REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED, ON THE 10th DAY OF DECEMBER LAST, TO INQUIRE WHETHER ANY MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS FOR THE PAY AND SUBSISTENCE OF THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, SINCE 4th MARCH, 1815.[caption title]

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64pp. plus ten folding charts. Dbd. Minor foxing. Very good. A scarce report on United States Army expenditures and appropriations after the War of 1812. Includes correspondence from John C. Calhoun, who was Secretary of War from 1817 to 1825. Also includes proceedings of the court-martial, held at Fort Scott in Georgia, at which Col. David Brearly was tried and acquitted for mustering into the services of the United States "a large body of Indian warriors" thereby consuming a large quantity of the supplies intended for the relief of U.S. troops and Georgia militia stationed at Fort Scott. An important document for the Creek War. Only seven copies in institutions. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 4034. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM51035

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