Item #34337 Message from the President of the United States Transmitting The information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives … relating to the proceeedings of the Joint Commission of Indemnities, Due under the Award of the Emperor of Russia, for Slaves and other private property carried away by the British Forces, In Violation of the Treaty of Ghent. March 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Slavery.

Message from the President of the United States Transmitting The information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives … relating to the proceeedings of the Joint Commission of Indemnities, Due under the Award of the Emperor of Russia, for Slaves and other private property carried away by the British Forces, In Violation of the Treaty of Ghent. March 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table.

Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826.

Price: $150.00


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181 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound, some browning to title page, else a good, tightly sewn copy.

Item #34337

John Quincy Adams’ brief memorandum transmits Secretary of State H. Clay's report; a detailed list of slave owners and the names of their slaves comprises the bulk of this document.