Author: O. D. Case and Company

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-06

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780260399519

Excerpt from The United States: Historical, Descriptive, and Statistical; With an Alphabetical Index to Counties, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, &C., To Accompany Case's Map of the United States Territory ceded by Spain. - Florida, as ceded by Spain, embraced the territory within the present limits of that state, and all westward to the Mississippi River south of the 31st parallel, except the small area included within the Louisiana Purchase. Of this territory square miles are now included within the State Of Alabama, and square miles within the State of Mississippi. By the same treaty Spain also ceded to the United States all claim to the territory embraced within the former Province of Louisiana. Texas as Annexed. - The western boundary Of Texas had not been settled at the time of her annexation, but she claimed as far westward as the Rio Grande, and north ward to the Arkansas River. In 1850 her territory was reduced to its present limits by Congress, and in consider ation of She ceded 'to the United States all other territory to which She had any claim. Territory ceded by Mexico in 1848. - The territory acquired from Mexico in 1848, by the Treaty of Guada lupe Hidalgo, comprised all within the present limits of California, Nevada, and Utah, that part of Wyoming south of the 42d parallel and west of the Rocky Mountains, all of Colorado west of the dividing ridge of the Rocky Moun tains and south Of the Arkansas River, that part of New Mexico west of the Rio Grande and north of the Gila River, and all of Arizona north Of the Gila River. Mex ico also claimed the whole Of Texas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.