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In addition to publishing bills, statutes, laws, journals, and other
official documents, the federal government issues scores of publications
different in nature, such as accounts of commissioned explorations and
expeditions. The lavishly illustrated Narrative of the Expedition of
an
American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan is one
example. Published
by order of the United States Congress in 1856, Commodore Matthew
C. Perry's three volume Narrative includes stunning lithographs,
such as
the example seen here.
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