Author: Various Authors
Title: Imprisonment of Thomas Shields and Charles Weber in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in Response to a Resolution in the House of Representatives, Transmitting a Communication from the Secretary of State in Reference to [... ]
Description: No Place, No publisher. Pamphlet. Full title: Imprisonment of Thomas Shields and Charles Weber in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in Response to a Resolution in the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in reference to the arrest and imprisonment of Thomas Shields and Charles Weber in Mexico. 47th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 153. House of Representatives. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office, Washington: 1882. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 18, 2 pp. An lengthy account of the jailing in Mexico of two glassblowers from the Pittsburgh area, Thomas Shields and Charles Weber. According to the report they were jailed for drunkenness and other seemingly trumped-up charges, most likely because their employer in Mexico did not wish to pay for their services. GOOD condition. Binding edge a bit rough. Minor toning. Good .

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