200 Years: A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States, Volume 1Books by U.S. News & World Report, 1973 - United States |
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Page 261
... ordered him out of the province . He had barely crossed the border into Oregon , however , when he was overhauled on May 6 , 1846 , by a special cou- ier from Washington , naval lieutenant Archibald Gillespie . To this day no one knows ...
... ordered him out of the province . He had barely crossed the border into Oregon , however , when he was overhauled on May 6 , 1846 , by a special cou- ier from Washington , naval lieutenant Archibald Gillespie . To this day no one knows ...
Page 294
... ordered out to see who would stay 3 weeks longer , and there was but three that would stay and they had listed to stay another year , and they dismissed them . December , Friday , 1st . We was or- dered to parade before the general's ...
... ordered out to see who would stay 3 weeks longer , and there was but three that would stay and they had listed to stay another year , and they dismissed them . December , Friday , 1st . We was or- dered to parade before the general's ...
Page 295
... ordered by Con- gress ; and as the army had all the cause in the world to be particularly thankful , if not for being well off , at least that it was no worse , we were ordered to parti- cipate in it . We had nothing to eat for two or ...
... ordered by Con- gress ; and as the army had all the cause in the world to be particularly thankful , if not for being well off , at least that it was no worse , we were ordered to parti- cipate in it . We had nothing to eat for two or ...
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