Prologue to manifest destiny: Anglo-American relations in the 1840s

746 Pages·1997·3.63 MB·English

by  Howard Jones

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.
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Prologue to Manifest Destiny
Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s
Howard Jones
Donald A. Rakestraw
A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint
Wilmington, Delaware
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© 1997 by Scholarly Resources Inc.
All rights reserved
First published 1997
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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.

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For Mary Ann and Jennie
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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
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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
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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.