Missouri, a bone of contention

Carr, Lucien, 1829-1915. (author.)

1888

Houghton, Mifflin

American commonwealths series

Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi -- French domination in the Mississippi valley -- Spanish domination -- The Louisiana purchase -- Louisiana territory : 1804 to 1812 -- Missouri territory : 1813 to 1821 -- The Missouri compromise -- The admission of Missouri into the Union -- From 1820 to 1844 -- The annexation of Texas and the conquest of New Mexico -- The Jackson Resolutions : internal improvements : education -- Kansas troubles : progress of the state : election of 1800 -- The legislature and the constitution convention : Missouri decides for the Union -- The arsenal, Camp Jackson, and the second meeting of the convention -- Springfield and Lexington : the Confederates evacuate the state -- From the evacuation of the state to the end of the war -- Abolition of slavery : the convention of 1805 and test oaths.

Series title at head of title page.

Bibliography: pages [v]-vi.

Book provided by University of Missouri -- St. Louis

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Missouri

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x, 377 pages : frontispiece (folded map)

History.

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