Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co. Very Good with no dust jacket; Small chip to tail corner of front cover and first 2 pages, small chip to head corner of front cover. Tiny chip to head corner of back cover. Faint sunning to all edges and possible soil to tail edge of front cover. Single punched hole through booklet at center of spine, to hold book in a binder. 1887. First Edition. Softcover. Small chapbook documents an address about the acquisition of the Louisiana territory, presented to the Indiana Historical Society in February 16, 1887. The address by Judge Cooley is filled with very strong, provocative opinion about the politics and social environment in which the acquisition took place. 1st per Zempel and Verkler. Inside front cover lists the IHS Board of Directors et al. Missing the last page of the text: 24 of 25 pages present. Lightly-textured thin green wraps. Interior clean. VG condition. ; Indiana Historical Society Pamphlets; Vol. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 25 pages .