Auction 778, Lot # 215

HM - Polk, James K.
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress.
Washington: Wendell and van Benthuysen, 1847.
4o., 1369 + 249 p. (apéndice).
December 7, 1847. Read and ordered that 25,000 copies of the message, and 2,000 copies of the message with the accompanying documents, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate.
Con 5 tablas plegadas y 17 mapas y planos plegados en varios formatos: "Plan of the Battle of Buena-Vista", "Survey of the Mexican Lines of Defence at Cerro Gordo", "Battles of Mexico. Line of Operations of the U.S. Army Under the Command of Major General Winfield Scott", "Map of the Valley of Mexico", "Map of Genl. Worth's Operations", "Battles of Mexico. Line of Operations of the U.S. Army Under the Command of Mayor General Winfield Scott on the 8th, 12th and 13th of September 1847", "Battle of El Molino del Rey", "Sketch of the Route of General Worth's Column from Chapultepec to the Alameda", "Plan Accompanying Gen. Quitman's Report", "Sketch of the Battle of Sacramento", "Sketch of the Actions Fought at San Pascal in Upper California", "Sketch of the Passage of the Rio San Gabriel Upper California", "Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles, Upper California", Mapa de California (sin título), "Sketch Accompanying Col. Price's Despatch of 15th Feb. 1847", "Sketch Accompanying Col. Price's Despatch of 18 April 1847" y "Sketch Accompanying Col. Price Despatch".
Hasta la página 96 y 4 tablas plegadas con mancha de humedad, algunos mapas con pequeñas rasgaduras.
Encuadernado en pasta dura, lomo en piel.
Informe publicado el 7 de Diciembre de 1847 con motivo del inicio de sesiones del Senado de los Estados Unidos. El informe comienza con un discurso de apertura del Presidente James K. Polk dedicado en gran parte a la guerra con México. Reproduce las comunicaciones e informes de los oficiales del ejército norteamericano a cargo de las operaciones en territorio mexicano, con detallada información sobre las batallas, movimientos de tropas y la situación general del ejército norteamericano.
Estimado $18,000-22,000