New York: Nov. 30th 1850.
Price: $1,200.00
Unbound. Bifolium (one leaf folded to make four pages). Old folds, else near fine. Handwritten letter that begins: "Sir, I enclose you a Petition in behalf of the Seaman who served during the late War with Mexico, to be presented to the two Houses of Congress at the coming session, in order to obtain if possible the passage of the Bill giving Bounty Land or some emolument of service during said War." The writer suggest it be placed on various vessels in order to gather a great number of signatures. The final three pages are left blank for signatures, but only two signatures are present (unreadable by us), who were presumably the composers of the petition. On the last leaf is written "Portsmouth Naval Yard," presumably the location where the petition was sent or posted. Bounties of land were provided by the U.S. Government for soldiers of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, Mexican War, and the Indian Wars.
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