Lowrie, Walter; Clark, Matthew St. Clair; et al. American State Papers. Military Affairs. Class 5, Vol. 2. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1834. First Edition. [11601]
Sometime rebound in brown buckram, ex library with labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers, rest clean. 13 x 8 1/2 inches. 846 pp., xiii pp. index; light foxing, tight. Good. Hardcover.
This volume covers the years 1819 to 1825, and includes all of the documents pertaining to the military affairs of the government of the United States.
This book is necessary for anyone studying the history of this period. It is full of primary information and accounts unavailable elsewhere.
Reports on the militias, tactics, fortifications, officers, foundries, expenses, armories, rules and regulations, &c., &c., all given in minute detail. Sections on the Military Academy at West Point; Trial of Colonel William King; Systems of Martial Law; Militia Fines; Lists of Officers; etc.
