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Y 1.1/2:510 Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the report of the Superintendent of the construction of standard weights and measures. August 12, 1848. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the Superintendent of Weights and Measures
Communication from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the organization of the Marine Corps. August 4, 1848. Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. No. 341
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, papers in relation to the seizure of the American ship Admittance. August 10, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed
Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for the number of officers employed about the Custom-house in Baltimore, &c. July 24, 1848. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. August 7, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating copies of returns of punishments in the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. July 28, 1848. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. July 29, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the two courts of inquiry in the case of Major General Pillow. August 2, 1848. Ordered to be printed, and that 3,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate
Report of the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, documents in relation to the difficulties which took place at the payment of the Sac and Fox annuities, last fall. August 9, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of State, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports of the commissioners under the treaty of Washington, of August 9, 1842. August 8, 1848. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. August 10, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate respecting the importations of sugar into the United States. August 7, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed 		9
Y 1.1/2:511 Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the reimbursement of money paid for the purchase of certain land records. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the repeal of certain provisions in the law regulating the franking privilege and the postage on letters and newspapers. December 8, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Winsborough to Monroe. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1848. Read, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. Bagby submitted for consideration the following resolutions Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States is a compact between co-equal sovereigns, by which they, and each of them, delegate certain specified powers to form a general government for the common benefit of all the parties to said compact, and such as might become parties to it ..
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron submitted for consideration the following resolution Whereas a defalcation is reported to have occurred in the United States Mint at Philadelphia ..
In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted for consideration the following resolutions Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the Senate, ___ copies of the tour, or memoir, of Dr. Wislizenus through the northern parts of Mexico ..
Petition of the pilots of Charleston, S.C., praying that the power to regulate pilotage may remain with the state legislatures. January 10, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Petition of citizens of Maine and Massachusetts, praying that lumber manufactured in New Brunswick, from timber grown in Maine, may be admitted into the United States free of duty. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hannegan submitted for consideration the following resolution Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to inquire whether it may be necessary to adopt any measures for the future construction and preservation of the monuments to the memory of deceased members of the Senate ..
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bagby submitted for consideration the following resolutions 1. Resolved, That Congress has no constitutional power to abolish or to prohibit slavery in any state or territory in this Union ..
In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr Bagby submitted for consideration the following resolution Resolved, That neither the people nor the legislature of a territory have any constitutional power to exclude slavery from such territory ..
Memorial of Asa Whitney, praying for a grant of land to enable him to construct a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. January 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the passage of a law by Congress to enable citizens of slaveholding states to recover slaves when escaping into the non slaveholding states. December 20, 1847. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Petition of Frederick Dawson, James Schott, and Elisha Dana Whitney, praying payment for certain vessels, &c., furnished Texas, and given up by Texas to the United States on the annexation of Texas. January 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed
Petition of Johnson Price and Alexander R. McKee, praying a grant of land in Oregon, on condition that they cause it to be settled. May 18, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Petition of officers of the United States Army in Mexico, praying the passage of a law providing for the retirement of old and disabled officers. December 20, 1847. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Petition of citizens of Santa Rosas County, Florida, in relation to the disposition of the public lands. February 11, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Petition of officers of the United States Army in Mexico, praying an amendment of the pension law for widows and orphans of officers and soldiers of the Army. December 20, 1847. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Petition of the heirs and legal representatives of John H. Piatt, deceased, late Army contractor, praying payment of a balance due them by the government. February 23, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Petition of importing merchants of Boston, praying for an amendment of the proviso of the eighth section of the Tariff Act of July 30, 1846. January 24, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed
Petition of Leslie Combs, praying the payment of certain securities issued by the late Republic of Texas. December 20, 1847. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Petition of James F. Haliday and others, praying the establishment of a national printing office at the seat of government. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed
Petition of citizens of Oregon, praying that the laws of the United States may be extended over that territory, &c. May 8, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Ohio yearly meeting of Friends, held at Salem, praying for an immediate termination of the war. February 14, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a marsh and wet tract of land in Jay and Adams Counties. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of judges and members of the bar of New Orleans, with a report of a committee of the Louisiana Bar, praying that the practice in the circuit and district courts of the United States, in the State of Louisiana, in all civil cases, may be made to conform to that of the district courts of that state. May 30, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed ; also, the resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana on the subject
Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of the Mexican War. April 20, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of Whitney's plan for the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. February 24, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed
Report of a select committee of the House of Representatives, made March 9, 1846, in relation to the purchase and publication of the Madison Papers. December 23, 1847. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 31
Memorial of Mary Ann W. Van Ness, praying an extension of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, so as to allow her an appeal from the decision of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. March 9, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Cherokee delegation, protesting against the settlement proposed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under the treaty of 6th August, 1846. June 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the sale of the residue of the lands in the saline reservation in that state. December 29, 1847. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of citizens of the United States, residing within the limits of the territory of Minnesota as defined in the bill before Congress at the last session, in relation to the boundary of that territory. March 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
Memoir, geographical, political, and commercial, on the present state, productive resources, and capabilities for commerce, of Siberia, Manchuria, and the Asiatic islands of the northern Pacific Ocean ; and on the importance of opening commercial intercourse with those countries, &c. Addressed to his Excellency James K. Polk, President of the United States, by Aaron H. Palmer, counsellor of the Supreme Court of the United States, corresponding member of the National Institute, Washington, &c. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of D.L. Dix, praying a grant of land for the relief and support of the indigent curable and incurable insane in the United States. June 27, 1848. Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted for consideration the following resolution Resolved, That the President be requested to cause the Senate to be informed of the order, or law, by virtue of which the following words in relation to the promotion of cadets ..
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, against the renewal of a patent for Jethro Wood's plough. March 23, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1848. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee submitted the following resolutions Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to the Senate the following statements ..
Memorial of J. Quinn Thornton, praying the establishment of a territorial government in Oregon, and for appropriations for various projects. May 25, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to increasing the clothing pay of volunteers. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of importing merchants of the City of St. Louis, praying to be relieved from the operations of certain restrictions imposed by the existing tariff on merchandise imported into that city through the port of New Orleans. March 16, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin submitted for consideration the following resolutions Resolved, That if any territory shall hereafter be acquired by the United States, or annexed thereto, the act by which said territory is acquired or annexed, whatever such act may be, should contain an unalterable fundamental article or provision whereby slavery ..
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land for public works in that state. March 27, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, on the cause of delay in printing the documents relating to the arbitration in the case of Pea Patch Island. May 16, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of relief to the widows and orphans of those who lost their lives in the war with Mexico. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking aid of the general government for the American Colonization Society. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of J.S. Skinner, praying the establishment of an Agricultural Department of government. April 11, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to the franking privilege, and the postage on newspapers. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of the Society of Friends in North Carolina, at a yearly meeting at New Garden, praying the adoption of measures to bring the war with Mexico to an immediate termination. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin submitted for consideration the following resolutions Resolved, That the amount collected by the Army of the United States in Mexico from the revenues of that republic, and from the contributions levied on the people thereof, by order of the President of the United States, for the support of the Army, ought to be applied to the payment pro rata of the awards in favor of claimants under the convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic of the 11th of April, 1839 ..
Memorial of Robert Mills, respecting a new route to the Pacific Ocean, with a plan for the transportation of despatches to Astoria in fifteen days. February 15, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to pre-emption rights in that state. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Chicago Convention, in favor of the improvement of harbors and rivers by the general government. June 19, 1848. Referred to a select committee, (consisting of Messrs. Webster, Davis of Mississippi, Breese, Johnson of Maryland, and Borland,) and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of the removal of the terms of the United States circuit and district courts from Exeter to Concord. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of relief to citizens of that state who suffered by Indian depredations during the Seminole War. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to school lands in that state. February 2, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of a light boat on Seven-foot knoll, and light-houses on Greenbury's Point and Flat Cap. February 23, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land for the erection of a court-house at Tampa. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Ordinance of the City Council of St. Louis, in relation to the improvement of the harbor of St. Louis. February 10, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, for the reduction of the price of public lands in the great Miami reserve. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. December 13, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, on the plan of Asa Whitney. April 17, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to the war with Mexico. February 29, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the removal of the land office from Newnansville to Ocala. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to a mail route from Brownstown to David Bowman's and Nashville. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, on the subject of a treaty with the Menomonie Indians for the lands north of Fox River. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of granting land to volunteers for service in the war with Mexico. February 2, 1848. Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Extract from the report of the Choctaw Board of Commissioners, dated June 16, 1845, to the President of the United States. June 19, 1848. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with Resolution S. No. 25. June 23, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, against a duty on tea and coffee. January 28, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, commendatory of Pope Pius IX, and in favor of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by that state in fitting out a regiment of volunteers. March 27, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of Alexandre Vattemare, a citizen of France, relative to his plan of international literary and scientific exchanges. February 9, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of the City of St. Louis, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of that city. March 21, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of a reduction of the rates of postage. May 17, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, of disbursements from the contingent fund of the Senate. December 16, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of Nathan Cummings and others, citizens of the United States, and owners of lands within the former limits of the State of Maine, which were given up, by the Treaty of Washington, to Great Britain, praying the adoption of some mode of relief to indemnify them against loss. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the franking privilege and the postage on newspapers. January 25, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to the mode of transporting the mail on the route from Chattahoochie to Pensacola. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to the Indians in that state. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a donation of land for the erection of state asylums for the insane, and the deaf, dumb, and blind. March 27, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the General Assembly of Iowa, in relation to a railroad from Dubuque to Keokuk. March 1, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of citizens of the United States, praying the purchase of Mount Vernon by the government. March 10, 1848. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to volunteers who have settled on government land in the Miami Reserve. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the improvement of the Iroquois and Kankakee Rivers. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to draining the Everglades. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Read, made the special order of the day for Monday, January 24th, 1848, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hannegan submitted for consideration the following resolutions Resolved, That no treaty of peace can be made with Mexico ..
