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Overseas America: Our Territorial Outposts (Headline Books #35; New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1942), by Charles F. Reid (page images at HathiTrust)
History and description of our Philippine wonderland, and photographic panorama of Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, Samoa, Guam, and Wake island, with entertaining accounts of their peoples and modes of living, customs, industries, climate and present conditions ... (Crowell & Kirkpatrick Co., 1899), by Ebenezer Hannaford (page images at HathiTrust)
Anti-imperialism (Public ownership review, 1899), by Morrison I. Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
The constitutional power of Congress over the territories. An argument delivered in the Supreme Court of the United States, December 18, 1856, in the case of Dred Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. John F. A. Sandford. (Little, Brown and company, 1857), by George Ticknor Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
Territorial governments. (Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1850), by Lewis Cass (page images at HathiTrust)
Territories and dependencies of the United States, their Government and administration (The Century co., 1905), by William F. Willoughby (page images at HathiTrust)
Calendar of papers in Washington archives relating to the territories of the United States (to 1873) (Carnegie institution of Washington, 1911), by David W. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Highlights, Office of Territories. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1969), by United States. Office of Territories (page images at HathiTrust)
Territorial responsibilities. (For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by United States. Office of Territories (page images at HathiTrust)
Overseas America; our territorial outposts.by Charles F. Reid (The Foreign Policy Association, 1942), by Charles F. Reid and Foreign Policy Association (page images at HathiTrust)
An ordinance for the government of the Territory of the United States, North-west of the River Ohio. ([Philadelphia] : [Printed by John Dunlap], [1787], 1787), by United States Continental Congress and United States (page images at HathiTrust)
The Philippine problem (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939), by William Hart Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal policies regarding the U.S. insular areas : oversight hearing before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session ... hearing held in Washington, DC, April 10, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Oversight on territories and insular affairs hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... June 25, 1979. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Republic or empire : address ... delivered before a mass meeting at the Cooper Institute, New York, May 24, 1900, under the auspices of the Anti-Imperialist League of New York (The New England Anti-Imperialist League, 1900), by George S. Boutwell (page images at HathiTrust)
Briefing on territorial matters hearing, Ninety-third Congress, first session (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territories and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Impact of Contract with America on the territories : hearing before the Subcommittee on Native American & Insular Affairs of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 602, a bill to reform the laws concerning territories and possessions, January 31, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Native American & Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Will America fulfill her solemn pledge to the Filipino people? (Ransdell Inc., printers, 1921), by Washington Philippines. Commission of Independence. Press Bureau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The constitutional history of the Louisiana Purchase, 1803-1812 (University of California Press, 1920), by Everett Somerville Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Successes and challenges of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas : oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, Thursday, July 17, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
The legislation of Congress for the government of the organized territories of the United States. 1789-1895. (W. A. Baker, Printer, 1896), by Max Farrand and W. A. Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
Puerto Rico Status Referendum Act--S. 712 : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, on S. 712 ... November 9, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (page images at HathiTrust)
US territories and freely associated states (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal jurisdiction in the territories. (Deseret news company, 1883), by Jeremiah S. Black (page images at HathiTrust)
Financial assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands : hearing before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session on H.J. Res. 423 ... H.J. 493 ... hearings held in Washington, DC, March 20, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Briefing on H.R. 98, to establish the Commonwealth of Guam, and for other purposes, before the Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, December 13, 1991, San Francisco, California, One Hundred Second Congress, first session. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Articles of Relations for U.S. territories : hearing before the Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on H.R. 4442, to provide consultations for the development of Articles of Relations and Self-Government for insular areas of the United States, hearing held in Washington, DC, May 24, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
The legislation of Congress for the government of the organized territories of the United States 1789-1895 (W. A. Baker, Printer, 1896), by Max Farrand (page images at HathiTrust)
