[SENATE] [NATIVE AMERICANS] LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING (IN OBEDIENCE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE 3d OF APRIL, 1820.) A STATEMENT OF THE MONEY EXPENDED EACH YEAR, SINCE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, IN HOLDING CONFERENCES, AND MAKING TREATIES WITH THE INDIAN TRIBES;

[William H. Crawford]

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1820.

Soft Cover. SPECIFYING GRANTS, AND PRESENTS, WHETHER IN MONEY OR GOODS; ANNUITIES PAID, AND NOW PAYABLE, TO THE INDIAN TRIBES; THE MONEY ANNUALLY APPROPRIATED AND PAID FOR THE INDIAN TRADE, INCLUDING THE SUMS ALLOWED FOR SALARIES, AND ALLOWANCES TO SUPERINTENDENTS, CLERKS, FACTORS, COMMISSIONERS, AGENTS, INTERPRETERS, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, EMPLOYED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND INTERCOURSE WITH THE INDIAN TRIBES.~~8vo; in the publisher’s self-wrappers, rather crudely stitched; [15] pages followed by three folding charts: Abstract statement formed from the Records of the Treasury; Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of Monies of the Trade Carried on with the Indians; and Statement of the Annuities which became payable in each year under Indian Treaties to the year 1819.~~The pages are badly foxed throughout, with some loss to the corner at the bottom, not affecting the text. An uncommon government publication.

Good binding.
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Price: $150.00