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- Recollections, Historical, Political, Biographical, and Social, of Charles J. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 of 2
Recollections, Historical, Political, Biographical, and Social, of Charles J. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 of 2
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Excerpt from Recollections, Historical, Political, Biographical, and Social, of Charles J. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 of 2: By Experience, Presenting Annals, With Portraiture of Personages of This Country, From Genet's Arrival in 1792, to the Purchase of Louisiana in 1803, With Which Increase of the Original United States, Many of Their Great Events, Physical and ConstitutionaAuthor's motives and opportunities for history of acquisition of Louis ianal - Fairly obtained, for peace, not by force or for power - Texas, Florida, Oregon, Mexico, California, all offspring of Louisiana - Immen sity of public domain - Natural cohesion of American United States Genet's attempt on Louisiana - His recall - Proclamation of neutrality Its corollaries - Blount's conspiracy - European wars casting Louisiana on the United States - Description of Far West - African slavery by British insistance in American colonies - Cotton monopoly - Vast space the advantage of - Washington's foresight of it - And John Quincy Adams's defence of it - Views of Rufus King and Alexander Hamil ton. Pp. 17 - 55.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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