John C. Calhoun, Secretary of State, and Isaac Van Zandt, Ambassador from the Republic of Texas to the united States, sign the Treaty of Annexation, providing for the admission of Texas as a State, Texas’ renunciation of extraterritorial claims, and u.S. assumption of 10,000,000 Dollars in Texas’ public debt.
[restored 1/22/2022]
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XI
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 122.
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