US House of Representatives. 19th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Reports of Committees nos. 131-232; Resolutions nos. 1-45. Washington: US House of Representatives, 1826. First Edition. [11741]
Full brown leather binding with partial brown leather spine title label, bindings is in good solid condition but scuffed and edge-worn, remnants of an old paper label on spine, 9 x 6 inches. Several old library bookplates/ink stamps on the end papers. Each of the items are have their own page numbers; the book is 3 inches thick. The texts are clean. Good. Hardcover.
This begins with an index, and includes the following interesting items:
The Claims of James Monroe
Mission to Panama
Preservation of the Cumberland Road
Road from Detroit to Lake Michigan
Ludlow and Roberts' Lines - Ohio
Canal - Lake Michigan to Illinios River
Gilbert C. Russell. 119 pp. investigation of the seizure his lands for a fort built at Mobile Point, a fort he had begun and then had it "forcibly seized" by an "armed force."
Samuel Youngs [Revolutionary War Claim - Hudson River]
Vessels Sunk for the Defence of Baltimore
Petition of Moses Smith [Revolutionary War Veteran]
Petition of Alexander McNish [Revolutionary War Veteran]
Several more Revolutionary War Veteran claims by various individuals.
To Hold a Treaty with the Seneca Indians
Northwest Coast of America (22 pp.)
Several short reports regarding Canals
Excise on Domestic Spirits (33 pp.)
Intercourse with the Indians (10 pp. with large folding chart of Indian Schools)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (122 pp.)
Suppression of the Slave Trade (3 pp.)
A number of proposed amendments to the US constitution regarding voting and the electoral college
Plus many more!
