Search Results: letter from the secretary of war by various authors

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Poor. 53d Congress, 3d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 79. Senate. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office, Washington: 1895. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 10 pp. A government report providing a short summary of general orders relating to the establishment of Fort Totten in North Dakota, including a descriptive list of various buildings, expenditures, etc. POOR condition. Leaves all detached from each other, but present Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the paper. Minor creasing.

Washington: G.P.O.. Very Good. 1828. First Edition. Paperback. 8 pages; Published March 13, 1828. Printed by Gales & Seaton. House of Representatives, War Department. Document Number 194; 20th Congress, 1st Session. 8 pages, plus two folding charts. Nice paper, little foxing, marginal chip at interior lower corner of second folding chart (not affecting text/image). OCLC: 20777639. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Fair. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office, Washington: 1906. Pamphlets, disbound from a larger work. Document 138 is 3 pp., while Document 145 parts 1 and 2 are single pages, printed on both sides of the same leaf. Document 145 is subtitled "Relative to Facts Pertaining to Experiments with Cholera Virus upon Prisoners in Bilibid Prison, Manila. Three brief documents almost glossing over the fact that 10 prisoners in Bilibid Prison in Manila, Philippines died as a result of an apparent accident, where they were injected with the bubonic plague serum instead of the anticholera serum. It also appears all ten were native of the Philippines. Document 138 contains most information, including asserting that 1000s of people were successfully inoculated prior to this incident. Document 145 relays very short cables following up on the investigation. It appears consent was not required to test on the prisoners, and that the serum was… Read More

No Place: No publisher, 1872. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office, Washington: 1872. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States, primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and support of volunteers, or rangers, prior to the rebellion. Focusing mostly on the troops used to suppress Native American hostilities along the frontiers of Texas. Drawn from public documents as well as previously unprinted and unpublished manuscript pages. The piece contains testimony from a variety of soldiers of varying ranks, describing their duties, as well as giving some detail to the various raids and battles conducted against the Comanche and others. The killing of Comanche Chief Iron Jacket is referenced in one account. Names of some of the soldiers in various companies are also printed. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the… Read More