Lowrie, Walter; Clark, Matthew St. Clair. American State Papers. Commerce and Navigation (2 volumes) Class 4, Vols. 1-2. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1832-1834. [11607]
Sometime rebound in brown buckram, ex library with labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers & title page of vol. ii., rest clean. 13 x 8 1/2 inches. 1024, xvi; 872, xxviii clean pages. Two leaves in vol. ii. chipped at the edges with some loss. Good. Hardcover.
These two volumes cover the years 1789 to 1823, and includes all of the documents pertaining to commerce and navigation in connection with the government of the United States.
They include all documents pertaining to ship building; harbors; fisheries; imports and exports; shipping tonnage; duties; coastal surveys; trade; sick and disabled seamen; commercial regulations of foreign countries; etc.
These books are necessary for anyone studying the history of this period. They are full of primary information and accounts unavailable elsewhere.
