Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 1765 Recent election in Louisiana. Testimony taken by the Select Committee on the Recent Election in the State of Louisiana. January 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1766 Recent election in Louisiana. Testimony taken by the Select Committee on the Recent Election in Louisiana. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1767 Recent election in Louisiana. Testimony taken by the Select Committee on the Recent Election in Louisiana. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1768 Testimony taken before the special committee on investigation of the election in Florida, appointed under resolution of the House of Representatives, Forty-fourth Congress, December 4, 1876. January 11, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1769 James Caler. December 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Enoch L. Folsom. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
De Forest W. Carpenter. December 6, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
William Geisel. December 20, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
New Mexico land-claims. January 19, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Irene Garrett. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Lieut. James M. Bell. December 20, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James M. Lee. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Charles E. Fahnestock. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
T. Worthington. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William L. Lenan. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Edgar A. Beach. Mr. Tarbox, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 385.) December 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
H.S. Lathe. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Frederick G. Moore. December 22, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William P. Inness. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Louis Sonntag. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Seth Bonney. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Marcus Radich. December 22, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed.
Adam Berg. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mary E. Campbell. December 21, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
James C. Bacon and Robert R. Davis. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Heirs and legal representatives of Leonidas Haskell, deceased. December 15, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
A. Watson. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Herman Mann. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Location of land scrip. December 22, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Moses Lord. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jesse J. Simkins. December 15, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Jacob Taylor. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George L. Gustin. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Nannie Hall, widow of Lieutenant Denman. December 22, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Indian depredations in New Mexico. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jonas A. Champney and others. December 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed.
John W. Cameron. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Fort Reading military reservation. December 19, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Nelson Shelton. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Henry B. Whitfield and De Witt Stearns. December 22, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Nathaniel Johnson Coffin. January 9, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Form of government for the District of Columbia. December 27, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reuben J. Cheroning. January 5, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Timothy J. Hurlbut. January 5, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
W.L. Robinson. December 14, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
D.D. Wead. December 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John H. Ruff. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Betsy Ann Fry. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
G.A. Dennis. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ordering troops from Fort Union to Colfax, New Mexico. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John S. Horner, one of the heirs of Dr. Gustavus B. Horner. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Herman Colley. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph W. Parish. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Tabb. January 19, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Samuel Cody. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rufus Ross. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Counting the electoral vote. January 18, 1877. Recommended to the Select Committee on Counting the Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President, and ordered to be printed.
Charles Edwards. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Military bridge over the Big Sioux River, near Sioux City, Iowa. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Samuel B. Hanway. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mary K. Patton. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mary B. Marsh. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mary Clarke Bard. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Kearney. January 31, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Texas and Pacific Railroad. January 24, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Tampering with mails in New York post office. January 23, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Alleged Fraudulent Registration and Fraudulent Voting in the Cities of New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Jersey City, and ordered to be printed.
The recent election in Louisiana. February 1, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on the Recent Election in Louisiana and ordered to be printed.
Albert G. Peabody, Jr. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Colorado Agricultural College. January 6, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Waiting-orders pay of naval officers. January 8, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
William C. Snyder. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
William T. Pate and Silas Q. Howe. December 15, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Fletcher. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
A.B. Woodruff. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Sarah B. Franklin. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Julius S. Bohrer. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Jacob B. Power. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Legal representatives of William S. Robinson. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Lieut. George D. Hill. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William K. Griffith. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Peter D. Ranke. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John W. Gall. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rivers and harbors. February 1, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Robert L. McConnaughey. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Eleanor N.T. Meeds. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Government exhibits at the Centennial. February 1, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Harrison Mitchell. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The privileges, powers, and duties of the House in counting the electoral votes. January 12, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on Counting the Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President and ordered to be printed.
William R. Wilmer. December 22, 1876. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Hilborn [i.e., Hillborn] C. Miller. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jean Louis Comeaux. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sioux or Dakota Indians in Minnesota. December 19, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority.
