From William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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447pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt spine labels. Front hinge cracked, titlepage tipped onto front free endpaper verso. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional ink stamp on titlepage. Some toning, scattered foxing. Light dampstaining to final leaf. Good. The official government report on the trial by court-martial of John C. Frémont, the famed explorer, army officer, and politician. In 1846, while on his third exploring expedition, Frémont rallied the American settlers in California and helped incite the Bear Flag Rebellion. As regular U.S. Army forces under Gen. Stephen Kearny and naval forces under Commodore Richard Stockton arrived in California, Frémont found himself in the middle of a quarrel between the Army and the Navy, with his own stubbornness and ego fueling the fire. Appointed territorial governor of California by Commodore Stockton, Frémont was unwilling to back down or relinquish authority to Kearny when he finally arrived on the scene. The result was a battle of wills that resulted in Frémont's court-martial. In the end, the court-martial seemed more about Gen. Kearny proving a point than anything else. Frémont was convicted but immediately had his conviction commuted and was reinstated to rank. A number of members of the court-martial board who voted for his conviction then petitioned Polk to commute his sentence. Fremont nevertheless felt the insult most keenly and resigned in disgust. COWAN 91. GRAFF 1432. HOWES F369, "aa." SABIN 25840. Seller Inventory # WRCAM52999
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Title: MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ...
Publisher: [Washington
Publication Date: 1848
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