Guthrie, James. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting A Report from the Register of the Treasury, of the Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1856. Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856. First Edition. [12486]
Sometime bound in brown library buckram, gilt titles to spine, binding very good, 9 x 6 inches. Ex library with bookplate and stamps; 67, 653, 1 clean pp. Very good. Hardcover.
34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Executive Documents volume 13.
This report is about 275 pages and is in the center of this volume.
The volume consists of an index and a 653 page report. There are 25 different items, and they may be seen in the photos. In general, this is an enormous record of shipping and commerce for the year 1856. Sections on exports of all manner of goods, with detailed records for each; the values of the same; foreign articles and merchandise; a detailed record of all imports; tonnage of American and foreign vessels; number and class of vessels built in 1856; comparisons by year from 1816 to 1856; number and class of vessels built from 1815 to 1856; &c.
