Various Authors - Claims of the State of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report Concerning the History and Character of Certain Claims in the State of Texas. 42d Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 277. House of Representatives. April 30, 1872

No Place, No publisher, 1872. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office, Washington: 1872. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States, primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and support of volunteers, or rangers, prior to the rebellion. Focusing mostly on the troops used to suppress Native American hostilities along the frontiers of Texas. Drawn from public documents as well as previously unprinted and unpublished manuscript pages. The piece contains testimony from a variety of soldiers of varying ranks, describing their duties, as well as giving some detail to the various raids and battles conducted against the Comanche and others. The killing of Comanche Chief Iron Jacket is referenced in one account. Names of some of the soldiers in various companies are also printed. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the paper. Paper slightly brittle. Good .

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