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Serial set 362	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839, in the sixty-fourth year of the independence of the said states.	1
Serial set 363	list of reports to be made to Congress at the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House by the Chief Clerk. December 2, 1839. Estimates for 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the estimate of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1840. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. December 27, 1839. Ordered, that 15,000 copies of the message of the President of the United States, without the accompanying documents, and 5,000 copies with the documents, be printed; that the 15,000 copies without the documents be furnished within four days; and that the printing be executed under the direction of the Clerk. Iowa and Missouri -- boundary. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the dispute between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa, respecting the boundary line between the said state and territory. December 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual expenditure from 1789 to 1837, and losses by public defalcations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of moneys expended by each administration of the government from 1789 to 1837, and the amount annually lost by defalcations of public officers. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles J. Ingersoll. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the accounts of Charles J. Ingersoll. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Finance -- and estimate of appropriations for 1840. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances; also an estimate of appropriations for the year 1840. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table. December 30, 1839. Ten thousand copies extra ordered to be printed. Transfer of appropriation -- War Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War of transfers of appropriations under the act of 3rd March, 1809, &c. &c. December 30, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Transfer of appropriations -- Treasury Department, 1839. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury of a transfer of appropriations under the act of the 3d of March, 1809. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Abstract of returns of registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of registered seamen. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Department of State for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State.	11
Serial set 364	Sale of damaged or useless paper. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the sale of damaged or useless paper, under the authority of a resolution of the House of December 31, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Accounts. Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled on the books of the Fourth Auditor for three years prior to the thirtieth of September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Applicants for pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the acting Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to Revolutionary, invalid, and other pensioners, who have made application for pensions or renewal of pensions. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Report of the Clerk House of Representatives U.S. of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Accounts. Operations of the General Land Office, since December 17, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the operations of said Office since December 17, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Wiskonsin Mining District. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the petition of the inhabitants of the Wiskonsin mining district, praying for a redress of grievances. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Trade with the British colonial ports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the effect and operations of the existing arrangements between the United States and Great Britain, regulating the trade with the British American colonies. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Funds of the Chickasaws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Block Island Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of a survey, with a view to the construction of a harbor on Block Island, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Public expenditures -- 1835 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, 1839, in relation to payments made at the Treasury for the years 1835 to 1838, inclusive. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January, 1839, in relation to iron imported and used in railroads and steamboats. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Fines, forfeitures, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, of January 14, 1839, in relation to fines and forfeitures for the last five years; also of money received as fees by any officers of the government, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Coast Survey -- weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of the coast survey and the progress of preparing standard weights and measures. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for the War Department for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure of the War Department. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the Navy Department for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department. Transfer of appropriations, 1839 -- naval. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of transfer of naval appropriations for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Third Auditor's Office -- unsettled accounts, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting reports from the Third Auditor, viz: I. A statement of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year. II. A statement of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years. III. An abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, which remain to be accounted for. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all contracts made in his office during the year ending December 1, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Balances on the books Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure -- public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in obedience to the act of the 3rd March, 1829. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of disbursements under the head of contingent expenses of the naval establishment, to September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Naval Department. Protect vessels -- whale fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Boundary -- Missouri and Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the disputed boundary between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and French ship Alexandre. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and to duties levied in Newport upon the French ship Alexandre. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sixth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the law for taking the sixth census. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reorganization of the Navy Department. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, of a plan for the reorganization of the Navy Department. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Merchants of the United States at Canton, China. Memorial of R.B. Forbes and others, American citizens, merchants in Canton, China, for a commercial agent to be sent out to China to negotiate, if possible, a commercial treaty, with a naval force for the protection of the persons resident there, and property belonging to citizens of the United States. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the subject of the public lands. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on the revenue, &c. -- Southbridge, Mass. Memorial of inhabitants of Southbridge, Massachusetts, for a revision of the laws for the collection of duties, &c. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule. Charles Bulfinch, et al. -- lands in Oregon. Memorial of Charles Bulfinch, et al., praying that their title to certain lands in the Territory of Oregon may be confirmed. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Estimates -- Indian Department -- for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 4.) January 17, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Estimate for the Army -- 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 5.) January 22, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimate -- Post Office Department, for 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the year 1840. January 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate for the Office of the Third Auditor for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimate for the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for the year 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Duties on imported linens, silks, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of duties on imported linens, silks, &c. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Seamen of the United States. Memorial of seamen of the United States, for the correction of various abuses in the service. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. National foundry -- Connecticut. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, upon the subject of a national foundry. February 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Mix, widow of Mervine [i.e., Mervin] P. Mix. Memorial of Ann Mix, widow of M.P. Mix, late master commandant in the Navy of the United States, praying compensation for the use by the United States of the "patent manger stopper," a machine invented by, and patented to, said Mix, for paying out chain cables. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Exploration -- South Seas. Memorial of Edmund Fanning, respectfully soliciting a loan from Congress to the support and advancement of commerce, the fisheries, &c., by exploration in the South Seas. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Polly Hall. Petition of Polly Hall, widow and executrix, and the heirs of Lot Hall, deceased, for remuneration for Revolutionary services and prize money. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Alexandre Vattemare. Memorial of Alexandre Vattemare. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Library. Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the corporation of the City of Washington on the subject of the Smithsonian bequest. February 5, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards. Petition of Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. State of Vermont -- public lands. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, in favor of a distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several states. February 5, 1840. Read and laid upon the table.	47
Serial set 365	Against the use of spirits -- Army and Navy. Memorial of inhabitants of Addison and Steuben Counties, in the State of New York, against the use of ardent spirits in the Army and Navy. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Contracts -- War Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts by the Department for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Illinois -- Legislature -- grant land for internal improvements -- constructing railroads, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of disbursements from the contingent fund of the Department for 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Post Office Department. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the eleventh annual report of the directors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Real estate taken in execution, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, upon the subject of liens upon property taken in execution, and purchased for the United States, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Expenses of government of Wisconsin, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of February 6, 1840, in relation to the expenses of the government of the Territory of Wisconsin, &c. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reservation at Fort Snelling. Resolutions of the Assembly of Wiskonsin. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Condition of the banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the returns of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Pension laws now in force. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of October last, in relation to the several pension laws now in force, &c. January 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. March 9, 1840. On motion of Mr. Hand, 5,000 copies of this document were ordered to be printed for the use of the members. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1839. 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 the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1839, and the sum paid to each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Indian warfare. Memorial of Stephen R. Riggs et al. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mary W. Thompson. Memorial of Mary W. Thompson, widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying for compensation for certain extra services rendered by her late husband, &c. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mechanics -- Navy yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. Memorial of the mechanics of the Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York, for employment. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the bill making appropriation for the naval service, for the year 1840. Massachusetts claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, concerning claim for services, disbursements, and expenditures, during the late war. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. James Thomson. Petition of James Thomson, agent of British and Foreign Bible Society, for a remission of duties of bibles imported into Canada, through the United States. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. American Philosophical Society. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of magnetic and meteorological observations. February 5, 1840. Referred to a select committee of nine; consisting of Messrs. J.Q. Adams, Naylor, Davee, Sumter, Wise, Granger, Dawson, Duncan, Montgomery. New Jersey Legislature -- contested election. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the contested election of the representatives from that state. February 6, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Galena Chamber of Commerce. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, relative to the obstructions of the navigation on the rapids of the Mississippi River. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Wisconsin. Petition of inhabitants of Wisconsin, to separate the offices of Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Wisconsin; and that the people have leave to elect the Governor, and that the Superintendent reside among the Indians. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Legislature of Louisiana. February 6, 1840. Read and referred, Nos. 4 and 11 to the Committee on the Public Lands, and No. 9 to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Alabama Legislature -- Creek depredations. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking Congress to compensate certain citizens of Alabama for depredations by the Creek Indians, February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Jeremiah Smith. Memorials of the Legislative Assembly of Iowa, in favor of paying Jeremiah Smith for buildings destroyed, &c. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Indians -- Stockbridge, Wiskonsin. Petition from the Stockbridge Nation of Indians in Wiskonsin, for remuneration for the expenses of their removal from New York; and that the title to their lands be guarantied to them by the United States. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Massachusetts -- frauds on the revenue. Petition of Parks, Wright, and Company, and others, in relation to frauds upon the revenue. January 13, 1840. Debate -- laid on the table under rule. February 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department -- from October 1, 1838, to September 30, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments made from the contingent funds of the Treasury Department for the year ending September 30, 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department, and the compensation allowed to each. February 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Imports and exports -- 1837 and 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of January, 1839, in relation to the imports and exports of the United States for the years 1837 and 1838. February 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Treasury Department --- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of contracts made by the Department for 1839, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury Department. Miscellaneous claims -- Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of miscellaneous claims paid at the Treasury, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Balances due by receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due by receivers of public money, which have remained due and unpaid more than three years. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Revenue cutters -- expenses of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the annual disbursements on account of each revenue cutter from 1830 to 1837, inclusive. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Consuls -- Barbary powers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amounts drawn from the Treasury in the year 1839, on account of expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Land -- Navy yard -- Charlestown, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in relation to certain lots situated within the limits of the Navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Purchase of island -- confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting proceedings, under joint resolution of Congress of the 13th of February last, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pay of officers of the exploring expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the allowance of additional pay to the officers of the exploring expedition. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Appropriations -- naval service, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the annual appropriations for the naval service for the year 1839, and the expenditures of the same. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department. Clerks -- General Post Office. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed, and the compensation of each, for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Survey -- Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., Navy yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of surveys of the harbors of Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., with a view to the establishment of a Navy yard, under act of Congress of 3d March, 1837. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Maryland upon the subject of a surrender, to the said state, of the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company belonging to the United States, &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Operations of the Mint of the United States, 1839. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report showing the operations of the Mint during the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mint at New Orleans -- branch. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of the branch mint at New Orleans for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Engineer Department -- public works. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplementary report of the Chief Engineer, in relation to certain public works under the superintendence of the Engineer Department. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Steam vessels -- Revenue Service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the employment of steam vessels in the Revenue-Cutter Service. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Biennial Register. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, explaining the causes which have prevented a compliance with the resolution of Congress, for the distribution of the Biennial Register. February 12, 1840. Referred to the select committee on the subject of the public printing. Boundary -- Iowa and Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information from the Governor of Iowa, in relation to the disputed boundary between that territory and the State of Missouri. February 12, 1840. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms, &c., manufactured therein, from the 1st January to the 30th September, 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Clerks -- State Department -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks employed in his Department during the year 1839, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Clarke and Force's Documentary History. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the contract with Clarke and Force for the publication of the Documentary History of the United States. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reorganization of the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the Indian Department, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of March last. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of moneys, appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the War Department. Land patents, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of February, 1839, in relation to the correcting, examining, signing, and issuing of patents, &c., &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Patent Office -- annual report of Commissioner. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting statements of the operations of the Patent Office for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Patents. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1839, and of the balances unexpended. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Militia of the United States -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, &c. &c., for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Indian Department -- persons employed in 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names, &c., of persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Clerks -- War Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1839, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure in the War Department. Printing of the House of Representatives. Memorial of practical printers of the City of Washington, praying to be employed as printers of the House of Representatives of the United States. February 12, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. State of the Treasury -- February 15, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, &c., &c. February 17, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial -- Indians -- Cherokee delegation. Memorial of the delegation of the Cherokee Nation. March 9, 1840. Presented by Mr. Corwin, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 12, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of tonnage duties on Spanish vessels in the ports of the United States. March 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sites for marine hospitals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a report of the Surgeon General of the Army, in relation to the selection of sites for marine hospitals, &c. &c. March 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Removals from office since 1789. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting lists of officers who derive their appointment from the President and Senate, who have been dismissed from office since the 3d of March, 1789; rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d March, 1839. March 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1839. March 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the boundary between the United States and the British Province of New Brunswick, called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant. March 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Wiskonsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wiskonsin, in relation to a military road from Fort Howard to Fort Snelling. March 16, 1840. Laid on the table. R.K. Call. Memorial of Richard K. Call. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Alabama Legislature -- reimburse expenses Indian wars. Preamble and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, claiming restitution for money advanced by that state on account of Indian hostilities within the same. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Robert Anderson -- plan to provide for old soldiers. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. National foundry -- inhabitants of Pennsylvania. Memorial of the inhabitants of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, favorable to the establishment of a national foundry in its anthracite region, and in the vicinity of Pottsville. March 16, 1840. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of a national foundry. Compensation -- clerks, marshals, and attorneys, U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 28, 1839, respecting the compensation of district attorneys, clerks, and marshals, during the year 1839. March 18, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims -- Florida War. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to claims growing out of the Florida War. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Joseph H. Walters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Topographical Engineer, upon the memorial of Joseph H. Walters. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Investments in state stocks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of moneys invested in the stocks of the several states, &c. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Horses lost in Creek and Seminole Wars. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th instant, respecting the progress which has been made in the settlement of claims for horses lost in the Creek and Seminole Wars. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th ult., in relation to troops employed to guard the payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. City post office -- removal of. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the removal of the Washington City Post Office. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Allowances to contractors, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of allowances made to contractors within the year preceding the 1st July, 1839, &c., &c. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Comptroller, of the official emoluments and expenditures, for the year 1839, of the officers of the Customs, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Iowa militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February last, respecting the militia of Iowa, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Spanish claims -- St. Augustine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver at St. Augustine, East Florida, upon certain Spanish claims. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Balances on books of the revenue. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances standing on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by the collectors of the Customs and others, and which have been due more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1839. February 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands of the United States in Tennessee. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 10th of February, instant, touching the situation, quantity, quality, and probable value, of the lands of the United States lying within the limits of the State of Tennessee. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Trade with China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 7th instant, calling for information respecting the condition of the citizens of the United States doing business in China, the state of the American trade with that country, &c., &c. February 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Land sold and unsold in each state since 1830. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, calling for statements of the quantity of public lands which have been sold, and remaining unsold since 1830, which have been in market for periods of 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years. February 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Military Academy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 26.) Estimates of the Engineer Department for 1840. February 29, 1840. Laid before the House by Mr. Vanderpoel, from the Committee of Ways and Means. Foundation for statue of Washington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) March 5, 1840. Smithsonian legacy. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. December 14, 1838. Referred to the select committee, appointed on the 10th December, instant, on the messages of the President of the United States on the same subject. January 10, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. March 5, 1840. Ordered to be reprinted.	88
Serial set 366	Africans taken in the Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the Africans taken in the vessel called the Amistad, &c. April 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, against the distribution of the proceeds of sales of the public lands. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Harbor of Racine, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and survey of the harbor of Racine, in the Territory of Wiskonsin, &c., &c. March 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. British naval armament on the lakes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, relative to the present British naval armament on the lakes, &c. &c. April 2, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Convention -- United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a copy of a Convention for the Adjustment of Claims of Citizens of the United States of America upon the Mexican Government. April 16, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pensions relinquished -- to restore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 191.) April 4, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Tobacco statistics, taken from official documents and such other data as can be most relied on, submitted to the serious consideration of the tobacco planters of the United States. April 27, 1840. Printed by order of the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of contracts and agreements entered into by the Board of Navy Commissioners during the year 1839. May 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy, &c. Payments from Privateer Pension Fund, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of payments made from the Privateer Pension Fund from June, 1812, to July, 1837. May 1, 1840. Referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, in relation to the protection and improvement of Little Egg Harbor. April 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Clerks -- Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, respecting the continuance for a longer term the employment of certain clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. April 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Tobacco trade. Memorial of the Committee of Tobacco-planters. May 11, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Piracy and murder. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of March, in relation to the surrender to the government of the United States of persons charged with piracy and murder on board the United States schooner Plattsburg, in the year 1817; and a demand by the British Government of the surrender of a mutineer in the British armed ship Lee, In 1819. May 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Dry dock at Pensacola, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of a dry dock at Pensacola, or some other place in the Gulf of Mexico. May 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Lieutenant F.L. Dancy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the documents in relation to charges preferred against Lieutenant F.L. Dancy, &c. May 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Georgia claim -- military. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of the State of Georgia for services of the militia and volunteers of said state during the years 1835 and 1836, &c., &c. May 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Mail between New York and Boston. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, respecting irregularities in the mail between New York and Boston. May 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval station south of Chesapeake Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 6th ultimo, in relation to the establishment of a naval station south of the Chesapeake Bay, &c., &c. May 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Wyandot Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of March last, respecting the progress which has been made in effecting a treaty with the Wyandot Indians, for the purchase of their lands in Crawford County, &c., &c. May 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mail -- New York to New Orleans -- irregularities. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 9th instant, respecting the failure and irregularities of the mail from New York to New Orleans, &c., &c. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Massachusetts militia claim. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the correspondence between the delegation from the State of Massachusetts and the War Department, upon the subject of the claim of the said state for militia services during the last war with Great Britain. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Defense of western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, relative to the plan proposed for the defense of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Appropriation for fortifications -- explanations of estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) Documents relating to appropriations for fortifications. April 4, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Pay guard to emigrating Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 314.) January 8, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. April 4, 1840. Reprinted. Light-houses; Flynn's Knoll; Robbins Reef -- beacon; Romer Shoal -- and Gedney's Channel. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the 9th ultimo, in relation to light-houses, beacon, and Gedney's Channel. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, in relation to the value of certain gold and silver coins, specified in the acts of Congress of April 10, 1806, and June 28, 1834. April 7, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Maine and New Brunswick. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, in relation to the arrangement entered into between the Governor of Maine and the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, in the month of March last, &c., &c. April 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. China trade. -- Merchants of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts. Communication from Thomas H. Perkins, and a great number of other merchants, of Boston and Salem, Mass., interested in the China trade, containing a statement of intelligence recently received from undoubted sources in China, which has not before been made publicly known. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reorganization of the militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Militia, explanatory of the plan for reorganizing the militia of the United States, heretofore submitted to the House, &c. April 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursing agents -- Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, goods, &c., for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending September 30, 1839, together with the names of sub-agents, &c. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Indians on northwest frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information of the assemblage of Indians on the northwestern frontier, &c. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, respecting the Navy Pension Fund, &c. April 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Maine -- northeastern boundary. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the northeastern boundary. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Protective tariff. Memorial of inhabitants of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a protective tariff. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Massachusetts Legislature -- claim of the state. April 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury building and Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, in relation to expenditures and estimates for the Treasury building and Patent Office. April 14, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Receipts -- treaty of indemnity with France, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the amount received under the treaty of indemnity with France, and the dividends payable on each, &c. April 14, 1840. Ordered to lie upon the table. Horses lost -- Tennessee Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ult., in relation to horses lost by the Tennessee Volunteers in the Florida war, &c. April 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Vessels engaged in the fisheries seized by the British. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to vessels of the United States engaged in the fisheries, seized by the British authorities during the year last past. April 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, respecting the interference of any officer or agent of the Government with the Cherokee Indians in the formation of a government for the regulation of their own internal affairs, &c. April 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Inland trade with Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, calling for information concerning the inland trade with Mexico. April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Northern frontier, U.S. -- defence. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan of defence for the northern and northeastern frontiers of the United States. April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Indiana -- canal around falls of Ohio -- Indiana shore. Memorial of a committee of citizens of Jeffersonville, relating to the construction of a canal round the falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana shore. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Admiral Baudin and Commodore Shubrick. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the correspondence between Admiral Baudin and Commodore Shubrick. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Post -- frontier of Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, respecting the non-establishment of a military post on or near the western boundary of the State of Louisiana. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of reorganization of the militia of the United States. March 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Estimates of appropriations, civil and diplomatic, for 1840 -- explanations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) March 23, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Patents for land in St. Helena District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 24th ultimo, requiring of him information why no patents have been issued to claimants to, or purchasers of land in the St. Helena or Greensburg land district, in the State of Louisiana. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Post Office building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Board of Commissioners on the Public Buildings. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Mail -- Wheeling, Virginia, and Bridgeport, Ohio. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report showing the causes of the detention of the mail, and its irregularity, between Wheeling, in Virginia, and Bridgeport, in the State of Ohio. March 28, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat owners -- New York and Long Island Sound. Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steamvessels, on the impolicy and injustice of certain enactments contained in the law relating to steamboats, and asking to be restored to the rights and privileges which belong to other citizens engaged in navigation. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Maine, Legislature of -- arms for militia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to an appropriation for the purchase of "repeating arms manufactured by Mighill Nutting of Portland, Maine, after they shall have been approved by the War Department." March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Independent Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to the collection, safekeeping and disbursement, of the public revenue. March 30, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of the Common Council and citizens of Troy, in the State of New York, asking the establishment of a national foundry in the vicinity of that city. March 30, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of a national foundry. Indians -- Cherokee Nation, West. Memorial of the delegates and representatives of the Cherokee Nation, West. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.	55
Serial set 367	Condition of the state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the state banks, so far as information thereof has been received at the Department. April 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Serial set 368	Memorial of the Society of Friends, upon the subject of the foreign slavetrade. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Wiskonsin. Petition for a repeal of so much of the act of Congress of April 18, 1818, as conflicts with the ordinance of 1787. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Florida -- pre-emption. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of settlers upon the public lands, who have been deprived of pre-emption by decisions of the courts in favor of original grants to large claimants, &c. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Wiskonsin -- southern boundary. Proceedings of a public meeting at Galena, in relation to the southern boundary of Wiskonsin Territory. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Fortification -- Penobscot Bay. Resolutions of citizens of Prospect, Maine, in favor of fortifying Penobscot Bay. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Bankrupt law. Memorial of citizens of Florida, in favor of a bankrupt law. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Florida -- annex Escambia County to Alabama. Petition of citizens of Escambia County, in Florida, to be annexed to Alabama. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. State of Maine -- French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the French spoliations prior to September, 1800. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Wiskonsin. Petition of citizens of Milwaukie, for a reduction of the price of the Milwaukie canal lands to $1.25 the acre. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the contracts for carrying the mail for the year ending on the 30th of June, 1839; also, an abstract of the offers for carrying the mail with the said year. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Wiskonsin. Petition for a repeal of so much of the act of Congress of April 18, 1818, as conflicts with the Ordinance of 1787. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Presents from Muscat. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of certain presents from his highness Seyhd Seyhd, Imaum of Muscat, &c., &c. May 26, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Indians -- Cherokees. May 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. National defence and national foundries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the 9th ultimo, a system of national defence and the establishment of national foundries. May 15, 1840. So much as relates to national foundries, referred to a select committee on the subject; and the residue to the Committee on Military Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature. Resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the duty on salt, and the bounty to fishing vessels. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Massachusetts Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to steamboats. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Payments for negotiating Indian treaties since 1829. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of amounts paid to persons concerned in negotiating Indian treaties since 1829, &c. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Railroad -- Boston to the Mississippi. Memorial of Amasa Walker and 445 others, citizens of Boston and its vicinity, in favor of granting land in aid of the continuous line of railroads from Boston to the Mississippi River. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Canals -- Falls of Niagara. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, consenting to the construction of a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara by the general government. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the passage of a law on the subject of bankruptcies. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. National domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the national domain. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. School lands -- Louisiana. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the sixteen sections of school lands. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Louisiana Legislature -- mail route, Vidalia to Natchitoches. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to a mail route from Vidalia to Natchitoches. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Indiana. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, concerning the northeastern boundary. May 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Public domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. May 20, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Firearms. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the causes which have delayed an answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th of February, 1839, respecting the prices at which muskets, rifles, and pistols, might be procured at private armories, &c., &c. May 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco-trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State upon the subject of the tobacco-trade between the United States and foreign countries. April 16, 1840. Referred to the select committee, appointed on the 6th of February last, upon the subject. May 29, 1840. Printed by order of the committee, under resolution of the House of 25th April ultimo. Virginia -- inhabitants of Richmond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 443.) Memorial of the citizens of Richmond, asking for an appropriation for the erection of a custom-house in said city. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. June 2, 1840. Bill reported. Harbors on Lake Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) June 2, 1840. Reported from the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Building for War Department. June 3, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Petrikin, and ordered to lie upon the table, and be printed. Ohio -- currency, &c. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in relation to the currency, &c. June 3, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mineral lands of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 6th of February last, concerning the mineral lands of the United States. June 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Bounty to fishing vessels. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the repeal of the act giving a bounty to vessels engaged in the fisheries. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Virginia Institution -- deaf and dumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 281.) Petition of the President and visitors of the Virginia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and of the Blind. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. April 4, 1840. Bill reported	34
Serial set 369	Payments of Revolutionary claims since 1794. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th May last, respecting payments made on account of Revolutionary claims since the year 1794. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy pensioners. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of an appropriation to pay navy pensioners. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Lieutenant George M. Hooe. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the record of proceedings of the naval court martial, for the trial of Lieutenant George M. Hooe. June 24, 1840. Read. June 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Military preparation -- Northeastern frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 6th of April last, respecting the military preparation of Great Britain on the northern and northeastern frontier of the United States, &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Naval force on the lakes. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of March last, respecting the arrangement entered into with the government of Great Britain upon the subject of the naval force to be maintained upon the American lakes, &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. China trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of February last, respecting the commerce and navigation between the United States and China, from 1821 to 1839. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Chronometers, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report on the subject of chronometers, &c., &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Workmen on the public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, relative to the workmen employed on the Treasury and Patent Buildings, &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending 30th September, 1839. July 1, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. French spoliations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of spoliations on the commerce of the United States prior to the year 1800. July 3, 1840. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Tobacco Planters -- Kentucky. July 6, 1840. Read, and referred to the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Passengers from foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1839. July 7, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Seamen of the United States versus Consul Trist. Memorial of G.F. Russell, and others, against the conduct of N.P. Trist, American Consul at Havana. July 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. N.P. Trist. Letter from N.P. Trist, Consul of the United States at the Port of Havana, to the Honorable John Quincy Adams. July 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Land within the Chickasaw Cession. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to lands sold which lie within the Chickasaw cession, &c. June 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Payment of arrears of military pensions. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to the payment of arrears of military pensions granted since the 4th of March last, &c. June 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on the revenue. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, against the passage of the "Act To Ensure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports." July 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Frauds on the revenue. Memorial of the Board of Trade of New York, against the passage of the act entitled "An Act to Ensure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports." July 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Deficit in the revenue. July 15, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Standard weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the works of standard weights and measures. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands in Illinois to soldiers of late war. Letter from the Commissioner of General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of April last, respecting patents for lands in the military bounty land district in the State of Illinois, issued to soldiers of the late war, &c. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Money for paying members of Congress. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of drawing the moneys from the Treasury for the purpose of paying the members of Congress, &c. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriations -- Navy, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, of transfers made during the present year of appropriations for the naval service to other appropriations for the same service, &c., &c. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report 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 21, 1840. Postmaster -- Baton Rouge. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to the indebtedness of the postmaster of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. June 11, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table.	25
