Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting a Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Relative to Local Differences of Longitude and Astronomical Observations Generally (30th Congress, Second Session: Executive Document Number 21)

Walker, Robert John

Verlag: NP, 1849

Beschreibung

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight soiling, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to extremities). 13 pages. Upper wrapper title. At head of title: House of Representatives. Electro-Magnetic Telegraph -- Astronomical Observations. Includes correspondence from A. D. Bache and other US Coast Survey officials; dated January 6, 1849 ('Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed' -- upper wrapper). Walker (1801-69), Pennsylvania-born lawyer and public official; admitted to the Pittsburgh bar (1821); US Senator from Mississippi (1836-45); Secretary of the Treasury (1845-49); Governor of Kansas territory (1857); notable for his financial speculations during his time in Washington, and for his central role in the nomination and election of Polk as US President. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers L059800

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, ...

Verlag: NP

Erscheinungsdatum: 1849

Einband: Unknown

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.