Nicholas P. Trist, Peace Commissioner to Mexico; and Luis P. Cuevas, Bernardo Couto and Miguel Atristain, Ambassadors to the united States; sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding the Republics of California and Texas, and the federal enclave of New Mexico to the united States, in exchange for 15,000,000 Dollars.
[restored 1/29/2022]
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Authority:
Article II, Section 2 [Clause 2]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 132.
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