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Serial set 330	Maine -- Legislature -- fortifications. April 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Connecticut Legislature -- slavery, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, protesting against the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st of December last, in relation to petitions, memorials, &c., touching the abolition of slavery, &c. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina -- Nesbitt Manufacturing Company -- national foundry. Memorial of Pierce M. Butler and others, praying the establishment of a national foundry. May 21, 1838. Referred to Select Committee on National Foundry. Contracts by Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, accompanied with copies of all contracts made by him, on public account, in the year 1837. April 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Intercourse with the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending September 30, 1837, &c. May 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey harbors Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to certain surveys, &c. April 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. New Jersey. Resolutions of citizens of Plainfield, New Jersey, against the Sub-Treasury. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table. Charleston (S.C.) Navy yard. Memorial of citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, for the establishment of a Navy yard at that place. March 5, 1838. Presented by Mr. Legare, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Raritan steamboat owners. Memorial of the Raritan steamboat owners against Grundy's steamboat bill. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which Bill S. No. 1 is committed. Memorial of the book-sellers of Boston, Massachusetts, against the passage of the international copy-right law. April 16, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Agriculture. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, on the subject of improving the agriculture of this country. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, praying aid to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, &c. April 16, 1838. Laid on the table. Breakwater -- Tucker's Island, New Jersey. Proceedings of a meeting in the district of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. in relation to a breakwater on Tucker's Island. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Wisconsin -- penitentiary. Memorial of inhabitants residing in Wisconsin, west of the Mississippi, praying for a donation of land to aid in the erection of a penitentiary. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. George Davenport. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 91.) Petition of George Davenport, praying the passage of a law granting him a pre-emption right. April 13, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Exports -- imports -- drawbacks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th February last, in relation to exports of domestic and foreign produce from 1791 to 1837; the value of imports from 1821 to 1837; the value of imports free of duty and dutiable during the same period; and of the duties which accrued, and drawbacks paid, from 1791 to 1836. April 13, 1838. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to national finances and the currency. April 16, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey Salem Creek, New Jersey. Memorial of citizens of Salem County, New Jersey, praying an appropriation for the survey of the mouth of Salem Creek. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Postages -- express and ordinary mails, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 5th ultimo, respecting postages received upon letters transmitted by the express and ordinary mails, &c. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message of the Governor, and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, &c. April 28, 1838. Mr. Evans presented the following message from the Governor of the State of Maine to the legislature thereof, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, &c.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House upon the State of the Union. S.B. Crockett. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to an unsettled balance due from S.B. Crockett, late postmaster at Frankfort, Kentucky, to the United States. April 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of Engineer Corps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo, in relation to officers of the Engineer Corps, and the works they were employed upon during the last year. May 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. United States mail -- Washington and Wheeling. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, information in relation to the irregularities and failures of the great western mail between the City of Washington and Wheeling, in Virginia, &c. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the Treasury, April 30, 1838. May 1, 1838. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. State of the Treasury, May 10, 1838. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances of the government. May 10, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Wyoming sufferers. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, in favor of granting relief to the Wyoming sufferers for their losses during the Revolutionary War. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Steamboat Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a further report upon the subject of an attack upon the steamboat Columbia. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Land patents in Louisiana, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the progress made in issuing patents for land in Louisiana, the examination of certificates of purchase, under the pre-emption law of 1834, &c. May 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Annuity -- Seneca Indians -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th March. May 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Express mail -- New York and New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, respecting failures in the arrival of the express mail between New York and New Orleans. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ministers and diplomatic agents -- 1829. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th March last, in relation to ministers and other diplomatic agents of the United States in foreign countries on the 4th March, 1829, &c. May 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands sold in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to lands sold in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, for making the Cumberland Road, &c. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Territory of U.S. beyond the Rocky Mountains. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in part, required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th ultimo, in relation to the territory of the United States beyond the Rocky Mountains. May 3, 1838. Postponed until Tuesday next. Sites -- military posts -- western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to the instructions given to General Gaines for the selection of sites for military posts on the western frontier of Arkansas and Missouri, &c. May 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Obstructions in Sabine River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Sabine River. May 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of Navy pension agents appointed since the United States Bank ceased to act as such, with the sums advanced to each, &c. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign paupers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the introduction of foreign paupers into the United States. May 15, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Doctor James Mease. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Cherokee Treaty. Memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, relative to the Cherokee Treaty. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Society of Friends -- the Indians. Memorial of the Society of Friends, on the subject of the Indians. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Maine inhabitants -- against Sub-Treasury, and for a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Portland, Maine, against a Sub-Treasury, and for a national bank. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. New York -- citizens of Buffalo for a United States bank and against Sub-Treasury. Petition of citizens of Buffalo, New York, for a United States bank, and against Sub-Treasury. May 21, 1838. So much as relates to Sub-Treasury committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and so much as relates to a bank to the Committee of Ways and Means. Philadelphia -- dry dock. Resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia, for a dry dock. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. New York -- duelling. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, against duelling. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Massachusetts Legislature -- relating to the militia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the militia. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 778, on the same subject. Establishment of an institution for experiments in physical sciences. Memorial of Walter R. Johnson, of Philadelphia, praying for the establishment of a national institution, for the prosecution of experiments and researches in those physical sciences which are required by the public service, and for the general welfare of the country. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. University of Pennsylvania -- grant of land. Memorial from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, asking for the appropriation of a portion of the public lands in aid of education. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Pennsylvania, Columbia County -- separation of government and banks. Resolutions of the Committee of Correspondence of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in favor of a separation of the government from all banks as depositories of the moneys collected for revenue. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Massachusetts -- duelling. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against duelling. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Cherokee Treaty -- New Echota. Memorial of citizens of Marietta, Ohio, and its vicinity, against the Treaty of New Echota. May 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mechanics employed on Treasury building. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 706, for taking down the walls of the Treasury building. Massachusetts -- Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts against the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Citizens of Philadelphia, &c. Memorial of citizens of the United States, principally resident in Philadelphia, asking for the extension of the advantage of copyright to all native or foreign residents or non-residents. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Arkansas. Petition of the inhabitants of the Helena land district, against the division of said land district. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole to which is committed the bill on the subject. Wisconsin and Illinois. Memorial of inhabitants of Wisconsin and Illinois, praying to sell mineral lands. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Sub-Treasury Bill. Memorial of citizens of Alleghany County, Maryland, in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Survey Sandusky harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan of the survey of the harbor of Sandusky. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending 30th September, 1837, &c. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin -- appropriation to complete public buildings. Petition of citizens of Wisconsin, praying for an additional appropriation to complete the State-house at Madison, in that territory. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Funds for Seminole War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication of the Acting Quartermaster General, showing the pressing want of the appropriation for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. May 18, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. William Brent, Jr. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, relative to the printing and circulation of public documents. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Library. Alabama -- citizens of Marengo against Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Marengo, Alabama, against a Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. May 23, 1838. Laid upon the table. Massachusetts. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Indians, and against the Cherokee Treaty. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table -- to be taken up under the 48th rule. Georgia -- Macon Steamboat Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809.) Petition of the Macon Steamboat Company of Georgia, praying the importation of iron free of duty, for building two iron steamboats. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. May 24, 1838. Bill reported -- H.R. No. 809. Cherokee Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication addressed by the Secretary of War to the Cherokee delegation. May 22, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Agreement with the Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, for the decision of Congress, the agreement between General Jesup and the Creek warriors serving in the Seminole War. May 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Southwark -- dry dock -- Philadelphia. Proceedings of the commissioners of Southwark, Philadelphia, PA, asking Congress to establish a dry dock at that place. May 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- northeastern boundary. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the northeastern boundary. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed bill on the same subject. Removal of Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, the information called for by the resolution of the 23d instant, relative to additional allowance to the Cherokees. May 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts Legislature -- right of petition. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the right of petition. May 28, 1838. Laid on the table. Claims of Maine -- northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the claims of the State of Maine, and the northeastern boundary. May 23, 1838. Consideration postponed until Friday next, the 25th instant. Louisiana Legislature, in favor of pre-emption. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, in favor of an extension of the pre-emption law. May 28, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Payment for improvements under the Cherokee Treaty, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the payment for improvements under the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. June 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Moneys received under treaty with France. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of the 28th ultimo, respecting the amount of money received from the French government under the treaty of the 4th July, 1831. June 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sell Wabash and Erie Canal lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) June 6, 1838. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following documents. Texas. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the annexation of Texas to the United States. June 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Steamboat company -- Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 832.) Petition of the Steamboat Company of Georgia, and certain persons, for permission to import two iron steamboats free of duty. June 6, 1838. Cherokee Treaty of 1835. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to any communications from the governors of the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Alabama, upon the subject of a modification of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York, Common Council -- Allegany River. Resolutions of the Common Council of the City of New York, in relation to the contemplated improvement of the Allegany River. June 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Massachusetts -- inhabitants of. Remonstrance of inhabitants of Massachusetts, against the passage of an international copyright law. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Buffalo harbor -- New York. June 8, 1838. Printed by the House of Representatives. Stokes, Stockton, and Moore. Petition of William B. Stokes, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore, praying for the payment of interest on the amount of their claim on contracts with the Post Office Department, withheld by the Postmaster General; also, for indemnity for expenses sustained by them. June 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Peter Shackerly -- children of. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of the orphan children of Peter Shackerly. June 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, for indemnity for losses sustained by French spoliations prior to 1800. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. (To be annexed to Report No. 405.) Heirs of Robert Bealle. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Allegany River. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a report and drawings of the survey of Allegany River. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Attack on steamboat Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, respecting an attack, by an armed vessel of Mexico, upon the steamboat Columbia, bearing the flag of the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pennsylvania Lyceum -- meteorology. Memorial from the Pennsylvania Lyceum, &c. asking an appropriation to aid in the advancement of meteorology. April 20, 1838. Referred to a select committee. Emigrants from foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th ultimo, relating to emigrants from foreign countries, who have arrived within the last ten years. April 21, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of naturalization. Official emoluments -- officers Customs, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the official emoluments of the officers of the Customs, &c. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures in each state for 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, requiring information respecting the amount of revenue received in each state and territory during the year 1836, and the amount expended during the same year. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce of the United States with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. April 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.	92
