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Contract made and concluded on the twenty - eighth day of March , A. D. 1851 ,
by and between Thomas Ewing , Junior , formerly of Ohio , and David Taylor ,
formerly of North Carolina , in behalf of himself and his wife and childien , in
these ...
Contract made and concluded on the twenty - eighth day of March , A. D. 1851 ,
by and between Thomas Ewing , Junior , formerly of Ohio , and David Taylor ,
formerly of North Carolina , in behalf of himself and his wife and childien , in
these ...
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A contract , made in Cincinnati , after Texas declared itself independent , but
before its independence was acknowledged by the United States , whereby the
complainants agreed to furnish , and did furnish money to a General in the Texan
...
A contract , made in Cincinnati , after Texas declared itself independent , but
before its independence was acknowledged by the United States , whereby the
complainants agreed to furnish , and did furnish money to a General in the Texan
...
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A contract made in the United States at that time for the purchase of land in Texas
, would have been valid even if the ... But in this case it was not an ordinary
purchase , but the object of the complainants , as avowed in the contract and the
bill ...
A contract made in the United States at that time for the purchase of land in Texas
, would have been valid even if the ... But in this case it was not an ordinary
purchase , but the object of the complainants , as avowed in the contract and the
bill ...
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There is an entire absence , in the contract , of all declaration or indication of the
place or country where the proposed military expeditions were to be begun , or of
the place whence they were to be carried on . It will not be denied that , to ...
There is an entire absence , in the contract , of all declaration or indication of the
place or country where the proposed military expeditions were to be begun , or of
the place whence they were to be carried on . It will not be denied that , to ...
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... owi government , and other governments in their negotiations with her .
Although our government had not officially recognized the independence of
Texas , at the date of this contract , yet , shortly after that period , official
correspondence and ...
... owi government , and other governments in their negotiations with her .
Although our government had not officially recognized the independence of
Texas , at the date of this contract , yet , shortly after that period , official
correspondence and ...
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