LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING, IN OBEDIENCE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE 31ST ULTIMO, INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE ILLICIT INTRODUCTION OF SLAVES INTO THE UNITED STATES
by House of Representatives
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1820. With a Statement of the Measures Which Have Been Taken to Prevent the Same. Doc. No 42. January 13, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. 12 pp. Stiff gray paper covers. Light rubbing to edges, creasing to spine edge. Document is browning and has foxing from age, but text is easily legible. Uncut edge to title page. Document in VG condition. Important people mentioned within document include Secretary of the Treasury Wm. H. Crawford; Speaker of the House Henry Clay.. Paper Covers. Very Good. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Slavery.
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- Bee Creek Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006156
- Title
- LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING, IN OBEDIENCE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE 31ST ULTIMO, INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE ILLICIT INTRODUCTION OF SLAVES INTO THE UNITED STATES
- Author
- House of Representatives
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Gales & Seaton
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1820
- Keywords
- American History, Slavery, Government Document
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. Government Document; American History; Slavery;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9"
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Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
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- Title Page
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- VG
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