Bills, reports and hearings (Government Printing Office, 1800), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of Hon. H. S. Foote, of Mississippi, on establishing governments for California, Deseret, New Mexico, and Jacinto : delivered in Senate of the United States, January 8, 1850. (printed at the Globe Office, 1850), by Henry S. Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
Forsvar for Utah. (Trykt i "Bikuben's" Trykkeri, 1883), by Jeremiah S. Black (page images at HathiTrust)
[Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940. Territorial possessions] (Washington, D.C., 1940), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of Hon. H. V. Johnson. ([n.p., 1849), by Herschel Vespasian Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
California and New Mexico. Speech of Mr. William B. Preston, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1849, on the formation of a new state out of the territories of California and New Mexico. (Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, 1849), by William Ballard Preston (page images at HathiTrust)
Territorial relations, United States and Great Britain : message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, touching the territorial relations of the United States and Great Britain on this continent. (Thomas Allen, 1839), by United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Thomas Allen, Martin Van Buren, and United States. Congress 1838-1839). House (page images at HathiTrust)
America and her insular possessions (J. C. Winston co., 1906), by Joel Cook and C. H. Forbes-Lindsay (page images at HathiTrust)
To approve the Compact of Free Association : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S.J. Res. 286 ... May 24, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
1985 omnibus territories legislation : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 1441 ... S.J. Res. 192 ... H.R. 2478 ... December 3, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
US territories and freely associated states. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Puerto Rico : information for status deliberations : briefing report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1990), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Puerto Rico : Commonwealth election law and its application to a political status referendum : report to the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1990), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
U.S. insular areas : application of the U.S. Constitution : report to the Chairman, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives / United States General Accounting Office. (The Office, 1997), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of Mr. Charles Hudson, of Mass., on the constitutional power of Congress over the territories, and the right of excluding slavery therefrom. (J. & G. S. Gideon, 1848), by Charles Hudson (page images at HathiTrust)
Pictorial history of America's new possessions : the isthmian canals, and the problem of expansion ... with chapters on the policy of American expansion (Butler & Alger, 1899), by Murat Halstead (page images at HathiTrust)
Our new possessions : four books in one : a graphic account, descriptive and historical, of the tropic islands of the sea which have fallen under our sway, their cities, peoples and commerce, natural resources and the opportunities they offer to Americans ... Special chapters on tropical cultivation, sugar, coffee, etc., the Ladrones, the Carolines, and other island groups of the Pacific, and their commercial relations (J.S. Ziegler, 1898), by Trumbull White (page images at HathiTrust)
Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, Guam, Samoan Islands, and Cuba. Their area, population, agricultural and mineral products; imports and exports by countries; and the commerce of the United States therewith. ([Washington, 1901), by United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of Mr. Julius Rockwell, of Mass., on the government of the territories, the ordinance of 1787, and the presidential election. (J. and G.S. Gideon, Printers, 1848), by Julius Rockwell (page images at HathiTrust)
Anti-imperialism (Public Ownership Review, 1899), by Morrison I. Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
Boundaries of the United States and of the several states and territories with an outline of the history of all important changes of territory (G.P.O., 1900), by Henry Gannett and United States Geological Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
The Grand committee consisting of [...] to whom was referred a motion of Mr. Monroe, for repealing those acts of Congress which recommend to the states thus circumstanced, the cession of vacant and unappropriated territory to the United States, so far as they respect the jurisdiction of the same .. (s.n., 1780), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
The Grand committee consisting of [...] to whom were among other things, referred a motion of Mr. Monroe, respecting the cessions and division of western lands and territory .. (s.n., 1786), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
The Grand committee to whom were referred a motion of Mr. Monroe, upon the subject of the western territory, ceded by individual states, beg leave to report in part .. (s.n., 1786), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Motion of Mr. Dane resolved that the geographer of the United States and the surveyors appointed pursuant to the ordinance of Congress, passed May 20, 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory .. (Printed by John Dunlap, 1786), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Congress of the United States: at the third session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety resolved ... that the president of the United States be, and he hereby is requested, to cause an estimate to be laid before Congress ... of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians .. (Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791), by United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
A Supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory whereas it appears inconvenient to pursue the mode prescribed in the land ordinance passed the twentieth day of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five .. (s.n., 1788), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
A Supplement to an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory" whereas it is found to be inconvenient to execute that part of the land ordinance passed May 20th, 1785 .. (s.n., 1788), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
Zwei Beiträge zur verfassungsgeschichte der Vereinigten Staaten (R. Voigtländer, 1908), by Charles Henry Meyerholz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Organic acts for the territories of the United States with notes thereon (Govt. Print. Off., 1900), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
The colonial expansion of the United States. ([Boston, etc., 1899), by A. Lawrence Lowell (page images at HathiTrust)
The right of the territories to become states of the Union. (Advertiser printing house, 1892), by Edmund Steele Joy (page images at HathiTrust)
Address by Bishop Benjamin William Arnett, D.D., Wednesday evening, Oct. 11, 1899, at Music Hall, Chicago. ([Chicago?] : [publisher not identified], [1899], 1899), by Benjamin William Arnett and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
The territorial policy of the United States (The State Capital Co., 1903), by Charles A. Blair and W. C. Barnhardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Speech of Mr. Dickinson, of New York, on establishing a government for California : delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 28, 1849. (Towers, 1849), by Daniel S. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Triumphant America and her new possessions, including an illustrated history of Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Phillipines, and of our sister republic of Cuba, created by the chivalric response of American valor; a history and description of the proposed Isthmian Canals, Panama and Nicaragua, and a history of American expansion, from the origional thirteen states to America's commanding position as a world power. (Colonial Pub. Co., 1899), by Murat Halstead (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal activities in the territories (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands) ([Washington], 1948), by United States. Division of Territories and Island Possessions and James F. Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
Puerto Rico Status Referendum Act : report together with additional and minority views (to accompany S. 712). (U.S. G.P.O., 1989), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
To enhance the economic development of the U.S. territories : hearings before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 5561 ... hearing held in Washington, DC, May 4 and 8, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
To enhance economic development of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1984), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of Hon. John M. Read, at the democratic town meeting in favor of the union and California, held in the hall of the Chinese museum, on Wednesday the 13th March, 1850. ([Philadelphia?, 1850), by John M. Read (page images at HathiTrust)
An Act to Amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to Reserve Assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act for Certain Insular Areas. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
Territorial areas administered by the United States (The Office : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1973), by United States. Department of the Interior. Office of the Secretary (page images at HathiTrust)
Administration of overseas affairs ; a report to the Congress, March 1949 ([U.S. Govt. Print. Off], 1949), by United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-1949) and Herbert Hoover (page images at HathiTrust)
Territorial governments : speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S. August 7, 1848. (J. and G.S. Gideon, printers, 1848), by Kinsley Scott Bingham (page images at HathiTrust)
Omnibus territories and Palau agreement : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, to consider S. 1237, the Omnibus Territories Act of 2013 and S. 1268, to approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, July 11, 2013. ([publisher not identified], 2013), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
The United States and the dilemmas of political control (s.n., 1965), by Whitney T. Perkins and United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal supervision over the territories of the United States (Voigtländer, 1907), by Charles Henry Meyerholz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Message of the governor-general to the fifth Philippine legislature : delivered by His Excellency in the Hall of Representatives on October 17, 1921 ([Manila] : [Office of the Governor-General], 1921., 1921), by Philippines. Gobernador-General and Leonard Wood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Letter of William F. Samford, esq. of Alabama, to Governor Wise. ([publisher not identified], 1859), by William F. Samford and Henry A. Wise (page images at HathiTrust)
Calendar of papers in Washington archives relating to the territories of the United States (to 1873) (Carnegie institution of Washington, 1911), by David W. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
On the government of the territories. The constitutional power of the general government and the people in the federal territories. (Daily Enquirer Steam Presses, 1860), by Durbin Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

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