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Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Case of Henry Williams
by United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee of Claims
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
NP, 1818. First Edition. Unknown. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G-. Short tear at top edge; slight soiling, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to edges); small holes at spine edges (disbound). One leaf (recto only). Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 63 (in brackets). Text of the report; in reply to Williams' petition for restitution of the value of his two horses, lost in a ferry accident 'in the mouth of Red River, on the Cumberland', November 25, 1814, in the course of their transportation to New Orleans in the service of the US Army; petitioner thus 'directing the quartermaster in West Tennessee, to pay him one hundred dollars ...' The committee found the request unwarranted due to the 'misconduct of the persons having charge of the ferry boat' and submit the resolution '[t]hat the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be grantd' [sic]. Dated January 23, 1818 ('Read, agreed to, petition rejected') and January 26, 1818 ('Recommitted to the Committee of Claims'). Sold 'as is'.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L059909
- Title
- Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Case of Henry Williams
- Author
- United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee of Claims
- Format/Binding
- Unknown
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- NP
- Date Published
- 1818
- Keywords
- General Americana United States 19th Century History Congress House of Representatives Committee Claims Petition Property Right Williams, Henry Tennessee QX91, , , , , , ,
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