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Slidell Mission

Wars and Battles, The Mexican War

President Polk dispatched John Slidell, a Louisiana lawyer, to Mexico City in the fall of 1845. His assignment was to negotiate the following:

  1. Mexican recognition of the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and the United States
  2. American forgiveness of the claims by U.S. citizens against the Mexican government
  3. The purchase of the New Mexico area for $5 million
  4. The purchase of California at any price.
Mexican governmental affairs were in turmoil and the Slidell Mission was not received. Slidell returned to the United States and recommended to the president that strong action be taken against Mexico.

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John Slidell Biography
... with instructions to settle the Texas-Mexico boundary dispute and purchase New Mexico and California. The mission failed when the Mexican government refused to accept his credentials.         Slidell was elected to the Senate in 1853 and cast ...
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'Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico' Edited by John Muir (1888-1890) - John Muir Writings
... and Glaciers of the High Sierra (by John Muir) The Passes of the High Sierra (by John Muir) A Glimpse of Monterey (by J. R. Fitch) The Yosemite Valley (by John Muir) Totokonulu (poem by J. Vance Cheney) A Visit to the Lick Observatory (by ...
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