Dickins, Asbury; Forney, John W. American State Papers. Military Affairs. Class 5, Vol. 7. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1861. First Edition. [11606]
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. 1056 pp. including index; light foxing, tight. Good. Hardcover.
This volume covers the years 1837 to 1838, 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 the Military Academy; Military Courts of Inquiry (one leaf detached in this section); Testing and Proving Cannon; Report of the Secretary of War; Withdrawal of General Scott, etc.; Army Register; War against the Seminole Indians.
