Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Honorable D.P. Cook, upon the subject of the Examination of the Land Offices of the United States, in the state of Ohio
Washington, D.C. Gales & Seaton, 1822. Paperback. "April 5, 1822. Printed by order of the House of Representatives." 7, [1] p.; 23 cm. Disbound from a volume containing pamphlets relating to government land offices. At head of title: [106]. Last page blank. Shoemaker, 10973. The letter from John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), Secretary of War under President James Monroe, is in reply to a letter from Daniel Pope Cook (1795-1837) with a report of a committee about the Land Offices in Ohio. Calhoun has included several documents, dated 1812, 1816, and 1822, relating to the employment of several people who were later elected members of Congress. Former owner's name on title page: John H. James (although part of the last name was cropped, it is clear from others bound in the same volume). This was John Hough James (1800-1881), an Ohio lawyer who was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1836. Very scarce. In Fair Condition: disbound; first leaf and final leaf are separated; loss along gutter edge of first leaf, not impacting text; all but final leaf are heavily browned. Fair. Item #005225
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