Serial set 331-1	Violation of the revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, on the subject of violations of the revenue laws, at the mouth of the Sabine River. July 9, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Funds to pension agents in Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th instant, in relation to funds furnished the pension agents in the State of Arkansas. June 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. British steamboat Sir Robert Peel and American steamboat Telegraph. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of outrages committed upon the British steamboat Sir Robert Peel, and the American steamboat Telegraph, on the waters of the northern frontier of the United States. June 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pensioners -- pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 26th March last, in relation to pensioners and pension agents, and the payment of pensions. June 22, 1838. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. June 27, 1838. -- Ordered to be printed, as per resolution of the Committee herewith. Democratic town meeting -- Philadelphia vs. Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, opposed to the Sub-Treasury. June 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed Bill H.R. No. 597, to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, &c. of the public revenue. Land scrip -- required to satisfy warrants issued by Virginia. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the quantity of land scrip required for satisfying the outstanding military bounty land warrants granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sub-Treasury. Petition of sundry citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, in favor of the Sub-Treasury. June 19, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 597. Breakwater -- Crow Shoal -- pier and light-house. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, to obtain appropriations for a pier at Crow Shoal, and light-houses on Egg Island and Cohansey Point. June 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. John E. Metcalf and others. (To accompany S. Bill No. 213.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Magnetism and geometer -- longitude and latitude. Memorial of Doctor Henry Hall Sherwood, praying Congress to enable him to accomplish the objects therein specified. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Indians hostile on Western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of a hostile disposition upon the part of the Indians on the Western frontier. June 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New Hampshire -- duty on imported spirits -- its use in Navy. Memorial of a convention held at Claremont, New Hampshire, upon the subject of the importation of foreign spirits, and the use of spirituous liquors in the Navy of the United States. June 18, 1838. So much thereof as relates to the importation of foreign spirits, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Passengers arriving in 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual statement of the number and description of passengers arriving in the United States on shipboard, during the year ending on the 30th September, 1837. June 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bounty land -- officers and soldiers of the Revolution. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Workmen on Treasury building, Washington. Memorial of the workmen on Treasury building, praying to be compensated for a suspension of work on said building. June 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Workmen on the Treasury building. Memorial of workmen on Treasury building, praying to be compensated for a suspension of work on said building. June 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia City and County in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Connecticut -- merchants of New Haven. Petition of merchants of New Haven, Connecticut, praying Congress to pass a law allowing collectors to receive notes of specie-paying banks which issue notes of less than $5. June 13, 1838. Laid upon the table. Repairs to steam frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the alterations proposed in the steam frigate Fulton. June 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Dismal Swamp -- Winyaw Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey from the southern debouche of the Dismal-Swamp Canal to Winyaw Bay. May 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. June 27, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Post Office finances. June 26, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. District of Columbia -- workmen on the Treasury building. Petition of workmen on new Treasury building, praying relief from losses sustained by the suspension of their labors. June 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Connecticut -- removal from office. Resolutions of Legislature of Connecticut upon the subject of removal from office. June 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Steam frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in compliance with the resolution of the 28th of May last, relative to the steam frigate Fulton. June 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Winchester and Potomac Railroad. June 27, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 68, to settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. July 2, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. In Senate, May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. New Treasury building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, in relation to the new Treasury building. June 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Public expenditure from 1824 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditure, exclusive of the public debt, for each year, from 1824 to 1838. June 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims -- Vincennes District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th April last, in relation to certain claims to land in the Vincennes Land District. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary between the United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Removal of the Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the correspondence between the War Department and Major General Scott, in relation to the removal of the Cherokees. July 4, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Architectural plans and drawings since 1836. Reports from the Departments of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, in relation to architectural plans and drawings for the use of the said departments, since the 4th July, 1836. July 7, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Territory south of 31[degrees] of north latitude, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting information in relation to the claim of Spain, France, and the United States, to the sovereignty of the territory south of the 31 [degrees] of north latitude, and east and north of the Island of Orleans, lying between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers, &c. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Standard weights. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of standard weights for the United States, &c. July 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alleged frauds on Creek Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to alleged frauds on the Creek Indians in the sale of their reservations. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties -- estimate of War Department. July 7, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Everett, of Vermont. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the United States for the year 1836. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year ending 30th June, 1837. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Consular system of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, upon the subject of a reform in the consular system of the United States, &c. July 9, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Tennessee -- inhabitants first Congressional district -- currency. Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, on the currency. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures -- 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the moneys received and expended by the United States in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, and 1837. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriation -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. July 18, 1838. Expenditure on new Treasury building. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, submitting an account of the expenditures on the new Treasury building. June 19, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Armories -- operations in 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. manufactured during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	44
Serial set 331-2	Potomac aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Captain Turnbull's report on the survey and construction of the Alexandria aqueduct. July 2, 1838. Reprinted with documents on same subject.	1
Serial set 332	United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State upon the existing relations between the United States and Mexico. April 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.	1
Serial set 333	D. W. Haley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Moses Merrill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 101.) December 22, 1837. Thomas J. Lawler -- Smith M. Miles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted John De Treville, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) December 22, 1837. Benjamin Hewitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 304.) January 4, 1838 Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 78.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted Representatives of Nathaniel Tracy and of Thomas Gordon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. David Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 264.) December 28, 1837. Jonathan Eliot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 63.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John T. Addoms, executor of John Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 36.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Nathan Smith et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) December 22, 1837. Wadleigh Noyes -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) December 22, 1837. John Brahan's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 280.) January 4, 1838. Solomon Ketcham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) December 22, 1837. Marine hospital, Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) December 22, 1837. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 17.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas Todd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 325.) January 4, 1838. Zebulon Baxter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) January 4, 1838. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) January 4, 1838. William Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 326.) January 4, 1838. Abolish distinctions in ports of entry, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 341.) January 9, 1838. Quincy & Gorham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 342.) January 9, 1838. John Kern and John D. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 332.) January 5, 1838. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) January 5, 1838. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 340.) January 5, 1838. Additional land districts -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 277.) January 6, 1838. John Dawson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) January 5, 1838. Peter Alba. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 346.) January 9, 1838. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 267.) December 28, 1837. John McClellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) December 22, 1837. John Wiley and Jefferson Greer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) December 28, 1837. Abraham Lansing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 42.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James McMahon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Elias Johns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Benjamin Mooers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 48.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 45.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Sarah Murphy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 41.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Allen R. Moore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 38.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Frances Gardiner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John Krepps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Eli Horton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 14.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Baily [i.e., Bailey] and Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 21.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Philip Marshal and the representatives of John Marshal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 53.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Benjamin H. Mackall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 25.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted William Tharp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 75.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Joseph Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 79.) December 14, 1837. Daniel T. Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 20.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Austin and Tailer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 61.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William Crooks and James Crooks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 76.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Alexander Macomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 15.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Edward Burgess. (To accompany the Bill H.R. No. 69 [19].) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Jonathan Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Doctor David H. Maxwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas F. McCanless. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Joseph Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 70.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Hannah Budlong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William Eadus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Richard Frisby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 6 [60].) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William R. Taylor -- administrator of Jonathan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 35.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 64.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James Herron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 72.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. H.W. Russel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Elizabeth S.W. Bacot, widow of Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 37.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Alexander G. Morgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Robert Peebles and John Graham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. William H. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 23.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Jesse E. Dow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 18.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James J. Pattison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 26.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Representatives of Roswell Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 29.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Christopher Werner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 66.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 12.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. James Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Christopher Clarke [i.e., Clark]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James Callan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 77.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John M. Oliver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Samuel Sanderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 16.) December 14, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives John B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. John McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 22.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Freeman Brady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Melancthon T. Woolsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 69.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. James L. Kenner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 71.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. David Caldwell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 24.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Hugh McDonald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Levy court -- Calvert County, Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Robert Fulton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Albion T. Crow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Edward Duval -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Curtis Grubb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas Tyner and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 68.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. M. Gelston, executor of David Gelson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 27.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas Fillebrown, Jun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 81.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 88.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Joseph Radcliff [i.e., Ratcliff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) December 22, 1837. James A. Moreland et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 109.) December 22, 1837. James Allen. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Land district, Peoria, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) January 4, 1838. Ezekiel Jones. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 255.) December 28, 1837. John Marks, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) December 22, 1837. Ann W. Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 85.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Samuel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. George Gibson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) December 22, 1837. Wharton Quarles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) December 22, 1837. William T. Smith -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) Francis Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 145.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be printed. Colonel Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Levi Chadwick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Heirs of William B. Bunting. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) December 22, 1837. James Witherell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. John Chilton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) December 22, 1837. Abraham Woodall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 115.) December 22, 1837. Col. Thomas Knowlton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) December 22, 1837. Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Lieutenant Joshua Fanning -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) December 22, 1837. Timothy Feely -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) December 22, 1837. William Hooker Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) December 22, 1837. Isaac Wellborn, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 108.) December 22, 1837. William Vawter -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Nathan Adams et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) December 22, 1837. William James Aarons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) December 22, 1837. Crawford Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) December 22, 1837. William Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) December 22, 1837. Winthrop Sears et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) December 22, 1837. Doctor Philip Turner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) December 22, 1837. James A. Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 114.) December 22, 1837. Jehu Hollinsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 110.) December 22, 1837. Joseph Young -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Charles Snead's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) December 22, 1837. Heirs and devisees of Col. Willis Reddick, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. John B. Ashe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Arkansas -- losses by Choctaw Treaty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 116.) December 22, 1837. Children of Colonel Henry Irwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 125.) December 22, 1837. Frederick Reze. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) December 22, 1837. Joel Chandler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 113.) December 22, 1837. Henry Beamish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.) December 22, 1837. Doctor William Johonnot -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) December 22, 1837. John Jordan -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Squire Stearns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) December 22, 1837. -- Reprinted. Reorganization of the Treasury Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) December 22, 1837. George Dyer, Jr. -- schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 100.) December 22, 1837. John McDowel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 223.) December 22, 1837. Crocker Sampson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) December 22, 1837. Henry Richardson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) December 22, 1837. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 215.) December 22, 1837. Joseph Deshields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 102.) December 22, 1837. Spencer C. Gist. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) December 22, 1837. Nathaniel Goddard and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 91.) December 22, 1837. Daniel Rardon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 212.) December 22, 1837. Isaac Hilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 178.) December 22, 1837. Thomas Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 105.) December 22, 1837. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 103.) December 22,1837. Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) December 22, 1837. Samuel Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) December 22, 1837. Elizabeth Hunt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 220.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of Robert Farmer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) December 22, 1837. Commodore Isaac Hull. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) December 22, 1837. John Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 209.) December 22, 1837. John Winston -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) December 22, 1837. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) December 22, 1837. Charles Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) December 22, 1837. Oliver Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) December 22, 1837. Frederick Wilheid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) December 22, 1837. Bradley True Jipson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) December 22, 1837. Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) December 22, 1837. Amelia Leach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) December 22, 1837. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) December 22, 1837. James S. Douglass and others. December 22, 1837. (Read and laid upon the table.) James Moor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 156.) December 22, 1837. Etienne (Stephen) La Lande. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) December 22, 1837. Thomas West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 204.) December 22, 1837. Neil McNeil. