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Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 116	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments at the Treasury made during the year 1824 for the discharge of miscellaneous claims ; 2d. A statement of contracts relative to oil, light-houses, beacons, 3d. A statement of contracts and purchases made by collectors for the Revenue Service during the year 1823 ; 4th. A statement of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen made during the year 1823. January 28, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting returns of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia of the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1824. February 24, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the results of the assays of the foreign coins made at the Mint of the United States, current, by law, in the United States. January 28, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Missouri, upon the subject of a communication between the said state and the internal provinces of Mexico, with a letter from Alphonso Wetmore upon the same subject. February 14, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole, to which is committed the bill from the Senate authorizing a road from Missouri to Mexico Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the report and proceedings of the commissioners appointed to treat with the Creek Nation of Indians for an extinguishment of their claim to land lying within the State of Georgia, &c. February 8, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the transactions of the Bank of the United States during the year 1824. January 21, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the year 1824, shewing the amount appropriated under each specific head ; the amount expended under each ; and the balance expended on 31st December last. February 1, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table Letter from the Governor of the State of Maryland, transmitting a copy of an act of the legislature of said state, entitled "An Act To Confirm an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Entitled 'An Act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.'" February 2, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting information in relation to the state of the commercial relations (as they at present exist), between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. February 11, 1825. Read Ordered that it be laid upon the table. Extract of a letter from Francis Adams, commercial agent of the United States at Matanzas, to the Secretary of State, dated December 30, 1824. February 11, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill entitled "A Bill Providing Additional Means for the Suppression of Piracy." Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the works carrying on at the Pea Patch, in the Delaware River; and also, the proceedings of a court martial ordered for the trial of Major S. Babcock, the testimony taken in the case, and the judgment pronounced by the court thereupon. January 19, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. made therein, during the year 1824. February 14, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with copies of the proceedings of the courts martial in the cases of Lieutenants Weaver and Conner. February 14, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the progress made in the execution of the Act To Abolish the Indian Trading Establishments, &c. January 21, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the service of the Navy Department for the year 1824 ; and the application of the same, &c. February 3, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table Resolutions of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, in relation to the people of color of the United States. February 14, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information collected by the Department, upon the subject of accidents on board steam boats. January 31, 1825. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1824, and the compensation allowed to each. January 17, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the dividends on the public stock since the establishment of the present government which remain unclaimed. January 25, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Postmaster General, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of Maryland, in relation to the transportation of the public mail between Philadelphia and Baltimore. January 31, 1825. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry documents in relation to the various tribes of Indians within the United States, and recommending a plan for their future location and government. January 27, 1825. Read Ordered that it be laid upon the table.	21
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 117	Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in reference to Major General Lafayette. February 15, 1823. Read Ordered, that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the loss upon bonds taken for duties on goods imported into the District of Philadelphia since the 1st Jan., 1815. February 14, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the maps, plans, and surveys referred to in the report of the Board of Engineers for internal improvement. February 17, 1825. Read Ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the H. of Representatives of the 18th January last), a report from the Secretary of State, with copies of the correspondence relating to the claims of the citizens of the United States upon the government of the Netherlands. February 15, 1825. Read Ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the persons who entered into contract with the Treasury Department for the cultivation of the vine and olive, and of the tracts of land allotted to each. February 16, 1825. Read Ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, inviting the attention of Congress to the exposed situation of the inhabitants of the District of Columbia, in regard to contagious diseases from abroad. February 17, 1823. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Return of the state of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, November 30th, 1824. February 16, 1825. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill Authorizing a Subscription of Stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the examination which has been made by the Board of Engineers, with a view to internal improvements, &c. February 14, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table.	8
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 119	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, in relation to the disbursements of Indian agents from 1st September, 1823, to the 1st September, 1824. February 25, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table.	1
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 120	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the reports of the commissioners of land claims in East and West Florida. February 22, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands	1
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 122	Report of the committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message of the 7th of December last as relates to the suppression of the slave trade. February 16, 1825. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 27th ultimo, the petition of Samuel Ward. January 20, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the reorganization of the Quarter Master's Department ; with a bill to effect the same. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the message of the President of the United States in relation to the Island of Abaco. January 20, 1825. Read, and, by order of the House, laid upon the table Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of the heirs of N. Soileau, with a bill for their relief. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Paul Chase, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Robert Bedford. January 7, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Duane, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Martin Thomas, administrator of Frederick Goetz and Charles W. Westfall, with a bill for the relief of Goetz and Westfall. February 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Hambly, with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Gilbert C. Russell, accompanied by a bill for his relief. February 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris, accompanied with a bill for their relief. February 16, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of modifying the act of Congress in relation to export entries for the benefit of drawback, accompanied with a bill vesting in the Secretary of the Treasury discretionary powers in relation thereto. January 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Naval Affairs, in the case of Elias Glen, with a bill for his relief. February 8, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of sundry merchants of Baltimore, praying further compensation for injuries done their vessels sunk in the harbor of said city during the late war. December 27, 1824. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, upon the subject of piracy, accompanied with a bill providing additional means for the suppression of piracy. January 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on drawback on refined sugar. February 14, 1825. Read, and, with a bill allowing a drawback on sugar refined, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, upon the subject of authorizing claimants to land in the Territory of Arkansas of a larger extent than one league square, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims. January 31, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Petition of James D. Cobb. February 7, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Edmund Doyle, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Baylies, with a bill for his relief. December 30, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Abel Turney. May 4, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. January 25, 1825. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Pemberton, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Dr. Samuel Peters, claiming under Carver. January 28, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives, on piracy and outrages on American commerce by Spanish privateers. January 31, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the "Bill Providing Additional Means for the Suppression of Piracy." Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, on the petition of John Hick, and a bill for his relief. February 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Claims, on the petition of Isaac Pool. January 28, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. December 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas. January 25, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table Report of the Committee on Pensions, &c. upon the petition of Edmund Brooke. January 7, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the resolution of the 12th of January, on the subject of aiding the State of Indiana in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash River with those of Lake Erie, accompanied by a bill to accomplish that object. February 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, accompanying the bill to increase the pay of the sergeants of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. February 1st, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the committee on so much of the public accounts and expenditures as relate to the Department of the Navy ; with a bill to provide for the proper application and expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the naval service. January 28, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joel Abbott, Jr., with a bill for his relief. January 13, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the gradual increase of the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers, and for other purposes. January 24, 1825. Accompanied with a bill, which was read the first and second time, and committed for to-morrow Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of purchasing additional land for the completion of the site of Fort Washington, accompanied with a bill providing for the accomplishment of that object. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report in the case of Willie Blount, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the President's message of the 14th ult. upon the subject of certain lands in the State of Ohio, situate[d] between Roberts' and Ludlow's lines, with a bill to provide for the relinquishment of certain claims to land sold by the United States in the State of Ohio. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the select committee on the memorial of Walter S. Chandler. January 24, 1825. Accompanied by a bill which was read the first and second time, and committed for to-morrow Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, on the petition of Daniel Small, Elias Foss, Benjamin Day, and Harvey Libby, praying an extension of the provisions of the Revolutionary pension acts. February 2, 1825. Read Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures of the Department of State, for the years 1823 and 1824. February 3, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Litle, administrator of Minor Reeves. January 31, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, upon the subject of the payment of interest upon certain loans negotiated by the State of Virginia during the late war for the use of the United States, accompanied by a bill to authorize the payment of the same. January 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the committee appointed to prepare rules to be observed by the House of Representatives, in choosing a president, &c. January 26, 1825. Read, and committed to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Dale, with a bill for his relief. February 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of a select committee on the subject of erecting monuments to the memories of the late Generals Wooster and Davidson, accompanied by a bill making an appropriation to effect the objects aforesaid. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the select committee appointed on the 14th inst. to examine and report what business ought to be acted upon at the present session. February 17, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of William Townsend, accompanied with a bill for his relief. May 20, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed for to-morrow. December 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Smith, of Alexandria, with a bill for his benefit. January 5, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Ebenezer Averill, with a bill for his relief. December 29, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of Charles D. Brodie, with a bill for his relief. February 4, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 3d ultimo, a memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois upon the subject of a canal communication between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan, accompanied with a bill to aid the State of Illinois in the accomplishment of the same. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House Report of the Committee on the District of Columbia, on the subject of the prisons in the district ; with a bill providing for building a new prison. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the petition of the administratrix of A. Vail. January 10, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Lemuel Wootten. January 20, 1825. Read, and, with a bill for his relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, upon the subject of making an appropriation for the extinguishment of the Indian title to land in the State of Georgia, by purchases from the Creek and Cherokee Indians residing within the state. February 18, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of Johannah Montgomery. January 23, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Decrits, with a bill for his relief. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the select committee to which was referred the petitions of inhabitants of Ouachita, and the owners of the land called Bastrop's Grant ; with a bill to authorize a suit against the United States to try the validity of their claims. January 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of David Chambers, of the State of Ohio. February 15, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of James Cooke, with a bill for his relief. January 27, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, in the case of James Barker, with a bill for his relief. January 31, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed for to-morrow Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of Catharine Wise, with a bill for her relief. February 11, 1825. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on the Post Office, &c. on the petition of Jarvis Jackson, with a bill for his relief. January 24, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, on the claim of Richard Hightower, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Mary Miller, administratrix of Amos Miller, with a bill for her relief. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Mary E. Benton. January 6, 1825. Read Ordered to lie upon the table. January 7, 1825. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee to whom was referred the case of Moses Shepherd, accompanied by a bill for his relief. February 8, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of George Love, with a bill for his relief. February 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Select Committee to which was referred, on the 23d ultimo, the petition of sundry claimants under the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge, to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, accompanied with a bill to authorize the representatives of the Marquis de Maison Rouge to institute a suit against the United States, &c. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of a select committee upon the petition of John Crain, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of David Gilmore, with a bill for his relief. January 28, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of a judgment against the late General Elijah Wadsworth, at the suit of the United States ; accompanied with a bill discharging the said judgment. January 7, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next Report of the committee to whom was referred the communication of the Speaker of the 3d inst. February 9, 1825. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 8th ult. to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of the 3d March, 1817, &c. accompanied with a bill further to amend the act of the 9th April, 1816, authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy during the late war. April 5, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. December 17, 1824. Re-printed by order of the House of Representatives Report of the select committee to which was recommitted the bill for the benefit of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, with instructions, accompanied with a bill for the benefit of the asylums for teaching the deaf and dumb of Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, and of the Territory of Michigan. January 19, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow	75
