American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States for the First and Second Sessions of the Twenty-Fourth Congress, Commencing January 12, 1836, and Exding February 25, 1837. Volume VI. Military Affairs

1118 p. Four folding mapes at page 84. Two folding maps at page 130. @ folding at page 872. Index. The American State Papers, comprising a total of thirty-eight physical volumes, contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817. The books are arranged into ten topical classes or series: I. Foreign Relations VI. Naval Affairs II. Indian Affairs VII. Post Office Department III. Finances VIII. Public Lands IV. Commerce and Navigation IX. Claims V. Military Affairs X. Miscellaneous The compilation, printing, and distribution of the Papers took place from 1831 to 1861 and the thirty-eight volumes contain 6, 278 documents. Not all of the classes contain documents from the entire 1789-1838 period. Every volume contains an index and all but one has a table of contents, both with machine-searchable transcriptions. Poor. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Disbound, first page separated but present. Some page discoloration. Edges chipped.…