Message From the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Sixteenth Congress. With The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. December 7, 1819.
Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printer, 1819. Pamphlet. Good. Item #014277
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Pamphlet, lacking any wrapppers issued. Presumably disbound from a larger work. 96 pp., MISSING the lastleaf or leaves, with loss of the last letter extract included in this pamphlet. A lengthy work providing statements, speeches and letters by President James Monroe, discussing troubles with Spain, including an alleged expedition from the United States against the province of Texas. Present is a printing of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 that ceded Florida to the US from Spain, as well as established the border between the US and New Spain. This includes many documents and letters from US and Spanish officials, in Spanish and translated to English, regarding land grants, treaties, boundaries, territories, etc., including discussion of Florida, the land around Mobile Bay, the Red River, etc. GOOD condition. Lacking the aforementioned leaf or leaves at the rear. Heavy offsetting and browning to the outer pages, with general moderate browning to the paper. Scattered foxing and soiling. Spine curled. Some creasing, with some chipping along the extremities. Remains of binding along the spine.
Price: $300.00