[EXECUTIVE REPORTS, AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES] [Volume I, Complete]

[Monroe, James]; [House of Representatives, United States]

Published by Gales & Seaton, Washington, D.C., 1823

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Octavo, 11, 16, 15, 206, 4, 5, 3, [3], 8, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 25, 5, 24 pages. In Good minus condition. Full brown calf, with chipped gilt-lettered spine label. Front board detached (but present). Boards show moderate plus wear overall, with significant age toning and chipping to leather on spine. Text block has light plus age toning to untrimmed edges, light to moderate age toning to pages throughout, varying degrees of foxing to folding tables, and occasional off-setting. Contains all 16 numbers appearing in Volume I of the U.S. House-ordered printing. Appears to contain all folding tables (41 in total). Shelved Room A. The printing ordered by the U.S. House of Representatives, containing one of the earliest printings of Message from the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress, in which President James Monroe first elaborated the "Monroe Doctrine". Monroe (guided by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams) articulated a policy obligating European powers to treat the western hemisphere as the United States' exclusive sphere of influence. The eponymous doctrine has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy ever since. In his State of the Union, Monroe declared that "[.] the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers." 1396999. Special Collections.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [EXECUTIVE REPORTS, AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES] [Volume I, Complete]
• Publisher: Gales & Seaton, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Thus.
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