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Appropriations for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) Documents explanatory of items mentioned in the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill. December 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) December 22, 1837. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, in compliance with the act of the 2d March, 1831, for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the architect of the public buildings, with a plan of the Treasury building now in process of erection, &c. December 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Fortifications of the United States for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) December 22, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Light-house system. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Navy Commissioners of their proceedings under the act of 3d March, 1837, making appropriations for light-houses, &c. &c. December 22, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Possession of U.S. territory by foreign powers on Columbia River. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th of October last, respecting the possession of United States territory by a foreign power. December 27, 1837. Read, and laid on the table. Navy yard, Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the establishment of a navy yard at Charleston, South Carolina. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Massachusetts militia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of March 1836, upon the subject of the claims of the State of Massachusetts for militia services and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain. December 27, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay Revolutionary and other pensioners. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) December 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Peace Society of New York. Petition of the members of the New York Peace Society, and other individuals friendly to the peace cause. December 28, 1837. Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1838. December, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. compend and synopsis of the legislation of Congress on Revolutionary claims, showing the cases in which interest has been allowed, and in which it has not been allowed. Compiled from the laws of the United States and the records of the Treasury. Estimate for Indian Department for 1838. (To accompany Bill No. 269.) January 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Suspension of specie payments. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, (in obedience to a resolution of the House,) with copies of the laws enacted by state legislatures in relation to the suspension of specie payments by the banks. Finances -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, containing an account of the finances of the Post Office Department, rendered in obedience to the 6th section of the act of 2d July, 1836. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of incidental and contingent expenses of the State Department from 1st December, 1836, to 30th November, 1837. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of a transfer of appropriation from a particular branch of expenditure to another branch of expenditure. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Department during the year ending the 30th September, 1837. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Whale's Back light-house. Sundry documents from the Treasury Department, relating to the light-house on Whale's Back, in the State of New Hampshire. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Light-houses -- southern coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of surveys of the coast south of the Chesapeake, with the view to the establishment of light-houses, &c. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Coast survey, and weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of Professor Hassler's report on the survey of the coast of the United States, and the progress which has been made in the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Telegraphs for the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the subject of a system of telegraphs for the United States. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the Post Office Department for the year 1837. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of Chickasaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds received under the treaty with the Chickasaw Indians of the 20th of April, 1836, to the 1st of November, 1837. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury circular -- July 11, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the monthly returns of the receivers of public moneys to the Department, required by circular order of July 11, 1836, &c. December 11, 1837. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingencies of the Treasury Department. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of Nathan Williams, (orphan son of Captain Nathan Williams, killed in battle in 1777,) praying for remuneration for the loss of a horse, and other property; and also for seven years' half pay. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Affairs of General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, on the subjects connected with the Land Office. December 12, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland, presenting a plan of national currency and state banks; and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. December 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Registered seamen -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the number of registered seamen in the ports of the United States, for the year 1837. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. John McGrew et al. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a special report on the land claims of John McGrew et al. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Contingent expenses -- naval -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses, as settled at the Office of the Fourth Auditor, from October 1, 1836, to September 30, 1837. December 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses, buoys, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information upon the subject of executing the law for building light-houses, buoys, &c. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Harmon Kingsbury, of Cleaveland, Ohio, praying the repeal of that part of an act of Congress regulating the Post Office Department, which requires postmasters to deliver letters, &c. on Sunday. Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 15, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Orange H. Dibble. Statement of his claim, on account of the Potomac Bridge. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Claims Tennessee Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Paymaster General on the claims of certain Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry docks -- New York Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of examinations, not heretofore made, with a view to the establishment of dry docks in New York Bay, &c. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Balances on books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years; also, an abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr. December 29, 1837. Referred to a select committee consisting of Mr. Petrikin, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Borden, Mr. Owens and Mr. Taylor. Wyoming claims -- Revolution. Petition of the sufferers at Wyoming, during the Revolutionary War, for relief. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the execution of criminals sentenced to death, in prison-yards. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mississippi election. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Rhode Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island against the annexation of Texas to the Union. December 29, 1837. Read and laid on the table Memorial of the Erie Convention, Pennsylvania, praying for the construction of a road, from some suitable point in the National Road, to Erie. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Tarlton Woodson. Petition of Tarlton Woodson, of the State of Virginia. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, with a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1837. January 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Protection of western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting various reports in relation to the protection of the western frontier. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pennsylvania armory -- Falls of Beaver. Memorial of inhabitants of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a national armory at the Falls of Beaver. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Washington monument. Memorial of John Ely, a Revolutionary soldier, praying for the erection of a monument to Washington. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Estimate of appropriations -- Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) January 5, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Sherlock S. Gregory. Petition of Sherlock S. Gregory. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Sherlock S. Gregory. Petition of Sherlock S. Gregory. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Massachusetts. Memorial of inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts: 1st. Upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the Mexican government; 2d. Praying that the government of the United States do invite the governments of the Christian world to a congress of peace. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pennsylvania. Memorial adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia City and County, in relation to the finances of the country. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Massachusetts. Memorial of 282 citizens of Sutton and 325 citizens of Millbury, in the State of Massachusetts, against foreign emigration. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, in reference to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Neutrality -- Canadian frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Marshal of the Northern District of the State of New York, respecting disturbances on the Canadian frontier. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Farish Carter & Charles Williamson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) January 3, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives |
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Banks of District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia at the close of the year 1837. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Department of State -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the State Department during the year 1837, and the compensation of each. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Northern frontier. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the disturbance on the northern frontier of the United States. January 8, 1838. So much as relates to an appropriation referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mexico -- Texas -- Canada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th January instant, &c. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Capture of the Mexican brig Urrea. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, respecting the capture and restoration of the Mexican brig of war Urrea. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Canada frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, requiring information of any acts endangering the relations of friendship between the United States and Great Britain. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1837. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Court of inquiry -- operations in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the proceedings of a court of inquiry, convened at Fredericktown, in relation to the operations against the Seminole and Creek Indians, &c. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Clerks - Treasury Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department during the year 1837, and the compensation of each. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Express mail. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, respecting postages paid by the Department on letters, &c., transmitted by the express mail, &c. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Survey Kennebec River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of Kennebec River, &c. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Survey -- Cuyahoga River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, plans, and estimates, in reference to the survey of the harbor of Cleveland, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, in the State of Ohio. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Jail, lunatic hospital, and court-house, in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents, &c., in relation to a new jail and a lunatic asylum in the City of Washington, and a new court-house in the City of Alexandria. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Alleged frauds upon the Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the causes which have prevented a compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February, 1837, in respect to alleged frauds committed upon the Indians. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Postage -- express mail. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting postages paid by the Department on letters by express mails. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Document to accompany Senate Bill No. 26, to revive the act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes. January 10, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Clerks Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the names of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and Navy Commissioners, during the year 1837, and the sum paid to each. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Applicants for pensions -- not allowed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements, showing the names of persons who have applied for pensions, which have not been allowed. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Philadelphia. Against an international copyright law. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of a delegation of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the instrument of writing (treaty) of December, 1835. January 15, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Explosion of steam boilers. Memorial of Jonathan Morgan, Esq. January 15, 1838. Ordered to lie upon the table. Ohio -- public lands. Petition of D.H. Nash, and others, of Litchfield, Medina County, Ohio, praying the right to buy government lands on certain specified conditions. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Northern frontier -- defence -- estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) January 12, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Harbor and river improvements. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) January 12, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimates Engineer Department, with documents. January 12, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. War Department -- appropriations &c., 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1837, and of the balance unexpended. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Oliver M. Spencer. Petition of Oliver M. Spencer. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Kentucky -- Transylvania University. Asking donation of land. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Louisville and Portland Company. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Indiana -- Michigan City harbor. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in relation to the harbor at Michigan City. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 394, "to provide for certain harbors," &c. Defence western frontier -- organization staff, Army. Documents submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. January 18, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Express mail -- in operation, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of all the express mail routes under contract and in operation in the United States, &c. January 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Harbor of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied with a chart of the harbor of Provincetown, &c. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Letters, &c. by express mail. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 11th January inst. in relation to postages paid on letters transmitted by the War Department by the express mail. January 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pension laws now in force. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th October last, in relation to the several pensions laws now in force, &c. January 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- Navy Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the Navy Department for the year 1837, the expenditure of the same, and the balance remaining in the Treasury on the 31st December, 1837. January 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks in the War Department, during the year 1837, and the compensation allowed to each. January 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage on newspapers and pamphlets. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, respecting postage received on newspapers and pamphlets for six months, ending June 30, 1837. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. National armory -- western waters. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commissioners appointed under the act of March 3, 1823, to establish a national armory on the western waters. January 18, 1825. Read, and ordered that it be laid upon the table. December 6, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate Post Office Department, 1838. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1837. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Public defaulters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to public defaulters. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting information in relation to the duties of his Office for the year 1837. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Suppression of Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) January 17, 1838. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Payments of Treasury drafts in specie, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the amount paid in specie by the deposite banks on the checks of the Treasury Department. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage -- Navy Department -- express mail. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting postages paid on letters transmitted by express mail. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. General Post Office -- express mail. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to postages on letters conveyed by the express mail. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pennsylvania -- importers of hardware. Petition of importers of hardware, of the City of Philadelphia, asking for the repeal of the provisions in the 10th, 11th, and 12th clauses of the 2d section of the act of July 14, 1832, entitled "An Act To Alter and Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports." January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th September last, in relation to the public lands. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. New York. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New-York, praying that the pilot law (so called) may not be repealed. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of the Native American Association. January 8, 1838. Motions to refer pending. New Jersey. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the embarrassed condition of public affairs. January 8, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table. Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to the Cherokee Indians east of the Mississippi. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Biennial Register. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the delay which has occurred in the publication of the Biennial Register, &c. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. |
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Captain James Lowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 426.) January 18, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Inspectors of the Penitentiary, Washington. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the ninth annual report of the inspectors of the Penitentiary of Washington. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims -- Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 514.) February 2, 1838. Submitted by the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Express mails of the United States. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting so much of the annual statement for the year preceding 1st July, 1837, as embraces the express mails. February 2, 1838. Referred to Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1837. February 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Compensation to pension agents. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) Extract from the report of the Commissioner of Pensions. February 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Militia of the United States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, &c., for the year 1837. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Imprisonment of Mr. Greely, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to the imprisonment of Mr. Greely, at Frederickton, in the British Province of New Brunswick, &c. January 29, 1838. Postponed until Thursday next. Indian depredations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the agents appointed to inquire what depredations were committed by the Seminole and Creek Indians on the property of citizens of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, &c. January 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners, for the year 1837. January 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Norcross. Memorial of Leonard Norcross, praying for the establishment of a national bank. January 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Edmund Kirby and others. Memorial of Edmund Kirby and others, paymasters in the U.S. Army, in relation to pay and commissions, &c., and praying relief. January 29, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Maine -- uniform system of bankruptcy. Petition of citizens of the City of Portland, Maine, for a law establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy in the United States. January 29, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Persons employed, &c., Indian Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of all persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1837, compensation, &c. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands sold by the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of all the lands sold by the United States, the quantity surveyed, lands set apart for education, donations, &c. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida war, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th ultimo, in relation to orders given to the Commander-in-Chief, the troops employed, expenditures in prosecuting, &c. January 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Guard-posts -- National Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the erection of fences, or guard-posts, on the Cumberland Road. January 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Employing boys in merchant service. Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to the employment of boys in the merchant service, (Bill H.R. No. 97.) January 30, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mail contractors -- 1837 -- fines, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of all fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of contractors, during the year ending the 30th of June, 1837. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- transportation mail U.S. -- 1837. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the annual report of the contracts made for the transportation of the mail within the year preceding the 1st July, 1837. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Annexation of Texas to the United States. Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States of America. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Wisconsin -- Milwaukee. Memorial of sundry citizens of Milwaukee, for the construction of a harbor at Kewaunee. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. New York -- naturalization laws. Memorial of James P. Miller and 96 other electors of Washington County, New York, praying a revision of the laws regulating the naturalization of foreigners. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Maine. Memorial of Jabez Mowry and sixty-four others, inhabitants of Lubec, Maine, praying Congress to make inquiry into the existing state of the trade with the British colonies under proclamation of the President of the United States made the 5th day of October, 1830. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Payments -- consuls -- Barbary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of payments made out of the Treasury, on account of intercourse with the Barbary powers during the year 1837. February 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Peter Ambler, praying for relief. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking the passage of a law granting the right of pre-emption in certain cases. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking that field-notes be furnished the purchasers of the public lands free of expense. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. New York -- military positions at Oswego. Memorial of Milton Harmon and 171 other inhabitants of the Village of Oswego, in the State of New York, praying an inquiry into the expediency of repairing and arming the military positions at Oswego. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking the establishment of a new land district in the northwestern part of the state. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for an additional appropriation for the completion of the public buildings at the seat of government of the territory. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Wisconsin -- Jeremiah Smith. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for relief of Major Jeremiah Smith, of Burlington. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Ohio -- New Hagerstown Academy. Memorial of the trustees of the New Hagerstown Academy of Carroll County, Ohio, for a donation of land. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pittsburg -- hospitals western waters. Memorial of inhabitants of Pittsburg, upon the subject of hospitals on the western waters. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Annex part of Florida to Alabama. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, in relation to the annexation of part of Florida to that state. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Wisconsin -- inhabitants of Milwaukee. Memorial of inhabitants of Milwaukee, upon the subject of harbors, roads, &c. February 14, 1838. So much thereof as relates to harbors, referred to the Committee on Commerce; the residue to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Grand River. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Legislature -- Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin for a main leading road west of the Mississippi. