Jefferson Davis: Ex-president of the Confederate States of America, Volym 1Belford Company, 1890 |
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... Lands at Brazos , 286 ; No Pillage Permitted on the March , 288 ; Mr. Davis's Account of the Condition of General Taylor's Army , 289 ; March to Monterey and Attack upon it- Commissioners appointed , and the Mexicans Surrender , 291 ...
... Lands at Brazos , 286 ; No Pillage Permitted on the March , 288 ; Mr. Davis's Account of the Condition of General Taylor's Army , 289 ; March to Monterey and Attack upon it- Commissioners appointed , and the Mexicans Surrender , 291 ...
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... land near the river , although very hilly , was quite rich . Toward the east it fell off into easy ridges , the soil be- came thin , and the eastern boundary was a ' pine country . ' My father's residence was at the boundary line ...
... land near the river , although very hilly , was quite rich . Toward the east it fell off into easy ridges , the soil be- came thin , and the eastern boundary was a ' pine country . ' My father's residence was at the boundary line ...
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... land on the Mississippi River , called by the settlers " the bottoms , " had taken up a section of the " wild land , " thirty - six miles below Vicksburg , in Warren County , in the State of Mississippi , he proposed to my father , who ...
... land on the Mississippi River , called by the settlers " the bottoms , " had taken up a section of the " wild land , " thirty - six miles below Vicksburg , in Warren County , in the State of Mississippi , he proposed to my father , who ...
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Ex-president of the Confederate States of America Varina Davis. land , and he took his father's negroes and a few of his own with which to " open a place , " i.e. , to clear and cultivate it , which he did with great success . A part of ...
Ex-president of the Confederate States of America Varina Davis. land , and he took his father's negroes and a few of his own with which to " open a place , " i.e. , to clear and cultivate it , which he did with great success . A part of ...
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... point for their raids against the Iroquois who occupied the land around Chicago . On Jeffrey's map of 1776 , a line is drawn from Prairie du Chien CHAPTER VI FORT CRAWFORD, 1828-29 Lieutenant Davis reports for Duty at Jefferson Barracks-
... point for their raids against the Iroquois who occupied the land around Chicago . On Jeffrey's map of 1776 , a line is drawn from Prairie du Chien CHAPTER VI FORT CRAWFORD, 1828-29 Lieutenant Davis reports for Duty at Jefferson Barracks-
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Jefferson Davis, Ex-president of the Confederate States of America Varina Davis Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1890 |
Jefferson Davis: Ex-president of the Confederate States of America, Volym 1 Varina Davis Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1890 |
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Sida 282 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that.
Sida 662 - States, and that no change of opinion or feeling on the part of the other States of the Union in relation to it, can justify them or their citizens in open and systematic attacks...
Sida 661 - Resolved, That, in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the states adopting the same acted severally as free, independent, and sovereign states ; and that each, for itself, by its own voluntary assent, entered the Union with the view to its increased security against all dangers, domestic as well as foreign, and the more perfect and secure enjoyment of its advantages, natural, political, and social.
Sida 228 - Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of converting a portion of the forts of the United States...
Sida 687 - I rise, Mr. President, for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory evidence that the State of Mississippi, by a solemn ordinance of her people, in convention assembled, has declared her separation from the United States. Under these circumstances, of course, my functions are terminated here, It has seemed to me proper, however, that I should appear in the Senate to announce that fact to my associates, and I will say but very little more.
Sida 692 - Senate, and when then the doctrine of coercion was rife and to be applied against her because of the rescue of a fugitive slave in Boston. My opinion then was the same that it is now. Not in a spirit of egotism, but to show that I am not influenced in my...
Sida 302 - As the legitimate result of the operations before this place, and the present position of the contending armies, it is agreed that the city, the fortifications, cannon, the munitions of war, and all other public property, with the undermentioned exceptions, be surrendered to the commanding general of the United States forces now at Monterey.
Sida 234 - Guilford, and New Orleans and Bunker Hill. Grouped together, they form a monument to the common glory of our common country. And where is the Southern man who would wish that...
Sida 460 - I have a part to act, not for my own security or safety, for I am looking out for no fragment upon which to float away from the wreck, if wreck there must be, but for the good of the whole...
Sida 693 - ... member of the body politic. These were the great principles they announced; these were the purposes for which they made their declaration ; these were the ends to which their enunciation was directed. They have no reference to the slave...