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Y 1.1/2:331-2	Potomac aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Captain Turnbull's report on the survey and construction of the Alexandria aqueduct. July 2, 1838. Reprinted with documents on same subject	1
Y 1.1/2:332	United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State upon the existing relations between the United States and Mexico. April 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs	1
Y 1.1/2:333	D.W. Haley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Quincy & Gorham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 342.) January 9, 1838 Henry Beamish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.) December 22, 1837 Thomas J. Lawler -- Smith M. Miles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) December 22, 1837 Josiah Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) December 22, 1837 Wharton Quarles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) December 22, 1837 John De Treville, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) December 22, 1837 John Kern and John D. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 332.) January 5, 1838 Thomas T. Triplett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 247.) December 28, 1837 James H. Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 265.) December 28, 1837 Jehu Hollinsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 110.) December 22, 1837 Wealthy Barker, widow of Isaac. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 250.) December 28, 1837 Charles Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) December 22, 1837 Joseph Deshields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 102.) December 22, 1837 John Jordan -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 45.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Seth Whitney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 309.) January 4, 1838 Daniel Warner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) December 22, 1837 Representatives of Robert Farmer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) December 22, 1837 George Barkley and John Weaver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) December 22, 1837 William James Aarons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) December 22, 1837 Joseph C. Noyes. Report and papers on his application to be paid for three treasury notes accidentally destroyed by fire. January 5, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Surveyor -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) January 4, 1838 William R. Taylor -- administrator of Jonathan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 35.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Land district, Peoria, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) January 4, 1838 Primus Hall, alias Trask. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 318.) January 4, 1838 Additional land districts -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 277.) January 6, 1838 John Borey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 298.) January 4, 1838 Col. Thomas Knowlton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted Spencer C. Gist. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) December 22, 1837 John Dawson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) January 5, 1838 James Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Joseph Prescott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 355.) January 9, 1838 Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) December 22, 1837 Richard Elliott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 308.) January 4, 1838 Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 305.) January 4, 1838 John A. Peterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 106.) December 22, 1837 Dudley Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 302.) January 4, 1838 Frederick Frey & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.) January 4, 1838 George Gibson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) December 22, 1837 William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) December 22, 1837 Thomas West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 204.) December 22, 1837 William Wickham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 345.) January 9, 1838 Thomas B. Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) December 22, 1837 James S. Douglass and others. December 22, 1837. (Read and laid upon the table.) Samuel Sanderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 16.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Peter Alba. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 346.) January 9, 1838 Robert Peebles and John Graham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James A. Moreland and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 109.) December 22, 1837 William York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) December 22, 1837 Elizabeth Hunt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 220.) December 22, 1837 Nathan Adams and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) December 22, 1837 Bureau officers. January 9, 1838. Read and laid on the table Isaac Hilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 178.) December 22, 1837 Wadleigh Noyes -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) December 22, 1837 Nathaniel Goddard and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 91.) December 22, 1837 Purchasers of land for prompt pay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 279.) January 4, 1838 Heirs and devisees of Col. Willis Reddick, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted Squire Stearns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) December 22, 1837. -- Reprinted Charles Snead's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) December 22, 1837 Simeon Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) December 22, 1837 Benjamin Mooers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 48.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted William Jenkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) December 22, 1837 Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) December 22, 1837 Nancy Haggard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 291.) January 4, 1838 James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 314.) January 4, 1838 James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) January 9, 1838 Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 27.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John B. Ashe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted James Allen. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Daniel McKinney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) January 9, 1838 Isaac Wellborn, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 108.) December 22, 1837 Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) January 4, 1838 Ferdinand Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 104.) December 22, 1837 Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 215.) December 22, 1837 James Moor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 156.) December 22, 1837 John Dixon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 293.) January 4, 1838 William Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 251.) December 28, 1837 Presly Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 312.) January 4, 1838 Freeman Brady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Marine hospital, Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) December 22, 1837 Robert Fulton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Elias Johns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted H.W. Russel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James M. Tuttle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 281.) January 4, 1838 Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 310.) January 4, 1838 Robert Frazier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) January 9, 1838 Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) December 22, 1837 John Midwinter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 323.) January 4, 1838 Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) December 22, 1837 Richard Frisby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 6 [60].) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John Wallace -- heir of William. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Willis Stephens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 246.) December 28, 1837 Richard Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 322.) January 4, 1838 Christopher Dennison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) December 22, 1837 Alexander Macomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 15.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) December 22, 1837 Robert Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) January 9, 1838 Jonathan Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John Marks, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) December 22, 1837 Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) December 22, 1837 Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 306.) January 4, 1838 Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 258.) December 28, 1837 James Barron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) December 22, 1837 Samuel Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) December 22, 1837 Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) January 4, 1838 Wm. C. Hazard -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 299.) January 4, 1838. -- Reprinted Pensions to Indian fighters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) January 9, 1838 William Tudor, Jun. -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) January 4, 1838 Margaret White -- representative of Colonel Anthony Walton White. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 356.) January 9, 1838 Winthrop Sears and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) December 22, 1837 Abraham Woodall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 115.) December 22, 1837 Thomas Tyner and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 68.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted George Dyer, Jr. -- schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 100.) December 22, 1837 Graduate and reduce price of public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 234.) December 28, 1837 Nathan Lamme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 354.) January 9, 1838 Jonathan Boone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 242.) December 28, 1837 Peter Helphenston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) December 22, 1837 William Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) December 22, 1837 Philip Marshal and the representatives of John Marshal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 53.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James McMahon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Austin and Tailer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 61.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) January 5, 1838 James Callan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 77.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Leonard Loomis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) January 9, 1838 Samuel Raub, Jr., in relation to steam-engines. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 365.) January 9, 1838 Joseph Radcliff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Garland Burnley -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 284.) January 4, 1838 Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 14.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Doctor Philip Turner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) December 22, 1837 Francis Jarvis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) December 22, 1837 William T. Smith -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) Sawney Yorke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) December 22, 1837 William Moor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) December 22, 1837 Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 336.) January 5, 1838 William Vawter -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted Frederick Hill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) December 22, 1837 Bradley True Jipson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) December 22, 1837 William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) January 5, 1838 Mary Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 350.) January 9, 1838 Reuben Gentry and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 248.) December 28, 1837 Polly Lemon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 294.) January 4, 1838 Hugh McDonald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 297.) January 4, 1838 Timothy Feely -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) December 22, 1837 Crocker Sampson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) December 22, 1837 John McCormick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 313.) January 4, 1838 Amelia Leach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) December 22, 1837 David Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 264.) December 28, 1837 Francis Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 145.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be printed John Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 209.) December 22, 1837 Christopher Clarke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted William Culver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 343.) January 9, 1838 John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 79.) December 14, 1837 Moses Merrill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 101.) December 22, 1837 Jonathan Eliot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 63.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Oliver Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) December 22, 1837 Frederick Wilheid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) December 22, 1837 Captain Tarpley White -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 288.) January 4, 1838 Thomas Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 105.) December 22, 1837 James A. Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 114.) December 22, 1837 Edward Duval -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) January 9, 1838 Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 103.) December 22,1837 Abraham Lansing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 42.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John Winston -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) December 22, 1837 Joel Chandler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 113.) December 22, 1837 Abraham H. Kingsley. January, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Joseph Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 70.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John H. Pease. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 273.) January 4, 1838 Alexander G. Morgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted William Eadus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Levi Chadwick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted Joseph Veazie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 191.) December 22, 1837 Ezekiel Jones. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Doctor William Johonnot -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) December 22, 1837 Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 285.) January 4, 1838 Thomas E. Sudler and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 289.) January 4, 1838 Samuel D. Harris and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 301.) January 4, 1838 Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 255.) December 28, 1837 Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 17.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Hannah Budlong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Eli Horton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) December 28, 1837 Henry Richardson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) December 22, 1837 William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 317.) January 4, 1838 William Hooker Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) December 22, 1837 Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) December 22, 1837 Presley Thornton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 283.) January 4, 1838 Edmund Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 359.) January 9, 1838 M. Gelston, executor of David Gelson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James McFarland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) January 4, 1838 James Herron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 72.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 340.) January 5, 1838 Anna West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) December 22, 1837 Representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 286.) January 4, 1838 James J. Pattison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 26.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Representatives of Tarlton Woodson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) December 22, 1837 John Chilton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) December 22, 1837 Daniel Rardon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 212.) December 22, 1837 Lieutenant Joel Hardaway -- heirs of. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Abolish distinctions in ports of entry, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 341.) January 9, 1838 Heirs of Ludwick Rough, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 357.) January 9, 1838. -- Reprinted Gilbert A. Smith and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) January 4, 1838 Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) December 22, 1837 Reorganization of the Treasury Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) December 22, 1837 James Witherell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted Benjamin H. Mackall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 25.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Tandy Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) January 4, 1838 William Faris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 252.) December 28, 1837 Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 267.) December 28, 1837 William H. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 23.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 64.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Curtis Grubb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Representative of William Vause. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 287.) January 4, 1838 Thomas Todd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 325.) January 4, 1838 John F. Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 266.) December 28, 1837 Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 261.) December 28, 1837 Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 12.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives George McFaddin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 262.) December 28, 1837 Heirs of Thornton Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 290.) January 4, 1838 Jesse E. Dow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 18.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Crawford Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) December 22, 1837 Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 88.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Lewis B. Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 233.) December 28, 1837 Nathan Smith and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) December 22, 1837 Children of Colonel Henry Irwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 125.) December 22, 1837 Isaac Satterly. December 28, 1837. Read, and laid on the table Representatives of Roswell Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 29.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James Rigden. December 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table David Caldwell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 24.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted William Marbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) December 28, 1837 William Tharp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 75.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) January 4, 1838 Samuel Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 303.) January 4, 1838 Robert Whitlet. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 339.) January 5, 1838 George Innes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 344.) January 9, 1838 John M. Oliver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted James L. Kenner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 71.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted William Crooks and James Crooks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 76.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Henry Duchuquette. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) January 9, 1838 Frances Gardiner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Peter Yarnall and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) December 22, 1837 John Krepps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted School lands -- Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) December 22, 1837 Levy court -- Calvert County, Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Simeon Moss. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) December 22, 1837 Samuel O. Pettus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 243.) December 28, 1837 Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 337.) January 5, 1838 Zebulon Baxter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) January 4, 1838 Solomon Ketcham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) December 22, 1837 Frederick Reze. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) December 22, 1837 Benjamin Gannett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) December 22, 1837 Unexpended balances of appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 225.) January 9, 1838. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which said bill is committed Commodore Isaac Hull. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) December 22, 1837 Ann W. Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 85.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Joseph Henderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) December 28, 1837 Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 78.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) December 22, 1837 Doctor David H. Maxwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Joseph Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Huldah Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) December 22, 1837 Representatives of Nathaniel Tracy and of Thomas Gordon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted John Wiley and Jefferson Greer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) December 28, 1837 Samuel J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 256.) December 28, 1837 William Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 326.) January 4, 1838 Etienne (Stephen) La Lande. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) December 22, 1837 Sarah Murphy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 41.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Edward Burgess. (To accompany the Bill H.R. No. 69 [19].) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Robert Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) December 28, 1837 Catharine Rollins, alias Catharine Mosely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) January 4, 1838 Representatives of Charles Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) December 22, 1837 John McCarroll, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 333.) January 6, 1838 Thomas F. McCanless. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Amos Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) December 22, 1837 Duff Green -- edition laws U.S. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 329.) January 4, 1838 Ebenezer Lobdell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 366.) January 9, 1838 Tennessee to issue grants, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) December 22, 1837 Joseph Young -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted Neil McNeil. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) December 22, 1837 Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 263.) December 28, 1837 Lieutenant Colonel Richard Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) December 22, 1837 Hiner Stigermire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) January 9, 1838 Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 253.) December 28, 1837 Arkansas -- losses by Choctaw Treaty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 116.) December 22, 1837 Albion T. Crow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Thomas Fillebrown, Jun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 81.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Colonel Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted Presley N. O'Bannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Heirs of William B. Bunting. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) December 22, 1837 George C. Willard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) December 28, 1837 Gilbert Bogert. January 4, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Robert Keyworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 86.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John T. Addoms, executor of John Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 36.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Baily and Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 21.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Benjamin Hewitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 304.) January 4, 1838 Milley Yates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted James M. Edwards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 254.) December 28, 1837 Martha Woodliff, representative of F. Eppes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) January 4, 1838 Daniel T. Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 20.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) December 22, 1837 Lieutenant Joshua Fanning -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) December 22, 1837 John Brahan's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 280.) January 4, 1838 John H. Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 300.) January 4, 1838 John McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 22.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 205.) December 22, 1837 John Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 222.) December 22, 1837 John Whitsitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) December 28, 1837 Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 208.) December 22, 1837 Allen R. Moore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 38.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Christopher Werner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 66.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) December 22, 1837 John McClellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) December 22, 1837 Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 363.) January 9, 1838 James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 320.) January 4, 1838 William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 311.) January 4, 1838 John McDowel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 223.) December 22, 1837 Joshua Dodge -- consuls' fees, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) December 28, 1837 Elizabeth S.W. Bacot, widow of Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 37.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Robert McBride. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 257.) December 28, 1837 Melancthon T. Woolsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 69.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Lieut. James Conway -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 217.) December 22, 1837 Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) December 28, 1837 Samuel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted	330
Y 1.1/2:334	Loomis & Bassett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) January 18, 1838 Thomas Halls. January 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 12, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Lewis Hatch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) January 25, 1838 Mary Shepard and others, heirs of Frederick M. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 378.) January 10, 1838 Return B. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 400.) January 12, 1838 James McCally. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) February 6, 1838 John Hagie. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) January 25, 1838 Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 405.) January 12,1838 Nicholas Verplast. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 524.) February 6, 1838 Heirs of Major General John Thomas. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Adam Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) January 25, 1838 Benjamin McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 533.) February 6, 1838 Captain William Johnston -- representatives of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Robert Marshall. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Winslow Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) January 12, 1838 Israel Honeywell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) January 25, 1838 John Waters -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432.) January 18, 1838 George G. Henry, administrator of Wm. Henry. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John March. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 423.) January 18, 1838 James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) January 25, 1838 John E. Wool. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) January 12, 1838 Thomas Johnson -- heirs of. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Joseph W. Knipe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 462.) January 25, 1838 David Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 52.) February 6, 1838 James Aiken. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Jesse H. Willis, assignee of James Minnie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) January 13, 1837. -- Reprinted Heirs of William Rogers. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Inundated lands -- Mississippi and Arkansas. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 2.) January 12, 1838 George Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) January 27, 1838 Thomas Ledwith. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Randolph Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 526.) February 6, 1838 Marine hospitals. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 403.) January 12, 1838 Theodore Middleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 507.) January 31, 1838 Leighton Yancy -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Basil Brown. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table French spoliations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) January 20, 1838 Sarah Barney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 427.) January 18, 1838 George Fisher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) January 25, 1838 Amable Monty. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas McClelland and James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 386.) January 11, 1838 Benjamin Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) January 25, 1838 Eleanor Gardiner. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Jett -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) January 11, 1838 Heirs of Bennett Shurley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 508.) January 31, 1838 Benjamin Murphy. (To accompany Bill S. No. 85.) February 6, 1838 Cornelius Tiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 506.) January 31, 1838 Monuments to general officers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) January 20, 1838 Benjamin Vaughan. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) January 12, 1838 Heirs of James Caller, assignee of Joseph Anderson. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Sarah Pemberton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) January 25, 1838 Elizabeth Champney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 485.) January 27, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow James Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) January 18, 1838 James Morrison. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table General James Hogan -- heirs of. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Byxbe. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Luke Cannon -- heirs of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John M. Jewell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432.) January 18, 1838 Phelps & Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) January 20, 1838 John McCrea and Harvey Wakefield. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) January 25, 1838 Samuel McComb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) January 25, 1838 William Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) January 30, 1838 Sylvester Day. January 13,1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Mandeville -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) January 25, 1838 Seven years' half pay -- widows, &c. of officers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) January 12, 1838 Zebulon Sheets. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) January 10, 1838 Henry Sliver. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Harvey. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Asahel Kingsley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 530.) February 6, 1838 Michael McCray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 429.) January 18, 1838 Henry Morfit -- heirs of. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 46.) February 1, 1838 Presbyterian Church, White Plains, New York. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Lewis Evans. February 1, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Pierre A. Laforge. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Solomon H. Currier. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table George Moffit, deceased -- heirs of. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461 [i.e., 401].) January 12, 1838 Thomas King. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Bergen prizes -- Gunnison, Parke, Alexander. January 12, 1838. Read, and postponed until Friday, 19th of January instant Compensation and duties of Custom-house officers. (To accompany Bill H.R. 472.) January 25, 1838 Indiana militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) January 25, 1838 Benjamin Fry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 372.) January 10, 1838 Frederick Sammons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) February 2, 1838 William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) January 11, 1838 Everard Meade -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) January 17, 1838 Ira Carpenter. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thigh Walker. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table George Weeks. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table George B. Adams. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Ezekiel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) January 27, 1838 Philip Lightfoot. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Marine Corps. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 9.) January 18, 1838 Commons of Carondelet. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table James Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 382.) January 11, 1838 Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 406.) January 12, 1838 Cotton Evans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 503.) January 30, 1838 George W. Biscoe. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Joseph Safford and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) January 26, 1838 Thomas Tebbs -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Alexander Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 512.) February 1, 1838 Johan Jost Dietz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) January 25, 1838 Richard Shubrick -- heir of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) January 25, 1838 Bartholomew Trow -- heirs of. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table William Fox. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 536.) February 7, 1838 New York pilots. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Daniel Ward and George Ficklin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) January 17, 1838 Thomas Frazer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 430.) January 18, 1838 John Braidfoote's heirs. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) January 25, 1838 Jacob Erb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) January 25, 1838 Thomas Chapman -- executors of. January 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Richard Clay and James Lowell. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Glascock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 440.) January 18, 1838 Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) January 30, 1838 Heirs of James Caller, assignee of Thomas Frazier. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Shell. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Abel A. Pasko and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 535.) February 7, 1838 Marshal Rochambeau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 392.) January 11, 1838 Josephine Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.) January 31, 1838 Thomas Baytop -- heirs of. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Henry Northup. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Michael Fenwick -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 520.) February 6, 1838 Louisville Savings Institution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) January 25, 1838 Squire Furris. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Empson Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) January 18, 1838 Marcy Richards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 537.) February 8, 1838 Charles G. Ridgely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) January 27, 1838 Nathaniel Plumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) January 17, 1838 Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) January 18, 1838 Noah Chittenden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 500.) January 30, 1838 Bolus Corder -- heirs of. January 20, 1838. Read, and lead (i.e., laid) on the table Zachariah Jellison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 445.) January 20, 1838 Eliphalet Spafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 407.) January 12, 1838 Henry Coleman. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Wm. Langbourne - heirs of. January 18, 1837 Samuel Dickerson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) January 30, 1838 Ann Ross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) January 25, 1838 Joseph Salmond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 463.) January 25, 1838 John Perham. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Hern -- heirs of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Neapolitan indemnity. January 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Holcombe -- heirs of. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Humphrey Richardson. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Henry Gibson and John Peters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) January 11, 1838 William Steel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 428.) January 18, 1838 Peter A. Karthaus. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Robert Ramsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) January 27, 1838 Polly Lining. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) January 10, 1838 Illinois -- sufferers from Indians. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Solomon Prewett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) January 25, 1838 Monument to David Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) January 18, 1838 Richard and Stephen Livingston. January 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Bounty-land lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) January 11, 1838 Jonas Bartlet. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas A. Smith. January 25, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Iowa Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) February 6, 1838 John H. Overstreet -- heirs of. February 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Daniel B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) January 11, 1838 Thomas Sumpter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) January 11, 1838 Saunders and Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) January 10, 1838 Caroline E. Cletherall. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 72.) February 2, 1838 Richard Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 404.) January 12, 1838 Nicholas H. Bell. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Roger Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) January 27, 1838 Thomas Wells Dickinson. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Mississippi election. January 12, 1838. Read, and postponed until Tuesday, the 16th of January instant Captain R. Bealle -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) January 17, 1838 John Balch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) January 20, 1838 Nathan Sage -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 397.) January 12, 1838 Samuel Bell and Isaac Bell. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Boyd Reilly (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 534.) February 7, 1838 Simon Summers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) January 11, 1838 Sergeant-at-arms H.R. vs. Bank Metropolis. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Captain Thomas Harris -- heirs of. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) January 10, 1838. -- Reprinted Erastus Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) February 6, 1838 Philemon McElfresh and others, soldiers of the late war. January 12, 1838 Reuben Hunt. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Philip Barbour -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) January 30, 1838 Pinckney -- administrator of Williams. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Cyrus C. Scott. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Ann S. Heileman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 504.) January 30, 1838 Joseph S. Milligan and Philip D. Meroney. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Hosea Neale -- widow of. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Sinnard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) January 10, 1838 Huldah Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 499.) January 30, 1838 Thomas F. Randolph. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Elizabeth Mays. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) January 13, 1838 Benjamin Reynolds. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table James Caller's heirs -- assignee of Wm. Hartley. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) January 27, 1838 Pre-emption rights defeated by Indian reservations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) January 18, 1838 Road from Jefferson City, Missouri, through Little Rock, Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 409.) January 12, 1838 Eliza Causin, daughter of Col. John Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) January 25, 1838 Daniel Malone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 398.) January 12, 1838 Benjamin Parker. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Mary A. Patrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) January 31, 1838 First Presbyterian Church, Yorktown, New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 441.) January 18, 1838 Archibald R.S. Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 371.) January 10, 1838 Ship canal around the falls of Niagara. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 466.) January 25, 1838 Lieutenant Colonel William Fountain -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) January 18, 1838 Martha E. McLemore. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Certain settlers in Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) January 17, 1838 Ashbel Mason. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) January 17, 1838 Eli Kimberly. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Bates and Lacon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 518.) February 6, 1838 James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) January 18, 1838 Springfield Manufacturing Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 395.) January 12, 1838 William Andrews. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 532.) February 6, 1838 William S. Colquhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) January 11, 1838 William Boyce -- representatives of. January 25, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Jacob Greer. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table William Colt and William Donaldson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) February 6, 1838	219
Y 1.1/2:336	Thomas Spicer. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Wyoming claims. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Steam vessels on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Subscription to Niles's Register. Richard Fortune -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Rebecca Burch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) May 31, 1838 Irad Kelly and Datus Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) May 22, 1838 Gilbert Vroman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table George and James Anderson. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table George Yates -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) May 11, 1838 Increased public expenditure. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule Indian trust funds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 791.) May 15, 1838 Thos. Rutledge, deceased -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) May 31, 1838 James B. Wills. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table James L. Stokes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 853.) June 27, 1838 Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) May 11, 1838 John B. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) May 18, 1838. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) June 6, 1838 Major General John Thomas. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Armed brig Warrior. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 847.) June 26, 1838 Bridge at Wheeling, Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) June 27, 1838 David Gould. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 827.) June 2, 1838 United States and Mexico. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table William Tarrington and Francis Garriga. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) May 18, 1838 Samuel Tillet. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Peter Smith. June 27, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House Philip Crapo, executor of Samuel Aborn. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Perry L. Barronton. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table Lucy Williamson. May 18, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Milwaukee and Rock-River Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 767.) May 11, 1838 Amos Cornwall. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table John Cooper. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Galloway -- heirs of. May 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John McClellan -- sureties of. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas P. Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 815.) May 29, 1838 Matthew Arbuckle. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 188.) May 31, 1838. Committed with Senate Bill No. 188 to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. June 1, 1838. Reported, and ordered to be printed Lieutenant William Lewis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) May 31, 1838 Jerusha Flint. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table David Childress. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table Heirs of Captain Isaiah Wool. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table George Rice. May 18, 1838. Laid on the table John Armstrong. May 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table James Emmett -- heirs of. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Ponce. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table United States and Mexico Dunscomb Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) May 24, 1838 President's message. December 19, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Cushing Benjamin Ringgold. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Theodore Middleton. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table James Maxwell of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 775.) May 11, 1838 Roads and canals. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 309.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table Monument to the memory of Capt. Nathan Hale. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) June 27, 1838 Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) May 11, 1838 Noah Miller. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 236.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Elizabeth Cooke. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Laborers on the public buildings, Washington City. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Uniform militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 778.) May 11, 1838 Charles Rockwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) June 27, 1838 Breakwater -- Crow Shoal, Delaware ... July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Abner Prior -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) May 11, 1838 John Jones and Charles Souder -- Robinson Carr & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) May 24, 1838 Ship Mary and cargo -- Baltimore. July 3, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House J.F. Caldwell. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Hogg & Burnside. May 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Charles Fitzgerald -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) April 21, 1838 Silas Hale. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Benjamin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Dr. Wm. J.J. Morrow. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table Amend rules. May 28, 1838 Abraham Dupont. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Massey and Thomas James. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) May 15, 1838 Cumberland Road -- Indianapolis and vicinity ... July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Colonel John Lowry. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Eliza Seymour. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 857.) June 27, 1838 Isaac N. Piggott. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Zachariah Philips. May 23, 1838. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed John Keeller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) May 11, 1838 Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) May 17, 1838 Assignees of Potts and Clement. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 881.) July 6, 1838 John Millikin. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Cornelius Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 852.) June 27, 1838 National bank -- collection of the revenue, &c. February 19, 1838. Read ; debate arising, laid upon the table under the rule Elijah S. Bell. May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the papers of Elijah S. Bell, referred to the Secretary of War Michael Brisbois. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Alabama -- Captain Park's company. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Charles Smith. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table Henry R. Stickney. July 2,1838. Read, and laid upon the table Specie postage. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table General Joshua Buster. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Reuben Perry and Thomas Ligon. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table James S. Calhoun. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Receipt of notes of specie-paying banks at the Treasury Department. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule Mary O. Baldwin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Timothy Page -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Conrad House. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table C.M. Keller and H. Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 170.) May 11, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Joseph Savage -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 773.) May 11, 1838 Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 792.) May 15, 1838 James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 796.) May 18, 1838 William B. Ferguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) June 6, 1838 Thomas Rogers, executor of Charles Binns. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table William Traverse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 837.) June 9, 1838 J.G. Lyon, on behalf of himself and others. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Maria Hornbeck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 842.) June 27, 1838 Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Resolutions in relation to public lands. June 25, 1838. Read, and laid on the table for consideration, under the rule James Sayre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) May 11, 1838 Ordnance to Missouri. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Robert M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) May 29, 1838 Michael Armbrister. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 181.) May 11, 1838 Mary O'Bannon. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table A.J. Pickett and George W. Gayle, aids-de-camp to Governor C.C. Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) May 17, 1838 Elizur Kirtland. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Joseph Croskey and others. June 6, 1838. Laid upon the table Walter Bradley. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Caleb Atwater. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Alfred Westfall. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 201.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House A. Avery, A.P. Pritchard, and P.W. Taylor. May 25, 1838. Laid on the table Removal of officers. May 28, 1838, Debate arising, laid over under the rule. May 29, 1838, Printed by order of the House of Representatives James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the administrator of William Hodson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 880.) July 6, 1838 Tristram Coffin -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Polly Estes. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Henry Stoker. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Henry Gratiot -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 889.) July 7, 1838 James Wyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) May 25, 1838 Robert Adair. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Representatives of George Duval and others. (With Senate Bill No. 207.) May 10, 1838 Seats of Messrs. Prentiss and Word. June 11, 1838 Dr. Joseph Simon Pell. June 7. 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Widow of Jacob Kingsbury. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Fire-proof buildings in each surveying district. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.) July 5, 1838 Nick, alias Rignald Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) May 15, 1838 John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 760.) April 21, 1838 John Spotswood -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) May 29, 1838 Andrew Porter. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table Joseph Edson. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Isaac Lilley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) May 31, 1838 Samuel Hicks & Sons, and other importers of foreign goods under the law of 1828. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Elam Higley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) May 11, 1838 Land for free schools, &c. Proposed on the 22d December, 1837, and modified in the present form on the 24th February, 1838 Copy-right. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 885.) July 7, 1838 Thomas Harrison. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table John Winn -- in behalf of the owners of the schooner Joseph. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table William W. Paulett. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table Henry King's heirs. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Hannah R. Mumford. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table City of Augusta, Georgia. July 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House Joseph M. Hernandez. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 877.) July 6, 1838 Jacob Galencia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 882.) July 6, 1838 Everard Meade. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) May 31, 1838. Committed with the bill to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 417, for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade Richard Lawrence and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) May 24, 1838 Amendment to rules. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table one day for consideration Heirs of Benjamin Stoddert. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table John McCartney [i.e. M'Cartney]. (To accompany Bill S. No. 60.) June 12, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Thomas D. Morrison. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) May 11, 1838 Benjamin Durfee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) May 11, 1838 Robert Roberts. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table William Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 835.) June 7, 1838 Joseph K. Averill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) June 22, 1838 Gabriel Lombard. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table James Hackley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 799.) May 18, 1838 President's message. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Haynes, to be moved by him when the House shall take up for consideration, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, the message from the President of the United States at the commencement of the present session. December 7, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Samuel H. Benton and others. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table E.H. Williams, administrator of Doctor Hazel W. Crouch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) May 11, 1838 James McCay. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Price, &c. of public lands. December 11, 1837. Postponed to Monday the 18th instant. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Lawler. Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce, according to some equitable scale of graduation, the price of such portions of the public lands John L. McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 879.) July 6, 1838 Pay for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 82.) July 6, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Letter postage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) May 18, 1838 Horses and other property lost in the military service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803 [i.e., 804].) Congress of the United States. In the House of Representatives, December 29, 1837. On motion of Mr. Graham, of Indiana, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of amending the act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Payment of Horses and Other Property Lost ... " May 23, 1838 Elihu Hall Bay. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 805.) May 23, 1838 Indian depredations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 865.) July 2, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Town of Southport, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) May 11, 1838 William Brinkley -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Lewis Bissell. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Andrew Rembert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 838.) June 9, 1838 William Roberts, Jr. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Clark Allen. May 18, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Amend the Constitution United States. March 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Garland, of Virginia, and ordered to be printed Frederick Richmond. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Daniel Bird. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Elias Burnham and wife. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table Thos. B. Town, administrator of Timothy Currin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table George J. Knight. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 195.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow John Towns -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) May 11, 1838 Allen Gentry. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Removal of executive officers. February 19, 1838. Read, debate arising thereon, laid upon the table, under the rule General post route. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 839.) June 9, 1838 Isaac Conly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 844.) June 27, 1838 Remission of duties on wines destroyed by fire -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table Thomas Kibbey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 859.) June 27, 1838 Virginia -- judgments against state of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 798.) May 18, 1838 Ezekiel Glover. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Thomas L. Winthrop and others (To accompany S. Bill No. 208.) June 6, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Expenditures -- State Department. May 26, 1838. Laid on the table Ann J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 840.) June 9, 1838 Captain James Moore. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Y. Keene. (To accompany S. Bill No. 44.) May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Captain Thos. Ap Catesby Jones, of U.S. Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) May 23, 1838 Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) May 11, 1838 Ann Tilden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 856.) June 27, 1838 Colonel Charles Morgan. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table Joseph F. Caldwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 850.) June 27, 1838 Gamaliel E. Smith. July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the resolution therein contained, concurred in by the House Woodburne Potter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 878.) July 6, 1838 Rasselas Whitcomb and others, (surveyors.) June 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Jacob Horine. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table Charles W. Child. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Florida Peninsula Railroad -- make road through public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) May 31, 1838 Andrew Tadlock. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John Masters. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Heirs of Morgan Alexander. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Arbitrament of national disputes. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Elizabeth White. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table John Broome. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table To amend the rules. July 7, 1838. Postponed until Monday next Foreign paupers and naturalization laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. Nos. 873 and 874.) July 2, 1838 Missouri volunteers. (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) May 31, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Ursin Hebert. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Jemison and Williamson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 851.) June 27, 1838 Township of Oxford -- exchange school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) May 31, 1838 Losses -- late war with Creek Indians, Alabama. May 15, 1838. Laid on the table Heirs of Daniel Boon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 872.) July 2, 1838 Samuel Tubbs and others. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Moses Van Campen. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) May 29, 1838 Eunice Burzette. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table Passengers in mail coaches. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Coyle. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Jacob Hanks. (To accompany S. Bill No. 202.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill. committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Heirs of John Motlow. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Abner Sherman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Public buildings -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) May 31, 1838 Credentials of members. February 19, 1838. Laid upon the table under the rule of the House James Barret. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 816.) June 6, 1838 Canal around the Muscle Shoals of the River Tennessee. June 27, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Dr. James H. Cheears's legal representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) May 25, 1838 Robert H. Rose. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Ruth Hawks. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Robert Wallace. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) June 2, 1838 Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 866.) July 2, 1838 Samuel Douthet and others July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Dry dock at Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) May 11, 1838 Dempsey Collins. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Simeon Knight. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table Solomon Hearsey. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Praying remission of duties on broken glass -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Amasa Soper -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table William W. West, assignee of Daniel C. Clark. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table Joseph E. Pomar. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Elisha Adair. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Death of Mr. Cilley -- duel. April 21, 1838. Submitted to the House of Representatives. May 10, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed S.T. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 848.) June 27, 1838 Henry D. Purcell -- heirs of. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table John McHatton. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table John G. Mozart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 860.) June 27, 1838 Alexander Watson. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table Philip F. Jones. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Richard Booker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 849.) June 27, 1838	261
Y 1.1/2:339	Memorial of Lysander Spooner, praying to be allowed to improve the navigation of the Maumee River, by means of slack water, &c. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the "Act Granting Land to Certain Exiles from Poland." January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the improvements of the harbor of St. Louis. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1839. Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 176.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the memorials ... praying for a grant of land to aid in constructing the Mount Carmel and New Albany railroad, report . Memorial of Russell Comstock, praying Congress to purchase and publish certain discoveries alleged to have been made by him, to promote the preservation and increase of agricultural products, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 218.) This claim was presented to the Senate the 2d session of the 24th Congress . In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 231.) It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida ; that his plantation was a very valuable one ; that it was taken possession of by the troops . In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 156.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel . Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Organization of a Volunteer Militia Force, for the Defence of the Maritime and Inland Frontier." January 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 213, and ordered to be printed Petition of Thomas Jefferson Smith, in reply to the remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, against the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 216.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads make the following report on the petition of Converse & Rees . In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 246.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, which was instructed to inquire into the expediency of modifying or repealing the act of March 3, 1837, for the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund, report . Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension of the "Acts for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States," so as to apply to cases which shall have occurred on or before the 1st day of January, 1839. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the value of the imports, and the amount of duties thereon, from the 10th May, 1837, to the 10th May, 1838. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the petition of William Smith, claiming indemnity for depredations committed on his property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1793, report . In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of Jesse Smith . In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 214.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle . Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number of the land offices, and the condition of the business therein. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 210.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of William W. Williams were referred, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report . In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 123.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Bill No. 123, for the relief of Charles A. Dodd, report . Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the examinations of inventions to prevent explosions of steam boilers. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Petition of the clerks in the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of compensation. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Petition of the Mississippi City Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 222.) This claim has three times been passed by the Senate . In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution ... Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to cause an estimate to be made of the sums that will be necessary to complete the construction of the Cumberland Road . Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Alabama, that said company be allowed to enter a tract of land, at the minimum price, to aid in the construction of said road. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 220.) This case was favorably reported upon and passed by the Senate at the last session . Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number of suits on the trial docket of each of the circuit courts of the United States, and the number of miles travel of each judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. January 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, late of the City of Mobile, praying for the confirmation of the title to a certain tract of land called the Du Broca claim, respectfully report . Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John L. Scott, report . Documents relating to the Bill (S. 1) "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." December 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of specie, and the amount of gold coinage, since June, 1834, and the average circulation of the notes of the late Bank of the United States. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate Memorial of a number of citizens of Tompkins County, N.Y., praying the revision and amendment of the militia system. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land district in the northern part of that state. January 25, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Arkansas, praying the extension of the jurisdiction, and the holding of an additional term of the district court of the United States for that state. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying that certain communications addressed by him to the Secretary of War, and Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate, on the subject of expelling the hostile Indians from Florida, may be printed. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the passage of a law requiring the employment of boys in the merchant vessels of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain an appropriation for the immediate survey of lands in that state. January 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 92.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade . Document in relation to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Extracts from the message of Governor Call to the Territorial Legislature of Florida, January 11, 1839, in relation to the Indian hostilities in that territory, and the means of terminating them. January 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 226.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Robert Piatt, heir of Daniel Piatt, deceased, report . Documents relating to the subject of ceding to the State of Tennessee the vacant, unappropriated, and refuse lands within that state. January 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Foster, to accompany Senate Bill No. 173; referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of William A. Crocker, agent of the Taunton Branch Railroad Company, and contractor on post route No. 299, from Boston to Taunton, report . Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the defence of the frontier of Maine. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of the Florida claims, under the treaty of 1819. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 22, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke . In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 45.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of the Parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana, praying for a grant of a certain quantity of public land for public purposes, report . Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works on the Pea Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the number of acres in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, embraced in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Petition of John A.L. Norman, praying the donation of a township of land to the Territory of Florida, to aid in erecting a university to be called the "Dade Institute of Florida." January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of underwriters of Charleston, S.C., praying the establishment of additional ports of entry on the coast of Florida. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 163.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Francis Laventure, Ebenezer Childs, and Linus Thompson"; and also a memorial from a number of citizens of Milwaukie, in the Territory of Wisconsin, and another memorial from the Legislative Assembly from that territory . Memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, praying the payment of a sum of money withheld from them, under their contract for the transportation of the mail. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence between the Secretary of War and the Bank of the United States, in relation to the sale of the bonds of that institution. January 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in answer to the petition of Thomas J. Smith, in favor of making Indian Key a port of entry. January 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying that the people of that state be indemnified for depredations committed on their property by the hostile Creek Indians in 1836. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Petition of John Roberts, praying to be released from liability as surety of Morrison and Wheeler, under a contract with the government for a supply of arms. December 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, transmitting a statement of the sums paid under private appropriations since 1833. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Petition of Abner E. Van Ness, praying to be indemnified for losses incurred by him under a contract for surveying the public lands of the United States. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the erection of a Custom-house at that place. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the northeastern boundary. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the officers of the revenue cutter Taney, praying that the benefit of the Navy Pension Fund may be extended to the officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. January 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Colonel Alexander R. Thompson . In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 200.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Malachi Hagan . In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Samuel Y. Keene, report . Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. December 17, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 74, to the Committee of Claims. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain an appropriation for opening an inlet at or near Nag's Head, on the coast of that state. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 227.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the widow, children, and legatees of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased, reports . In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 83. Mr. Young submitted the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton . In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report The Joint Committee on the Library, on the part of the Senate, report: That in pursuance of an act authorizing the printing of the Madison Papers . Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th July, 1838, transmitting statements of cases in which a per centum has been allowed on disbursements of public moneys. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 232.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of General Joseph M. Hernandez, have had the same under consideration, and report . In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 211.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the representatives of Joseph Morris . In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 239.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report . In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill from the House of Representatives for the Relief of Pamela Brown . Documents in relation to the claim of Loomis and Gay, for compensation for extra work done by them on the Cumberland Road. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 208 Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 6, 1838, a statement of all works for the improvement of harbors and mouths of creeks and rivers, which have been in progress upwards of three years. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of granting a tract of land to each of the colleges in that state. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the condition of the Seminole Indians, who have emigrated. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of members of the New York Peace Society, praying Congress to interpose as mediator between France and Mexico, and to propose the formation of a Congress of Nations for the adjustment of international disputes. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 3, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, against the passage of the bill "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Alabama, praying to be allowed pre-emption rights to any unlocated public lands, in lieu of others of which they have been deprived. January 8, 1839. Presented by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 135, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joshua Kennedy, asking for indemnity for the destruction of property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1813, submit the following report . Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the expenses of making the disbursements of the Indian Department. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 207 In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 217.) This claim was before the Senate at the 2d session of the 24th Congress . Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the claims of the Alabama volunteers, for horses lost in the service of the United States in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 223.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas Powell, report . Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the correspondence and arrangements between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of North America and Bank of New York. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 197.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Ira Day, of Vermont, made the following report . In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, requiring him "to communicate to the Senate any authentic information he may recently have received, in respect to the modes of collecting, keeping, and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries" . Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the creation of a new land district in the northern part of that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 127, for the relief of James Ralston . In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to which was referred the petition of Jephtha A. Wilkinson, have had the same under consideration, and reports . Motion submitted by Mr. Allen, in relation to the financial policy of the government. December 31, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying an increase of the pension allowed her. January 14, 1839. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of rescinding a resolution of the Senate of the United States, and in relation to the policy of the general government. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 79.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report . Document relating to the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 17, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Page, praying compensation for information furnished the officers of the government in 1814, in relation to a violation of the revenue laws, report . Memorial of George de Passau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land in lieu of one of which he has been deprived. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to deposites in the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, and the sale and payment of its bonds. December 27, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate In Senate of the United States. December 26, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of certain clerks belonging to the Office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of their pay, and the graduation thereof according to the service required of them, beg leave to report . Memorial of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, praying to be allowed to purchase five hundred thousand acres of the government land, on a credit of six years ; and also asking an extension of three years on their bonds for the payment of the duties on certain railroad iron imported by them. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the sales of the public lands. January 8, 1839. Read. January 9, 1839. Ordered to be printed, accompanied by the resolution of the Senate calling for the same Memorial of the clerks in the Office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase in their compensation, and the passage of a law fixing and apportioning the salaries of clerks to their duties. January 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson submitted the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, report . In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 121.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John Richey . Memorial of M. Allen and others, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. January 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed Resolutions in relation to the employment of the state banks as agents for the deposite and disbursement of the public revenue. January 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Tallmadge, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas submitted the following report The Committee on the District of Columbia, to which was referred a resolution inquiring if the banks of this district had conformed to the act approved May 31, 1838, report . Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land office at "Kishwaukee," in that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Illinois Town, March 1, 1838. At a meeting of the board of managers elect under the act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, authorizing a lottery to raise funds for draining the lakes and ponds of the American Bottom In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report The Committee on Commerce, having examined the petition of Thomas Rudolph and others, report . In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 185.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation . In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 219.) The claim of James McCrory . In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 166.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred sundry depositions to establish the claim of Richard Robertson, of Alabama, to compensation for a bay mare, lost in the service of the United States . Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of orders and instructions issued since the 14th day of April, 1836, relative to the kind of money and bank notes to be paid out on account of the United States. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of merchants of Charleston, S. Carolina, praying the establishment of a port of entry and the erection of a light-house at Indian Key. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed	128
Y 1.1/2:341	In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to "inquire into the expediency of providing for the construction of one or more steam vessels of war, and their employment in the naval service," . Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, for the establishment of a mail route, and for the distribution of the Mississippi mail at Mobile. February 28, 1839. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 302.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Campau, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land . Message from the President of the United States, transmitting additional documents in relation to the dispute between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the dispute between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the allowances to the marshals of the several districts for distributing the venires, and the fees now allowed to the marshal of New Hampshire for that service. February 26, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Read, made the special order for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the messages of the President of the United States of the 26th and the 27th instant, and the accompanying document, in relation to the existing difficulties on the northeastern frontier of the United States, report the following resolutions . Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, praying that the usual annual appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of said city may be continued. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contracts for the transportation of the mail for the year ending July 1, 1838. February 21, 1839. Read, and laid on the table Documents relating to internal improvements in the State of Illinois. February 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate Document relating to the claim of a number of settlers on the public lands in Indiana, to be allowed the right of pre-emption. February 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report The Committee on Military Affairs, who have had under consideration a number of petitions from officers of the line of the Army of the United States, praying for equalization of pay with the officers of the staff, report . Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing what drafts on banks having public funds on deposite have been protested since the 1st January, 1837, &c. February 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of masters of wrecking vessels, on the coast of Florida, opposed to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. February 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Kittery, Maine, against the repeal of the duty on salt, and against abolishing the bounty allowed to owners of fishing vessels. February 25, 1839. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying a donation of land to emigrants and settlers in the Oregon Territory. February 26, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to the manufacture, quality, and use of salt. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate Memorial of a number of naturalized citizens of the United States, residing in the State of Michigan, praying the adoption of measures to secure the recognition of their rights as citizens of the United States. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Addison County, Vermont, praying the establishment of a national foundry at Vergennes, in that state. February 25, 1839. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 206.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Joseph Campau report . Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the adoption of measures to insure the recognition by foreign powers of the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the mode of furnishing supplies of goods or merchandise to the Indian Department. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred so much of the petition of America Vespucci as relates to a grant of land .	23
Y 1.1/2:346	Mormons. Memorial of Ephraim Owen, Jr., late of Green County, Indiana, now of Davis County, Missouri, asking of Congress to afford protection to the people called Mormons, in the enjoyment of their civil rights as citizens of the United States ; and complaining of loss of property, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognized as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the government. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Duncan H. [i.e. N.] Hennen versus P.K. Lawrence. Petition of Duncan H. [i.e. N.] Hennen, praying an inquiry whether the Hon. P.K. Lawrence, judge of District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has not been guilty of dangerous abuses of power. January 8, 1839. Referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members Defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st ultimo, in relation to the defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Legislature of Illinois. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to a survey of the northern and western lakes. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Small-pox among the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the small-pox among the Indians. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to said Committee, and ordered to be printed Electro-magnetic telegraph, by Professor Morse. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from Professor Morse, on the subject of his electro-magnetic telegraph. January 4, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Smithsonian legacy. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. December 14, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 10th December, instant, on the messages of the President of the United States on the same subject. January 10, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Condition of banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, showing the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Appropriations -- Army for 1839. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 897.) December 21, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Wisconsin -- lead-mine district. Memorial of sundry citizens of Wisconsin Territory and the State of Illinois, on the subject of the lead-mine district. January 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Lands -- American Bottom, Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to lands in the Edwardsville and Kaskaskia land districts, in the State of Illinois, called the American Bottom, &c. January 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Intermeddling with the Indians, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th of March last, relative to the intermeddling of any foreign government, or the subjects thereof, with the Indian tribes in Michigan, Wisconsin, &c. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Lands ceded to the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to lands ceded to the United States, the quantity surveyed, &c. December 29, 1838. Referred to a select committee, to consist of one member from each state Northern boundary of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a call for the report of the commissioners appointed to run the northern boundary of Missouri. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Territories Additional clerks -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Department. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Survey -- Neenah or Fox River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of the survey of the Neenah or Fox River, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Armory -- Kentucky. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, in relation to a public armory in said state. December 29, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Pope, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Florida -- Indian Key -- port of entry. Remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Elijah S. Bell. Report of the Secretary of War, on the claims of Elijah S. Bell, to whom the case had been referred by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th May last. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table General Charles Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to General Charles Gratiot; with a letter from General Gratiot to Hon. J.P. Underwood, appended. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Revenue of Post Office -- equal to its wants. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the funds of the office, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Deposite bank -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, notifying Congress that he had selected the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana as a depository of the public moneys, &c. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Chart of Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting chart of Newark Bay. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Steam-engines. Memorial of Cadwallader Evans, for an appropriation to enable him to test his invention to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on Steam-engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed Printers laws U.S. -- North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the names of persons employed as printers to publish the laws of the United States in North Carolina. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1838. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Survey of May River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieutenant Wilkes of the survey of May River, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks in War Department -- answering calls of the House. Letter from the Secretary of War, answering the call of the House for information respecting clerks in the War Department. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table Fire-proof building -- War Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1084.) January 26, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed Explaining Navy bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896, making appropriations for the Navy for 1839.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy. December 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st December, 1838. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Insolvent debtors -- United States. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting the propriety of extending the provision of the Insolvent Law of March 2, 1837, to cases which may have occurred before the 1st of January, 1839. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Emigrating Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Seminole Indians who have lately emigrated to the West. January 17, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Fort Livingston, Grand Terre, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the progress made, &c., in the completion of Fort Livingston, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Steam boilers. Memorial of the owners of steamboats and others, of Louisville, Kentucky, on the subject of explosions of steam boilers. December 20, 1838. Referred to select committee on steam engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, "whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States." January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Construction of revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report made by the Comptroller of the Treasury, in relation to the operation of the existing revenue laws, and on the expediency of some further act of legislation explanatory of the intention of Congress in regard to certain descriptions of goods. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in compliance with the act of 2d March, 1831, for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States. December 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Capture of reputed Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the pursuit, capture, &c., of certain Indian refugees and murderers, within the limits of one of the United States. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid on the table Memorial of Charles Louis Fleischmann, on the manufacture of beet-sugar. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of the Department of War for the year 1838, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Contracts -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Receipts and expenditures of the U. States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1837. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid on the table Vermont -- Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Vermont. For a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia Defence northern and western frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1097.) January 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table National domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the public domain. January 16, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee of 26 members upon the subject of the public lands Reports of committees -- effects of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, inquiring whether the reports of standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised by the accounting officers of the Departments as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim upon the government, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Education of boys, &c. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying for the education of boys for the merchant service. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce New York -- opening Post Office on Sunday. Memorial of Truman Hastings and others, praying a repeal of that part of the Post Office law which requires postmasters to labor on Sunday. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads Arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the expenditure of the appropriation of last session for the erection and repair of arsenals, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Texas invasion -- Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in relation to the invasion of the southwestern frontier by an armed force from the Republic of Texas. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Isaac Gage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1048.) Petition and papers of Isaac Gage, praying for leave to import iron vessels free of duty. January 3, 1839. Referred to Committee on Manufactures. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Commodore Elliott and Lieutenant C.G. Hunter. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the proceedings of the two courts martial ordered to try certain charges preferred by Commodore Elliott against Lieutenant C.G. Hunter, together with a copy of the charges preferred by Lieutenant Hunter against Commodore Elliott Expenses -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimate of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the expenses of that Department. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to the same Committee, and ordered to be printed Land granted to Indiana -- construction of act. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the construction of an act of Congress granting a tract of land to the State of Indiana. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Guard to emigrating Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 987.) January 8, 1838. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Extra clerk hire -- on calls Ho. of Reps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th July last, requiring information in relation to extra clerk hire incurred in answering calls for information, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Persons employed in the Indian Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a statement of all persons employed by that Department during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Balances on books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year ; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years ; also, an abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Pea-Patch Island. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the present state of the Pea-Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Miscellaneous claims, 1838, and expenditures Marine Hospital Fund, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements made at the Treasury in the year 1838, on account of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for ; also, statements showing the expenditures and receipts of the Marine Hospital Fund for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen during the year 1837. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Claims of Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, relative to the 3d section of the act of the 5th July, 1832, for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia. January 24, 1839. Read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members Major Trueman Cross. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the accounts of Major Trueman Cross. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Mint -- Director's estimates. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Due from late deposite banks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the amounts due from the late deposite banks, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks in the State Department in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks in his Department for the year 1838. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table Beaubien and his assignees. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of Beaubien and his assignees. January 17, 1839. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Lewis Cass. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, calling for a statement of the final settlement of the accounts of Lewis Cass, &c. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Lands sold under Chickasaw Treaty, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements required by the Act For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws, approved April 20, 1836. December 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Communication from the Honorable Alfred Conkling, made at the request of Mr. M. Fillmore, of defects of law, &c. Presented by Mr. Fillmore. December 20, 1838. 1st. Refer so much as relates to courts and piracy, to Committee on Judiciary ; 2d. So much as relates to neutrality, to Committee on Foreign Relations ; 3d. So much as relates to steamboats, to Select Committee on that subject Arms procured and distributed since close of last war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the quantity and description of arms which have been procured and distributed since the late war with Great Britain, &c. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Florida claim -- Treaty of 1819. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the Florida claim under the treaty with Spain of 1819. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Banks of Massachusetts -- Commonwealth, Franklin, Lafayette. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to debts due to the United States (if any) by the Commonwealth, Franklin, and Lafayette Banks, of Massachusetts. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Army of the United States -- officers. Petition of Charles F. Smith, Captain, and other officers of the Army stationed at West Point, for an equalization of the pay of the Army. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Catskill Creek. Petition of inhabitants of New York, for the improvement of the Catskill Creek. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Marcus Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c., of a survey of the harbor of Marcus Hook. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Pre-emption -- Paris Seminary, Illinois. Petition of sundry citizens of Edgar County, Illinois, praying the right of pre-emption to a certain section of land for the use and benefit of the Paris Seminary. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Steam-boilers, &c. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the proceedings under the act of the 28th June last, providing for examinations of inventions designed to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee appointed on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of steamboats, steam-boilers, &c. War Department -- Indian estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 895.) Letters from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriations for the service of the Indian Department for 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed	82
Y 1.1/2:348	Negroes, &c., captured from Indians in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the disposition of Negroes and other property captured from hostile Indians during the present war in Florida, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Legislature of Illinois -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, versus an independent Treasury, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Harbor of Baltimore. Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, praying a continuance of the appropriation heretofore made for preserving the harbor. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Condition of state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements, &c., in relation to the condition of the state banks, so far as ascertained. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Mississippi Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of post offices. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Blockades -- Mexico and Rio de la Plata. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of the blockades of the Mexican coast and the Rio de la Plata. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Duty on salt and fishing bounties. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the duty on salt and bounty to fishermen. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Military works -- northeast frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1169.) February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs Marble or granite for public buildings. February 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Lincoln, Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed Mississippi Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to a mail route by stages from the Mississippi City to Jackson. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Military bounty lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1167.) Letter of Commissioner of General Land Office. February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Loomis, from the Committee on the Public Lands Maine and New Brunswick. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the present state of affairs between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed New Jersey -- the public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey respecting the public lands. February 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Mail -- Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the existing contract for carrying the mail from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. February 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, calling for information respecting the number of Cherokee Indians now residing in North Carolina, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. February 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Vermont -- Canadian frontier. Memorial of inhabitants of St. Alban's, Vermont, upon the subject of the attack on the steamer Caroline, the Neutrality Law, and the disturbances on the Canadian frontier. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs	17
Y 1.1/2:354	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the money received on account of their lands, &c. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 24, 1839. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department for the year ending November 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1839-40. December 16, 1839 Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the expediency of a change in the system of marine hospitals. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed	9
Y 1.1/2:355	In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in the following words: "Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to confirm to the State of Indiana the land claimed and selected by her" .. In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Andrew Armstrong, report .. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the War Department, and of the offices and bureaus attached thereto, during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the naval establishment for the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Missouri, praying a donation of land to settlers in the Oregon Territory. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William Easby, report .. In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton .. Petition of Albin Michel, on behalf of the heirs of Madame de Lusser, praying the confirmation of a grant of land in Mobile, in the State of Alabama. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 55 Petition of the heirs of James Sympson, praying the confirmation of their title to a tract of land. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed Petition of the religious order of the "Ladies of the Sacred Heart," at the City of St. Louis, Missouri, praying that a charitable donation, sent to them from the City of Paris, may pass duty free. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the establishment of certain post routes. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the 13th and 14th sections of the "Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money," approved June 23, 1836. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the repeal of the naturalization laws. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia on the 1st of January, 1840. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a national foundry within that state. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 3, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the amendment of the organic law of that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the adjustment of the boundary line between that territory and the State of Missouri. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension to French vessels coming from Guiana and Senegal of the benefits granted by the act of 9th of May, 1828, to French vessels from the islands of Gaudaloupe and Martinique ; and also the repayment of the duties levied on the French ship Alexandre. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. December 27, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Samuel Forry, praying Congress to provide for the publication of a meteorological and statistical register. December 27, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Calhoun, Linn, and Spence, and ordered to be printed Motion submitted by Mr. Linn, in relation to the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. December 18, 1839. Submitted. December 30, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Preston, Wall, Pierce and Walker, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the law providing for taking the sixth census of the United States. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Amendment proposed by Mr. Lumpkin, to the motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. January 7, 1840. Submitted, referred with said motion to a select committee, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed Memorial of F.A. Chevalier de Gerstner, praying to be allowed a copyright for his publication in this country for a period of five years. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying a donation of land for the establishment of a college in that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of permitting officers of the Army to retire on half pay. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. January 10, 1838. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 18.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of Loomis and Gay, report Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of a metallic currency and the adoption of the independent Treasury system. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of the chief warriors and chiefs of the Six and Seneca Nations of Indians. Praying that the action of the Senate on the Treaty with the Seneca Indians may be suspended, &c., &c. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of surrendering to the State of Maryland the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Hall J. Kelley, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory for the purpose of establishing a colony thereon. December 27, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional information in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation for the removal and subsistence of a number of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. January 7, 1840. Submitted by Hon. Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement showing the contingent expenses of that Department during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, in relation to the disposal of public lands. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, opposed to any measure to divide the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a catalogue of all the laws, and of all the legislative and Executive journals and documents, of the several states and territories, now in the Library. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, to procure an additional appropriation of land to satisfy outstanding military bounty land warrants. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, showing the operations of the Topographical Bureau during the year 1839. January 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, concerning the description of papers deemed necessary to be provided by law for the use and protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the construction of a levee on the south bank of Red River; the opening of the Bayou L'eau Bleue, the validity of titles to land under French and Spanish grants; and in relation to the 16th sections in that state. December 30, 1839. Ordered to be printed; and that the first and third resolutions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and the second to the Committee on Private Land Claims In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Merrick made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 98.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker ..	45
Y 1.1/2:359	Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the sixteenth sections in that state. April 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the separation of the government from banks, and of the passage of the independent Treasury bill. March 30, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the cession to that state of the Muscle Shoals Canal. April 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 321 In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 216.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Wilson P. Hunt, praying Congress to authorize the issuing of a patent to a certain tract of land confirmed to Gregoire Sarpy, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill authorizing the payment to Don Carlos Dehault Delassus, for certain money taken from him .. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 284.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Joseph Thompson .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 293.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Pamela Allen, widow of Samuel Allen, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 280.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Greaves .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin L. Carleton, ask leave to report .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elisha Bentley, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John W. Thompson, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 46, "For the Relief of John T. Addoms, Executor of John Addoms," report .. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the transportation of the mail in steamboats. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 290.) March 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Chalmers, deceased, praying compensation for property destroyed during the last war, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Ramsay .. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Young made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 20.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the bill to authorize the purchase of stock for the United States in the "Louisville and Portland Canal Company," report .. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was recommitted the petition of John Nantz, for himself and others, privateer pensioners .. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 242.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the bill "Granting to the Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company a Portion of the Public Lands for the Purpose Therein Expressed," report .. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 275.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 277.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah and Robert W. Williams, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Williams, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 291 and 293 [i.e., 292].) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H. Lucas and A.P. King .. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Morgan, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 44, for the relief of Thomas Fillebrown, Jr., .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas R. Saunders, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 42) to amend an act entitled "An Act Confirming Certain Land Claims in the State of Michigan," report .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Bosworth, report .. In Senate of the United States. May 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 334.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain John De Treville, late of the Revolutionary Army, praying for the commutation of his half-pay .. In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 296.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of N.G. Hamilton, with the documents accompanying it, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin made the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of McCurdy & Whiteside .. Petition of Moses Coppedge, praying to be allowed a pre-emption right to a tract of land. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Petition of Sands Stuart and John Davis, praying to be allowed the right of pre-emption to certain lands occupied by them. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying an appropriation for the improvement of Current River. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the establishment of a post-route. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in said city. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of Missouri volunteers, praying a settlement of their accounts for services rendered in Florida. April 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Newton County, Missouri, praying a donation of land to said county for public purposes, and that the settlers on the public lands in said county be allowed the right of pre-emption. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey. praying the imposition of a duty on raw silk. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying that William Triplett may be confirmed in his title to a tract of land. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying the imposition of a duty on fish imported from Canada. April 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports from the Secretaries of the Treasury and the Navy, and from the Postmaster General, in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank-notes, and the payment of government creditors in depreciated currency. April 18, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 326.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Langtry and Jenkins, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 32, for the relief of John Howe, report .. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the removal of certain Cherokee Indians. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of George C. Johnston for the payment of certain debts due him by the Shawnee Indians. April 21, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Documents showing the statistics of the City of Galena, Illinois. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, adverse to the repeal or modification of the law giving a bounty to vessels engaged in the fisheries. April 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, charged with the memorial of William D. Jones, have considered the matter of that memorial, and now report .. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying a further appropriation for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. March 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of payments and deposites of Treasury notes. March 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 199.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Scrivener, for property destroyed by the enemy during the last war, and to whom was also recommitted the report and bill in the cases of James Tongue and the administrator of William Hodson, report .. Memorial of the officers of the Corps of Engineers, against the passage of the bill "To Regulate the Pay and Emoluments of the Officers of the Line and Staff of the Army." April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed Documents relating to the claim of the heirs of Robert Fulton. March 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Buchanan made the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which were referred the several messages of the President of the United States, communicating to Congress, at its present session, certain official correspondence in relation to the question of the territory in dispute with Great Britain on our northeastern frontier .. In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of John B. Fanning .. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 320.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Moore, report .. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York in favor of the construction of a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. May 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to the execution of the contract of Langtree & O'Sullivan, for the printing and delivery of the Madison Papers. April 29, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 174.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the administrator of Joseph Edson .. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the improvement of the navigation of the Neenah, Wiskonsin, Rock, Pekatonica, Four Lakes, and Platte Rivers. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of a light-house on the Bayou Bonfouca. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the debts, and the removal of the Winnebago Indians. March 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Nicholson, executor of Abner L. Duncan, report .. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of gold and silver coin, and bullion, and the annual coinage at the Mints, to the year 1839. March 18, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be sent to the Senate Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the rank and commissions of Charles Wilkes, Jun., and William L. Hudson, of the United States Navy. March 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 310.) The Committee on Commerce have examined the petition of sundry citizens of the United States, praying that steamers running between Boston and the British Province of Nova Scotia may be relieved from the limitations of the Act of 1819 .. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert McCarty, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 333.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the propriety of extending the port of New Orleans, report .. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying a donation of land for the establishment of manual labor schools in that territory. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Bruce for remuneration on account of losses on a contract for removing obstructions in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers .. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 273) "To Reduce the Drawbacks on Refined Sugar and Rum, and To Reduce the Fishing Bounties and Allowances in Proportion to the Reduced Duties on Sugar, Molasses, and Salt." March 30, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 332.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, assignee of Cornelius McCurtin, for the confirmation of his title to a tract to land, report: .. Reports of the majority and minority of the Select Committee on the Origin and Character of Fishing Bounties and Allowances. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed ; and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steamvessels, on the impolicy and injustice of certain enactments contained in the law relating to steamboats, and asking to be restored in the rights and privileges which belong to other citizens engaged in navigation. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dixon made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 330.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade, submit the following report .. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martin Burke, report .. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, for a donation of land to aid the state in the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of St. Mary's. April 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the northeastern boundary. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of the public lands for the improvement of the two White Rivers in that state. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Limpkin made the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Purdom & Stokes, report .. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the military preparations of the British authorities on the northern frontier of the United States, from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. April 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 308.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Wilson, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report .. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A.C. Hollinger, praying remuneration for services rendered and money expended while Inspector of the Port of Mobile, report .. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No 307.) The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred certain papers relating to the claim of James H. Relfe .. Resolutions from the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the construction of a road from Vidalia to Natchitoches, in that state, April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza A. Mellon, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 285.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Aaron Vail, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 319.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims submit the following report: By reference to the report herewith submitted, it appears that the claim of John Ramsey, a surgeon in the Revolutionary War .. In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, as assignee of Edward Laurendine, for a confirmation of his claim to a tract of 640 acres of land, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 45, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives (No. 57) for the relief of Robert Milnor and John Thompson, report the same without amendment .. Memorial of Hiram Powers, praying that certain works of art, the production of American artists abroad, may be admitted into the United States free of duty. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Willis McDonald, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Prudence C. Loring, have had the same under consideration, and report .. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 43, "For the Relief of William Bailey, Survivor of Bailey & Delord," .. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom the memorial of William Duncan, attorney of Abner L. Duncan, was submitted, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Linn, widow of David Linn, report .. Documents relating to the condition of the affairs of the several banks in the District of Columbia. March 20, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, exhibiting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the present state of the difficulties which have existed, and the arrangements made, or attempted to be made, between the government and the Cherokee people. April 1, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the repeal of the duty on salt. March 31, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Document in relation to the drawback of duties on refined sugars. April 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the quantity and the sales of public lands in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, on the subject of making provision for French spoliations prior to 1800. April 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary French, widow of Benjamin French, report .. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts. April 27, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of New York, in relation to the enactment of a uniform bankrupt law. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying an appropriation for the completion of the Cumberland Road within that state. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to the joint resolution (S. 9) "Authorizing the Purchase, for the United States, of the Banking-house of the Bank of Alexandria." April 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of granting the franking privilege to officers of agricultural societies. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William and James Crooks, claiming indemnity for loss sustained by the capture of their vessel, during the late war, report .. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the annual amounts of drawback paid on the exportation of domestic refined sugar, since the application of the drawback system to that exportation. April 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of D.S. Gardiner, attorney for James Brooks, Allen Osteen, Andrew Hopkins, Charles Griffin, and Archibald Williams, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Hester Hill, widow of Henry Hill, report .. Memorial of a committee of the pilots of Delaware Bay and River, praying the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1840. Submitted, made the special order of the day for the 15th instant, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred certain resolutions "in relation to the national rights of vessels forced by stress of weather into friendly ports, and the seizure of the brig Enterprise under these circumstances," .. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the construction of piers at the towns of Racine and Southport, on the western shore of Lake Michigan. April 30, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 302.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Brenan, John McCully, and John McCully, administrator of Francis McCully, deceased, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to regulate the pay and emoluments of pursers in the Navy .. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan Murphy, report .. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of military defences for the protection of the City of Detroit. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 316.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James McCrory, report .. Statement showing the amount of the gold, silver, and copper coinage, at the Mint in London, from 1816 to 1836. March 20, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, adverse to ceding the public lands to the states in which they lie, and in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of said lands among all the states, &c. March 23, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 276.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. W. Williams, son and heir of Captain Wm. Williams, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of John Johnson, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 33, for the relief of the legal representatives of John Wilkinson, deceased, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of William Coley, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 325.) The Committee of Military Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, directing them to inquire into the expediency of providing for the settlement and payment of the claim of the State of Maine, for services of her militia in the protection of the northeastern frontier of the United States, in the year 1839, report .. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to the application of a mineral solution to the preservation of timber, called "Kyanizing." April 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. April 21, 1840. Committee discharged, and 200 additional copies ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Dunham, report .. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans, and estimates, for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin, and Rock Rivers; the improvement of the haven of Rock River; and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake. March 25, 1840. Read. March 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be sent to the Senate Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Chicago, Illinois, praying to have that place constituted a port of entry. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a military post at or near Alexandria, in that state. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their concerns. March 23, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 317.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Frederick Seigle, submit the following report .. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 298.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jubal B. Hancock .. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, relative to the plan proposed for the defense of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. March 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of John Martin, report .. Resolution submitted by Mr. White, in relation to the special deposites of the government, and the issues of Treasury notes. April 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Phebe Nestor, widow of John Nestor, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zadock Smith, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 318.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of John Jordan, report .. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying a survey of the coast of that state, and the erection of fortifications on the same. March 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that so much thereof as relates to a survey of the coast be referred to the Committee on Commerce ; and that so much thereof as relates to fortifications be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Memorial of the clerks in the Custom-house at Philadelphia, praying an increase of compensation. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance. April 4, 1840. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 38, "For the Relief of Garret Vliet," .. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas B. Parsons, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 40, "For the Relief of Cornelius Tiers," report .. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1839. April 28, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report (To accompany Bill Senate No. 189.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Miguel Eslava, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of James Ware, praying to be allowed a pension on account of injuries received while a prisoner to the Tripolitans, in 1803 .. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 286.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh Stewart, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sally Ross, widow of William Ross, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 278.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clements, Bryan & Co., praying to be indemnified for losses sustained under a contract for furnishing supplies to emigrating Indians, report .. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Newrisha .. Petition of a number of citizens of De Kalb County, Illinois, praying the remission of the punishment awarded to Wm. L. Mackenzie, for a violation of the neutrality laws. April 15, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James L. Schoolcraft of Michilimackinack, Michigan .. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 274.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Evans, for the confirmation of his claim to certain lands, made the following report .. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 279.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate confirming the claim of John Baptiste Lecompte to a tract of land in Louisiana, report ..	166
Y 1.1/2:364	Third Auditor's Office -- unsettled accounts, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting reports from the Third Auditor, viz I.A statement of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year. II. A statement of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years. III. An abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, which remain to be accounted for. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. National foundry -- Connecticut. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, upon the subject of a national foundry. February 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Frauds on the revenue, &c. -- Southbridge, Mass. Memorial of inhabitants of Southbridge, Massachusetts, for a revision of the laws for the collection of duties, &c. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule Seamen of the United States. Memorial of seamen of the United States, for the correction of various abuses in the service. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Polly Hall. Petition of Polly Hall, widow and executrix, and the heirs of Lot Hall, deceased, for remuneration for Revolutionary services and prize money. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January, 1839, in relation to iron imported and used in railroads and steamboats. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures Estimates -- Indian Department -- for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 4.) January 17, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards. Petition of Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and French ship Alexandre. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and to duties levied in Newport upon the French ship Alexandre. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Ann Mix, widow of Mervine P. Mix. Memorial of Ann Mix, widow of M.P. Mix, late master commandant in the Navy of the United States, praying compensation for the use by the United States of the "patent manger stopper," a machine invented by, and patented to, said Mix, for paying out chain cables. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Estimate -- Post Office Department, for 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the year 1840. January 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed by order of the House of Representatives Duties on imported linens, silks, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of duties on imported linens, silks, &c. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Report of the Clerk House of Representatives U.S. of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Accounts Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the Navy Department for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department Alexandre Vattemare. Memorial of Alexandre Vattemare. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Library Funds of the Chickasaws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Trade with the British colonial ports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the effect and operations of the existing arrangements between the United States and Great Britain, regulating the trade with the British American colonies. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Sixth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the law for taking the sixth census. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Charles Bulfinch, and others -- lands in Oregon. Memorial of Charles Bulfinch, and others, praying that their title to certain lands in the Territory of Oregon may be confirmed. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Sale of damaged or useless paper. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the sale of damaged or useless paper, under the authority of a resolution of the House of December 31, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Accounts Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for the War Department for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure of the War Department Applicants for pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the acting Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to Revolutionary, invalid, and other pensioners, who have made application for pensions or renewal of pensions. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Protect vessels -- whale fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Wiskonsin Mining District. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the petition of the inhabitants of the Wiskonsin mining district, praying for a redress of grievances. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Public expenditures -- 1835 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, 1839, in relation to payments made at the Treasury for the years 1835 to 1838, inclusive. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures Massachusetts Legislature -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the subject of the public lands. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Boundary -- Missouri and Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the disputed boundary between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories State of Vermont -- public lands. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, in favor of a distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several states. February 5, 1840. Read and laid upon the table Estimate for the Army -- 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 5.) January 22, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Estimate for the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for the year 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Reorganization of the Navy Department. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, of a plan for the reorganization of the Navy Department. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Contingent expenses -- naval establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of disbursements under the head of contingent expenses of the naval establishment, to September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Naval Department Fines, forfeitures, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, of January 14, 1839, in relation to fines and forfeitures for the last five years ; also of money received as fees by any officers of the government, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled on the books of the Fourth Auditor for three years prior to the thirtieth of September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table Block Island Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of a survey, with a view to the construction of a harbor on Block Island, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the corporation of the City of Washington on the subject of the Smithsonian bequest. February 5, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Exploration -- South Seas. Memorial of Edmund Fanning, respectfully soliciting a loan from Congress to the support and advancement of commerce, the fisheries, &c., by exploration in the South Seas. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Estimate for the Office of the Third Auditor for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Balances on the books Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Transfer of appropriations, 1839 -- naval. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of transfer of naval appropriations for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures Coast Survey -- weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of the coast survey and the progress of preparing standard weights and measures. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Merchants of the United States at Canton, China. Memorial of R.B. Forbes and others, American citizens, merchants in Canton, China, for a commercial agent to be sent out to China to negotiate, if possible, a commercial treaty, with a naval force for the protection of the persons resident there, and property belonging to citizens of the United States. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs	44
Y 1.1/2:367	Condition of the state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the state banks, so far as information thereof has been received at the Department. April 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table	1
Y 1.1/2:370	William Williams -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) March 4, 1840 William Langbourne's heirs. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table William Morain. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table William Nicholas. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid on the table William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 233.) March 5, 1840 Thruston Cornell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) March 5, 1840 Thomas Simpson. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table William Hughes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) March 5, 1840 Pierre Molaison, and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) March 5, 1840 James Deatly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) March 5, 1840 James McCutchen. February 29, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) March 5, 1840 George McFadden. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table George Dyer, Jr., owner schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 60.) March 3, 1840 George W. Howard -- widow of. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Harrison. February 29, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow James Phelps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) March 5, 1840 Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) March 5, 1840 George Morris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) March 5, 1840 George R.T. Hewes. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 209.) March 5, 1840 Asenath Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) March 5, 1840 David Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) March 5, 1840 Gilbert A. Smith and Nathan Stark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) March 3, 1840 Stephen Olney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) March 5, 1840 James Cummings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) March 5, 1840 Sarah Haring, widow of Captain Samuel Haring. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table Samuel Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 225.) March 5, 1840 Peter Ambler. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) March 5, 1840 Peter W. Short. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) March 5, 1840 Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 175.) March 5, 1840 Phebe Dickman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) March 5, 1840 Peter Mills. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Phelps and Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 45.) February 29, 1840 Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) March 5, 1840 Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) March 5, 1840 David A. Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 230.) March 5, 1840 Alexander H. Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) March 5, 1840 William Walker. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Benjamin F. Wesley. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 38.) February 29, 1840 John H. Genther. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) March 5, 1840 Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 205.) March 5, 1840 Israel Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) March 5, 1840 William Wickham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) February 29, 1840 Simon Green. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Lyman N. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 220.) March 5, 1840 Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) March 5, 1840 Elisha Button. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) March 5, 1840 Gamaliel E. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 37.) February 29, 1840 Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) March 5, 1840 Land to soldiers -- Old Fourth Regiment. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 245.) March 5, 1840 John M. Baker. March 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Raymond A. Henderson. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Wealthy Barker, widow of Isaac Barker, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) March 5, 1840 Boundary of Missouri and Iowa [To accompany H.R. bill no. 11] February 4, 1840. Doctor Thomas Coit. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Doctor James Reynolds. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Holden. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table John Piper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) March 5, 1840 John Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) March 5, 1840 John M. Jacqueline [i.e, Jacquelin]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) February 29, 1840 Penitentiary -- Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 251.) March 16, 1840 John Patton. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table John W. Wyckoff. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) March 5, 1840 John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) March 5, 1840 Joel Byington. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Isaac Ruland. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Settlers -- salt-lick reservation -- Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) March 5, 1840 Meigs D. Benjamin & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) February 29, 1840 Michael Seitsinger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) March 5, 1840 Laban Williams. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Simeon Knight. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) March 5, 1840 John H. Newland. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Widow and heirs of Septa Fillmore. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) March 5, 1840 James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) March 5, 1840 John Lybrook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) March 5, 1840 Lyman Bristol. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) March 5, 1840 William Butterfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) March 5, 1840 Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) March 5, 1840 Jacob Becker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) March 5, 1840 Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) March 5, 1840 Augustin Lacoste. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 91.) March 5, 1840 Mary Lashels. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) March 3, 1840 Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) March 5, 1840 Jesse Cunningham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 238.) March 5, 1840 George Gale. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 107.) March 5, 1840 Chilton Allan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) March 5, 1840 John Dean. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Lieutenant John Allison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) March 5, 1840 Heirs of Leighton Yancey. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Representatives of John Grimble [i.e, Grimball]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 75.) March 4, 1840 John Cole. March 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) March 5, 1840 Bates and Lacon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 20.) February 29, 1840 John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) February 29, 1840 James Coyle, heir of Patrick Coyle. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Amend acts allowing pensions to widows. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) March 5, 1840 Mary Ball. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) March 5, 1840 William Marbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) March 5, 1840 Helen Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) March 5, 1840 Richard Booker and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. 31.) February 29, 1840 Benjamin Hinckley. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Louis Barney. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Cornelius Tiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) February 29, 1840 School land for St. Clair County, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) March 3, 1840 Medad Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) March 5, 1840 William Bryden. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid on the table John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) March 5, 1840 Sarah H.B. Stith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) March 5, 1840 William Lomax. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) March 5, 1840 Isaac Champlin and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) March 3, 1840 James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 35.) February 29, 1840 William York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) March 5, 1840 Jacob Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) March 5, 1840 William Hunter. February 29, 1840. Laid upon the table Jabez Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) March 5, 1840 Saunders and Porter, sureties of William Estis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) March 5, 1840 Francis Pellecier -- administrator of. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Benjamin Fry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) March 5, 1840 Seneca Rider. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 235.) March 5, 1840 John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) March 5, 1840 Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) March 5, 1840 John McIntire and others. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Job Wood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) March 5, 1840 Smithsonian bequest. (To accompany amendatory Bill H.R. No. 1.) John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) March 5, 1840 John Cammack. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 48.) February 29, 1840 Levi Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 204.) March 5, 1840 Thomas Crown. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Benjamin Adams & Company, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 23.) February 29, 1840 James Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 64.) March 3, 1840 Daniel Morse, Jr. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Lewis Bissell. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Erastus Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 176.) March 5, 1840 James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) March 5, 1840 Ebenezer Lobdell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) February 29, 1840 Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) March 5, 1840 Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) March 5, 1840 Nathan Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) March 5, 1840 Benjamin McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 229.) March 5, 1840 Richard J. Jones. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) March 5, 1840 William B. Winston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 125.) March 5, 1840 Jacob Higle. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Joseph Brown. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) February 29, 1840 Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 227.) March 5, 1840 Josias Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 42.) February 29, 1840 Daniel B. Baker. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.) March 5, 1840 Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 36.) February 29, 1840 Samuel D. Braynard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table John B. Lasala. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) April 4, 1840 Benjamin Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) March 5, 1840 William Andrews. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) March 5, 1840 Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 234.) March 5, 1840 Stephen Arnan. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table John Hibbert. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Zachariah Jellison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 25.) February 29, 1840 James Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) March 5, 1840 Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 29.) February 29, 1840 Harrison R. Blanchard. March 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table James Schoonover. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) March 5, 1840 John Perham. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table John T. Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) February 29, 1840 Lucina Kingsley, late widow of Captain N. Elton. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) March 5, 1840 Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 27.) February 29, 1840 Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) March 5, 1840 Thomas Bennett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) March 5, 1840 Captain Clough Shelton. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) March 5, 1840 Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) March 5, 1840 Joseph Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) March 5, 1840 Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) March 5, 1840 William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 228.) March 5, 1840 Charles Ewing. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Anna Swinerton. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Public printing. March 26, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, the 2d of April next. Resolved, that the reports of the majority and minority of the Select Committee on Public Printing, together with the testimony taken before said Committee, and the journal of their proceedings, be printed for the use of the House Thompson Hutchinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) March 5, 1840 Heirs of Capt. Daniel McNeil, deceased. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Robert Whittel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 217.) March 5, 1840 Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) March 5, 1840 James Brewer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) March 3, 1840 John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) March 5, 1840 Robert Milnor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) March 3, 1840 Noah Conner. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table John R. Allen. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) February 29, 1840 Land -- Indiana canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 79.) March 4, 1840 Heirs of Captain Garland Bumley. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table O.H. Dibble. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Heirs of John Lindsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) March 5, 1840 Peter A. Myers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) March 5, 1840 Captain Darius Hawkins. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Boggs & Thompson, Robert & Thomas Hutchinson, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) February 29, 1840 Moses Holden. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table John McWilliams. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Joseph W. Knipe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) March 5, 1840 John Keeler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) March 5, 1840 Jehoshaphat Briggs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) March 5, 1840 Moses Smith. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table Heirs of Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 86.) March 5, 1840 James Cox. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table John Gassaway. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table (To be annexed to Rep. No. 24.) William Bailey and Elizabeth Swetland, widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) March 21, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) March 5, 1840 Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) February 29, 1840 Andrew Low, assignee of Low, Taylor & Co., of Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 22.) February 29, 1840 Joseph Farrar. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Archibald McCullum. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Smith and Farnsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) February 29, 1840 Captain James Hunter -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) March 5, 1840 Captain Abraham Livingston -- heirs of. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Lewis Howard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Henry Bush. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) March 5, 1840 John Kelley, February 29, 1840, laid on the table. Daniel W. Sleeth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) March 5, 1840 Captain Abraham N. Brevoort. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) March 5, 1840 Elizabeth Davidson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 119.) March 5, 1840 Heirs of Jacob Cohen. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Nathaniel Goddard and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) February 29, 1840 Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) March 5, 1840 Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 242.) March 5, 1840 William King. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Daniel B. Perkins. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Children of Stephen Johnston, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) March 5, 1840 John L. Bowman and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 61.) March 3, 1840 Heirs of Richard Apperson. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table John McKenna. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Refund duties on French ship Alexandre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 110.) March 5, 1840 D. and J. Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) February 29, 1840 Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) March 5, 1840 Tennessee school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) March 5, 1840 David Beard's assignees. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Christian Brougher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) March 5, 1840 Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) March 5, 1840 Doctor Wheeler Randall. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table R. Hathaway and M. Hubbell, executrix of W. and J. Flinn. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) March 5, 1840 John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) March 5, 1840 Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) March 5, 1840 Robert Frazier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 208.) March 5, 1840 Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) March 5, 1840 Rules and orders of the House. Report of the Committee on the Rules and Orders of the House. January 7, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, the 9th of January instant, at half past one o'clock Sureties of Melancton W. Bostwick, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 109.) March 5, 1840 Ichabod Beardsley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) March 5, 1840 Robert Milnor and John Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) March 3, 1840 Richard Hall. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) March 5, 1840 John Underwood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 41.) February 29, 1840 Mary Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) March 4, 1840 James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) March 5, 1840 Valentine Cowgill. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) March 5, 1840 Hugh Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) March 5, 1840 William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) March 5, 1840 William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 243.) March 5, 1840 Jeremiah A. Winney. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 85.) March 5, 1840 James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 215.) March 5, 1840 James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 156.) March 5, 1840 William Lightfoot. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 66.) March 3, 1840 J. and N. Hamlin. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Thos. W. Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) February 29, 1840 Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 145.) March 5, 1840 Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) March 5, 1840 David Bartlett. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table Hannah Hazzard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table John Trowbridge. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Dade Institute. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) March 5, 1840 Palmer Branch. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table Heirs of Don Carlos de Villemont. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.) March 5, 1840 Oliver Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) March 5, 1840 Lyman King. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Preston Frazier. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table Samuel Kincaide. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Louisville and Portland Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 13.) February 10, 1840. Reprinted, by order of the House of Representatives Charles Larrabee. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table George Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) February 29, 1840 Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 212.) March 5, 1840 Hyacinth Lassel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 97.) March 5, 1840 George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 222.) March 5, 1840 Sarah Oakley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) March 5, 1840 Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 223.) March 5, 1840 Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 206.) March 5, 1840	298
