(United States Governmental Articles Related to Exploration)

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(United States Governmental Articles Related to Exploration), bound group of eleven articles, including messages from the President and the Secretary of the Navy in the House of Representatives, 1837-47; a pamphlet titled "Memorial of Officers of the Exploring Expedition to the Congress of the United States, January, 1847, with ink inscription to "Commodore Chas. Skinner, U.S. Navy, with the compliments of Lieut. Blunt", one of the Memorialists; some extracts from larger publications, including "Letter from Captain Wilkes to the Editor of the Union," 1847, regarding Antarctic exploration; various others, three-quarter morocco, 8vo, (covers off, some toning, library markings, including a typed list of the contents applied to flyleaf).
Estimate $150-250

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