion very opportune and necessary , and am gratified to obtain it .. Commodore Connor will be enabled , at the same time ...
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... Brazos Santiago would be open to the free use of Mexicans , as heretofore . The same views were impressed upon the Mexican custom - house officer at Brazos Santiago , by Captain Hardee , who commanded the escort that cov- ered the ...
... Brazos Santiago would be open to the free use of Mexicans , as heretofore . The same views were impressed upon the Mexican custom - house officer at Brazos Santiago , by Captain Hardee , who commanded the escort that cov- ered the ...
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Adjutant ARMY OF OCCUPATION arrival artillery Assistant Adjutant Assistant Quartermaster August boats Brazos Santiago Brevet Brig Brigadier Camargo camp Captain command Commodore communication companies copy court Cruz dated deemed depot despatch directed discharge dragoons duty enclose enemy expedition force general-in-chief harness HEAD-QUARTERS HENRY STANTON herewith home squadron honor horses infantry instant instructions JESUP July June letter Lieutenant Colonel Major General Scott Major General Taylor Matamoras ment Mexican Mexican government Mexico military Monterey mules necessary obedient servant operations Orleans Peña person Point Isabel President purchase quartermaster's department received regiment respect respectfully Rio Grande river route Saltillo Secretary Secretary of War sent September ship Slidell SPECIAL ORDERS squadron steamer supplies Tampico territory Texas tion transportation troops ultimo undersigned United Vera Cruz vessels volunteers W. L. MARCY W. W. S. BLISS wagons Washington city WINFIELD SCOTT
Passagens conhecidas
Página 269 - States and the provisions of this act; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property of nonresidents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Página 269 - That the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska shall hold its first session at such time and place in said Territory as the Governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the Governor and Legislative Assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said Territory at such place as they may deem eligible; which place, however, shall thereafter be subject to be changed by the said Governor...
Página 155 - You may assure the people of those provinces that it is the wish and design of the United States to provide for them a free government, with the least possible delay, similar to that which exists in our territories. They will then be called on to exercise the rights of freemen in electing their own representatives to the territorial legislature.
Página 269 - Territory, who shall reside therein, and hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the president of the United States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Página 269 - And in case of the death, removal, resignation, or other necessary absence of the governor from the Territory, the secretary shall have, and he is hereby authorized and required to execute and perform all the powers and duties of the governor during such vacancy or necessary absence, or until another governor shall be duly appointed to fill such vacancy.
Página 269 - That the legislative assembly of the Territory of Nebraska shall hold its first session at such time and place in said territory as the governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the governor and legislative assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said territory at such place as they may deem eligible...
Página 170 - House dissenting) had declared that 'by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Página 268 - ... France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies south of the Mississippi territory, and of an east and west line, to commence on the Mississippi River, at the thirty-third degree of north latitude, and to extend west to the western boundary of the said cession, shall constitute a territory of the United States, under the name of the territory of Orleans ; the government whereof shall be organized and administered as follows: Sec.
Página 182 - OF RIGHTS. That the general, great, and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and unalterably established, WE DECLARE that SECTION 1.
Página 772 - The necessity of such caution and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the president, with the advice and consent of the senate ; the principle on which that body was formed confining it to a small number of members. To admit, then, a right in the house of representatives to demand, and to have, as a matter of course, all the papers respecting a negotiation with a foreign power, would be to establish a dangerous precedent.