FISH, HAMILTON

Report of the select committee of the Senate of the United States on the sickness and mortality on board emigrant ships

Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate printer, 1854. Slim 8vo, pp. 147; original blindstamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; a good, sound copy with an inscription on the title-page, "E. J. Cooke from Hon. F. Gillette, U. S. Senate, Jan. 1855." Francis Gillette (1807-79) was a Senator from Connecticut who served less an one year, having been elected to fill out the seat vacated by Truman Smith. Item #30428

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