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"This people have been conceived in sin &...have been degraded by oppression"
The Mexican War, 1847, by Persifor Smith
A firsthand account of the American capture of Mexico City.



Related Documents:

Gone to Texas, 1836, by Stephen F. Austin

Texas Revolution, 1836

Texas Revolution, 1836, by E.G. Fisk

Texas Annexation, 1842-1843, by John Quincy Adams

Texas Annexation, 1844, by James Buchanan

Texas Annexation, 1845, by Abiel Abbot

Brigham Young to Thomas Kane, 1854, by Brigham Young

The Mexican War, 1847, by Zachary Taylor

The Mexican War, 1847, by Persifor Smith

The Mexican War, 1847, by Zachary Taylor

The Mexican War, 1848, by Wellington G. Burnett

Lincoln and the Mexican War, 1848, by Abraham Lincoln





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