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U.S. Congress. 18th A list of reports to be made to the House of Representatives at the first session of the eighteenth Congress by the executive departments

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00237 Author/Creator: U.S. Congress. 18th Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book Date: 1823-1824 Pagination: 206 p. , 27 fold-out charts ; 23 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Book of reports and state papers sent to the 1st session of the 18th Congress. Each report or group of papers is paginated separately. Contains first printing of Monroe Doctrine (report #2), which is 15 pages long. Given to Congress on 2 December 1823 the doctrine precluded European intervention in any part of the Western Hemisphere. In original sheep binding. Light rubbing and periodic foxing.

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