Message of the President of the United States Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Instructions and Correspondence between the Government and Major General Wool in Regard to His Operations on the Coast of the Pacific.

(WOOL, John Ellis)

Edité par [Government Printing Office], [Washington, D.C], 1855

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First edition. Octavo. Disbound. 128 pp. Very clean and bright."In 1854, Wool was transferred to the Department of Pacific, headquartered in San Francisco, California with orders from President Pierce to halt filibustering expeditions against Mexico. In the course of duty, Wool placed under arrest the French Consul, Dillon, who was tried for complicity in such activities by a San Francisco jury. This action provoked anger from the French government, which subsequently led the Pierce administration to abandon support of Wool?s course in literally carrying out the President?s orders. Shortly thereafter, his headquarters were transferred to a bleak part of Benicia, where he would have to contend with the problem of land disputes between white settlers and native people in the Oregon and Washington territories. Having limited manpower and supplies for such a large expanse of territory, Wool?s solution was to exclude settlements west of the Cascade Mountains. This action resulted in a bitter dispute with the Oregon and Washington territorial governors, George L. Carry and Isaac Stevens, respectively, who already felt Wool was not responding quickly enough to protect white settlers. Ultimately, Wool was again relieved of command for political reasons." (New York State Library).

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• Titre: Message of the President of the United States Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Instructions and Correspondence between the Government and Major General Wool in Regard to His Operations on the Coast of the Pacific.
• Éditeur: [Government Printing Office], [Washington, D.C]
• Date de parution: 1855