Decisive Battles of America

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[122] Niles’ Register, LXX, 310; Cong. Globe, 29 Cong., 2 Sess., 298; Polk, MS. Diary, August 18, 19, 1847.

[123] House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII, No. 60, pp. 324, 353, especially Taylor to Adjutant-General, July 2, 1846, ibid., pp. 329–332; cf. Polk, MS. Diary, September 15, 1846.

[124] Taylor to Adjutant-General, October 15, 1846, in House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII, No. 60, pp. 351–354.

[125] Polk, MS. Diary, November 14, 1846.

[126] Taylor to Adjutant-General, January 27, 1847, in House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII, No. 60, pp. 1100–1102.

[127] Taylor to Adjutant-General, March 6, 1847, in Senate Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., I, No. 1, pp. 132–141.

[128] Scott to Marcy, March 29, 1847, ibid., 229.

[129] Ripley, War with Mexico, II, 153–155; Polk, MS. Diary, December 28, 1847.

[130] Senate Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII, No. 52, p. 345.

[131] Buchanan to Trist, October 6, 1847, ibid., pp. 91–93; Polk, MS. Diary, October 5, 1847.