[112] House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII, No. 60, p. 140.

[113] Ibid., p. 141.

[114] See Polk, MS. Diary, entry for May 9, 1846.

[115] Richardson, Messages and Papers, IV, 442.

[116] Cong. Globe, 29 Cong., 1 Sess., 795.

[117] [John Slidell, of New Orleans, appointed a commissioner to Mexico in 1845 to endeavor to adjust the boundary and re-establish relations.]

[118] Polk, MS. Diary, February 17, 1846.

[119] Senate Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., I, No. 1, p. 39.

[120] Ripley, War with Mexico, I, 149; Polk, MS. Diary, May 14, 16, 1846.

[121] Hittell, California, II, bk. vi., chaps. ii–v, passim.