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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the twenty-ninth Congress.

Title
Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the twenty-ninth Congress.
Author
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Publication
Washington : Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845.

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TextRestricted use Rare Books 21-411Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Ritchie & Heiss, printer.
  • United States. Congress (29th, 1st session : 1845-1846)
Description
85 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map; 23 cm.
Series Statement
29th Congress, 1st session. Senate. ; 1
Uniform Title
Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 29th Congress, 1st session, no. 1.
Subject
  • 1845-1849
  • Oregon question
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Politics and government
  • United States > Politics and government > 1845-1849
  • United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States
  • Great Britain
  • United States
Genre/Form
Congressional addresses – 1845.
Note
  • Includes the President's message (p. 3-30), and "Correspondence with the British minister in relation to Oregon" (p. 31-85)
  • "December 2, 1845. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed, with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate."
  • "December 3, 1845. Resolved, That, in addition to the copies of the President's message and documents hitherto ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate, there be printed, for the use of the Senate, 25,000 copies of the message, together with so much of the accompanying documents as relates to the negotiations between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the Oregon Territory."
Provenance (note)
  • Bookplate laid in at front: "The New York Public Library. Purchased from The Helen Mouat Fund In Memory of Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel"; insert with possible dealer's inventory number.
Binding (note)
  • Bound with publisher's self wrappers, added sewing.
Call Number
Rare Books 21-411
OCLC
18761728
Author
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Title
Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the twenty-ninth Congress.
Imprint
Washington : Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
29th Congress, 1st session. Senate. ; 1
Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 29th Congress, 1st session, no. 1.
Provenance
Bookplate laid in at front: "The New York Public Library. Purchased from The Helen Mouat Fund In Memory of Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel"; insert with possible dealer's inventory number. NN
Binding
Bound with publisher's self wrappers, added sewing. NN
Chronological Term
1845-1849
Added Author
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Ritchie & Heiss, printer.
United States. Congress (29th, 1st session : 1845-1846)
Research Call Number
Rare Books 21-411
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