Report of the Committee of Ways and Means on the petition of Purley Keyes, with a bill for the relief of Purley [i.e., Perley] Keyes and Jason Fairbanks
Subtitle: January 2, 1818. Committed, with the bill, to the committee of the whole House on Monday next
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 46513; House document (United States. Congress. House) -- 15th Congress, 1st session, no. 26
Publisher: Printed by E. De Krafft
Published: 1818
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Notes: Concerning the petitioner's request for a reward for recovering most of the money which Samuel Whittlesey, a paymaster of the N.Y. militia, had stolen from the United States "on pretence of being robbed," and for three years time to repay, as Whittlesey's securities, the unrecovered amount. For an account of the affair see Hough, Franklin B. A history of Jefferson County, 1854, p. 263-270.

At head of caption title: [26].

Edward De Krafft was printer to the House during the 1st session of the 15th Congress.

Shaw & Shoemaker 46513

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.