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Washington, 1831. Covers the session from December 1830 through April 1831. Andrew Jackson was President. Includes Indian treaties and numerous acts regarding the budget, the military, road-building, etc. Original blue-gray paper wraps (softcover) with paper spine over stitched binding as issued. Pages uncut, and, for the most part, unopened. Condition is worn, with quite a bit of foxing and curling of page edges. Complete and quite readable. Good copy of a historically significant document.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo (9" x 5.75" or 23 cm x 14.5 cm).

Washington, D. C.: Wm. A. Douglas, 1830. Book. Very Good. Paperback. The book has been bound in tan cloth with a leather spine label..

Washington, 1826. Original blue-gray paper wraps (softcover) with paper spine over stitched binding as issued. Pages uncut, and, for the most part, unopened. Condition is quite worn, with much browning, foxing and curling of page edges. Signature at head of front cover. Complete and quite readable. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo (9" x 5.75" or 23 cm x 14.5 cm).

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Washington, 1838-1839. 3 items bound as 1; First Session 11, [1], 29 (appendix) pp, Second Session 201, [1], 85 (appendix) pp, Third Session 141, [1], 77 (appendix) pp, library markings, old quarter leather binding very worn with sides detached, portions of text age toned but not fragile,. - 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.

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United States Congress, 1809-12-31. Hardcover. Good. 24, ii, [31]-241, iv pp. Both parts bound in one. Rebound in modern green cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Lacking title page, half title present. Scattering foxing. <br>Contains an Act laying out a road from Cumberland MD to Ohio (Old National Pike). Contains a number of Indian treaties; notably with the Kickapoo, Wea, Miami, Eel, Delaware, Putawatimie, and Osage tribes. Foreign affairs concerns US relations with the Barbary pirates, the embargo against France and the UK and the coming conflict with Great Britain. Also a proposed Constitutional Amendment: Titles of Nobility Amendment: Proposed to strip United States citizenship from any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from a foreign country. Early American imprints., Second series ; no. 18808.

Pamphlet 8vo, publishers printed wrappers, 151pp. Uncut and unopened, spine worn, foxed and toned, a bit tattered along one edge, and some folding at the edges. Important early journal of the workings of 17th Congress of the United States. Includes the particulars of the “Missouri Compromise”, which admitted Missouri as a slave state (pages 114-116). Also recorded are several acts relating to Florida, including Andrew Jackson’s proclamation taking possession of the territory, and the act setting up a territorial government and dividing the territory into East and West Florida. There are a variety of last dramatic items included in this journal, such as, reimbursement for a home burned down while it was occupied by U.S. soldiers, funding for lighthouses, and bounties for bring in prisoners. Additionally, there is some information on the workings of early Indian treaties. The Ottawa Nation was promised $1,000 a year for land ceded to the United States, and additional funds were to be provided for… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross, 1797. Leather. Leather. Very Good -. 1st edition. A Very Good - copy. 8vo., 240, vii, [4], 244-561, [1 blank], 26 (Constitution and Amendments thereto), iv (Table of Contents), [48- Index] pp. Bound in period full calf, with gilt title on red morocco label on the spine. Moderate shelf wear, with a pull at the spine's crown, several pulls of leather on the boards, and a series of small holes along the rear joint, showing the board beneath. Scarce in the period binding. This is Ross's printing (other printers also published this at the time) of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress, including the notorious Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps, plus a treaty with the Cherokees. Evans 32951, 34688, 36479. Sabin 15501-15503.