My latest for American Citizens for Taiwan. I was going to post this up yesterday but was out all day biking and got back late...
However, this scheme was killed by the outgoing Secretary of State of the Buchanan Administration. When Pierce became president, he appointed William Reed to Parker’s place, and instructed him that on no account would the US annex Chinese territory. Thus ended the possibility of Formosa eventually becoming a US state....go thou and read...
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Wasn't Fillmore president before Pierce? Buchanan came just after Pierce.
Given the dates, I suspect the outgoing Secretary of State was Pierce's, and then Buchanan's administration said no Chinese territories...
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