Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of Executions Which Have Been Inflicted in the Army of the United States, Since the Year 1815

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight stains, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout; 2 small holes at spine edges (disbound); slight wear to foredges. 12 pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title; at head of title: 38 (in brackets). Title continued: Prepared in Obedience of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the Fourteenth Ultimo; dated January 10, 1820 ('Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs'; upper wrapper). Introductory letters by Monroe and Secretary of War John C. Calhoun. Monroe (1758-1831), American statesman and 5th US President (1817-25); also notable as minister to France (1794), Secretary of State under Madison (1811) and also (briefly) Secretary of War (1814-15); administration best known for the policy of non-colonization of the European powers in the Americas (generally known as the 'Monroe Doctrine', 1823) and for the annexation of Florida (1819).