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Episodes tagged "Diplomacy/International": 11 through 16 of 16

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  1. Virginia Governor John Floyds Thoughts on Nullification
    date December 19, 1832map BEDFORD, Virginiatags Diplomacy/International, Government, Politics, War

    Virginia residents opened up their newspapers one morning in December 1832 and discovered an address from the governor, John Floyd. He wrote to the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates in regards to the South Carolina Nullification Ordinance, and the newspaper posted this as an article for locals. Floyd explained that South Carolina felt the Tariffs took advantage of it and the state had "declared...

  2. Cuban Independence
    date January 8, 1859map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Diplomacy/International, Government, Politics

    Cuba struggled for its independence from Spain for many years. According to an article in the New York Times, "we regard the acquisition of Cuba by the United States as a measure of very highest importance to the well-being of its inhabitants, -to the safety and strength of our own country, -and to the best interests of all mankind." Lawrence O'Bryan Branch was a member of the House of Representatives...

  3. A Volunteer's Story
    date July, 1846map ANNE ARUNDEL, Marylandtags Diplomacy/International, Health/Death, Politics, War

    Joseph McNeir was a volunteer soldier during the Mexican American War. McNeir had maintained correspondence with his family throughout his time in service. The letters often discussed the life that Joseph McNeir lived during his service as well as how many volunteers were there to serve. McNeir gave intimate details of how the war was going, the expected daily events, and where the soldiers were expected...

  4. The Black Warrior Affair Exposes U.S. Tensions with Spain
    date February 28, 1854 to March 16, 1854map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Diplomacy/International, Economy, Law, Migration/Transportation, Politics

    On March 13, 1854 the Charleston Daily Courier ran a series of correspondences from Havana which reported on the escalating Black Warrior affair. These correspondences explain that on February 28 the ship Black Warrior stopped in Havana on its way from Mobile to New York as it had done numerous times in the past and upon arriving delivered its manifest to customs as was required. The captain listed...

  5. Speaking from Medicine Lodge: Two Native American Opinions on Removal, White Culture, and Government Relations
    date October 19, 1867 to October 20, 1867map Unorganized, Kansastags Agriculture, Arts/Leisure, Church/Religious-Activity, Diplomacy/International, Education, Government, Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans, Politics, Race-Relations, War

    The Treaty of Medicine Lodge is among the last, most famous and most influential of the United States-Native American treaties. The treaty, or rather collective of three treaties signed at Medicine Lodge, Kansas in October of 1867, was a comprehensive peace settlement between the U.S. government and the Plains Nations of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho. Major provisions...

  6. Border States and the Civil War
    date 1861map JASPER, Missouritags Crime/Violence, Diplomacy/International, Government, War

    Salem H. Ford realized early that his company was in for a tough battle. As a captain in the cavalry of the Confederate States Army, he worried about the lack of leadership in his unit. After all, Colonel Price, the only man who seemed to know how to "form a line of battle," was fighting on the other side of the state. As Ford glanced across Spring River, which was the only thing separating...

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