Call Number (LC) | Title | Results |
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Serial set 682 | Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting his annual report. March 2, 1853. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered that 110,000 extra copies of the agricultural, and 60,000 extra of the mechanical part, be printed; 10,000 of each of which are for the use of the Patent Office. | 1 |
Serial set 683 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1852. Volume IX. Part II. Agriculture. | 1 |
Serial set 684-1 |
Banks in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the condition of the banks throughout the Union. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting lists of clerks, &c. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles F. Sibbald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in the case of Charles F. Sibbald. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Court-martial -- Fabius Stanly. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the record of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant Fabius Stanly, together with correspondence relating thereto. Ordered to be printed. |
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Serial set 684-2 | 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. | 1 |
Serial set 685 |
Distribution of the public lands. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York correcting an error made in the engrossing of a resolution presented at the last session to the House of Representatives of the United States, relative to the distribution of public lands. January 20, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Employees in House of Representatives, Capitol, and on public grounds, &c. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks, and other employees, &c. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, transmitting copy of contracts. March 3, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Thos. Ap C. Jones, U.S.N. Letter from Commodore Thos. Ap C. Jones, transmitting sundry papers in refutation of certain allegations made against him; also a communication from the Hon. Edward Stanly, in connexion with the same subject. February 22, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 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. May 20, 1853. Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting his annual report. February 18, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Books for members. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in reference to books furnished members of the House of Representatives. February 18, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Civil and diplomatic. (To accompany Bill H.R. 337.) Communications addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, in reference to items of appropriation in the general appropriation bill. 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, &c. January 6, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the naval service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 342.) Communications addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of appropriations for the naval service. January 7, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Balances carried to the surplus fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of balances, &c. January 12, 1853. Clerks and other employees of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of clerks, &c. January 14, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Muscogee or Creek Indians. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in reference to the affairs of the Creek Indians. January 17, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. Mouth of Cape Fear River. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking an appropriation for deepening the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear River. January 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Public printing. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, submitting estimates, &c. January 19, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Railroad -- Burlington and Keokuk to Missouri River. Joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Iowa, asking a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Burlington and Keokuk to the Missouri River. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Railroad from Davenport to the Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, asking a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Davenport to the Missouri River, in said state. January 20, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Military posts on Kansas and Upper Minnesota Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of estimates for posts at the Republican Fork of Kansas River, and on Upper Minnesota River. January 26, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mail ocean steamers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 349.) Letters addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, transmitting statements of revenue derived from ocean mail steamers. January 27, 1853. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Estimates for paper, &c. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, transmitting estimates for paper, &c. February 12, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reciprocity of trade with Canada. Letter from the Governor of Vermont, transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that state on the subject of reciprocal trade with the British North American colonies. February 17, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Distribution of lands to actual settlers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking a distribution of the public lands to actual settlers. December 13, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies -- contingent fund House of Reps. (To accompany Bill H.R. 335.) Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting estimate for contingencies of the House of Representatives. December 23, 1852. |
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Serial set 686 | The seventh census of the United States: 1850. | 1 |
Serial set 687 |
Seventh census -- printing and binding. (To accompany J.R. No. 31.) February 3, 1853. Light-houses, buoys, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) February 18, 1853. Deficiencies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) February 19, 1853. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Judge John C. Watrous, of Texas. February 28, 1853. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. E.G. Chambers et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 352.) February 1, 1852 [1853]. Reciprocal trade with the British North American colonies. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) February 11, 1853. The Gardiner investigation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 326.) October 7, 1852. -- Filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 7, 1852. -- Ordered that the report and evidence be printed. |
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Serial set 688 |
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the special session of the Senate. March 8, 1853. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain papers in relation to the Mexican Boundary Commission. March 22, 1853. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. March 23, 1853. -- Ordered that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further correspondence between the minister of the United States at Paris and the Department of State, concerning the revolution in France of December, 1851. March 22, 1853. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the imprisonment of James H. West, a citizen of the United States, and the seizure of his property by the authorities of Cuba. March 9, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relative to an outrage alleged to have been committed on James H. West, a citizen of the United States, by the authorities of the island of Cuba. March 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th January, 1853, in relation to the fisheries on the coasts of the British North American provinces. March 8, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. March 14, 1853. -- Ordered, that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Postmaster General, communicating in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a contract with Messrs. Ramsey and Carmick, for the transportation of the mails to San Francisco. March 14, 1853. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the contract with Howland & Aspinwall for supplying the Japan Squadron with coal. March 14, 1853. -- 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, a copy of the correspondence between the Department of the Interior and the Indian agents and commissioners in California. March 17, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. March 23, 1853. -- Ordered that 2,00 extra copies be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report. The select committee appointed by the Senate under the resolution of the 6th August, 1852, in the following words: "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President of the Senate to inquire into abuses, bribery, or fraud, in the prosecution of claims before Congress..." In Senate of the United States. In executive session, March 23, 1853. Ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following, and that the same be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report in relation to the construction of a light-house on the New South Shoal off Nantucket. April 19, 1852. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. March 23, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed. April 4, 1853. -- Ordered that 100 additional copies be printed for Major Bache. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of Gilbert Rodman, esq., upon the subject of the Custom-house at San Francisco, Cal. April 9, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. |
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Serial set 689 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Thirty-third Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1853; and in the seventy-eighth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
Serial set 690 | Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 6, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate | 1 |
Serial set 691 | Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 6, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate. Part II. | 1 |
Serial set 692 | Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 6, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate. Part III. | 1 |
Serial set 693 | Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 6, 1853. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Part IV. Maps and other illustrations belonging to reports accompanying the message. | 1 |
Serial set 694 |
Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the experiments made to test the relative efficacy and usefulness of the Onondaga solar salt and the Turk's Island salt, in the cure and packing of provisions. January 9, 1854. -- Read, 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 in relation to the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa. December 27, 1853. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the number and names of the persons employed in the Coast Survey during the year ending June 30, 1853; their compensation, and the time of their employment; together with a statement of all expenditures made under the direction of the Superintendent. December 30, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the claims of citizens of the United States against Hayti, and the correspondence of the special agent to Hayti, in 1849. January 3, 1854. 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, further correspondence growing out of the Treaty of Washington of July 4, 1850. January 3, 1854. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the reports of the commissioners who examined the different sites offered for a military asylum in the west. January 12, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the correspondence with the government of the Papal States relative to the mission of Archbishop Gaetano Bedini to the United States. January 27, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 7, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Superintendent of the Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing. December 7, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the appropriations for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1853. December 12, 1853. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of State, showing the disbursements for the service of the State Department, for the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1853. December 13, 1853. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement of appropriations for the service of that Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1853. December 13, 1853. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with resolutions of the Senate, the correspondence relative to the claim on Portugal, in the case of the brig General Armstrong. December 20, 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 transactions between Captain Hollins, of the United States ship Cyane, and the authorities at San Juan de Nicaragua. December 20, 1853. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the Superintendent of the Census. December 20, 1853. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the causes of the repeated detention of the northern mail. January 17, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. January 18, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a statement of receipts and expenditures of the Marine Hospital Fund for the year ending 30th June, 1853. January 23, 1854. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the number of arms and appendages made thereat during the year ending June 30, 1853. January 9, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1853. January 9, 1854. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of State, showing the names and compensation of the clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year 1853. January 17, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a list of rejected applications for pensions, and recommending that the act of February 3, 1853, to continue half-pay to certain widows and orphans, be amended. January 17, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the wreck of the steamer San Francisco. January 30, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Serial set 695 |
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs asking an additional appropriation for the general incidental expenses of the Indian service in the Territory of New Mexico. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by copies of such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending June 30, 1852, with a list of the names of the persons to whom money, goods, or effects have been delivered. January 30, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the improvement of the Arkansas River. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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Serial set 697 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1853. Agriculture. | 1 |
Serial set 698 |
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between Mr. Schenck, United States minister to Brazil, and the Secretary of State, in relation to the African slave trade. March 13, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 14, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of all communications from the American legation at Constantinople, respecting the seizure of Martin Koszta by the Austrian authorities at Smyrna. March 2, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating lists of clerks and other persons employed in the War Department, other than officers of the Army, during the year 1853. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 28, 1853, in regard to the prices of various kinds of iron. February 20, 1854. Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Communications from the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, recommending certain appropriations for the Indian service. February 21, 1854. -- Submitted by Mr. Sebastian, referred to the Committee on Indian 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 United States Insane Asylum in the District of Columbia. February 23, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a set of works illustrative of the exhibition in London of 1851, presented by the British government to that of the United States. January 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library. February 23, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the correspondence in relation to the repair of the United States steam frigate Susquehanna at Rio de Janeiro. February 24, 1854. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, showing the contracts made under authority of the War Department during the year 1853. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan for the enlargement and modification of the judicial system of the United States. March 2, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for the amount of American securities held in Europe and other foreign countries, on the 30th June, 1853. March 2, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia, upon the fineness and value of foreign coins. March 2, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the measures taken to establish a daily mail between certain places on the Mississippi River, as required by the 11th section of the "Act To Establish Certain Post Roads and for Other Purposes," approved August 31, 1852. February 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. In answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for a statement of the amounts paid to the owners of certain vessels sunk for the defence of the harbor of Baltimore, in 1814. February 14, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the expediency of further measures for the safety, health, and comfort of immigrants to the United States by sea. May 4, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence in relation to the arrest, at Bremen, of Conrad Schmidt, a naturalized citizen of the United States, and the arrest, at Heidelberg, of E.T. Dana and other citizens of the United States; also, copies of the correspondence with the King of Prussia on the subject of religious toleration. May 8, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the work done under the appropriations of 1852 for the improvement of western rivers and harbors. March 29, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between the United States consul at Smyrna and the American legation at Constantinople, and between said consul and this government, in relation to Martin Koszta. April 6, 1854 -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the Senate the bill entitled "An Act Making a Grant of Public Lands to the Several States for the Benefit of Indigent Insane Persons," with a statement of the objections which have required him to withhold from it his approval. May 3, 1854. --Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. May 4, 1854. -- Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate calling for a statement of the amount of money received and expended by Luther Blake, late agent for the removal of the Indians from Florida, the objects for which expended, and the number of Indians removed. March 3, 1854. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the annual report of the Board of Inspectors of the Penitentiary for the District of Columbia, for the year ending December 31, 1853. March 7, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating an abstract of the returns of the militia of all the states and territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. February 8, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the correspondence in relation to the imprisonment of James H. West in the island of Cuba. March 13, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 14, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Attorney General, suggesting modifications in the manner of conducting the legal business of the government. April 25, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for the amount expended for the transportation of troops, supplies, and munitions for the land and naval forces in the Pacific; also, for the transportation of the mails for the last three years. March 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. May 4, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating Lieutenant Williamson's report of his surveys to ascertain a practicable route for a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. March 20, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject. April 3, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the annual pay of the several railroad companies in the United States for the transportation of the mails. April 12, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post roads, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for the report of the examination and measurement of the materials and work furnished by contract for the Patent Office building, and a statement of the payments made under the act of August, 1852. March 13, 1854. --Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the works of defence now in progress at Fort Point and Alcatrazas Island, California. March 15, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of a board of officers of the Army, appointed to examine and report upon claims for funds advanced, and subsistence and supplies furnished or taken for the use of Fremont's California battalion, while engaged in the public service. March 16, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
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Serial set 699 |
Report and charts of the cruise of the U.S. brig Dolphin, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Lieut. S.P. Lee, United States Navy. Report of the commissioners, appointed by the President of the United States, to investigate the official conduct of Alexander H. Ramsey, late governor of Minnesota Territory, with the testimony taken in the case by them, transmitted to the Senate with the message of the President of the United States, January 10, 1854. May 8, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Serial set 700 |
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the amount of bonds or other securities of the United States redeemed since the 3d March, 1853. May 8, 1854. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the expediency of promptly completing the fortifications at the Tortugas and Key West. 1854, May 22. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a letter from H.S. Sanford, late charge d'affaires at Paris, on the different systems of penal codes in Europe. Also, a report on the administrative changes in France since the Revolution of 1848. May 29, 1854. -- Read and ordered to be printed -- motion to print 1,000 additional copies referred to Committee on Printing. May 31, 1854. -- Reported adversely and agreed to. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1853. May 9, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the dock, basin, and railway at Pensacola. May 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of all papers and vouchers on file in his Department in relation to the claim of Daniel Nippes. May 15, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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Serial set 701 |
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the communications from Mr. Marsh, the American minister at Constantinople, relative to the case of the Reverend Mr. King. May 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by copies of such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, from July 1, 1852, to June 30, 1853, inclusive, with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects, have been delivered within the same periods. June 8, 1854.--Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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