Fort Crook military reservation. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Caruthers. December 19, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John H. Pickering. December 19, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John N. Reed. December 22, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Julius S. Bohrer. December 22, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Lewis Merriam. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Etzell. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Efficiency of seamen in the United States Navy. January 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
The admission of the representative from Colorado. January 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Remedies for overcharge of duties on tonnage and imports. January 5, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Lemuel D. Evans. January 5, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
H.H. Alexander. December 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
W.N. Haldeman. January 11, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Adeline Davis. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rebecca Franklin. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Capt. William P. Berry et al. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Elizabeth Fulks. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Jackson Roberts. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
G.W. Penn. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Martin V. Day. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Louisa G. Chandler. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Mary J. Eddy. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William A. Rucker. January 19, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Levi Sutton and George Grooms. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Chandler. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Robert K. Byrd. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Margaret A. Gillem. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hugh McGovern. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Helen M. Stansbury. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Recent election in the State of Florida. January 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Alonzo W. Baker. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Ballard. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The appointment of sail-makers in the United States Navy. January 3, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Edwin A. Clifford. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Sidney F. Oviatt. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Forman Mathews [i.e., Matthews] and David S. Parker. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Pinkney Rollins. December 14, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George H. Giddings. December 15, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
William S. Morris, William S. Mann, Charles A. Oakman, George W. Hillman, and others. December 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Eight-hour law. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
The Territory of Oklahoma. January 10, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Cynthia A. Mizelle. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Nancy Dixon. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
W.H. Collings. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Catharine Brennan. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John C. Fenscke. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
George C. Jenks. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
The case of the recusant witness E.W. Barnes. January 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Peter W. Taylor. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
C.E. Hedges. January 19, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mary A. Silvey. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Bowles. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Organization of the Army. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Stillman E. Dix. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Laurence [i.e., Lawrence] P.N. Landrum. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Widow of P.M. Armstrong. December 6, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
A.W. Bolenius. December 8, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
J.A. Murray. December 8, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William H. Gray. December 14, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Abel M. Lewis. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Henry B. Brown. December 6, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Thomas J. Spencer. December 14, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Joel A. Billups. December 8, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
James Richardson. December 20, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Gibbes & Co. December 15, 1876. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren. January 19, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Barbara Miller, John S. Miller, and William H. Miller. January 5, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. 		156
Serial set 1770 Heartt, Waite & Dodge. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John H. Wisdom. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
George W. Calhoun. February 16, 1877. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Sale of lands in the Territory of Alaska. February 16, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Albert H. Pfeiffer. February 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Horace Woodman. February 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Julia A. Nutt. February 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Altamirah Bronson. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John T. Castle. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Timothy Baker. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Ram Albemarle. February 1, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Benjamin Penny. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Samuel H. Travers and others. February 22, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John H. Ferry. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John W. Skiles. February 21, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
United States lands in San Francisco. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Eli Baskins. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Police Department of the District of Columbia. March 3, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lieut. C.A. Cutler. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Granting condemned cannon for soldiers' monuments. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Osage Indians. March 2, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Isabella Cassidy. March 3, 1877. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Robert C. Buchanan. March 2, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
James T. Leary. March 3, 1877. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Samuel M. Reynolds. March 3, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
The Creek orphan fund. March 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. C.A. Van Cort. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George Fisher. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Eldridge Weaver. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Bowlin. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Election in northern cities. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George L. Maloury [i.e., Maloney]. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William T. Malster. February 1, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Simon M. Preston. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
E.B. Head. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
John Clinton. February 15, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Donating condemned ordnance to Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, New Bedford, Mass. February 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Port of entry at Denver, Colo. February 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Officers commissioned from the ranks. February 22, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Benjamin Moore. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Isaac R. Sutton. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James H. Linn. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Military road in Arizona. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Alexander M. Vinnedge. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Christopher W. Robertson. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Leverette H. Town. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jacob C. Hartman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The Santa Clara reservation. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John M. Goodhue. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Henry L. James. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Nathan Johnson. February 13, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Officers, soldiers, and sailors of the War of 1812. February 13, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rebel raid on Henderson, Tenn., in 1862. March 2, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Recent election in South Carolina. February 21, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on the Recent Election in South Carolina and ordered to be printed.
