The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index. Fourteenth Congress - Second Session: Comprising the Pe…

9-1348, lxxii pp. Two-column format with odd pagination (two page numbers per page, one for each column). Extensive index follows text. A snapshot of American legislation in the early 19th century, with sections on: the slave trade and abolition; American manufactures; banking; taxation; treaties and exchange of territory with Native Americans; foreign commerce and imports; election and inaugural address of James Monroe; Mississippi and Louisiana territories; U.S. Army, Navy, and militia; land and property law; voting; etc.