Report of the Committee Appointed on the Twenty-Third of September Last To Inquire Into The Causes and Particulars of the Invasion of the City of Washington by the British Forces in The Month of August, 1814. November 29, 1814. Read, and committed to a committee of the whole house on Monday, the19th of December next.

Published by A. and G. Way, Washington, 1814

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Octavo, 370 pages, two folding plates. Bound into blue-green paper covered boards with leather spine. This report was the result of a resolution in the House of Representatives on the 23rd of September, 1814: "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the caues of the success of the enemy in his recent enterprises against this metropolis, and the neighboring town of Alexandria; and into the manner in which public buildings and property were destroyed, and the amount thereof, and that they have power to send for persons and papers. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Stockton, Mr. Miller, Mr. Goldsborough, Mr. Barbour and Mr. Pickens, were appointed the said committee." Pages are age-tanned, some scattered foxing. Browning on covers, still, a very nice copy. Sabin 69796. Howes W152. 112304A. Seller Inventory # 000018132

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Title: Report of the Committee Appointed on the ...

Publisher: A. and G. Way, Washington

Publication Date: 1814

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very good

Edition: 1st Edition