Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Petition of Jared Shattuck, made Seventeenth February, 1809. December 28th, 1809. Accompanying a bill for the relief of Jared Shattuck, presented this day by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims - 1809

Philadelphia:, 1802. 6 pp., original self wrappers, re-backed with paper tape, about good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Washington, DC: United States General Accounting Office, 1991. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Mailing label on back. Staple holes in rear cover. Scotch tape remnant at edge.. 9 p. GAO/RCED-91-59.

NP, 1818. First Edition. Unknown. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G-. Short tear at top edge; slight soiling, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to edges); small holes at spine edges (disbound). One leaf (recto only). Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 63 (in brackets). Text of the report; in reply to Williams' petition for restitution of the value of his two horses, lost in a ferry accident 'in the mouth of Red River, on the Cumberland', November 25, 1814, in the course of their transportation to New Orleans in the service of the US Army; petitioner thus 'directing the quartermaster in West Tennessee, to pay him one hundred dollars ...' The committee found the request unwarranted due to the 'misconduct of the persons having charge of the ferry boat' and submit the resolution '[t]hat the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be grantd' [sic]. Dated January 23, 1818 ('Read, agreed to, petition rejected') and January 26, 1818 ('Recommitted to the Committee of Claims'). Sold 'as is'.

Washington DC: U.S. Congress. Senate, 1842. 8vo, pp. 15. Paper wraps. VG. An excerpt from the Congressional Record regarding an appeal for reparations by the widow of a man accused, but not convicted, of being an accomplice of Aaron Burr.

[Washington], 1816. Unbound. Very Good. accompanied with a bill to establish a board of commissioners to decide finally on claims to land in Louisiana and the Mississippi Territory. April 15th, 1816. 21cm; 3, [1], pages. Report establishes the Committee empowered to review claims to land that pre-dated the Louisiana Purchase.

NP, 1824. First Edition. Unknown. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stains, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to edges); previous owner's ink and pencil annotations to upper wrapper (chiefly in upper and lower margins); small chip to foredge of upper wrapper. 16 pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 96 (in brackets). Text of the report, stemming from Wilkins' objections to certain expenses incurred as provider of rations to various US Army troops from October 1, 1801 to September 30, 1802, in supposed violation of his contract with the Secretary of War; committee resolved that the petition not be granted. Includes communications from William Simmons of the Comptroller's Office and from Auditor Peter Hagner. Dated March 29, 1824 on upper wrapper ('Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table'; upper wrapper). Probable table copy; unidentified (secretarial?) holograph notes in black ink on upper wrapper read: 'Report / Chas. Wilkins / Committee /… Read More

[Washington], 1816. Unbound. Very Good. 21cm; 10 pages. Number 47 at head of title. Text states the United States postition on government claims to land in the Mississippi valley disputed by the non-resident families of British land grant recipients. A list of British grants, their acreage and location, is appended to the text.

Washington: A. & G. Wa, 1806. 24pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Old stab holes in left margin. Minor edge wear. Moderate foxing. Overall very good. Beaumarchais, a wealthy French merchant, was a strong proponent of aiding the Americans during the Revolution. He was instrumental in obtaining and transporting arms and ammunition for the Americans under the firm name of Roderique Hortalez & Co. However, there was some confusion about whether the supplies were gifts from the French government, and Beaumarchais was never properly compensated. His heirs were finally paid $800,000 in 1835, only a portion of the actual amount owed Beaumarchais. This pamphlet relates to ongoing investigations of the Beaumarchais claims, at a time when the United States government believed its debt to be only $41,119.75. Scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 11704.

Washington City: William Duane & Son, 1805. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 20 pp. Removed from nonce volume. Pencil note at the top of the title page else clean. Congress's continued attempts to address the mess created and left by the Yazoo Land Fraud and claims involving the Georgia Company, the New England Mississippi Land Company, the Georgia Mississippi Company, and Upper Mississippi Company. Shaw & Shoemaker 9600.

(MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY DOCUMENT) UNITED STATES. CONGRESS, HOUSE. REPORT OF TH COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE TWENTY-FIRST OF DECEMBER LA THE PETITION OF JOHN STEELE, LATE SECRETARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. (Washington): January 4, 1804. 8vo. Disbound. 4 pages. Rare early printed government document with only five copies recorded on OCLC John Steele was appointed Secretary of the Mississippi Territory by President John Adams in 1798. In 1801 was appointed as Governor of the territory. Whe Jefferson became president he replaced Steele as secretary in 1803 when his t expired. Steele was petitioning the Congress for back wages due to a extende overlap between the end of his term and the commencement of his replacement, this committee recommended he receive pay from 7 May 1802 to the 2nd of March.