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. March 1, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of the reimbursement of expenses incurred by volunteers of that state in going to their places of rendezvous. April 10, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, recommending an appropriation of land for the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Oregon Territory, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. December 8, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in relation to slavery. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of locating land warrants. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the claim of Francis Vigo, deceased. February 8, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the extension of the port of Shieldsborough, and the erection of lighthouses on Ship Island and Proctor's Shell Bank. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the extension of the jurisdiction of that state to the western bank of the Sabine. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, against the repeal of the pilot law of March 2, 1837. February 28, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
In Senate of the United States. July 18, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason submitted for consideration the following resolution Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be authorized to employ a clerk, annually ..
Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in favor of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. December 20, 1847. Ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of Whitney's plan for a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. December 9, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the reduction of postage on newspapers and periodicals. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, on the plan proposed by Mr. Asa Whitney. January 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of Thomas W. Chinn and others, praying to be released from a judgment against them as sureties of Thomas G. Morgan, late collector at New Orleans. April 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the reimbursement of expenses incurred by Wm. Napton and Alexander F. Arnold, in raising volunteers for the war with Mexico. March 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of R.R. Gurley, pray[ing] the purchase of Catlin's collection of paintings and curiosities illustrative of the manners and customs of the North American Indians. July 10, 1848. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library. July 18, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed
Memorial of B. Marshall, Tuckahatchee Mico, G.W. Stedham, and Geo. Scott, delegates of the Creek Nation, praying Congress to pass an act for the adjustment of their unsettled business. June 19, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to bounty land warrants. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the improvement of the harbors upon the western shores of Lake Michigan. August 7, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the removal of obstructions in the Sabine River. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to school lands in that state. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the pensions of widows and orphans [of officers and soldiers] who fall in battle or die of wounds received. April 11, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, to postpone the public sales of land in the Miami reserves. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to French spoliation claims prior to 1800. May 8, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the national road. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the inlets on the coast of that state. February 23, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the school lands in that state. February 2, 1848. Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in relation to the Military Academy at West Point. February 24, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, on the plan proposed by Mr. Whitney. March 3, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a mail route from Salem to Bloomington. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the Miami Indians. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying a change in the system of transporting the mail. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the indemnification of the sufferers by French spoliations prior to 1800. February 2, 1848. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to lands which have, under the armed occupation act, reverted to the United States, and relating to the eight sections granted for a seat of government. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Thirtieth Congress -- 1847-'48. December 14, 1847
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a Navy yard in that state. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the cession of certain lands for the improvement of the Big Black River. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the graduation of the price of the public lands in that state. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of reducing the price of the public lands. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, concerning the Saut de Ste. Marie. April 7, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to internal improvements. March 6, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to a mail route from Bellville to Lebanon. March 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the payment for depredations committed by the Indians during the Black Hawk War. February 11, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of incorporating the Texan navy into that of the United States. February 29, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Response of the Legislature of Alabama, to the Legislature of Rhode Island, on the subject of the tariff, and the war with Mexico. March 21, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the adoption of measures to prevent the deterioration of the sugar cane. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the erection of light-houses at the mouth of the Sabine, and on the west end of Last Island. April 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a law granting the right of way to the St. Mary's Canal Company. March 23, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memoir. A tour to northern Mexico, connected with Col. Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847. By A. Wislizenus, M.D. (with a scientific appendix and three maps.) January 13, 1848. -- Ordered that 5,000 copies be printed for the use of the Senate, and 200 additional for Dr. Wislizenus
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of the establishment of a line of military posts between Red River and the Rio Grande, and the adoption of measures for preserving the friendly relations between the Indian tribes and the people of that state. April 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, praying an appropriation to repair the breach in the dam at the head of Cumberland Island, in the Ohio River. March 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the Mexican War. July 31, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to the construction of a military road from Green Bay, Lake Michigan, to Keewawenon Bay, Lake Superior. March 27, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a law for the survey of private land claims in that state. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of R.F. Pinkney, a lieutenant in the Navy, in relation to an alleged injustice done him in the [narrative] of the Exploring Expedition printed by order of Congress. February 23, 1848. Ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott submitted for consideration the following resolution Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to bring in a bill repealing "An Act Concerning Tonnage Duty of Spanish Vessels," ..
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Statement showing 1st. Appropriations made during the first session of the 30th Congress ; 2d. The officers created, and the salaries thereof ; 3d. The offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. September 16, 1848. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the 6th section of the act of July 4, 1836, to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes.
In Senate of the United States. December 15, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Calhoun submitted for consideration the following resolutions Resolved, That to conquer Mexico, and to hold it either as a province or to incorporate it in our Union, would be inconsistent with the avowed object for which the war has been prosecuted ..
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in relation to the residence of the United States district judge for the district of Texas. February 29, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of the territory of Oregon, praying the confirmation of the land titles of the settlers in that territory, and for the adoption of measures for the promotion of education, and for facilitating the navigation of the Columbia River. December 8, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. December 14, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson submitted for consideration the following resolutions
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of the passage of an act, extending the jurisdiction of that state over the Sabine Pass, the Sabine Lake, and the Sabine River. April 17, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Document in relation to the claim of David Myerle. May 13, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Response of the Legislature of Alabama, in answer to the resolutions of the State of Vermont on the subject of slavery and the war with Mexico. March 21, 1848. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Petition of citizens of the Parish of Natchitoches, La., praying the improvement of the navigation of the Red River. May 18, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed 		153
Y 1.1/2:512 In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 174.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of David Myerle, praying compensation for sacrifices and losses sustained by his efforts, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, to introduce the process of water-rotting hemp in the western states, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 288.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of James Chapman, administrator of Thomas Chapman, ask leave to submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Butler made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 239.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred certain resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, "in favor of the passage of a law by Congress to enable citizens of slaveholding states to recover slaves, when escaping into non-slaveholding states," have had the same under consideration ..
In Senate of the United States. July 15, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 290.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, No. 290, entitled "An Act To Change the Times for Holding the District Courts of the United States in the Western District of Virginia, and for Other Purposes," ..
In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany S.R. No. 8.) [Senate Joint Resolution No. 8]. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of Clements, Bryan & Co., praying indemnification for losses sustained by the rescinding of a contract for furnishing supplies," have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 129.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition of James F. Sothoron, praying for indemnity for property destroyed by the enemy during the late war with Great Britain ..
In Senate of the United States. February 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Bethiah Healy, widow of George Healy, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Hugh McLean, representing that he was baptized Hugh Monro McLean, and praying for the payment of three lost loan-office certificates ..
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill 28, for the relief of G.S. Gaines, with the accompanying petition, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 7.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 7) to amend the act entitled "An Act for the Regulation of Seamen on Board the Public and Private Vessels of the United States," passed the 3rd March, 1813 ..
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Burchard, of New York, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1848. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 131.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of William Grayson, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 73.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Jones and Boker, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Whelply, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorials of George Hervey, agent for the owners and consignees of the English ship James Mitchell, praying for the payment of a balance of $1,350.55, due on an appropriation made by Congress, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 55.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard S. Coxe, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 65.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Edward Bolon ..
In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 116.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Balie Peyton, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 22, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of La., made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Leonard Gray ..
In Senate of the United States. July 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 335.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of the heirs of David Noble, an officer of the Revolution, praying seven years' half pay," &c., have had the same under consideration and report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 318.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Nathan Worthen, praying for the payment to the heirs of Judith Worthen, deceased, of a pension, to which she was entitled as the widow of Isaac Worthen, deceased, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 361, for the relief of Almedus Scott, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 22, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henrietta Bedinger, submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 232, entitled, "A Bill for the Relief of Gamaliel Taylor, Late Marshal of the District of Indiana, and His Sureties," report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 282.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the six several memorials of the people of Louisiana, residing north of Red River, in said state, for a separate United States court in that part of the state, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Rochester, New York, in behalf of the Tonawanda band of the Seneca Indians, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 165.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gilbert Stalker and N.B. Hill, praying compensation for a steamboat lost in the public service, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 283.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition of Orville B. Dibble and George C. Bates, asking for the right of way, together with a grant of land to aid in the construction of a canal around the falls of St. Mary's ..
In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas F. Gordon, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred "the memorial of Joshua Shaw, praying an additional allowance for the use of his inventions by the United States," ..
In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers in the case of Hugh Wallace Wormley, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Herrick Aicken, praying an extension of his patent for "an improvement in the saw-set," &c., report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Kelly, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 268.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of L.P. Sanger, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Pittman, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 265.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Obed Hussey, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga Indians, praying the reimbursement of expenses incurred in an ineffectual attempt to emigrate to the territory assigned to them ..
In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foote made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 333.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of Morgan McAffee, and the accompanying documents, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ann B. Cox, widow and executrix of the late Nathaniel Cox, navy agent at New Orleans, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Levi Wells, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 117.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of William H. Prentiss for additional compensation as assistant messenger in the Department of State ... ".
In Senate of the United States. July 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mehitable Gibbs, widow of Jabez Gibbs ..
In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 321, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Thomas B. Graham" ..
In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Arnold Naudain, for compensation for superintending the construction of floating lights, while collector of the Customs for the District of Delaware," ..
In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 65, for the relief of Charles Reeder, &c., report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Calvin Emmons, praying a renewal and extension of his patent for a threshing machine ..
In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report The Committee of Claims have had under consideration the memorial of Wm. G. Davis and Mary Ann Davis, and beg leave to report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Abel Gregg, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of John W. Leuchs, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Francis O. and Andrew G. [i.e. C.] Dorr, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William M. Glendy, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 126.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Anna J. Hassler, widow of Charles A. Hassler, late surgeon in the Navy, for a pension ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Abner L. Duncan, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 78.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of Elizabeth Pistole ..
