Jackson, Andrew; Van Buren, Martin. Florida Boundary : Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting The information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ultimo, respecting the report of the Commissioners for running the line between the United States and Florida, under the Treaty of 1795. Washington: U. S. Congress, 1830. First Edition. [12279]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 16 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
21st Congress, 1st Session, Ho. of Reps. Executive Doc. no. 80.
Although Florida was a Territory of the United States in 1829, it did not become a State until 1845. Descriptions of the border and the rivers encountered, with brief notes on flora and fauna.
References the Okefenoke swamp, and the following rivers - the Mississippi, Flint, Pearl or Half Way, Pascagoula, Mobile, Conecuh, Chattahoochie or Appalachicola, and St. Mary's.
Discusses sites for military works along the border.
