CASE OF PEIRCE & BACON

[Washington?, 1862. 20pp. Original printed wrappers [a few very small chips, spine split and wraps detaching], stitched. Good+ or so.

The firm Russell, Majors, and Waddell contracted with the War Department in 1860 "for the transportation of military stores and supplies to the army then occupying Utah and New Mexico." War Secretary John Floyd, soon to desert to the Confederacy, accepted drafts drawn by the firm, "thus solemnly acknowledging the indebtedness of the United States to the drawers for the amounts so accepted." Peirce and Bacon purchased (truncated) these drafts and sought payment from the United States, but the government has rebuffed them. This pamphlet demonstrates their entitlement, citing and explaining appropriate legal precedents.
OCLC 28140977 [8]. (Inventory #: 24177)