1364834 ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES [Vols. I - VI, of XVI]. Thomas H. Benton.
ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES [Vols. I - VI, of XVI]
ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES [Vols. I - VI, of XVI]
ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES [Vols. I - VI, of XVI]
ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES [Vols. I - VI, of XVI]

ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORTED DEBATES, BY JOHN C. RIVES [Vols. I - VI, of XVI]

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1858 - 1860. Mixed Editions. Quartos, Six Volumes; G; Full publisher's brown cloth, with embossed boards and gilt lettering to spine; Boards show moderate wear to corners and bottom edges, moderate plus wear and bumping to heads/tails of spines, minor fading to cloth on spines, and light plus discoloration and wear overall; Textblocks have light age-toning and soiling to edges, an instance of faint damp staining impacting fore-edge margin up to p. 35 of Vol. I (not impacting readability), light damp staining to whole of texts along fore-edge margin of Vol. II. (not impacting readability), and light age-toning throughout interiorly; RWO-LC.

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NOTES

Benton's Abridgment ultimately ran to sixteen volumes, of which the first six are available here. Volumes I and II appear to be re-issues released in 1860, while Volumes III-VI appear to be first editions released between 1857 and 1858. All in matching bindings, as issued.

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