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for a donation of two townships of inundated land, opposite to the town of Burlington, in the Mississippi River, for the construction of a road. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for an appropriation of $200,000 for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River, at the Des Moines River and Rock-River rapids. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for an appropriation for a road from Racine to the Mississippi River. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Petition of citizens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, for improvement of the navigation of the Pishtaka (or Fox) River. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Defences -- frontiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the state of the defences of the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico, and on the northern and eastern frontier. March 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Navy yard and barracks, Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of improvements at the Navy yard, and construction of marine barracks, at Pensacola. March 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Exploring Expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th December last, in relation to the delay in the outfit, &c. for the Exploring Expedition. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Missouri Indian boundary. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the Indian boundary referred to in the act of Congress authorizing the people of Missouri to form a state government. February 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Legislature of Indiana. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the National Road. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, praying that the right of citizenship may be extended to the Stockbridge Indians on the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Rhode Island -- Legislature. Resolutions of the State of Rhode Island, relative to Sub-Treasury, &c. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio Legislature. A declaration and resolution passed by the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the public domain, and the currency, &c. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio -- Legislature. A declaration and resolution passed by the Legislature of Ohio, February 2, 1838, on the following subjects, to wit: public land, fourth instalment of the surplus revenue, currency, Sub-Treasury. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana -- pre-emption to actual settlers. Memorial of inhabitants of Miami County, Indiana, praying a pre-emption right of one quarter section of land to actual settlers. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 235) to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands. Indiana. Petition of inhabitants of Putnam, praying for the bridging of rivers on the Cumberland Road. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 230) making appropriations for the Cumberland Road. Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking, 1st, a law granting pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands; 2d, a graduation and reduction of the price of lands that have been offered and remain unsold; 3d, that unproductive lands that have been for __ years offered, and remain unsold, may be granted to the states within which they lie; 4th, that poor sixteenth sections may be relinquished, and others entered in lieu of them. February 14, 1838. So much as relates to pre-emption, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 255; the residue to the Committee on the Public Lands. Tennessee -- Sub-Treasury. Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives in Congress from the State of Tennessee to vote against any laws proposing to enforce the Sub-Treasury system of finance. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, on the subject of Texas, slavery, the slave trade, &c. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table South Carolina -- mail by Halifax and Wilmington. Memorial of many inhabitants of the City of Charleston, praying that the southern mail be carried by way of Halifax and Wilmington. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Contracts -- War Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Department during the year 1837. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Connect Pennsylvania and New York canals. Opinion of George W. Hughes, upon the subject of connecting the Pennsylvania and New York canals. February 19, 1838. Submitted to the House by Mr. Gray, of New York, and ordered to be printed. Indiana -- Miami lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, upon the subject of the lands lately purchased from the Miami Indians. February 19, 1838. Referred to Committee on Indian Affairs. Balances on books of Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Register, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September, 1837. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. St. Helena Bar -- South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to a survey of St. Helena Bar, in the State of South Carolina. February 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Lands ceded by the Shawnee Indians, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to lands ceded to the United States by the Shawnee Indians on the 8th of August, 1831, &c. February 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- harbor Havre-de-Grace. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. (24th Congress, 2d session. -- February 23, 1837. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.) February 24, 1838. Ordered to be re-printed, with the chart. Contracts, &c. Treasury Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts made at the Department for the year 1837; contracts for light-houses, &c.; payments of miscellaneous claims; and of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund for sick and disabled seamen, during the year 1836. February 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Gorostiza pamphlet. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy and translation of a pamphlet, in the Spanish language, printed and circulated by the late minister from Mexico before his departure from the United States, &c. February 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Renewal of duty bonds -- attorneys' fees, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to the renewal of duty bonds, district attorneys' fees, &c. February 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Losses -- deposite banks, collecting officers, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to balances against deposite banks, collecting officers, losses on duty bonds and depreciated bank-notes. February 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Petition and protest of 187 inhabitants of Montpelier, Vermont, protesting against the passage of Buchanan's neutrality bill; praying for a recall of all orders for the seizure of arms and ammunition; also, that Congress intercede in behalf of the prisoners at Montreal, Toronto, and other places. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Petition and remonstrance of E.P. Walton and 215 other legal voters of Washington County, in the State of Vermont, against the passage of any law prohibiting the selling, transporting, or giving to the Canadians, arms, ammunition, or provisions, or giving any authority to seize or detain the same, beyond what is given by existing laws. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Assistant surveyors in Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 608.) Documents in relation to additional compensation to assistant surveyors in Michigan. March 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands. New Jersey. Memorial of inhabitants of Newark, New Jersey, in relation to the death of the Honorable Jonathan Cilley. March 6, 1838. Referred to the select committee appointed upon the subject to which it relates. Virginia -- hospitals western waters. Memorial of inhabitants of Wheeling, Virginia, upon the subject of marine hospitals on the western waters. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Buffalo harbor. Petition of citizens of Buffalo, for the extension of the harbor at that place, according to the plan of September 30, 1837. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce |
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Inhabitants District of Columbia -- culture of silk. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Petition of the citizens of Cheraw, praying that "the memorial of many inhabitants of Charleston, in favor of changing the present southern mail route," be not granted. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, for a donation of land to aid the state in the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of St. Mary's. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Sub-treasury. Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of the State of New York, in relation to the Sub-Treasury system, &c. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Lovely donation claims in Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 707.) March 29, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate of appropriation -- Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 676, making appropriations for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities for the year 1838.) March 21, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Deposite banks -- act of October last. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th instant, in relation to the late deposite banks, &c. March 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting agents appointed for the payment of pensions, &c. March 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Amory. Petition, &c. of Nathaniel Amory, late of Louisiana, relative to the Bastrop claim. March 9, 1838. Referred to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Professors, &c. -- Cambridge, Massachusetts. Memorial of professors, students of theology and of law, &c. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the subject of duelling. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee appointed on that subject. Dry dock -- New York. March 12, 1838. Presented to the House by Mr. Pratt, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Dry dock -- Philadelphia. Letter from Commodore Stewart and Captain Henry, on the subject of a dry dock at Philadelphia. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. New York. Memorial of Cyrus Curtiss and others, of the City of Hudson, remonstrating against the repeal of the duties on foreign tallow and olive oils. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Rhode Island. Memorial of Robinson Potter and 361 others, citizens of Newport, Rhode Island, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, and the bill for a surrender of the public domain to a few new and favored states. March 12, 1838. So much as relates to Sub-Treasury referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and so much as relates to the public lands referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Military Academy. Petition of the teachers of French and drawing, praying to be placed on the same footing with Assistant Professors. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Distribution of seeds, &c. Resolution of the Agricultural Society of New York, in favor of a general office for the distribution of seeds, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Massachusetts. Memorial of citizens of New Bedford, against the repeal of duty on foreign tallow and olive oil. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Corporation of Alexandria. Report of the Corporation of Alexandria, D.C., in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 30th June, 1834, in relation to "due-bills or small notes." March 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay, &c. officers of the Army. March 7, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. George's Bank -- survey of. House of Representatives, January 30, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report and survey of George's Bank, by Lieutenant Wilkes, of the Navy of the United States. February 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Western frontier. Correspondence on the subject of the protection of the western frontier, presented to the House of Representatives by Mr. Harrison, of Missouri. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Moses Shepherd -- representatives of. Petition of the representatives of Moses Shepherd, deceased, asking for the compensation due them for work done in constructing the Cumberland Road, by said Shepherd. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Illinois -- custody of public money. Memorial of inhabitants of the County of St. Clair, praying the disconnexion of the public money from the custody of all banks. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Indiana Road. Resolution of the Indiana Legislature, asking a grant of lands for the construction of a road from Terre Haute to the Ohio. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Louisiana pre-emptions, &c. Resolutions of the Louisiana Legislature, in relation to pre-emptions, back concessions, and military force on the Sabine. March 5, 1838. Referred, in part, to the Committee on Public Lands, and the the Committee on Military Affairs. Indiana. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 235.) Memorial of Jacob Baker and others, of Kosciusko County, Indiana, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. March 5, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Legislature of Kentucky. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the currency, national foundry, &c. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, requiring the notes of specie-paying state banks to be received in payment of public lands. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to lands purchased of Miami Indians. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 592) to authorize the sale of certain lands of the United States, near the Wabash and Erie Canal, in the State of Ohio. Survey of western lakes, &c. Memorial of the Legislature of New York, for a survey, &c. of the western lakes. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Navy yard -- Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting communications from Commodores Stewart and Dallas, and Captain Bolton, on a proposed improvement of the Navy yard at Pensacola, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Extra compensation to officers of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of additional compensation to officers of the Customs, pursuant to act of 4th July, 1836, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements in relation to officers, seamen, and marines who have claimed and received the benefit of the act of the 3d of March, 1837, &c.; furnished in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of 20th February last. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian war in Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting the present state of the campaign in Florida, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Captain Beziers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with documents, relative to an application made by the Minister of France in behalf of Captain Beziers, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Currency. Resolutions of the inhabitants of Newark, New Jersey, upon the subject of the currency. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Maryland. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying for relief for spoliations committed on the commerce of the United States prior to the year 1800. March 12, 1838. Referred to Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 449. French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, relative to French spoliations prior to 1800. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 449, to provide for the payment of such claims. French spoliations. Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of spoliations on the commerce of the United States prior to the year 1800. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed Bill No. 449, to provide for the settlement of such claims. New York -- French spoliations. Petition of a convention of delegates on the subject of French spoliations, prior to September, in the year 1800. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sub-Treasury. Proceedings of a democratic delegation of the County of Philadelphia, PA, in relation to the bill before the House of Representatives usually called the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sub-Treasury. Proceedings of a democratic meeting held in the City of Philadelphia, Pa., opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the Bill H.R. No. 597. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Remonstrance against the Sub-Treasury, by friends of the administration. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of inhabitants of Massachusetts, praying that a law may be passed explanatory of the Pension Act of July 4, 1836. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill H.R. No. 456. New Jersey. Memorial of Fisher Stedman and 128 others, of the State of New Jersey, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Resolutions of the Agricultural Convention, convened at Albany, in the State of New York, upon the subject of procuring foreign seeds and plants. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Memorial adopted by a meeting of the citizens of Erie County, in the State of New York, held at Buffalo, February 12, 1838, praying that this government may obtain satisfaction for the outrage in burning the Caroline, &c., and that the Canadian frontier may be placed in a state of defence. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pennsylvania. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to vote and use their influence for the postponement of the Sub-Treasury Bill, or any other acts of a similar character. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 597. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Improvement -- Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, in relation to the expenditure for the improvement of the Missouri River. March 13, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Unclaimed pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the 6th instant, respecting unclaimed pensions. March 13, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 645. Harbor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the Harbor of Lynn, in the State of Massachusetts. March 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Isthmus of Darien -- ship canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th ultimo, in relation to a ship canal across the isthmus of Darien. March 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Survey harbor and mouth of Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the survey of the harbor and mouth of Connecticut River, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursements in 1834, '5, '6, '7, for fortifications, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount disbursed for the years 1834, '5, '6, '7, for fortifications, light-houses, Revolutionary and other pensions, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Exploring Expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, respecting the vessels which have been built or selected for the Exploring Expedition, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Smithsonian bequest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, relative to the prosecution of the claim to the Smithsonian bequest, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Laffitte & Co. -- Paris. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a claim of the trustees of the former house of Laffitte & Co., of Paris. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Tobacco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th February, 1837, in relation to the high duties and restrictions on tobacco imported into foreign countries from the United States, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina. Petition of the citizens of Camden, praying that a "memorial of many inhabitants of Charleston, in favor of changing the southern mail route," be not granted. March 19, 1838. Referred to Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, and printed. Pennsylvania. Petition of Peter S. Duponceau and forty-eight others, citizens of Philadelphia, against the international copy-right law. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Indiana. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, for the survey of a harbor at Indiana City. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Indiana. Memorial of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, praying a donation of land for the "Asbury University," a literary institution located in Greencastle, Indiana, with the act of incorporation providing for gratuitous education and freedom from sectarian bias. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pennsylvania. Resolutions of the State of Pennsylvania, for the passage of a law authorizing the construction of a national McAdamized road from a point at the western base of Laurel Hill, by way of the United States arsenal at Pittsburg, to the harbor of Erie. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. National armory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of a national armory at the falls of Big Beaver River, or at Pittsburg. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Rensselaer County, in the State of New York, in favor of the unconditional repeal of the small bill law of that state, and in opposition to the Sub-Treasury Bill, together with the printed call for said meeting, signed by about 2,500 names. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Cavalry and infantry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a comparative statement of the expense of enlistment, equipment, maintenance, &c., of cavalry or mounted men and infantry, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- harbors of New Buffalo and Twenty-mile Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the reports of the surveys of the harbors of New Buffalo and Twenty-mile Creek. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Easton and its vicinity, in the State of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of a national foundry. March 19, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject. Pennsylvania. Proceedings of a public meeting held in Philadelphia, in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 19, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 597. Tennessee. Petition of the citizens of Knox County, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee River. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks -- Navy Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 678.) March 21, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Secretary of War to General Jesup. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of his answer to the letter of General Jesup, dated Fort Jupiter, February 11, 1838. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Volunteers, militia, and regular troops -- comparative expense of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the comparative expense of volunteers, militia, and regular troops. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States, and branches. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to the principal Mint of the United States and its branches, &c. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contract -- General Jesup, Creek chiefs, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, accompanied by copies of a contract made between General Jesup, certain Creek chiefs, and J.C. Watson & Co. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Post Office Department -- appropriation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) March 23, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Harbors, Michigan City, Indiana, and St. Joseph, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports and estimates in reference to continuing the construction of the harbors at Michigan City, Indiana, and at the mouth of the St. Joseph, Michigan. March 24, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Military road, western frontier, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, respecting the laying out of a military road on the western frontier, and the erection of posts thereon. March 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. French spoliations. Memorial of James H. Causten, stating that certain information placed on the Journal of the House of Representatives, at the session of 1832, has been since found to be erroneous. March 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Crooked and Androscoggin Rivers -- surveys. Memorial of inhabitants of Cumberland and Oxford Counties, Maine, praying for an appropriation for the survey of Crooked and Androscoggin Rivers, &c. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Tennessee -- disposal of vacant lands, &c. Memorial of the General Assembly of Tennessee, in relation to vacant public lands in the State of Tennessee. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. National foundry. Memorial of inhabitants of the Borough of Easton, Pa., praying for the establishment of a national foundry. March 26, 1838. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject. Regulating steamboats, &c. Memorial of owners of steamboats, Delaware River, against Senate bill regulating steamboats, &c. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Senate Bill No. __ [i.e., 1]. Seminole and Cherokee Indians. Memorial of the Cherokee mediators. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Florida. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Franklin County, praying for the establishment of a port of entry at St. Joseph. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Florida -- court at St. Joseph. Memorial of citizens of St. Joseph, West Florida, praying for the establishment of a separate court at that place. March 26, 1838. Referred to a Committee of the Whole House. Maine -- maritime hospital at Portland. Memorial of Levi Cutter and 204 others, inhabitants of Portland, Maine, for the establishment of a marine hospital at Portland. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed Bill H.R. No. 98 upon the subject. Safety steam-engine. Memorial of Edward D. Tippett, on the subject of a safety steam-engine, which he claims to have invented. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Massachusetts. Memorial of professors and students of the Theological Institution in Cambridge, praying that this government will adopt measures for the adjustment of international disputes, which may avoid the necessity of a resort to war. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Claims on Mexico. Petition of Thomas Thompson, Jr. and members of the legislature from 119 towns, in the State of Massachusetts, upon the subject of the settlement of the claims of the United States upon the government of Mexico, &c. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Dry dock at Brooklyn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 703.) Report of the Navy Commissioners to the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of a dry dock at Brooklyn, in the State of New York. March 29, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. State of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant, in relation to the amount of Treasury notes issued; the amount of the same which has been received in payment of the public dues up to this time; also the amount of moneys received on account of the Customs, &c., March 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Western national armory. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the location of the western national armory. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Atchafalaya River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to obstructions to the navigation of the Atchafalaya River. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. |
