Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1814. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume browned still quite good. 4 pp. 8vo. February 12 1814. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 25 1814. Bill .reported and committed to a committee of the whole house on Monday next." Concerns the series of major quakes that hit New Madrid in what was later renamed the Missouri Territory. It was said the quake was so strong the Mississippi ran backward for a while. Signed in print by George Bullitt Speaker of the Missouri House; S. Hammond President of the Legislative Council; and by William Clark Governor. An early example of a request for disaster relief from the U.S. Government. Shaw & Shoemaker 33500. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown
Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1814. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume browned still quite good. 4 pp. 8vo. February 12 1814. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 25 1814. Bill .reported and committed to a committee of the whole house on Monday next." Concerns the series of major quakes that hit New Madrid in what was later renamed the Missouri Territory. It was said the quake was so strong the Mississippi ran backward for a while. Signed in print by George Bullitt Speaker of the Missouri House; S. Hammond President of the Legislative Council; and by William Clark Governor. An early example of a request for disaster relief from the U.S. Government. Shaw & Shoemaker 33500. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books