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Serial set 652 Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the compromise measures. February 11, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the compromise measures of the 31st Congress. August 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Ship canal. Falls St. Marie. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking an appropriation for the construction of a ship canal at the falls of St. Marie. March 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Falls of the Ohio River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a new canal, on the Indiana side, around the Falls of the Ohio River. March 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
National intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to national intervention. June 24, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Stockbridge Indians. Letter from the sachem and councillors of the Stockbridge Indians, in relation to the application of John W. Quinney for his share of the moneys of the tribe specified in the several treaties with the United States. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
The compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in reference to the compromise measures passed by the Congress of the United States. March 8, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Woodworth's patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Woodworth patent. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Red River. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Red River. March 10, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Consulates of China. Letter from the American charge d'affaires in China, transmitting letters from consuls in reply to circulars addressed to them, &c. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Land for school purposes. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the grant of land for school purposes, in lieu of the valueless sixteenth sections in said state. March 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking a grant of land for the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. March 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Public lands in Mississippi. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the reduction of the price of land in the Augusta and Washington land districts. March 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Public lands -- geological survey. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a donation of public lands to aid in completing the geological survey of said state. February 11, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Abuses of passengers in California steamers. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the abuses of passengers in California steamers. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Cemetery on grounds attached to the United States barracks at Baton Rouge. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in reference to a cemetery on the grounds attached to the United States barracks at Baton Rouge. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, transmitting copies of the acts, resolutions, &c., of that territory. January 9, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
The Woodworth patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, against the renewal of a patent for Woodworth's planing-machine. April 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Kossuth and intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to Kossuth, Hungary and intervention. February 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, asking for certain alterations in the organic law of said territory. February 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Assimilated rank of surgeons in the Army and Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the American Medical Association, transmitting preambles and resolutions in reference to assimilated rank of surgeons in the Army and Navy. January 2, 1852. Ordered, that so much as relates to the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and so much as relates to the Navy be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Oregon, transmitting a copy of the journal of the Legislative Assembly thereof. February 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Flogging in the Navy, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island in favor of the retention of the act for abolishing flogging in the Navy, and also for abolishing the spirit rations in all naval ships and Navy yards. February 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks, &c. -- H. of Reps. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting list of clerks, &c. employed in his office. January 15, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Memorial of Columbia Lancaster and W.T. Matlock, presiding officers of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon. February 19, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania respecting the bridge over the Ohio River opposite Wheeling. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
European and North American Railway. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in support of the memorial to Congress asking the assistance of the United States government in behalf of the European and North American Railway. April 12, 1852. Referred to two committees, Public Lands and Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Woodworth's planing machine, and Parker's reacting water-wheel. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, adverse to the extension of Woodworth's patent, and Parker's patent. April 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Compendium of the census. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the appointment of a joint committee for the purpose of preparing and arranging a compendium of the first and subsequent censuses of the United States. March 3, 1852. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, on non-intervention. March 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Canal around falls of St. Marie. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, for a canal around the falls of St. Marie. April 24, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Extension of the Woodworth patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the extension of the Woodworth patent. March 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the public lands. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
California United States district judges. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking an increase of the salaries of judges of the United States District Courts of that state. March 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
California civil fund. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in reference to the civil fund of that state. March 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Massachusetts militia claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning militia claims. June 24, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge -- a post route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in reference to the Wheeling bridge, &c. June 24, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania contested election. Evidence taken in the Pennsylvania contested election. May 7, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Cherokees of North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting information as to the amount of money paid William H. Thomas for and on account of the Cherokees of North Carolina. August 2, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Assimilated rank. Letter from the Secretary of the American Medical Association, transmitting the report of a committee of that association, on the subject of assimilated rank. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Oregon -- public buildings. Letter from the Governor of Oregon Territory, stating that no part of the sum placed in his hands for the erection of suitable public buildings has been expended. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S., in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. November 29, 1852.
Contracts. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of contracts, &c. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
list of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Thirty-second Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1851.
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House. December 11, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed.