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New York. Petition of inhabitants of Stockport, against connexion with banks, &c. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Harbor of St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives respecting the harbor of St. Louis. April 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Steamboat Caroline. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, respecting the capture and destruction of the steamboat Caroline, on the night of the 29th December last, &c. April 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Lands sold under pre-emption laws, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, respecting lands sold under the pre-emption laws, and associations formed by intruders on the public lands, &c. April 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Increase of the Army of the United States. April 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Survey mouth of Eighteen-mile Creek. April 6, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Defence of the western frontier. A plan for the defence of the western frontier, furnished by Major General Gaines, February 28, 1838. April 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Lead mines -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of lead mines of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo. April 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. North Carolina -- improve Core Sound. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Virginia. Documents relating to a marine hospital in the City of Wheeling, Virginia. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of inhabitants of St. Mary's, Georgia, against a change in the collection districts, and for an increase of pay to officers of the Customs of that state. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania -- national foundry. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Centre County, Pennsylvania, on the subject of a national foundry. April 9, 1838. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject to which it relates. New York -- foreign paupers. Memorial of citizens of the City of New York, praying for the passage of a law altering the naturalization laws of the United States, and regulating foreign paupers. April 9, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. New York. Memorial against the bill regulating steamboats. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Cherokee delegation. Memorial of the Cherokee delegation, submitting the memorial and protest of the Cherokee people to Congress. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Tennessee -- disposal of vacant lands. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, in relation to the disposal of vacant lands, &c. April 9, 1838. Laid upon the table. Pennsylvania Legislature -- instructions against Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the postponement of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Pennsylvania -- resolutions of Senate in relation to the Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Senate of Pennsylvania, explanatory and declaratory of resolutions of Legislature of Pennsylvania, previously adopted, and against Sub-Treasury Bill. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Rhode Island Temperance Society -- against use of ardent spirits -- Navy rations. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill 572, regulating Navy rations. Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia -- French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, urging the passage of a law for the relief of the sufferers from French spoliations prior to the year 1800. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Citizens of Belleville, New Jersey -- against Sub-Treasury. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Belleville, New Jersey, against the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. New Jersey. Memorial of citizens of Burlington, New Jersey, relating to the Cherokees. April 9, 1838. Laid upon the table. South Carolina. Memorial of John Bryce and 212 others, inhabitants of Columbia, S.C., and vicinity, remonstrating against the removal of the great southern mail route. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Milwaukee and Rock River Canal -- grant of land to aid company. Petition of the President of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Arkansas. Memorial of the General Assembly of Arkansas, in relation to a cession of the public lands to the states in which they lie. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th ultimo, respecting pension agents, and the moneys advanced to such agents for the payment of pensioners, &c. April 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Seminole Indians -- prisoners of war. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, as to whether any Seminole Indians, coming in under a flag of truce, or brought in by Cherokee Indians, acting as mediators, have been made prisoners by General Jesup. April 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- transportation mail U.S. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of all mails established within the year ending 1st of July, 1837, of allowances made to contractors, and curtailments of mail transportation and pay, &c. April 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Defaulting collectors, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of letters to collectors and receivers who have failed to comply with the law and regulations for their government, and also copies of reports of examination of land offices since 1st of January, 1834, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th March, instant. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Brown and Havens -- brig Warrior. Memorial of Noah Brown, and the heirs of Adam Brown, praying relief. March 31, 1838. Laid before the House, and ordered to be printed. Military forces in Florida, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 13th ultimo, respecting the number and composition of the military forces employed in Florida during the year 1837, &c. April 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, in relation to certain commercial intercourse between the British provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and certain ports of the United States. April 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Channel -- Core Sound, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a survey of the channel in Core Sound, North Carolina. April 4, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. |
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Maine -- Legislature -- fortifications. April 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Connecticut Legislature -- slavery, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, protesting against the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st of December last, in relation to petitions, memorials, &c., touching the abolition of slavery, &c. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina -- Nesbitt Manufacturing Company -- national foundry. Memorial of Pierce M. Butler and others, praying the establishment of a national foundry. May 21, 1838. Referred to Select Committee on National Foundry. New Jersey. Resolutions of citizens of Plainfield, New Jersey, against the Sub-Treasury. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table. Intercourse with the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending September 30, 1837, &c. May 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts by Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, accompanied with copies of all contracts made by him, on public account, in the year 1837. April 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Survey harbors Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to certain surveys, &c. April 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Exports -- imports -- drawbacks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th February last, in relation to exports of domestic and foreign produce from 1791 to 1837; the value of imports from 1821 to 1837; the value of imports free of duty and dutiable during the same period; and of the duties which accrued, and drawbacks paid, from 1791 to 1836. April 13, 1838. George Davenport. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 91.) Petition of George Davenport, praying the passage of a law granting him a pre-emption right. April 13, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Wisconsin -- penitentiary. Memorial of inhabitants residing in Wisconsin, west of the Mississippi, praying for a donation of land to aid in the erection of a penitentiary. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Breakwater -- Tucker's Island, New Jersey. Proceedings of a meeting in the district of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. in relation to a breakwater on Tucker's Island. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Raritan steamboat owners. Memorial of the Raritan steamboat owners against Grundy's steamboat bill. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which Bill S. No. 1 is committed. Survey Salem Creek, New Jersey. Memorial of citizens of Salem County, New Jersey, praying an appropriation for the survey of the mouth of Salem Creek. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, praying aid to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, &c. April 16, 1838. Laid on the table. Memorial of the book-sellers of Boston, Massachusetts, against the passage of the international copy-right law. April 16, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to national finances and the currency. April 16, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Postages -- express and ordinary mails, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 5th ultimo, respecting postages received upon letters transmitted by the express and ordinary mails, &c. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Official emoluments -- officers Customs, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the official emoluments of the officers of the Customs, &c. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures in each state for 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, requiring information respecting the amount of revenue received in each state and territory during the year 1836, and the amount expended during the same year. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania Lyceum -- meteorology. Memorial from the Pennsylvania Lyceum, &c. asking an appropriation to aid in the advancement of meteorology. April 20, 1838. Referred to a select committee. Emigrants from foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th ultimo, relating to emigrants from foreign countries, who have arrived within the last ten years. April 21, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of naturalization. Attack on steamboat Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, respecting an attack, by an armed vessel of Mexico, upon the steamboat Columbia, bearing the flag of the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. United States mail -- Washington and Wheeling. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, information in relation to the irregularities and failures of the great western mail between the City of Washington and Wheeling, in Virginia, &c. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Express mail -- New York and New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, respecting failures in the arrival of the express mail between New York and New Orleans. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands sold in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to lands sold in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, for making the Cumberland Road, &c. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. S.B. Crockett. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to an unsettled balance due from S.B. Crockett, late postmaster at Frankfort, Kentucky, to the United States. April 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message of the Governor, and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, &c. April 28, 1838. Mr. Evans presented the following message from the Governor of the State of Maine to the legislature thereof, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, &c.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House upon the State of the Union. State of the Treasury, April 30, 1838. May 1, 1838. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Sites -- military posts -- western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to the instructions given to General Gaines for the selection of sites for military posts on the western frontier of Arkansas and Missouri, &c. May 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Wyoming sufferers. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, in favor of granting relief to the Wyoming sufferers for their losses during the Revolutionary War. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Territory of U.S. beyond the Rocky Mountains. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in part, required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th ultimo, in relation to the territory of the United States beyond the Rocky Mountains. May 3, 1838. Postponed until Tuesday next. Steamboat Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a further report upon the subject of an attack upon the steamboat Columbia. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Officers of Engineer Corps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo, in relation to officers of the Engineer Corps, and the works they were employed upon during the last year. May 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land patents in Louisiana, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the progress made in issuing patents for land in Louisiana, the examination of certificates of purchase, under the pre-emption law of 1834, &c. May 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Obstructions in Sabine River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Sabine River. May 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the Treasury, May 10, 1838. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances of the government. May 10, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Annuity -- Seneca Indians -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th March. May 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ministers and diplomatic agents -- 1829. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th March last, in relation to ministers and other diplomatic agents of the United States in foreign countries on the 4th March, 1829, &c. May 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. (To be annexed to Report No. 405.) Heirs of Robert Bealle. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Charleston (S.C.) Navy yard. Memorial of citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, for the establishment of a Navy yard at that place. March 5, 1838. Presented by Mr. Legare, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Survey of Allegany River. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a report and drawings of the survey of Allegany River. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Navy pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of Navy pension agents appointed since the United States Bank ceased to act as such, with the sums advanced to each, &c. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign paupers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the introduction of foreign paupers into the United States. May 15, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Funds for Seminole War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication of the Acting Quartermaster General, showing the pressing want of the appropriation for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. May 18, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending 30th September, 1837, &c. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Treaty. Memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, relative to the Cherokee Treaty. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Society of Friends -- the Indians. Memorial of the Society of Friends, on the subject of the Indians. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. William Brent, Jr. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, relative to the printing and circulation of public documents. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Library. Maine inhabitants -- against Sub-Treasury, and for a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Portland, Maine, against a Sub-Treasury, and for a national bank. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Massachusetts Legislature -- relating to the militia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the militia. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 778, on the same subject. New York -- duelling. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, against duelling. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. New York -- citizens of Buffalo for a United States bank and against Sub-Treasury. Petition of citizens of Buffalo, New York, for a United States bank, and against Sub-Treasury. May 21, 1838. So much as relates to Sub-Treasury committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and so much as relates to a bank to the Committee of Ways and Means. Philadelphia -- dry dock. Resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia, for a dry dock. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. University of Pennsylvania -- grant of land. Memorial from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, asking for the appropriation of a portion of the public lands in aid of education. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Pennsylvania, Columbia County -- separation of government and banks. Resolutions of the Committee of Correspondence of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in favor of a separation of the government from all banks as depositories of the moneys collected for revenue. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Massachusetts -- Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts against the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Cherokee Treaty -- New Echota. Memorial of citizens of Marietta, Ohio, and its vicinity, against the Treaty of New Echota. May 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor James Mease. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Wisconsin -- appropriation to complete public buildings. Petition of citizens of Wisconsin, praying for an additional appropriation to complete the State-house at Madison, in that territory. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Wisconsin and Illinois. Memorial of inhabitants of Wisconsin and Illinois, praying to sell mineral lands. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Massachusetts -- duelling. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against duelling. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Citizens of Philadelphia, &c. Memorial of citizens of the United States, principally resident in Philadelphia, asking for the extension of the advantage of copyright to all native or foreign residents or non-residents. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Establishment of an institution for experiments in physical sciences. Memorial of Walter R. Johnson, of Philadelphia, praying for the establishment of a national institution, for the prosecution of experiments and researches in those physical sciences which are required by the public service, and for the general welfare of the country. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Sub-Treasury Bill. Memorial of citizens of Alleghany County, Maryland, in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Mechanics employed on Treasury building. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 706, for taking down the walls of the Treasury building. Survey Sandusky harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan of the survey of the harbor of Sandusky. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Arkansas. Petition of the inhabitants of the Helena land district, against the division of said land district. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole to which is committed the bill on the subject. Massachusetts Legislature -- northeastern boundary. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the northeastern boundary. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed bill on the same subject. Massachusetts. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Indians, and against the Cherokee Treaty. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table -- to be taken up under the 48th rule. Cherokee Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication addressed by the Secretary of War to the Cherokee delegation. May 22, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Alabama -- citizens of Marengo against Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Marengo, Alabama, against a Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. May 23, 1838. Laid upon the table. Claims of Maine -- northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the claims of the State of Maine, and the northeastern boundary. May 23, 1838. Consideration postponed until Friday next, the 25th instant. Agreement with the Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, for the decision of Congress, the agreement between General Jesup and the Creek warriors serving in the Seminole War. May 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Georgia -- Macon Steamboat Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809.) Petition of the Macon Steamboat Company of Georgia, praying the importation of iron free of duty, for building two iron steamboats. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. May 24, 1838. Bill reported -- H.R. No. 809. Removal of Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, the information called for by the resolution of the 23d instant, relative to additional allowance to the Cherokees. May 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Louisiana Legislature, in favor of pre-emption. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, in favor of an extension of the pre-emption law. May 28, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Southwark -- dry dock -- Philadelphia. Proceedings of the commissioners of Southwark, Philadelphia, PA, asking Congress to establish a dry dock at that place. May 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- right of petition. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the right of petition. May 28, 1838. Laid on the table. Texas. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the annexation of Texas to the United States. June 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Payment for improvements under the Cherokee Treaty, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the payment for improvements under the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. June 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York, Common Council -- Allegany River. Resolutions of the Common Council of the City of New York, in relation to the contemplated improvement of the Allegany River. June 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Stokes, Stockton, and Moore. Petition of William B. Stokes, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore, praying for the payment of interest on the amount of their claim on contracts with the Post Office Department, withheld by the Postmaster General; also, for indemnity for expenses sustained by them. June 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, for indemnity for losses sustained by French spoliations prior to 1800. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts -- inhabitants of. Remonstrance of inhabitants of Massachusetts, against the passage of an international copyright law. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Moneys received under treaty with France. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of the 28th ultimo, respecting the amount of money received from the French government under the treaty of the 4th July, 1831. June 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Shackerly -- children of. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of the orphan children of Peter Shackerly. June 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sell Wabash and Erie Canal lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) June 6, 1838. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following documents. Steamboat company -- Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 832.) Petition of the Steamboat Company of Georgia, and certain persons, for permission to import two iron steamboats free of duty. June 6, 1838. Cherokee Treaty of 1835. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to any communications from the governors of the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Alabama, upon the subject of a modification of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Buffalo harbor -- New York. June 8, 1838. Printed by the House of Representatives. Commerce of the United States with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. April 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Agriculture. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, on the subject of improving the agriculture of this country. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union |
