Papers relating to Mexican government debts held by Louis Hargous and George Hammeken, 1840-1881.

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Papers relating to Mexican government debts held by Louis Hargous and George Hammeken, 1840-1881.

This collection includes government documents from the United States and Mexico and private agreements relating to debts held by Louis Hargous and George Hammeken, as well as printed court documents from attempts to collect those debts.

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

American and Mexican Mixed Commission.

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Hammeken, George Louis

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Businessman George Louis Hammeken (?-1881) moved to Mexico around 1831, settling in Texas as a representative for banking agents Manning and Marshall four years later. As president of the Brazos and Galveston Railroad, he purchased land in Austinia, the planned site for the company’s main office. From 1839 through 1841, Hammeken served as secretary to Barnard E. Bee, the Texas minister to Mexico, and his successor James Webb. Establishing the commission merchant business Hammeken an...

Hargous, Louis Stanislas.

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Joint Commission of the United States and the Republic of Mexico.

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Doblado, Manuel, 1818-1865

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Tehuantepec Railway Company

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