Dickins, Asbury; Forney, John W. American State Papers. Military Affairs. Class 5, Vol. 6. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1861. First Edition. [11605]
Sometime rebound in brown buckram, ex library with labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers; otherwise clean. 13 x 8 1/2 inches. 1118 pp. including index; light foxing, tight. Fair. Hardcover.
This volume covers the years 1836 to 1837, 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. This volume emphasizes the protection of the western frontiers.
Reports on the militias, tactics, fortifications, officers, foundries, expenses, armories, rules and regulations, &c., &c., all given in minute detail. Sections on Topographical Engineers; Florida Indians; Army Register; Plate - Plan and Elevation of Foundry; Plate - Boring Frame; Several more Foundry Plates; Expedition of Colonel Dodge to the Rocky Mountains in 1835 (one leaf in this section almost detached); Pay of Army Officers; Military and Naval Defences; Indian Hostilities in Florida; Operations of the Army in Florida.