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 125	Report of the Secretary of the Senate, of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year 1825. (Made in obedience to a resolution of March 1, 1823.) December 5, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Letter from Thomas Randall, relative to the communication of Commodore Porter to the Senate of 27th ult. January 4, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial in behalf of sundry officers of the Revolutionary Army residing in the States of New York and New Jersey. January 3, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of each description of wines imported since the year 1800 ; with the rates of duties, &c. &c. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of 27th December.) January 3, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing his annual report on the state of the finances of the United States. December 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Documents accompanying the President's message to Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Nineteenth Congress. December 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of James Gadsden and E.R. Gibson, commissioners appointed by the Legislative Council of Florida to examine into the expediency of opening a canal through the peninsula of Florida. January 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 5, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and documents of Demas Deming, respectfully report That Demas Deming is the bona fide purchaser from Hugh Glenn of a claim upon the government, amounting to $ 6,971.26 . Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, relative to the application of the appropriation for removing obstructions to the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. January 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Clark M'Pherin. In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1825 In Senate of the United States, December 26, 1825. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, communicated the following acts, which were ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1825. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a memorial of certain merchants of Baltimore, owners of the vessels that were sunk for the protection of that city during the late war, communicated the following documents In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1825. The Vice President communicated the following letter, which was ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1826. Mr. Mills, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, reported as follows Memorial of William King, of Alabama, complaining that the rank of colonel in the Army has been unjustly withheld from him, and praying that same may be restored to him, &c. December 19, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 9, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the expediency of an entire removal of the discriminating duties of tonnage and of impost on the entry of foreign vessels and merchandise into the United States Memorial of sundry merchants of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying that St. Louis may be made a port of entry. December 30, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1826. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Baltimore, reported That, in September, 1814, when an attack was meditated by the British troops .	18
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 126	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of lands originally subject to sale that have been sold, and the quantity that remains unsold. Made in pursuance of a resolution of December, 1825. January 17, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1826. Mr. Chase, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Amasa Stetson, of Boston, presented the following report That, at the commencement of the late war with Great Britain, the said petitioner was appointed a deputy commissioner general of purchases, and performed the duties of that office .. Memorial of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that a charter may be granted by Congress to enable them to institute a medical college, &c. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 24, 1826. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of James Beddo, reported That, in order to give a correct view of this case, the committee refer to the three papers marked A, B, and C, containing the facts and remarks of the party claiming and his counsel, and those of the Post Office Department .. Resolutions of the Legislature, and message of the Governor, of the State of Alabama. February 7, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that another medical college may not be incorporated in the City of Washington. February 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States List of committees of the Senate of the United States, Nineteenth Congress, first session, 1825-'6 In Senate of the United States, January 25, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of certain merchants of Baltimore praying that the present duty, of one dollar per quintal on imported dried fish, may be repealed, and that a duty of fifteen cents per quintal may be imposed in lieu thereof, reported Memorial of the State of Missouri, and documents in relation to Indian depredations upon citizens of that state. March 6, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 17, 1826. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Otway Burns, reported That it appears from the petition and the vouchers submitted in its support that, on the 14th of August, 1818, a brig bearing the name of "Fortuna" entered the port of Beaufort, North Carolina .. In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a resolution of the Senate, and two memorials of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, on the subject of a canal communication between the navigable waters of the Wabash and those of the Miami of Lake Erie, made the following report In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorials of certain captains of the Army of the United States, praying for an increase of their compensation, reported Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to leases of lead mines and salt springs. February 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, March 1, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the select committee, to whom was referred the proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States with respect to the appointment of senators and representatives to offices under the federal government, reported Memorial of the professors in the medical department of the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of the Mayor and City Councils of Baltimore, praying the establishment of a Navy yard at that city. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Survey of a Route for a Canal between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico," reported In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr. Smith, as Chairman of the Committee on Finance, laid on the table the following documents in relation to the finances of the United States, which were ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a resolution directing an inquiry into the expediency of making an appropriation for the removal of the obstructions and improving the navigation of the bay and harbor of Mobile In Senate of the United States, February 20, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the Mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, reported The memorialists state it was considered necessary during the War of the Revolution for the common defense, and especially for the protection of the City of Savannah, that obstructions should be placed in the channel of the river .. Counter memorial of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that a charter may be granted by Congress to enable them to institute a medical college, &c. February 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred sundry documents relative to certain roads in the Territory of Florida, reported Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, on the construction of a canal to unite the waters of Lake Michigan with the Illinois River. February 23, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the select committee, to which was referred the several resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, reported, in part In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1826. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the memorial of Henry Rice and others, reported That the port of Castine was taken possession of by the enemy during the late war, and held until the peace .. In Senate of the United States, January 27, 1826. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James Leander Cathcart, submitted the following report One item of the memorialist's demand is for the sum of $5,383.20 .. In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr. Mills, from the select committee, to whom was referred sundry petitions of officers who were in the service of the United States in the line of the Continental Army at the termination of the Revolutionary War, submitted the following report In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1826. Mr. Easton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Lieut. Alfred Flournoy, reported That he was a lieutenant in the United States' Army ; and, at Pensacola, in Florida, in 1814, by a shot from a Spanish battery .. In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying documents of a company of rangers, commanded by Captain James Bigger, in the years 1813 and 1814, reported That it appears, from the documents accompanying said petition, that the services of the petitioners were accepted by the President in the month of April, 1813, as mounted rangers, for one year .. In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the memorial of William Dixon and James Dickson, reported That William Dixon, a British subject, and James Dickson, a citizen of the United States, lately co-partners, and trading at Liverpool .. In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1826. Chap. CIX. An Act for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation. (5th July, 1825.) Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with the report of the officer appointed to examine the harbors of Charleston and St. Mary's, on the expediency of establishing a Navy yard at either of those places, &c. January 23, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 15th Dec., 1825), reports, &c. relative to lead mines and salt springs. February 8, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of the merchants, ship owners, and manufacturers of the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. February 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 58. Statement of all the Customhouses and warehouses built or purchased for the United States, the cost of each, and the appropriation out of which the money was paid In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the City Council of Charleston, South Carolina, by Joshua Johnson, esq. intendant, reported The memorialists allege that some time in the year 1804 they entered into a contract with the then Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Gallatin, to relieve the United States from the charge of the marine hospital at Charleston ..	36
