The Statesmen of America in 1846In this book, first published in 1847, the English author Sarah Mytton Maury gives a personal and very positive account of her impressions of the United States upon arriving there in late 1845. Through marriage she gains access to many American statesmen of her day, and the book is dedicated to James Buchanan, later President of the United States. Maury portrays prominent senators, judges, officers, members of the clergy and Presidents John Adams and James K. Polk. Many of the descriptions are interspersed with extracts from speeches and letters by those portrayed. The book gives a great deal of attention to the early nineteenth-century dispute between Britain and the United States about territorial claims in the north-west, the so-called 'Oregon Question'. On this question as in other matters of contention or cultural differences between the two countries, Maury maintains a position of neutrality. |
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Is national injustice to the dead less censurable than to the living ? Is living
genius discouraged less by neglect of the children and the memory of public
benefactors , than by neglect of such benefactors themselves ? Is the Inventor
stimulated ...
Is national injustice to the dead less censurable than to the living ? Is living
genius discouraged less by neglect of the children and the memory of public
benefactors , than by neglect of such benefactors themselves ? Is the Inventor
stimulated ...
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American character : * the nose is broader , the nostrils more expanded , the lips
more full , and the mouth less wide than is usual in the American contour . The
habitual expression of his countenance is calm and elevated . The forehead is ...
American character : * the nose is broader , the nostrils more expanded , the lips
more full , and the mouth less wide than is usual in the American contour . The
habitual expression of his countenance is calm and elevated . The forehead is ...
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... the public lands , as well as everything else in which we have a common
interest , tends to consolidation ; and to this species of consolidation every true
American ought to be attached ; it is neither more nor less than strengthening the
union ...
... the public lands , as well as everything else in which we have a common
interest , tends to consolidation ; and to this species of consolidation every true
American ought to be attached ; it is neither more nor less than strengthening the
union ...
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a division of the United Canadas into departments or states , each having its local
legislative arrangements , be less hazardous to the permanent dominion of
England . To return to Oregon . There is an unseen element at work in the remote
...
a division of the United Canadas into departments or states , each having its local
legislative arrangements , be less hazardous to the permanent dominion of
England . To return to Oregon . There is an unseen element at work in the remote
...
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This exchange is obviously less favourable to England than to the cotton growing
States ; because , the first cost of natural produce is less than the first cost of
manufactured articles ; consequently , the latent profit must be greater on the
former ...
This exchange is obviously less favourable to England than to the cotton growing
States ; because , the first cost of natural produce is less than the first cost of
manufactured articles ; consequently , the latent profit must be greater on the
former ...
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| Titel | The Statesmen of America in 1846 Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive Band 360 von Travels in the Old South Iii |
| Autor/in | Sarah Mytton Maury |
| Verlag | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Jan. 2016 |
| Länge | 548 Seiten |
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