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Violation of the revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, on the subject of violations of the revenue laws, at the mouth of the Sabine River. July 9, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Funds to pension agents in Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th instant, in relation to funds furnished the pension agents in the State of Arkansas. June 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. British steamboat Sir Robert Peel and American steamboat Telegraph. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of outrages committed upon the British steamboat Sir Robert Peel, and the American steamboat Telegraph, on the waters of the northern frontier of the United States. June 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Land scrip -- required to satisfy warrants issued by Virginia. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the quantity of land scrip required for satisfying the outstanding military bounty land warrants granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia City and County in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Magnetism and geometer -- longitude and latitude. Memorial of Doctor Henry Hall Sherwood, praying Congress to enable him to accomplish the objects therein specified. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Breakwater -- Crow Shoal -- pier and light-house. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, to obtain appropriations for a pier at Crow Shoal, and light-houses on Egg Island and Cohansey Point. June 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Indians hostile on Western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of a hostile disposition upon the part of the Indians on the Western frontier. June 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Workmen on Treasury building, Washington. Memorial of the workmen on Treasury building, praying to be compensated for a suspension of work on said building. June 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. New Hampshire -- duty on imported spirits -- its use in Navy. Memorial of a convention held at Claremont, New Hampshire, upon the subject of the importation of foreign spirits, and the use of spirituous liquors in the Navy of the United States. June 18, 1838. So much thereof as relates to the importation of foreign spirits, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Sub-Treasury. Petition of sundry citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, in favor of the Sub-Treasury. June 19, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 597. Workmen on the Treasury building. Memorial of workmen on Treasury building, praying to be compensated for a suspension of work on said building. June 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Democratic town meeting -- Philadelphia vs. Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, opposed to the Sub-Treasury. June 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed Bill H.R. No. 597, to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, &c. of the public revenue. Connecticut -- removal from office. Resolutions of Legislature of Connecticut upon the subject of removal from office. June 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office finances. June 26, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pensioners -- pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 26th March last, in relation to pensioners and pension agents, and the payment of pensions. June 22, 1838. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. June 27, 1838. -- Ordered to be printed, as per resolution of the Committee herewith. Dismal Swamp -- Winyaw Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey from the southern debouche of the Dismal-Swamp Canal to Winyaw Bay. May 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. June 27, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Bounty land -- officers and soldiers of the Revolution. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Steam frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in compliance with the resolution of the 28th of May last, relative to the steam frigate Fulton. June 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Repairs to steam frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the alterations proposed in the steam frigate Fulton. June 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. District of Columbia -- workmen on the Treasury building. Petition of workmen on new Treasury building, praying relief from losses sustained by the suspension of their labors. June 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. John E. Metcalf and others. (To accompany S. Bill No. 213.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Passengers arriving in 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual statement of the number and description of passengers arriving in the United States on shipboard, during the year ending on the 30th September, 1837. June 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Connecticut -- merchants of New Haven. Petition of merchants of New Haven, Connecticut, praying Congress to pass a law allowing collectors to receive notes of specie-paying banks which issue notes of less than $5. June 13, 1838. Laid upon the table. Boundary between the United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alleged frauds on Creek Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to alleged frauds on the Creek Indians in the sale of their reservations. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures -- 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the moneys received and expended by the United States in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, and 1837. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year ending 30th June, 1837. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Tennessee -- inhabitants first Congressional district -- currency. Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, on the currency. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriation -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. July 18, 1838. Consular system of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, upon the subject of a reform in the consular system of the United States, &c. July 9, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Winchester and Potomac Railroad. June 27, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. New Treasury building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, in relation to the new Treasury building. June 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Public expenditure from 1824 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditure, exclusive of the public debt, for each year, from 1824 to 1838. June 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 68, to settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. July 2, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. In Senate, May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Removal of the Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the correspondence between the War Department and Major General Scott, in relation to the removal of the Cherokees. July 4, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Standard weights. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of standard weights for the United States, &c. July 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims -- Vincennes District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th April last, in relation to certain claims to land in the Vincennes Land District. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties -- estimate of War Department. July 7, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Everett, of Vermont. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the United States for the year 1836. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Architectural plans and drawings since 1836. Reports from the Departments of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, in relation to architectural plans and drawings for the use of the said departments, since the 4th July, 1836. July 7, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Territory south of 31[degrees] of north latitude, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting information in relation to the claim of Spain, France, and the United States, to the sovereignty of the territory south of the 31 [degrees] of north latitude, and east and north of the Island of Orleans, lying between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers, &c. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Armories -- operations in 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. manufactured during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure on new Treasury building. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, submitting an account of the expenditures on the new Treasury building. June 19, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. |
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| Serial set 331-2 | Potomac aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Captain Turnbull's report on the survey and construction of the Alexandria aqueduct. July 2, 1838. Reprinted with documents on same subject. | 1 |
| Serial set 332 | United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State upon the existing relations between the United States and Mexico. April 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | 1 |
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D. W. Haley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Benjamin Hewitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 304.) January 4, 1838 Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 78.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Benjamin H. Mackall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 25.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Thomas J. Lawler -- Smith M. Miles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Representatives of Nathaniel Tracy and of Thomas Gordon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. David Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 264.) December 28, 1837. Wadleigh Noyes -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) December 22, 1837. John Brahan's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 280.) January 4, 1838. Jonathan Eliot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 63.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Nathan Smith et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) December 22, 1837. John T. Addoms, executor of John Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 36.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John McClellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) December 22, 1837. Marine hospital, Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) December 22, 1837. James A. Moreland et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 109.) December 22, 1837. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) December 22, 1837. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 17.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John Wiley and Jefferson Greer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) December 28, 1837. Land district, Peoria, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) January 4, 1838. Ezekiel Jones. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 255.) December 28, 1837. John Marks, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) December 22, 1837. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 267.) December 28, 1837. James Allen. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Isaac Wellborn, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 108.) December 22, 1837. Jehu Hollinsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 110.) December 22, 1837. William James Aarons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) December 22, 1837. William Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) December 22, 1837. Joel Chandler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 113.) December 22, 1837. James A. Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 114.) December 22, 1837. Abraham Woodall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 115.) December 22, 1837. Arkansas -- losses by Choctaw Treaty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 116.) December 22, 1837. William T. Smith -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) Nathan Adams et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) December 22, 1837. Doctor Philip Turner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) December 22, 1837. Wharton Quarles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) December 22, 1837. Children of Colonel Henry Irwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 125.) December 22, 1837. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) December 22, 1837. John Chilton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) December 22, 1837. Lieutenant Joshua Fanning -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) December 22, 1837. Charles Snead's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) December 22, 1837. William Hooker Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) December 22, 1837. George Gibson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) December 22, 1837. Crawford Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) December 22, 1837. Heirs of William B. Bunting. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) December 22, 1837. Timothy Feely -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) December 22, 1837. Doctor William Johonnot -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) December 22, 1837. Colonel Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Heirs and devisees of Col. Willis Reddick, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. William Vawter -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted. John B. Ashe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. John Jordan -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted. James Witherell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Samuel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Francis Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 145.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be printed. Joseph Young -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Levi Chadwick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Col. Thomas Knowlton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Winthrop Sears et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) December 22, 1837. Henry Beamish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.) December 22, 1837. Frederick Reze. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) December 22, 1837. Squire Stearns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) December 22, 1837. -- Reprinted. Reorganization of the Treasury Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) December 22, 1837. George Dyer, Jr. -- schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 100.) December 22, 1837. Moses Merrill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 101.) December 22, 1837. Joseph Deshields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 102.) December 22, 1837. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 103.) December 22,1837. Ferdinand Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 104.) December 22, 1837. Thomas Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 105.) December 22, 1837. John A. Peterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 106.) December 22, 1837. Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) December 22, 1837. Frederick Wilheid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) December 22, 1837. Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) December 22, 1837. Simeon Moss. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) December 22, 1837. Thomas West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 204.) December 22, 1837. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 205.) December 22, 1837. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) December 22, 1837. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 208.) December 22, 1837. John Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 209.) December 22, 1837. Samuel Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) December 22, 1837. Bradley True Jipson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) December 22, 1837. Daniel Rardon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 212.) December 22, 1837. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) December 22, 1837. Charles Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) December 22, 1837. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 215.) December 22, 1837. George Barkley and John Weaver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) December 22, 1837. Lieut. James Conway -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 217.) December 22, 1837. Elizabeth Hunt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 220.) December 22, 1837. John Winston -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) December 22, 1837. John McDowel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 223.) December 22, 1837. James S. Douglass and others. December 22, 1837. (Read and laid upon the table.) Nathaniel Goddard and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 91.) December 22, 1837. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. John De Treville, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) December 22, 1837. Crocker Sampson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of Tarlton Woodson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of Charles Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) December 22, 1837. James Moor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 156.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of Robert Farmer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) December 22, 1837. William Moor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) December 22, 1837. Etienne (Stephen) La Lande. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) December 22, 1837. Daniel Warner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) December 22, 1837. Amelia Leach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) December 22, 1837. Oliver Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) December 22, 1837. Francis Jarvis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) December 22, 1837. Milley Yates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Commodore Isaac Hull. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) December 22, 1837. Thomas B. Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) December 22, 1837. Henry Richardson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) December 22, 1837. Spencer C. Gist. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) December 22, 1837. James Barron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) December 22, 1837. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) December 22, 1837. Isaac Hilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 178.) December 22, 1837. Neil McNeil. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) December 22, 1837. Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) December 22, 1837. Amos Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) December 22, 1837. Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) December 22, 1837. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) December 22, 1837. Benjamin Gannett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) December 22, 1837. William York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) December 22, 1837. Huldah Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) December 22, 1837. Solomon Ketcham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) December 22, 1837. Anna West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) December 22, 1837. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) December 22, 1837. William Jenkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) December 22, 1837. Joseph Veazie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 191.) December 22, 1837. Simeon Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) December 22, 1837. Frederick Hill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) December 22, 1837. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) December 22, 1837. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) December 22, 1837. Christopher Dennison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) December 22, 1837. Sawney Yorke [i.e., York]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) December 22, 1837. Josiah Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) December 22, 1837. Peter Yarnall [i.e., Yarnell] et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) December 22, 1837. Tennessee to issue grants, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) December 22, 1837. School lands -- Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) December 22, 1837. Joshua Dodge -- consuls' fees, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) December 28, 1837. Lewis B. Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 233.) December 28, 1837. Graduate and reduce price of public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 234.) December 28, 1837. George C. Willard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) December 28, 1837. Robert Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) December 28, 1837. John Whitsitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) December 28, 1837. Jonathan Boone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 242.) December 28, 1837. Samuel O. Pettus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 243.) December 28, 1837. Henry Duchuquette. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) January 9, 1838. Hiner Stigermire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) January 9, 1838. Mary Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 350.) January 9, 1838. Nathan Lamme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 354.) January 9, 1838. Joseph Prescott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 355.) January 9, 1838. Margaret White -- representative of Colonel Anthony Walton White. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 356.) January 9, 1838. Heirs of Ludwick Rough, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 357.) January 9, 1838. -- Reprinted. Edmund Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 359.) January 9, 1838. Robert Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) January 9, 1838. Leonard Loomis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) January 9, 1838. Robert Frazier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) January 9, 1838. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 363.) January 9, 1838. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) January 9, 1838. Samuel Raub, Jr., in relation to steam-engines. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 365.) January 9, 1838. Ebenezer Lobdell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 366.) January 9, 1838. Daniel McKinney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) January 9, 1838. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) January 9, 1838. Pensions to Indian fighters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) January 9, 1838. John Wallace -- heir of William. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Unexpended balances of appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 225.) January 9, 1838. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which said bill is committed. Abolish distinctions in ports of entry, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 341.) January 9, 1838. Quincy & Gorham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 342.) January 9, 1838. William Culver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 343.) January 9, 1838. George Innes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 344.) January 9, 1838. William Wickham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 345.) January 9, 1838. Peter Alba. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 346.) January 9, 1838. Ann W. Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 85.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Allen R. Moore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 38.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Elias Johns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James McMahon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Sarah Murphy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 41.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Abraham Lansing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 42.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John Krepps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 45.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Presley N. O'Bannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Frances Gardiner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Benjamin Mooers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 48.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Eli Horton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. M. Gelston, executor of David Gelson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John M. Oliver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Christopher Clarke [i.e., Clark]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Philip Marshal and the representatives of John Marshal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 53.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Curtis Grubb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William Eadus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Hannah Budlong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Robert Peebles and John Graham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Edward Duval -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 12.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 14.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Alexander Macomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 15.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Samuel Sanderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 16.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Jesse E. Dow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 18.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Edward Burgess. (To accompany the Bill H.R. No. 69 [19].) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Daniel T. Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 20.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Baily [i.e., Bailey] and Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 21.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 22.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William H. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 23.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. David Caldwell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 24.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James J. Pattison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 26.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 27.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Representatives of Roswell Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 29.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas F. McCanless. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Joseph Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Jonathan Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Albion T. Crow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William R. Taylor -- administrator of Jonathan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 35.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Elizabeth S.W. Bacot, widow of Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 37.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Richard Frisby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 6 [60].) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Austin and Tailer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 61.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Alexander G. Morgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 64.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Christopher Werner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 66.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Doctor David H. Maxwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas Tyner and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 68.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Melancthon T. Woolsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 69.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Joseph Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 70.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James L. Kenner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 71.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James Herron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 72.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. H.W. Russel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Freeman Brady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William Tharp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 75.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William Crooks and James Crooks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 76.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James Callan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 77.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 79.) December 14, 1837. Robert Fulton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas Fillebrown, Jun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 81.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Levy court -- Calvert County, Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Hugh McDonald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Joseph Radcliff [i.e., Ratcliff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 88.