Kossuth and non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to Governor Kossuth and the doctrine of national non-intervention. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Alabama -- non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, expressive of the sense of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the policy to be pursued by our government in its intercourse with foreign nations. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania -- Smith O'Brien and his associates in exile. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to Smith O'Brien and his associates in exile. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the Wheeling bridge over the Ohio. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Dry dock and navy-yard depot on lake frontier. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, asking the establishment of a navy-yard depot and dry dock on the lake frontier. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Breakwater at mouth of Delaware Bay. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for completion of breakwater at mouth of Delaware Bay, and to repair the piers in the river, &c. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Ship canal around the falls of Sault St. Marie. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of Sault St. Marie. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Mail service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, praying a change in the mail service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Intervention. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, upon the doctrine of intervention. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Virginia land bounty warrants. Report of a committee of the Legislature of Virginia, on the subject of outstanding Virginia land bounty warrants. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Pascagoula River. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation to remove a sand bar from the mouth of the Pascagoula River. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house at Biloxi. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of a Custom-house at Biloxi, and also for the delivery of the mail twice a week between Biloxi and New Orleans, and intermediate places, and a weekly mail from Jackson to Mobile. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation of land to aid in the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, for a donation of public lands to the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Falls of the Ohio River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relating to the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
U.S. District Court, District of Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Military depot at the City of Augusta, Georgia. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, praying the establishment of a depot of arms in Augusta, in said state. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. Petition of one hundred and twenty-one members of the Ohio Legislature, in relation to the Wheeling bridge over the Ohio River. April 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Lake Pontchartrain -- Grant's Pass, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the purchase of Grant's Pass, &c. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Naval depot at New Orleans. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, concerning the establishment of a naval depot at New Orleans. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Light-house Minot's Ledge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the erection of a light-house on Minot's Ledge. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
National Normal Agricultural College. Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning a grant of land in aid of national normal schools. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Canal -- falls Sault St. Marie. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Sault Saint Marie, in the State of Michigan. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to French spoliations prior to the year 1801. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Bbanch [i.e., Branch] Mint in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in reference to the establishment of a branch Mint in that state. June 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 653 Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the first to the Thirty-first Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress. Compiled by order of the House of Representatives. Vol. I. From A to G inclusive. 1
Serial set 654 Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claim[s] which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the First to the Thirty-first Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress. Compiled by order of the House of Representatives. Vol. II. From H to O inclusive. 1
Serial set 655 Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the First to the Thirty-first Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress. Compiled by order of the House of Representatives. Vol. III. From P to Z inclusive. 1
Serial set 656 Andrew Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) January 29, 1852.
Patrick Gass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) January 29, 1852.
Jacob Shade, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) January 30, 1852.
Heirs of Bernard Todd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) February 12, 1852.
Legal representatives of Gen. James C. Watson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) January 29, 1852
Lewis E. Simonds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 248.) May 5, 1852
Joseph Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) January 6, 1852.
Elizabeth E.V. Field. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) January 30, 1852.
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 229.) March 31, 1852.
Hugh Wallace Wormley. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Susan C. Randall. January 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Philadelphia Gas Works. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) February 12, 1852.
J.G. [i.e., G.J.] Pendergrast. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.] January 13, 1852.
Maurice K. Simons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) January 30, 1852.
Public lands, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) April 1, 1852.
J.C. Buckles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 306.) July 30, 1852.
Monroe Railroad Company of Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) January 29, 1852.
Mary Pearson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 279.) June 4, 1852.
David Troxell. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Elliott McCollock. January 29, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Federal courts -- fees, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) January 29, 1852.
Robert Nelson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) January 29, 1852.
Osborn [i.e., Osborne] Cross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) January 29, 1852.
Lieut. Bartlett Hinds -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) January 29, 1852.
Heirs of William McFarland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) January 29, 1852.
Heirs of Semoice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) January 29, 1852.
Ira Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) January 29, 1852.
Wm. H. Wells and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) January 29, 1852.
Moses Olmstead. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Henry and Robert Blow. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Clemmons Eaton. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John O. Hodge. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mary Perrigo. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Russell. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Lucy Morrison. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Brooksey Bell. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Hall Hutson. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Robert Henry Dyer. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John Davenport. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
James A. Breast and other laborers on Patent Office. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Nathaniel H. Wills. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Daniel Landon. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Captains Bush, Price, and Suarez. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) January 30, 1852.