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 128	In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, who "were instructed to inquire into the expedience of providing by law that, on board each vessel employed in foreign commerce and belonging to citizens of the United States, there shall be apprentices engaged in proportion to the tonnage of such vessels," made the following report In Senate of the United States, May 8, 1826. Mr. Van Buren made the following report The Judiciary Committee, on the message from the House of Representatives proposing a conference on the subject of the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment proposed by the Senate, to the bill entitled "An Act Further To Amend the Judicial System of the United States ... " Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating copies of instructions to collectors of the Customs in the State of New York, relative to the collection of tonnage duties on boats employed in transportation on the canals in that state. May 22, 1826. Printed by other of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, April 21, 1826. Mr. Benton laid the following document on the table. Washington City, March 25, 1826. Dear Sir I observe in the National Journal of the 21st a resolution, offered by Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, "instructing the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into the expediency of regulating and equalizing the compensation of the Superintendent and agents of Indian Affairs ... " In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1826. Relating to amending Bill S. 116 In Senate of the United States, May 17, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the Committee of Conference appointed by the Senate, on the disagreeing vote between the Senate and House of Representatives on the amendment adopted by the Senate, to the bill appropriating money to carry into effect the treaty lately concluded with the Creek Indians, report In Senate of the United States, April 21, 1826. Mr. Benton laid the following letter on the table Washington City, 25th March, 1826. Sir: In answer to your letter of this day's date, inquiring "if I did not, under orders of the Department of War, make a reservation of certain public grounds in the town of St. Louis ... " In Senate of the United States, April 19, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, made the following report The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred several resolutions of the Senate on the subject of providing for the surveys of canal routes in the State of Indiana, and of various routes for roads and canals in the State of Maine . In Senate of the United States, May 8, 1826. Mr. Barton made the following report The Committee on Public Lands have had under their consideration the petition of William Biggs, of the State of Illinois, with the accompanying documents, and report: That the petitioner was a lieutenant in the regiment of Colonel George Rogers Clark, for whom a reservation was made, by the State of Virginia . In Senate of the United States, May 4, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the select committee, to which was referred the proposition to inquire into the expediency of reducing the patronage of the executive government of the United States, made the following report Report from the Joint Library Committee of Congress, relative to application of the appropriations for purchase of books, &c. from 18th July, 1821, to 16th May, 1826 In Senate of the United States, May 10, 1826. Mr. White made the following report The Committee of Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorials of certain underwriters and others, of Philadelphia and Baltimore, stating that the amount provided by treaty with Spain for indemnity to claimants against the government of Spain was insufficient . In Senate of the United States, May 11, 1826. Mr. Dickerson, from the committee to whom was referred the resolution proposing to divide among the states annually a portion of the revenues of the general government, for the purposes of education and internal improvement In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, laid the following documents on the table relative to the bill "Authorizing the Corporation of Georgetown To Erect a Bridge over the River Potomac, within the District of Columbia ... " Report from the Secretary of War, relative to additional means of defence for the Mississippi River. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 28, 1826. May 8, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the practicability of accelerating the southern mail in its passage to Washington. Also, in answer to an inquiry relative to the conduct and management of the post office at Washington. May 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Petition of John Smith T. and Wilson P. Hunt, sureties of Alpha Kingsley, late paymaster in the service of the United States, praying to be released from a "supposed balance" on account of gross neglect and delay in the settlement of his accounts, &c. December 15, 1825. Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs In Senate of the United States, May 12, 1826. Mr. Eaton submitted the following statement General McArthur's claim. For detailed and particular information, in relation to the merits of the bill referred, "A Bill Providing for Quieting the Purchasers of Certain Lands Sold by the United States in the State of Ohio," . In Senate of the United States, May 20, 1826. Mr. Tazewell submitted the following motion Resolved, that it is expedient for the United States to cede and surrender to the several states, within whose limits the same may be situated, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to any lands lying and being within the boundaries of such states . Message from the President of the United States, with a report from the Secretary of War, and proceedings of a court martial for the trial of Col. Talbot Chambers, &c. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th April, 1826. May 10, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, April 7, 1826. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill to discontinue certain post roads, and laid the following letter on the table In Senate of the United States, May 2, 1826. Documents relating to the bill for the relief of Clark McPherrin In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, praying for an appropriation to aid in opening a passage for vessels over the bar at the east pass of the mouth of Pascagoula River, made thereon the following report In Senate of the United States, April 12, 1826. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Smith, of the parish of St. Eustache, in the District of Montreal, in Lower Canada, attorney for all the heirs of the late Francis Cazeau, report: That the petitioner's claim is for indemnity and compensation for losses sustained, and services rendered to the United States . Memorial of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying the establishment of an uniform system of bankruptcy. April 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States	25
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 129	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the several instructions to the ministers of the U. States to the government of France, and of the correspondence with said government, having reference to the spoliations committed by that power on the commerce of the United States anterior to September 30, 1800, &c. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate. May 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States	1
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 133	Message from the President of the United States, communicating documents touching the Treaty with the Cherokee Indians, ratified in 1819. January 3, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks in the Department of State, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State during the year 1825, and the compensation allowed to each. January 5, 1826. Read Ordered that it lie upon the table. Rules for settling militia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th January instant, in relation to the rules adopted in the settlement of the militia claims of the several states ; and the reports of the Third Auditor on the claim of the State of Massachusetts for the services of the militia of that state. Jan. 9, 1826. Read and laid upon the table Light house on Dutch Island, and beacon on Warwick Neck. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the erection of a light house on Dutch Island, in Narraganset Bay, and a beacon light on Warwick Neck, in the State of Rhode Island. Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th December, 1825. January 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Captains of the Army of the United States. Memorial of the captains in the Army of the United States, stationed at Fortress Monroe. January 9, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Navy contracts for the year 1825. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1825. January 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses of Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, showing the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1825. January 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Survey of northwest coast. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of employing a sloop of war in exploring the northwest coast of America ; made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ult. January 4, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Site for an armory -- Louisville, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence with the President, directors, and company of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company in Kentucky, upon the subject of a site for a national armory. January 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table District tonnage of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the United States on the 31st of December, 1825. January 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Contingencies of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy for the year ending September 30, 1825. January 6, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Balances on the books of Fourth Auditor, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fourth Auditor, of the balances remaining on his books for more than three years prior to 30th September, 1825, together with a list of officers who have failed to render their accounts for settlement according to law. January 16, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Unproductive post routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes. January 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Journals House of Representatives. Statement exhibited by the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the number of copies of the Journal of said House, from the 1st to the 15th Congress, inclusive, which are now in the possession of the House. January 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Desertions from the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (in part) the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ult. in relation to the deaths and desertions which have occurred in the Army during the three years next preceding the 30th Sept., 1825. January 18, 1826. Read and laid upon the table Publishing of the laws, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the newspapers in which the laws of the United States have been published during the years 1824 and 1825 ; and the papers in which the publication thereof has been directed to be made during the year 1826. January 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting lists of the clerks in his office, and in the office of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1825, and the compensation of each. January 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Estimate of appropriations for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the appropriations proposed for the service of the year 1826. January 5, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Citizens of Newburyport. Memorial of the citizens of Newburyport, on the subject of depredations by France, Holland, Naples, and Denmark. January 16, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs Land claims in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental and final report of the Register and Receiver of the land office for the Western Land District of Florida. January 5, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands Observatory at Brunswick, Maine. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the State of Maine. January 9, 1826. Referred to the select committee appointed on the 7th ult., on so much of the President's message as relates to a national university and an astronomical observatory National armory. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, in relation to the establishment of a national armory on the western waters. January 16, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Statement showing the quantity of land surveyed in the several land districts, the quantity sold from their institution to the thirtieth June, 1825, and the quantity remaining unsold. January 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States Road, Miami of Lake Erie to Detroit. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief Engineer, showing the proceedings under the act of 26th May, 1824, for surveying and making a road from the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie to Detroit. January 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table	24
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 135	Real estate purchased for the U. States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to real estate acquired by the United States since the fourth of July, 1776. February 17, 1826. Read, and laid on the table Custom houses and public warehouses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, in relation to the expenditures for the purchase or erection of Customhouses, warehouses, ports in which such buildings are situated, &c. &c. February 15, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce Memorial of sundry citizens of the State of New Jersey. February 6, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table National armory -- Ohiopile Falls. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to the establishment of a national armory on the western waters. February 13, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Ordnance Department, in relation to the site of the arsenal of the United States at Augusta, in the State of Georgia. February 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs British colonial trade. Memorial of the merchants, ship owners, and manufacturers of the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. February 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce Real estate purchased by the United States since fourth July, 1776. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the late Secretary of War, to the late President of the United States, in relation to the purchases of real estate in behalf of the United States since July 4, 1776. February 13, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Settlement of accounts of Farrow & Harris. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the execution of the law of the 3d of March, 1825, for the relief of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. February 24, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Exports with benefit of drawback. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the subject of extending the time within which merchandise may be exported with benefit of drawback, from one to two years. February 15, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Naval affairs. Documents relating to the Bill Concerning the Naval Establishment of the United States. February 13, 1826. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill Concerning the Naval Establishment of the United States Letter from the Governor of the State of Virginia, transmitting a copy of an act passed by the legislature of that state, entitled "An Act To Amend the Act Entitled An Act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company." February 9, 1826. Read, and laid on the table Restoration of deserters. Letter from the Chevalier Huygens to the Secretary of State, accompanying a Bill (No. 97), To Provide for the Restoration of Deserters from Foreign Vessels within the Jurisdiction of the United States. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Contracts for 1825. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts entered into by the Department in the year 1825. February 21, 1826. Read, and laid on the table Vaccination in the Army U.S. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th inst. upon the subject of vaccinating soldiers of the Army of the United States. February 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Lands surveyed and not yet offered for sale. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th inst.) statements shewing the quantity of public land which has been surveyed and not yet offered for sale, &c. February 13, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Expenses of naval courts martial. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 12th January last, in relation to the expenses incurred by each court martial and court of inquiry held by order of the Navy Department since 1st Jan., 1824. February 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Claimants under the Florida treaty. Memorial of the Philadelphia claimants under the Florida treaty. February 7, 1826. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Post at St. Mark's. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ultimo, respecting the post at St. Mark's. February 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Live oak timber. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Board of Navy Commissioners, in relation to the probable cost of certain lots of live oak timber and the expense of providing for the preservation of the same. February 10, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Fortifications of Pensacola Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 8th instant, in relation to the commencement of the fortifications at the entrance of Pensacola Bay. February 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Preservation and civilization of the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanied by a bill for the preservation and civilization of the Indian tribes within the United States. February 21, 1826. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Deaf and dumb. Memorial of the trustees of the Kentucky Institution for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons. February 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is referred the bill for the benefit of the said Institution	22
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 137	Trade and intercourse with the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report prepared in compliance with the act of 6th May, 1822, entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled an Act To Regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes and To Preserve Peace on the Frontiers." March 1, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table	1
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 138	Captive African slaves. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to certain African captives seized in the harbor of Pensacola. March 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Civilization of the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report of General Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in relation to the preservation and civilization of the Indians. March 9, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the preservation and civilization of the Indian tribes within the United States Emoluments -- officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures for the year 1825 of those officers of the Customs who have rendered the statements required by law. March 31, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Allowances to Revolutionary officers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, relating to certain resolves of the Congress of the Confederation concerning allowances to the officers of the Revolutionary Army. March 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Fraud in the resale of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, in relation to legislative provision to guard the public interest against the fraudulent combinations of individuals in the resale of relinquished lands, &c. &c. &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands Nett revenue in 1824, and tonnage in foreign trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the value of merchandise on which duties acccrued during the year 1824, and the net revenue which accrued that year. Also, a statement of the American and foreign tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United States during the same period Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ult., in relation to the nett revenue derived from imposts and tonnage from the 1st of January, 1790, from ports within the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, New York, and Boston; also, the expenditures at the same places, from the same period, to aid commerce or for the purposes of defence. March 25, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 27th December, in relation to fraud practised, or attempted, upon the revenue laws of the United States. March 23, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. March 24, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Breakwater at the capes of Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th ultimo, requiring information in relation to the effect of a breakwater at the capes of the Delaware, as a shelter from storms, to the public and private vessels of the United States, &c. March 14, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce Paymasters, &c. -- Marine Corps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the compensation allowed to the paymaster and quartermaster of the Marine Corps for the two years preceding the 1st Jan., 1826. March 25, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Washington Canal Company. Annual report of the President and directors of the Washington Canal Company. March 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Commercial relations with Colombia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information on the subject of the commercial relations between the government of the United States and the Colombian government, &c. March 31, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce Sand bars of the Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, in relation to the measures which have been taken to improve the navigation over the sand bars in the Ohio River, & c &c. March 31, 1826. Read, and committed to the Committee on Commerce Documents in relation to Tygart's Valley River as a site for an armory. March 17, 1826. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on Bill No. 116, for the location of an armory on the western waters Congress at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 5th ult. in relation to the proposed congress to be held at Panama, &c. &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Superintendency of Indian Affairs. Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanied by a Bill for the Establishment of a General Superintendency of Indian Affairs in the Department of War. March 31, 1826 Survey of the waters of Virginia & N. Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Engineer Department, in relation to a survey of the waters of Virginia and North Carolina in reference to a system of internal navigation. March 1, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill for a Subscription of Stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Docks for repairing ships of war. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th inst., upon the subject of constructing docks for the preservation and repair of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States. March 31, 1826. Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Desertions from the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a further report from the Adjutant General, in relation to desertions from the Army of the U. States. March 29, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill from the Senate entitled "An Act To Prevent Desertions from the Army, and for Other Purposes." Boundary line -- Georgia and Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, with a correspondence of the Governor of that state, relating to the boundary line between the State of Georgia and the Territory of Florida. March 17, 1826. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Drawback in 1822, 1823, & 1824. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of drawback payable on merchandise exported during the years 1822, '23, & '24, compared with the amount of duties received, &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and laid on the table Seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American seamen in the several districts of the United States for the year 1825. March 29, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Commerce Road between Jackson and Columbus, Mississippi. Documents to accompany the bill from the Senate (No. 41), appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post road between Jackson and Columbus, in the State of Mississippi. March 18, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Pledge of the U. States to the governments of Mexico and S. America. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th instant, in relation to the instructions given to the minister of the U. States to the government of Mexico ; as also in relation to any pledge on the part of the United States to the governments of Mexico or Southern America, &c. March 30, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table	24
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 146	Report from the Secretary of War, with abstract of licenses granted by superintendents and agents of Indian affairs to trade with the Indians during the year ending the first of September, 1827. February 8, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Resolutions of the State of Alabama, in relation to the system for the disposal of the public lands. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1827. Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, made the following report The Committee of Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of N. Potts and Samuel Clement, assignees of Jacob Clement, have had the same under consideration, and report: The claimants demand indemnity from the government for the injury and damages sustained by the seizure and detention of their vessels .. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information respecting the cost of, and expenditures at, the several Navy yards ; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 17. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1827. Mr. Bateman made the following report The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition of Daniel Renner, report: That the petitioner, as the responsible partner of the firm of Renner and Heath, was, at the period of the late war, proprietor of a rope walk .. In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James Moore, of Mississippi, made the following report That it appears to the satisfaction of the Committee, by the petition and affidavit of the said James Moore, and by the corroborating testimony of one of the Committee (who has some knowledge upon the subject), that the petitioner and the other heirs of Alexander Moore, deceased, have claims to land in West Florida .. In Senate of the United States, February 15, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of William Scott, deceased, with the accompanying documents, made the following report That, on the 26th day of April, 1787, William Scott, the ancestor of the petitioners, preferred (i.e., proffered) his petition to the Governor of Louisiana, for the grant of a tract of land .. Memorial of sundry citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., on the subject of their claims against France for injuries sustained since A.D. 1806. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the purchases and sales of the public lands since the declaration of independence. February 16, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Duties on imports. Memorial of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, adverse to the passage of the bill imposing duties on imports. February 22, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 12, 1827. Mr. Sanford made the following report The Committee of Foreign Relations having considered the memorial of certain merchants of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, the memorial of certain merchants of the City of New York, the memorial of certain merchants of the City of Philadelphia, and the memorial of certain merchants of the City of Baltimore, submit their report: The memorialists have claims upon the government of France .. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relating to public lands in Missouri and Illinois which are unfit for cultivation, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of 4th April, 1826. February 14, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1827. Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of Joseph Dunbar, receiver of public money in the district west of Pearl River, State of Mississippi, made the following report That it appears to the satisfaction of the Committee, that when the said Joseph Dunbar entered upon the duties of his office, as such receiver of public money, the books of his office were very much in arrear .. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, adverse to the bill for altering the duties on imports. February 19, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 16, 1827. Mr. Eaton laid the following letter on the table, which was ordered to be printed. The undersigned, agent of the United States for defending the suits in ejectment, Duncan McArthur vs. John Reynolds, and the said McArthur vs. Henry Vanmetre, now pending before the Court of Common Pleas of Champaign County, Ohio, for the recovery of land in the valley of the Great Miami River Memorial of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, against the proposed law increasing the duties on woollen goods imported from abroad. February 22, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, adverse to an increase of duty on imported woollen goods. February 26, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of citizens of Logan County in the State of Ohio. February 12, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1827. Mr. Smith, of Maryland, made the following report The committee appointed by the Senate to join the committee selected on the part of the House of Representatives to report what subjects it is necessary to act upon, at the present session, and in what order it is expedient to take such subjects into consideration .. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to a provision in lands for the disbanded officers of the late Army of the United States. March 3, 1827. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In the Senate of the United States, March 1, 1827. The Committee to whom was referred the several messages of the President of the United States, of the 5th and 8th February, and a report and certain resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, ask leave to make the following report Memorial of the citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., respecting the construction of a dry dock at the Navy yard at that place. February 13, 1827	22