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William Marbury. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) December 28, 1837. Willis Stephens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 246.) December 28, 1837. Thomas T. Triplett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 247.) December 28, 1837. Reuben Gentry et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 248.) December 28, 1837. Wealthy Barker, widow of Isaac. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 250.) December 28, 1837. William Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 251.) December 28, 1837. William Faris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 252.) December 28, 1837. James M. Edwards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 254.) December 28, 1837. Samuel J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 256.) December 28, 1837. Robert McBride. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 257.) December 28, 1837. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 258.) December 28, 1837. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) December 28, 1837. Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) December 28, 1837. William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 261.) December 28, 1837. George McFaddin [i.e. McFadden]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 262.) December 28, 1837. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 263.) December 28, 1837. James H. Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 265.) December 28, 1837. John F. Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 266.) December 28, 1837. Isaac Satterly. December 28, 1837. Read, and laid on the table. James Rigden. December 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Henderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) December 28, 1837. Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 253.) December 28, 1837. Abraham H. Kingsley. January, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveyor -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) January 4, 1838. Purchasers of land for prompt pay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 279.) January 4, 1838. James M. Tuttle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 281.) January 4, 1838. Presley Thornton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 283.) January 4, 1838. Garland Burnley -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 284.) January 4, 1838. Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 285.) January 4, 1838. Representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 286.) January 4, 1838. Representative of William Vause. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 287.) January 4, 1838. Captain Tarpley White -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 288.) January 4, 1838. Thomas E. Sudler and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 289.) January 4, 1838. Heirs of Thornton Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 290.) January 4, 1838. Nancy Haggard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 291.) January 4, 1838. Martha Woodliff, representative of F. Eppes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) January 4, 1838. John Dixon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 293.) January 4, 1838. Polly Lemon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 294.) January 4, 1838. James Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 297.) January 4, 1838. John Borey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 298.) January 4, 1838. Wm. C. Hazard -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 299.) January 4, 1838. -- Reprinted. John H. Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 300.) January 4, 1838. Samuel D. Harris and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 301.) January 4, 1838. Dudley Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 302.) January 4, 1838. John H. Pease. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 273.) January 4, 1838. Gilbert A. Smith et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) January 4, 1838. Frederick Frey & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.) January 4, 1838. Duff Green -- edition laws U.S. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 329.) January 4, 1838. Gilbert Bogert. January 4, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Lieutenant Joel Hardaway -- heirs of. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Samuel Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 303.) January 4, 1838. Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 305.) January 4, 1838 Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 306.) January 4, 1838 William Tudor, Jun. -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) January 4, 1838. Richard Elliott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 308.) January 4, 1838. Seth Whitney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 309.) January 4, 1838. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 310.) January 4, 1838. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 311.) January 4, 1838. Presly Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 312.) January 4, 1838. John McCormick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 313.) January 4, 1838. James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 314.) January 4, 1838. Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) January 4, 1838. Catharine Rollins, alias Catharine Mosely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) January 4, 1838. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 317.) January 4, 1838. Primus Hall, alias Trask. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 318.) January 4, 1838. James McFarland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) January 4, 1838. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 320.) January 4, 1838. Tandy Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) January 4, 1838. Richard Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 322.) January 4, 1838. John Midwinter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 323.) January 4, 1838. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) January 4, 1838. Thomas Todd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 325.) January 4, 1838. William Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 326.) January 4, 1838. Zebulon Baxter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) January 4, 1838. Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) January 4, 1838. Joseph C. Noyes. Report and papers on his application to be paid for three treasury notes accidentally destroyed by fire. January 5, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. John Kern and John D. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 332.) January 5, 1838. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) January 5, 1838. John Dawson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) January 5, 1838. Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 336.) January 5, 1838. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 337.) January 5, 1838. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) January 5, 1838. Robert Whitlet. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 339.) January 5, 1838. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 340.) January 5, 1838. Additional land districts -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 277.) January 6, 1838. John McCarroll, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 333.) January 6, 1838. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Robert Keyworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 86.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Peter Helphenston [i.e., Helphinstine]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) December 22, 1837. John Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 222.) December 22, 1837. Bureau officers. January 9, 1838. 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Loomis & Bassett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) January 18, 1838 Thigh Walker. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Wells Dickinson. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Theodore Middleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 507.) January 31, 1838. Boyd Reilly (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 534.) February 7, 1838. Springfield Manufacturing Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 395.) January 12, 1838. Seven years' half pay -- widows, &c. of officers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) January 12, 1838. Heirs of Major General John Thomas. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Bennett Shurley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 508.) January 31, 1838. Jacob Erb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) January 25, 1838. Saunders and Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) January 10, 1838. Benjamin Murphy. (To accompany Bill S. No. 85.) February 6, 1838. John Balch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) January 20, 1838. Samuel McComb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) January 25, 1838. Solomon Prewett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) January 25, 1838. Amable Monty. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432 [i.e., 433].) January 18, 1838. Sylvester Day. January 13,1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) January 13, 1838. Thomas Chapman -- executors of. January 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Johnson -- heirs of. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas King. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bartholomew Trow -- heirs of. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James McCally. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of William Rogers. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Eli Kimberly. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Benjamin Reynolds. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Sinnard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) January 10, 1838. Archibald R.S. Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 371.) January 10, 1838. Benjamin Fry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 372.) January 10, 1838. Thomas Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) January 10, 1838. -- Reprinted. Polly Lining. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) January 10, 1838. Mary Shepard and others, heirs of Frederick M. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 378.) January 10, 1838. Zebulon Sheets. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) January 10, 1838. Pierre A. Laforge. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Aiken. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Illinois -- sufferers from Indians. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. William S. Colquhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) January 11, 1838. James Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 382.) January 11, 1838. Daniel B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) January 11, 1838. William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) January 11, 1838. Henry Gibson and John Peters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) January 11, 1838. Thomas McClelland and James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 386.) January 11, 1838. Simon Summers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) January 11, 1838. Thomas Sumpter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) January 11, 1838. Thomas Jett -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) January 11, 1838. Bounty-land lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) January 11, 1838. Marshal Rochambeau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 392.) January 11, 1838. Robert Marshall. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Tebbs -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Waters -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. John McCrea and Harvey Wakefield. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Fox. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Squire Furris. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathan Sage -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 397.) January 12, 1838. Daniel Malone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 398.) January 12, 1838. Return B. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 400.) January 12, 1838. Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461 [i.e., 401].) January 12, 1838. John E. Wool. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) January 12, 1838. Mississippi election. January 12, 1838. Read, and postponed until Tuesday, the 16th of January instant. Richard Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 404.) January 12, 1838. Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 405.) January 12,1838. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 406.) January 12, 1838. Eliphalet Spafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 407.) January 12, 1838. Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) January 12, 1838. Road from Jefferson City, Missouri, through Little Rock, Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 409.) January 12, 1838. Inundated lands -- Mississippi and Arkansas. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 2.) January 12, 1838. Bergen prizes -- Gunnison, Parke, Alexander. January 12, 1838. Read, and postponed until Friday, 19th of January instant. New York pilots. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Hosea Neale -- widow of. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ira Carpenter. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Thomas Harris -- heirs of. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Solomon H. Currier. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Morrison. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philemon McElfresh and others, soldiers of the late war. January 12, 1838. Benjamin Vaughan. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Halls. January 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 12, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Winslow Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) January 12, 1838. Thomas F. Randolph. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Sliver. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Hunt. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Everard Meade -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) January 17, 1838. Certain settlers in Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) January 17, 1838. Nathaniel Plumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) January 17, 1838. Ashbel Mason. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) January 17, 1838. Captain William Johnston -- representatives of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Shell. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Northup. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John March. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 423.) January 18, 1838. Empson Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) January 18, 1838. James Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) January 18, 1838. Sarah Barney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 427.) January 18, 1838. William Steel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 428.) January 18, 1838. Michael McCray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 429.) January 18, 1838. Thomas Frazer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 430.) January 18, 1838. James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) January 18, 1838. John M. Jewell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432.) January 18, 1838. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) January 18, 1838. Monument to David Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) January 18, 1838. Lieutenant Colonel William Fountain -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348 [i.e., 438].) January 18, 1838. Elizabeth Mays. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Glascock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 440.) January 18, 1838. First Presbyterian Church, Yorktown, New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 441.) January 18, 1838. Pre-emption rights defeated by Indian reservations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) January 18, 1838. John Hagie. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter A. Karthaus. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Humphrey Richardson. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Cyrus C. Scott. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Marine Corps. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 9.) January 18, 1838. Zachariah Jellison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 445.) January 20, 1838. Neapolitan indemnity. January 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Phelps & Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) January 20, 1838. Monuments to general officers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) January 20, 1838. French spoliations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) January 20, 1838. Richard and Stephen Livingston. January 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Safford et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) January 26, 1838. George Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) January 27, 1838. Roger Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) January 27, 1838. Robert Ramsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) January 27, 1838. Ezekiel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) January 27, 1838. Elizabeth Champney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 485.) January 27, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Charles G. Ridgely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) January 27, 1838. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) January 27, 1838. Samuel Bell and Isaac Bell. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Parker. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George Moffit, deceased -- heirs of. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) January 25, 1838. Benjamin Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) January 25, 1838. Johan Jost Dietz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) January 25, 1838. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) January 25, 1838. Lewis Hatch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) January 25, 1838. Sarah Pemberton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) January 25, 1838. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) January 25, 1838. Eliza Causin, daughter of Col. John Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) January 25, 1838. Joseph W. Knipe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 462.) January 25, 1838. Joseph Salmond [i.e., Salmonds]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 463.) January 25, 1838. John Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) January 25, 1838. Ann Ross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) January 25, 1838. Ship canal around the falls of Niagara. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 466.) January 25, 1838. Indiana militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) January 25, 1838. Louisville Savings Institution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) January 25, 1838. Adam Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) January 25, 1838. Richard Shubrick -- heir of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) January 25, 1838. Israel Honeywell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) January 25, 1838. John Mandeville -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) January 25, 1838. Thomas A. Smith. January 25, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Compensation and duties of Custom-house officers. (To accompany Bill H.R. 472.) January 25, 1838. John Perham. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of James Caller, assignee of Joseph Anderson. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of James Caller, assignee of Thomas Frazier. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Holcombe -- heirs of. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Baytop -- heirs of. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Braidfoote's heirs. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Greer. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Boyce -- representatives of. January 25, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. George G. Henry, administrator of Wm. Henry. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George Fisher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) January 25, 1838. Jesse H. Willis, assignee of James Minnie [i.e., Mennie]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) January 13, 1837. -- Reprinted. Samuel Hern -- heirs of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Luke Cannon -- heirs of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Caller's heirs -- assignee of Wm. Hartley. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Ward and George Ficklin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) January 17, 1838. Captain R. Bealle -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) January 17, 1838. Henry Morfit -- heirs of. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 46.) February 1, 1838. Richard Clay and James Lowell. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Commons of Carondelet. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Basil Brown. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Frederick Sammons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) February 2, 1838. Caroline E. Cletherall [i.e., Clitherall]. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 72.) February 2, 1838. Bates and Lacon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 518.) February 6, 1838. William Colt and William Donaldson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) February 6, 1838. Michael Fenwick -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 520.) February 6, 1838. Jonas Bartlet. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. General James Hogan -- heirs of. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nicholas Verplast. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 524.) February 6, 1838. George W. Biscoe. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Randolph Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 526.) February 6, 1838. Iowa Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) February 6, 1838. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) February 6, 1838. Asahel Kingsley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 530.) February 6, 1838. Erastus Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) February 6, 1838. William Andrews. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 532.) February 6, 1838. Benjamin McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 533.) February 6, 1838. David Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 52.) February 6, 1838. Samuel Byxbe [i.e., Bixby]. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Abel A. Pasko and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 535.) February 7, 1838. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 536.) February 7, 1838. George B. Adams. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Joseph S. Milligan and Philip D. Meroney. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nicholas H. Bell. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Marcy Richards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 537.) February 8, 1838. Philip Barbour -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) January 30, 1838. Huldah Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 499.) January 30, 1838. Noah Chittenden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 500.) January 30, 1838. William Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) January 30, 1838. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) January 30, 1838. Cotton Evans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 503.) January 30, 1838. Ann S. Heileman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 504.) January 30, 1838. Martha E. McLemore. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pinckney -- administrator of Williams. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Ledwith. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip Lightfoot. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Dickerson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) January 30, 1838. Cornelius Tiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 506.) January 31, 1838. Josephine Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.) January 31, 1838. Mary A. Patrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) January 31, 1838. Sergeant-at-arms H.R. vs. Bank Metropolis. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Presbyterian Church, White Plains, New York. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Eleanor Gardiner. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George Weeks. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Harvey. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 512.) February 1, 1838. Lewis Evans. February 1, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John H. Overstreet -- heirs of. February 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Marine hospitals. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 403.) January 12, 1838. Wm. Langbourne - heirs of. January 18, 1837 [i.e., 1838]. Bolus Corder -- heirs of. January 20, 1838. Read, and lead (i.e., laid] on the table. Leighton Yancy -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Coleman. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Samuel G. Phillips. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Marcus, of Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 637.) March 9, 1838. Mary Snow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 722.) April 6, 1838. Compile laws of Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 733.) April 11, 1838. Miller Hallowes [i.e., Hallows]. April 13, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Improvements lost by treaty with Choctaw Indians. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 43.) March 2, 1838. Walker, Kinkle, & Carothers [i.e., Careuthers]; Peters, Moore, & Co.; and Rhodes & Austill -- mail contractors. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 20.) March 30, 1838. Isaac D. Saunders. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) April 20, 1838. Bemjamin B. Dowd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 750.) April 18, 1838. Abraham Tipton. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Theodore Victor and George F. Duckwitz. March 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Tilford Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 663.) March 20, 1838. George McCormick -- heirs of. March 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. Henry Perrine -- tropical plants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 553.) February 17, 1838. Thomas Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 714.) April 6, 1838. Harvey Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 724.) April 7, 1838. Avery, Saltmarsh, & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) February 17, 1838. Lieutenant John Allison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 657.) March 13, 1838. John Barnes -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 666.) March 20, 1838. James Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) February 20, 1838. Elias Hall and Alpheus Hall. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor Francis Lambert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) March 2, 1838. John E. Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 599.) March 2, 1838. Pre-emption to settlers -- John Hood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 601.) March 2, 1838. Nathaniel H. Hooe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) March 2, 1838. Francis Rountree. March 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William and Samuel B. Anderson. March 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Additional allowance to clerks in Post Office Department. March 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. 625.) March 7, 1838. Moses Eldred. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 626.) March 7, 1838. William R. Joynes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 627.) March 7, 1838. H.H.B. Hays. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) March 7, 1838. J. Eloi Rachal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 630.) March 7, 1838. Paul Poissot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) March 7, 1838. Agriculture and useful arts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 633.) March 7, 1838. Major Charles Larrabee. March 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Morgan Simpson. March 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Trafton. March 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Spitfatham [i.e., Spitfathom]. March 8, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Louisville and Portland Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) March 8, 1838. John Howard Kyan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 635.) March 8, 1838. Josias Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 636.) March 9, 1838. Joseph Nibert -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 639.) March 9, 1838. John Blanc. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 642.) March 10, 1838. William Perkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) March 10, 1838. Stephen P.W. Douglass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 644.) March 10, 1838. Mary Taylor. March 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Enoch Matson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 609.) March 6, 1838. Seat Justice, Paulding County, Ohio. March 6, 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 611.) John A. Smith (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 615.) March 6, 1838. Charles S. Walsh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 616.) March 6, 1838. Doctor Absalom Baird -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 617.) March 6, 1838. Steamboat Company of Nantucket. (To accompany S. Bill No. 71.) March 6, 1838. Read, and committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 618.) March 7, 1838. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) March 7, 1838. Dr. Sylvester Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) March 7, 1838. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) March 7, 1838. Simeon [i.e., Simon] Knight. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) March 7, 1838. Coffin Sanborn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 623.) March 7, 1838. William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) March 7, 1838. Lands to organized militiamen, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 715.) April 6, 1838. Abraham Stipp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 716.) April 6, 1838. Heirs of Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 717.) April 6, 1838. Philip Lightfoot -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 718.) April 6, 1838. John L. Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 719.) April 6, 1838. Henry Bush. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 720.) April 6, 1838. David W. Sleeth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 721.) April 6, 1838. Stationary [i.e., Stationery] -- House of Representatives... April 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Graves. April 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Solomon J. Lee. April 6, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Preservation of Sullivan's Island. April 6, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill No. 89, making appropriations for fortifications for 1838. Northern boundary of Missouri. April 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Susannah Hoagland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 723.) April 6, 1838. Robert Milnor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) April 6, 1838. Light-houses, &c., and surveys for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 712.) April 6, 1838. Electro-magnetic telegraphs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 713.) April 6, 1838. John H. Jacocks. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 282.) April 6, 1838. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 725.) April 9, 1838. Expenditure -- public buildings. April 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Court-house, Alexandria, District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 726.) April 10, 1838. Gratia Ray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 727.) April 10, 1838. Samuel Hatton [i.e., Hatten]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 728.) April 10, 1838. Library -- court of appeals, &c. -- Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 729.) April 10, 1838. John Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 730.) April 10, 1838. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 731.) April 10, 1838. John W. Cox. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. April 10, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Nathaniel Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 732.) April 11, 1838. Wisconsin Territory -- land patents. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 17.) April 11, 1838. Committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Herman Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 735.) April 12, 1838. Angelica Gilbert, daughter of Captain Olney. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John L. Ellis. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Christopher Colbey. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Perry G. Hopkins. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Snider. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 738.) April 13, 1838. David Cooke. April 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Phebe Weeks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 740.) April 13, 1838. John A. Hopper -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 739.) April 13, 1838. Helen Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 742.) April 14, 1838. Thruston Cornell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 743.) April 14, 1838. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 744.) April 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 746.) April 17, 1838. Promote and encourage the useful arts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 747.) April 17, 1838. Land to soldiers of the Old Fourth Regiment. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 748.) April 17, 1838. Samuel Goldsbury. April 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Ferguson. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 40.) April 17, 1838. Enos Sopar [i.e., Soper]. April 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Grimball -- heirs of. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Matthew Duncan. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Giles S. Boggess. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Jesse E. Dow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 751.) April 19, 1838. Mary Updegraff [i.e., Updegroff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) April 19, 1838. Truman Kellog. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 753.) April 19, 1838. Peter Bargy. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 125.) April 19, 1838. William Strider. April 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. David Hime [i.e., Himes]. April 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. School lands -- Indian reservations -- Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 754.) April 20, 1838. John Smull. April 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mulberry and sugar-beet. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 12.) April 20, 1838. William Grozer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 758.) April 20, 1838. Land claims between Perdido and Mississippi. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 89.) April 20, 1838. Cecilia Ragan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) April 21, 1838. Frances Chandler. (To accompany Bill No. 539.) February 8, 1838. Eleanor Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) February 8, 1838. Francis Mallaby. (To accompany Bill No. 541.) February 9, 1838. Don L.R. Orillion. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 543.) February 9, 1838. Hiram K. Turk. February 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Josias E. Vroman. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bartholomew E. Vroman. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel A. Wadsworth and others. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. William Peckham. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Ruland. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Wood -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 546.) February 17, 1838. Solomon Sturges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 547.) February 17, 1838. Trustees of Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 548.) February 17, 1838. Elisha Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 549.) February 17, 1838. Tarlton Woodson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 551.) February 17, 1838. Capt. Thomas Triplett -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 552.) February 17, 1838. Alexander H. Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) February 17, 1838. Alexander Hammett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 556.) February 17, 1838. Ann Rewalt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 557.) February 17, 1838. Phebe, widow of John Champe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 558.) February 17, 1838. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 559.) February 17, 1838. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 560.) February 17, 1838. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 561.) February 17, 1838. David Rollins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 562.) February 17, 1838. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 563.) February 17, 1838. Aaron Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 564.) February 17, 1838. Miguel Eslava -- heirs of. February 17, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Nathaniel Bird. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Fay -- heirs of. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Vannetten [i.e., Vannettin]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 566.) February 20, 1838. Daniel Steenrod (i.e., Steinrod). (To accompany Senate Bill No. 99.) February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Thomas Wishart -- heirs of. February 20, 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) Pay of pursers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 573.) February 20, 1838. Joseph Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 574.) February 20, 1838. Isaac Gale. (To accompany Bill H.R. 575.) February 20, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 576.) February 20, 1838. Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 577.) February 20, 1838. Wright Hurlbut. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 578.) February 20, 1838. Levi Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 579.) February 20, 1838. Roger Stayner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 580.) February 20, 1838. John Brown & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 581.) February 20, 1838. Phineas Bludget and others. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Edward Cavana. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James or Jacques Rouse -- heirs of. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Arthur Sinclair and Joseph Redding. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Drayton P. Bedford. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Mackall. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Selby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 583.) February 23, 1838. Col. William Nelson -- heirs of. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Bloomer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) February 23, 1838. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 585.) February 23, 1838. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 586.) February 23, 1838. Jacob Becker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 587.) February 23, 1838. Jacob Grist. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 586.) February 23, 1838. Mary Phelps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 589.) February 23, 1838. Oliver Dorsett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 590.) February 23, 1838. Captain James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 591.) February 23, 1838. John Hill. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Capt. Daniel Chapman. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John McDonald. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Laird. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 593.) February 24, 1838. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 594.) February 24, 1838. Joseph Richardson. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Anderson -- executor of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Major William Jackson -- heirs of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Pugh -- heirs of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain David Arell -- heirs of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tatem. March 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Walker. March 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Currency -- national bank -- independent treasury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 597.) March 5, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. James Broadus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) March 13, 1838. John Emmerson [i.e., Emerson]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 649.) March 13, 1838. Executors of Larkin Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 650.) March 13, 1838. Major John Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 651.) March 13, 1838. Daniel Newman. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) March 13, 1838. Daniel H. Crocket. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 655.) March 13, 1838. Miller Francis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 656.) March 13, 1838. Henry Barton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 658.) March 13, 1838. Henry Challer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 659.) March 13, 1838. Charles Vattier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 660.) March 13, 1838. Robert McCready. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathan Dagget -- heirs of. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Peterson. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. James Brown -- representatives of. March 13, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. Rev. James Cumming. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. John Dougherty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) March 14, 1838. Patrick Foley -- heirs of. March 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of John Hopper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 667.) March 20, 1838. William Piatt -- heirs of. March 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Murray, Jr. -- representative of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 668.) March 20, 1838. Umbrella manufacturers -- Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 669.) March 20, 1838. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) March 20, 1838. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) March 20, 1838. Elisha Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 674.) March 20, 1838. Sibel Barnes -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 675.) March 20, 1838. Frigate Raritan. March 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elijah Freeman. March 20, 1838. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 203) for the relief of Simeon Moss. John C. Ely. March 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas H. Boyles -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) March 20, 1838. William Graham -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 677.) March 21, 1838. Stephen Olney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 679.) March 21, 1838. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 680.) March 21, 1838. Elisha Bently. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) March 21, 1838. William Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 682.) March 21, 1838. William Young. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi Davis and F. Forman. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Canadian volunteers. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Ann C. Stephenson. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Susannah Rowe, widow of John Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 683.) March 22, 1838. John Mahon and Asa Munger. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Smith, assignee of the devisee of Ballard Smith. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. On the state of the Treasury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 685.) March 23, 1838. Daniel Williams -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 686.) March 23, 1838. Nathaniel Irish -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 687.) March 23, 1838. William Furguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) March 23, 1838. Jacob Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 691.) March 23, 1838. Cornelius Vanderbilt. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Repairs of fortifications -- St. Augustine. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Lutz and Jesse Lipscombe. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Littleton Bailey. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. T.F. Peterson. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Dukes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 688.) March 23, 1838. William Madison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 694.) March 26, 1838. Colonel Joseph Brown. March 27, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Charles Morgan, in right of S. Porche. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 698.) March 28, 1838. Board of claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 696.) March 28, 1838. Sarah H.B. Stith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 699.) March 28, 1838. John McClelland -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 700.) March 28, 1838. Thomas Jacobs. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Milling and Richard Nason. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John K. Latimer. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New Treasury and Post Office buildings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 706.) March 29, 1838. Israel Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 704.) March 29, 1838. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 705.) March 29, 1838. Heirs of William Conner. March 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert and William Armstrong. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. R.C. Hardesly. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Geo. C. Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 493.) March 30, 1838. James H. Grant, Moses W. Simpson, and Preston Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 708.) March 30, 1838. Thomas Maxwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 709.) March 30, 1838. Wm. McD. Pettit, of Arkansas. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. J.P. Hutchinson. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties of officers of House of Representatives. March 31, 1838. Read, and postponed until Monday next, 2d of April. Eunice Sanders. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 757.) April 20, 1838. Lieutenant W. Scott Ketchum. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi S. Backus. March 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Aaron Vail -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) March 6, 1838 |
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The heirs of John Motlow. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Noah Miller. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 236.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. John Broome. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Foreign paupers and naturalization laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. Nos. 873 and 874.) July 2, 1838. Pay for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 82.) July 6, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Dr. James H. Cheears's legal representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) May 25, 1838. Joseph K. Averill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) June 22, 1838. Silas Hale. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Harrison. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Gilbert Vroman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida Peninsula Railroad -- make road through public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) May 31, 1838. Heirs of Benjamin Stoddert. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. William Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 835.) June 7, 1838. Richard Fortune -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Polly Estes. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Colonel John Lowry. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry dock at Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) May 11, 1838. Richard Lawrence and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) May 24, 1838. Ursin Hebert. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Reuben Perry and Thomas Ligon. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Heirs of Morgan Alexander. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Charles Rockwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) June 27, 1838. Ruth Hawks. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land for free schools, &c. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Price, &c. of public lands. December 11, 1837. Postponed to Monday the 18th instant. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Lawler. Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce, according to some equitable scale of graduation, the price of such portions of the public lands... Amendment to rules. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table one day for consideration. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 760.) April 21, 1838. Charles Fitzgerald -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) April 21, 1838. John Cooper. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Tadlock. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of George Duval and others. (With Senate Bill No. 207.) May 10, 1838. Death of Mr. Cilley -- duel. April 21, 1838. Submitted to the House of Representatives. May 10, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Michael Brisbois. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Ponce. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Spicer. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah R. Mumford. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Solomon Hearsey. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Caleb Atwater. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Dupont. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Perry L. Barronton. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. John Masters. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. William W. West, assignee of Daniel C. Clark. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Daniel Bird. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Charles Smith. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Thomas Rogers, executor of Charles Binns. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Wills. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. William W. Paulett. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Joseph E. Pomar. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Charles W. Child. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Conrad House. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Thos. B. Town, administrator of Timothy Currin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. The widow of Jacob Kingsbury. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) May 11, 1838. James McCay. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Arbitrament of national disputes. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Resolutions in relation to public lands. June 25, 1838. Read, and laid on the table for consideration, under the rule. Armed brig Warrior. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 847.) June 26, 1838. Maria Hornbeck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 842.) June 27, 1838. Isaac Conly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 844.) June 27, 1838. Canal around the Muscle Shoals of the River Tennessee. June 27, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. S.T. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 848.) June 27, 1838. Seats of Messrs. Prentiss and Word. June 11, 1838. John McCartney [i.e., M'Cartney]. (To accompany Bill S. No. 60.) June 12, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Heirs of Daniel Boon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 872.) July 2, 1838. Indian depredations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 865.) July 2, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Henry R. Stickney. July 2,1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 866.) July 2, 1838. Wyoming claims. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip Crapo, executor of Samuel Aborn. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ship Mary and cargo -- Baltimore. July 3, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Thomas D. Morrison. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Breakwater -- Crow Shoal, Delaware... July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel H. Benton and others. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads and canals. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 309.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. George J. Knight. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 195.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. United States and Mexico. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John McClellan -- sureties of. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elihu Hall Bay. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Hanks. (To accompany S. Bill No. 202.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill. committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Alfred Westfall. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 201.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Cumberland Road -- Indianapolis and vicinity... July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Gamaliel E. Smith. July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the resolution therein contained, concurred in by the House. Samuel Douthet et al. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. City of Augusta, Georgia. July 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. President's message. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Haynes, to be moved by him when the House shall take up for consideration, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, the message from the President of the United States at the commencement of the present session. December 7, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. President's message. December 19, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Cushing. Removal of executive officers. February 19, 1838. Read, debate arising thereon, laid upon the table, under the rule. United States and Mexico. February 19, 1838. Read, and debate arising thereon, laid upon the table under the rules. National bank -- collection of the revenue, &c. February 19, 1838. Read; debate arising, laid upon the table under the rule. Credentials of members. February 19, 1838. Laid upon the table under the rule of the House. Land for free schools, &c. Proposed on the 22d December, 1837, and modified in the present form on the 24th February, 1838. Increased public expenditure. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule. Receipt of notes of specie-paying banks at the Treasury Department. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule. Amend the Constitution United States. March 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Garland, of Virginia, and ordered to be printed. Subscription to Niles's Register. March 24, 1838. Consideration postponed until Tuesday, 27th instant. John McHatton. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. E.H. Williams, administrator of Doctor Hazel W. Crouch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) May 11, 1838. Elijah S. Bell. May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the papers of Elijah S. Bell, referred to the Secretary of War. Milwaukee and Rock-River Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 767.) May 11, 1838. Town of Southport, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) May 11, 1838. John Towns [i.e., Townes] -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) May 11, 1838. George Yates -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) May 11, 1838. Joseph Savage -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 773.) May 11, 1838. Samuel Tillet. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Robert H. Rose. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Frederick Richmond. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Robert Adair. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth White. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Tubbs and others. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. David Childress. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Jerusha Flint. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Benjamin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Henry D. Purcell -- heirs of. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Eunice Burzette. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Andrew Porter. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Mary O. Baldwin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. John Winn -- in behalf of the owners of the schooner Joseph. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Robert Roberts. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Uniform militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 778.) May 11, 1838. John Keeller [i.e., Keeler]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) May 11, 1838. Elam Higley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) May 11, 1838. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) May 11, 1838. Benjamin Durfee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) May 11, 1838. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) May 11, 1838. Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) May 11, 1838. James Sayre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) May 11, 1838. C.M. Keller and H. Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 170.) May 11, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Elizur Kirtland. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Amos Cornwall. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Laborers on the public buildings, Washington City. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Y. Keene. (To accompany S. Bill No. 44.) May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Michael Armbrister. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 181.) May 11, 1838. Losses -- late war with Creek Indians, Alabama. May 15, 1838. Laid on the table. J.G. Lyon, on behalf of himself and others. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Massey and Thomas James. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) May 15, 1838. Nick, alias Rignald Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) May 15, 1838. Indian trust funds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 791.) May 15, 1838. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 792.) May 15, 1838. A.J. Pickett and George W. Gayle, aids-de-camp to Governor C.C. Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) May 17, 1838. Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) May 17, 1838. George and James Anderson. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip F. Jones. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Passengers in mail coaches. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Abner Sherman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Bissell. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tarrington and Francis Garriga. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) May 18, 1838. Virginia -- judgments against state of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 798.) May 18, 1838. James Hackley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 799.) May 18, 1838. Clark Allen. May 18, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. George Rice. May 18, 1838. Laid on the table. Letter postage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) May 18, 1838. Ordnance to Missouri. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain James Moore. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lucy Williamson. May 18, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. James Emmett -- heirs of. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Adair. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John B. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) May 18, 1838. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 796.) May 18, 1838. Irad Kelly and Datus Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) May 22, 1838. Hogg & Burnside. May 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 805.) May 23, 1838. Captain Thos. Ap Catesby Jones, of U.S. Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) May 23, 1838. Horses and other property lost in the military service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803 [i.e., 804].) Congress of the United States. In the House of Representatives, December 29, 1837. On motion of Mr. Graham, of Indiana, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of amending the act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Payment of Horses and Other Property Lost..." May 23, 1838. Zachariah Philips. May 23, 1838. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. John Jones and Charles Souder -- Robinson Carr & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) May 24, 1838. Dunscomb Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) May 24, 1838. Jacob Horine. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table. Elias Burnham and wife. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table. James Wyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) May 25, 1838. A. Avery, A.P. Pritchard, and P.W. Taylor. May 25, 1838. Laid on the table. Expenditures -- State Department. May 26, 1838. Laid on the table. Amend rules. May 28, 1838. John Galloway -- heirs of. May 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Spotswood -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) May 29, 1838. Thomas [i.e., John] P. Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 815.) May 29, 1838. Robert M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) May 29, 1838. Moses Van Campen. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) May 29, 1838. Removal of officers. May 28, 1838, Debate arising, laid over under the rule. May 29, 1838, Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Township of Oxford -- exchange school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) May 31, 1838. Rebecca Burch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) May 31, 1838. Lieutenant William Lewis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) May 31, 1838. Public buildings -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) May 31, 1838. Benjamin Ringgold. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. John Armstrong. May 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thos. Rutledge, deceased -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) May 31, 1838. Isaac Lilley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) May 31, 1838. Missouri volunteers. (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) May 31, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Everard Meade. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) May 31, 1838. Committed with the bill to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 417, for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade. Matthew Arbuckle. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 188.) May 31, 1838. Committed with Senate Bill No. 188 to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. June 1, 1838. Reported, and ordered to be printed. Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) June 2, 1838. David Gould. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 827.) June 2, 1838. William B. Ferguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) June 6, 1838. James Barret. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 816.) June 6, 1838. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) June 6, 1838. Thomas L. Winthrop et al. (To accompany S. Bill No. 208.) June 6, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Joseph Croskey and others. June 6, 1838. Laid upon the table. Alabama -- Captain Park's company. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Rasselas Whitcomb and others, (surveyors.) June 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. J.F. Caldwell. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. Joseph Simon Pell. June 7. 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Roberts, Jr. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Timothy Page -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary O'Bannon. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Captain Isaiah Wool. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. General post route. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 839.) June 9, 1838. William Traverse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 837.) June 9, 1838. Andrew Rembert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 838.) June 9, 1838. Dempsey Collins. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 840.) June 9, 1838. Major General John Thomas. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac N. Piggott. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph F. Caldwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 850.) June 27, 1838. Monument to the memory of Capt. Nathan Hale. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) June 27, 1838. Richard Booker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 849.) June 27, 1838. Jemison and Williamson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 851.) June 27, 1838. Cornelius Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 852.) June 27, 1838. Bridge at Wheeling, Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) June 27, 1838. Ann Tilden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 856.) June 27, 1838. Eliza Seymour. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 857.) June 27, 1838. Thomas Kibbey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 859.) June 27, 1838. John G. Mozart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 860.) June 27, 1838. General Joshua Buster. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Alexander Watson. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Gabriel Lombard. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Joseph Edson. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Peter Smith. June 27, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. Elizabeth Cooke. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Amasa Soper -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Theodore Middleton. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Tristram Coffin -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Hicks & Sons, and other importers of foreign goods under the law of 1828. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Remission of duties on wines destroyed by fire -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Praying remission of duties on broken glass -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Walter Bradley. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Ezekiel Glover. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Steam vessels on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Specie postage. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Thomas Coyle. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. William Brinkley -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Henry King's heirs. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Dr. Wm. J.J. Morrow. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Simeon Knight. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. James L. Stokes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 853.) June 27, 1838. James S. Calhoun. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Wallace. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. John Millikin. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Remove market-house, Capitol Hill. July 2, 1838. Read, and concurred in. Colonel Charles Morgan. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. Fire-proof buildings in each surveying district. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.) July 5, 1838. Joseph M. Hernandez. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 877.) July 6, 1838. Woodburne Potter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 878.) July 6, 1838. John L. McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 879.) July 6, 1838. James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the administrator of William Hodson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 880.) July 6, 1838. Assignees of Potts and Clement. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 881.) July 6, 1838. Jacob Galencia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 882.) July 6, 1838. Copy-right. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 885.) July 7, 1838. Henry Gratiot -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 889.) July 7, 1838. To amend the rules. July 7, 1838. Postponed until Monday next. James Maxwell of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 775.) May 11, 1838. Henry Stoker. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Abner Prior -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) May 11, 1838 Allen Gentry. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table |
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Memorial of the heir of Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, praying indemnification for his sacrifices during the Revolutionary War. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 4, 1838. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1838-9. December 6, 1838. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures, showing the progress in those works during the present year. December 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of James Barron, praying the payment of certain claims, disallowed by the accounting officers. December 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Charles F. Smith and others, officers of the line of the Army of the United States, praying that the officers of the line of the Army may be put on the same footing with the officers of the staff, as to pay, &c. December 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to the second section of the act of May 9, 1836, communicating a statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, for the year ending December 3, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with the act of the 9th May, 1836, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of his office, and of the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, for the year 1838. December 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 7. December 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of William East," ... Petition of a num[b]er of surgeons in the Navy of the United States, praying an increase of their pay. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Truman Hastings and others, praying the repeal of that part of the act of Congress, regulating the Post Office Department, which requires post offices to be kept open on Sundays. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, praying the amendment of the act "To Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." December 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of officers of the revenue cutters, praying to be allowed the pay and emoluments of officers of the Navy, while cooperating with them. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that Department during the year 1837, and part of the year 1838. December 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Benton submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1) "providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands,"... Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. |
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In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 185.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the act of June 30, 1834, a statement of all persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 121.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John Richey... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Tompkins County, N.Y., praying the revision and amendment of the militia system. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the clerks in the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of compensation. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land office at "Kishwaukee," in that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke... Petition of the Mississippi City Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, on the part of the Senate, report: That in pursuance of an act authorizing the printing of the Madison Papers... In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 83. Mr. Young submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the correspondence and arrangements between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of North America and Bank of New York. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of merchants of Charleston, S. Carolina, praying the establishment of a port of entry and the erection of a light-house at Indian Key. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of underwriters of Charleston, S.C., praying the establishment of additional ports of entry on the coast of Florida. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. December 17, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 74, to the Committee of Claims. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 79.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Illinois Town, March 1, 1838. At a meeting of the board of managers elect under the act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, authorizing a lottery to raise funds for draining the lakes and ponds of the American Bottom... Documents in relation to the claim of Loomis and Gay, for compensation for extra work done by them on the Cumberland Road. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the defence of the frontier of Maine. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 22, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works on the Pea Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 1) "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." December 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 26, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of certain clerks belonging to the Office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of their pay, and the graduation thereof according to the service required of them, beg leave to report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to deposites in the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, and the sale and payment of its bonds. December 27, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, transmitting a statement of the sums paid under private appropriations since 1833. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, praying the payment of a sum of money withheld from them, under their contract for the transportation of the mail. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Roberts, praying to be released from liability as surety of Morrison and Wheeler, under a contract with the government for a supply of arms. December 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the improvements of the harbor of St. Louis. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, praying to be allowed to purchase five hundred thousand acres of the government land, on a credit of six years; and also asking an extension of three years on their bonds for the payment of the duties on certain railroad iron imported by them. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the erection of a Custom-house at that place. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Allen, in relation to the financial policy of the government. December 31, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of members of the New York Peace Society, praying Congress to interpose as mediator between France and Mexico, and to propose the formation of a Congress of Nations for the adjustment of international disputes. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the petition of Thomas Rudolph and others, report... Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 3, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the claims of the Alabama volunteers, for horses lost in the service of the United States in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of granting a tract of land to each of the colleges in that state. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Alabama, praying to be allowed pre-emption rights to any unlocated public lands, in lieu of others of which they have been deprived. January 8, 1839. Presented by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 135, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Page, praying compensation for information furnished the officers of the government in 1814, in relation to a violation of the revenue laws, report... In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 127, for the relief of James Ralston... Documents relating to the subject of ceding to the State of Tennessee the vacant, unappropriated, and refuse lands within that state. January 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Foster, to accompany Senate Bill No. 173; referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John L. Scott, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 123.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Bill No. 123, for the relief of Charles A. Dodd, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 166.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred sundry depositions to establish the claim of Richard Robertson, of Alabama, to compensation for a bay mare, lost in the service of the United States... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, late of the City of Mobile, praying for the confirmation of the title to a certain tract of land called the Du Broca claim, respectfully report... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number of suits on the trial docket of each of the circuit courts of the United States, and the number of miles travel of each judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. January 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Colonel Alexander R. Thompson... In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1839. Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 176.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the memorials...praying for a grant of land to aid in constructing the Mount Carmel and New Albany railroad, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the "Act Granting Land to Certain Exiles from Poland." January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the value of the imports, and the amount of duties thereon, from the 10th May, 1837, to the 10th May, 1838. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the northeastern boundary. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of specie, and the amount of gold coinage, since June, 1834, and the average circulation of the notes of the late Bank of the United States. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill from the House of Representatives for the Relief of Pamela Brown... Memorial of Russell Comstock, praying Congress to purchase and publish certain discoveries alleged to have been made by him, to promote the preservation and increase of agricultural products, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of orders and instructions issued since the 14th day of April, 1836, relative to the kind of money and bank notes to be paid out on account of the United States. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the examinations of inventions to prevent explosions of steam boilers. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the clerks in the Office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase in their compensation, and the passage of a law fixing and apportioning the salaries of clerks to their duties. January 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the sales of the public lands. January 8, 1839. Read. January 9, 1839. Ordered to be printed, accompanied by the resolution of the Senate calling for the same. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying that the people of that state be indemnified for depredations committed on their property by the hostile Creek Indians in 1836. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of Jesse Smith... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of William A. Crocker, agent of the Taunton Branch Railroad Company, and contractor on post route No. 299, from Boston to Taunton, report... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 163.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Francis Laventure, Ebenezer Childs, and Linus Thompson"; and also a memorial from a number of citizens of Milwaukie, in the Territory of Wisconsin, and another memorial from the Legislative Assembly from that territory... Memorial of George de Passau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land in lieu of one of which he has been deprived. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the number of acres in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, embraced in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas Jefferson Smith, in reply to the remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, against the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence between the Secretary of War and the Bank of the United States, in relation to the sale of the bonds of that institution. January 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 6, 1838, a statement of all works for the improvement of harbors and mouths of creeks and rivers, which have been in progress upwards of three years. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying an increase of the pension allowed her. January 14, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of rescinding a resolution of the Senate of the United States, and in relation to the policy of the general government. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the creation of a new land district in the northern part of that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 156.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel... In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 197.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Ira Day, of Vermont, made the following report... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th July, 1838, transmitting statements of cases in which a per centum has been allowed on disbursements of public moneys. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the condition of the Seminole Indians, who have emigrated. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of M. Allen and others, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. January 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas submitted the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to which was referred a resolution inquiring if the banks of this district had conformed to the act approved May 31, 1838, report... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 200.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Malachi Hagan... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joshua Kennedy, asking for indemnity for the destruction of property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1813, submit the following report... Document relating to the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 17, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of the Florida claims, under the treaty of 1819. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension of the "Acts for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States," so as to apply to cases which shall have occurred on or before the 1st day of January, 1839. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 210.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of William W. Williams were referred, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 211.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the representatives of Joseph Morris... Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Organization of a Volunteer Militia Force, for the Defence of the Maritime and Inland Frontier." January 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 213, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 214.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle... Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain an appropriation for opening an inlet at or near Nag's Head, on the coast of that state. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, against the passage of the bill "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the expenses of making the disbursements of the Indian Department. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 207. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 208. Memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying that certain communications addressed by him to the Secretary of War, and Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate, on the subject of expelling the hostile Indians from Florida, may be printed. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Alabama, that said company be allowed to enter a tract of land, at the minimum price, to aid in the construction of said road. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Abner E. Van Ness, praying to be indemnified for losses incurred by him under a contract for surveying the public lands of the United States. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Arkansas, praying the extension of the jurisdiction, and the holding of an additional term of the district court of the United States for that state. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 216.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads make the following report on the petition of Converse & Rees... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number of the land offices, and the condition of the business therein. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Lysander Spooner, praying to be allowed to improve the navigation of the Maumee River, by means of slack water, &c. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John A.L. Norman, praying the donation of a township of land to the Territory of Florida, to aid in erecting a university to be called the "Dade Institute of Florida." January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the petition of William Smith, claiming indemnity for depredations committed on his property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1793, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 92.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 217.) This claim was before the Senate at the 2d session of the 24th Congress... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 218.) This claim was presented to the Senate the 2d session of the 24th Congress... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 219.) The claim of James McCrory... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 220.) This case was favorably reported upon and passed by the Senate at the last session... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Samuel Y. Keene, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 222.) This claim has three times been passed by the Senate... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 223.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas Powell, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 226.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Robert Piatt, heir of Daniel Piatt, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 227.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the widow, children, and legatees of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, requiring him "to communicate to the Senate any authentic information he may recently have received, in respect to the modes of collecting, keeping, and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries"... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 231.) It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida; that his plantation was a very valuable one; that it was taken possession of by the troops... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 232.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of General Joseph M. Hernandez, have had the same under consideration, and report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain an appropriation for the immediate survey of lands in that state. January 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, report... Resolutions in relation to the employment of the state banks as agents for the deposite and disbursement of the public revenue. January 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Tallmadge, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 239.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report... Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in answer to the petition of Thomas J. Smith, in favor of making Indian Key a port of entry. January 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 45.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of the Parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana, praying for a grant of a certain quantity of public land for public purposes, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land district in the northern part of that state. January 25, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution: ...Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to cause an estimate to be made of the sums that will be necessary to complete the construction of the Cumberland Road... Extracts from the message of Governor Call to the Territorial Legislature of Florida, January 11, 1839, in relation to the Indian hostilities in that territory, and the means of terminating them. January 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to which was referred the petition of Jephtha A. Wilkinson, have had the same under consideration, and reports... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 246.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, which was instructed to inquire into the expediency of modifying or repealing the act of March 3, 1837, for the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund, report... Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the passage of a law requiring the employment of boys in the merchant vessels of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the officers of the revenue cutter Taney, praying that the benefit of the Navy Pension Fund may be extended to the officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. January 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. |
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Memorial of Charles L. Fleischmann, in relation to the manufacture of beet sugar. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of E.A. Theller, praying that the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States may be ascertained and defined. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the annual receipts and expenditures of the government since the year 1817. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 96.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the Bill "Granting to the Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company a Portion of the Public Lands for the Purposes Therein Expressed," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the interference by Congress or state legislatures with the domestic institutions of the slave states. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the commerce and navigation carried on in the Turkish dominions and Pachalick of Egypt. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William C. Poole, praying the patronage of Congress to a proposed publication to show the latitude and longitude, and the variation of the compass. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying the establishment of a port of entry in the western part of that state, and an allowance of drawback on merchandise exported by land to Mexico. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 494.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 494, with accompanying papers, report: That John Baldridge, a native Cherokee, claims three hundred dollars, for an improvement... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. No. 358, and accompanying documents, for the relief of Poas Hadgo, a Creek Indian, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 688.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 668 (i.e., 688), for the relief of Joseph Dukes, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse to any legislation on the part of Congress, on the subject of slavery in said district. February 7, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the causes of explosions of steam boilers. February 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that the title of the Menomonie Indians to lands within that territory may be extinguished. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the alteration of the southern boundary line of said territory. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying appropriations for the construction of harbors on the western shore of Lake Michigan. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents to the Chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, in relation to the collection and distribution of seeds and plants. January 28, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Strange, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the survey of the public lands in the State of Illinois. January 28, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Young, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, to obtain the donation of a township of land to improve the navigation of the Embarrass River. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the Oregon Territory, praying Congress to take possession of, and extend their jurisdiction over, the said territory. January 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1838. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the currency, and the collection and keeping of the public revenue. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the abandonment of Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island, Illinois, and the occupation of said island. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the executive committee of the American Silk Society, on the subject of the culture of silk. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the cession to that state of the Muscle Shoals Canal. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, in relation to the disposition of the public lands. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 284.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which were referred the memorials of the Legislature of Wisconsin, upon the subject of the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers in Wisconsin, respectfully submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) The Committee on Commerce have examined the papers submitted to the Senate by A. Vail... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 34.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a bill making appropriations to complete certain military roads in the State of Arkansas... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the improvement of the Atchafalaya and Red Rivers. February 13, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 261.) The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the bill to repeal the act entitled "An Act Laying a Duty on Imported Salt, Granting a Bounty on Pickled Fish Exported, and Allowances to Certain Vessels Employed in the Fisheries," approved July 29, 1813, and all acts to continue or amend the same, and, also, a resolution of the Senate of the thirty-first day of January last, instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of repealing the existing duty upon bread stuffs and certain other articles of import, report... Document in relation to the prevention of explosions of steam boilers. February 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 8.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John McCartney, report... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the act of March 2, 1803, abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States for the year 1838. February 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Document showing the number of suits on the trial docket of the circuit and districts courts of the United States for the district of West Tennessee, during the last six years. February 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to applications made by banks in Illinois, to be made deposite banks. February 15, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Castle, New Hampshire, against the repeal of the law allowing a bounty to vessels engaged in the cod fisheries. February 15, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to order, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of Henry Conway, deceased, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to order, had under consideration the petition of Betsey C. Shethar, and report... In Senate of the United States. Motion in relation to the payment of claims for Indian depredations. February 6, 1839. Mr. Wright submitted the following motion: which was read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claims of Colonel A.G. Morgan, of Missouri, for military services in Florida. January 2, 1839. Referred, with motion of Mr. Benton, to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 290. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 277.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Henry Fry, late a purser in the Navy, praying for a pension, report... Document on the subject of reducing and equalizing letter postage. February 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to banking institutions in the territories of the United States, and the receipt of their notes in payment for public lands. February 8, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending the removal of the Swan Creek and Black River bands of Chippewa Indians. January 29, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Wm. Conway... In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 255.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Pierre Babin, for the confirmation of his claims to a tract of 880 arpens of land in the State of Louisiana... Memorial of Maria Helena America Vespucci, praying a donation of public land, and that she may be admitted to the rights of citizenship. January 29, 1839. Ordered, that so much thereof as relates to public land be referred to the Committee on Public Lands; that so much as relates to the rights of citizenship be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and that it be printed in the original French, with an English translation. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of the balances reported on the books of the Treasury against collecting and disbursing agents of the government. January 30, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the cost of brass and iron cannon, and howitzers. January 30, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the alleged encroachment of the "Polish Exiles" on improved lands in the occupancy of certain citizens of the State of Illinois. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read. January 30, 1839. Ordered to lie on the table, and that the resolution and documents be printed. Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the plan of the works for the improvement and protection of the harbor at Michigan City, shall be such as may be approved and adopted by the Secretary of War. Documents relating the the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 30, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 200, 231, 232.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted, by a resolution of the Senate, "The Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representative of John J. Bulow, Jr., Deceased, and All Other Bills Before the Senate, Providing for the Payment of Sufferers by the Late Indian Wars in the Territory of Florida, and in the States of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama"... Documents relating to the claim of the executor of John J. Bulow, Jr. to be indemnified for property destroyed by the hostile Indians in Florida. February 9, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Hubbard, to accompany Senate Bill No. 231, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge and Edmund Burke, in behalf of the State Military Convention of Vermont, praying the adoption of a plan proposed by them for the reorganization of the militia of the United States. February 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the termination of the commission for the adjudication of claims under the Cherokee Treaty of December 29, 1835, and the expenses of the same. February 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the expenses incurred in negotiating and concluding the Cherokee Treaty of December 29, 1835. February 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying the passage of a law requiring the use of the "double self-acting safety-valve" on board of steamboats, &c. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad. January 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 31.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Richard T. Banks... In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, with the bill annexed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 131.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred "A Bill To Prevent the Interference of Certain Federal Officers in Elections," report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the deficit in the Treasury, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate for a Limited Time the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. February 1, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petitions of Marcelin Tassin, praying for a pre-emption right... Documents relating to the claims of Andrew J. Johnson and Samuel M. Love, for payment for horses lost by them while in the military service of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred, with Senate Bill No. 193, to the Committee of Claims. February 1, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 263.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel, in behalf of the heirs of J.B. de Lusser, praying that certain titles to land may be confirmed... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rivers submitted the following for consideration: Whereas "the constitutional remedy by the elective principle becomes nothing, if it may be smothered by the enormous patronage of the general government"... Memorial of a number of cordwainers in the District of Columbia, praying the repeal of so much of the "Act Concerning the Government and Discipline of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia," as authorizes the warden to let out the labor of the convicts by contract. February 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the erection of piers in the Delaware River, at or near Delaware City. February 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Philip Kearney [i.e., Kearny], praying the establishment of, and proposing a plan for, a national bank. February 4, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain the passage of a permanent pre-emption law, and to allow a credit to actual settlers. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain the passage of a law, directing the coinage of small change at the Branch Mint of that State. February 4, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the improvement of Pigeon River. February 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Norvell, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens upon the northern and western frontiers, praying the employment, on the great western lakes, of a steam revenue cutter. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Mira M. Alexander, only surviving child and heir of George Madison, praying remuneration for his services and sacrifices while in the Army of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. February 4, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 267. Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Florida, praying that said company be permitted to enter a quantity of public land at the minimum price, &c. February 6, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the subjugation of the hostile Indians in Florida. February 6, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of T.H. Perkins and others, praying the passage of a law to authorize the discontinuance of the spirit ration allowed to seamen in the public service. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Springfield, New Jersey, praying indemnification for the destruction of said church during the Revolutionary War. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Havre de Grace. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 71.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill (S. 71) To Amend an Act Confirming Certain Land Claims in the State of Michigan," report... Documents showing the number of suits on the trial dockets of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the seventh circuit during the last three years. February 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the condition of the Bank of Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin. February 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, adverse to the Sub-Treasury system, and in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. February 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a convention of delegates of the people of Florida, in favor of the repeal or modification of certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of that territory, incorporating banking and other institutions. February 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, praying the passage of a law to authorize the enrolment of a number of volunteers for the defense of that territory. February 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Robbins, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions on the part of the Senate Committee of the Joint Committee on the Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the American Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, praying the attention of Congress to the important objects of that institution. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Michigan, praying an appropriation for the completion of certain military roads in that state. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory, to enable them to form a settlement in said Territory. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 886) for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 294.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the construction of a steam revenue cutter, to be employed on the northern lakes. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Convention of Delegates of the People of Florida, transmitting a copy of a constitution or form of government for the people of Florida, as adopted by said convention. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the operations for increasing the depth of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 20, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, to obtain the passage of a law to authorize the exchange of such school lands in that state as may be occupied by actual settlers, and to grant pre-emption rights to such settlers. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the erection of a light-house and pier at the mouth of Clinton River. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain the passage of a law establishing a Surveyor General's office in that state. February 20, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying the erection of a lighthouse at the inlet of Little Egg Harbor. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the modification of the naturalization laws. February 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel T. Harrison, praying that the duties on a portion of certain apparatus for refining sugar imported by him, may be refunded, and to be allowed to import the residue free of duty. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to limit the presidential term of office to four years. February 22, 1389. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, against the adoption of the Sub-Treasury system. February 22, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the defense of the northeastern frontier of the United States. February 22, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 300, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1838. February 22, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, on the subject of terrestrial magnetism, and the application of the dipping needle to the purpose of ascertaining the latitude and longitude of places on the earth's surface... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the seizure and detention of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet. February 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed |
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