Dr. S.R. Addison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) January 30, 1852.
Jacob J. Storer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) January 30, 1852.
James A. Fawns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) January 30, 1852.
Boatswains, gunners, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) January 30, 1852.
Securities of Benjamin F. Hart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) January 30, 1852.
Isaac Cobb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) January 30, 1852.
John King. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of certain Revolutionary soldiers. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
James S. Mitchell. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
David Myerle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) January 30, 1852.
Henry Johnson. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Catharine Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) January 30, 1852.
Thomas P. Dudley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) January 30, 1852.
George Cassady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) January 30, 1852.
John Haren [i.e., Hazen]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) January 30, 1852.
William Dwelley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) January 30, 1852.
Anthony Walton Bayard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 175.) January 30, 1852.
David Murphy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 176.) January 30, 1852.
Henry Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 178.) January 30, 1852.
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) January 6, 1852.
Edward Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) January 6, 1852.
David C. Cash and Giles U. Ellis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) January 6, 1852.
John W. Robinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) January 6, 1852.
Gardner Herring. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 53.) January 6, 1852.
Silas Champion. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) January 6, 1852.
Philip Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) January 6, 1852.
Albra Tripp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) January 6, 1852.
Robert Milligan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) January 6, 1852.
Sylvanus Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) January 6, 1852.
Amos Knapp. (To accompany Bill H.R. 61[i.e., 60].) January 6, 1852.
Artemas Conant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62 [i.e., 61].) January 6, 1852.
John H. Piatt -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) February 12, 1852.
Capt. George Simpton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) February 12, 1852.
William S. Foote and Charles Millington. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. J.H. [i.e., Jane W.] McKee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) February 12, 1852.
William Greer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 88.) January 13, 1852.
Passengers in merchant vessels, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) January 13, 1852.
Interest to the State of New Hampshire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 4.) January 13, 1852.
Williams, Staples & Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) January 13, 1852.
James Ferguson, survivor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) January 13, 1852.
Hannah Sampson, widow of Daniel Sampson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) January 13, 1852.
Winchester and Deposite Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 230.) April 1, 1852.
Territorial governments. May 17, 1852.
John Dearmitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 305.) July 30, 1852.
Jasper A. Maltby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) June 1, 1852.
William J. Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.) June 1, 1852.
Kanesville, Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) June 1, 1852.
Mary Baury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) June 4, 1852.
New Hampshire -- military claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 105.) August 14, 1852.
Edward Quinn. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John Conkin. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Sarah Smith. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mary Prettyman. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John Jackson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill No. H.R. No. 95.) January 13, 1852.
Gustavus A. de Russy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) January 13, 1852.
James McCormick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 97.) January 13, 1852.
Cornelius Hughes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) January 13, 1852.
Francis Tribeau [i.e., Tribon]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) January 13, 1852.
James Wright, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 100.) January 13, 1852.
John Kerbaugh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 101.) January 13, 1852.
Ichabod Waymouth [i.e., Weymouth]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 102.) January 13, 1852.
John McIntosh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 103.) January 13, 1852.
Charles H. Pointer. January 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Elijah Close. January 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Whinney. January 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
C.L. Swayze. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.) April 6, 1852.
Pennsylvania contested election. April 22, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Mary Reeside. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 21.) July 8, 1852.
Mail between Jersey City and Galway, Ireland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 295.) July 8, 1852.
John J. Skyes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 296.) July 8, 1852.
John P. Converse. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 22.) July 8, 1852.
Wheeling bridge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 297.) July 8, 1852.
Seventh census. July 14, 1852.
S. Morris Waln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 250.) May 6, 1852.
New Mexico -- road from Santa Fe to the valley of Taos. May 19, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Joseph M. Wilcoxon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 265.) May 24, 1852.
Schooner Harbinger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 269.) May 28, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. August 12, 1852. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Massachusetts -- balance due. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 313.) August 13, 1852.
National armories. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) August 13, 1852.
Amos Proctor -- legal representatives of. August 18, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Nathan H. Darling. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 317.) August 26, 1852.
Gilman Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 318.) August 26, 1852.
Thompson Barnett. (To accompany J.R. No. 26.) August 27, 1852.
