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United States. President, United States President, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books The-Diary-Of-James-K-Polk-During-His-Presidency-1845-To-1849~~Unite… More...

United States. President, United States President, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books The-Diary-Of-James-K-Polk-During-His-Presidency-1845-To-1849~~United-States-President General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: first was, that though the U. S. had refused to yield the free navigation of the Columbia River to Great Brittain, yet they had offered her [a] free port on the extreme Southern point of Vancouver's Island: the second stated the fact, that a recent Globe published in England represented the Northern boundary of the U. S. West of the Rocky Mountains, as extending to the 54 parallel of North Latitude. The President approved both the alterations. They were stated to the President verbally by Mr. B. and were not submitted in writing. Saturday, 3Oth August, 1845.?The Cabinet met to-day, the atto. Gen'l still absent. The Secretary of State came in at half-past 12 O'Clock. He stated that he had just delivered his letter in answer to that of the Brittish Minister of the 29th July, 1845, to Mr. Bidwell, the Secretary of the Brittish Legation, Mr. Pakenham, the Brittish Minister, being still absent from Washington. Mr. Buchanan stated that he had informed the President, at the last meeting of the Cabinet, that Mr. Pakenham had returned, but he had ascertained that he had been wrongly informed. He was expected back on to-morrow or next day. He stated that he had informed Mr. Bid- well that he would retain his answer until his return, if Mr. Bidwell desired it, and that Mr. Bidwell replied, if it was ready it could be delivered to him for the Minister, and that it was delivered accordingly. Mr. Buchanan said; "Well, the Deed is done," but [that] he did not think it was the part of wise statesmanship to deliver such a paper in the existing stateof our relations with Mexico. The President said he was glad it was delivered, that it was right in itself and he saw no reason for delaying it because of our relations with Mexico. A long conversation then took place in Cabinet in relation to ins...<