Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of a Correspondence, &c. Upon the Subject of the Capture and Detention, By British Armed Vessels, of American Fishermen, During the Last Season (18th Congress: 2nd Session)
Printed By Gales & Seaton, 1825. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #L059783
Slight stains, creases, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly internal, at edges); slight wear to foredges and lower edges. 55 pages. Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 93 (in brackets). Includes the report of US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, regarding various incidents at sea involving capture of Americans by the British; dated February 18, 1825 ('Read, and referred to the Committee of Foreign Relations'; upper wrapper). 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).
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