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Francis Larche. April 20, 1826. Read, and laid on the table Gabriel W. Perpall. May 15, 1826. Read and laid upon the table Lieutenant Isaac M'Keever [i.e., McKeever]. April 3, 1826 Mr. Owen's motion -- case of Francis Larche. April 22, 1826. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Slave trade. February 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Richard W. Meade. Road from Buffalo to Hanover. May 17, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. To amend the Constitution. Mr. Powell submitted the following resolution. February 21, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Amendment of the Constitution. February 16, 1826. Mr. Garnsey submitted the following resolution: Which was read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. To amend the Constitution. March 7, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Statue of Washington. April 28, 1826. Internal improvements. Mr. Mercer's resolutions to provide a fund for internal improvement, and rules for its application. April 25, 1826. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. James Ross. May 3, 1826. Read, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John Good. March 25, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. To amend the Constitution. February 22, 1826. Processes in courts U.S. May 17, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Report of Commodore Porter's trial. Mr. Weems submitted the following for consideration. February 22, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Alexander M'Nish, and al. April 1, 1826. Mr. Wood, from the Committee on Military Pensions, made the following report: Read and laid upon the table. Benjamin Wells. Consolidating revenue laws. January 18, 1826. Mr. Livingston submitted the following resolution, which was read, and laid upon the table. Amendment to the Constitution. March 8, 1826. February 6, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Resolution, submitted by Mr. Clarke [i.e., Clark], of Kentucky. Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill providing that no final judgment, or decree, shall be pronounced by the Supreme Court of the United States, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States... Mr. Talliaferro [i.e., Taliaferro] -- to amend the rules. February 6, 1826. Ordered to lie one day. Nathaniel Childers. January 20, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. March 12, 1826. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Legg and James Feland. May 15, 1826. Roads -- Black Swamp to Cumberland, & Pittsburg to Rapids of Miami, of Lake Erie. May 15, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Northwest coast of America. May 15, 1826. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill to authorize the establishment of a military post or posts within the territory of the United States on the Pacific Ocean, and to provide for the exploration of its coasts and waters Canal -- Boston Harbor to Narraganset (sic) Bay. May 15, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Canal around Muscle Shoals. May 15, 1826. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal -- extension of. May 16, 1826. Read and laid upon the table. Heirs of Caron de Beaumarchais. May 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Ira Allen. May 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Bedinger. May 16, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Canal -- Tennessee and Coosa Rivers. May 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. On altering election laws. May 16, 1826. Read and laid upon the table. Land to officers of the late war. May 17, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Excise on domestic spirits &c. May 19, 1826. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Edmund Brooke. May 19, 1826. Jacob Butler. March 22, 1826. Moses Shepherd. March 22, 1826. Public buildings. March 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign bills of exchange. March 22, 1826. James Monroe. March 23, 1826. Unclaimed dividends. March 25, 1826. Fixing the time of adjournment. March 27, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard W. Steele. March 27, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Preservation of the Cumberland Road. March 27, 1826. Road from Detroit to Lake Michigan. March 28, 1826. Ludlow and Roberts' lines -- Ohio. March 28, 1825 [i.e., 1826]. George Merchant. March 28, 1826. Canal -- Lake Michigan to Illinois River. March 30, 1826. Elizabeth Morgan. April 12, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Intercourse with foreign nations. April 12, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Survey of canal routes -- Mississippi and Louisiana. April 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Post route -- Litchfield to Norfolk, Con. April 14, 1826. Sewall, Williams & Co., and G. & W. Bangs & Co. April 14, 1826. Mission to Panama. Mr. Miner's resolutions. January 25, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Motion of Mr. McDuffie to amend the Constitution. December 9, 1825. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Canal in Florida. Mr. Webster's resolution. December 19, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Pedro Miranda. May 8, 1826. Walker K. Armistead. May 8, 1826. Read; and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Isaac Ricker. May 9, 1826. Richard Key -- Insurance Company of Baltimore, and Robert E. Griffith, et al. May 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. May 9, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Mr. Forsyth, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which had been referred the petition of Archibald Gracie, of John F. Dumas, of Samuel Hays, of Oliver Keating, and of citizens of Newburyport, upon the subject of depredations by France, Holland, Naples, and Denmark, made the following report... May 9, 1826. Mr. Burges, from the Committee on Military Pensions, to which the subject had been referred, made the following report: The Committee on Military Pensions, on a more equitable construction of the several laws "providing for persons engaged in the land or naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War," report: The law made and passed on the 18th day of March, Anno Domini 1818... John Burton, and al. May 10, 1826. Judiciary system United States. May 12, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Bird and Abraham Smith. May 12, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. To hold a treaty with the Seneca Indians. May 13, 1826. Intercourse with the Indians. May 20th, 1826. Read and laid upon the table. Colonel Chambers. May 20, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Mr. Webster's proposition to amend the rules. December 12, 1825. Read, and laid on the table until tomorrow. Mr. Wickliffe's resolutions. December 12, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Internal improvements. Mr. Bailey's resolutions proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States in relation to internal improvements. December 13, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Amendment to Constitution. Mr. Mitchell's (of Tenn.) resolution. December 13, 1825. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Internal improvements. Resolution submitted by Mr. Test. December 27, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Cook's resolution. December 29, 1825. Read and laid upon the table. To amend the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. To amend the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Resolutions to amend the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Amendment of the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Amendment to the Constitution -- senators. February 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Amendment of the Constitution. February 16, 1826. To amend the rules. February 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Amendment of the Constitution. February 20, 1826. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following as an amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Amendment of the Constitution. February 20, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Proposition to amend the Constitution. Mr. Haynes submitted the following resolutions. February 22, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. William King. April 7, 1826. In the House of Representatives of the United States, April 7, 1826. The House being in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and having under consideration the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs upon the subject of the contemplated mission to the Congress of Panama, Mr. Markley submitted the following resolutions... Elizabeth Kramer. April 10, 1826. Samuel Chesnut. May 5, 1826. Increase Marine Corps. May 6, 1826. Surviving officers of the Revolutionary Army. May 8, 1826. To amend the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Mission to Panama. March 25, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. John A. Webster. March 25, 1826. Samuel Youngs. March 30, 1826. Arsenal Watervliet -- New York. March 31, 1826. Gilbert C. Russell. March 31st, 1826. Amendment to the Constitution. April 3, 1826. In the House of Representatives of the United States, April 3d, 1826. The following resolution being under consideration in the Committee of the Whole House upon the State of the Union, viz: Resolved, that, in the opinion of the House, it is expedient to appropriate the funds necessary to enable the President of the United States to send ministers to the Congress of Panama... Survey -- canal route -- Olean Point to Erie Canal. April 4, 1826. Petition of Sarah Chitwood. April 4, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Petition of Mary James. April 4, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. To amend the Constitution. April 4, 1826. Mission to Panama. April 4, 1826. John Valery Delassize. April 6, 1826. George Johnston and others. April 12, 1826. Benjamin Woodworth. April 17, 1826. Ephraim Sutton. April 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Mission to Panama. April 18, 1826. Bailey & Rinker. March 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. April 21, 1826. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Petition of Moses Smith. April 21, 1826. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Alexander McNish. April 21, 1826. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Business to be acted upon. April 25, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Discriminating duties -- Hamburg. April 25, 1826. Resolution, submitted by Mr. Livingston. April 25, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. James May. April 26, 1826. Samuel A. Ruddock. April 26, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. John Peters and Sabine Pond. April 27, 1826. Sewall, Williams, & Co. April 28, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the remission of duties on certain goods destroyed by fire. Mulberry -- silk worm. May 2, 1826. Daniel Steinrod. May 2, 1826. Jno. Ab. Willink. May 2, 1826. Commissioner of Public Buildings. May 3, 1826. William H. Bassett. May 4, 1826. Remains of the late Capt. O.H. Perry. May 4, 1826. Read and laid upon the table. Caleb Stark. May 4, 1826. Read and laid on the table. General Moses Hazen. May 4, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Preston. May 5, 1826. Revolutionary pensioners. May 5, 1826. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill authorizing certain persons to be placed on the list of Revolutionary pensioners. Invalid pensioners. May 5, 1826. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill concerning invalid pensioners. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. May 22, 1826. Canal to connect Lakes Champlain and Ontario. May 22, 1826. Read: Ordered that it be printed. Suppression of the slave trade. May 22, 1826. Read, and ordered to be printed Additional executive department. May 22, 1826. Amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Phelps's proposition of amendment to the Constitution of the United States in relation to the election of President and Vice President of the United States. January 11, 1826. Read twice and laid on the table. Amendment to the Constitution. March 3, 1826. Daniel Loomis. March 21, 1826. Mission to Panama. April 11, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Baltimore -- vessels sunk for defence of. April 17, 1826. With Bill No. 263. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Benedict Joseph Flaget, Bishop of Bardstown, in the State of Kentucky. May 10, 1826. Amendments to the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. John Eustace. April 18, 1826. Against amending the Constitution. February 24, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union April 6, 1826. Mr. Cambreleng, from the select committee, to which the petitions from the institutions of New York and Pennsylvania for the instruction of the deaf and dumb had been referred, made the following report... |
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| Serial set 144 | Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Nineteenth Congress. December 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. | 1 |
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Report of the Secretary of War, in relation to the number of white persons residing on Chickasaw and Choctaw lands. Rendered in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ult. February 1, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1827. Mr. Cobb made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hickman Johnson, guardian of Juliet Eliza Sollers, report: That, from the testimony submitted with the petition, it appears that the said Juliet Eliza Sollers, on the 11th September, 1814, was owner of a farm on Patapsco River, below and near Baltimore... In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1827. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a resolution of the Senate and two memorials of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, on the subject of a canal communication between the navigable waters of the Wabash and those of the Miami of Lake Erie... In Senate of the United States, January 11, 1827. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, instructing them to examine into the expediency of increasing the salary of the Postmaster General... Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia on the subject of militia claims. January 11, 1827. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois on the subject of the public lands in that state. January 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1827. Mr. Cobb made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Brunson, report: That the petitioner states that in the year 1813, during the war between the United States and Great Britain, he was a merchant and the owner of a house and store... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1827. Mr. Van Buren made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, upon the petition of George Wilson, report: That George Wilson, of Tennessee, claims payment at the Treasury Department for half the amount of certain transportation accounts... In Senate of the United States, January 15, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Gulledge, of Pike County, in the State of Mississippi, made the following report: That it appears to the Committee, not only from the petition and affidavit of the said Thomas Gulledge, but likewise from the affidavits of Thomas Hamilton and James Ellis, that some time in the month of March, in the year 1821, the said Thomas Gulledge made a written application to the Register of the land office... Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of an act of the last session of Congress to hold treaties with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, for the purpose of extinguishing their claims to lands within the State of Mississippi. January 15, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 16, 1827. Mr. Smith, of Maryland, made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Parke Walton, made thereon the following report: That, sometime in the year 1819, it appears that Parke Walton, before and at that time receiver of public monies for the district west of Pearl River, in the State of Mississippi, received, in his official character, and in payment for the public lands... In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1827. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred so much of the President's message as related to the non-execution, in part, of the act of March 2d, 1821, entitled, "An Act To Reduce and Fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States..." In Senate of the United States, February 7, 1827. Mr. Chambers made the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was assigned, by a resolution of the Senate of the 15th ultimo, the duty of inquiring "into the expediency of releasing the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, from certain obligations contracted with the late Secretary of the Treasury, amounting to $25,958.12..." Letter from the Third Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate passed on the 16th instant, a report of his proceedings in relation to payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed while in the service of the U. States. January 25, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report on the state of the finances. December 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial and petition of Francis Henderson and Francis Henderson, Jun. on behalf of themselves and family, heirs and representatives of John Laurens, deceased. December 21, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 22, 1826. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, &c. reported as follows... Memorial of the inhabitants of the State of Georgia in relation to depredations committed by the Creek Indians prior to the year 1802. February 1, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In the Senate of the United States, February 2, 1827. Mr. Johnson, of Ky., made the following report, which was concurred in by the Senate. The committee to whom has been referred the subject of carrying the mail by steamboats, from Cincinnati or Louisville to New-Orleans, present the letter of the Postmaster General... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in relation to the execution of the treaty of October 18, 1820, with the Choctaw Nation of Indians. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th ultimo. February 2, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1827. Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee of Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of the inhabitants of Wilmington, North Carolina, report: That the inhabitants of Wilmington, North Carolina, represent that the navigation of the Cape Fear River is so obstructed... Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, on the subject of land titles in that state derived from the French and Spanish governments. February 5, 1827. Printed by order the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 26, 1826. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled " An Act for the Relief of John M'Cartney," reported: That from an examination of the petition and documents submitted to them with the bill, it appears that in the year 1817 the petitioner was a citizen of Madison County, in the Territory of Alabama... In Senate of the United States, January 3, 1827. Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Commerce, to which the subject had been referred, made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia, concerning an artificial harbor or breakwater at the mouth of Delaware Bay... Memorial of sundry citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, representing the necessity of passing a general bankrupt law. January 4, 1827. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 8, 1827. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, praying for an appropriation to aid in opening a passage for vessels over the bar at the east pass of the mouth of Pascagoula River... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures for the construction and repair of the Cumberland Road, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of May last. January 10, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Governor of Georgia, with accompanying documents. February 8, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 8, 1827. Mr. Holmes made the following report: The select committee, to whom was referred the petitions of Joseph Emerson and many others, praying to be remunerated for losses sustained by captures and other injuries under authority of the French Republic, ask leave to make the following report... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying Congress to enable the state to open a canal through the bar at East Pass, mouth of Pascagoula River. December 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the land debtors in Alabama. December 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, showing the expenditures of the contingent fund of the Senate for the year 1826. December 4, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, Nineteenth Congress, second session, 1826-'7. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report relative to the result of an assay of foreign coins, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. January 18, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 18, 1827. Ordered to be printed. Documents relating to Senate Bill No. 63, for the relief [of] Samuel Gilbert... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1827. Mr. Johnson, of Ky., made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Nathaniel Patten, report: That the petitioner sets forth that he was postmaster in the Town of Franklin, in the State of Missouri in and about the year 1820; in which year a considerable sum of money, amounting to about eight hundred dollars, received for postage... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1827. Mr. Marks made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of J.S. Barney, administrator of the late Colonel George W. Evans, Deputy Quarter Master General, in the brigade of Georgia militia, in the service of the United States... In Senate of the United States, January 22, 1827. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to commerce, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report: That, by the British Order in Council, of July last, the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British West India colonies is interdicted, and the American navigation excluded from all participation in the trade between them... In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1827. Mr. Reed submitted the following motions: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be directed to report to the Senate the number of white persons, as near as may be, resident upon the territories occupied by the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes of Indians... In the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1827. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William M. Sneed, report: That, upon careful examination of the petition and accompanying papers, it appears that a certain Lieutenant Archibald Sneed... Memorial of delegates of St. Lawrence County, N.Y., praying countervailing measures against the late acts of the British Parliament regulating commercial intercourse, &c. January 24, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 25, 1827. Mr. Hendricks made the following report: The Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the subject of a road from Lake Michigan, by way of Indianapolis, to the Ohio River, report... In Senate of the United States, January 25, 1827. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Elihu Hall Bay and Others, Confirming Grants of Land in the District West of Pearl River, Derived from the British Government of West Florida, and Not Subsequently Granted by Spain or the United States," made the following report... Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, asking for a grant of land to aid said state in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with the Illinois River. February 7, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1827. Documents relating to Senate Bill 75, for the relief of Haley and Harris. Memorial of merchants and traders of New York, in relation to spoliations of their commerce. January 26, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana in relation to the sale of public lands. January 29, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Statement in relation to the lead mines and salt springs in Missouri. Laid before the Senate by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands. December 27, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James Moore, of Mississippi, made the following report: That it appears to the satisfaction of the Committee, by the petition and affidavit of the said James Moore, and by the corroborating testimony of one of the Committee (who has some knowledge upon the subject), that the petitioner and the other heirs of Alexander Moore, deceased, have claims to land in West Florida... In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1827. Mr. Smith, of Maryland, made the following report: The committee appointed by the Senate to join the committee selected on the part of the House of Representatives to report what subjects it is necessary to act upon, at the present session, and in what order it is expedient to take such subjects into consideration... Duties on imports. Memorial of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, adverse to the passage of the bill imposing duties on imports. February 22, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of War, with abstract of licenses granted by superintendents and agents of Indian affairs to trade with the Indians during the year ending the first of September, 1827. February 8, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., on the subject of their claims against France for injuries sustained since A.D. 1806. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 12, 1827. Mr. Sanford made the following report: The Committee of Foreign Relations having considered the memorial of certain merchants of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, the memorial of certain merchants of the City of New York, the memorial of certain merchants of the City of Philadelphia, and the memorial of certain merchants of the City of Baltimore, submit their report: The memorialists have claims upon the government of France... Memorial of citizens of Logan County in the State of Ohio. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information respecting the cost of, and expenditures at, the several Navy yards; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 17. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Resolutions of the State of Alabama, in relation to the system for the disposal of the public lands. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of Joseph Dunbar, receiver of public money in the district west of Pearl River, State of Mississippi, made the following report: That it appears to the satisfaction of the Committee, that when the said Joseph Dunbar entered upon the duties of his office, as such receiver of public money, the books of his office were very much in arrear... Memorial of the citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., respecting the construction of a dry dock at the Navy yard at that place. February 13, 1827. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relating to public lands in Missouri and Illinois which are unfit for cultivation, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of 4th April, 1826. February 14, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1827. Mr. Bateman made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition of Daniel Renner, report: That the petitioner, as the responsible partner of the firm of Renner and Heath, was, at the period of the late war, proprietor of a rope walk... In Senate of the United States, February 15, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of William Scott, deceased, with the accompanying documents, made the following report: That, on the 26th day of April, 1787, William Scott, the ancestor of the petitioners, preferred (i.e., proffered) his petition to the Governor of Louisiana, for the grant of a tract of land... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the purchases and sales of the public lands since the declaration of independence. February 16, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 16, 1827. Mr. Eaton laid the following letter on the table, which was ordered to be printed. The undersigned, agent of the United States for defending the suits in ejectment, Duncan McArthur vs. John Reynolds, and the said McArthur vs. Henry Vanmetre, now pending before the Court of Common Pleas of Champaign County, Ohio, for the recovery of land in the valley of the Great Miami River... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, adverse to the bill for altering the duties on imports. February 19, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, against the proposed law increasing the duties on woollen goods imported from abroad. February 22, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1827. Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee of Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of N. Potts and Samuel Clement, assignees of Jacob Clement, have had the same under consideration, and report: The claimants demand indemnity from the government for the injury and damages sustained by the seizure and detention of their vessels... Memorial of inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, adverse to an increase of duty on imported woollen goods. February 26, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1826. February 26, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In the Senate of the United States, March 1, 1827. The Committee to whom was referred the several messages of the President of the United States, of the 5th and 8th February, and a report and certain resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, ask leave to make the following report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to a provision in lands for the disbanded officers of the late Army of the United States. March 3, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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| Serial set 147 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Nineteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1826, and in the fifty-first year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Nineteenth Congress. December 5, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. list of reports to be made to the House of Representatives at the second session of the Nineteenth Congress by the executive departments. Prepared by the Clerk, in obedience to a standing order of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1826. |
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Negotiations with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, relating to certain negotiations with the government of the United Mexican States. December 28, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Florida Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of May last in relation to the Florida Indians. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Road -- Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the construction of a road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson. December 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Patents for useful inventions in 1826. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons to whom patents have been issued for the invention of any new or useful art, or machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, from Jan. 1st, 1826, to Jan. 1st, 1827. January 8, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War with that of the Board of Engineers, for internal improvement concerning the proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. December 7, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Lead mines -- Illinois and Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 8th May last, in relation to the lead mines belonging to the United States in the states of Illinois and Missouri. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of the Navy -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the year ending September 30, 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Road -- Washington to Buffalo. Survey -- Roanoke Inlet, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to routes for a national road from Washington City to Buffalo; also, information respecting the progress in fulfillment of the act of the last session of Congress authorizing a survey of Roanoke Inlet and Sound. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Road -- Cumberland to District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the subject of an extension of the National Road from Cumberland to the District of Columbia. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Canal -- Mississippi to Lake Pontchartrain. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to making a canal between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. December 12, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Road through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, in relation to the road through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. December 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Sheep's wool on the skin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury; transmitting information in relation to the importation of sheep's wool on the skin. Rendered in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant. December 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Manufacturers. Contingent expenses H. Representatives. Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, of the names of the clerks, messengers, &c. in the service of the House, and of the expenditure of the contingent fund of 1826. December 6, 1826. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Burning frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, the names of the officers and seamen on board the ketch Intrepid in the attack on the frigate Philadelphia in the year 1804, in the harbor of Tripoli. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Donations by Indians to government agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting proposed donations of land by Indian tribes to any agent or commissioner of the United States. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Trade with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th inst.) a copy of the three articles marked A, referred to in the protocol of the third conference of the American and British plenipotentiaries on the fifth of February, 1824. December 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Fortifications at Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information (in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th inst.), upon the subject of the works intended for the defense of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina. December 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Proceedings of the Congress of Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to the proceedings of the congress which assembled last summer at Panama, &c. December 26, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of lands in Mississippi and Louisiana south of 31st degree of latitude. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th inst., in relation to a survey of the lands lying south of the 31st degree of latitude in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. December 26, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Cases of shipwreck, loss, and disaster within the Bay of Delaware, &c. by vessels being driven into, or out thereof, by storm or by ice, &c. December 28, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Removal of the Indians westward. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th Dec. last, information in relation to the disposition of the several tribes of Indians to emigrate west of the Mississippi. January 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department during the year 1826, and the compensation allowed to each. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Fortifications for Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting plans and estimates of fortifications contemplated for Pensacola. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Road -- Zanesville to Columbus. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the subject of the National Road between Zanesville and Columbus. January 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Post Office clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1826, with their names and salaries. January 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Navy contracts for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Department during the year 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Public buildings. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual statement of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, of the expenditure on the same, and of the progress of the said buildings. December 8, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Expenditures on the Public Buildings. West's paintings. Letter from the sons of Benjamin West, deceased, late president of the Royal Academy of London, offering to sell the government of the United States sundry paintings of that artist. December 11, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian affairs. Message from the President of the United States, communicating sundry papers relating to Indian affairs. December 11, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual reports on the state of the finances. December 13, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Survey of the harbor of Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report on the survey of the harbor of Baltimore. December 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. British colonial trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting extracts of a letter from the minister of the United States at London, relating to the late discussions with the government of Great Britain concerning the trade between the United States and the British colonies in America. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. |
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Stockbridge Indians. Extracts of letters upon the subject of the present condition of the Stockbridge Indians. January 8, 1827. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Quapaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, in relation to the present condition of the Quapaw Nation of Indians. January 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditures of the money appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1826. January 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- Department of War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the clerks in the Department of War during the year 1826, and the salary allowed to each. January 10, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual report in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. Prepared in compliance with the act of Congress, of 23d April, 1800. January 12, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ult. upon the subject of the organization of the Patent Office. January 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement shewing the names of the clerks of the Treasury Department during the year 1826, and the compensation allowed to each. January 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Fortifications on Staten Island. Message from the President of the United States, with sundry documents, relating to a proposition by the State of New York to sell to the government of the U. States the fortifications erected by said state on Staten Island. January 15, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Appropriation for the Capitol. Estimate of money necessary for continuing the work upon the Capitol for the year 1827. January 15, 1827. Laid before the House of Representatives, and ordered to be printed. Navy hospitals. Report of the commissioners of naval hospitals, upon the state of their funds. January 15, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Convention with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed on the 13th of Nov. last at London, providing for the payment of citizens of the U. States for claims arising under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent. January 16, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Compensation to Surveyor General, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement shewing the compensation to the Surveyor General, and other surveyors, &c. for the years 1824, 1825, and part of 1826. January 17, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Statutes of the British Parliament, in relation to the colonial trade; to which are appended the acts of Congress on the same subject. December 19th, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Postage accruing in the U.S. -- 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, in each state and territory, for one year ending 31st March, 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates of appropriations for 1827. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the estimates of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1827. January 4, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of sundry merchants of the City of Philadelphia upon the subject of spoliations committed under the authority or decrees of the government of France. January 8, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Encroachments on Choctaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 20th ultimo, in relation to encroachments by white men upon lands ceded to the Choctaw Indians in the Territory of Arkansas. January 8, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, on the subject of militia claims. January 8, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Brevet rank and pay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second and Third Auditors, and of the Adjutant General, in relation to brevet rank conferred since 1821, and payments made to officers in consequence thereof. January 8, 1827. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the City Council of Charleston, S. Carolina, praying that a marine hospital be erected at that port for accommodation of sick and disabled seamen, etc. January 18, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. December 20, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 9, 1827. Bill reported -- No. 356. Monthly statements Bank U. States for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the monthly statements of the Bank of the United States, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the third instant. January 9, 1827. Read and laid upon the table. Impressment of seamen from American vessels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relating to the impressment of seamen from on board American vessels since 18th February, 1815. January 15, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. |
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Mayor and Council of Georgetown, D.C. Representation and resolution of the Mayor and Council of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, upon the subject of a bill reported to the House of Representatives entitled "A Bill Concerning Free People of Color, in the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia." February 1, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which the above bill is committed Memorial of merchants and traders of New York, in relation to spoliations on their commerce. January 29, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Memorial of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. January 29, 1827. Referred to a select committee Marine hospital -- sick and disabled seamen. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, in relation to the amount received and expended for the relief of sick and disabled seamen from the year 1819 to the year 1826, &c. January 29, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Duties on woollen goods. Statements in relation to existing and proposed duties on woollen goods. January 30, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Prohibition of the slave trade. Statement showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the prohibition of the slave trade during the year 1826, and an estimate for 1827. January 30, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States Woollen manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to woollen manufactures imported in the several years between the 30th September, 1820, and the 30th September, 1826, &c. January 25, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Barracks, store houses, hospitals, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the Chairman of the Military Committee, a report of the Quartermaster General upon the subject of barracks, storehouses, hospitals, &c. January 25, 1827. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Military Committee, and ordered to be printed. Woollen manufacturers. Report of a committee of the House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts, on the subject of woollen manufacturers, &c. February 1, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Foreign wool imported. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, in relation to the quantity of foreign wool and woolen manufactures imported during the last two years, &c. &c. &c. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Cavalry tactics. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of cavalry tactics, or, rules for the exercises and maneuvers of the cavalry of the militia of the United States. January 8, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Discriminating duties -- government of the Netherlands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with copies of a correspondence with the government of the Netherlands relating to discriminating duties. January 19, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia with accompanying documents. January 23, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, relative to relief of inhabitants of New Madrid County, in that state, who suffered by earthquakes, &c. January 29, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Breakwater Delaware Bay. Statement, showing the value of vessels and their cargoes bound into the Delaware between 28th December, 1826, and 15th January, 1827, which were compelled to go to sea, or to seek precarious shelter elsewhere. January 29, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Clerks -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in his office and in the Patent Office during the year 1826, and the compensation allowed to each. February 9, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. An act to amend the act of incorporation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. February 8, 1827. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the "Bill Authorizing a Subscription to the Stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company." National Road -- Wheeling to Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports and drawings relative to the National Road, from Wheeling to the seat of government in the State of Missouri. February 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. French and other spoliations. Memorial of merchants and others, of the State of Rhode Island, in relation to spoliations committed on the commerce of the United States by vessels of war of France and other European nations. February 5, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Expenditure -- naval appropriation 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the appropriations for the naval service for the year 1826, and the expenditure of the same. February 9, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of inhabitants of New Bedford, Dartmouth, &c. against reducing the duty on salt. January 29, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 6, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Friendly Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to the suffering condition of the friendly Creek Indians, etc. which had been referred to him by the House of Representatives to report thereon. February 6, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Foreign missions. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, relative to the appointments of charges des affaires, and to the commissions and salaries of the ministers and secretaries to the Panama mission. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on the inland frontier -- northern. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to duties collected for the three last years ending 30th September, 1826, in the States of Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, on British manufactures and teas, entered at the Customhouses on our inland frontier. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveys -- roads and canals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (to the Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals), a statement exhibiting the number and designation of the examinations and surveys which have been made with a view to the construction of roads and canals. February 7, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Annual report of the Commissioner of the Sinking Fund. February 7, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Licenses to trade with Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of licenses granted to trade with the Indians. February 8, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from G. Davis, Surveyor of Mississippi, to Mr. Haile, of the House of Representatives. February 8, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. The survey of the Creek lands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Governor of Georgia, with accompanying documents, in relation to the proceeding of certain Indians in said state. February 9, 1827. Read, and referred to a select committee. Fortifications -- Pensacola harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Engineer Department, in relation to the contemplated fortification of Pensacola harbor. February 9, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Dry dock -- Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Memorial of the citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., respecting the construction of a dry dock at the Navy yard at that place. February 12, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Improvement in hall of House of Reps. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the Board of Inspection, appointed 19th of May last, in relation to improvements of the hall of the House of Representatives, U.S. &c. &c. February 12, 1827. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Road -- Baltimore to Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of General Bernard, of surveys of routes for a post road from Baltimore to Philadelphia. February 12, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty on imported salt. Remonstrance of inhabitants of Provincetown, in the State of Massachusetts, against a repeal of the law imposing a duty on salt imported. February 13, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Duty on imported salt. Remonstrance of inhabitants of Chatham, in the State of Massachusetts, against a repeal of the law imposing a duty on salt imported. February 13, 1827. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. Canal -- Barnstable to Buzzard's Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of Jan. last. Requiring an estimate of the expense of making a canal between Barnstable and Buzzard's Bays. February 13, 1827. Read and laid on the table. Bulfinch on penitentiaries. Report of Charles Bulfinch, on the subject of penitentiaries. February 13, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Expenditures at national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms, etc. made therein during the year 1826. February 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Tonnage of the United States -- 1825. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the U. States on the 31st December, 1825. February 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Miscellaneous claims -- contracts Revenue Service, sick seamen, and contracts for oil, light-houses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements shewing: 1. Payments made at the Treasury during the year 1826 for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for; 2. Contracts made for Revenue Service during the year 1825; 3. Of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen; and, 4. Of contracts made relative to oil, light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, buoys, &c. February 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Ratio of representation under fifth census. Documents submitted by Mr. Peter Little, of the House of Representatives. February 17, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Road from Washington City to Buffalo. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of surveys of proposed routes of a national road from the City of Washington to Buffalo, in the State of New York. February 17, 1827. Read and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information respecting the surveys of roads and canals, and of their relative importance. February 19, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Cumberland Road & domestic manufactures. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of inhabitants of Ohio County, in the State of Virginia, in relation to the Cumberland Road and domestic manufactures of the country. February 19, 1827. Read, and laid on the table Receipts from the Customs from 1815 to 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, being a statement of the annual receipts from the Customs from 30th December, 1815, to 30th September, 1826; and the annual amount of drawbacks from the same period. February 20, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Amend the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, upon the subject of amending the Constitution in relation to the election of President of the United States. February 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Saugatuck Harbor and River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of the survey of Saugatuck Harbor and River. February 23, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures United States, 1825. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1825. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Report -- Director of the Mint. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Director of the Mint, and a statement of its operations during the year 1826. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the returns of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia of the state of their affairs to the close of the year 1826. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Live oak timber. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, on the subject of live oak timber. February 26, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of citizens of Boston and its vicinity, against the contemplated increase of duty on certain woollen goods imported. February 26, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information relative to the transactions of the Mint of the United States. February 26, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, upon the subject of the lands set apart for the use of schools in said state. February 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to purchasers of public lands. February 26, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 27, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of Massachusetts, praying that the duty on imported salt may not be repealed. January 23, 1827. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. French and other spoliations. Petition of merchants of Baltimore, upon the subject of spoliations on the commerce of the United States. February 5, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the survey of the Creek lands in Georgia, with accompanying documents. February 5, 1827. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, asking for a grant of land to aid said state in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with the Illinois River. February 7, 1827. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the "Bill To Aid the State of Illinois in Opening a Canal to Connect the Waters of Lake Michigan with the Illinois River." Florida Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee of Indian Affairs, transmitting information in relation to the condition of the Indians in Florida. February 7, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Survey of Kennebec River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of Kennebec River, in the State of Maine. January 26, 1827. 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Abstract of American seamen -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American seamen in the U. States for the year 1826. February 21, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry docks -- Portsmouth, N.H., Charlestown, Mass., &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of an examination and survey which has been made of a site for a dry dock at Portsmouth, N.H., Charlestown, Mass., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Gosport, Va. January 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the general annual returns of the militia of the United States. February 6, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- War Department -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the War Department in the year 1826. February 22, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts, Post Office Department, 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Post Office Department during the year 1826. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign commerce of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1826. February 26, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. S. 3. Documents accompanying the bill from the Senate entitled "An Act To Authorize Those Persons Who Have Relinquished Lands under the Provisions of the Several Acts for the Relief of Purchasers of Public Lands, To Purchase the Same at Private Sale, at a Fixed Price." February 28, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Duff Green, esq. -- mail contract. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February, 1827, in relation to the transportation of the mail between the City of Washington and Vincennes, in the State of Indiana. February 28, 1827. Read and laid on the table. Expenditure, Artillery School of Practice. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th January last, in relation to the expenditure, in any manner connected with the Artillery School of Practice, at Fortress Monroe, &c. &c. February 28, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of communications of the Governor of Georgia and Lieut. Vinton, to the Secretary of War. March 2, 1827. Referred to Select Committee on the Resolutions, &c. of the Legislature of Georgia. Appropriations -- second session, Nineteenth Congress. Statement of appropriations made during the second session of the Nineteenth Congress. Prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 3rd of March 1827. March 3, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Unproductive post roads -- 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post roads for the past year. January 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Balances -- collectors of the Customs and receivers of the land offices. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Register which appear to have remained unsettled by the collectors of the Customs and others for more than three years prior to 30th September last, and a similar list in the case of receivers of public moneys for the sale of public lands. January 23, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Unsettled accounts. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor. December 11, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Military appropriations for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the service of the year 1826 showing the amount appropriated under each specific head, the amount expended under each, and the unexpended balance on 31st December last. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor which appear to have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Old internal revenue and direct tax, and direct tax of 1815 and 1816. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting lists of balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury on account of the old internal revenue and direct tax; also, an account of the direct tax of 1816 and 1816. February 12, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of the general accounts of his office from 1st of April, 1825, to 1st of April, 1826. February 19, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Passengers arriving in U. States -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of passengers arriving in the U. States from 1st Oct., 1825, to 30th Sept., 1826. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments of officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1826. February 26, 1827. Canal -- Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th December last, in relation to a canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi River. March 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report by the Register of the Treasury, of the balances on the books of receipts and expenditures which appear to have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to Sept. 30, 1826. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveys: Harbor of Edgartown, Merrimack River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of a survey of the flats on the northwest side of the Harbor of Edgartown; a survey of the mouth of Merrimack River; also, a survey of the Harbor of Hyannis, in the Vineyard Sound, with a map of each: rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourth of last month. February 9, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. La Plaisance Bay harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of La Plaisance Bay harbor in the Territory of Michigan. January 26, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. |
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Trade with British American colonies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements exhibiting annually, from the 30th Sept., 1815, to 30th Sept., 1826, the amount and description of merchandise exported to, and imported from, the British American colonies, embraced in the recent orders in council, and others; with the tonnage employed therein, &c. &c. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Revenue of the United States. Statements exhibiting the revenue arising from duties on merchandise, tonnage, &c. during the year ending on the 31st Dec., 1825; referred to in the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury upon the state of the finances of the 12th December, 1826. December 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. |
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| Serial set 156 | Disbursements to the Indians -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of accounts rendered by persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, from 1st September, 1825, to 1st September, 1826, &c. &c. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 157 | Spoliations on the commerce of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of States, transmitting a schedule of the claims of American citizens for spoliations by France and other European nations since the year 1805. January 31, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 158 | Unsettled accounts -- Office Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting reports from the Third Auditor: 1. Of the names of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year. 2. Of accounts in his Office which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September last. 3. Of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remain to be accounted for. December 13, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 159 |