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) December 22, 1837. Simeon Moss. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) December 22, 1837. James Barron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) December 22, 1837. Daniel Warner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) December 22, 1837. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. Lieut. James Conway -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 217.) December 22, 1837. George Barkley and John Weaver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) December 22, 1837. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 208.) December 22, 1837. Milley Yates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) December 22, 1837. Adopted by the committee, and ordered to be reprinted. John A. Peterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 106.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of Tarlton Woodson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) December 22, 1837. Thomas B. Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) December 22, 1837. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) December 22, 1837. Francis Jarvis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) December 22, 1837. William Moor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) December 22, 1837. Representatives of Charles Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) December 22, 1837. Ferdinand Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 104.) December 22, 1837. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 205.) December 22, 1837. John Whitsitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) December 28, 1837. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) December 22, 1837. Peter Yarnall [i.e., Yarnell] et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) December 22, 1837. Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) December 22, 1837. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) December 22, 1837. Benjamin Gannett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) December 22, 1837. Graduate and reduce price of public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 234.) December 28, 1837. Josiah Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) December 22, 1837. Robert Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) December 28, 1837. William Jenkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) December 22, 1837. Lewis B. Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 233.) December 28, 1837. Huldah Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) December 22, 1837. Christopher Dennison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) December 22, 1837. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) December 22, 1837. Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) December 22, 1837. George C. Willard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) December 28, 1837. Tennessee to issue grants, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) December 22, 1837. Sawney Yorke [i.e., York]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) December 22, 1837. Simeon Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) December 22, 1837. William York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) December 22, 1837. Joseph Veazie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 191.) December 22, 1837. Samuel O. Pettus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 243.) December 28, 1837. Jonathan Boone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 242.) December 28, 1837. Joshua Dodge -- consuls' fees, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) December 28, 1837. Amos Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) December 22, 1837. School lands -- Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) December 22, 1837. Anna West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) December 22, 1837. Frederick Hill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) December 22, 1837. Abraham H. Kingsley. January, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 253.) December 28, 1837. Willis Stephens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 246.) December 28, 1837. James Rigden. December 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 261.) December 28, 1837. John F. Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 266.) December 28, 1837. William Faris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 252.) December 28, 1837. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 258.) December 28, 1837. William Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 251.) December 28, 1837. Joseph Henderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) December 28, 1837. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) December 28, 1837. Reuben Gentry et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 248.) December 28, 1837. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 263.) December 28, 1837. Robert McBride. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 257.) December 28, 1837. James H. Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 265.) December 28, 1837. William Marbury. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) December 28, 1837. Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) December 28, 1837. James M. Edwards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 254.) December 28, 1837. Thomas T. Triplett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 247.) December 28, 1837. Samuel J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 256.) December 28, 1837. Wealthy Barker, widow of Isaac. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 250.) December 28, 1837. Isaac Satterly. December 28, 1837. Read, and laid on the table. George McFaddin [i.e. McFadden]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 262.) December 28, 1837. John H. Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 300.) January 4, 1838. Polly Lemon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 294.) January 4, 1838. James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 314.) January 4, 1838. Thomas E. Sudler and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 289.) January 4, 1838. Purchasers of land for prompt pay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 279.) January 4, 1838. Wm. C. Hazard -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 299.) January 4, 1838. -- Reprinted. Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 305.) January 4, 1838 John Midwinter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 323.) January 4, 1838. Samuel D. Harris and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 301.) January 4, 1838. Duff Green -- edition laws U.S. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 329.) January 4, 1838. Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 285.) January 4, 1838. Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 306.) January 4, 1838 Dudley Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 302.) January 4, 1838. Garland Burnley -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 284.) January 4, 1838. Representative of William Vause. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 287.) January 4, 1838. Seth Whitney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 309.) January 4, 1838. Representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 286.) January 4, 1838. Tandy Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) January 4, 1838. James M. Tuttle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 281.) January 4, 1838. Nancy Haggard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 291.) January 4, 1838. John H. Pease. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 273.) January 4, 1838. Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) January 4, 1838. Richard Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 322.) January 4, 1838. Gilbert A. Smith et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) January 4, 1838. Lieutenant Joel Hardaway -- heirs of. January 4, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Heirs of Thornton Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 290.) January 4, 1838. Captain Tarpley White -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 288.) January 4, 1838. Primus Hall, alias Trask. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 318.) January 4, 1838. Samuel Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 303.) January 4, 1838. Richard Elliott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 308.) January 4, 1838. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 317.) January 4, 1838. William Tudor, Jun. -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) January 4, 1838. Frederick Frey & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.) January 4, 1838. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 320.) January 4, 1838. Martha Woodliff, representative of F. Eppes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) January 4, 1838. James Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 297.) January 4, 1838. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 311.) January 4, 1838. James McFarland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) January 4, 1838. Presley Thornton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 283.) January 4, 1838. John Dixon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 293.) January 4, 1838. Catharine Rollins, alias Catharine Mosely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 315.) January 4, 1838. John Borey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 298.) January 4, 1838. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 310.) January 4, 1838. Gilbert Bogert. January 4, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Presly Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 312.) January 4, 1838. Surveyor -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) January 4, 1838. John McCormick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 313.) January 4, 1838. Joseph Prescott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 355.) January 9, 1838. John Wallace -- heir of William. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel McKinney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) January 9, 1838. Nathan Lamme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 354.) January 9, 1838. Hiner Stigermire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) January 9, 1838. Leonard Loomis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) January 9, 1838. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 363.) January 9, 1838. Margaret White -- representative of Colonel Anthony Walton White. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 356.) January 9, 1838. Pensions to Indian fighters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) January 9, 1838. Ebenezer Lobdell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 366.) January 9, 1838. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) January 9, 1838. Samuel Raub, Jr., in relation to steam-engines. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 365.) January 9, 1838. Robert Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) January 9, 1838. Robert Frazier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) January 9, 1838. Henry Duchuquette. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) January 9, 1838. Mary Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 350.) January 9, 1838. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) January 9, 1838. Heirs of Ludwick Rough, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 357.) January 9, 1838. -- Reprinted. Edmund Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 359.) January 9, 1838. Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) January 4, 1838. John McCarroll, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 333.) January 6, 1838. Joseph C. Noyes. Report and papers on his application to be paid for three treasury notes accidentally destroyed by fire. January 5, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. William Culver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 343.) January 9, 1838. Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 336.) January 5, 1838. George Innes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 344.) January 9, 1838. William Wickham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 345.) January 9, 1838. Unexpended balances of appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 225.) January 9, 1838. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which said bill is committed. Robert Whitlet. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 339.) January 5, 1838. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 337.) January 5, 1838. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) January 5, 1838. Presley N. O'Bannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Robert Keyworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 86.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted. Bureau officers. January 9, 1838. Read and laid on the table. Peter Helphenston [i.e., Helphinstine]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) December 22, 1837. John Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 222.) December 22, 1837. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) 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Serial set 334	Thigh Walker. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Loomis & Bassett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) January 18, 1838 Richard and Stephen Livingston. January 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Wells Dickinson. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Boyd Reilly (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 534.) February 7, 1838. Theodore Middleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 507.) January 31, 1838. Springfield Manufacturing Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 395.) January 12, 1838. Heirs of Major General John Thomas. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432 [i.e., 433].) January 18, 1838. George G. Henry, administrator of Wm. Henry. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Salmond [i.e., Salmonds]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 463.) January 25, 1838. Johan Jost Dietz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) January 25, 1838. Richard Shubrick -- heir of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) January 25, 1838. William Boyce -- representatives of. January 25, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Louisville Savings Institution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) January 25, 1838. Lewis Hatch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) January 25, 1838. Joseph W. Knipe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 462.) January 25, 1838. Adam Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) January 25, 1838. Ann Ross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) January 25, 1838. Jacob Greer. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of James Caller, assignee of Joseph Anderson. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) January 25, 1838. John Braidfoote's heirs. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) January 25, 1838. Noah Chittenden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 500.) January 30, 1838. John Harvey. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Josephine Nourse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.) January 31, 1838. Presbyterian Church, White Plains, New York. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Erastus Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) February 6, 1838. Commons of Carondelet. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Colt and William Donaldson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) February 6, 1838. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 536.) February 7, 1838. Frederick Sammons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) February 2, 1838. Asahel Kingsley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 530.) February 6, 1838. Basil Brown. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 533.) February 6, 1838. Michael Fenwick -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 520.) February 6, 1838. John Randolph Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 526.) February 6, 1838. Jonas Bartlet. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Clay and James Lowell. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nicholas Verplast. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 524.) February 6, 1838. Samuel Byxbe [i.e., Bixby]. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. General James Hogan -- heirs of. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Hern -- heirs of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain R. Bealle -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) January 17, 1838. James Caller's heirs -- assignee of Wm. Hartley. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Luke Cannon -- heirs of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Balch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) January 20, 1838. Samuel McComb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) January 25, 1838. Solomon Prewett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) January 25, 1838. Heirs of Bennett Shurley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 508.) January 31, 1838. Jacob Erb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) January 25, 1838. Saunders and Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) January 10, 1838. George B. Adams. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Nicholas H. Bell. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Joseph S. Milligan and Philip D. Meroney. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Marcy Richards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 537.) February 8, 1838. Thomas Frazer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 430.) January 18, 1838. French spoliations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) January 20, 1838. Sarah Barney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 427.) January 18, 1838. Everard Meade -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) January 17, 1838. Humphrey Richardson. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ashbel Mason. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) January 17, 1838. Cyrus C. Scott. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) January 18, 1838. George Fisher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) January 25, 1838. Sergeant-at-arms H.R. vs. Bank Metropolis. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 512.) February 1, 1838. George Weeks. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Eleanor Gardiner. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) January 30, 1838. Mary A. Patrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) January 31, 1838. Caroline E. Cletherall [i.e., Clitherall]. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 72.) February 2, 1838. Iowa Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) February 6, 1838. Bates and Lacon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 518.) February 6, 1838. Abel A. Pasko and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 535.) February 7, 1838. George W. Biscoe. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) February 6, 1838. David Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 52.) February 6, 1838. Thomas Glascock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 440.) January 18, 1838. Pre-emption rights defeated by Indian reservations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) January 18, 1838. John Shell. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John March. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 423.) January 18, 1838. William Steel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 428.) January 18, 1838. Lieutenant Colonel William Fountain -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348 [i.e., 438].) January 18, 1838. Henry Northup. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Mays. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Plumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) January 17, 1838. Monuments to general officers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) January 20, 1838. Empson Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) January 18, 1838. John Hagie. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Ramsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) January 27, 1838. George Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) January 27, 1838. Roger Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) January 27, 1838. Benjamin Parker. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Safford et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) January 26, 1838. Elizabeth Champney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 485.) January 27, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Ezekiel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) January 27, 1838. Samuel Bell and Isaac Bell. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles G. Ridgely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) January 27, 1838. George Moffit, deceased -- heirs of. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) January 27, 1838. John Perham. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Baytop -- heirs of. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Eliza Causin, daughter of Col. John Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) January 25, 1838. Thomas A. Smith. January 25, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Israel Honeywell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) January 25, 1838. Compensation and duties of Custom-house officers. (To accompany Bill H.R. 472.) January 25, 1838. John Casey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) January 25, 1838. James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) January 25, 1838. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) January 25, 1838. Sarah Pemberton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) January 25, 1838. Heirs of James Caller, assignee of Thomas Frazier. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Holcombe -- heirs of. January 25, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ship canal around the falls of Niagara. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 466.) January 25, 1838. John Mandeville -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) January 25, 1838. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) January 25, 1838. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) January 30, 1838. Cotton Evans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 503.) January 30, 1838. Cornelius Tiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 506.) January 31, 1838. Martha E. McLemore. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Ledwith. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pinckney -- administrator of Williams. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip Lightfoot. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Dickerson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) January 30, 1838. Philip Barbour -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) January 30, 1838. Huldah Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 499.) January 30, 1838. John H. Overstreet -- heirs of. February 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann S. Heileman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 504.) January 30, 1838. Lewis Evans. February 1, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Andrews. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 532.) February 6, 1838. Henry Morfit -- heirs of. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 46.) February 1, 1838. Amable Monty. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Murphy. (To accompany Bill S. No. 85.) February 6, 1838. Jesse H. Willis, assignee of James Minnie [i.e., Mennie]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) January 13, 1837. -- Reprinted. Thomas Chapman -- executors of. January 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) January 13, 1838. Sylvester Day. January 13,1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pierre A. Laforge. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 382.) January 11, 1838. James McCally. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas King. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Reynolds. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Johnson -- heirs of. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of William Rogers. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) January 10, 1838. -- Reprinted. Mary Shepard and others, heirs of Frederick M. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 378.) January 10, 1838. Benjamin Fry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 372.) January 10, 1838. Archibald R.S. Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 371.) January 10, 1838. Bartholomew Trow -- heirs of. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Polly Lining. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) January 10, 1838. Eli Kimberly. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Daniel B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) January 11, 1838. Thomas Sinnard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) January 10, 1838. Illinois -- sufferers from Indians. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Zebulon Sheets. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) January 10, 1838. William S. Colquhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) January 11, 1838. James Aiken. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 404.) January 12, 1838. Henry Sliver. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Eliphalet Spafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 407.) January 12, 1838. Thomas Sumpter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) January 11, 1838. Simon Summers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) January 11, 1838. Captain Thomas Harris -- heirs of. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Hunt. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 405.) January 12,1838. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 406.) January 12, 1838. John McCrea and Harvey Wakefield. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ira Carpenter. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461 [i.e., 401].) January 12, 1838. Bounty-land lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) January 11, 1838. Thomas F. Randolph. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Halls. January 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 12, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John Waters -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Inundated lands -- Mississippi and Arkansas. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 2.) January 12, 1838. Henry Gibson and John Peters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) January 11, 1838. Road from Jefferson City, Missouri, through Little Rock, Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 409.) January 12, 1838. Marshal Rochambeau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 392.) January 11, 1838. William Fox. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. James Morrison. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Tebbs -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas McClelland and James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 386.) January 11, 1838. Benjamin Vaughan. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) January 11, 1838. Squire Furris. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John E. Wool. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) January 12, 1838. Daniel Malone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 398.) January 12, 1838. Bergen prizes -- Gunnison, Parke, Alexander. January 12, 1838. Read, and postponed until Friday, 19th of January instant. Solomon H. Currier. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Jett -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) January 11, 1838. Mississippi election. January 12, 1838. Read, and postponed until Tuesday, the 16th of January instant. Robert Marshall. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathan Sage -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 397.) January 12, 1838. Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) January 12, 1838. Winslow Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) January 12, 1838. Hosea Neale -- widow of. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York pilots. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Return B. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 400.) January 12, 1838. Philemon McElfresh and others, soldiers of the late war. January 12, 1838. Daniel Ward and George Ficklin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) January 17, 1838. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) January 18, 1838. Peter A. Karthaus. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Monument to David Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) January 18, 1838. Michael McCray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 429.) January 18, 1838. Phelps & Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) January 20, 1838. Marine Corps. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 9.) January 18, 1838. Zachariah Jellison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 445.) January 20, 1838. James Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) January 18, 1838. First Presbyterian Church, Yorktown, New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 441.) January 18, 1838. Certain settlers in Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) January 17, 1838. Neapolitan indemnity. January 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John M. Jewell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 432.) January 18, 1838. Captain William Johnston -- representatives of. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Wm. Langbourne - heirs of. January 18, 1837 [i.e., 1838]. Marine hospitals. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 403.) January 12, 1838. Bolus Corder -- heirs of. January 20, 1838. Read, and lead (i.e., laid] on the table. Henry Coleman. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Leighton Yancy -- heirs of. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Seven years' half pay -- widows, &c. of officers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) January 12, 1838.	219
Serial set 335	Levi Davis and F. Forman. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Snow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 722.) April 6, 1838. Compile laws of Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 733.) April 11, 1838. Miller Hallowes [i.e., Hallows]. April 13, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel G. Phillips. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Marcus, of Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 637.) March 9, 1838. Improvements lost by treaty with Choctaw Indians. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 43.) March 2, 1838. Walker, Kinkle, & Carothers [i.e., Careuthers]; Peters, Moore, & Co.; and Rhodes & Austill -- mail contractors. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 20.) March 30, 1838. Eunice Sanders. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 757.) April 20, 1838. John Barnes -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 666.) March 20, 1838. Lieutenant John Allison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 657.) March 13, 1838. Avery, Saltmarsh, & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) February 17, 1838. Eleanor Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) February 8, 1838. Don L.R. Orillion. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 543.) February 9, 1838. Hiram K. Turk. February 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Trustees of Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 548.) February 17, 1838. Solomon Sturges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 547.) February 17, 1838. Tarlton Woodson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 551.) February 17, 1838. Aaron Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 564.) February 17, 1838. Isaac Ruland. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Capt. Thomas Triplett -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 552.) February 17, 1838. Miguel Eslava -- heirs of. February 17, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 559.) February 17, 1838. David Rollins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 562.) February 17, 1838. Nathaniel Bird. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Rewalt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 557.) February 17, 1838. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 560.) February 17, 1838. Elisha Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 549.) February 17, 1838. William Wood -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 546.) February 17, 1838. Alexander H. Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) February 17, 1838. James Fay -- heirs of. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bartholomew E. Vroman. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Josias E. Vroman. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elias Hall and Alpheus Hall. January 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Mallaby. (To accompany Bill No. 541.) February 9, 1838. Frances Chandler. (To accompany Bill No. 539.) February 8, 1838. Alexander Hammett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 556.) February 17, 1838. Samuel A. Wadsworth and others. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Phebe, widow of John Champe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 558.) February 17, 1838. William Peckham. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 561.) February 17, 1838. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 563.) February 17, 1838. William Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 682.) March 21, 1838. Elisha Bently. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) March 21, 1838. Umbrella manufacturers -- Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 669.) March 20, 1838. Stephen Olney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 679.) March 21, 1838. Elijah Freeman. March 20, 1838. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 203) for the relief of Simeon Moss. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) March 20, 1838. Heirs of John Hopper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 667.) March 20, 1838. Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. 625.) March 7, 1838. Paul Poissot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) March 7, 1838. Mary Taylor. March 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Stephen P.W. Douglass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 644.) March 10, 1838. Morgan Simpson. March 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George McCormick -- heirs of. March 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) February 20, 1838. Tilford Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 663.) March 20, 1838. Bemjamin B. Dowd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 750.) April 18, 1838. Theodore Victor and George F. Duckwitz. March 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Tipton. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. Henry Perrine -- tropical plants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 553.) February 17, 1838. Harvey Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 724.) April 7, 1838. Thomas Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 714.) April 6, 1838. Mary Phelps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 589.) February 23, 1838. Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 577.) February 20, 1838. Richard Mackall. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 585.) February 23, 1838. Col. William Nelson -- heirs of. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 586.) February 23, 1838. Jacob Grist. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 586.) February 23, 1838. James or Jacques Rouse -- heirs of. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Bloomer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) February 23, 1838. Thomas Wishart -- heirs of. February 20, 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) Joseph Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 574.) February 20, 1838. Roger Stayner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 580.) February 20, 1838. Captain James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 591.) February 23, 1838. James Selby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 583.) February 23, 1838. Isaac Gale. (To accompany Bill H.R. 575.) February 20, 1838. Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Drayton P. Bedford. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Phineas Bludget and others. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Brown & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 581.) February 20, 1838. Arthur Sinclair and Joseph Redding. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Steenrod (i.e., Steinrod). (To accompany Senate Bill No. 99.) February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Jacob Becker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 587.) February 23, 1838. Pay of pursers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 573.) February 20, 1838. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 576.) February 20, 1838. Oliver Dorsett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 590.) February 23, 1838. Edward Cavana. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 579.) February 20, 1838. Wright Hurlbut. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 578.) February 20, 1838. John Vannetten [i.e., Vannettin]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 566.) February 20, 1838. Robert Laird. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 593.) February 24, 1838. William Pugh -- heirs of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain David Arell -- heirs of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 594.) February 24, 1838. Doctor Francis Lambert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) March 2, 1838. Major William Jackson -- heirs of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel H. Hooe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) March 2, 1838. Joseph Richardson. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William and Samuel B. Anderson. March 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Capt. Daniel Chapman. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John McDonald. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pre-emption to settlers -- John Hood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 601.) March 2, 1838. John E. Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 599.) March 2, 1838. Josiah Anderson -- executor of. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Additional allowance to clerks in Post Office Department. March 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Rountree. March 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) March 7, 1838. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) March 7, 1838. Doctor Absalom Baird -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 617.) March 6, 1838. Simeon [i.e., Simon] Knight. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) March 7, 1838. William Walker. March 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat Company of Nantucket. (To accompany S. Bill No. 71.) March 6, 1838. Read, and committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Coffin Sanborn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 623.) March 7, 1838. William Tatem. March 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Seat Justice, Paulding County, Ohio. March 6, 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 611.) William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) March 7, 1838. Charles S. Walsh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 616.) March 6, 1838. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 618.) March 7, 1838. John A. Smith (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 615.) March 6, 1838. Enoch Matson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 609.) March 6, 1838. Currency -- national bank -- independent treasury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 597.) March 5, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Dr. Sylvester Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) March 7, 1838. John Blanc. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 642.) March 10, 1838. John Spitfatham [i.e., Spitfathom]. March 8, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Agriculture and useful arts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 633.) March 7, 1838. John Trafton. March 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William R. Joynes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 627.) March 7, 1838. Levi S. Backus. March 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table William Perkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) March 10, 1838. Josias Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 636.) March 9, 1838. Moses Eldred. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 626.) March 7, 1838. Louisville and Portland Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) March 8, 1838. Major Charles Larrabee. March 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. H.H.B. Hays. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) March 7, 1838. John Howard Kyan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 635.) March 8, 1838. Joseph Nibert -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 639.) March 9, 1838. John Mahon and Asa Munger. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. On the state of the Treasury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 685.) March 23, 1838. T.F. Peterson. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Emmerson [i.e., Emerson]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 649.) March 13, 1838. Robert McCready. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Executors of Larkin Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 650.) March 13, 1838. Miller Francis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 656.) March 13, 1838. Wm. McD. Pettit, of Arkansas. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Patrick Foley -- heirs of. March 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert and William Armstrong. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. R.C. Hardesly. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Peterson. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Henry Barton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 658.) March 13, 1838. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 705.) March 29, 1838. John K. Latimer. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. J.P. Hutchinson. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Board of claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 696.) March 28, 1838. Thomas Jacobs. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties of officers of House of Representatives. March 31, 1838. Read, and postponed until Monday next, 2d of April. Heirs of William Conner. March 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Murray, Jr. -- representative of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 668.) March 20, 1838. Light-houses, &c., and surveys for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 712.) April 6, 1838. Robert Milnor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) April 6, 1838. Electro-magnetic telegraphs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 713.) April 6, 1838. Heirs of Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 717.) April 6, 1838. Solomon J. Lee. April 6, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Stationary [i.e., Stationery] -- House of Representatives... April 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 725.) April 9, 1838. Preservation of Sullivan's Island. April 6, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill No. 89, making appropriations for fortifications for 1838. John L. Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 719.) April 6, 1838. Northern boundary of Missouri. April 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Bush. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 720.) April 6, 1838. John H. Jacocks. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 282.) April 6, 1838. Expenditure -- public buildings. April 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Graves. April 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Stipp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 716.) April 6, 1838. Lands to organized militiamen, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 715.) April 6, 1838. Susannah Hoagland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 723.) April 6, 1838. David W. Sleeth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 721.) April 6, 1838. Philip Lightfoot -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 718.) April 6, 1838. Herman Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 735.) April 12, 1838. Library -- court of appeals, &c. -- Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 729.) April 10, 1838. John Christopher Colbey. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 746.) April 17, 1838. Thruston Cornell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 743.) April 14, 1838. John A. Hopper -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 739.) April 13, 1838. Wisconsin Territory -- land patents. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 17.) April 11, 1838. Committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John L. Ellis. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John W. Cox. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. April 10, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Phebe Weeks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 740.) April 13, 1838. Angelica Gilbert, daughter of Captain Olney. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. David Cooke. April 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Snider. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 738.) April 13, 1838. Court-house, Alexandria, District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 726.) April 10, 1838. John Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 730.) April 10, 1838. Nathaniel Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 732.) April 11, 1838. Gratia Ray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 727.) April 10, 1838. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 731.) April 10, 1838. Helen Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 742.) April 14, 1838. Samuel Hatton [i.e., Hatten]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 728.) April 10, 1838. Perry G. Hopkins. April 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 744.) April 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. School lands -- Indian reservations -- Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 754.) April 20, 1838. William Strider. April 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Smull. April 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mulberry and sugar-beet. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 12.) April 20, 1838. Samuel Goldsbury. April 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Updegraff [i.e., Updegroff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) April 19, 1838. Matthew Duncan. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Jesse E. Dow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 751.) April 19, 1838. Enos Sopar [i.e., Soper]. April 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) March 20, 1838. Sibel Barnes -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 675.) March 20, 1838. J. Eloi Rachal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 630.) March 7, 1838. William Piatt -- heirs of. March 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Graham -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 677.) March 21, 1838. William Young. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann C. Stephenson. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Elisha Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 674.) March 20, 1838. Frigate Raritan. March 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John C. Ely. March 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Canadian volunteers. March 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Thomas H. Boyles -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) March 20, 1838. John Smith, assignee of the devisee of Ballard Smith. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Susannah Rowe, widow of John Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 683.) March 22, 1838. Jacob Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 691.) March 23, 1838. Cornelius Vanderbilt. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Dukes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 688.) March 23, 1838. Nathaniel Irish -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 687.) March 23, 1838. Daniel Williams -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 686.) March 23, 1838. Repairs of fortifications -- St. Augustine. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Lutz and Jesse Lipscombe. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Littleton Bailey. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Furguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) March 23, 1838. James Broadus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) March 13, 1838. Daniel H. Crocket. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 655.) March 13, 1838. Daniel Newman. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Dougherty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) March 14, 1838. Charles Vattier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 660.) March 13, 1838. Nathan Dagget -- heirs of. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Major John Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 651.) March 13, 1838. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) March 13, 1838. James Brown -- representatives of. March 13, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. Henry Challer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 659.) March 13, 1838. Israel Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 704.) March 29, 1838. Rev. James Cumming. March 13, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. John McClelland -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 700.) March 28, 1838. Geo. C. Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 493.) March 30, 1838. New Treasury and Post Office buildings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 706.) March 29, 1838. Charles Morgan, in right of S. Porche. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 698.) March 28, 1838. Thomas Maxwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 709.) March 30, 1838. William Madison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 694.) March 26, 1838. John Milling and Richard Nason. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James H. Grant, Moses W. Simpson, and Preston Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 708.) March 30, 1838. Colonel Joseph Brown. March 27, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Sarah H.B. Stith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 699.) March 28, 1838. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 680.) March 21, 1838. Truman Kellog. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 753.) April 19, 1838. Cecilia Ragan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) April 21, 1838. John Grimball -- heirs of. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Giles S. Boggess. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Ferguson. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 40.) April 17, 1838. Promote and encourage the useful arts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 747.) April 17, 1838. David Hime [i.e., Himes]. April 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims between Perdido and Mississippi. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 89.) April 20, 1838. Peter Bargy. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 125.) April 19, 1838. Land to soldiers of the Old Fourth Regiment. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 748.) April 17, 1838. William Grozer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 758.) April 20, 1838. Isaac D. Saunders. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) April 20, 1838. Aaron Vail -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) March 6, 1838 Lieutenant W. Scott Ketchum. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Hill. February 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	269
Serial set 336	The heirs of John Motlow. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Cumberland Road -- Indianapolis and vicinity... July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Broome. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Noah Miller. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 236.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Foreign paupers and naturalization laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. Nos. 873 and 874.) July 2, 1838. Pay for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 82.) July 6, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Dr. James H. Cheears's legal representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) May 25, 1838. Joseph K. Averill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) June 22, 1838. Polly Estes. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Thomas Harrison. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Reuben Perry and Thomas Ligon. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Heirs of Morgan Alexander. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Ursin Hebert. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Colonel John Lowry. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 835.) June 7, 1838. Richard Fortune -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. President's message. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Haynes, to be moved by him when the House shall take up for consideration, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, the message from the President of the United States at the commencement of the present session. December 7, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Amendment to rules. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table one day for consideration. Eunice Burzette. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Gilbert Vroman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida Peninsula Railroad -- make road through public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) May 31, 1838. Heirs of Benjamin Stoddert. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Silas Hale. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry dock at Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) May 11, 1838. Charles Rockwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) June 27, 1838. Richard Lawrence and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) May 24, 1838. Credentials of members. February 19, 1838. Laid upon the table under the rule of the House. Removal of executive officers. February 19, 1838. Read, debate arising thereon, laid upon the table, under the rule. United States and Mexico. February 19, 1838. Read, and debate arising thereon, laid upon the table under the rules. National bank -- collection of the revenue, &c. February 19, 1838. Read; debate arising, laid upon the table under the rule. Land for free schools, &c. Proposed on the 22d December, 1837, and modified in the present form on the 24th February, 1838. Increased public expenditure. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule. Receipt of notes of specie-paying banks at the Treasury Department. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule. John McHatton. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Fitzgerald -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) April 21, 1838. Andrew Tadlock. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Spicer. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Michael Brisbois. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Ponce. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah R. Mumford. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Death of Mr. Cilley -- duel. April 21, 1838. Submitted to the House of Representatives. May 10, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Representatives of George Duval and others. (With Senate Bill No. 207.) May 10, 1838. Abraham Dupont. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Bird. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. James B. Wills. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Thomas Rogers, executor of Charles Binns. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Caleb Atwater. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Perry L. Barronton. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Charles Smith. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. William W. West, assignee of Daniel C. Clark. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. John Masters. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. The widow of Jacob Kingsbury. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Conrad House. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Solomon Hearsey. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph E. Pomar. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Thos. B. Town, administrator of Timothy Currin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. William W. Paulett. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) May 11, 1838. Charles W. Child. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Town of Southport, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) May 11, 1838. John Winn -- in behalf of the owners of the schooner Joseph. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Losses -- late war with Creek Indians, Alabama. May 15, 1838. Laid on the table. Uniform militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 778.) May 11, 1838. Abner Prior -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) May 11, 1838 Henry D. Purcell -- heirs of. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. James Sayre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) May 11, 1838. Samuel Tillet. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. C.M. Keller and H. Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 170.) May 11, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel Benjamin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Laborers on the public buildings, Washington City. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. George Yates -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) May 11, 1838. Frederick Richmond. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Y. Keene. (To accompany S. Bill No. 44.) May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. E.H. Williams, administrator of Doctor Hazel W. Crouch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) May 11, 1838. Robert Roberts. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) May 11, 1838. Andrew Porter. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Elam Higley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) May 11, 1838. David Childress. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. John Towns [i.e., Townes] -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) May 11, 1838. Elijah S. Bell. May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the papers of Elijah S. Bell, referred to the Secretary of War. Amos Cornwall. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Robert Adair. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) May 11, 1838. Jerusha Flint. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Massey and Thomas James. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) May 15, 1838. Joseph Savage -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 773.) May 11, 1838. Benjamin Durfee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) May 11, 1838. Robert H. Rose. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Elizabeth White. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Elizur Kirtland. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Mary O. Baldwin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. John Keeller [i.e., Keeler]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) May 11, 1838. Samuel Tubbs and others. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Milwaukee and Rock-River Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 767.) May 11, 1838. Michael Armbrister. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 181.) May 11, 1838. J.G. Lyon, on behalf of himself and others. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) May 11, 1838. Abner Sherman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Clark Allen. May 18, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Elisha Adair. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tarrington and Francis Garriga. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) May 18, 1838. Virginia -- judgments against state of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 798.) May 18, 1838. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 796.) May 18, 1838. A.J. Pickett and George W. Gayle, aids-de-camp to Governor C.C. Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) May 17, 1838. John B. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) May 18, 1838. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Nick, alias Rignald Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) May 15, 1838. Lewis Bissell. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George Rice. May 18, 1838. Laid on the table. Passengers in mail coaches. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George and James Anderson. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) May 17, 1838. James Emmett -- heirs of. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain James Moore. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter postage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) May 18, 1838. Philip F. Jones. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James Hackley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 799.) May 18, 1838. Lucy Williamson. May 18, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 792.) May 15, 1838. Ordnance to Missouri. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian trust funds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 791.) May 15, 1838. Removal of officers. May 28, 1838, Debate arising, laid over under the rule. May 29, 1838, Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Elias Burnham and wife. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table. Expenditures -- State Department. May 26, 1838. Laid on the table. Irad Kelly and Datus Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) May 22, 1838. Township of Oxford -- exchange school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) May 31, 1838. Lieutenant William Lewis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) May 31, 1838. John Spotswood -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) May 29, 1838. Thomas [i.e., John] P. Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 815.) May 29, 1838. Zachariah Philips. May 23, 1838. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Captain Thos. Ap Catesby Jones, of U.S. Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) May 23, 1838. A. Avery, A.P. Pritchard, and P.W. Taylor. May 25, 1838. Laid on the table. John Jones and Charles Souder -- Robinson Carr & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) May 24, 1838. Rebecca Burch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) May 31, 1838. James Wyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) May 25, 1838. Moses Van Campen. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) May 29, 1838. Hogg & Burnside. May 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Ringgold. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Public buildings -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) May 31, 1838. Robert M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) May 29, 1838. Amend rules. May 28, 1838. Horses and other property lost in the military service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803 [i.e., 804].) Congress of the United States. In the House of Representatives, December 29, 1837. On motion of Mr. Graham, of Indiana, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of amending the act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Payment of Horses and Other Property Lost..." May 23, 1838. John Galloway -- heirs of. May 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dunscomb Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) May 24, 1838. Jacob Horine. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 805.) May 23, 1838. John Armstrong. May 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. J.F. Caldwell. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Roberts, Jr. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alabama -- Captain Park's company. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac N. Piggott. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Missouri volunteers. (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) May 31, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) June 2, 1838. Major General John Thomas. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Timothy Page -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Rembert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 838.) June 9, 1838. Isaac Lilley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) May 31, 1838. Joseph Croskey and others. June 6, 1838. Laid upon the table. General post route. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 839.) June 9, 1838. David Gould. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 827.) June 2, 1838. Thomas L. Winthrop et al. (To accompany S. Bill No. 208.) June 6, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Ann J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 840.) June 9, 1838. William B. Ferguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) June 6, 1838. Everard Meade. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) May 31, 1838. Committed with the bill to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 417, for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade. Mary O'Bannon. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) June 6, 1838. Heirs of Captain Isaiah Wool. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thos. Rutledge, deceased -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) May 31, 1838. Dempsey Collins. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Matthew Arbuckle. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 188.) May 31, 1838. Committed with Senate Bill No. 188 to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. June 1, 1838. Reported, and ordered to be printed. James Barret. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 816.) June 6, 1838. Dr. Joseph Simon Pell. June 7. 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Rasselas Whitcomb and others, (surveyors.) June 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. William Traverse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 837.) June 9, 1838. Maria Hornbeck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 842.) June 27, 1838. Armed brig Warrior. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 847.) June 26, 1838. Isaac Conly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 844.) June 27, 1838. John McCartney [i.e., M'Cartney]. (To accompany Bill S. No. 60.) June 12, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Arbitrament of national disputes. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Resolutions in relation to public lands. June 25, 1838. Read, and laid on the table for consideration, under the rule. James McCay. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Seats of Messrs. Prentiss and Word. June 11, 1838. Praying remission of duties on broken glass -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Remove market-house, Capitol Hill. July 2, 1838. Read, and concurred in. Simeon Knight. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Robert Wallace. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Elizabeth Cooke. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Jemison and Williamson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 851.) June 27, 1838. Specie postage. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Thomas Kibbey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 859.) June 27, 1838. Allen Gentry. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Eliza Seymour. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 857.) June 27, 1838. Bridge at Wheeling, Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) June 27, 1838. Amasa Soper -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Hicks & Sons, and other importers of foreign goods under the law of 1828. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Thomas Coyle. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Ezekiel Glover. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Richard Booker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 849.) June 27, 1838. Henry King's heirs. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. General Joshua Buster. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Joseph Edson. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Tristram Coffin -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Brinkley -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. John G. Mozart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 860.) June 27, 1838. Cornelius Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 852.) June 27, 1838. Ann Tilden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 856.) June 27, 1838. Peter Smith. June 27, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. Steam vessels on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Remission of duties on wines destroyed by fire -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Theodore Middleton. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Alexander Watson. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. James L. Stokes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 853.) June 27, 1838. Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. John Millikin. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. Wm. J.J. Morrow. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Gabriel Lombard. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Canal around the Muscle Shoals of the River Tennessee. June 27, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Walter Bradley. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. S.T. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 848.) June 27, 1838. James S. Calhoun. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Monument to the memory of Capt. Nathan Hale. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) June 27, 1838. Joseph F. Caldwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 850.) June 27, 1838. Copy-right. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 885.) July 7, 1838. Samuel H. Benton and others. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Breakwater -- Crow Shoal, Delaware... July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John L. McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 879.) July 6, 1838. John McClellan -- sureties of. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alfred Westfall. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 201.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Samuel Douthet et al. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Hanks. (To accompany S. Bill No. 202.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill. committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Jacob Galencia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 882.) July 6, 1838. To amend the rules. July 7, 1838. Postponed until Monday next. James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the administrator of William Hodson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 880.) July 6, 1838. Woodburne Potter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 878.) July 6, 1838. Philip Crapo, executor of Samuel Aborn. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elihu Hall Bay. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads and canals. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 309.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. Fire-proof buildings in each surveying district. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.) July 5, 1838. Joseph M. Hernandez. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 877.) July 6, 1838. Colonel Charles Morgan. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. Henry Gratiot -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 889.) July 7, 1838. Assignees of Potts and Clement. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 881.) July 6, 1838. George J. Knight. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 195.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Ship Mary and cargo -- Baltimore. July 3, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 866.) July 2, 1838. City of Augusta, Georgia. July 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. Heirs of Daniel Boon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 872.) July 2, 1838. Wyoming claims. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry R. Stickney. July 2,1838. Read, and laid upon the table. United States and Mexico. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas D. Morrison. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Gamaliel E. Smith. July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the resolution therein contained, concurred in by the House. Indian depredations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 865.) July 2, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Amend the Constitution United States. March 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Garland, of Virginia, and ordered to be printed. Subscription to Niles's Register. March 24, 1838. Consideration postponed until Tuesday, 27th instant. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 760.) April 21, 1838. John Cooper. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. President's message. December 19, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Cushing. Price, &c. of public lands. December 11, 1837. Postponed to Monday the 18th instant. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Lawler. Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce, according to some equitable scale of graduation, the price of such portions of the public lands... Land for free schools, &c. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Ruth Hawks. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Stoker. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table James Maxwell of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 775.) May 11, 1838.	263
Serial set 337	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1838, and in the sixty-third year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 338	Memorial of the heir of Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, praying indemnification for his sacrifices during the Revolutionary War. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of James Barron, praying the payment of certain claims, disallowed by the accounting officers. December 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 7. December 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of William East," ... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with the act of the 9th May, 1836, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of his office, and of the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, for the year 1838. December 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures, showing the progress in those works during the present year. December 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of officers of the revenue cutters, praying to be allowed the pay and emoluments of officers of the Navy, while cooperating with them. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, praying the amendment of the act "To Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." December 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Truman Hastings and others, praying the repeal of that part of the act of Congress, regulating the Post Office Department, which requires post offices to be kept open on Sundays. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a num[b]er of surgeons in the Navy of the United States, praying an increase of their pay. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1838-9. December 6, 1838. Memorial of Charles F. Smith and others, officers of the line of the Army of the United States, praying that the officers of the line of the Army may be put on the same footing with the officers of the staff, as to pay, &c. December 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to the second section of the act of May 9, 1836, communicating a statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, for the year ending December 3, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 4, 1838. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that Department during the year 1837, and part of the year 1838. December 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Benton submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1) "providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands,"...	17
Serial set 339	In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 185.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the act of June 30, 1834, a statement of all persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 121.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John Richey... Memorial of a number of citizens of Tompkins County, N.Y., praying the revision and amendment of the militia system. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the correspondence and arrangements between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of North America and Bank of New York. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land office at "Kishwaukee," in that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the clerks in the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of compensation. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke... Petition of the Mississippi City Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, on the part of the Senate, report: That in pursuance of an act authorizing the printing of the Madison Papers... In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 83. Mr. Young submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Petition of a number of merchants of Charleston, S. Carolina, praying the establishment of a port of entry and the erection of a light-house at Indian Key. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of underwriters of Charleston, S.C., praying the establishment of additional ports of entry on the coast of Florida. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Russell Comstock, praying Congress to purchase and publish certain discoveries alleged to have been made by him, to promote the preservation and increase of agricultural products, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 79.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report... Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. December 17, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 74, to the Committee of Claims. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the defence of the frontier of Maine. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Documents in relation to the claim of Loomis and Gay, for compensation for extra work done by them on the Cumberland Road. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Illinois Town, March 1, 1838. At a meeting of the board of managers elect under the act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, authorizing a lottery to raise funds for draining the lakes and ponds of the American Bottom... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, transmitting a statement of the sums paid under private appropriations since 1833. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the improvements of the harbor of St. Louis. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to deposites in the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, and the sale and payment of its bonds. December 27, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Petition of John Roberts, praying to be released from liability as surety of Morrison and Wheeler, under a contract with the government for a supply of arms. December 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 1) "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." December 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Allen, in relation to the financial policy of the government. December 31, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 26, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of certain clerks belonging to the Office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of their pay, and the graduation thereof according to the service required of them, beg leave to report... Memorial of a number of members of the New York Peace Society, praying Congress to interpose as mediator between France and Mexico, and to propose the formation of a Congress of Nations for the adjustment of international disputes. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works on the Pea Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, praying to be allowed to purchase five hundred thousand acres of the government land, on a credit of six years; and also asking an extension of three years on their bonds for the payment of the duties on certain railroad iron imported by them. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, praying the payment of a sum of money withheld from them, under their contract for the transportation of the mail. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the erection of a Custom-house at that place. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 22, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 3, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of granting a tract of land to each of the colleges in that state. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number of suits on the trial docket of each of the circuit courts of the United States, and the number of miles travel of each judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. January 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Colonel Alexander R. Thompson... In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Page, praying compensation for information furnished the officers of the government in 1814, in relation to a violation of the revenue laws, report... In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1839. Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 176.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the memorials...praying for a grant of land to aid in constructing the Mount Carmel and New Albany railroad, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the "Act Granting Land to Certain Exiles from Poland." January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 127, for the relief of James Ralston... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the value of the imports, and the amount of duties thereon, from the 10th May, 1837, to the 10th May, 1838. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the claims of the Alabama volunteers, for horses lost in the service of the United States in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Alabama, praying to be allowed pre-emption rights to any unlocated public lands, in lieu of others of which they have been deprived. January 8, 1839. Presented by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 135, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of George de Passau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land in lieu of one of which he has been deprived. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas Jefferson Smith, in reply to the remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, against the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the examinations of inventions to prevent explosions of steam boilers. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of William A. Crocker, agent of the Taunton Branch Railroad Company, and contractor on post route No. 299, from Boston to Taunton, report... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of Jesse Smith... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the number of acres in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, embraced in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 163.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Francis Laventure, Ebenezer Childs, and Linus Thompson"; and also a memorial from a number of citizens of Milwaukie, in the Territory of Wisconsin, and another memorial from the Legislative Assembly from that territory... Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying that the people of that state be indemnified for depredations committed on their property by the hostile Creek Indians in 1836. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of orders and instructions issued since the 14th day of April, 1836, relative to the kind of money and bank notes to be paid out on account of the United States. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the sales of the public lands. January 8, 1839. Read. January 9, 1839. Ordered to be printed, accompanied by the resolution of the Senate calling for the same. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence between the Secretary of War and the Bank of the United States, in relation to the sale of the bonds of that institution. January 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the clerks in the Office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase in their compensation, and the passage of a law fixing and apportioning the salaries of clerks to their duties. January 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 6, 1838, a statement of all works for the improvement of harbors and mouths of creeks and rivers, which have been in progress upwards of three years. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th July, 1838, transmitting statements of cases in which a per centum has been allowed on disbursements of public moneys. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 200.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Malachi Hagan... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 156.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel... Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the condition of the Seminole Indians, who have emigrated. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of M. Allen and others, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. January 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying an increase of the pension allowed her. January 14, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the creation of a new land district in the northern part of that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 197.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Ira Day, of Vermont, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas submitted the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to which was referred a resolution inquiring if the banks of this district had conformed to the act approved May 31, 1838, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of rescinding a resolution of the Senate of the United States, and in relation to the policy of the general government. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joshua Kennedy, asking for indemnity for the destruction of property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1813, submit the following report... Document relating to the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 17, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 92.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 211.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the representatives of Joseph Morris... Memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying that certain communications addressed by him to the Secretary of War, and Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate, on the subject of expelling the hostile Indians from Florida, may be printed. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Alabama, that said company be allowed to enter a tract of land, at the minimum price, to aid in the construction of said road. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Abner E. Van Ness, praying to be indemnified for losses incurred by him under a contract for surveying the public lands of the United States. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Arkansas, praying the extension of the jurisdiction, and the holding of an additional term of the district court of the United States for that state. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 216.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads make the following report on the petition of Converse & Rees... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 208. Petition of John A.L. Norman, praying the donation of a township of land to the Territory of Florida, to aid in erecting a university to be called the "Dade Institute of Florida." January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the petition of William Smith, claiming indemnity for depredations committed on his property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1793, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 218.) This claim was presented to the Senate the 2d session of the 24th Congress... Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Organization of a Volunteer Militia Force, for the Defence of the Maritime and Inland Frontier." January 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 213, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 217.) This claim was before the Senate at the 2d session of the 24th Congress... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 214.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 210.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of William W. Williams were referred, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number of the land offices, and the condition of the business therein. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, against the passage of the bill "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Lysander Spooner, praying to be allowed to improve the navigation of the Maumee River, by means of slack water, &c. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 219.) The claim of James McCrory... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension of the "Acts for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States," so as to apply to cases which shall have occurred on or before the 1st day of January, 1839. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain an appropriation for opening an inlet at or near Nag's Head, on the coast of that state. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the expenses of making the disbursements of the Indian Department. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 207. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of the Florida claims, under the treaty of 1819. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in answer to the petition of Thomas J. Smith, in favor of making Indian Key a port of entry. January 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 223.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas Powell, report... In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 45.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of the Parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana, praying for a grant of a certain quantity of public land for public purposes, report... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 232.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of General Joseph M. Hernandez, have had the same under consideration, and report... Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land district in the northern part of that state. January 25, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 222.) This claim has three times been passed by the Senate... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 220.) This case was favorably reported upon and passed by the Senate at the last session... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 226.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Robert Piatt, heir of Daniel Piatt, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain an appropriation for the immediate survey of lands in that state. January 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions in relation to the employment of the state banks as agents for the deposite and disbursement of the public revenue. January 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Tallmadge, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 231.) It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida; that his plantation was a very valuable one; that it was taken possession of by the troops... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Samuel Y. Keene, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, requiring him "to communicate to the Senate any authentic information he may recently have received, in respect to the modes of collecting, keeping, and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries"... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 227.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the widow, children, and legatees of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 239.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 246.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, which was instructed to inquire into the expediency of modifying or repealing the act of March 3, 1837, for the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund, report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to which was referred the petition of Jephtha A. Wilkinson, have had the same under consideration, and reports... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the northeastern boundary. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of specie, and the amount of gold coinage, since June, 1834, and the average circulation of the notes of the late Bank of the United States. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill from the House of Representatives for the Relief of Pamela Brown... In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution: ...Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to cause an estimate to be made of the sums that will be necessary to complete the construction of the Cumberland Road... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John L. Scott, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 166.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred sundry depositions to establish the claim of Richard Robertson, of Alabama, to compensation for a bay mare, lost in the service of the United States... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, late of the City of Mobile, praying for the confirmation of the title to a certain tract of land called the Du Broca claim, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the petition of Thomas Rudolph and others, report... Documents relating to the subject of ceding to the State of Tennessee the vacant, unappropriated, and refuse lands within that state. January 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Foster, to accompany Senate Bill No. 173; referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 123.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Bill No. 123, for the relief of Charles A. Dodd, report... Extracts from the message of Governor Call to the Territorial Legislature of Florida, January 11, 1839, in relation to the Indian hostilities in that territory, and the means of terminating them. January 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the officers of the revenue cutter Taney, praying that the benefit of the Navy Pension Fund may be extended to the officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. January 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the passage of a law requiring the employment of boys in the merchant vessels of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	129
Serial set 340	Memorial of Charles L. Fleischmann, in relation to the manufacture of beet sugar. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of E.A. Theller, praying that the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States may be ascertained and defined. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the annual receipts and expenditures of the government since the year 1817. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the commerce and navigation carried on in the Turkish dominions and Pachalick of Egypt. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 96.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the Bill "Granting to the Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company a Portion of the Public Lands for the Purposes Therein Expressed," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the interference by Congress or state legislatures with the domestic institutions of the slave states. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of William C. Poole, praying the patronage of Congress to a proposed publication to show the latitude and longitude, and the variation of the compass. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying the establishment of a port of entry in the western part of that state, and an allowance of drawback on merchandise exported by land to Mexico. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents to the Chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, in relation to the collection and distribution of seeds and plants. January 28, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Strange, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the cost of brass and iron cannon, and howitzers. January 30, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the alleged encroachment of the "Polish Exiles" on improved lands in the occupancy of certain citizens of the State of Illinois. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that the title of the Menomonie Indians to lands within that territory may be extinguished. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating the the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 30, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the alteration of the southern boundary line of said territory. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending the removal of the Swan Creek and Black River bands of Chippewa Indians. January 29, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of the balances reported on the books of the Treasury against collecting and disbursing agents of the government. January 30, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying appropriations for the construction of harbors on the western shore of Lake Michigan. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Maria Helena America Vespucci, praying a donation of public land, and that she may be admitted to the rights of citizenship. January 29, 1839. Ordered, that so much thereof as relates to public land be referred to the Committee on Public Lands; that so much as relates to the rights of citizenship be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and that it be printed in the original French, with an English translation. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Wm. Conway... Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the survey of the public lands in the State of Illinois. January 28, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Young, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 255.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Pierre Babin, for the confirmation of his claims to a tract of 880 arpens of land in the State of Louisiana... Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, to obtain the donation of a township of land to improve the navigation of the Embarrass River. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read. January 30, 1839. Ordered to lie on the table, and that the resolution and documents be printed. Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the plan of the works for the improvement and protection of the harbor at Michigan City, shall be such as may be approved and adopted by the Secretary of War. Memorial of a number of citizens of the Oregon Territory, praying Congress to take possession of, and extend their jurisdiction over, the said territory. January 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens upon the northern and western frontiers, praying the employment, on the great western lakes, of a steam revenue cutter. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, with the bill annexed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 131.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred "A Bill To Prevent the Interference of Certain Federal Officers in Elections," report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 494.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 494, with accompanying papers, report: That John Baldridge, a native Cherokee, claims three hundred dollars, for an improvement... Document showing the number of suits on the trial docket of the circuit and districts courts of the United States for the district of West Tennessee, during the last six years. February 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 31.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Richard T. Banks... Memorial of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse to any legislation on the part of Congress, on the subject of slavery in said district. February 7, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. No. 358, and accompanying documents, for the relief of Poas Hadgo, a Creek Indian, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 688.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 668 (i.e., 688), for the relief of Joseph Dukes, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to banking institutions in the territories of the United States, and the receipt of their notes in payment for public lands. February 8, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the causes of explosions of steam boilers. February 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. Motion in relation to the payment of claims for Indian depredations. February 6, 1839. Mr. Wright submitted the following motion: which was read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 277.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Henry Fry, late a purser in the Navy, praying for a pension, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the termination of the commission for the adjudication of claims under the Cherokee Treaty of December 29, 1835, and the expenses of the same. February 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge and Edmund Burke, in behalf of the State Military Convention of Vermont, praying the adoption of a plan proposed by them for the reorganization of the militia of the United States. February 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of the executive committee of the American Silk Society, on the subject of the culture of silk. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 261.) The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the bill to repeal the act entitled "An Act Laying a Duty on Imported Salt, Granting a Bounty on Pickled Fish Exported, and Allowances to Certain Vessels Employed in the Fisheries," approved July 29, 1813, and all acts to continue or amend the same, and, also, a resolution of the Senate of the thirty-first day of January last, instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of repealing the existing duty upon bread stuffs and certain other articles of import, report... Document in relation to the prevention of explosions of steam boilers. February 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the currency, and the collection and keeping of the public revenue. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rivers submitted the following for consideration: Whereas "the constitutional remedy by the elective principle becomes nothing, if it may be smothered by the enormous patronage of the general government"... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 200, 231, 232.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted, by a resolution of the Senate, "The Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representative of John J. Bulow, Jr., Deceased, and All Other Bills Before the Senate, Providing for the Payment of Sufferers by the Late Indian Wars in the Territory of Florida, and in the States of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama"... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the expenses incurred in negotiating and concluding the Cherokee Treaty of December 29, 1835. February 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the cession to that state of the Muscle Shoals Canal. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the abandonment of Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island, Illinois, and the occupation of said island. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) The Committee on Commerce have examined the papers submitted to the Senate by A. Vail... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 34.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a bill making appropriations to complete certain military roads in the State of Arkansas... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 284.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which were referred the memorials of the Legislature of Wisconsin, upon the subject of the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers in Wisconsin, respectfully submit the following report... Documents relating to the claim of the executor of John J. Bulow, Jr. to be indemnified for property destroyed by the hostile Indians in Florida. February 9, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Hubbard, to accompany Senate Bill No. 231, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1838. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, in relation to the disposition of the public lands. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 8.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John McCartney, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the improvement of the Atchafalaya and Red Rivers. February 13, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Document relating to the condition of the Bank of Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin. February 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Castle, New Hampshire, against the repeal of the law allowing a bounty to vessels engaged in the cod fisheries. February 15, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Convention of Delegates of the People of Florida, transmitting a copy of a constitution or form of government for the people of Florida, as adopted by said convention. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, adverse to the Sub-Treasury system, and in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. February 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the American Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, praying the attention of Congress to the important objects of that institution. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 71.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill (S. 71) To Amend an Act Confirming Certain Land Claims in the State of Michigan," report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, to obtain the passage of a law to authorize the exchange of such school lands in that state as may be occupied by actual settlers, and to grant pre-emption rights to such settlers. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Springfield, New Jersey, praying indemnification for the destruction of said church during the Revolutionary War. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to order, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of Henry Conway, deceased, and report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the operations for increasing the depth of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 20, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to applications made by banks in Illinois, to be made deposite banks. February 15, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 294.