Martin Van Buren actually said...

I nominate Lieutenant-Colonel Thayer, of the Corps of Engineers, for the brevet of colonel in the Army, agreeably to the recommendation of t...

With a fixed determination to use all the means in my power to put a speedy and satisfactory termination to these border troubles, I have th...

Every effort has been and will be made to prevent the success of the design, apparently formed and in the course of execution by Canadians w...

Such design can not succeed while the two Governments appreciate and confidently rely upon the good faith of each other in the performance o...