Joseph C. Stoll. August 27, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
William Hazzard Wigg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) August 30, 1852.
Joseph Newell. January 29, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Robards. January 29, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
William B. Ross, and others -- Arredondo grant. January 29, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
William Mann. January 29, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Matthews, Wood, and Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) January 29, 1852.
New York Chamber of Commerce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) January 29, 1852.
William S. Payne. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) January 29, 1852.
Rates of postage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144. ) January 29, 1852.
Josiah P. Pilcher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) January 29, 1852.
Leonard Skinner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) January 29, 1852.
Anthony G. Willis's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) January 29, 1852.
Heirs of Jeremiah Wingate. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) January 29, 1852.
William H. Winder. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) January 30, 1852.
Virginia Woolen Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) December 16, 1851.
William Lynch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) January 30, 1852.
Jonas D. Platt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) January 30, 1852.
Reservoirs on main affluents of the Ohio River. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 68.) January 30, 1852.
Ship canal around falls of Ste. Marie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) January 30, 1852.
Henry Click. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) January 30, 1852.
Charles Staples. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) January 30, 1852.
Aaron Stafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) January 30, 1852.
B.B. Bennett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) January 30, 1852.
Whitney's railroad to the Pacific. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) January 30, 1852.
Benjamin Holland. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Richard L. Jones. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
William Batcheldor. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mary Wright. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Eyre & Massey. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Henry McLaughlin, of Vermont. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John B. Rodgers, of South Carolina. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) February 12, 1852.
Joseph Arnow and Peter Arnow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) February 12, 1852.
William J. Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 227.) March 31, 1852.
Sixteenth school sections. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 228.) March 31, 1852.
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 237.) April 21, 1852.
James Glynn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 247.) May 5, 1852.
Harlow Spaulding. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 249.) May 5, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Woodworth patent. July 17, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Ritchie. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 23.) July 22, 1852.
Michigan Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 302.) July 24, 1852.
Cornelius Covert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 303.) July 24, 1852.
McAtee & Eastham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) July 30, 1852.
Legal representatives of Nathaniel Patten. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 308.) July 30, 1852.
R.M. Heath, agent Virginia volunteers for Mexican War. August 2, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 311.) August 2, 1852.
(To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) June 12, 1852. Mr. Houston, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made the following report: The Committee of Ways and Means have had under consideration the amendments of the Senate to the act entitled "An Act To Supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year Ending the Thirtieth of June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-two,["] and report...
Daniel Hager, Junior. January 30, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Hiram Moore and John Hascall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) January 30, 1852
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Serial set 657 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Thirty-second Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1852; and in the seventy-seventh year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 658 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 6, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents. Volume I. Part I. 1
Serial set 659 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 6, 1852. -- Read. December 20, 1852. -- Ordered, that eight thousand copies of the message and accompanying documents, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Volume 2. Part II. 1
Serial set 660 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen for the year ending June 30, 1852. February 9, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for information relating to Fort Jefferson and Fort Taylor. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the result of an examination, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the property offered by R.B. Sumner and others as a site for a Navy yard and depot at New Orleans. December 7, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Executive departments. December 22, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the establishment of a new British colony in Central America. January 4, 1853. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information relative to a proposed tripartite convention on the subject of Cuba. January 5, 1853. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain correspondence relative to the encroachments of the Indians of the United States upon the territories of Mexico. January 12, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with law, a statement of the expenditures for the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1852. January 13, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, containing the information called for by a resolution of the Senate of the 5th January, 1853, in relation to the Mexican boundary. January 13, 1853. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further information in relation to the imprisonment of the United States consul and other American citizens in the castle of Acapulco, in Mexico. January 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, showing the contracts made under the authority of the War Department during the year 1852. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, recommending the payment of the claim made by the Spanish government, in behalf of its subjects, in the case of the "Amistad." January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports of an examination of the Blue Lick Springs and other sites, with a view to the establishment of a western military asylum. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, relative to the coinage of the United States Mint and its branches, a report of the Director of the Mint. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, informing Congress of the refusal of the Indians remaining in Florida to migrate to the country assigned to their tribe, west of the Mississippi. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the award of the Emperor of France in the case of the brig General Armstrong. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting Arkansas bonds held in trust by the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain correspondence in relation to Central America. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate requesting copies of correspondence and documents relative to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the territory claimed by the Mosquito Indians. January 28, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by a list of contracts entered into by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and an abstract of offers to furnish articles under the cognizance of that Bureau. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, for information as to quantity and kind of coal contracted for by that Department or its agents. February 1, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the postal convention between the United States and Great Britain. February 4, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. February 5, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, accompanied by an abstract of the returns of the militia of all the states and territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. February 5, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, relative to the negotiations pending between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the fisheries, of reciprocal intercourse with the British North American provinces, and the navigation of the St. Lawrence and the canals connected with it. February 8, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, showing the names and compensation of clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year 1852. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for a copy of the report and maps of a survey between Indianola and El Paso, by the topographical engineers attached to the Mexican Boundary Commission. February 12, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of the Director of the Mint for the past year. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate for information as to the quantity and kind of coals contracted for by that Department and its officers and agents during the past year. February 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Executive departments. December 8, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Executive departments. December 7, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. December 9, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the classification and appointment of clerks in the Executive Department. December 15, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, of an examination, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the claim of Joseph Nock for damages on account of an alleged violation of a contract with the Post Office Department for supplying mail locks. December 22, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, stating why he has not complied with the resolution of the Senate of March 19, 1852, requiring certain information in relation to the commission appointed to run and mark the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. December 22, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of the Navy Pension Fund, for the year ending September 30, 1852. December 27, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information as to the steps taken to establish a lunatic asylum in the District of Columbia. December 30, 1852. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating further information in relation to the allegations of fraud by Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in the disbursement of money appropriated for the fulfilment [sic] of treaties with the Sioux Indians. February 16, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the allegations of fraud, by Alexander Ramsey, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in the disbursement of money appropriated for the fulfilment [sic] of treaties with the Sioux Indians. January 27, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 28, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 661 Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, communicating in compliance with the act of March 3, 1851, for the settlement of certain classes of private land claims within the Bastrop grant, a report of the Register and Receiver of the land office at Monroe, Louisiana. December 8, 1852. -- Read. December 9, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 662 Commerce and navigation. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1852. January 1, 1853.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance -- except so much thereof as relates to light-houses and marine hospitals, which is referred to the Committee on Commerce -- and 10,000 copies in addition to the usual number, ordered to be printed; 500 of which for the use of the Light-house Board. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered, that 1,250 additional copies of that part of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury relating to the fisheries be printed for the use of the Senate, 250 of which for the author of the report.
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Serial set 663 Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants United States Navy. Part I. By Lieut. Herndon. 1
Serial set 664 Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants United States Navy. Part II. By Lt. Lardner Gibbon. 1
Serial set 665 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from Mr. Bartlett on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Message from the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, embodying the substance of recent communications from the British Minister on the subject of the inter-oceanic canal, by the Nicaragua route. February 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the fisheries on the coasts of Florida. February 21, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the commission appointed to examine the qualities of the coal-fields and coal-mines on the western waters. February 21, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the establishment of permanent arsenals and depots of arms on the Pacific, the Gulf, the Southern Atlantic and the Northern Atlantic coasts. February 22, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the establishment of a line of mail and war steamers between the western coast of the United States and the free ports of China. February 22, 1853. -- Referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. February 23, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement from the Auditor for that Department, relative to the postage collected under the postal treaty with Great Britain. February 23, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of Lieutenant Meigs, with surveys, plans, and estimates for supplying the cities of Washington and Georgetown with water. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered, that 2,000 extra copies be printed -- 500 copies thereof for Lieut., Meigs, 1,000 for the City of Washington, and 500 for the City of Georgetown.
