Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress. Ex. Doc. No. 1. Volume II

Verlag: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, Washington, D.C. 1856, 1856

Beschreibung

First Edition published on December 18, 1856. Volume II. This volume is the reports and letters of the Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis; Secretary of the Navy, James C. Dobbin; and the Postmaster General, James Campbell. It is a period of war with Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest, and the fight between pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates in "Bleeding Kansas", with letters from the governor of the Kansas Territory and commanders in the field describing the attacks and fights; the foothills of the Civil War to come. Black cloth decoratively blind-stamped spine and boards are clean and square; the front hinge is worn and partially split. The endpapers are foxed and there is an ink blot on a few pages in the middle. Otherwise the pages are clean, unmarked and in excellent condition. The text block binding is strong and sound. A fascinating primary source historical read from 1856 in Very Nice condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1575469940782

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Message from the President of the United ...

Verlag: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, Washington, D.C. 1856

Erscheinungsdatum: 1856

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition