Report of the Secretary of War, to Whom Was Referred, on the Seventh February, Instant, the Petitions of a Company of Rangers, Commanded By Captain James Bigger, and of Daniel D. Norton
Printed By Gales & Seaton, 1820. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #L059788
Stains, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to wrappers); slight creases to upper right and lower left corners. 6 pages. Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 78 (in brackets). Document dated February 17, 1820; 'Read, and ordered to lie on the table' (upper wrapper). Calhoun (1782-1850), South Carolina-born statesman and political philosopher; graduate of Yale (1804), elected to the South Carolina legislature in 1808 and to the US Congress in 1810; supporter of the War of 1812 (even after the Treaty of Ghent); Secretary of War under James Monroe (1817-25) and noted for his improvements in army organization; elected US Vice President (1824, 1828) but soon alienated from Andrew Jackson over the nullification issue; served for a time as Secretary of State (under John Tyler); of further note for his positions on slavery and the Mexican War.
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