Report of the Postmaster General, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate calling for copies of propositions made, or contracts entered into, for the transportation of the mails from New York, New Orleans, and Vera Cruz, to San Francisco. February 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, communicating abstracts of the diplomatic and consular correspondence, in that Department, respecting the commercial regulations of foreign nations. February 26, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the defence of Portland, the entrance of the Kennebec River, and the entrance of the Penobscot River. February 26, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, respecting the settlement of the accounts of Mr. Williamson and Mr. Clarke, disbursing agents of the Department of the Interior, for payments made and money advanced to Joseph C.G. Kennedy, as secretary of the Census Board. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report of Edward F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, respecting the condition of Indian affairs in that state. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the board of officers recently appointed to make a survey and examination of the various plans for canals around the falls of the Ohio River. February 16, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate for information in relation to the defence of the harbor of San Francisco. February 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 17, 1853. -- Discharged, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 666 Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852. By Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth Infantry U.S. Army; assisted by George B. McClellan, survey captain U.S. Engineers. 1
Serial set 667 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Volume IX. Part I. Arts and manufactures.
Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Part II. Agriculture.
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Serial set 668 Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, by Captain Sitgreaves. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed; and that 2,000 extra copies be printed, 200 of which for Captain Sitgreaves. 1
Serial set 669 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1852. Volume XI. [Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year 1852. March 1, 1853... 1
Serial set 670 Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the states bordering on the Pacific. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land to Wakulla County, to enable the people of that county to purchase a county site and erect a court-house. January 24, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear River. February 7, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Petition of the President of the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of that road. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Seventh annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to the Senate and House of Representatives, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution during the year 1852, and the proceedings of the Board of Regents up to date. [Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the annual report of the Board of Regents. March 1, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.]
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a change in the mail route from Tampa to Fort Mellon, and the establishment of a mail route, by water, from Tampa to Old Tampa Bay. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida in favor of the removal of obstructions at the bar of Volusia, on Lake George, Florida. January 3, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a land office at Tampa, in that state. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a port of delivery at Bayport, in that state. January 3, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 4, 1852. January, 3, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an appropriation of land for a geological survey of the state. January 3, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in his office during the year 1852. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the amount paid for documents, books, and maps printed or purchased for distribution by order of the Senate since the 1st May, 1832. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the claim of James M. Bates. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of Palatka as a port of delivery. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land to Sumpter County, for the purpose of building a courthouse. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the appointment of an agent to examine the archives of Cuba, and copy all manuscripts relating to the early history of Florida or any other state of the Union. January 24, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Dixon to report the Joint Resolution (S. 69) declaratory of the views of the United States respecting colonization on the North American continent by European powers...
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, relative to the selection of school lands in fractional sections. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Van Buren, in that state, to Springfield, Missouri. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an extension of the Champagnole land district. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an appropriation for removing the obstructions to navigation in the St. Francis River. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the payment of the net proceeds of the sale of lands within that state, in accordance with the compact between the state and the general government. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the erection of light-houses at certain places on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an additional donation of public land to the University of Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. January 31, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Petition of Philip Gormley, a contractor for hauling stone for the addition to the Capitol, representing that he has been defrauded by Samuel Strong, the late superintendent of the work, and praying indemnity. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Frauds, &c., and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the sale of so much of the public lands contiguous to the Navy yard at Pensacola as may not be necessary for the public use. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the removal of the obstructions to navigation in the Ocklawaha River. February 2, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in favor of the erection of a marine hospital at or near Smithville or Wilmington, in that state, and the abolition of the duty on railroad iron. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that so much as relates to the marine hospital be referred to the Committee on Commerce, and so much as relates to railroad iron to the Committee on Finance.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Thomasville, in Georgia, to Alligator, in Florida. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail between Appalachilola, Florida, and Bainbridge, Georgia. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the legislature of Florida, asking permission to use the United States arsenal in Gadsden County as a depository for the arms belonging to the state. February 17, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, declaring that the state is bound to enforce her rights, under the treaty of Payne's Landing, by expelling the Seminole Indians. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Francis W. Rice, late United States consul at Acapulco, in Mexico, relative to the outrages committed upon him and other American citizens by the Mexican authorities. February 4, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting land to heads of families. February 10, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying that the proposed railroad to the Pacific may pass through that territory, and that a line of telegraphs may be established in connexion with it. February 10, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the granting of land to the state for railroads, and other purposes. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, on stipulated arbitration as a substitute for war. February 15, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relating to the reciprocity of trade between the United States and the Canadian provinces. February 15, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a grant of land to indemnify the state for loss sustained by the failure of the title to a portion of the lands granted to the state for a seminary of learning. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a liberal appropriation for the improvement of Michigan City harbor. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a grant of the right of way to New Albany and Salem Railroad Company, and to other railroad companies. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana side of the river. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to navigation in Yellow River. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of Shoal River. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-second Congress. December 13, 1852.
Statement by the Secretary of the Senate of the sums paid under the resolutions of the Senate of August 30, 1852. Prepared and printed by order of the Senate.
Petition of Selina C. Sumner, praying a gratuity in consideration of the discovery by her husband, Thomas H. Sumner, of a new method of finding a ship's position at sea. December 14, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. December 16, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the State of Georgia, in behalf of herself and the State of Alabama, praying indemnity for damages committed upon the citizens of those states by the Creek Indians in 1836-'37. December 20, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of a committee appointed at a railroad convention, held at Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 4th of July, 1852, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. December 27, 1852. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of a grant of land for the establishment of institutions for the education of the deaf, dumb, and blind of that state. January 31, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the survey of the line of the half-breed tract in Lee County. February 11, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 671 In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report. The Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of so regulating the emoluments of persons employed by the Senate, as to provide such a regular compensation for them as may be sufficient without the extra allowances which it has been usual to give them...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 589.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary C. Hamilton, widow of Captain Fowler Hamilton, late of the United States Army, for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. January 20, 1853. -- Motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. January 21, 1853. -- Report in favor of printing made and concurred in. Mr. Badger made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred sundry petitions praying Congress to abolish the office of chaplain...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain additional documents and papers in relation to the claim of Hugh W. Dobbin, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ann Dudley, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 629.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Joyner...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Harriet O. Read, executrix of the late Lieutenant Colonel A.C.W. Fanning, of the United States Army, make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 634.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Gusman, praying the confirmation of a certain land claim, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to make the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the American Peace Society, signed by its principal officers, and various other memorials, numerously signed, from many states of the Union, praying for the adoption of measures to avert the evils of war, and suggesting the propriety of "securing in our treaties with other nations a provision for referring to the decision of umpires all misunderstandings that cannot be satisfactorily adjusted by amicable negotiation," have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 641.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Elias P. West, praying compensation for his services as United States District Attorney, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom the memorial of J. Thomas, proprietor of the Irving Hotel, in the City of Washington, was referred, report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. James made the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the memorial of Levi L. Hill, in reference to his alleged discovery in heliochrome, or sun-painting, -- so denominated by said Hill -- ask leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 645.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. A. Burt, report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 646.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of David Herrick and others, citizens of Brooklin and Sedgwick, Maine, praying that fishing bounty may be allowed to the owners of the schooner Union, report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the mode in which the Marine Corps is supplied with clothing, arms, subsistence, &c., and also to inquire into the expediency of a thorough reorganization of said Corps, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith made the following report: (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the court of inquiry in relation to the loss of the United States steamer Edith, charges of Lieutenant Craven against Commodore Jones, correspondence in relation to the erection of a steam saw-mill at San Francisco, Commodore Jones's charges against Lieutenant Craven, and correspondence in relation to the appointment and transportation of Lieutenant Meade, and other officers, for the steamer Edith, from Boston to the Pacific, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 574.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having had under consideration the organization of the naval establishment of the United States, and the Navy Department, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 575.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Interior on certain private land claims within the Bastrop grant in Louisiana, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 576.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Sylvanus Culver, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of David W. Alexander, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the several memorials of Captain William Waldo, and of a committee of citizens of the City of Sacramento...
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. The committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Gray, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas M. Iardella, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A.W. Denham, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents and papers relating to the claim of Aaron H. Hoyt to a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain papers relating to the claim of Jacob Cole to arrears of pension alleged to be due his father, on account of services during the War of the Revolution, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (Which was considered by unanimous consent, and concurred in.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents or papers relating to the services of John Walker in the War of 1812, and to his claim to a pension and bounty land, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 585.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrators of John Anderson, together with the papers on file in the case, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Badger made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 71.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of L.E.L.A. Lawson, sole surviving child and heiress of General Eleazer [i.e., Eleazar] W. Ripley...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the President's message of the 18th January, 1853, in relation to the Seminole Indians in Florida, and their refusal to abide by the treaty for their removal west of the Mississippi, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Badger made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 590.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Stearns, praying to be allowed indemnity for expenses incurred by him in defending his title to certain lots of ground claimed by the United States, and for expenses incurred in two criminal prosecutions brought against him by the United States authorities at Springfield -- one for riot and one for malicious trespass on the lands of the United States -- have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 592.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Mitchell for pay and bounty land as a soldier in the last war with Great Britain, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 593.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, of January 23, 1851, "relative to the pension of Silas Messenger," report...
