Volumes 2-14, 16-17 issued by the Dept. of State as its Publication number 636, 647, 855, 1032, 1189, 1383, 1384, 1529, 1768, 1965, 2236, 3096, 3087, 3502, 3620.

Volume 15, issued by the National Archives as its Publication number 51-9, 53-20, 54-15, 56-10, 57-4, 59-2, 60-2, 61-4, 62-8.

Upon the completion of the ser., the prelim. print of volume 1 will be republished in final form and will contain papers of a general character which pertain to two or more territories. It is also expected that it will embody, in addition to a selection of documents, a general bibliography of source materials for all the territories--cf. U.S. Dept. of State. The territorial papers of the United State ... Volume I. General, Preliminary printing--Pref., p.v.

Seal of Dept. of State, United States of America, on title page.

"On May 24, 1950, the project of editing and publishing 'The territorial papers of the United States' was transferred from the Department of state to the National archives and records service, General services administration ..." (Publication number 51-9, [etc.]).

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