(WEST--TEXAS.) Group of 11 speeches and government documents on the Texas annexation debate. 8vo, the speeches mostly disbound, and the government documents mostly rebacked with paper tape; minor dampstaining and wear except as noted. Washington and elsewhere, 1844-1845 Thomas Hart Benton. "Speech . . . on the Treaty for the Annexation of Texas." 8 pages. Washington: Globe Office, [20 May] 1844.
Another printing of the same, with inclusion of appended documents. 28 pages; dampstained and worn. Washington: Gideon, 1844.
James Buchanan. "Speech . . . in Favor of the Treaty for the Annexation of Texas." 15 pages; unopened. [Washington], 8 June 1844.
Thomas Hart Benton. "Texas Annexation Bill: Speech . . . in Reply to Mr. McDuffie." 16 pages. [Washington], 15 June 1844.
"Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire in Favor of the Annexation of Texas." 2 pages. 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 22. [Washington], 6 January 1845.
John Tyler. "Message from the President . . . in Reply to a Resolution . . . Relative to the Public Debt and Public Lands of the Republic of Texas." 3 pages. 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 29. [Washington], 7 January 1845.
John Tyler. "Message from the President . . . in Reply to a Resolution . . . in Relation to Various Treaty Stipulations between Texas and other Independent Powers." 11 pages. 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 30. [Washington], 7 January 1845.
"Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri in Favor of the Reannexation of Texas." 2 pages. 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 46. [Washington], 20 January 1845.
Daniel D. Barnard. "Speech . . . on the Annexation of Texas." 16 pages; inked library deaccession stamps. Washington, [24 January] 1845.
Joseph T. Adams. "Lecture on the Subject of Re-Annexing Texas to the United States." 23 pages. “Texas is the greatest cotton region in the world. It is not only more fertile for cotton, but it produces a better article. There is enough land in Texas to enable her to supply the world with this great staple." New Bedford, MA, 10 February 1845.
Joseph Bell. "Report of a Joint Committee and Resolutions of the General Assembly of Massachusetts Adverse to the Annexation of Texas." 12 pages. "While slavery or slave representation form any part of the claims or conditions of admission, Texas, with their consent, can never be admitted.” 28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 141. [Washington], 27 February 1845.