Davis, Henry Winter; Orr, James L.; Ritchie, David; Warner, Hiram. Alleged Corrupt Combinations of Members of Congress. Washington: US House of Representatives, 1857. First Edition. [12484]
Sometime bound in brown library buckram, gilt titles to spine, binding very good, 9 x 6 inches. xix, 894 clean pp. Very good. Hardcover.
34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Report no. 243.
This report is about 275 pages and is in the center of this volume.
There are six sections to the report as well as several shorter accompanying items. The congressmen investigated are William A. Gilbert of New York, William W. Welch of Connecticut, Francis S. Edwards of New York, and Orsamus B. Matteson of New York.
You will receive the entire bound volume, with some of the additional reports being Kansas Contested Election; R. G. Elliott and others, of Kansas, asking for compensation for destroyed printing press; and many smaller reports of persons with grievances seeking redress from the federal government.