In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Charlton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 597.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Mary Perry, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 600.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Foster and others, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 601.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain documents and papers in support of the claims of Moses Olmstead to a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Allen, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Roger Pinckney and Susannah Hayne Pinckney, heirs at law of Richard Shubrick, deceased, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Scruggs for a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abner Hancock, asking that his pension may commence "from the date of his disability," report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Louisa E. Merrill, praying a renewal of her pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Corrigan, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jabez Rogers, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 604.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Selina Sumner, wife of Thos. H. Sumner, late a master mariner, having considered the facts alleged, and the proofs adduced in support thereof, report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 605.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Brognard, with the accompanying documents...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Nancy Whiting, widow of Henry Whiting, an officer in the Army during the last war with Great Britain, praying a pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rhoda Frisbee, with accompanying documents, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna Norton and Louis Foskit, heirs of Zephaniah Ross, deceased, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The select committee to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, under date of January 12, 1853, upon the subject of the Mexican boundary, beg leave to submit the following report...
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report: The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of James Robertson, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 611.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amos Knapp, praying that the pension allowed to him by the act for his relief approved the 12th of July, 1852, may be made to commence on the 3d of April, 1848, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 614.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram O. Alden and James Eddy, asking for the right of way for a telegraph to the Pacific, and a grant of land in aid of the construction of such telegraph, having considered the same, beg leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 615.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.H. Henderson and the heirs of Robert Henderson, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 616.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah Lawrence, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Mason made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 4th January...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 621.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albert G. Howell, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 623.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William B. Scott, late Navy agent, praying the settlement of his accounts upon the principles of equity and justice, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom it was referred to inquire into and report to the Senate, "what sum, if any, is equitably and justly due from the United States to the Menomonee tribe of Indians; and on what terms and conditions, and in what manner, such sum should be paid to said Indians," have had the inquiry under consideration, and now ask leave to report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 625.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the claims of Joseph Nock for damages arising from the annulment of his contract for supplying the Post Office Department with mail locks and keys, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Foot made the following report. The Select Committee to whom was referred the petition of James S. French, asking an appropriation of Congress for the purpose of testing the practical value of a new plan of railroad and locomotive-engine...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 628.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Varn, sen., report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 78.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Ritchie for relief on his contract as assignee of W.M. Belt, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Tell Zollickoffer for arrears of pensions, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor Adam Hays for arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Elisha Putnam, praying payment of arrears of pension, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred numerous petitions praying for the adoption of such measures as may secure to our citizens resident in foreign countries the right freely and openly to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry M. Rice, praying remuneration for expenses incurred in subsisting certain Winnebago Indians, and in preventing them from returning to the State of Wisconsin and Iowa, respectfully report...
In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1852. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Edwin James, Sr., and Edwin James, Jr., praying compensation for loss sustained by the abrogation of contracts for certain public surveys, respectfully report as follows...
In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1852. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 564.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. McElderry, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1852. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John W. Phillips, report...
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1852. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 567.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the claims of Maine and Massachusetts to indemnity for lands conveyed by said states to enable the government of the United States to fulfil stipulations in the Treaty of Washington...
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1852. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564 [i.e., 569.] The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Morris, report...
In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report. (To accompany an amendment intended to be proposed to the act (H.R. 336) "Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Year Ending June 30, 1854.") The select committee, to which were referred the various memorials in regard to the discovery of the means by which the human body is rendered uniformly and safely insensible to pain under surgical operations, has had the subject under consideration, and now report...
In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 647.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, report...
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the memorials of citizens of Lee County, in the State of Iowa, praying the appointment of a commissioner to examine and settle all claims for land in the Sac and Fox half-breed reservations, report...
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