first edition Half Leather
1897 · Washington, D.C.
by [United States]
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1897. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The House of Representatives, 54th Congress, 2nd Session, Documents number 151 through 249. Some of the issues dealt by the Congress include "Investigation of Coal and Gold Resources of Alaska," with a color folding map, 'Annual Reports' from ten railway companies, and a "List of Judgments, Court of Claims." The Panic of 1893, caused by collapsing wheat prices and a coup in Buenos Aires, was first signaled by the bankruptcy of the overextended Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Blaming the largely Democratic Congress and President, voters vented their (truncated)