Author: Missouri. General Assembly. Bullitt, Geo., S. Hammond, and William Clark
Title: Resolution of the General Assembly of the Missouri Territory, for the Relief of the Inhabitants of New Madrid County, Who Suffereed by Earthquakes [71]
Description: Washington [D.C.], A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814. First edition. Disbound. 4 pp. 8vo. February 12, 1814. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 25, 1814. Bill ..reported and committed to a committee of the whole house on Monday next." Concerns the series of major quakes that hit New Madrid in what was later renamed the Missouri Territory. It was said the quake was so strong the Mississippi ran backward for a while. Signed in print by George Bullitt, Speaker of the Missouri House; S. Hammond, President of the Legislative Council; and by William Clark, Governor. An early example of a request for disaster relief from the U.S. Government. Shaw & Shoemaker 33500. Removed from a larger volume, browned, still quite good.

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