Expedition to the Arctic seas. February 22, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Henry G. Healy. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Monetary Commission. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Certain Indian lands in the State of Kansas. March 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
John Hoffman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Henry Freeman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Military post in Colorado. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mary Thornhill. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Francis M. Strickland. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		63
Serial set 1771 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, October 15, 1877, in the one hundred and second [i.e., first] year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1772 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, October 15, 1877, in the one hundred and second [i.e., first] year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1773 Deficiencies in postmasters' salaries. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to deficiencies in the amounts appropriated for salaries of certain postmasters for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1876 and 1877. November 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, in reference to the amount of gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury. November 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Moline Water-Power Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to examine the Moline water-power. November 23, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Preservation of models in Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in reply to resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the preservation of models saved from the late fire in the Patent Office. November 12, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
The Virginius indemnity. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in reference to the "Virginius indemnity." November 16, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. October 16, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Metrical system of weights and measures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, concerning the obligatory use of the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed.
Obstructions in Red River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers United States Army in reference to obstructions in Red River. November 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
The negotiation of the four per cent bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives concerning the negotiation of the four per centum bonds of the United States. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Mexican border troubles. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports from the Secretaries of State and of War in reference to Mexican border troubles. November 13, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Metrical system. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Navy Department deficiencies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of the Navy with reference to the existing deficiencies in the Navy Department. October 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of salaries of additional watchmen and repairs of Interior Department building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of Secretary of the Interior for salaries of additional watchmen and repairs of Department building. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Hours of labor at Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to hours of labor at the Navy yards. October 31, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of a board of inquiry into the causes of Interior Department fire. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives the report of a board of inquiry to examine into the causes of the fire which destroyed a part of the Interior Department building. October 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Buildings at Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of cost of buildings at Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Catharine E. [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia L. German. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, concerning the destitute condition of the German children captured by Indians. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Differential duty on Spanish vessels entering American ports. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports of the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury, in reference to the differential duty imposed upon Spanish vessels entering American ports. November 13, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Commissions to examine certain Custom-houses of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, the report of certain commissioners appointed to examine Custom-houses, and recommending appropriations for their pay. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed 		20
Serial set 1774 Choctaw claims. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, asking for the settlement of its claim arising under the treaty of 1855. November 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed
Navigation laws. Petition of the National Board of Trade in regard to the navigation laws. November 9, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Chinese immigration. An address to the people of the United States upon the social, moral, and political effect of Chinese immigration. Prepared by a Committee of the Senate of California. November 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
Mexican awards. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. Thomas Swann, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in regard to the necessity of immediate legislation to enable the prompt payment of the awards in favor of our citizens, under the convention of July 4, 1868, between the United States and Mexico. November 9, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Patterson vs. Belford. Papers in the case of Thomas M. Patterson vs. James B. Belford. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. December 1, 1877.
Goloid coin. Memorial from William Wheeler Hubbell, in relation to goloid coin. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
International exhibition at Paris. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. Thomas Swann, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the French exhibition to be held at Paris in 1878. November 9, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
The organization of the Indian Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1709.) Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, (44th Congress, 2d session,) on the Bill (H.R. 3922) to provide for the organization of the Indian Territory. November 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
P.D. Wigginton vs. R. Pacheco. Papers in the case of P.D. Wigginton vs. R. Pacheco, Fourth Congressional District of California. October 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed.
Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-fifth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, October 15, 1877.
J.H. Acklen vs. C.B. Darral. Papers in the case of Acklen vs. Darrall, Third Congressional District of Louisiana. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-fifth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, October 15, 1877.
Subcontracts for carrying the mails. December 1, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. 		14
Serial set 1775 Richardson vs. Rainey. First District South Carolina. Papers in the case of John S. Richardson vs. Joseph H. Rainey. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Dean vs. Field. Third District, Massachusetts. Papers in the case of Benjamin Dean vs. Walbridge A. Field. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 		2
Serial set 1776 Tillman vs. Smalls. Papers in the case of Tillman vs. Smalls, Fifth District South Carolina. November 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed.
Haralson vs. Shelley. Papers in case of Haralson vs. Shelley, Fourth Congressional District of Alabama. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 		2
Serial set 1777 Finley vs. Bisbee. Papers in the case of Finley vs. Bisbee, Second Congressional District of Florida. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1778 James L. Nutting vs. James B. Reilly. Papers in the case of Nutting vs. Reilly. Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania. November 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1779 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1877, in the one hundred and second year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1780 Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Assistant Adjutant General Thomas M. Vincent in relation to Senate Bill No. 386, "To Extend the Time for Presenting Claims for Collecting, Drilling, or Organizing Volunteers for the War of the Rebellion." January 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of October 22, 1877, a copy of the report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad for the year ending June 30, 1877. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a report of the Chief of Ordnance on House Joint Resolution No. 37, to authorize the Secretary of War to issue certain arms of the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, S.C., and recommending the passage of the resolution. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the record of the court of inquiry in relation to the wreck of the United States steamer Huron. February 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a statement of expenditures at the Springfield armory, and of the arms, components of arms, and appendages fabricated, altered, and repaired, during the year ended June 30, 1877. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 10, 1877, transmitting information in relation to the number of miles of the Oregon Central Railroad completed. December 12, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting in obedience to law a statement of consular officers, not citizens of the United States, to whom salaries were paid during the year ended June 30, 1876. December 11, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the amendment of Section 3736 of the Revised Statutes, so as to authorize the Secretary of War to accept an absolute gift or grant of land, when the same is necessary for military purposes, and the gift unencumbered with provisions. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of November 13, 1877, information in relation to the cause and probable cost of the late Nez Perces War. January 18, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 15, 1878, a copy of the report of Indian Inspector E.C. Watkins, in relation to the consolidation of Indian agencies in the Colville country. January 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 6, 1877, information in relation to the operation of the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches. January 18, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report from Major Suter upon the survey of the Missouri River at Omaha. January 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 28, 1878, information in relation to an examination of the Penobscot River, at Bangor, Me. February 7, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 20, 1878, information in relation to the disease prevailing among swine and other domestic animals. February 28, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Franco-German war and insurrection of the commune. Correspondence of E.B. Washburne, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to France.
In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Attorney General transmitting in answer to a Senate resolution of December 7, 1877, a tabular statement of all criminal prosecutions commenced in the courts of the United States in the District of South Carolina since January 1, 1876, for offenses against the lives, property, civil rights, or right of suffrage of any person. January 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of December 11, 1877, information in relation to the location of bands of Apache and Ute Indians at Cimarron, N. Mex. January 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 10, 1877, information in relation to certain lands ceded to the United States by the confederate bands of the Ute Nation of Indians. January 29, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 31, 1878, information in relation to the improvement of the Providence River and Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island. February 27, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of November 8, 1877, information in relation to the Northern Pacific Railroad. November 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of November 12, 1877, information in relation to the execution of the law prohibiting the promotion of officers of the Navy until they have been examined by a board of naval surgeons. November 14, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a communication from Major-General Hancock, U.S.A., suggesting an amendment of the 104th Article of War, in relation to the execution of the findings of courts martial. November 19, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in answer to a Senate resolution of November 8, 1877, in relation to an alleged unlawful rescue, by an armed band from Mexico, of prisoners lawfully confined in the jail at Rio Grande City, Tex. November 14, 1877. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the inadequacy of the compensation allowed by law for publishing advertisements and other matter. December 14, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of fees collected and accounted for by diplomatic officers of the United States, during the year 1876, together with a list of consuls in office December 15, 1876. December 11, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, an inventory of property belonging to the United States in the Department of the Interior. January 17, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. October 16, 1877. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 15, 1878, information in relation to the usefulness of government observatories. February 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 4, 1878, information in relation to the settlement of accounts for the transportation of the Second Regiment of Infantry from Saint Louis to San Francisco, via Denver, in July 1877. February 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 7, 1877, information in relation to the cost of the late war with Sioux Indians. February 21, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Fort Fetterman military reservation, Wyoming Territory. February 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the publication of the history of the late war. January 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating his views in relation to the Bill (S. 165) to reimburse the State of Texas for expenses incurred in repelling invasions of Indians and Mexicans. January 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying the report of Maj. G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, on the Louisville and Portland Canal, for the year ending December 31, 1877. January 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of November 16, 1877, the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office touching the seizure of logs, lumber, &c. January 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill embodying proposed legislation for the punishment of persons making or having in possession dies and molds for manufacturing counterfeit coin. January 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 30, 1878, information in relation to a survey of lands in the Indian Territory. February 21, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the surveys of the Missouri River at Omaha, Atchison, Plattsmouth, and Brownville, by Maj. C.R. Suter, Corps of Engineers. February 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to Senate resolution of February 6, 1878, information in relation to the present condition and state of efficiency of the lifesaving service on the coast of North Carolina. February 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1878, information in relation to the number of persons on the pension rolls in Arkansas and other states, the payments made thereto, &c. February 26, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 		41
