SITE FOR A WESTERN ARMORY. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; Transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a report of the board of officers appointed to select a site for a Western armory, together with a counter report from the Surgeon General. (27th CONGRESS, 3d SESSION, HO. OF REPS EXECUTIVE; DOC. NO. 133)

[Washington, DC]: n.p., 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 424 pp. Modern green cloth. Partial ink stamp of the United States of America, House of Representatives Library to top edge. Very good. Item #18683

Contains the "Report of the Board of Officers Appointed to Select a Suitable Site for the Establishment of a National Armory on the Western Waters" and Surgeon General Thomas Lawson's the "Report of the Surgeon General on the Subject of the Proceedings of the Armory Board." Sites evaluated and considered include points upon the Ohio, Mississsippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois Rivers, et al.

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