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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. FOREIGN RELATIONS?UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND. January-june, 1846. Labkin As U. S. Confidential Agent?His Instructions?Corrbspond- Ence?Fears ov Invasion?Treatment Of Foreigners?Fremont's Operations In March?Larkin's Efforts And Hopes?Monterey Junta?Imaginary Speeches For England, France, And The U. S.? Steaens, Leese, And Warner?Suiter's Policy?Consejo General At Santa Barbara, And Its Bearing On Foreign Schemes?Views Of Stearns And Larkin?Pico's Intrigues?Exaggerations On English Interference?Testimony Of Gillespie And Minor?Position Of Forbes And Spence?Stearns As Sub-agent Of The U. S.?Condition Of Affairs In June?General Conclusions. Yet once again have I to go over the early months of 1846 before describing the revolt which in June served as a prelude to the downfall of Mexican rule. It will be my purpose in this chapter, largely by extracts from correspondence of the time, to show what was done and said, what was feared and hoped, in California respecting an anticipated change of flag; and I shall also notice as an important phase of the same general subject the feeling and policy of native citizens and authorities toward foreign residents and immigrants. Thomas 0. Larkin was a very prominent man in connection with the matters to which I have just referred, being constantly engaged in active efforts to secure California for the United States and to defeat the schemes, real or imaginary, of European nations supposed to be intriguing for the same prize. In October 1845 Larkin had been appointed a confi- LARK IN AS CONFIDENTIAL AGENT. 65 dential agent of bis government for the critical period believed to be approaching. His instructions, prefaced by a definite statement of the administration's policy, were, in brief, to report fully and often on th...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458954886 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458954889 |
| Weight | 2.01 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.40 In |
| List Price | $44.45 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 630 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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