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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, 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.

Washington City: William Duane & Son, 1805. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 20 pp. Removed from nonce volume. Pencil note at the top of the title page else clean. Congress's continued attempts to address the mess created and left by the Yazoo Land Fraud and claims involving the Georgia Company, the New England Mississippi Land Company, the Georgia Mississippi Company, and Upper Mississippi Company. Shaw & Shoemaker 9600.

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.