Y 1.1/2:375	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the sales and donations of public lots in the City of Washington. December 14, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters of the year 1839. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1840-'41. December 10, 1840	4
Y 1.1/2:376	Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 6, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, what portions of the public lands have been subject to entry at private sale for five years and upwards. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Williams, report . In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, praying an amendment of the organic law of the territory, report . Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of dragoon officers appointed to witness an exhibition of the repeating fire arms and water-proof ammunition invented by Samuel Colt. December 16, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement exhibiting the annual and total amount of goods imported free of duty from each foreign country since the 30th of September, 1833. December 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay, with the accompanying papers, report . Documents relating to the Bill (S. 92) to revive and continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia. December 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed Resolution submitted by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, calling for information in relation to the sales of the public lands. December 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, additional information in relation to the bonds issued by the Legislature of Florida. January 6, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 139.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Francis Gehon, the late marshal of the Territory of Wisconsin, report . Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance, in part, with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the survey of a site for fortifications on Lake Champlain. December 31, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas C. Clark & Co., asking remuneration for the use and detention of a certain steamboat (of which they were the owners) while the same was in the service of the United States . Letter from the Governor of the State of Missouri, transmitting an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri for ascertaining and settling the northern boundary line of that state; together with a memorial of the legislature of said state on the same subject. January 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1840. December 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the sales of the public lands in the State of Michigan, north of the line dividing townships twelve and thirteen north, and west of the line dividing ranges two and three west, of the principal meridian. December 28, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to the bill "Authorizing the Erection of Certain Light-houses and Light-boats, and the Establishment of Certain Buoys and Beacon-lights." (To accompany Bill S. No. 8.) December 31, 1840. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the pay and emoluments of the Army. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department during the year ending November 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 137.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition of Daniel Steenrod, and the papers relating thereto, report the accompanying bill . Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number and names of the soldiers enlisted during the late war, and entitled to bounty land. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the improvement of the Pennsylvania Avenue, and the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Allen, to the motion submitted by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in relation to the repeal of the "Act for the Collection, Safekeeping, Transfer and Disbursement of the Public Revenue," viz Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 7, 1840. December 17, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, an abstract of the returns of the sixth census. December 30, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard B. Mason . Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed, during the year 1840, in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law that does not include banks and trading corporations. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 31, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of the Nantucket Steamboat Company, report . In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 146.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report . Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 5, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Daniel W. Coxe, praying that his interest in certain lands may not be affected by any legislation of Congress on the subject of pre-emption and settlement rights. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Corporation of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the surrender to the State of Maryland of the stock held by that corporation in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. December 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Report from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the service of the Post Office Department for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839. January 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. Motion submitted by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the Bill (S. 28) "To Establish a Permanent Prospective Pre-emption System in Favor of Settlers on the Public Lands, Who Shall Inhabit and Cultivate the Same, and Raise a Log-cabin Thereon." January 8, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the claim of the heirs of Daniel Pettibone. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. December 22, 1840. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in that city. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of restricting the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. January 6, 1841. Ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to promote the establishment of a system of education within the District of Columbia. January 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Newburyport, Mass., praying the modification or repeal of the act of May 29, 1830, "To Amend the Acts Regulating the Commercial Intercourse Between the United States and Certain Colonies of Great Britain." December 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of a sum of money into the Treasury, by the commissioners under the act for the settlement of Mississippi land claims. January 7, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying an alteration in the mode of conveying the mail from Jefferson City to the county seat of Benton County. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, D.C., praying the recharter of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of said town. December 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton, of the County of Campbell, and State of Kentucky, make the following report . In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 182.) The Committee on Private Land Claims to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre Dolet .	48
Y 1.1/2:377	Resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states, and for an increase of the tariff. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1841. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to John McNeil .. In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of the heirs-at-law of Major General Duportail, Brigadier General Armand, and Major De La Colombe, report .. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 219.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Hidden .. Remonstrance of the marine insurance companies of the City of New York, against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 1.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the joint resolution "directing the transfer to the State of Maryland of the stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal standing in the name of the United States, upon certain conditions," report .. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law passed by Congress. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1840. January 20, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence, imputing malpractices to the American consul at Havana, in regard to granting papers to vessels engaged in the slave-trade. January 20, 1841. Read. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Tappan, prescribing certain duties for the chairmen of committees of Congress, in relation to private claims In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Stokes & Purdom, report .. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of Peter H. Green, with the accompanying papers, report .. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report (To accompany Bill No. 229.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith, report .. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 208.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel G. Skinner .. Petition of a number of citizens of Massachusetts, praying that jurisdiction over offences committed within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States may be extended to the district courts of the United States. January 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the completion of the works for the improvement of the harbor of Erie. February 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of the United States, praying a modification of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." January 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in favor of the establishment of a national bank, and of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, to obtain an appropriation for the completion of the lake harbors commenced by the United States. February 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs to be established between the cities of Washington and New York. January 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the fitness of American water rotted hemp for the use of the Navy of the United States. January 18, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of designating the same day throughout the United States for the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States. January 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 1, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in any bankrupt law passed by Congress. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert H. Saunders .. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of the heirs of Louis de Repentigny, praying the confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Michigan. January 14, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad. February 1, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of Agnes Slacke, praying the confirmation of her title to a tract of land in the State of Michigan. January 14, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law passed by Congress. Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Philanthropic Law Reform Association of the City of New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of masters of vessels, lying in the port of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 2, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the repeal of the independent Treasury law ; also, in relation to a national bank. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Albany, New York, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 160) "To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1840. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of reopening Roanoke Inlet. January 29, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Baltimore, praying the erection of a fortification at that place. January 19, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 207.) The Committee of Claims make the following report on the petition of Converse and Rees .. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the drafts drawn by the Treasury Department, or by its order, protested for non-payment, or which remain unpaid. January 14, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Charleston, S.C., praying Congress not to pass any bankrupt law at this time. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Document in relation to the bounties allowed to vessels employed in the fisheries. February 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan of a permanent change in the tariff. January 19, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a list of the contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1840. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the application of a portion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the establishment of a system of education. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for the year 1840. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of the marine insurance companies of the port of New York, praying that the pilot law of 1837 may not be repealed. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sales of the lands, the titles of which were closed under the relief laws of the 31st March, 1830, and 25th February, 1831. January 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, adverse to the establishment of a protective tariff. January 14, 1841. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the states of the public lands among the several states. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law which will affect existing obligations. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the establishment of a national bank. January 29, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the modification of the act of July 7, 1838, "For the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Dickinson, report .. Authorizing the acceptance, by the Joint Committee on the Library on behalf of the Congress, from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, of preliminary design sketches and funds for murals in the East corridor, first floor, in the House wing of the Capitol, and for other purposes : report (to accompany H.J. Res. 1419) Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the rates of foreign and domestic exchange, and the prices of bank-notes and specie, at New York and Philadelphia, during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840. January 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the states to surrender fugitives from justice. January 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, demonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed Report from The Secretary of the Treasury, Showing, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Quantity of Public Land Unsold on the 30th June, 1828 ; the Estimated Average Value Per Acre Thereof, and the Quantity Since Sold, and at What Price ; Together with the Quantities Offered for Sale at Different Periods. January 18, 1841. Read, and Ordered to be Printed ; and that 1,000 Additional Copies Be Furnished for the Use Of the Senate Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the creation of a company of sappers and miners to be attached to the Engineer Department. January 25, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law that does not embrace all classes of citizens. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Remonstrance of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, against the passage of the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Albany, New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. January 23, 1841. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number and kind of troops stationed on the western frontier, and the necessity of an additional military post on the same. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Report and resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the election of President of the United States, the construction of the Constitution, and the future arrangements as to the tariff of duties on imports. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of the General Assembly of Arkansas, praying the cession of the public lands to the states in which they lie, on certain conditions. January 16, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, adverse to the repeal of the independent Treasury law, and the establishment of a national bank. January 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the bill to cause monuments to be erected in honor of Brigadier General Francis Nash and Brigadier General William Davidson .. Letter from the Secretary of War, with a report of the special agent of the lead-mines, relative to the sale or future management of the mineral lands of the United States. January 23, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Walker, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Royal Hopkins .. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 195.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Gary Hinant .. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the bill "To Amend and Continue in Force the Act To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of the widow of Lieut. Colonel Alexander R. Thompson, praying to have the benefits of the act of July 5, 1838, granting additional rations to officers of the Army, extended to her. January 28, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 196.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of a law providing for the location of two tracts of land, of eight hundred arpens each, confirmed to Alexander Coleman and Jacques Bon, of Missouri, by the board of commissioners appointed under the act of July 9, 1832 .. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1840, and the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of that year. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed	90
Y 1.1/2:380	Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the Upper Mississippi River, made by I.N. Nicollet [i.e, J.N. Nicollet], while in employ under the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. February 16, 1841. Ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be printed for the Topographical Bureau, and 300 additional copies for the use of the Senate	1
Y 1.1/2:382	Balances on the books of the Treasury from receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances standing on the books of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled by receivers of public moneys more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1839. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the fabrication of standard weights and measures, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent fund -- War Department -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the War Department, and offices and bureaus attached thereto, during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of September last. December 14, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the War Department Balances on the books of the Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September last, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table List of reports to be made to Congress, at the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 7, 1840 Expenditures in suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, in relation to the amount of expenditure in suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses -- offices of the Secretary and Commissioners of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary and Commissioners of the Navy, from the 30th September, 1839, to the 30th September, 1840. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Finance -- and estimate of appropriations for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances ; also an estimate of appropriations for the year 1841. December 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1840, &c. December 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Appropriations -- payment of pensioners for 1841. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) December 18, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means Navy Pension Fund. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the Treasurer's accounts for the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters of the year 1839. December 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Mathews & Wood and James Hall. Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, upon the case of Mathews & Wood and James Hall. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses -- House of Representatives. Report of the Clerk of House of Representatives U.S., of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House for the year 1840. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all the contracts made in his office from the 1st December, 1839, to the 14th December, 1840, &c., &c. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings Contingent expenses -- State Department -- 1846. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the Department for the year 1840. December 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Department of State Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians, as required by the act of 20th April, 1836. December 21, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs	17

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