Serial set 370	John Lybrook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Richard Apperson. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Erastus Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 176.) March 5, 1840. Francis Pellecier -- administrator of. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) March 5, 1840. Daniel B. Baker. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Benjamin F. Wesley. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Valentine Cowgill. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Wickham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) February 29, 1840. Mary Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) March 4, 1840. John Gassaway. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Stephen Olney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) March 5, 1840. Jacob Becker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) March 5, 1840. James Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) March 5, 1840. Alexander H. Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) March 5, 1840. Boggs & Thompson, Robert & Thomas Hutchinson, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) February 29, 1840. Jacob Higle. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Widow and heirs of Septa Fillmore. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 66.) March 3, 1840. Jacob Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Jacob Cohen. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Langbourne's heirs. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 225.) March 5, 1840. John M. Baker. March 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John B. Lasala. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) April 4, 1840. Rules and orders of the House. Report of the Committee on the Rules and Orders of the House. January 7, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, the 9th of January instant, at half past one o'clock. Boundary of Missouri and Iowa. (To accompany H.R. Bill No. 11.) February 4, 1840. Louisville and Portland Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 13.) February 10, 1840. Reprinted, by order of the House of Representatives. Penitentiary -- Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 251.) March 16, 1840. (To be annexed to Rep. No. 24.) William Bailey and Elizabeth Swetland [i.e., Sweetland], widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) March 21, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mary Lashels. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Lewis Howard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Charles Ewing. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Smithsonian bequest. (To accompany amendatory Bill H.R. No. 1.) John Trowbridge. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Hibbert. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Anna Swinerton. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John McWilliams. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Brown. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. David Bartlett. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. John Cammack. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. George Gale. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joel Byington. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. John Kelley. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Simpson. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Lewis Bissell. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Doctor Wheeler Randall. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Archibald McCullum. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. J. and N. Hamlin. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Crown. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Doctor Thomas Coit. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. O.H. Dibble. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Isaac Ruland. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. John McIntire and others. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Holden. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Preston Frazier. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. William Hunter. February 29, 1840. Laid upon the table. John R. Allen. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Richard J. Jones. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Elisha Button. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. James McCutchen. February 29, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Thomas Harrison. February 29, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Bates and Lacon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 20.) February 29, 1840. Andrew Low, assignee of Low, Taylor & Co., of Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 22.) February 29, 1840. Benjamin Adams & Company, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 23.) February 29, 1840. Zachariah Jellison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 25.) February 29, 1840. Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 27.) February 29, 1840. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) February 29, 1840. Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 29.) February 29, 1840. Richard Booker and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. 31.) February 29, 1840. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) February 29, 1840. D. and J. Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) February 29, 1840. Thos. W. Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) February 29, 1840. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 35.) February 29, 1840. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 36.) February 29, 1840. Gamaliel E. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 37.) February 29, 1840. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 38.) February 29, 1840. Nathaniel Goddard et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) February 29, 1840. Cornelius Tiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) February 29, 1840. John Underwood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 41.) February 29, 1840. Josias Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 42.) February 29, 1840. William Bailey and Elizabeth Sweetland, late widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) February 29, 1840. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) February 29, 1840. Phelps and Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 45.) February 29, 1840. John T. Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) February 29, 1840. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) February 29, 1840. Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 48.) February 29, 1840. Meigs D. Benjamin & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) February 29, 1840. John M. Jacqueline [i.e, Jacquelin]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) February 29, 1840. Smith and Farnsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) February 29, 1840. William Nicholas. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. William Bryden. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Doctor James Reynolds. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Simon Green. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. R. Hathaway and M. Hubbell, executrix of W. and J. Flinn. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. David Beard's assignees. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Peter Mills. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Lyman King. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Stephen Arnan. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Raymond A. Henderson. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Ebenezer Lobdell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) February 29, 1840. Isaac Champlin and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) March 3, 1840. Robert Milnor and John Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) March 3, 1840. Robert Milnor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) March 3, 1840. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) March 3, 1840. George Dyer, Jr., owner schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 60.) March 3, 1840. John L. Bowman et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 61.) March 3, 1840. Gilbert A. Smith and Nathan Stark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) March 3, 1840. James Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 64.) March 3, 1840. James Brewer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) March 3, 1840. School land for St. Clair County, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) March 3, 1840. Harrison R. Blanchard. March 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Williams -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) March 4, 1840. Representatives of John Grimble [i.e, Grimball]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 75.) March 4, 1840. Land -- Indiana canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 79.) March 4, 1840. John Cole. March 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) March 5, 1840. Benjamin Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) March 5, 1840. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) March 5, 1840. Wealthy Barker, widow of Isaac Barker, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) March 5, 1840. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) March 5, 1840. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) March 5, 1840. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 145.) March 5, 1840. Nathan Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) March 5, 1840. Sarah Oakley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) March 5, 1840. Ichabod Beardsley [i.e., Beardsly]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of John Lindsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) March 5, 1840. Thruston Cornell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) March 5, 1840. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) March 5, 1840. Daniel W. Sleeth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) March 5, 1840. James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 156.) March 5, 1840. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) March 5, 1840. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) March 5, 1840. James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) March 5, 1840. Thomas Bennett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) March 5, 1840. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) March 5, 1840. Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) March 5, 1840. Henry Bush. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) March 5, 1840. Israel Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) March 5, 1840. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) March 5, 1840. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) March 5, 1840. William York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) March 5, 1840. Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) March 5, 1840. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) March 5, 1840. Helen Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) March 5, 1840. William Andrews. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) March 5, 1840. Christian Brougher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) March 5, 1840. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 175.) March 5, 1840. Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) March 5, 1840. Benjamin Fry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) March 5, 1840. Sarah H.B. Stith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) March 5, 1840. Saunders and Porter, sureties of William Estis [i.e., Estes]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) March 5, 1840. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 85.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 86.) March 5, 1840. Tennessee school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) March 5, 1840. Dade Institute. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) March 5, 1840. Oliver Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) March 5, 1840. Augustin Lacoste. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 91.) March 5, 1840. Pierre Molaison, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Don Carlos de Villemont [i.e., Vilemont]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.) March 5, 1840. Chilton Allan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) March 5, 1840. Settlers -- salt-lick reservation -- Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) March 5, 1840. William Marbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) March 5, 1840. Hyacinth Lassel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 97.) March 5, 1840. Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) March 5, 1840. Children of Stephen Johnston, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) March 5, 1840. Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 107.) March 5, 1840. Sureties of Melancton W. Bostwick, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 109.) March 5, 1840. Refund duties on French ship Alexandre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 110.) March 5, 1840. John H. Genther. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth Davidson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 119.) March 5, 1840. Jabez Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) March 5, 1840. Phebe Dickman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) March 5, 1840. James Phelps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) March 5, 1840. William Lomax. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) March 5, 1840. William B. Winston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 125.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) March 5, 1840. Thompson Hutchinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) March 5, 1840. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) March 5, 1840. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) March 5, 1840. James Deatly [i.e., Deatley]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) March 5, 1840. Hugh Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) March 5, 1840. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) March 5, 1840. Amend acts allowing pensions to widows. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) March 5, 1840. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) March 5, 1840. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) March 5, 1840. Joseph Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) March 5, 1840. George Morris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) March 5, 1840. David Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) March 5, 1840. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) March 5, 1840. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 227.) March 5, 1840. William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 228.) March 5, 1840. Benjamin McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 229.) March 5, 1840. David A. Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 230.) March 5, 1840. Lieutenant John Allison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) March 5, 1840. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.) March 5, 1840. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 233.) March 5, 1840. Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 234.) March 5, 1840. Seneca Rider. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 235.) March 5, 1840. Peter W. Short. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) March 5, 1840. Jehoshaphat [i.e., Jehosaphat] Briggs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) March 5, 1840. Jesse Cunningham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 238.) March 5, 1840. Simeon [i.e., Simon] Knight. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) March 5, 1840. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) March 5, 1840. John Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) March 5, 1840. Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 242.) March 5, 1840. William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 243.) March 5, 1840. Land to soldiers -- Old Fourth Regiment. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 245.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Leighton Yancey. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Captain Abraham Livingston -- heirs of. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Captain Clough Shelton. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. James Coyle, heir of Patrick Coyle. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Captain Garland Bumley. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Capt. Daniel McNeil [i.e., Neil], deceased. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel Kincaide [i.e., Kincaid]. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George R.T. Hewes. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses Holden. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Noah Conner. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel B. Perkins. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Lightfoot. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Abraham N. Brevoort. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Michael Seitsinger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) March 5, 1840. Asenath Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) March 5, 1840. Peter A. Myers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) March 5, 1840. John Piper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) March 5, 1840. Job Wood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) March 5, 1840. Captain James Hunter -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) March 5, 1840. John Keeler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) March 5, 1840. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) March 5, 1840. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) March 5, 1840. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) March 5, 1840. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) March 5, 1840. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) March 5, 1840. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) March 5, 1840. Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) March 5, 1840. Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) March 5, 1840. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) March 5, 1840. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) March 5, 1840. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) March 5, 1840. William Hughes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) March 5, 1840. James Cummings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) March 5, 1840. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) March 5, 1840. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) March 5, 1840. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) March 5, 1840. Levi Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 204.) March 5, 1840. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 205.) March 5, 1840. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 206.) March 5, 1840. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) March 5, 1840. Robert Frazier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 208.) March 5, 1840. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 209.) March 5, 1840. Medad Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) March 5, 1840. Lyman Bristol. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) March 5, 1840. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 212.) March 5, 1840. Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) March 5, 1840. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) March 5, 1840. James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 215.) March 5, 1840. William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) March 5, 1840. Robert Whittel [i.e., Whittet]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 217.) March 5, 1840. Joseph W. Knipe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) March 5, 1840. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) March 5, 1840. Lyman N. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 220.) March 5, 1840. William Butterfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) March 5, 1840. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 222.) March 5, 1840. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 223.) March 5, 1840. Hannah Hazzard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Richard Hall. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John W. Wyckoff. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lucina Kingsley, late widow of Captain N. Elton. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Charles Larrabee. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah Haring, widow of Captain Samuel Haring. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Laban Williams. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Jeremiah A. Winney. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel D. Braynard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John Patton. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John Dean. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Daniel Morse, Jr. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. James Schoonover. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Walker. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph Farrar. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Moses Smith. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Captain Darius Hawkins. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John H. Newland. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William King. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Morain. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Public printing. March 26, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, the 2d of April next. Resolved, that the reports of the majority and minority of the Select Committee on Public Printing, together with the testimony taken before said Committee, and the journal of their proceedings, be printed for the use of the House. Benjamin Hinckley. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Perham. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Louis Barney. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Palmer Branch. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. James Cox. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George W. Howard -- widow of. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Ball. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John McKenna. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George McFadden. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Ambler. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) February 29, 1840. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) March 5, 1840	299
Serial set 371	Samuel M. Burnett. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. General Duncan L. Clinch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 265.) April 4, 1840. Jacob Haas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) April 4, 1840. George Mayfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 339.) April 4, 1840. Villinave Leblanc [i.e., Villeneuve Le Blanc]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) April 24, 1840. Joseph W. Ross. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. William C. Fargo. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Separating government printing from the public press. April 14, 1840. Report of the majority. Widow and heirs of John Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 308.) April 4, 1840. William Jennings, executor of John S. Westwood. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Church of St. Philip, in Charleston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 269.) April 4, 1840. Effie Van Ness, widow of Garret Van Ness. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 386.) April 25, 1840. Jane Vreeland and others -- for pensions. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel Butler. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. William Baker. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Charles Sumption. April 4, 1840. Laid upon the table. Asahel Kingsley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) April 25, 1840. Matthew Irwin Keith. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. James W. Anderson. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Britton Evans. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph P. and George W. Johnson. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Canal -- Lake Michigan to Rock River. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 344.) April 24, 1840. Additional land office in Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) April 24, 1840. Burlington and Des Moines Transportation Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 356.) April 24, 1840. Virginia Revolutionary claims -- bounty land and commutation pay. April 24, 1840. Ordered to be laid on the table, and that 2,000 extra copies be printed. Charles W. Cutter. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Postmaster -- Jacksontown. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Israel Pearce -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358.) April 24, 1840. William McMillan. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Nelson -- heir of. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Col. Burgess Ball. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Forest. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George M. Bedinger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 378.) April 25, 1840. Betsey Ingalls. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) April 25, 1840. John Keith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 380.) April 25, 1840. Frances Green, widow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) April 25, 1840. Mary Campbell, widow of John. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 382.) April 25, 1840. Joel Leftwich. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Brownfield. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Gresham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) April 25, 1840. Cotton Evans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) April 25, 1840. Eleanor Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 376.) April 25, 1840. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) April 25, 1840. Mary Wolf [i.e., Wolfe]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) April 25, 1840. Pensions to officers, &c. -- Indian wars, 1783 to 1795. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) April 25, 1840. Seth Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) April 25, 1840. George Armstrong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) April 25, 1840. Captain M.P. Mix -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) April 25, 1840. Jesse H. Willis. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Morgan. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Yarnall [i.e., Yarnell] et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) April 30, 1840. Michael Farrel. April 30, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles S. Mathews [i.e., Matthews] , Charles Wood, and James Hall. April 30, 1840. Read, and referred to the Solicitor of the Treasury. Thomas W. Chinn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 395.) April 30, 1840. Joseph Henry Brearley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) April 30, 1840. Boyd Reilly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 398.) April 30, 1840. Charles G. Ridgely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 399.) April 30, 1840. Mary Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 401.) April 30, 1840. Nancy Terry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) April 30, 1840. Amos Wade. April 30, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Johnson. April 30, 1840. W.H. Robertson, S.H. Garrow, and J.W. Simonton. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1.) April 30, 1840. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Major John Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 359.) April 24, 1840. Stephen Merritt. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. R.P. Waller, executor of Thomas Griffin. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Thomas Stratton. April 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George W. Paschall [i.e., Paschal]. (To accompany Bill S. No. 192.) April 24, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Presly Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) April 24, 1840. Sarah Chase. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac McHenry. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Rice. April 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Dr. R.R.G. Lee. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mrs. Frances L. Piatt. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Abram D.W. Bodley. April 25, 1840. Messrs. Garland and Bynum. April 25, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. April 27, 1840. Consideration thereof postponed until to-morrow. Arms for inhabitants of Iowa. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Nancy Moorefield and others. April 25, 1840. Ann [i.e, Anne] Royall. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Lorenzo N. Clarke. April 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Trask. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) April 25, 1840. Robert Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) April 25, 1840. James Shields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 363.) April 25, 1840. John H. Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) April 25, 1840. Charles Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) April 25, 1840. Nancy Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) April 25, 1840. Mary McCurdy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 371.) April 25, 1840. Job Hawkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 372.) April 25, 1840. New Jersey election. March 11, 1840. John Barnes, executors of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 263.) April 4, 1840. Sureties of H.H.B. Hays. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 264.) April 4, 1840. General John Cocke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 266.) April 4, 1840. Springfield Manufacturing Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 267.) April 4, 1840. Stephen Beard, Betty H. Beard, & James W. Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) April 4, 1840. Isaac and T.S. Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 270.) April 4, 1840. James Smallwood. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Morgan. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John I. Smith. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Nancy Kenney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 309.) April 4, 1840. Samuel Norris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 310.) April 4, 1840. Brigadier General John E. Wool. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 312.) April 4, 1840. Commodore Isaac Hull. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) April 4, 1840. Owner and legal representatives of the crew of the schooner Industry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 279.) April 4, 1840. Military land warrants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 280.) April 4, 1840. James Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 283.) April 4, 1840. Michael Glass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 284.) April 4, 1840. Trustees of Dublin Township, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 285.) April 4, 1840. School lands in the Indian reservations in the State of Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 286.) April 4, 1840. Internal improvement companies in Alabama and Mississippi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 287.) April 4, 1840. Isaac Morrow -- settlers on sixteenth sections. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 288.) April 4, 1840. Peters, Moore, & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 289.) April 4, 1840. Walker, Caruthers, & Co. -- Rhodes & Austill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 290.) April 4, 1840. Gorham A. Worth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) April 4, 1840. David Allspach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 294.) April 4, 1840. William J. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 295.) April 4, 1840. John Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 296.) April 4, 1840. Representatives of Thomas Jett, Wm. T. Smith, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 302.) April 4, 1840. Heirs of General Thomas Sumter [i.e., Sumpter]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 303.) April 4, 1840. James Shinalt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 304.) April 4, 1840. George Boone Steele. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 306.) April 4, 1840. John G. Munn and others. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Representatives of Nathan Lamme. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Doctor John Roberts -- heirs of. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Jonathan Snowden. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Adam Flesher. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. James P. Carlton. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Christian Schroyer. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. William R. Jenkins. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Peter Gennell. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Robert C. Stickney. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John Housewright. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Joel Beaman. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Andrew Craig. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Susan Merrill. April 4, 1840. Laid upon the table. James Gee. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Elizabeth Gavitt. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Hopestill Bigelow. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Jedediah Skinner. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Sutherland Mayfield. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. George Cassady. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Jenny Newbit. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John Parnell. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. William Fabre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 316.) April 4, 1840. Alexander Hammett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 318.) April 4, 1840. French spoliations prior to 1800. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) April 4, 1840. Construct public buildings in Florida -- use of courts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) April 4, 1840. Sarah Moore. (To accompany H.R. No. 325.) April 4, 1840. Mary Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 326.) April 4, 1840. Elnathan Sears, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) April 4, 1840. Samuel Hutchinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) April 4, 1840. Horace B. Abbey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 329.) April 4, 1840. Isaac Plumer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) April 4, 1840. Betsey H. Hartwell and Zapharine D. Snow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 331.) April 4, 1840. George Barkley and John Weaver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 332.) April 4, 1840. Lois Fisher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 333.) April 4, 1840. Amaziah Goodwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) April 4, 1840. William Kerns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) April 4, 1840. Wm. S. Merril. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 336.) April 4, 1840. Maria C. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 337.) April 4, 1840. Dennis Dygert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 340.) April 4, 1840. Jacob Baugh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 341.) April 4, 1840. Loomis & Gay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 18.) April 4, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Benjamin Murphy. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 23.) April 4, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Susanna [i.e., Susannah] Honeyman -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill S. No. 52.) April 4, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John Balch, Jr. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Harriet Beard. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Elizabeth S.W. Bacot, et al. April 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Austin Brockenborough. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Andrew Bartle. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. William Rice. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Cyrus C. Scott. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. E.P. Miller. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Peter C. Fox. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Allen Gentry. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John H. Hickman. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John H. Robinson. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Elisha Mooreland and others. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. James Scott. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Edward D. Oliver. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Charles Newkirk. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Abigail Dumas. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. James Taylor. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Sally Stanley and others -- for pensions. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Removal of the Red River raft. April 18, 1840. Read, and with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Inhabitants of the Village of Cahokia. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Irwinton Academy, Alabama. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Mayor and aldermen of the City of Wetumpka, Alabama. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Josiah Sturgis [i.e., Sturges]. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph Janes. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John H. Russell. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. John Patterson. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Levi Eldridge. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 262.) February 8, 1840. S. & F. Dow & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 271.) April 4, 1840. Harvey & Stagg [i.e., Slagg]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 272.) April 4, 1840. Owners and crew of the schooner Martha. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) April 4, 1840. John McColgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.) April 4, 1840. Josiah Holmes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) April 4, 1840. Nathan Smith, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 277.) April 4, 1840. Owner and crew of the schooner "Success." (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) April 4, 1840. William Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) April 4, 1840. Convention with Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 403.) April 30, 1840. Joseph Hall. April 4, 1840. Laid on the table. James Wright, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) April 25, 1840. John W. Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) April 25, 1840. John Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) April 25, 1840. Henry Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 305.) April 4, 1840 Exchange school lands granted to half-breed Sac and Fox Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) April 4, 1840.	207
Serial set 372	Nathan Coats. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Elizabeth Champney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) May 25, 1840. Lysander Spooner vs. Hon. John McLean. June 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia -- minority. June 6, 1840. Ordered to lie on the table, and 5,000 extra copies to be printed. Mileage of Members of Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) June 6, 1840. Colonel William Piatt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 430.) May 25, 1840. Robert Marshall. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Militia. June 6, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Abraham Dudley and Rebecca, his wife. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) May 25, 1840. Iowa militia claim. May 25, 1840. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Alexander McDonald. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Fielding. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Ira Fancher. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Moran. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Ephraim Beasley. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Chester Griswold. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Polly Churchill. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Settlement of the claim of Maine for militia services. (To accompany Bill S. No. 325.) May 25, 1840. Ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives. Volunteer militia. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Pray. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph Pulcifer. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Moses Archer. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Stephen Richardson. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Testimony in the New Jersey contested election. May 26, 1840. Printed under the order of the House of Representatives of the 12th of May instant. Post-roads in the United States, &c. May 26, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Monday next. Repeal law relating to pilots. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) May 30, 1840. Received; bill read first time, and motion to recommit report and bill to Committee on Commerce. June 2, 1840. Consideration postponed till to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. To establish ports of entry in Arkansas and Missouri, and to allow debenture, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 441.) May 12, 1840. Conrad House. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 404.) May 16, 1840. Samuel Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432.) May 25, 1840. Allen Rogers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 433.) May 25, 1840. Harriet Barney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) May 25, 1840. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) May 25, 1840. Edward Putnam. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 436.) May 25, 1840. Thomas Bingey and Ignatius Lucas. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. David Deardurff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 407.) May 25, 1840. Cadwallader Wallace. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) May 25, 1840. Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) May 25, 1840. Lot Hall, widow, &c., of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 412.) May 25, 1840. Thomas Park. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 413.) May 25, 1840. Representatives of Francis Eppes, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) May 25, 1840. Samuel Moore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 415.) May 25, 1840. Joseph Paxton. (To accompany Bill S. No. 134.) May 25, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Adam D. Stuart. (To accompany Bill S. No. 230.) May 25, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. N.G. Hamilton. (To accompany Bill S. No. 296.) May 25, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Expenses of Virginia in the Illinois expedition in 1778, '79. -- Pierre Menard, Antoine Peltier, and Joseph Placy. (To accompany Bill S. No. 39.) May 25, 1840. Heirs of Colonel John H. Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) May 25, 1840. John Jorden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) May 25, 1840. Isaac Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) May 25, 1840. Joseph Nimblett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) May 25, 1840. Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 421.) May 26, 1840. Daniel Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) May 25, 1840. Burnett Burdsall. (To accompany Bill H.R. 423.) May 25, 1840. Sarah Hildreth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) May 25, 1840. James C. Hallock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) May 25, 1840. Henry Wells. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 426.) May 25, 1840. Amos Bull. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. John Kurtz, and others. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Enos Soper. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel L. Sayles. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Charles L. Little. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Isaac Sasser. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. James S. Blount. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Tatum. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. David Freelove. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 437.) May 25, 1840. John E. Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 439.) May 25, 1840. Zebulon Wade. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Dickerson. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Finley. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Baker. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Prock. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Marine hospital at Mobile. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 445.) June 2, 1840. Exchange of books. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447, and Joint Resolution No. 14.) June 6, 1840. John McLaughlin. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Adverse report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions on eighteen cases. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Headerick. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Masters. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. James Campbell. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Uriah Warren. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Widow of C. Leming. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Ball. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Commander William Boerum. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table.	81
Serial set 373	Charles Holmes. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Captain John Stokes. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Adam Hall. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander H. Saunders. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of Lathrop Allen. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Gregory Smith. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Madison Collins. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. John McCollam -- heirs of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John P. Baldwin. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Spartan Allen. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Hugh Riddle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) June 23, 1840. Cochran's bomb-cannon. April 25, 1840. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Railroad -- New Albany to Mount Carmel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) June 17, 1840. Elisha Moreland and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 450.) June 19, 1840. Henry Newingham -- for bounty land. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) June 19, 1840. Reefers of Florida, Housman and Bethell -- Montgomery Railroad Company -- David R. Mitchell -- Legislature of Florida, land for seats of justice. June 19, 1840. Laid on the table. Ground in New Orleans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) June 23, 1840. John H. Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) June 23, 1840. Captain Hawkins Boon -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) June 23, 1840. George Mayfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) June 23, 1840. Heirs of John Brown, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. 456.) June 23, 1840. Joseph Erwin's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) June 23, 1840. Louis Durett's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) June 23, 1840. Joseph Ramsey, et al. June 23, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Richard Mack. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Harvey Whiting. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Asa Clark. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Theodore Middleton. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Harriet de la Palm Baker, heir of Frederick H. Weissenfels. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Francis Malone. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Roger Staynor [i.e., Stayner]. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Captain Tarpley White. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel Jones. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Captain Robert Vance. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Representatives of Wm. Slaughter. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Dennis Pursell. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Silas Wells. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Maurice Wright. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. George Leach. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Chapman -- executor of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Colonel Charles Lewis -- heirs of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Winston -- representatives of. June 23, 1840. Read and laid upon the table. Eliphalet Spafford -- daughter of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. William Rickman -- heirs of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Paulett. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Stephen Graham, deceased. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Magnetic and meteorological observations. July 2, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas D. [i.e., O.] Selfridge. July 2, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Spanish tonnage duties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 463.) July 2, 1840. William D. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) July 2, 1840. Abel Herrick and others. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Solomon Jarvis and others. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Linza Thomas. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Amanda M. Dade. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Pugh Cannon. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Daniel W. Church. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. B.H. Manleif. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Jesse D. Oldham. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. John Johnson. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. William Perry. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Leonard Wardwell. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Sylvester Nash. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. William G. Sanders. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George A. Winslow. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John G. Bibb. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas J. Stone. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Carter. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Allen H. Powell. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Rufus King Love. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. W.Y.C. & R.A. Ewing. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Wilson. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lemuel W. Varian. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William McNaught. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac S. Middleton. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Fleming. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Vincent J. Strickland. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Elbert Anderson. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas W. Coker. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander Watson. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Cooley. July 10, 1840. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. J. & N. Hamblin. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel D. Enocks [i.e., Enochs]. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Alford Gandy. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Croskey and others. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Magoon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) July 10, 1840. Esther Parrott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) July 10, 1840. Joseph Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) July 10, 1840. Leah Munday. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) July 10, 1840. Benjamin Chapman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) July 10, 1840. John Hagie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 473.) July 10, 1840. Desire Merriam. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) July 10, 1840. David Sherer, of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) July 10, 1840. Joseph Hewins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) July 10, 1840. John Godfrey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) July 10, 1840. Seth Willey. (To accompany Bill H.R. 478.) July 10, 1840. William H. Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 479.) July 10, 1840. John Flood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) July 10, 1840. Canal -- Albemarle Sound to the Atlantic Ocean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) July 10, 1840. Expenditures -- public buildings. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Henry Overly, Aaron Adams, Theophilus Somerby, Samuel Spalding, Wm. A. Houston. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Williamson Smith. May 10, 1840. Read, and with the papers on file in the Clerk's office, referred to the Secretary of War. 127th Rule of the House. May 30, 1840. Heirs of James Rumsey, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) July 10, 1840. Raub's safety-valves. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 484, 485, and 486.) July 10, 1840. George Randall and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 488.) July 10, 1840. Presley Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 489.) July 10, 1840. James S. Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) July 10, 1840. John M. Brodhead. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) July 10, 1840. William P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill S. No. 249.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John L. Scott. (To accompany Bill S. No. 143.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel Mackay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 265.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Aaron Vail. (To accompany Bill S. No. 285.) July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John S. Billings. (To accompany Bill S. No. 117.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John McCloud. (To accompany Bill S. No. 96.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Joseph M. Shephard. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Turner Chamblin. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Arthur R. Owens. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Brown. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Cormick [i.e., Cormack]. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Gerard Ford. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. David Wilkinson & Co. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. D.W. Haley, et al. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Shropshire and Ross. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Robert McGuire. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Monument to Captain Nathan Hale. (With Joint Resolution H.R. No. 16.) July 10, 1840. Simon Carly et al. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Ephraim F. Gilbert. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Richey. (To accompany Bill S. No. 150.) July 11, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Contested election -- Naylor and Ingersoll. June 9, 1840. Printed under the order of the House of the 12th ultimo. N.P. Trist. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Alphonsa F.A. Blake. July 2, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow	131
Serial set 374	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1840. And in the sixty-fifth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 375	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1840-'41. December 10, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the sales and donations of public lots in the City of Washington. December 14, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters of the year 1839. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, 1840. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States	5
Serial set 376	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia at the close of the year 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay, with the accompanying papers, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas C. Clark & Co., asking remuneration for the use and detention of a certain steamboat (of which they were the owners) while the same was in the service of the United States... Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States, during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 28, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the sales of the public lands in the State of Michigan, north of the line dividing townships twelve and thirteen north, and west of the line dividing ranges two and three west, of the principal meridian. December 28, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Newburyport, Mass., praying the modification or repeal of the act of May 29, 1830, "To Amend the Acts Regulating the Commercial Intercourse Between the United States and Certain Colonies of Great Britain." December 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, an abstract of the returns of the sixth census. December 30, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton, of the County of Campbell, and State of Kentucky, make the following report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance, in part, with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the survey of a site for fortifications on Lake Champlain. December 31, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the bill "Authorizing the Erection of Certain Light-houses and Light-boats, and the Establishment of Certain Buoys and Beacon-lights." (To accompany Bill S. No. 8.) December 31, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 31, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of the Nantucket Steamboat Company, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, praying an amendment of the organic law of the territory, report... Report from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the service of the Post Office Department for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839. January 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Governor of the State of Missouri, transmitting an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri for ascertaining and settling the northern boundary line of that state; together with a memorial of the legislature of said state on the same subject. January 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Post Office Department during the year 1840. January 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 5, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, additional information in relation to the bonds issued by the Legislature of Florida. January 6, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 6, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of restricting the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. January 6, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 182.) The Committee on Private Land Claims to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre Dolet... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of a sum of money into the Treasury, by the commissioners under the act for the settlement of Mississippi land claims. January 7, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number and names of the soldiers enlisted during the late war, and entitled to bounty land. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department during the year ending November 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the War Department, and of the bureaus and offices attached thereto, during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement exhibiting the annual and total amount of goods imported free of duty from each foreign country since the 30th of September, 1833. December 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Resolution submitted by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, calling for information in relation to the sales of the public lands. December 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in that city. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying an alteration in the mode of conveying the mail from Jefferson City to the county seat of Benton County. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Allen, to the motion submitted by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in relation to the repeal of the "Act for the Collection, Safekeeping, Transfer and Disbursement of the Public Revenue," viz... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of dragoon officers appointed to witness an exhibition of the repeating fire arms and water-proof ammunition invented by Samuel Colt. December 16, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the amount received on account of their lands. December 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 7, 1840. December 17, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the pay and emoluments of the Army. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1840. December 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 92) to revive and continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia. December 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the fabrication of standard weights and measures, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. December 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 300 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 claim of the heirs of Daniel Pettibone. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. December 22, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 137.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition of Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod], and the papers relating thereto, report the accompanying bill... In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 139.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Francis Gehon, the late marshal of the Territory of Wisconsin, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, D.C., praying the recharter of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of said town. December 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Williams, report... In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 146.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report... Memorial of the Corporation of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the surrender to the State of Maryland of the stock held by that corporation in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. December 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard B. Mason... Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to promote the establishment of a system of education within the District of Columbia. January 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Daniel W. Coxe, praying that his interest in certain lands may not be affected by any legislation of Congress on the subject of pre-emption and settlement rights. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, 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 improvement of the Pennsylvania Avenue, and the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1840. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed, during the year 1840, in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law that does not include banks and trading corporations. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, what portions of the public lands have been subject to entry at private sale for five years and upwards. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. Motion submitted by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the Bill (S. 28) "To Establish a Permanent Prospective Pre-emption System in Favor of Settlers on the Public Lands, Who Shall Inhabit and Cultivate the Same, and Raise a Log-cabin Thereon." January 8, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed.	55
Serial set 377	Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence, imputing malpractices to the American consul at Havana, in regard to granting papers to vessels engaged in the slave-trade. January 20, 1841. Read. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Charleston, S.C., praying Congress not to pass any bankrupt law at this time. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Arkansas, praying the cession of the public lands to the states in which they lie, on certain conditions. January 16, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the United States, praying a modification of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." January 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the bounties allowed to vessels employed in the fisheries. February 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office showing the operations of that office during parts of the years 1839 and 1840. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. January 6, 1841. Ordered, that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Tappan, prescribing certain duties for the chairmen of committees of Congress, in relation to private claims... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Dickinson, report... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Royal Hopkins... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 195.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Gary Hinant... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 196.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of a law providing for the location of two tracts of land, of eight hundred arpens each, confirmed to Alexander Coleman and Jacques Bon, of Missouri, by the board of commissioners appointed under the act of July 9, 1832... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the rates of foreign and domestic exchange, and the prices of bank-notes and specie, at New York and Philadelphia, during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840. January 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the bill to cause monuments to be erected in honor of Brigadier General Francis Nash and Brigadier General William Davidson... Petition of a number of citizens of Massachusetts, praying that jurisdiction over offences committed within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States may be extended to the district courts of the United States. January 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 1.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the joint resolution "directing the transfer to the State of Maryland of the stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal standing in the name of the United States, upon certain conditions," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, adverse to the establishment of a protective tariff. January 14, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Albany, New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in any bankrupt law passed by Congress. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 207.) The Committee of Claims make the following report on the petition of Converse and Rees... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the drafts drawn by the Treasury Department, or by its order, protested for non-payment, or which remain unpaid. January 14, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Agnes Slacke, praying the confirmation of her title to a tract of land in the State of Michigan. January 14, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the application of a portion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the establishment of a system of education. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law passed by Congress. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 208.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel G. Skinner... Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, demonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the fitness of American water rotted hemp for the use of the Navy of the United States. January 18, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from The Secretary of the Treasury, Showing, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Quantity of Public Land Unsold on the 30th June, 1828; the Estimated Average Value Per Acre Thereof, and the Quantity Since Sold, and at What Price; Together with the Quantities Offered for Sale at Different Periods. January 18, 1841. Read, 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, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan of a permanent change in the tariff. January 19, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Baltimore, praying the erection of a fortification at that place. January 19, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, adverse to the repeal of the independent Treasury law, and the establishment of a national bank. January 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of the heirs-at-law of Major General Duportail, Brigadier General Armand, and Major De La Colombe, report... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1840. January 20, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1841. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to John McNeil... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 219.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Hidden... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the states to surrender fugitives from justice. January 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1840, and the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of that year. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number and kind of troops stationed on the western frontier, and the necessity of an additional military post on the same. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a list of the contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1840. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of Peter H. Green, with the accompanying papers, report... Report from the Secretary of War, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1840. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the marine insurance companies of the port of New York, praying that the pilot law of 1837 may not be repealed. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. January 23, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the modification of the act of July 7, 1838, "For the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the election of President of the United States, the construction of the Constitution, and the future arrangements as to the tariff of duties on imports. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in favor of the establishment of a national bank, and of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of the marine insurance companies of the City of New York, against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, against the passage of the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the creation of a company of sappers and miners to be attached to the Engineer Department. January 25, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law that does not embrace all classes of citizens. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law which will affect existing obligations. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the bill "To Amend and Continue in Force the Act To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the repeal of the independent Treasury law; also, in relation to a national bank. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Philanthropic Law Reform Association of the City of New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sales of the lands, the titles of which were closed under the relief laws of the 31st March, 1830, and 25th February, 1831. January 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of reopening Roanoke Inlet. January 29, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of designating the same day throughout the United States for the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States. January 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the establishment of a national bank. January 29, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill No. 229.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith, report... Memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs to be established between the cities of Washington and New York. January 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the heirs of Louis de Repentigny, praying the confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Michigan. January 14, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states, and for an increase of the tariff. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the states of the public lands among the several states. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, to obtain an appropriation for the completion of the lake harbors commenced by the United States. February 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the completion of the works for the improvement of the harbor of Erie. February 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad. February 1, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for the year 1840. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 1, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Albany, New York, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 160) "To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of masters of vessels, lying in the port of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 2, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert H. Saunders... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Stokes & Purdom, report... Memorial of the widow of Lieut. Colonel Alexander R. Thompson, praying to have the benefits of the act of July 5, 1838, granting additional rations to officers of the Army, extended to her. January 28, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, with a report of the special agent of the lead-mines, relative to the sale or future management of the mineral lands of the United States. January 23, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Walker, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate.	90
Serial set 378	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence relative to the negroes taken on board the schooner Amistad. February 12, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying the donation of the swamp lands in that state to the counties in which they are situated, for certain purposes. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claim of the heirs of Robert Fulton. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 225. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 225.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the heirs of Robert Fulton, and the accompanying papers, report... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the passage of a law to define the western boundary-line of said territory. February 8, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the report of the commissioners for the exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary. February 9, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the quantity of public land sold since the year 1828, and the amounts ceded to the respective states. February 9, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the expenses of the national armories, and the quantity of arms manufactured, during the year ending September 30, 1840. February 10, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Mr. King made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 193.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Baldwin, accompanied by a Bill (S. 193) for his relief, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the losses by the general government, and by the people of the United States, from the use of banks and bank-paper. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the results of the assays made at the Mint, of foreign coin. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document showing the testimony given before the judge of the fifth judicial circuit of the State of Missouri, on the trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and others, for high treason, and other crimes against that state. February 15, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 249.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom the subject was referred, report: "A Bill To Confirm to the State of Indiana the Lands Selected by Her, in Lieu of the Lands Covered by Reservations in the Treaties of 1837 and 1839, with the Miami Indians"... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1840. February 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, on the subject of placing buoys at the several mouths of the Mississippi River. February 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the construction of a number of floating-batteries and steam-vessels. February 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the passage of a law allowing pre-emption rights to settlers on the mineral lands in that territory. February 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, in relation to the boundary-line between that state and the Territory of Wiskonsin. February 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 252.) The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the executor of David Gelston, deceased, praying for an equitable settlement of the accounts of said deceased with the government, report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss submitted the following report: (To accompany S. Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Esther Johnston, widow of Colonel Jonas Johnston, of North Carolina, deceased, for a pension, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sale of the machinery, implements, and materials, used in the construction and improvement of harbors, rivers, roads, &c. February 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports made by a board of Navy officers on Colt's improved repeating fire-arms. February 17, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the completion of the Cumberland Road. February 17, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Chicot County, Arkansas, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 17, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry mechanics engaged in the construction of the United States arsenal at Fayetteville, North Carolina, praying compensation for the time lost by them in consequence of the suspension of that work, report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany S. Bill No. 255.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Horatio Alden and Philura Alden, his wife, late Philura Deane, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, report... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. February 8, 1841. Laid on the table, 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 survey to ascertain and designate the boundary-line between the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin. February 3, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of the Patent Office during the year 1840. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the pilots of the port of New York, by the way of Sandy Hook, praying the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of manufacturers and mechanics of the United States, praying the adoption of measures to secure to them their rights in patterns and designs. February 3, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Seneca County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report of George Plitt, special agent of the Post Office Department. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed; and that 1,386 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan for assessing the value of goods, wares, and merchandise, in the ports of the United States, instead of foreign countries. February 4, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that one thousand additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the imports and exports of sugar during the year ending 30th of September, 1840. February 4, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John McClelland and others, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 4, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 238.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Thankful Reynolds for a pension, made the following report... Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the disbursements of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, during the year ending the 30th of September, 1840. February 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Board of Commissioners of the Pilots of New York, recommending the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 5, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, praying the improvement of the navigation of the Neenah and Wiskonsin Rivers. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, praying the survey and construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, in relation to the survey of the public lands north of the Fox and Wiskonsin Rivers. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the construction of the Potomac aqueduct, and the kyanizing of timber for the use of the same. February 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Topographical Bureau. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the contracts made in that Department during the year 1840; the payments on account of miscellaneous claims during the same year; and the expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund during the year 1839. February 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying the purchase by the government of the right to use the "double self-acting safety-valves," invented by him, and the passage of a law requiring the use of the same on all steam boilers. February 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in the Bill (S. 160) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. February 8, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at the City of Cairo, in that state. February 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the repeal of the independent Treasury bill, and the establishment of a national bank; an increase of the tariff; and the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. February 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 261.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs, of which he is the inventor, beg leave to report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. February 19, 1841. 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 payment of claims under the Treaty with the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. February 20, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1840. February 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. February 22, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, on the subject of raising revenue by duties on foreign goods. February 22, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the bill "To Establish a Permanent Prospective Pre-emption System in Favor of Settlers on the Public Lands Who Shall Inhabit and Cultivate the Same, and Raise a Log-cabin Thereon." February 22, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New York, praying that the treaty with the Seneca Indians may not be enforced against those who are averse to emigration. February 22, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1841. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the petition of David Green... Petition of Samuel Martin, submitting a plan for a national bank. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Chatauque County, New York, praying that the treaty with the Seneca Indians may not be enforced in regard to those who may be averse to emigration. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying the enactment of a general bankrupt law. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the Town of Havre-de-Grace, in the State of Maryland, praying an appropriation for the removal of obstructions at the entrance of the harbor of that place. February 24, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, on the subject of appointing the same day throughout the Union for the choice of presidential electors. February 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the claims for French spoliations committed prior to the 31st day of July, 1801. February 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, what progress has been made in the completion of the sixth census. February 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petitions of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, praying that their pre-emption rights to said lands may not be affected by the grant to the Polish exiles. December 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 26, 1841. Bill reported, (S. 267,) and the petitions ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in relation to the District of Columbia. February 27, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joshua Leavitt, praying the adoption of measures to secure an equitable and adequate market for American wheat. February 27, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the cost of building and repairing certain vessels. March 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Hampshire, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law. March 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 107.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors on the northern and northeastern [i.e., northwestern] lakes... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the excess of the appropriations over the estimates for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839, with the cause of such excess, &c. March 2, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Baltimore, praying that Congress would provide for the defence of that city... Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, in favor of appropriating the two per cent fund of that state towards the construction of a railroad. March 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the improvement of the system of artillery. March 2, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report of a committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, in relation to the present commercial arrangements with Great Britain. March 2, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Ruggles, 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 a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of money out of the Treasury, to persons whose names are included in a list of balances on the books of the Treasury. March 3, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas S. Jesup, stating that he has sustained an injury in consequence of an omission in a document printed by order of the Senate, and praying redress. February 18, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in relation to the disposition of the public lands. March 3, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements showing: 1st, appropriations made during the 2d session of the 26th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 31, 1841. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Petition of a number of citizens of Pittsburg, Penn., remonstrating against the passage of any law requiring the exclusive use on steam-boilers of any invention for preventing explosions, and asking the appointment of a board of commissioners to test the relative merits of such inventions. February 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New York, praying that the treaty with the Seneca Indians may not be enforced in regard to those who may be averse to emigration. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	84
Serial set 379	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the delay in completing the annual statement of the commerce and navigation. March 2, 1841. Read, and ordered that the statement, when completed, be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a list of private claims which have been before the Senate since the commencement of the Fourteenth Congress, with the proceedings of the Senate thereon. January 4, 1841. Read. January 5, 1841. Ordered to be printed.	2
Serial set 380	Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the Upper Mississippi River, made by I.N. Nicollet [i.e, J.N. Nicollet], while in employ under the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. February 16, 1841. Ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be printed for the Topographical Bureau, and 300 additional copies for the use of the Senate.	1
Serial set 381	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1840, and in the sixty-fifth year of the independence of the United States.	1

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