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Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, To Whom Was Referred a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of 27th February Last, Instructing Said Committee to Inquire Into the Expediency of Making an Appropriation ... (18th Congress, First Session)
by United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee of Ways and Means
- Used
- fair
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
NP, 1824. First Edition. Unknown. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fair +. Stains, creases, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to extremities); previous owner's ink annotation at head of upper wrapper; wear to foredges and lower edges. 10 pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title; title continued: To Compensate the Friendly Creek Indians for Property Lost and Destroyed During the Late Creek War. At head of title: 101 (in brackets). Text of the report, plus supplemental texts by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, Major General Thomas Pinckney, and others (including a 2-page statement of claims totaling $85,000 from Indian agent D. B. Mitchell). Dated April 5, 1824 on upper wrapper ('Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table'; upper wrapper). Rare copy of an important Native American-related document; sold 'as is'.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L059930
- Title
- Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, To Whom Was Referred a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of 27th February Last, Instructing Said Committee to Inquire Into the Expediency of Making an Appropriation ... (18th Congress, First Session)
- Author
- United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee of Ways and Means
- Format/Binding
- Unknown
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- NP
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- General Americana United States 19th Century History Congress House of Representatives Committee Ways & Means Native American Indian Tribe Creek Restitution Creek War Appropriation Compensation QX91, , , , , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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