Free Negroes -- District of Columbia. January 11, 1827 William Cloyd. December 20, 1826. John Rodriguez. January 2, 1827. Joshua Fults. January 11, 1827. Read and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Isidore Moore. December 12, 1826. Road -- La Plaisance Harbor, westward. January 10, 1827. John Overall. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John Overall. January 10, 1827. Read, and committed to a Committee on the Whole House to-morrow. Construction of act to fix military peace establishment. January 11, 1827. Joseph Smith -- for J.B. Dupuis. January 12, 1827. Tobias E. and Wm. Stansbury. January 15, 1827. Read, and ordered that it lie on the table. Punishment of crimes. February 6, 1827. Charles A. Burnett. January 26, 1827. George Wilson. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate entitled "An Act for the Relief of George Wilson," made the following report. January 29, 1827. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Thomas Flournoy. January 30, 1827. Representatives of Gen. Wm. Hull. January 31, 1827. Samuel Sprigg. January 27, 1827. Non-resident lands in the territories. December 19, 1826. Designs of paintings. December 19, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Gregory Strahan. December 19, 1826. Frederick D. Tschiffely. December 20, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Pre-emption to actual settlers -- Louisiana. December 20, 1826. William R. Maddox. December 21, 1826. William Morrison. January 31, 1827. John Moffett. February 1, 1827. Archibald W. Hamilton. February 2, 1827. Richard W. Steele. February 2, 1827. Lewis Rouse. February 2, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Abigail Appleton. February 3, 1827. Inland channel -- St. Mary's to St. John's River. February 3, 1827. John Winton. December 26, 1826. Morgan Magness. December 28, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Relating to settlers on the public lands. December 29, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. William Young. December 29, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. William Brown. December 29, 1826. Daniel McDuff. December 29, 1826. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Joseph Le Carpentier. December 29, 1826. Thomas McClanahan. January 2, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Sights. January 2, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Elijah L. Clarke. January 2, 1827. Representatives of Joseph Jeans. January 3, 1827. John Burton and al. May 10, 1826. January 3, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Arsenal at Watervliet. January 3, 1827. Henry G. Rice. January 3, 1827. Frederick Onstine. January 5, 1827. Elizabeth Shaw. January 5, 1827. William Thompson. January 5, 1827. Discriminating duties -- Sweden and Norway. Report of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to the imposition of discriminating duties on the vessels and cargoes of Sweden and Norway. January 5, 1827. Accompanied by a bill to exempt Swedish and Norwegian vessels, and the merchandise imported therein, from the payment of discriminating duties of tonnage and impost for a limited time, and for other purposes. William Schley, executor of J.G. Posner. January 5, 1827. Marinus W. Gilbert. January 8, 1827. Luther Chapin. February 7, 1827. Destruction of the frigate Philadelphia. February 7, 1827. Public buildings. February 7, 1827. Georgia militia claims. February 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Port entry -- Penobscot River. February 10, 1827. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the committee appointed on the 29th Dec., 1826, on a letter of John C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, asking an investigation of his conduct while Secretary of War, with accompanying documents. February 13, 1827. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Warner Wing. December 8, 1826. Heirs of Francis Valle. December 11, 1826. Revolutionary officers. January 3, 1826. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives, December 14, 1826. Additional executive department. December 15, 1826. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. May 22, 1826. Orsamus Holms. December 21, 1826. John Slavin. December 21, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Edmund Brooke. May 19, 1826. Unfinished business of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the close of the 1st session of the 19th Congress. May 22, 1826. Thomas Gulledge. February 9, 1827. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Robert Huston. January 17, 1827. Surgeons of the Navy. January 17, 1827. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Land claims in Opelousas. January 17, 1827. Bank of Chilicothe [i.e., Chillicothe]. January 19, 1827. Foreign commerce. January 22, 1827. Indian depredations in Missouri. January 23, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill making appropriations for the Indian Department for the year 1827. James Wood. January 23, 1827. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Hallaway and Westgate Watson. January 23, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Chad Miller. January 23, 1827. Thomas C. Withers. January 24, 1827. Communication across the Isthmus of Panama. January 24th, 1827. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Military road - Fishkill Landing to Cold Spring. February 6, 1827. Andrew Westbrook. January 26, 1827. Grants of land under Quapaw Treaty. January 27, 1827. Petition of David Hale and Samuel Hale. December 11, 1826. Referred to Committee on Public Lands. December 29, 1826. Bill reported -- No. 320. |
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Colonization of free people of colour. March 3, 1827. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Discipline militia. February 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Jeremiah Buckley -- heirs of. February 21, 1827. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. January 30, 1827. Appropriations for surveys of roads and canals. Mr. Rives's resolution, with Mr. Bartlett's amendment. December 29, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. House of Representatives United States, January 2, 1827. Mr. Hamilton, of South Carolina, submitted the following preamble and resolutions, which were read and laid upon the table: Whereas a law, commonly known by the name of the Sedition Law... January 2, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Mr. Livingston submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to prepare and bring in a bill making appropriation of fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President in the purchase and transportation of provisions for the suffering inhabitants of Greece... Salt Springs in Illinois. February 10, 1827. Harris and Farrow. February 14, 1827. Giles Egerton. February 14, 1827. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Richard Livingston. February 15, 1827. Business to be acted upon. February 15, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures on the public buildings. February 16, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. February 22, 1827. Referred to the Committee on the Whole House to which is referred the bill making appropriations for the Indian Department for the year 1827. Mr. Cocke, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which had been referred the estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1827, so far as relates to certain Indian establishments... Spoliations on the commerce of the United States by France, &c. February 23, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Business to be acted upon. February 23, 1827. Orleans Navigation Company. February 24, 1827. Read, and postponed until Thursday next. History of America. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Settlers on Choctaw lands. February 27, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. John Wilson against George Graham. February 27, 1827. Washington medals. February 27, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. Vaccination. March 1, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Two extra clerks -- Patent Office. March 1, 1827. Navigation of Red River. March 1, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Report -- Committee of Accounts on contingent expenditures. March 2, 1827. Read and agreed to. Surveys, with a view to making roads & canals. March 2, 1827. Massachusetts militia claims. December 14, 1826. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Bartlett's motion. December 15, 1826. Resolution submitted by Mr. M'Lean, of Ohio. Resolved, that the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to the House any information in his Department, not heretofore communicated, in relation to the disposition of the several Indian tribes within the United States to emigrate west... |
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| Serial set 161 | Report of the select committee of the House of Representatives, to which were referred the messages of the President U.S. of the 5th and 8th February, and 2d March, 1827, with accompanying documents and a report and resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia. March 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. | 1 |
