American state papers : documents, legislative and executive of the Congress of the United States / selected and edited, under the authority of Congress, by Walter Lowrie and Matthew St. Clair Clarke.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress.

Contributor:

Lowrie, Walter, 1784-1868.

Clarke, M. St. Clair (Matthew St. Clair)

Congressional Information Service.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Archives.

United States.

Government publications--United States.

Government publications.

Legislative histories--United States.

Legislative histories.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Finance--United States--History.

Finance.

Postal service--United States--History.

Postal service.

Public lands--United States--History.

Public lands.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.

United States--History--1783-1865.

United States--Foreign relations--To 1865.

United States--Armed Forces--History.

United States--Claims--History.

United States--Commerce--History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (38 v. ) maps, plans ;

Other Title:

American state papers

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : Gales and Seaton, 1832-1861 (C. Wendell)

Summary:

"The American State Papers, comprising a total of thirty-eight physical volumes, contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817. The books are arranged into ten topical classes or series."

Contents:

Class I. Foreign relations. 6 v. 1st Cong.-20th Cong., 1st sess., Apr. 30, 1789-May 24, 1828

class II. Indian affairs. 2 v. 1st Cong.-19th Cong., May 25, 1789-Mar. 1, 1827

class III. Finance. 5 v. 1st Cong.-20th Cong., 1st sess., Apr. 11, 1789-May 16 1828

class IV. Commerce and navigation. 2 v. 1st Cong.-17th Cong., Apr. 13, 1789-Feb. 25, 1823

Class V. Military affairs. 7 v. 1st Cong.-25th Cong., 2nd sess., Aug. 10, 1789-Mar. 1,1838

class VI. Naval affairs. 4 v. 3rd Cong.-24th Cong., 1st sess., Jan. 20, 1794-June 15, 1836

class VII. Post Office Dept. 1 v. 1st Cong., 2nd sess.-22nd Cong., Jan. 22, 1790-Feb. 21, 1833

class VIII. Public lands. 8 v. 1st Cong.-24th Cong., July 31, 1789-Feb. 28, 1837

class IX. Claims. 1 v. 1st Cong., 2nd sess.-17th Cong., Feb. 5, 1790-Mar. 3, 1823

class X. Miscellaneous. 2 v. 1st Cong.-17th Cong., Apr. 17,1789-Mar. 3, 1823.

Notes:

Editorship of later vols. varies.

Retrospective vols. of the United States Congressional serial set appended as nos 1-38 of the set.

Covers period: 1789-1838.

Includes indexes.

Indexed by: CIS U.S. serial set index.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 1228.

Description based on online resource; title from v. 1 title page (Library of Congress web site, viewed on Aug. 2, 2017).

OCLC:

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