In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 253.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill To Grant the State of Arkansas Certain Unsold Lands Subject to Overflow, for Purposes of Internal Improvement, Education, and Other Purposes, in Said State," report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William H. Bassett, late marshal of the United States for the western district of Louisiana, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 76.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill, introduced on leave, for the relief of Fernando Fellanny, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 92.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thompson Hutchinson, only son of Thomas Hutchinson, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 102.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition of John Millikin, and others, have had the same, together with the accompanying documents, under consideration ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 81.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the forward officers of the late exploring expedition ..
In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 91.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Jones, and the other children of John Carr, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany S. Bill No. 39.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, who were instructed to inquire whether any modifications of the present laws relating to patents and the Patent Office be expedient, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the widow and heirs of Doctor Gustavus B. Horner, late a surgeon's mate in the Army of the Revolution, praying for the allowance of commutation pay, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 223.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of John M. McIntosh, praying the settlement of the accounts of John Clute [i.e., Clutes] and Jacob Hart on duplicate certificates, the originals being lost, and that the amounts found due may be paid to him as their assignee," have had the same under consideration and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report (To accompany S. Bill No. 153.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Richmond ..
In Senate of the United States. July 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 329.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin Marshall, Tuckabatcha Micco, G.W. Slidham, and George Scott, delegates of the Creek Nation of Indians, report, in part ..
In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. No. 402, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Eleanora B. Watkins, Widow of Gassaway Watkins," report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 279.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Leroy, submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 325.)The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition of the citizens of Sault de Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigan, praying that commissioners may be appointed to adjust the land claims of the settlers of that place ..
In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, complaining of the course of the Commissioner of Patents with respect to an application by said Thistle for a patent, and praying for relief by special act, &c., report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 30, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clarke, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 302.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the legal representatives of Moses Shepherd, for payment for work done by him upon the Cumberland Road, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1848. Submitted, considered, and agreed to. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the Very Rev. Benedict Madeore, vicar general of the Catholics of Florida, and pastor of the Catholic church of St. Augustine, in Florida ; and to whom was also referred the memorial of the trustees and members of the Catholic church of St. Augustine, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 189.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H. Fredien, M. Vercher, and others, citizens of Louisiana, claiming the privilege of making pre-emption entries on lands covered by certain claims, known as the "Bowie titles," have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 30, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 301.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas W. Chinn and M. Courtney, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 29.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Asa Whitney, relative to the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 296.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Robert W. Richards, praying that a patent may issue to him for a certain tract of land, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 13.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers of H.B. Gaither, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of Reuben Lassiter, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Isabella Cole, executrix of William Cole, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 298.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of George Poindexter, praying remuneration for injury done to his property while occupied by the United States volunteers for Mexico," have had the same under consideration and report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Leslie Combs, of the State of Kentucky, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Davenport, praying for a pension, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 162.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of George V. Mitchell, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 16, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 266.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of S.W. Chilson, made the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred S.B. 214, in addition to an act for the more equitable distribution of the Navy Pension Fund, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of H.M. Salomon ..
In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amos Doughty ..
In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1848. Submitted from the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. No. 193.) Communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and other documents, in relation to the Indians in Texas
In Senate of the United States. June 2, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Webster made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 8.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill to be entitled "An Act Further To Carry into Effect the Provisions and Stipulations of the Ninth Article of the Florida Treaty with Respect to Certain Losses of Spanish Subjects in West Florida," and the memorial of certain citizens of West Florida praying for the passage thereof, and sundry documents accompanying the same, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 20,1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 213, 1st session 30th Congress, entitled an "Act for the Relief of Mrs. Mary B. Renner," have had the same under consideration and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Hair ..
In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 98, entitled an "Act for the Relief of H.D. Johnson" ..
In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 169.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Frederick Dawson, James Schott and Elisha D. Whitney, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 287.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of the heirs and legal representatives of George Gibson, deceased, praying commutation pay," have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 10.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the Bill S. 10, for the relief of John Bryan, administrator of Isaac Garretson, deceased, late a purser in the United States Navy, and the petition of the administrator of said Garretson, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 309.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ward & Smith, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary M. Foot, widow of the late Lyman Foot, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 284.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of the legal representatives of John G. Mackall, deceased, praying indemnity for the destruction of a house during the last war with Great Britain," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 31.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and sundry documents, respecting the claims of the Rev. Benedict Madeore, Vicar General of the Catholic Church of Florida, and of the Catholic congregation of St. Augustine, Florida, to certain lots or tracts of land in or near said city, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report The Select Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of H. Tudor Brownell, on behalf of the "Hartford Argillo Manufacturing Company," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 278.) The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom the memorial of Thomas J. Randolph was referred, praying that Congress would purchase the manuscript papers of the late Thomas Jefferson ..
In Senate of the United States. March 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Volney E. Howard, Bainbridge Howard, and David Skelton, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 172.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of D.A. Watterston, praying payment for services as a clerk to the Surveyor General of Louisiana, have had the same under consideration ..
In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 22.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, directing them to inquire whether any and what legislation is necessary to secure the more regular and speedy transmission of the great northern and southern mail ..
In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 176.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William W. Wall, of Wilkerson County, State of Mississippi, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 259.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nehemiah Brush, praying a pension for injuries received in the military service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John H. White and other children of Moses White, deceased, praying that a certain amount of invalid pension money may be refunded, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 187.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of David Wilkinson, praying remuneration for inventions made by him, and for which he received no pecuniary benefit ..
In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 173.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Columbus Alexander and Theodore Barnard, praying indemnity for loss by the violation, on the part of the government, of their contract for executing the printing of the Navy Department, during the year commencing the 1st of July, 1843, and ending the 30th of June, 1844, having had the same under consideration, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 179.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Polly Taylor, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 264.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Bancroft Woodcock, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brease made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 157.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of David H. Leeper, submit the following communication ..
In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 25.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 25) for the relief of Susan E. Gordon, report thereon ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Petty, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Borland made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 306.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the "petition of citizens of Arkansas, praying an additional section of land for common schools in each township ..
In Senate of the United States. July 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution respecting the extra compensation allowed by law to the district judge of the United States for the State of Louisiana, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 239, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of James Porterfield, Deceased," report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jedediah Gray, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 48.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition of Peter Capella, administrator of Andrew Capella, deceased; and the petition of John Caps; and also the petition of Elijah Pelty and Hannah Pelty, his wife, heirs of John Beardon, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 134.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of David Currier, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 77.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claim of Peter Engles, senior, for a pension, report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1848. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 403.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 403, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Samuel A. Grier," report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 199.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of the legal representatives of James Le Caze, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report as follows ..
In Senate of the United States. April 6, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 194.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of John Lorimer Graham, formerly postmaster of New York, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom has been recommitted the petition of J. Bigelow, administrator of Francis Cazeau, deceased, and the report No. 52, (and Bill No. 123, accompanying the same,) made in said case by same Committee, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of Nancy Haggard were referred, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Watson, now deceased, and of Camilta Coddington, for herself and the other heirs of the deceased ..
In Senate of the United States. August 11, 1848. Submitted, considered by unanimous consent and agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, made the following report The Committee on Commerce, having had under their consideration various memorials and documents referred to them, concerning the loss of life and property in the use of steamers, submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 273.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Frink and Haddock, report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 2.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Joseph Wilson, ask leave to report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 44.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Cadwallader Wallace, praying compensation for certain Virginia military bounty land warrants, the lands appropriated by said warrants having been sold ..
In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 237, entitled "An Act for the Relief of John Morgan," report ..
In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Luce, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 237.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eugene Van Ness and John N. Brush, executors of Nehemiah Brush, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Tyler, widow of the late James Tyler, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of La., made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elijah Buchanan, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 19.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 19) to divide the State of Arkansas into two judicial districts, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Barclay, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report The Select Committee of the Senate, on the publication of the debates and proceedings of Congress ..
In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Harris, of Rhode Island, report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 21.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Robert Purkis, praying remuneration for recapturing a merchant vessel during the last war ... ".
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Don Carlos Buell, adjutant of the 3d Regiment of Infantry, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Pensions, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Searing, one of the children of Mary Allen, deceased, who was widow of the late John Allen, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1848. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 135.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of David N. Smith, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 225.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas C. Sheldon, late receiver of public moneys at Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Luther Blake, claiming to be assignee of Lemuel B. Nichols, by his agent, William Stewart, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Hubbard, (widow,) praying indemnity for property taken and destroyed by the Saginaw tribe of the Chippewa Indians, after the surrender of Detroit, in 1812, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 185.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James G. Carson, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 257.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Calvin Reed praying the payment for pine trees sold to the United States for the erection of a fort at Mandarin, Florida, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 63.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay ..
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report (To accompany Joint R.S. No. 7.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jonathan Lewis, make the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 139.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Baldwin ..
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 95.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill granting to the State of Illinois the right of way and a donation of public lands, for making a railroad connecting the upper and lower Mississippi with the chain of northern lakes, at Chicago, have given it the most careful examination, and respectfully ask leave to report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred an act passed by the House of Representatives at its present session, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William Ralston," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Asahel Kingsley, submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 23.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary L. Keen, alleging herself to be the administratrix of Elisha L. Keen ..
In Senate of the United States. July 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 168.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill S. 168, to provide for the unpaid claims of the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state and continental lines of the Revolutionary Army, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 6, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 195.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of William Wynn, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 318.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 318) for the relief of Joseph Johnson, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 211.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Williams and others, praying compensation for a vessel lost while in the service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1848. -- Submitted. May 11, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a petition of the citizens of western Pennsylvania ..
In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted for further consideration the memorial of Francis O. Dorr and Andrew C. Dorr, brothers of Gustavus Dorr, late captain of the Sixth Regiment of the United States Infantry, now, and for two years past, confined in the insane asylum at Somerville, Massachusetts, praying for a pension in his behalf on the ground of disability incurred in the public service ..
In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Baldwin, report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 24.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Walter R. Johnson ..
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 40.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Milledge Galphin, heir and legal representative of George Galphin, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 348.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph K. Boyd, one of the petty officers of the ketch Intrepid under the command of Captain Stephen Decatur, at the time of the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, in the harbor of Tripoli, on the night of the 16th February, 1804, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 212.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Findlay, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 347.) The select committee, to whom was referred the memorial of William Darby, praying compensation for his labors in surveying and exploring the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi, in the years 1812 and 1813, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 319.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom the bill to facilitate the entry of pre-emptive claims was referred, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Stanert, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 45, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Rignal, alias Nick Hilliary," and accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 1, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report The Select Committee, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the expediency of providing for the publication of the result of the late exploring expedition of J.C. Fremont to California and Oregon ..
In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 218.) The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, ask leave to report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hector St. John Beetley, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, on the 5th of January, the memorials of Susan Randall, and of C. Chauncey, and other citizens of Pennsylvania, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bills S. Nos. 197 and 198.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the documents relative to the claim of T.S. Wendell, and the resolution of the 17th of February, 1848, instructing said Committee "to enquire into the present condition of the fund arising from the sale of the lands ceded by the treaty of January 14, 1837, with the Saginaw band of the Chippewa Indians ... ".
California claims. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Cass made the following report The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of John Charles Fremont, praying an investigation of the claims of citizens of California against the United States, for money and supplies furnished by them for the use of the United States ..
In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 97.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel W. Bell, a native of the Cherokee nation, submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 338.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Bill No. 338, "To Authorize the Draining of the Ever Glades, in the State of Florida ... ".
In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Piatt, son of Daniel Piatt, deceased, an officer in the Army of the Revolution, praying for a balance of seven years' half-pay claimed to be due for the services of his father ..
In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 150.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Patrick Walker, submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Martin, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 40, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William Hogan, Administrator of Michael Hogan, Deceased," report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron made the following report The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred a resolution of inquiry on the 21st ultimo ..
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 122.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph De la Francia, report.
Communication from the Hon. James S. Green and Willard P. Hall, representatives in Congress from the State of Missouri, in relation to Bill S. 248, granting the right of way and land for the St. Joseph and Hannibal Railroad. June 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom has been referred the act which passed the House of Representatives, on the third instant, for the relief of Anthony Bessee, have had the subject under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 17, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Agnes Slacke and the heirs of De Repentigny, praying the confirmation of title to certain lands in Michigan, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bradbury made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of E.P. Calkin & Co., of Galveston, Texas, praying indemnity for goods alleged to have been illegally seized by the collector at Galveston ... ".
In Senate of the United States. April 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 20.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States relative to "Colt's repeating fire arms," dated April 14, 1848, and the documents accompanying the same, report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 3.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a "Joint Resolution Relating to Errors and Defective Returns in Certain Surveys, Plats, and Field-notes," respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Simpson, administrator of George Simpson, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 171.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles M. Gibson, praying compensation for the loss of a wagon and horses, which were captured and destroyed by the Seminole Indians during the war in Florida, in the year 1839, the same being then in the military service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 161.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Grice, asking indemnification for losses sustained by his failure to deliver a quantity of live oak timber under a contract with the Navy Department, and which failure resulted from the seizure of his boat by an officer of the Army of the United States, and its detention in the military service, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
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In Senate of the United States. July 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Elisha F. Richards," having had the same under consideration, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 346.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel F. Butterworth ..
In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 43.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "Bill (S. No. 43) for the Relief of Jeanette C. Huntington, Widow and Sole Executrix of William D. Cheever, Deceased" ..
In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 11.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill and accompanying papers to compensate John M. Moore ..
In Senate of the United States. April 6, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John J. Sanchez, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Jellson, widow of the late Oliver Jellson ..
In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 238.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gad Humphreys, praying indemnity for property destroyed in Florida, by order of a United States officer ..
In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Ericsson, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 267.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the representatives of Benjamin F. Hart, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hannegan made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 18.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the case of Mrs. Ann Chase, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 12, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nathan Lamme's executor, praying for the allowance of commutation pay by reason of the Revolutionary services of the said Nathan, report ..
In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 45.) ... The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Talbot and others, find, from the petition and other papers presented, the following facts clearly made out ..
In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 146 [i.e., 147].) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the memorials of Adelaide Snyder and Henriette [i.e., Henrietta] Pensoneau, heirs of Jean F. Perry, deceased; John Bleakley, William Bleakley, Nicholas Badiger, and Juliana Bleakley, heirs of Josiah Bleakley; James L.D. Morrison, John M. Morrison, and R. F. Morrison, heirs of Robert Morrison, deceased, and Rital Jarrot and others, heirs of Nicholas Jarrot, deceased, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of James Edwards, for payment for losses by the destruction of property during the Seminole War," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 64.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria L. Nourse, window of Joseph Nourse ..
In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard G. Dove, beg leave to report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Baldwin made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 151.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of J.W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, Jr., and Hugh Stewart, praying further remuneration for losses sustained in macadamizing Pennsylvania Avenue in 1832, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh W. Dobbin ..
In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 42) for the relief of the legal representatives of Amelia Brereton ..
In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 147.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Devlin, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchinson made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Rusk, William Tyler, and George S. Gains, late Choctaw commissioners, praying the allowance of mileage, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 144. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Clark, report ...)
In Senate of the United States. March 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 68.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Bill No. 68, authorizing the Secretary of War to surrender certain bonds of the State of Indiana, (held by the United States,) to the "agent of state, for said State of Indiana," ..
In Senate of the United States. August 11, 1848. Submitted, considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of C.T. Browne, administrator of Robert B. Carter, deceased ..
In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth McDougall, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dix made the following report The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of G.R. Cox, and ninety-four others, passengers on board steamboat Yorktown, on the Mississippi River, March 17, 1848, report ..
In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben M. Gibbs, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 19.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Bryan, report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 227.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Edwards, register of the land office at Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, respectfully report as follows ..
In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 224.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A.H. Cote, of Florida, asking payment of his claims as a suttler [i.e., sutler] in Florida, which stand to the credit of the respective soldiers at the Treasury Department, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Betsey Anderson, Alvina Severence, Alphonso L. Anderson, and Almasa Denton, of Hardwicke, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Turney made the following report The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Aaron Carmon, have had the same under consideration, and made the following report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 6, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Russworm, deceased, an officer of the Army of the Revolution, praying the be allowed interest on commutation pay, have had the same under consideration, and report ..
In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1848. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott submitted the following report (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 162) for the relief of Charles Waldron, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 145 [i.e., 146].) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 5th January, the memorial of William Woodbridge and Henry Chipman, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wescott, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 123.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Bigelow, administrator of Francis Cazeau, report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1847. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Davenport, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of John L. Worden, submit to the Senate the following report from the Fourth Auditor in regard to this claim, and ask to be discharged from its further consideration.
In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Williams, report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 332.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of George L. Brent and Joseph Graham, praying compensation for services as special agents to Paraguay ..
In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 87.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abigail Garland, widow of Jacob Garland ..
In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 111.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Reynolds May ..
In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 226.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the "memorial of Robert C. Rogers, praying indemnity for losses and expenses incurred during his captivity in Mexico, and in effecting his escape," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 133.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Welcome Parmeter ..
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 107.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Center, report ..
In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 240.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executive committee of the American Colonization Society, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Felch made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 106.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Washington, praying redress for damages sustained in consequence of the rescinding of a contract entered into by him with the Surveyor General to survey certain public lands in Florida, respectfully report ..
In Senate of the United States. July 19, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Coleman, widow of Daniel Coleman ..
In Senate of the United States. July 3, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Downs made the following report The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred four petitions of the settlers and claimants of the reservation of land in the County of Lee, Iowa, praying the enactment of laws to grant their titles, report .. 		244
Y 1.1/2:514 List of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Thirtieth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S. December 6, 1847
Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting annual statement of the contingent expenses of the Department of State, &c., &c. December 9, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Department of State
Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts with the United States. December 9, 1847. Read, and laid upon the table
Disbursements to the Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the Indians, &c. December 9, 1847
Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1848, and for fiscal year ending 30th June, 1849. December 6, 1847
Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the year ending June 30, 1847. December 14, 1847. Read, and laid upon the table 		6
Y 1.1/2:516 Persons employed in the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of persons employed in the Indian Department. January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
Patent Office -- additional examiners in. A letter from the Commissioner of Patents, in relation to the greatly increased business in his office, the inadequacy of his present force in the scientific department, and requesting the early action of Congress for its relief. January 4, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting documents relating to deficiencies of appropriation for the subsistence of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848. December 21, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
Rejected Navy pension claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of persons who have applied for relief under Navy pension laws, whose claims have been rejected, and the reasons therefor. January 26, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia, for the year 1847. January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia
Abstract of the returns of the militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of the several states, with their arms, &c., in compliance with an act passed March 2, 1803. February 11, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed
Propositions for peace. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th February, 1848, in relation to propositions from the Mexican authorities for a treaty of peace. February 11, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Foreign mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, pursuant to the resolution of the House of the 17th instant, a report of such measures as are rendered necessary by the present state of our foreign mail service. January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
Light-house establishment. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, showing what has been done under the provisions of the act of 3d March, 1847, entitled "An Act Authorizing the Erection of Certain Light-houses, and for Other Purposes." January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Postage on steamboats. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a communication in relation to the postage to be charged on steamboats not in the employ of the government, in answer to a resolution of the House. January 24, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
Post Office Department -- receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his account of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department, for the year ending June 30, 1847. January 5, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
Floating dry docks. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the construction of floating dry docks at Pensacola, Philadelphia, and Kittery. December 22, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs
Clerks and other persons employed in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the names of clerks and other persons employed in all the branches of that Department. January 26, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
Clerks and others employed in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting his annual statement of clerks and others employed in the Post Office Department. January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department
Contingent expenses -- War Department. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the War Department, and its bureaus and offices, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. January 12, 1848. Read, and, referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures
Clerks and others employed in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the clerks and others employed in his Department ; and also the information called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th of January, 1846. January 12, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of expenditures, under the head of contingent expenses, &c. December 28, 1847. Read, and laid upon the table
John Picket and others. Letter from the Solicitor of the Treasury, transmitting the result of his examination of the case of John Picket and others, owners of the brig Albert, pursuant to the directions of the act of 3d March, 1847. December 28, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee of Claims
Rough rice and paddy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence not already published, relating to the final adjustment of the difficulties between the United States and Great Britain, concerning rough rice and paddy. February 8, 1848. Laid upon the table
Publication of the "Gaines Letter." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of General Taylor's answer, to the letter dated January 27, 1848, addressed to him by the Secretary of War. February 4, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Contingent expenses, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the disbursement of the contingent funds of the Treasury Department, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. January 12, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures
Commerce of the lakes and western rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 22, 1847, a copy of the report of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, in reference to the commerce of the lakes and western rivers. January 12, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Contracts under authority of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made under authority of that Department during the year 1847. January 26, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department
Correspondence with General Taylor. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War and accompanying documents, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 1st of February, 1847, being in addition to his report made on the 27th of the same month. January 4, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
Additional estimates. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War, informing him that he had submitted additional estimates to the Committee of Ways and Means, and requesting an increase of the loan. January 29, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
Matthews, Wood and Hall. Letter from the Solicitor of the Treasury, transmitting the testimony with his opinion in the case of Matthews, Wood and Hall. December 28, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee on Claims
Dry dock at New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks in relation to the dry dock at New York. January 4, 1848
Thomas H. Noble. Letter from the Third Auditor of the Treasury, relative to the claim of Thomas H. Noble. December 14, 1847. Read and referred to the Committee of Claims
Expenses national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Lieutenant Colonel, Acting Chief of Ordnance, with a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms made and repaired therein during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1847. January 12, 1848. Read, and laid upon the table
Refusal to furnish instructions to Mr. Slidell. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the return of Santa Anna and Paredes to Mexico, and refusing to furnish the instructions given to Mr. Slidell, as requested by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th January, 1848. January 13, 1848. Read, and made the special order of the day for Tuesday next 		30
Y 1.1/2:518 Constitution of Wisconsin. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the constitution of state government formed by a convention of the people of the Territory of Wisconsin, in pursuance of the act of Congress of August 6th, 1846, together with sundry documents relating thereto. March 16, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories 1
Y 1.1/2:519 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1847. March 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Patents 1
Y 1.1/2:521 Treaty with Mexico. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement, between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, ratifications of which were exchanged at the City of Queretaro, in Mexico, on the 30th of May, 1848. July 22, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Injury to the Capitol from the introduction of gas letter from the commissioner of public buildings, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 13th of March last, in relation to the injury done to the Capitol in the introduction of gas, putting up furnaces, [etc.]
Strength of the Army at the close of the Mexican War. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ultimo, a report of the strength of the Army of the United States, after the discharge, by the terms of their enlistment and the operation of existing laws, of such as are required to be discharged at the close of the war with Mexico. July 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Persons employed in the naval and marine service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 29th of May, 1848. June 23, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Balances due by individuals out of office, &c. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of accounts which have been due for more than three years prior to the 1st of July, 1847, and of balances due by collectors of the Customs and receivers of public moneys who were out of office three years prior to July 1, 1847. June 23, 1848. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
Regulars and volunteers engaged in the Mexican War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Adjutant General, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the number of United States troops that have been engaged in the war with Mexico, the number who have been killed, died from wounds, &c. May 4, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Peace establishment -- number of Indians in Oregon, California, and New Mexico, &c. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of July, 1848, a report in relation to the number of Indians in Oregon, California, and New Mexico; the number of military posts; the number of troops which will be required in each, and the whole military force which should constitute the peace establishment. August 2, 1848. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
New Mexico and California. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to resolutions of the House of Representatives of July 10, 1848, reports from the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy. July 24, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Instructions to Messrs. Sevier and Clifford. Message of the President of the United States, refusing, on the ground of its "inconsistency with the public interests," to furnish the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th July, 1848. August 2, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Cherokee Indians. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, and a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the Cherokee Indians. May 20, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
William Vawter, deceased. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the claim of William Vawter, deceased, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant. July 28, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Claims under the Cherokee treaty of 1835-'36. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives, of April 26, 1848, a copy of the report of Messrs. Harden and Brewster, late commissioners, appointed to adjudicate claims arising under the Cherokee Treaty of 1835-'6. May 16, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Estimated surface of territories north and south of 36 degrees 30 minutes. Tabular statement from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the estimated surface of the territories of the United States north and west of the regularly organized states of the Union, and the portions of territory thereof north and south of the parallel of 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. July 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed
Cost of mail transportation and receipts of postages. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th of June, 1848, a table showing the annual cost of mail transportation, and the annual receipts of postages, in each state and territory of the United States, for ten years preceding the 1st of July, 1847. July 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Creek Indian reservations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th of March last, a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the Creek Indian reservations under the treaty of 1832. June 1, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Bank returns. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the returns of the banks throughout the Union, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, adopted July 10, 1832. August 10, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Additional allowances to mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the act of 2d July, 1838, sundry reports in relation to contracts and offers made for carrying the mails, &c., within the year ending June 30, 1847. May 16, 1848. Laid upon the table, and the "report of all additional allowances made to mail contractors within the said year," ordered to be printed 		17
Y 1.1/2:523 Major General Baron de Kalb. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in relation to the erection of a monument to the memory of Major General Baron de Kalb. March 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Muscle Shoals Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to tolls to be charged on the Muscle Shoals Canal. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Armed Occupation Act. Memorial of the settlers under the Armed Occupation Act, in relation to certain proposed amendments thereof. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Miami Indians. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the payment of annuities to the Miami Indians. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
"Proviso," slavery, the tariff, and the war with Mexico. Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, in relation to the proviso, slavery, the tariff, and the war with Mexico. May 18, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
President's annual message -- reference of. December 22, 1847. Read, and ordered to be printed
Unsettled business of Creek Nation. Memorial of B. Marshall, Tuckahatchee, G.W. Stedham, and Geo. Scott, delegates of the Creek Nation, praying Congress to pass an act for the adjustment of their unsettled business. May 17, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Tariff and independent Treasury. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, relative to the Tariff of 1846, and the independent Treasury law. December 20, 1847. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
School lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for cash or scrip in lieu of worthless lands heretofore granted by Congress for schools. February 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to Asa Whitney's plan for the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. March 13, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, relative to a mail route from Travellers' Rest, in Dooly County, to Florence, in Stewart County. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
Mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to a mail route from Tipton, in Cedar County, via Pioneer Grove and Marion, to the county seat of Benton County. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, relative to a change in the mail route from Dublin to Boxville. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Henry Johnson. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, requesting Congress to place the name of Henry Johnson, of said state, on the pension roll. January 4, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
Pay of privates. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of an increase of the pay of the privates in our Army in Mexico. February 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, approving of Mr. Whitney's plan of connecting Lake Michigan with the Pacific Ocean by railroad. January 31, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
United States district judge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, relative to the residence of the United States district judge for that state within his district. July 24, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Thanks to Taylor and Scott. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, voting thanks to Generals Taylor and Scott, approbatory of the conduct of the Executive in relation to the war with Mexico, &c. December 21, 1847. Read, and laid on the table
