Lot 2011
  • 2011

DAVID CROCKETT'S CIRCULAR. WASHINGTON: 1831

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Description

  • David Crockett's Circular. Washington: 1831
8vo (230 x 140 mm). 16 pp. extracted from a volume; mild spotting. Morocco folding case.

Catalogue Note

Crockett sends out news from an 1831 session of Congress, including "extravagant public expenditures" and the waste of sending an ambassador to Russia. His staunch opposition to Jackson's Indian Removal policy came at great expense; Crockett lost he re-election campaign this same year.