Lowrie, Walter; Clark, Matthew St. Clair; et al. American State Papers. Foreign Relations (6 volumes) Class 1, Vols. 1-6. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1833-1859. First Edition. [11598]
Sometime rebound in brown buckram, ex library with large labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers,rest clean. 13 x 8 1/2 inches. Each volume about 900 pages plus an extensive index (volume six has 1127 pp.); some dampstains in vol. 6. Good. Hardcover.
These six volumes cover the years 1789 to 1828, and includes all of the documents pertaining to Foreign Relations in connection with the federal government of the United States. They cover the period between Presidents George Washington and John Quincy Adams. They present the annual Messages of the Presidents as well as every document pertaining to foreign affairs.
These books are necessary for anyone studying the history of this period. They are full of primary information and accounts unavailable elsewhere.
This period of time includes relations with France, England, Tripoli, Spain, Russia, &. The War of 1812, the Impressment of Seamen, the Massacre at Dartmoor Prison, South America, Spain in Florida, Louisiana, Treaty of Ghent, Suppression of the Slave Trade, Spoilation of United States commerce, Spanish Privateers, Congress at Panama, French Spoliations, British Colonial Trade, Indemnity for Slaves, Treaty with Mexico, two folding maps showing boundary of Maine; etc.