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the introduction of slavery into territory, already or to be acquired, an[d] which is now free. July 21, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Estimates of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, explaining the reason in each case wherein the estimates for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1849, exceed the appropriations for the preceding or current year. April 7, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Oregon. Report of Lieut. Neil M. Howison, United States Navy, to the commander of the Pacific Squadron; being the result of an examination in the year 1846 of the coast, harbors, rivers, soil, productions, climate, and population of the territory of Oregon. February 29, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Florida volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to the expenses of Florida volunteers, previous to being mustered into the service of the United States. January 31, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of a provision, in the establishment of territorial governments over New Mexico and the Californias, prohibiting slavery therein so long as the same may remain territories. February 8, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Seat of government of Florida. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to certain sections of land granted by the United States to Florida, for the purpose of fixing her seat of government. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Captain William Ramsey, U.S.N. Communication from Captain William Ramsey, U.S.N., relative to the memorial of Lucien Clavadetscher. June 19, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Postage on newspapers. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the postage on newspapers, &c. February 9, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to a mail route from Mount Pleasant, Henry County, via Brighton, Washington County, Richland and Waugh's Point, Keokuk County, to Oskaloosa, in Mahaska County, Iowa. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Foundry and armory. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the establishment of a foundry and armory in the State of Alabama. January 25, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to a mail route from Detroit to Michigan, in said state. March 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, relative to a mail route from Dalton to Dahlonega. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Dry dock at Brooklyn, and land between naval hospital and naval yard, Brooklyn. Documents relating to the purchase of the land lying between the naval hospital and Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York, and in relation to the dry dock at Brooklyn, New York. April 7, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of Asa Whitney's plan of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. April 28, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Canal and railroad routes. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the procurement of copies of all surveys and reports of canal and railroad routes in Florida, made by the United States government. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed
Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, relative to Mr. Asa Whitney's plan of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, relative to a mail route from Rome to Jacksonville. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Clerks and other persons employed in the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual statement of the clerks and other persons in his Office. January 12, 1848. Read, and laid on the table
Postage on newspapers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the postage laws. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
International exchange. Letter from A. Vattemare, on the subject of a system of international exchange. August 11, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Hon. Thomas Corwin and the Mexican War. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the rights and duties of Congress, and the course of the Hon. T. Corwin, on the subject of the Mexican War. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of said House, from the first day of December, 1846, to the first day of December, 1847. December 14, 1847. Read, and laid upon the table
Stage routes. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, in relation to stage routes in said state. March 23, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Wabash and Erie and Miami Extension canal lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to certain lands near the Wabash and Erie and Miami Extension canals, in said state. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Harbor at Havre-de-Grace. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, relative to the improvement of the harbor at Havre-de-Grace. March 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the improvement of the Ocklawaha River. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Military asylum. Petition of officers of the United States Army in Mexico, praying Congress to establish an asylum for the support of invalid soldiers. January 19, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Modification of grant of land. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to a modification of the grant of land to said state in the act of August 6, 1846. July 21, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Indemnity and slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, protesting against the relinquishment by the United States of conquered Mexican provinces or states in their possession without indemnity ; and also against any law which shall be intended to prevent the citizens of slaveholding states from taking their property with them in emigrating to said acquired territory. February 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Everglades. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, relative to draining the Everglades of Florida. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Acquisition of territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the acquisition and control of foreign territory by the United States. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
Military reserve at Fort Winnebago. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the grant to said state of the military reserve at Fort Winnebago. July 21, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Peace with Mexico. Memorial of the representatives of the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends for New England, for the adoption of measures for the speedy termination of the war. February 10, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Obstructions to navigation at Hell Gate, in the East River. Proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, in relation to the removal of obstructions to the navigation at Hell Gate, in the East River, accompanied by a letter from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, transmitting a chart of Hell Gate, with a report from Lieutenant Commanding C.H. Davis, United States Navy. March 14, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to a mail route from Cedar Rapids, in Linn County, to the falls of Cedar River, in Black Hawk County. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Mail routes. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in favor of mail routes from Griffin to Newnan, and from Raysville to Lincolnton. February 29, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Pilots. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to changes in the "Act Concerning Pilots," which would destroy or diminish the competition now existing. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Light-house at Indian River bar. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the establishment of a light-house at Indian River bar. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Chicago convention. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, affirming the declaration of sentiments of the Chicago convention. March 9, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Horses lost in the Mexican War. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in relation to horses lost by volunteers in the service of the United States in the Mexican War. February 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, concerning the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Death of the Hon. John Quincy Adams. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, tendering the thanks of the government and the people of that Commonwealth to the House of Representatives of the United States, and the Committee of Escort appointed thereby, for their proceedings upon the occasion of the death of the late John Quincy Adams. March 27, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Ocklawaha River. Memorial of citizens of East Florida, relative to the improvement of the Ocklawaha River. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Widows and orphans, &c., of persons who have served in the Mexican War. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the reversion of the bounty land and pay for services of deceased soldiers of the Mexican War. March 22, 1848. Referred to the select committee on so much of the President's Message as relates to the subject, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, relative to the establishment of a mail route from Blairsville to Mount Yonah. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, relative to a mail route from Halcyondale to Reidsville. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Cherokee Indians. Memorial of the heirs of families of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, and the children of their heirs and representatives, praying redress for the wrongs and injuries they have suffered by the officers of the United States in relation to certain reservations and pre-emptions of lands, and indemnities for improvements and spoliations. January 4, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S., in compliance with the act to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes, passed July 4, 1836. September 25, 1848
Pre-emption law, etc. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the extension of the pre-emption right for two years to certain settlers, &c. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Amendments to the charter of the City of Washington. Memorial of a Committee of the Corporation of Washington, in relation to certain amendments to the charter of said city. April 26, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Captain Lewis Warrington and others. Memorial of Lewis Warrington, Captain in the U.S. Navy, (in behalf of himself and the officers and crew of the U.S. sloop-of-war Peacock,) praying that the one half of the proceeds of the Epervier and goods, which went into the Treasury by mistake, be restored to the officers and crew of said vessel, it having been decreed to them by the United States court as captors. April 26, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Corporation of Washington. Letter from the Mayor of the City of Washington, transmitting a joint resolution of thanks to Congress of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Washington. August 12, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Second Mississippi Rifles and Mississippi Battalion. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the condition of the Second Mississippi Rifles and Mississippi Battalion in New Orleans. March 24, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Expenses of the Creek War. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the payment of interest by the general government on advances made by said state, for the prosecution of the war against the Creek Indians. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed
Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon Territory, relative to their present situation and wants. August 10, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
Deficiencies in appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) Letters from the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, transmitting statements in relation to deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848. January 29, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking weekly service in two-horse hacks on post route no. 4577 in the State of Iowa, viz from Fairfield in Jefferson County, to Fort Des Moines in Polk County. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Armed Occupation Act. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the permits of settlers under the Armed Occupation Act. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Expenses of Florida volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the expenses of Florida volunteers previous to their being mustered into the United States service. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
School lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the selection of school lands in eighths of sections in lieu of those included in Forbes's Purchase, the Arredondo Grant, and all other private claims. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Railroad from Jackson towards the Alabama line. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the appropriation of the two per cent fund to the construction of a railroad from Jackson eastwardly in the direction of the Alabama line. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Removal of the Seminoles. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the removal of the Indians now remaining in Florida. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Postage on newspapers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the prepayment of three cents postage on newspapers. February 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to extending the pension laws by which widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers are entitled to pensions. March 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and ordered to be printed
Improvement of rivers and harbors. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the improvement of western rivers and harbors. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. May 31, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Missouri Compromise Act. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, relative to the subject of slavery in the organization of new territories or states out of territory now belonging to, or hereafter to be acquired by, the United States. December 21, 1847. Read, and laid on the table
Allen G. Johnson and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, concerning the payment of Allen G. Johnson and others, for services in the Florida war, and additional evidence in support of the petition before the Committee on Military Affairs. January 31, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad between the southern portion of the state and the interior of the west. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
International copyright. Memorials of John Jay and of William C. Bryant and others, in favor of an international copyright law. March 22, 1848. -- Referred to a select committee. April 29, 1848. -- Ordered to be printed
Contested election -- James Monroe vs. David S. Jackson. Memorial and specifications of James Monroe -- reply of David S. Jackson -- depositions, schedules, and exhibits -- in the contested election case of James Monroe vs. David S. Jackson. February 18, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Graduation and reduction of the price of public lands. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, asking the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands in the State of Alabama which have been long in market and remain unsold. January 25, 1848. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands
Adulterated medicines and chemicals. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the importation of adulterated medicines and chemicals. March 24, 1848. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
Mounted volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to the service of Captains Gillespie, Peake, Vernon, and Rogers, with their companies, as mounted volunteers in the service of the United States, in the year 1836. February 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
School lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the location of other sections in addition to valueless sixteenth sections, and the relinquishment of others, with the privilege of re-location. March 24, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
School land. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the application of certain lands, granted for internal improvements, to educational purposes, &c. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Slavery and the Ordinance of '87. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to slavery in territory to be acquired from Mexico. May 3, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
Jefferson Papers. Memorial of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, of Virginia, in regard to the purchase and publication by Congress of the manuscripts of Mr. Jefferson. December 30, 1847. Read, and laid on the table
School lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to a grant of the unsold public lands within that state for school purposes. March 22, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Muscatine Island. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to a grant of land, to reclaim Muscatine Island from inundation. March 8, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Railroad to Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, relative to Asa Whitney's plan of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. March 28, 1848. Referred to the select committee this day directed to be appointed upon this subject, and ordered to be printed
Michigan volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the permanent enrolment of the 1st regiment of Michigan volunteers into the service of the United States, under any act of Congress now in force, or which may become a law during the present session of Congress. February 21, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed 		101
Y 1.1/2:531 Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with returns of punishments in the Navy. February 6, 1849. (Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.)
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the number and cost of vessels, and number of persons employed in the survey of the coast of the United States, and the amount of money received from the sale of maps and charts. February 12, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Postmaster General, communicating the particulars of the postal arrangement with Bremen. February 6, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to claims against the Cherokees, under the treaty of August 6, 1846. February 12, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, in relation to the survey of the coast of Florida. February 17, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a report in reply to a resolution of the Senate of December 27, 1848, relating to the expenditures and results of the United States Coast Survey. February 8, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed
Communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the bill to authorize the laying off a town at Trader's Point. February 9, 1849. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 408
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating copies of Commodore Stockton's despatches, relating to the military and naval operations in California. February 16, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed ; and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate
Report of the Secretary of War, with returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. February 6, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the Senate as to the allowance of bounties on invoices. February 5, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed 		10
Y 1.1/2:533 Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of extending mail facilities in Hillsborough County, in that state. January 18, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of refunding the amount expended by the state in completing the Raccourci Cut-off, in the Mississippi. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Petition of citizens of Rockville, Maryland, praying the passage of a law to prevent the issue and circulation of small notes in the District of Columbia by individuals. January 23, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, January 24, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1849. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, moved the following resolution, which was adopted Resolved, That such acts of Congress relative to pensions, and the Executive regulations touching the subject, as have been deemed necessary by the Committee on Pensions to be published, as well as the laws relating to bounty land ..
Petition of the people of New Mexico, assembled in convention, praying the organization of a territorial government. December 13, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to slavery. March 1, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Petition of P.A. Hargous, offering to the consideration of Congress the advantages of a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and praying that Congress, before its final action on the subject, will allow time for establishing the facts therein stated. February 6, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Petition of Samuel Colt, praying a contract for supplying the government with an additional number of his repeating fire-arms. December 12, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Petition of William Jenks, praying that a portion of the arms furnished to the states and territories may be of his improved patent fire-arm. January 3, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed
Petition of Samuel L. Gouverneur, praying the aid of government in publishing the manuscript papers of the late James Monroe, President of the United States. January 3, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed
Letters addressed to the Hon. John Davis, concerning the census of 1849, by Nahum Capen and Jesse Chickering. March 3, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in relation to the public lands. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the President of Amherst College, setting forth the advantages of a new and enlarged edition of the works of the Exploring Expedition. February 19, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to slavery. February 26, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to postage. January 24, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Opinions of the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of "Smith vs. Turner," and "Norris vs. the City of Boston." February 17, 1849. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate
Report from the President of the Senate of the United States, and the Secretary of the Senate, of the letting of the printing for the 31st Congress, under the joint resolution of the 3d August, 1846, and the contracts relating to the same. March 3, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land for the county site of Benton County. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the exclusion of slavery from the territories acquired from Mexico. January 30, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the pre-emption rights of persons settled on lands that may be granted to the state for internal improvements. January 31, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of the members of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of an extension of the mail route from Rock Roe to Batesville in steamboats, and thence via Springfield to Boonville in four-horse coaches ; also a stage route from St. Louis via Batesville to Little Rock. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the New York State Agricultural Society, in relation to statistics of the agriculture of the United States. January 23, 1849. Referred to the Select Committee on the Census, and ordered to be printed
In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1849. Ordered to be printed. Motion intended to be made by Mr. Benton to recommit the Bill (S. 336) for ascertaining claims and titles of lands within the territory of California and New Mexico, to grant donation rights, and to provide for the survey of the lands therein, to the Committee on Public Lands
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land for the county site of Washington County. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Statements showing 1st. Appropriations made during the second session of the 30th Congress ; 2nd. Officers created, and the salaries thereof ; 3d. The offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 16, 1849. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, in pursuance of the 6th section of the act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes."
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of the improvement of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers, and of the harbors on the northern lakes. January 31, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the persons employed in his office during the year 1848, and the amount received by each. January 15, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, asking an appropriation of land on Rock Island, in the Mississippi, for the construction and support of a marine hospital on that island. January 15, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of donations of land for the Central and Northern Cross railroads, and for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad. January 30, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of citizens of the United States residing in the valley of the Mississippi, praying that military escorts may be placed on the route between that valley and California, and a permanent military post established near the gold region in that territory for the protection of emigrants. February 12, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the payment of the claims of Captain Thomas Langford and his men, as volunteers in the Seminole War. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of Wm. H. Aspinwall, John L. Stephens, and Henry Chauncey, in reference to the construction of a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama. December 11, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the prohibition of slavery within any territory of the United States now or hereafter to be acquired. February 2, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Additional documents in the claim of M.X. Harmony. January 5, 1849. Submitted and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 272
Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, in relation to the coast survey. February 13, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Dubuque and Keokuk Railroad. January 15, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of citizens of Texas, praying that the Galveston and Red River Railway Company may be granted the privilege of extending their railroad through the territory of the United States to the Pacific Ocean. January 24, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Kehukee Primitive Baptist Association in North Carolina, praying the repeal of all laws authorizing the appointment of chaplains to Congress, the Army, Navy, and other public stations, and that Congress will legislate no further on the subject of religion. December 11, 1848. Ordered to be printed
Memorial of Wells & Co., and Isaac Newton and others, who have formed an association for the purpose of carrying freight and passengers across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and asking aid or conditional compensation for carrying the United States mail across said isthmus. January 9, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the prohibition of corporeal punishment and the use of ardent spirits in the Navy. March 1, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of continuing the office of the Surveyor General of that state. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, in relation to slavery. February 5, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Oulusta to Gary's Ferry. January 18, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of donations of land for the Mount Carmel and Alton, Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroads, and for the Springfield and Alton branch of the Northern Cross Railroad. January 30, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Memorial of Vladislaus Wankowicz, grand-nephew of General Thaddeus Kosciusko, praying for the passage of an act providing for the removal of cases concerning the estate of General Kosciusko from the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland. January 3, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to postage. January 23, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land for the county site of Calhoun County. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the establishment of a marine hospital at Rock Island. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of increasing the pensions of Isaac W. Griffith. January 15, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, of expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate. December 20, 1848. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a foundry and armory at Algiers, in that state. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Mr. Benton submitted papers relating to the proposed railroad across the Isthmus of Panama. December 19, 1848. Ordered, that they be translated, under the direction of the Secretary, and printed
Communication from the Mayor of the City of Brooklyn, New York, with a resolution of the Common Council of that city, recommending Brooklyn as a more desirable location than the City of New York for a branch mint. January 22, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, on the subject of slavery. February 19, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the payment of the claims of the Rev. John Tucker, as chaplain to a battalion of Florida militia. January 18, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, in relation to the swamp lands in the southeastern part of Missouri and the northeastern part of Arkansas. February 16, 1849. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a port of entry and delivery at Cedar Keys. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, asking a grant of land to aid in the construction of a canal from Iowa City to the mouth of Iowa River. January 15, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land for the county site of Holmes County. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirtieth Congress -- 1848-'49. December 13, 1848
Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the "Wilmot Proviso." February 6, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of Charles G. Page, praying an investigation of a mode discovered by him of applying electro-magnetic power to purposes of navigation and locomotion. February 20, 1849. Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route in St. Lucie County. January 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of making the practice in the United States courts conform to that of the state courts. February 5, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
Memorial of Jesse E. Dow, in relation to a route to the Pacific, via Tehuantepec, over a plank road. February 17, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Houston submitted for consideration the following resolutions Whereas, by the acquisition of the territory of New Mexico and California, and the recent occupation of Oregon .. 		66
Y 1.1/2:540 Pension claims rejected. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Pensions, with lists of pension claims rejected during the past year. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Persons employed in the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting his annual statement of the persons employed in the Indian Department in 1848. January 16, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Electro-magnetic telegraph -- astronomical observations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, relative to local differences of longitude and astronomical observations generally. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed, together with 1,000 extra copies, 250 of which for the Superintendent of the Coast Survey
Iron imported under tariffs of 1842 and 1846. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 18th December, 1848, statements of the importations, &c., of iron under the Tariff Acts of 1842 and 1846. January 16, 1849. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
Expenses of national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses of national armories, &c., for the year ending June 30, 1848. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 18th inst., a copy of order No. 172, issued at the mouth of the Rio Grande, on the 7th July, 1848. December 22, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Transcript of Navy list. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report from the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, of the amount paid each person on the Navy Register, &c., in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 14th June, 1848. January 16, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Number, etc., of persons employed in the naval and marine service in the Mexican War. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th December, 1848, relative to the number and places of birth of persons employed in the naval and marine service on the Gulf and Pacific coasts during the Mexican War. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Coal imported under the Tariff Acts of 1842 and 1846. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, a statement of the amount of coal imported and revenue derived therefrom, under the Tariff Acts of 1842 and 1846. December 22, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Military force in the Mexican War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Adjutant General, in relation to the Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 31st July, 1848. December 18, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Transcript of Army list. Letter from the Secretary of War, in part answer to the resolution of the House, of the 14th June, 1848, rescinding the resolution of February 16, 1843, relative to the Army and Navy Register. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Buffalo Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th of December, 1848, relative to the different plans for the improvement of Buffalo Harbor, New York. January 6, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Balances of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the balances of appropriations under the direction of that Department remaining in the Treasury on the 1st of July, 1848. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of treasury notes paid under the provisions of the act of August 10, 1846, from the 1st December, 1847, to the 12th January, 1849. January 16, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, and accompanying papers, in relation to the imprisonment of American citizens in Ireland. December 28, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Navy pension claims rejected. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of Navy pension claims rejected by the Commissioner of Pensions. January 16, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting his annual statements of the expenditures for contingencies in the various offices and bureaus of the War Department, for the year ending June 30, 1848. January 6, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Clerks and other persons. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in conformity with law, a statement of the clerks and other persons employed in the various branches of the War Department. January 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Tariff of duties in the ports of Mexico. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1848, relative to the establishment of a tariff of duties in the ports of Mexico, and the appropriation of the same. January 3, 1849. Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed
Regular troops engaged in the Mexican War. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 20th December, 1848, a report of the Adjutant General, relative to the regular troops engaged in the Mexican War. January 16, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of American seamen registered during the year ending September 30, 1848. December 22, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Reduced postage. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st instant, a communication from the First Assistant Postmaster General in regard to a system of reduced postages, &c. December 22, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1848. January 16, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848. December 18, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Clerks and other persons. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting his annual statement of the clerks and other persons employed in his Department, &c., for the year 1848. January 16, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Estimates of the Post Office Department. A letter from the Postmaster General, submitting specific estimates of the appropriations expected to be required for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1850. January 19, 1849. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed 		26
Y 1.1/2:543 Correspondence between the consuls of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, &c., with the Secretary of State, on the subject of the African slave trade. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House, of the 23d of December, 1848, the correspondence between G.W. Gordon and Gorham Parks with the Department of State, on the subject of the African slave trade. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Public property at Governor's Island, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th of December last, reports in regard to the value, &c., of the public property at Governor's Island, New York. February 15, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Contracts made by the Treasury Department. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting exhibits of contracts made by the Treasury Department, during the years 1847 and 1848. February 13, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the Army Register for the year 1849, for the use of the members of the House. February 13, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the condition of the Chickasaw fund. March 3, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Ocean steamers. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th February, 1849, relative to the amount of money paid for transmission of the mail in ocean steamers to foreign countries. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Public debts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the manner in which the various public debts have been contracted from the Continental Congress to the present time, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 18th December last. March 3, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the disbursing agent of the Post Office Department. February 28, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Balances due by individuals out of office, &c. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of balances due by individuals out of office, &c. March 3, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Survey of the Potomac River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report relative to the survey of the Potomac River. February 28, 1849. Read, and laid upon the table
Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the warehousing system. February 28, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Transcript of Army list. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the Army list, as required by the resolution of the House, of June 14, 1848. February 20, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Unclaimed wages of seamen. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, stating his reasons for not complying with the resolution of the House of the 21st of February, 1849, on the subject of unclaimed wages of seamen. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Consuls, vice consuls, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 20th of February, 1849, a list of consuls, vice consuls, &c. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Letter carriers -- of fees. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 28th of February last, information relative to the reduction of the fees of letter carriers in the cities of the United States. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Marine Hospital Fund -- miscellaneous claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the expenditures for the Marine Hospital Fund, and of miscellaneous claims, from July 1, 1847, to June 30, 1848. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed 		16
Y 1.1/2:544 Indian tribes. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the provision of a permanent home for the Indian tribes. February 8, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Indian tribes. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, relative to the provision of a permanent home for the Indian tribes. February 8, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Indians of Florida. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, asking Congress to take some action to keep the Indians of Florida within their prescribed boundaries. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
"Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Memorial of W.S. Coodey and John Drew, representatives of the "Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. February 10, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Des Moines Rapids improvement. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids in the Mississippi River. January 19, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Slave trade in the District of Columbia. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, approving the vote of the representatives in Congress from that state on the subject of the slave trade in the District of Columbia. January 22, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to slavery in the territory of New Mexico and California, and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. January 17, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Oulusta to Gary's Ferry. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
County sites of Washington and Holmes Counties. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of a grant of land for the county sites of Washington and Holmes Counties. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Muscatine Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the inundated lands on Muscatine Island. January 25, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Harbor at Michigan City. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the harbor at Michigan City and St. Joseph. February 17, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Pre-emptions on lands granted for internal improvement purposes. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to pre-emption on lands granted for internal improvement purposes. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Postage on letters and newspapers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to postage and newspapers. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Postage on newspapers and public documents. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the postage on newspapers and public documents. January 25, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Chippewa Indians on Lake Superior. Petition of the head chiefs of the Chippewa tribe of Indians on Lake Superior for a grant of lands, &c. February 7, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Purchase for the United States of United States stock. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, transmitting correspondence relative to the purchase, for the United States of United States stock, in November last. March 3, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to slavery and the slave trade. March 1, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Old settlers of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Memorial of Judge Wind and others, asking the fulfil[l]ment of treaty stipulations with the Cherokee Indians. February 10, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery and slave trade. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to slavery and the slave trade. March 3, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Port of Cedar Keys. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to the establishment of a port of entry and delivery at port of Cedar Keys. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
List of reports to be made to Congress, at the second session of the Thirtieth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S. December 4, 1848
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to slavery in the newly-acquired territories of New Mexico and California. February 3, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Light-house and beacon lights. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to a light house at the mouth of Maurice River, and beacon-lights in Newark Bay. February 26, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to slavery and the "Wilmot Proviso." February 26, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Mail route in St. Lucie County. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the establishment of a mail route in St. Lucie County. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Officers and soldiers in the Florida war. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, asking the passage of a law granting land to the officers and soldiers who served in the Florida war. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Five per cent. reservation upon the sales of public lands. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office transmitting, in answer to a letter of the Hon. Jacob Collamer, Chairman of Committee of the Public Lands, a statement showing the amount of five per cent. reservation upon the net proceeds of the public lands, amount expended, &c. January 25, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
President's annual message -- reference of. Resolutions of Mr. Vinton, on the subject of the reference of the President's annual message. December 18, 1848. Introduced, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
Indiana University. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a grant of land in the Miami Reserve, for the use of the Indiana University. February 17, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the introduction of slavery into the newly acquired territory of New Mexico and California. January 24, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Harbor at Dubuque. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the completion of the harbor at Dubuque. January 25, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed
Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the payment of the claim of the Rev. John Tucker, as chaplain to a battalion of Florida militia. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the establishment of a mail route from Prairie du Chien to Fort Atkinson. January 25, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
Monument to General Herkimer. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the erection of a monument to the memory of General Nicholas Herkimer. February 21, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Ordnance, &c., at St. Augustine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, against the removal of ordnance, &c., from St. Augustine, and for the further protection of the eastern frontier. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Marine hospital -- Rock Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the erection of a marine hospital at Rock Island. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Grant of land for certain railroads. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a grant of land to aid in the construction of certain railroads. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Mail routes. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida relative to the establishment of certain mail routes. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
Books ordered to be furnished to members of the House. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in relation to the execution by him of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th August, 1848, on the subject of the distribution of books. December 11, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, relative to a grant of land for the construction of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. February 27, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Michael Ledwith. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, asking Congress to allow the claim of Michael Ledwith. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed
Cherokee Treaty of 1846. Letters from the Secretary of War, Second Comptroller, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the Cherokee Treaty of 1846. February 13, 1849. Ordered to be printed
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of said House for the year 1848. December 18, 1848. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Land office at Fort Des Moines. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to the establishment of a land office at Fort Des Moines. January 25, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Geological survey. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, relative to a geological survey of that state. February 29, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, relative to slavery in the territories. February 20, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Western rivers and harbors. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to improvements on the western rivers and lakes. February 19, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Florida volunteers. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, urging upon Congress the payment of certain companies of volunteers. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, relative to the "Wilmot Proviso." February 12, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Railroad from Davenport to Council Bluffs. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to a grant of land for the construction of a railroad from Davenport to Council Bluffs. January 25, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Upper California. Geographical memoir upon Upper California, in illustration of his map of Oregon and California, by John Charles Fremont. January 2, 1849. Resolved, that twenty thousand extra copies of Colonel Fremont's last report to the Senate, be printed
Branch Mint at Brooklyn, New York. A letter from the Mayor of the City of Brooklyn, New York, transmitting resolutions of the City Council relative to the establishment of a branch Mint at that place. January 24, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Capt. Thos. Langford and his men. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of the payment of the claims of Captain Thomas Langford and his men for services as volunteers in the Seminole War. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Kankakee and Iraquois Rivers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the improvements of the navigation of the Kankakee and Iraquois Rivers. February 17, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
County sites of Calhoun and Benton Counties. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, asking a grant of a quarter section of land to each of the counties of Calhoun and Benton for locating a county site. January 31, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, relative to the introduction of slavery into the territories of New Mexico and California. January 22, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Col. Peter Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate. Remonstrance of Col. Peter Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, against the passage of the bill to unite under one government the several Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River. February 3, 1849. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Soldiers in the late war with Great Britain. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to soldiers in the late war with Great Britain, and others. February 17, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Slavery. Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, relative to the territory acquired by the Mexican War and the introduction of slavery therein. January 22, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Clerks and other persons. A letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, transmitting his annual statement of the clerks and other persons employed in his Office. February 8, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Grants of land to the several states. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting, in answer to a letter from tha Chairman of the Committee of Public Lands, statements showing the grants of land which have been made to the several states for various purposes. January 25, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed 		61
Y 1.1/2:552 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 24, 1849. Read, and ordered to be printed
Thomas D. Jones. : papers relative to the nomination of Thomas D. Jones to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board. 		2
Y 1.1/2:559 Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of Professor Espy on meteorology. March 14, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. March 20, 1850. Ordered to be printed 1
Y 1.1/2:560 [Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of Professor Espy on meteorology. March 14, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. March 20, 1850. Ordered to be printed.] 40 weather charts, cont. 11 barometric diagrams 1
Y 1.1/2:561 Report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of inquiry as to the measures taken by him upon the memorial of Ladislaus Wankowicz, great-grandnephew of General Kosciusko, and Gaspard Tochman, attorney of the heirs of General Kosciusko, against Alexandre de Bodisco, the Russian minister. May 22, 1850. Laid upon the table. May 23, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of Count de Bronno Bronski, in relation to an improved breed of silkworms which he desires to have introduced into this country. June 3, 1850. Read, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, respecting the failures of the mail between New York and New Orleans, in the year 1849. June 29, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. July 5, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, respecting the trade in guano. June 29, 1850. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the several heads of department relative to the subject of the resolution of the Senate of the 23d of May, as to alleged revolutionary movements in Cuba. June 3, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. June 19, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate in relation to the expense of the Judiciary of the District of Columbia. June 8, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. June 10, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Professor Charles G. Page, on electro-magnetic power as a mechanical agent for the purposes of navigation and locomotion. September 3, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. September 6, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, showing the quantity of land sold, the amount of money received therefor, and the amount of incidental expenses thereon, in the years 1847, '48, and '49, with the quantity remaining unsold on 31st December, 1849. July 20, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. July 22, 1850. Ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, communicating information, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, relative to hostilities committed by the Seminole Indians in Florida during the past year, their removal, &c. May 21, 1850. Read. May 23, ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, relative to the assemblage of persons on Round Island, coast of Mississippi, during the summer of 1849. June 11, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for further information in relation to the formation of a state government in California ; and also, in relation to the condition of civil affairs in Oregon. Read May 22, 1850. Ordered to be printed, May 29
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the payment of the Peruvian indemnity. June 28, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to military orders issued to the United States officers at Santa Fe, and correspondence between those officers and the War Department in relation to the claims of Texas to jurisdiction over that country. June 17, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the formation of a state government in New Mexico. July 1, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th May, in relation to allowances to naval officers. May 28, 1850. Read, and ordered to be printed 		15
Y 1.1/2:567 Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851. December 3, 1849
Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the year ending June 30, 1849. December 24, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed 		2
Y 1.1/2:568 Finances, letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. 1