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 149	Road -- Washington to Buffalo. Survey -- Roanoke Inlet, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to routes for a national road from Washington City to Buffalo ; also, information respecting the progress in fulfillment of the act of the last session of Congress authorizing a survey of Roanoke Inlet and Sound. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Negotiations with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, relating to certain negotiations with the government of the United Mexican States. December 28, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Sheep's wool on the skin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury ; transmitting information in relation to the importation of sheep's wool on the skin. Rendered in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant. December 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Manufacturers Road -- Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the construction of a road from Little Rock to Cantonment Gibson. December 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War with that of the Board of Engineers, for internal improvement concerning the proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. December 7, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Navy contracts for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Department during the year 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Burning frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, the names of the officers and seamen on board the ketch Intrepid in the attack on the frigate Philadelphia in the year 1804, in the harbor of Tripoli. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Lead mines -- Illinois and Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 8th May last, in relation to the lead mines belonging to the United States in the states of Illinois and Missouri. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Post Office clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1826, with their names and salaries. January 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Florida Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of May last in relation to the Florida Indians. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Fortifications at Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information (in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th inst.), upon the subject of the works intended for the defense of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina. December 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Removal of the Indians westward. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th Dec. last, information in relation to the disposition of the several tribes of Indians to emigrate west of the Mississippi. January 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs British colonial trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting extracts of a letter from the minister of the United States at London, relating to the late discussions with the government of Great Britain concerning the trade between the United States and the British colonies in America. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce Canal -- Mississippi to Lake Pontchartrain. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to making a canal between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. December 12, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Survey of lands in Mississippi and Louisiana south of 31st degree of latitude. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th inst., in relation to a survey of the lands lying south of the 31st degree of latitude in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. December 26, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Patents for useful inventions in 1826. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons to whom patents have been issued for the invention of any new or useful art, or machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, from Jan. 1st, 1826, to Jan. 1st, 1827. January 8, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table West's paintings. Letter from the sons of Benjamin West, deceased, late president of the Royal Academy of London, offering to sell the government of the United States sundry paintings of that artist. December 11, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Donations by Indians to government agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting proposed donations of land by Indian tribes to any agent or commissioner of the United States. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Proceedings of the Congress of Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to the proceedings of the congress which assembled last summer at Panama, &c. December 26, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Road through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, in relation to the road through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. December 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Road -- Cumberland to District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the subject of an extension of the National Road from Cumberland to the District of Columbia. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Trade with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th inst.) a copy of the three articles marked A, referred to in the protocol of the third conference of the American and British plenipotentiaries on the fifth of February, 1824. December 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Fortifications for Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting plans and estimates of fortifications contemplated for Pensacola. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses of the Navy -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the year ending September 30, 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Survey of the harbor of Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report on the survey of the harbor of Baltimore. December 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Indian affairs. Message from the President of the United States, communicating sundry papers relating to Indian affairs. December 11, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department during the year 1826, and the compensation allowed to each. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Cases of shipwreck, loss, and disaster within the Bay of Delaware, &c. by vessels being driven into, or out thereof, by storm or by ice, &c. December 28, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Road -- Zanesville to Columbus. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the subject of the National Road between Zanesville and Columbus. January 3, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals	29
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 150	Statutes of the British Parliament, in relation to the colonial trade; to which are appended the acts of Congress on the same subject. December 19th, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Estimates of appropriations for 1827. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the estimates of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1827. January 4, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Convention with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed on the 13th of Nov. last at London, providing for the payment of citizens of the U. States for claims arising under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent. January 16, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, on the subject of militia claims. January 8, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Impressment of seamen from American vessels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relating to the impressment of seamen from on board American vessels since 18th February, 1815. January 15, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Stockbridge Indians. Extracts of letters upon the subject of the present condition of the Stockbridge Indians. January 8, 1827. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Appropriation for the Capitol : estimate of money necessary for continuing the work upon the Capitol, for the year 1827 : January 15, 1827. Laid before the House of Representatives, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry merchants of the City of Philadelphia upon the subject of spoliations committed under the authority or decrees of the government of France. January 8, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Contingent expenses -- military -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditures of the money appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1826. January 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement shewing the names of the clerks of the Treasury Department during the year 1826, and the compensation allowed to each. January 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Memorial of the City Council of Charleston, S. Carolina, praying that a marine hospital be erected at that port for accommodation of sick and disabled seamen, etc. January 18, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. December 20, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 9, 1827. Bill reported -- No. 356 Postage accruing in the U.S. -- 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, in each state and territory, for one year ending 31st March, 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Encroachments on Choctaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 20th ultimo, in relation to encroachments by white men upon lands ceded to the Choctaw Indians in the Territory of Arkansas. January 8, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Brevet rank and pay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second and Third Auditors, and of the Adjutant General, in relation to brevet rank conferred since 1821, and payments made to officers in consequence thereof. January 8, 1827. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Fortifications on Staten Island. Message from the President of the United States, with sundry documents, relating to a proposition by the State of New York to sell to the government of the U. States the fortifications erected by said state on Staten Island. January 15, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Monthly statements Bank U. States for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the monthly statements of the Bank of the United States, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the third instant. January 9, 1827. Read and laid upon the table Clerks -- Department of War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the clerks in the Department of War during the year 1826, and the salary allowed to each. January 10, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ult. upon the subject of the organization of the Patent Office. January 13, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Navy hospitals. Report of the commissioners of naval hospitals, upon the state of their funds. January 15, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Compensation to Surveyor General, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement shewing the compensation to the Surveyor General, and other surveyors, &c. for the years 1824, 1825, and part of 1826. January 17, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Quapaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, in relation to the present condition of the Quapaw Nation of Indians. January 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs	21
