Executive Documents and Reports of Committees, Printed by Order of the House of Representatives During the First Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. In One Volume

8vo original sheep, morocco spine label. Some edge darkening to endpapers, and some very mild aging; near fine. This work contains significant and historically important government reports from the first year of the Civil War. The Civil War material includes the cost for funding the Union Army ($27 million), deployment of the Merrimack, concerns about Missouri pulling out of the Union, and the efficiency of a volunteer army. Also includes reports on conducting the 8th census, public works expenditures from 1789-1860, the condition and treatment of the Indians, and participation in the London Industrial Exposition I 1862.