Report of the Secretary of War: communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Lieutenant Colonel Graham on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico.
Washington [D.C.]: n.p., 1852. 250 pp. Illus. with two b/w folding maps, and one folding profile. 8vo. Half modern tan morocco over marbled boards, two raised bands, gilt title, wrappers bound in. First edition. Scattered foxing else a near fine copy, small bookplate on front pastedown, some marginal creases and tears to profile. Sabin 28215. Graff 1609. Howes G286. Wagner-Camp 212. Wheat, Transmississippi West III 717, 718. Raines 96. Eberstadt 103-113. Item #40506
32nd Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc 121. August 31, 1852. "In addition to reporting his troubles with John R. Bartlett, Graham included information and reports on southern New Mexico and Lt. Amiel Whipple's reports on the survey of the Gila River," Wagner-Camp. The folding chart is of the Barometric Profile of the Route from San Antonio to the Copper Mines of Santa Rita, New Mexico in 1851. Provenance: Kenneth E. Hill (bookplate).
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