On the recordApril 21, 1844
Texas herself wills it; and the Executive of the United States, concurring with her, has seen no sufficient reason to avoid the consummation of an act esteemed to be so desirable by both.
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Treaty of Annexation Concluded Between the United States of America and the Republic of...
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