Message from the President of the United States [William McKinley] to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Fifty-Fifth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and selections from accompanying documents [The Abridgment.]
by Edited by Clerk of Joint Committee on Printing. [William McKinley, Lyman J. Gage, Russell A. Alger, John D. Long, Cornelius N. Bliss, James A. Gary, James Wilson, John Russell Young]
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Shows general wear and soiling, but overall in good condition. Faint mustiness. 1183 pages. President William McKinley's message to Congress, dated December 6,1897 (a few months before the beginning of the Spanish-American War), and the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury (Lyman J. Gage), Secretary of War (Russell A. Alger), Secretary of the Navy (John D. Long), Secretary of the Interior (Cornelius N. Bliss), Postmaster-General (James A. Gary), Secretary of Agriculture (James Wilson), the Librarian of Congress (John Russell Young), and the U.S. Civil Service Commission.
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- Title
- Message from the President of the United States [William McKinley] to the Two Houses of Congress at the Beginning of the Second Session of the Fifty-Fifth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and selections from accompanying documents [The Abridgment.]
- Author
- Edited by Clerk of Joint Committee on Printing. [William McKinley, Lyman J. Gage, Russell A. Alger, John D. Long, Cornelius N. Bliss, James A. Gary, James Wilson, John Russell Young]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- William McKinley, McKinley administration, Lyman Gage, Russell Alger, John D. Long, Cornelius Bliss, James Gary, James Wilson, John Russell Young, military, foreign relations, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary o
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