Serial set 1781 Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 28, 1878, information in relation to the securities taken by the Union Pacific Railroad Company for aid afforded to the Colorado Central and other railroads. February 11, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 4, 1878, transmitting information in relation to the amount of money necessary to enable the government to coin gold and silver at the United State mint in Denver. March 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 18, 1878, a report of Maj. C.R.Suter, Corps of Engineers, on the condition of the work for removing a bar in the Arkansas River near Fort Smith. March 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of October 18, 1877, information in relation to the removal of sunken wrecks in Pensacola Harbor, Florida. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 1, 1878, information in relation to existing vacancies in the naval establishment above the grade of captain. April 4, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating estimates from the Paymaster General and the Adjutant General for the collection and payment of bounty, prize money, and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors, from January 1, 1879, to June 30, 1879, and for the year ending June 30, 1879, to be substituted for estimates heretofore submitted for that purpose. April 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate Resolution of March 28, 1878, information in relation to the preservation of the waterfront at Vicksburg, Miss. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 14, 1878, information in relation to the claims of laborers and material men arising out of the construction of the revenue cutter Corwin, at Albina, Oreg. April 3, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a letter from the Quartermaster General relative to the appropriation for the service of his Office, as made by House Bill 4104. April 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a letter from the Commissary General of Subsistence, urging an appropriation for the clerical force in his Office, as recommended in his annual report for 1877. April 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 22, 1878, information in relation to the improvement of the Cape Fear Harbor, North Carolina, since the last report thereon. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 27, 1878, information in relation to the time when the government took possession of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, the length of time it had possession of it, the rates of fares and freights established, amount received on account thereof, &c. April 11, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of letter and a telegram from Col. B.H. Grierson, Tenth Cavalry, objecting to the reinstatement or reappointment of officers dismissed from the Tenth Cavalry; also, a copy of the report of the Adjutant General on the subject. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 28, 1878, information in relation to the conduct of the navigating officer of the United States steamer Huron at the time of its loss. March 6, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 18, 1878, information in relation to the necessity for erecting beacon lights to mark the channel on the line of inland navigation through North Landing River, Currituck Sound, and North River, North Carolina. April 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the General of the Army, recommending the amendment of Section 1216 and the modification of Section 1285 of the Revised Statutes, so as to entitle the holders of certificates of merit to the additional pay of $2 per month while in the military service. April 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a tabular statement of campaigns, expeditions, and scouts in the Department of Dakota in the third quarter of 1877. April 15, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of additional appropriations required for the offices of surveyors general for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. March 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 18, 1878, information in relation to lands belonging to the United States in the State of Florida reserved for naval purposes. April 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed (without diagrams).
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of certain officers of the Fifth Infantry, United States Army, praying to be reimbursed for losses sustained by the sinking of the government steamer Don Cameron. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to the condition of the appropriation allotted for the public printing for the War Department, and recommending an additional appropriation therefor for the current fiscal year. March 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 4, 1878, information concerning the data from which the positions of the troops were added to the engineer maps of the Gettysburg battlefield recently published. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report of the Chief of Ordnance in relation to the clerical force in his office, and recommending an additional appropriation to enable him to employ an additional force therein. March 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the repeal of Section 1233 of the Revised Statutes, relating to company cooks in the Army. March 26, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 11, 1878, information in relation to the appointment of a third commissioner under the twenty-third article of the Treaty of Washington, on the question of the fisheries. March 21, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, recommending an appropriation for continuing examinations in connection with the construction of jetties at the South Pass of the Mississippi River. March 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 14, 1878, information in relation to the "Ward" claims and the claim of Charles E. Hill. March 28, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 29, 1878, information in relation to the amount of money expended by the United States in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. May 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 10, 1878, information in relation to the suspension of the receipt of deposits at the several mints for coinage into trade dollars in October, 1877. May 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 29, 1878, information respecting the terms and conditions under which the surrender of the Cuban insurgents has been made, and in relation to the