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A near fine bound volume of two works related to Native Americans, being US Senator Reed Smoot's (1862-1941) copies, bound in one volume (with his name in gilt to spine, and with Smoot's pencil note to binder laid in Includes: 1 Swanton, John INDIAN TRIBES OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ADJACENT COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO Washington, GPO, 1911 vi, [2], 387 pp + folding map frontis and numerous other plates (all present as per list) in black and white, many photographic 2 Bushnell, David THE CHOCTAW OF BAYOU LACOMB ST TAMMANY PARISH LOUISIANA Washington, GPO, 1909 viii, [2], 35, [3] pp + 22 plates (all present as per list) The volume is handsomely bound in 1/2 red morocco over cloth, cloth with some light toning, contents excellent Provenance (courtesy of Wikipedia): Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862 â " February 9, 1941) was a businessman and apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) when he was elected by the Utah state legislature to the United States Senate in 1902; he served as a Republican senator from 1903 to 1933 From his time in the Senate, Smoot is primarily remembered as the co-sponsor of the 1930 Smootâ "Hawley Tariff Act, which increased almost 900 American import duties Thomas Lamont, a partner at JP Morgan at the time said, "That Act intensified nationalism all over the world" The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is widely regarded as one of the catalysts for the Great Depression Smoot was a prominent leader of the LDS Church, chosen to serve as an apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1900 His role in the LDS Church (together with rumors of a secret church policy continuing polygamy and a secret oath against the United States) led to a lengthy controversy of four years after he was elected to the Senate in 1903 A Senate committee investigated his eligibility to serve, known as the Reed Smoot hearings, and recommended against him, but the full Senate voted to seat him Smoot continued to be reelected to successive terms until he lost his seat in the 1932 elections Smoot returned to Utah in 1933 Retiring from politics and business, he devoted himself to the church At the time of his death, he was third in the line of succession to lead the LDS Church 387, 35 pp. Seller Inventory # AA1256
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