Search Results: report of the committee of claims by committee of claims

Philadelphia:, 1802. 6 pp., original self wrappers, re-backed with paper tape, about good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

[Washington, D. C.]: n.p., 1827. First edition. Self wrappers. A good uncut untrimmed copy with a dampstain throughout.. 8 pp. 8vo. 19th Congress, 2d Session. [18]. Concerning the petitioner's prayer for indemnity for the loss of a house and store that were burnt at Buffalo, in 1813, by the British, while they were occupied as a barrack and hospital by troops of the United States. Shoemaker 31287.

Washington, D. C.: Printed by R. C. Weightman, 1809. First edition. Removed. A very good+ copy.. 6 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows two copies (UVA and the U.S. Naval Library). Shaw & Shoemaker 19046.

City of Washington: A. &. G. Way, printers,, 1810. first edition; 7 pp, general age toning, extraction roughness at spine and modern side stapling, good only; at the end of the Revolutionary War Captain Samuel Lapsley received two commutation certificates with a total value of $2,360; through circumstances explained in the text they were never redeemed and the time limitation has expired but the committee feels an exception should be made and his widow should get the money. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Washington, D. C.: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1809. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with foxing.. 4 pp. 8vo. With Madison's recommendation, Congress paid the claims of this Danish citizen whose ship was taken. OCLC shows two copies (UVA and the U.S. Naval Library). Shaw & Shoemaker 19045.

NP, 1818. First Edition. Unknown. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G-. Short tear at top edge; slight soiling, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to edges); small holes at spine edges (disbound). One leaf (recto only). Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 63 (in brackets). Text of the report; in reply to Williams' petition for restitution of the value of his two horses, lost in a ferry accident 'in the mouth of Red River, on the Cumberland', November 25, 1814, in the course of their transportation to New Orleans in the service of the US Army; petitioner thus 'directing the quartermaster in West Tennessee, to pay him one hundred dollars ...' The committee found the request unwarranted due to the 'misconduct of the persons having charge of the ferry boat' and submit the resolution '[t]hat the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be grantd' [sic]. Dated January 23, 1818 ('Read, agreed to, petition rejected') and January 26, 1818 ('Recommitted to the Committee of Claims'). Sold 'as is'.

NP, 1824. First Edition. Unknown. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stains, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to edges); previous owner's ink and pencil annotations to upper wrapper (chiefly in upper and lower margins); small chip to foredge of upper wrapper. 16 pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 96 (in brackets). Text of the report, stemming from Wilkins' objections to certain expenses incurred as provider of rations to various US Army troops from October 1, 1801 to September 30, 1802, in supposed violation of his contract with the Secretary of War; committee resolved that the petition not be granted. Includes communications from William Simmons of the Comptroller's Office and from Auditor Peter Hagner. Dated March 29, 1824 on upper wrapper ('Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table'; upper wrapper). Probable table copy; unidentified (secretarial?) holograph notes in black ink on upper wrapper read: 'Report / Chas. Wilkins / Committee /… Read More

Washington, D. C.: A. &. G. Way, Printers, 1810. First edition. Removed. Small chip on the corner of one leaf else a very good copy with. 8 pp. 8vo. Richard Taylor was wounded in the St. Clair Indian Campaign while serving under General Adair in 1791-2. He is seeking an increase in his original pension. Shaw & Shoemaker 21824.

Washington, 1842. Hardcover. Near Fine. 27th Congress, 2d Session, Rep. No. 588. 40 p. 23 cm. Bound in blue cloth with marbled paper boards. Tan label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.

Paperback. Very Good. Washington: GPO, 1848. 22p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). 23 cm. No separate wrapper. A few dark spots and minor foxing. 30th Cong. 1st Sess. House. Report No. 724. Watson made advances to the agent of the Creek Indians for the value of slaves in accordance with an agreement between General Jessup and Creek warriors as an inducement to persuade them to aid in the fight against the Seminoles. The Creeks did their part but the government decided that they shouldn't be compensated for the value of the slaves they were not allowed to take or keep. A majority on the Committee of Claims supported the government and voted to disallow Watson's claim.

[Washington]: [US House of Representatives], 1822. First Edition. Un-bound. Very good. Octavo, [1], 2-24pp. Folding chart laid-in. Un-bound; three unopened and untrimmed gatherings, which were likely to be side-stitched or bound into a larger volume, though this was never done. Very good; some foxing and marginal soiling, but a complete and generally clean example of this rare document of the claims made by Tennessee militia members who had fought against the Seimnole tribe in Florida under Andrew Jackson. The legal question centers on whether volunteer militiamen who lose horses and other valuables should be compensated by the government for their losses. A large folding chart is titled "Statement of the number of Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen in the service of the United States during the war against the Seminole Indians, from accounts filed in the office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury." OCLC records just three holdings, at the LOC, AAS, and Emory. Rare. Checklist of American Imprints… Read More