Letter from the acting secretary of war transmitting information relative to the claims of the state of Massachusetts for payment of the expenses of the militia, ordered out by the executive authority of the state, during the late war
Subtitle: February 20, 1817. Read, and ordered to lie on the table
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 42612; House document (United States. Congress. House) -- 14th Congress, 2nd session, no. 94
Publisher: Printed by William A. Davis.
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Washington [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces); States' rights (American politics); Claims vs. United States; History; Claims; Massachusetts. Militia
Notes: Comprises three documents,"A, is a copy of the communication, with the accompanying documents, made to this department by James Lloyd, and William H. Sumner, esquires, agents on the part of the state of Massachusetts. B, is a copy of the answer given by this department to that communication; and C, is a copy of a communication made by the secretary of war to the chairman of the Military Committee of the Senate, on the 7th of February, 1815, with the accompanying documents."

At head of title: (94).

Letter of transmittal addressed to the speaker of the House of Representatives and signed on p. [3]: Geo: Graham, acting secretary of war.

Document A signed on p. 21 "James Lloyd, Wm. H. Sumner;" document B signed on p. 23 "Geo: Graham;" and document C signed on p. 38 "Jas: Monroe."

Shaw & Shoemaker 42612

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