Acts Passed at the First Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the United States

United States Congress

Published by Washington, 1822

About this Item

Pamphlet 8vo, publishers printed wrappers, 151pp. Uncut and unopened, spine worn, foxed and toned, a bit tattered along one edge, and some folding at the edges. Important early journal of the workings of 17th Congress of the United States. Includes the particulars of the "Missouri Compromise", which admitted Missouri as a slave state (pages 114-116). Also recorded are several acts relating to Florida, including Andrew Jackson's proclamation taking possession of the territory, and the act setting up a territorial government and dividing the territory into East and West Florida. There are a variety of last dramatic items included in this journal, such as, reimbursement for a home burned down while it was occupied by U.S. soldiers, funding for lighthouses, and bounties for bring in prisoners. Additionally, there is some information on the workings of early Indian treaties. The Ottawa Nation was promised $1,000 a year for land ceded to the United States, and additional funds were to be provided for a blacksmith, a teacher and someone to train them in agriculture. It also seems that Indians would still be allowed to hunt on lands they sold to the government.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Acts Passed at the First Session of the Seventeenth Congress of the United States
• Publisher: Washington
• Publication Date: 1822
• Binding: Soft cover