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 151	Mayor and Council of Georgetown, D.C. Representation and resolution of the Mayor and Council of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, upon the subject of a bill reported to the House of Representatives entitled "A Bill Concerning Free People of Color, in the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia." February 1, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which the above bill is committed Memorial of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. January 29, 1827. Referred to a select committee Memorial of merchants and traders of New York, in relation to spoliations on their commerce. January 29, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Duties on woollen goods. Statements in relation to existing and proposed duties on woollen goods. January 30, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Report and resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia with accompanying documents. January 23, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, relative to relief of inhabitants of New Madrid County, in that state, who suffered by earthquakes, &c. January 29, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Woollen manufacturers. Report of a committee of the House of Representatives of the State of Massachusetts, on the subject of woollen manufacturers, &c. February 1, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Discriminating duties -- government of the Netherlands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with copies of a correspondence with the government of the Netherlands relating to discriminating duties. January 19, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Breakwater Delaware Bay. Statement, showing the value of vessels and their cargoes bound into the Delaware between 28th December, 1826, and 15th January, 1827, which were compelled to go to sea, or to seek precarious shelter elsewhere. January 29, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Woollen manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to woollen manufactures imported in the several years between the 30th September, 1820, and the 30th September, 1826, &c. January 25, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Barracks, store houses, hospitals, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the Chairman of the Military Committee, a report of the Quartermaster General upon the subject of barracks, storehouses, hospitals, &c. January 25, 1827. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Military Committee, and ordered to be printed Foreign wool imported. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, in relation to the quantity of foreign wool and woolen manufactures imported during the last two years, &c. &c. &c. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Marine hospital -- sick and disabled seamen. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, in relation to the amount received and expended for the relief of sick and disabled seamen from the year 1819 to the year 1826, &c. January 29, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce	13
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 153	Foreign commerce of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1826. February 26, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Expenditure, Artillery School of Practice. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th January last, in relation to the expenditure, in any manner connected with the Artillery School of Practice, at Fortress Monroe, &c. &c. February 28, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table S. 3. Documents accompanying the bill from the Senate entitled "An Act To Authorize Those Persons Who Have Relinquished Lands under the Provisions of the Several Acts for the Relief of Purchasers of Public Lands, To Purchase the Same at Private Sale, at a Fixed Price." February 28, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the general annual returns of the militia of the United States. February 6, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of communications of the Governor of Georgia and Lieut. Vinton, to the Secretary of War. March 2, 1827. Referred to Select Committee on the Resolutions, &c. of the Legislature of Georgia Abstract of American seamen -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American seamen in the U. States for the year 1826. February 21, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Contracts -- War Department -- 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the War Department in the year 1826. February 22, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Appropriations -- second session, Nineteenth Congress. Statement of appropriations made during the second session of the Nineteenth Congress. Prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 3rd of March 1827. March 3, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Contracts, Post Office Department, 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Post Office Department during the year 1826. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Duff Green, esq. -- mail contract. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February, 1827, in relation to the transportation of the mail between the City of Washington and Vincennes, in the State of Indiana. February 28, 1827. Read and laid on the table Dry docks -- Portsmouth, N.H., Charlestown, Mass., &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of an examination and survey which has been made of a site for a dry dock at Portsmouth, N.H., Charlestown, Mass., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Gosport, Va. January 10, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs	11
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 154	La Plaisance Bay harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of La Plaisance Bay harbor in the Territory of Michigan. January 26, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of the general accounts of his office from 1st of April, 1825, to 1st of April, 1826. February 19, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures Military appropriations for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the service of the year 1826 showing the amount appropriated under each specific head, the amount expended under each, and the unexpended balance on 31st December last. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Emoluments of officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1826. February 26, 1827 Canal -- Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th December last, in relation to a canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi River. March 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Surveys Harbor of Edgartown, Merrimack River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of a survey of the flats on the northwest side of the Harbor of Edgartown; a survey of the mouth of Merrimack River; also, a survey of the Harbor of Hyannis, in the Vineyard Sound, with a map of each: rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourth of last month. February 9, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Old internal revenue and direct tax, and direct tax of 1815 and 1816. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting lists of balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury on account of the old internal revenue and direct tax ; also, an account of the direct tax of 1816 and 1816. February 12, 1827. Read, and laid on the table Balances -- collectors of the Customs and receivers of the land offices. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Register which appear to have remained unsettled by the collectors of the Customs and others for more than three years prior to 30th September last, and a similar list in the case of receivers of public moneys for the sale of public lands. January 23, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Unsettled accounts. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor. December 11, 1826. Read, and laid on the table Balances on the books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor which appear to have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. February 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Balances on books of receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report by the Register of the Treasury, of the balances on the books of receipts and expenditures which appear to have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to Sept. 30, 1826. December 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table	11
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 155	Trade with British American colonies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements exhibiting annually, from the 30th Sept., 1815, to 30th Sept., 1826, the amount and description of merchandise exported to, and imported from, the British American colonies, embraced in the recent orders in council, and others ; with the tonnage employed therein, &c. &c. February 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table Revenue of the United States. Statements exhibiting the revenue arising from duties on merchandise, tonnage, &c. during the year ending on the 31st Dec., 1825 ; referred to in the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury upon the state of the finances of the 12th December, 1826. December 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives	2

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