DEFENCES - FRONTIERS. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE STATE OF THE DEFENCES OF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND GULF OF MEXICO, AND ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FRONTIER [caption title
1838 · [Washingto
by [Seminole War]
[Washingto, 1838. 19pp. Dbd. First leaf mostly detached. Otherwise, very good. A critical report of American coastal defenses in the midst of the Second Seminole War, with recommendations for improvements by J.R. Poinsett, the Secretary of War. "With a letter of W.H. Chase, March 3, 1838, on the completion of Fort Pickens and the need for other defenses at the rear of the Navy yard" - Servies. Rare, with no copies in OCLC. SERVIES 2212. (Inventory #: WRCAM51077)