The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Attempts were already being made by both sides to open up the Oregon country
between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean , but neither was ready as
yet to particularise its claims in that largely unexplored region , and it was ...
Attempts were already being made by both sides to open up the Oregon country
between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean , but neither was ready as
yet to particularise its claims in that largely unexplored region , and it was ...
Page 545
CLAIMS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 545 go after giving security , but he
compelled the third to sail with him to Buenos Aires for adjudication by a properly
constituted court . The American Minister , George Slocum , violently protested ...
CLAIMS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 545 go after giving security , but he
compelled the third to sail with him to Buenos Aires for adjudication by a properly
constituted court . The American Minister , George Slocum , violently protested ...
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The United States laid claim to the whole , and feeling in the United States ran so
high that the slogan " Fifty - four forty or ... relying on discovery and settlement ,
pointed out that the treaty of 1814 made an express reservation of British claims .
The United States laid claim to the whole , and feeling in the United States ran so
high that the slogan " Fifty - four forty or ... relying on discovery and settlement ,
pointed out that the treaty of 1814 made an express reservation of British claims .
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