1849 1st Navajo Treaty. Napoleon Arkansas Map, Military Ops in Texas, NM, FL, CA

Description: 1849 1st Navajo Treaty. Napoleon Arkansas Map, Military Ops in Texas, NM, FL, CA EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES First Session of the Thirty-First Congress Volume 1 MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY FIRST CONGRESS DRCEMBER 24, 1849 BOUND WITH Index to executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States during the first session of the thirty-first Congress, 1849-'50. Washington, printed for the Senate, 1849. Original edition. [The Index at the beginning was published separately after the 1st Session ended. It was printed by Wm. M. Belt, in 1850.] Hardcover. Full sheepskin, red and black spine labels with gilt titles, thick octavo, 43 + 851 pages, folding tables, 1 map, 3 (of 7) plates (ordnance). An important document first printed in this volume, is the first treaty between the Navajo nation and the United States, signed in 1849. The folding map (1 mile to an inch) is entitled “Sketch of the township including Napoleon and the circumjacent country / drawn from the records of the land office at HELENA” [Napoleon was a river port town in Desha County, Arkansas, United States, from the 1820s until 1874. It was situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers. Once the county seat, Napoleon's fate was sealed when in 1863, a channel was cut through the soft land that directed the river waters toward the town. Napoleon was finally deserted and the county seat moved in 1874 when the banks of the Mississippi River overflowed and destroyed much of what remained of the once-thriving river port town.] In Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain tells us that he was already "in a pretty sour humor," before he ascended to the hurricane deck and told Captain McCord, "I have come to say good-bye, captain, I wish to go ashore at Napoleon." The captain glanced up at the pilothouse and said, "He wants to get off at Napoleon! Why, hang it, don't you know? There isn't any Napoleon any more. Hasn't been for years and years. The Arkansas River burst through it, tore it all to rags and emptied it into the Mississippi!" Twain reports being flabberghasted. "Carried the whole town away? - banks, churches, jails, newspaper offices, courthouse theater, fire department, livery stable - everything?" "Everything" came the reply, "Didn't leave hide nor hair, shred nor shingle of it, except the fag-end of a shanty and one brick chimney. This boat is paddling along right now where the dead-center of that town used to be; yonder is the brick chimney - all that's left of Napoleon. . ." What Twain then squinted at was the debris of a long history that included la Salle's participation in America's first Catholic mass; an aristocratic French officer in self-imposed exile from Napoleon Bonaparte's stillborn empire; the wanderings of naturalist Thomas Nuttall; the Trail of Tears; the flames of Sherman's army; and the irreversible decay of the riverbank precipitated by the Civil War. (From "Death Comes For Napoleon" by Mitch Gould; DCHS journal, "River Towns, River Boats, River People" Spring, 1977) The main contents of this volume are: Index to executive documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States during the first session of the thirty-first Congress, 1849-'50. Message from the President of the United States 0n the state of the Union, with the accompanying reports and documents Accompanying documents, viz: Proclamation relating to an armed expedition for the invasion of cuba Correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Minister of the German Empire Correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Minister of Mexico Annual report of the Secretary of War Documents accompanying report of Secretary of War, viz: Letter from Major General Scott Reports of operations in New Mexico Reports of operations in Florida Reports of operations in Texas Instructions relative to surveys west of the Mississippi Instructions and reports relative to affairs in California Report of the Adjutant General Report of the Quartermaster General Report of the Paymaster General Report of the Commissary General Report of the Surgeon General Report of the Chief Engineer Report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers Report of the Colonel of Ordnance Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy Documents accompanying report of Secretary of the Navy, viz: Report of Lieutenant Davis relative to the Nautical Almanac Report of Professor Page relative to the. capacity and usefulness of the electro-magnetic power as a mechanical agent Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction, &ct, relative to contracts with Mr. R. L. Stevens for the construction of а shot and shell~proof steamer List of deaths, resignations, and dismissions in the navy Aggregate of estimates General estimate for the office of the Secretary of the Navy and the several bureaus of the Navy Department Estimate of the sums required for the expenses of the southwest executive building General estimate for the naval service General estimate for the marine corps Detailed estimates from the Navy Department Report and detailed estimates from the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair Report and detailed estimates from the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography Report and detailed estimates from the Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks Report and detailed estimates from the Bureau of Provision and Clothing Report and detailed estimates from the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Report of the commandant of the marine corps, and detailed estimates from the paymaster and quarter-master of the corps Statement of the expenditures under the head of contingent expenses, as settled and allowed at the office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Department Statement of the appropriations for the naval service, viz: balances on hand on the 1st July, 1848; appropriations for the fiscal year 1845-’49; amounts drawn from the treasury during that fiscal year, and the balances on hand on the 30th June, 1849 Annual report of the Postmaster General Documents accompanying report of Postmaster General, viz: Report of the Auditor of the Post Office Department Report of the First Assistant Postmaster General Report of the Census Board Selected Index entries Report of the Secretary of War Geo. W. Crawford, Operations in Florida Report of Major General Scott on the state and operations of the Army, with returns, position, and distribution of the troops in 1849, (part 1.) Army operations in New Mexico, in 1849. Report of the Army operations in Florida, in 1849. Report of the Army operations in Texas, in 1849. Report of the contract with R. L. Stevens for the construction of a war steamer to be shot and shell-proof. Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction, &..., in relation to the Cuba, or some of the provinces of Mexico. Proclamation of the President of the United States, and correspondence in relation ю. an armed expedition for the invasion of Electro-magnetic power as a mechanical agent for the purposes of navigation and locomotion. Report of Professor Charles G. Page. relative to his experiments for testing the capacity, &c.., of the – Indians. Treaty between the United States and the Navajoe tribe of Mexico. Proclamation of the President of the United States, with correspondence, in relation to an armed expedition alleged to be for the invasion of Cuba, or some of the provinces of - Mexico in relation to the character and validity of the Protocol of the conferences previous to the ratification of the treaty at Queretaro, of May 26, 1848. Correspondence with the legation of Navy, of the condition and operations of the Navy Department of the public service during the year 1849. Report of the Secretary of the New Mexico in 1849, (part 1) Report of civil and military operations in- Ordnance, in relation to the mode of manufacturing percussion caps, small arms, &c., in France, Belgium, Holland, and England. Report of P. V. Hagner, Brevet Major and First Lieutenant of President ot' the United States, with the accompanying documents, in three parts, on the state of the Union. Message from the - Scott, on the state and condition of the army in 1849. Report of Major General State and the minister of Mexico, in relation to the protocol of the conferences held previous to the treaty of peace at Queretaro, between the United States and Mexico. Correspondence between the Secretary of - War Department in relation to surveys of routes for roads from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, (part 1.) Report and correspondence of the War Department, in relation to military operations in California. Report and correspondence of the CONDITION: Good-. (Leather covers have moderate edge and corner wear, and are soiled and stained; spine labels have small chips at edges. The Contents are complete and intact except for 4 missing ordnance plates, but the text pages, plates and map are all subject to light dampstains. The binding is tight.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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