future policy of Spain in the government of the island of Cuba. May 14, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of Lewis Leffman, ordnance sergeant, United States Army, praying for his retirement with the full pay of his grade. May 23, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, recommending an additional appropriation for the purchase of the site of Ringgold Barracks, in the State of Texas. May 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2486) for extending the operations of the Lighthouse Board over the Illinois River, and for other purposes. May 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 11, 1877, information in relation to the construction of a dry dock on a portion of the United States property at Fort McHenry, Maryland. April 3, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 15, 1878, information in relation to the amount of the government bonds sold since March 4, 1861. April 25, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 15, 1878, information in relation to the appraisal of property belonging to Michael Fentenheime, at Pelican Point, Morris Island, South Carolina. May 29, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in answer to a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, copies of the record of proceedings of the Naval Examining Board in the case of Capt. Somerville Nicholson, United States Navy, for promotion. May 28, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, information in relation to the employment of W.R. Whitaker in the Internal Revenue Service at New Orleans, La. May 6, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a statement from James B. Eads relative to work executed at the South Pass of the Mississippi River. May 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, communicating a copy of a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, in relation to the graves of soldiers of the late war, interred in the cemetery at Harrisburg, in that state. April 2, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, the proceedings of the several boards of medical officers in the case of Capt. William N. Jeffers. May 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 13, 1878, information in relation to the cost of the proposed improvement of the harbor at Norfolk, Va. May 28, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 16, 1878, information in relation to alleged discrepancies in the claim of Thomas Worthington. May 31, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a substitute proposed by the Adjutant General of the United States Army for Section 5485 of the Revised Statutes, relative to attorney fees in claims for bounty. May 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copies of sundry communications addressed to the House of Representatives, in relation to appropriations to supply deficiencies for the service of the Post Office Department for the current fiscal year. April 25, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a copy of a letter addressed by him to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in relation to the bill to reduce the expense of the public printing and binding, and for other purposes. April 29, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 15, 1878, a copy of the report of the hydrographic commission, convened at New Orleans, to examine and report upon the means necessary to protect the wharves and harbor at that point from the incursions of the Mississippi River. April 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation, to be paid as compensation for services rendered the government by the late Professor Joseph Henry as a member of the Lighthouse Board. June 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the purchase of certain property in the City of Washington for public use. June 1, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of the cost of acquiring title to and inclosing lands in which Confederate prisoners of war are buried and erecting headstones over their graves. June 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Fort Snelling, and the granting of the right of way for a public highway through said reservation. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 17, 1878, information in relation to the consumption of manufactured articles in the United States to which the tariff duties apply. May 10, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the establishing a telegraph line along the west branch of the Nueces River. June 12, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, information in relation to balances alleged to be due from collectors of Internal Revenue. June 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 8, 1878, information in relation to the date at which the government took possession of certain railroads in the State of North Carolina. June 15, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 17, 1878, information in relation to the decisions of that Department upon the rights of Indians to impose taxes in the Indian Territory. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the completion of the development of the water power at the Rock Island Arsenal. May 10, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, the ninth report upon the improvement of the South Pass of the Mississippi River. June 3, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table. June 6, 1878. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. June 10, 1878. -- Resolution to print reported, considered, and agreed to.
Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for the payment of certain expenses of the commissioners appointed to attend the conference provided for in the act of February 28, 1878, to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character. June 13, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 25, 1878, information in relation to the improvement of the ship channel at the entrance of the Harbor of Charleston, S.C. May 8, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of May 24, 1878, a copy of the memorial of B.F. Overton, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, praying for a rehearing in the matter of the Chickasaw Nation permit law. May 28, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 27, 1878, a report of the Secretary of State in relation to the selection of M. Maurice Delfosse as a commissioner under the Treaty of Washington on the fisheries question. June 17, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a statement showing that payment of claims for arrears of pay and bounty due discharged soldiers will cease at the end of the fiscal year, if provision be not made for their payment prior to that time. May 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		63
Serial set 1782 Statement of annual appropriations and expenditures for Army and Navy pensions from March 4, 1789 to June 30, 1876. November 12, 1877. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Statement of appropriations and expenditures of the Navy Department from March 4, 1789, to June 30, 1876.
Statement of appropriations and expenditures from the national Treasury for public and private purposes in the District of Columbia from July 16, 1790, to June 30, 1876. 		3
Serial set 1783 Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey showing the progress of the work for the fiscal year ending with June, 1877. 1
Serial set 1784 Report on bridging the Mississippi River between Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo., by Brevet Major General G.K. Warren, Major of Engineers. 1