Mr. Reverdy Johnson: The Alabama Negotiations, and Their Just Repudiation

by the Senate of the United States by George Bemis

$150 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

New York: Baker & Godwin, 1869. First Edition. Original wraps. Octavo. 36 pages. Very critical analysis of Reverdy Johnson's arguments and actions regarding the Alabama Claims. The Alabama Claims were a series of demands by the United States against Great Britain for damages caused by Confederate ships which the latter allowed to be built in British shipyards during the Civil War.

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