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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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[DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889), his copy]. Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Third Congress, Part I. Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854.
8vo. (Some spotting and marginal browning throughout, a few small tape reinforcements on front free endpaper.) Original cloth (recased preserving original endpapers, spine ends and corners repaired); slipcase.
JEFFERSON DAVIS’S COPY, SIGNED (“Jefferson Davis / Secretary of War”) on front free endpaper (some ink bleed). Davis served as Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce from 1853 to 1857. This volume is the Senate Issue, Executive Document No 1, 33d Congress, 2d Session, Part I, containing the report of the Secretary of the Interior.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota