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Prologue to Manifest Destiny : Anglo- title: American Relations in the 1840s author: Jones, Howard.; Rakestraw, Donald A. publisher: Scholarly Resources, Inc. isbn10 | asin: 0842024883 print isbn13: 9780842024884 ebook isbn13: 9780585119533 language: English United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Foreign relations-- subject United States, United States--Territorial expansion. publication date: 1997 lcc: E183.8.G7J64 1997eb ddc: 327.41073/09/034 United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Foreign relations-- subject: United States, United States--Territorial expansion. Page iii Prologue to Manifest Destiny Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s Howard Jones Donald A. Rakestraw A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware Page iv © 1997 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1997 Printed and bound in the United States of America Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Howard, 1940 Prologue to manifest destiny: Anglo-American relations in the 1840s / Howard Jones, Donald A. Rakestraw. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8420-2488-3 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8420- 2498-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. United StatesForeign relationsGreat Britain. 2. Great BritainForeign relationsUnited States. 3. United States Territorial expansion. I. Rakestraw, Donald A. (Donald Allen), 1952 . II. Title. E183.8.G7J64 1997 327.41073'09'034dc20 96-42450 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984. Page v For Mary Ann and Jennie Page vii Acknowledgments This work represents the efforts of a number of individuals who either inspired, encouraged, supported, or labored to take it from prospectus to book. It has benefited, as have we, from the kind input of Kinley J. Brauer, Alan Downs, Scott Keller, Craig Roell, Kenneth Stevens, and James Woods, who read all or part of the manuscript and offered many useful suggestions. No one has exhibited more contagious enthusiasm or more able support than Richard M. Hopper of Scholarly Resources; his interest was apparent from the first mention of the project and remained consistent throughout. For making the tedious task of transition from manuscript to finished product not only bearable but also enjoyable, we owe lasting gratitude to Carolyn J. Travers for her guidance and to Ann M. Aydelotte for her superb editorial skills. We also are indebted to the capable staffs of numerous libraries and archives as well as friends and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic. In Tuscaloosa, special thanks go to the staff of the Gorgas Library, University of Alabama; and in Statesboro, to the staff of Georgia Southern University's Henderson Library and to the indispensable Peggy Smith. In Washington, the staffs of the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and the National Portrait Gallery were essential to our work. In the United Kingdom, this project drew from the expertise of the staffs of the Public Record Office, the British Library, and the Hampshire Record Office as well as from the support and encouragement of Kate Crowe at the British Foreign Office, David Willey at the Government Art Collection in London, and Eric Bird and Beryl Flitter in Oxfordshire. We would also be remiss if we did not mention our students, our constant reminder of why we chose historyCorey Andrews, Paul Grass, Brandy Berlin Scott, Carol Jackson Adams, and Jay Thompson, among others. On a personal note, we wish to thank our families for contributions too numerous to list. To our closest friends, Mary Ann and Jennie, we express sincere appreciation for their companionship and understanding. To our daughters, Deborah and Shari, and Page viii Charity and Emily, we acknowledge the inspiration provided by their very presence. And finally, to Timothy and Ashley (grandchildren of the senior author) goes the deepest gratitude for enriching the lives of all those they touch. If this work contains anything of value, we gladly share the credit with all those mentioned above. The inadequacies we claim as our own. HOWARD JONES TUSCALOOSA, SEPTEMBER 1996 DONALD A. RAKESTRAW STATESBORO, SEPTEMBER 1996 Page ix About the Authors H J received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and taught at OWARD ONES the University of Nebraska before coming to the University of Alabama in 1974. University Research Professor and Chair of the Department of History, he is the author of several books including Union in Peril: The Crisis over British Intervention in the Civil War (1992), a History Book Club Selection and winner of Phi Alpha Theta's Book Award for "best subsequent book"; Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy (1987); To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty: A Study in Anglo-American Relations, 17831843 (1977), which received the Phi Alpha Theta Book Award for "best first book" and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and Stuart L. Bernath Book Award; and Quest for Security: A History of U.S. Foreign Relations (1996). He is presently writing a study of Abraham Lincoln and slavery in the diplomacy of the Civil War. D A. R received his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama ONALD AKESTRAW and has taught at Georgia Southern University since 1988. Currently Associate Professor of U.S. Diplomatic History, he has authored a number of works including For Honor or Destiny: The Anglo- American Crisis over the Oregon Territory (1995); presented lectures and scholarly papers on Anglo-American relations in both the United States and the United Kingdom; and conducted seminars"Brother Jonathan and John Bull"at Oxford University on the history of Anglo- American relations. He is presently at work on a study of the impact of the British Foreign Office's American Ministry of Information on U.S. entry into the First World War.
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