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Havre de Grace. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, praying the passage of a law to authorize the enrolment of a number of volunteers for the defense of that territory. February 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160. Memorial of T.H. Perkins and others, praying the passage of a law to authorize the discontinuance of the spirit ration allowed to seamen in the public service. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claims of Colonel A.G. Morgan, of Missouri, for military services in Florida. January 2, 1839. Referred, with motion of Mr. Benton, to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 290. Resolutions of a convention of delegates of the people of Florida, in favor of the repeal or modification of certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of that territory, incorporating banking and other institutions. February 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the construction of a steam revenue cutter, to be employed on the northern lakes. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 886) for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory, to enable them to form a settlement in said Territory. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Robbins, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions on the part of the Senate Committee of the Joint Committee on the Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the General Assembly of Michigan, praying an appropriation for the completion of certain military roads in that state. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Documents showing the number of suits on the trial dockets of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the seventh circuit during the last three years. February 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to order, had under consideration the petition of Betsey C. Shethar, and report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain the passage of a law establishing a Surveyor General's office in that state. February 20, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the erection of a light-house and pier at the mouth of Clinton River. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel T. Harrison, praying that the duties on a portion of certain apparatus for refining sugar imported by him, may be refunded, and to be allowed to import the residue free of duty. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, on the subject of terrestrial magnetism, and the application of the dipping needle to the purpose of ascertaining the latitude and longitude of places on the earth's surface... Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying the erection of a lighthouse at the inlet of Little Egg Harbor. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, against the adoption of the Sub-Treasury system. February 22, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the defense of the northeastern frontier of the United States. February 22, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 300, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1838. February 22, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the modification of the naturalization laws. February 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to limit the presidential term of office to four years. February 22, 1389. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad. January 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the erection of piers in the Delaware River, at or near Delaware City. February 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Florida, praying that said company be permitted to enter a quantity of public land at the minimum price, &c. February 6, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the deficit in the Treasury, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate for a Limited Time the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. February 1, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the improvement of Pigeon River. February 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Norvell, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain the passage of a permanent pre-emption law, and to allow a credit to actual settlers. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying the passage of a law requiring the use of the "double self-acting safety-valve" on board of steamboats, &c. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Philip Kearney [i.e., Kearny], praying the establishment of, and proposing a plan for, a national bank. February 4, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 263.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel, in behalf of the heirs of J.B. de Lusser, praying that certain titles to land may be confirmed... Documents relating to the claims of Andrew J. Johnson and Samuel M. Love, for payment for horses lost by them while in the military service of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred, with Senate Bill No. 193, to the Committee of Claims. February 1, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the subjugation of the hostile Indians in Florida. February 6, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the act of March 2, 1803, abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States for the year 1838. February 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petitions of Marcelin Tassin, praying for a pre-emption right... Memorial of a number of cordwainers in the District of Columbia, praying the repeal of so much of the "Act Concerning the Government and Discipline of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia," as authorizes the warden to let out the labor of the convicts by contract. February 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain the passage of a law, directing the coinage of small change at the Branch Mint of that State. February 4, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Mira M. Alexander, only surviving child and heir of George Madison, praying remuneration for his services and sacrifices while in the Army of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. February 4, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 267. Document on the subject of reducing and equalizing letter postage. February 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the seizure and detention of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet. February 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed	107
Serial set 341	Memorial of a number of citizens of Addison County, Vermont, praying the establishment of a national foundry at Vergennes, in that state. February 25, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, praying that the usual annual appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of said city may be continued. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the allowances to the marshals of the several districts for distributing the venires, and the fees now allowed to the marshal of New Hampshire for that service. February 26, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the manufacture, quality, and use of salt. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Documents relating to internal improvements in the State of Illinois. February 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Memorial of a number of masters of wrecking vessels, on the coast of Florida, opposed to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. February 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 302.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Campau, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land... Document relating to the claim of a number of settlers on the public lands in Indiana, to be allowed the right of pre-emption. February 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contracts for the transportation of the mail for the year ending July 1, 1838. February 21, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the adoption of measures to insure the recognition by foreign powers of the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the dispute between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of a number of naturalized citizens of the United States, residing in the State of Michigan, praying the adoption of measures to secure the recognition of their rights as citizens of the United States. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Kittery, Maine, against the repeal of the duty on salt, and against abolishing the bounty allowed to owners of fishing vessels. February 25, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 206 [i.e., 306].) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Joseph Campau report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, who have had under consideration a number of petitions from officers of the line of the Army of the United States, praying for equalization of pay with the officers of the staff, report... In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to "inquire into the expediency of providing for the construction of one or more steam vessels of war, and their employment in the naval service,"... Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, for the establishment of a mail route, and for the distribution of the Mississippi mail at Mobile. February 28, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Read, made the special order for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the messages of the President of the United States of the 26th and the 27th instant, and the accompanying document, in relation to the existing difficulties on the northeastern frontier of the United States, report the following resolutions... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting additional documents in relation to the dispute between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying a donation of land to emigrants and settlers in the Oregon Territory. February 26, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the mode of furnishing supplies of goods or merchandise to the Indian Department. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing what drafts on banks having public funds on deposite have been protested since the 1st January, 1837, &c. February 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred so much of the petition of America Vespucci as relates to a grant of land...	23
Serial set 342	Memorial of Pierce and Patrick Shannon, praying to be allowed to import the materials for an iron steamboat free of duty. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Webster submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the collection of acts of Congress and official instructions and opinions respecting the public lands... Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement showing the incidental expenses of that Department for the year ending June 30, 1838. March 1, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1838. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War with statements showing the amount of Revolutionary pensions paid annually from 4th March, 1789, to 31st December, 1838, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th December, 1837. March 2, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the names of, and correspondence with, the banks which declined to receive the public deposites in the years 1833 and 1834, or surrendered the same after having received them. March 2, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Portage County, Ohio, praying the repeal or modification of the neutrality law, and that Congress demand redress for the destruction of the steamboat Caroline. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of City West. March 2, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to procure the survey of the Calumic River, with a view to its improvement. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of the establishment of certain post routes. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms manufactured during the year 1838. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cuthbert made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert Fulton, report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before Congress... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of the coinage, deposites for coinage, and expenses of the Mint and branches during the year 1838. March 1, 1839. Read and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the number of removals of deputy postmasters since the 4th March, 1837. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the protested drafts drawn by that Department on banks having public funds on deposite, &c. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the commissioner to investigate claims against the Miami Indians, with a statement of the expense of said commission, &c. March 2, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the return of the names and ages of pensioners, in the next general census. March 1, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the expenditure of the appropriation for the removal of the sand bar at the mouth of the Connecticut River. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, to obtain the adjustment of claims for spoliations committed by France, prior to 1800. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to the heirs of Benjamin Harvey... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land for the construction of a macadamized road in that state. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to public defaulters. March 2, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom have been referred resolutions and memorials in favor of the construction of steam revenue cutters... Documents on the subject of apprenticing boys on merchant vessels, and the establishment of nautical schools. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1839. Ordered, that 50,000 copies of the report made at the last session of Congress by the Committee on Foreign Relations, in relation to the northeastern boundary of the United States, and unanimously adopted by the Senate on the 4th day of July, 1838, be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of mail routes. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register and Receiver of the district of St. Stephens, Alabama, made in compliance with the act of March 2, 1829. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with resolutions of the Senate, statements showing the persons employed, the funds furnished, and improvements valued, under the Cherokee Treaty of December, 1835. February 28, 1839. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the operations of the Mint for the year 1837. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements: 1st, of appropriations made during the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress; 2d, the offices created and salaries thereof; 3d, of offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. May 1, 1839. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the Act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes."	31
Serial set 343	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1838, and in the sixty-third year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 344	Finances -- and estimate of appropriations for 1839. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances; also, an estimate of appropriations for 1839. December 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts by Commissioner Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of contracts made in his office from 7th May last. December 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses of the Department of State, from the 5th December, 1837, to 30th November, 1838; also, statements of expenditures for the northeast Executive building, &c. December 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Anthony Shane and Louis Godfroy. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by the provisions of the act of 28th June, 1838, directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to ascertain the quantity of land covered by grants to Anthony Shane and Louis Godfroy, &c. December 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. list of reports to be made to Congress at the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the Office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 3, 1838. Estimate of appropriations for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1839. December 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts, settled by the accounting officers of the Treasury, for the first and second quarters of the year 1837. December 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure contingent fund H.R. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, accompanied with a statement of payments made on account of the contingent expenses of the past year. December 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 4, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.	9
Serial set 345	Application for pensions -- rejected. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to applications for pensions which have not been allowed, &c. December 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of contingent expenses of the Navy Department from the 1st of October, 1837, to the 30th of September, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bequest of James Smithson. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the bequest of James Smithson to the United States. December 10, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of his office, and the office of the Navy Commissioners. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fifth Auditor, in relation to the execution of the act of 7th July last, for building light-houses, light-boats, &c. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled on the books of the Second Auditor more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1836, &c. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Post Office Department for the year 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of contingent expenses of the several offices attached to the Department, for the year ending September 30, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Extra clerk-hire -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of July last, in relation to clerk-hire paid, in complying with calls of the House for information, during the last session. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Smithsonian bequest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of the Smithsonian bequest, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of July last. December 10, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Steam-engines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House, of the 29th of June last, information in relation to steam engines, &c. December 13, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee of seven members. Printed by the printer of the House, under the superintendence of the Secretary of the Treasury, with authority to make any additions and corrections which may occur to him in the progress of the printing. Samuel Swartwout. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the recently-discovered default of Samuel Swartwout, late collector of the Customs for the port of New York. December 10, 1838. Motion to refer so much thereof as relates to the defalcation of Mr. Swartwout to a Select Committee; so much thereof as relates to the adoption of legal provisions for increasing the public security against similar defalcations to the Committee of Ways and Means. Postponed until to-morrow. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States, from 1st of October, 1837, to the 1st of October, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the War Department during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of September last. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. State Department -- extra clerk-hire. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th of July last, in relation to clerks employed in the Department of State, &c. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriation -- northern frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 892.) Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriation for the protection of the northern frontier. December 19, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Correspondence -- Governor of Pennsylvania. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the executive government of the United States and the Governor of Pennsylvania. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Operations of the General Land Office, 1838, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the operations of said Office during the year 1837 and part of the year 1838. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Revolutionary pensions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 893.) Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, explanatory of certain appropriations required for the payment of Revolutionary and other pensions for the year 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.	20
Serial set 346	Appropriations -- Army for 1839. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 897.) December 21, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting information in relation to the duties of his Office for the year 1838. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Intermeddling with the Indians, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th of March last, relative to the intermeddling of any foreign government, or the subjects thereof, with the Indian tribes in Michigan, Wisconsin, &c. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Balances on books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years; also, an abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Communication from the Honorable Alfred Conkling, made at the request of Mr. M. Fillmore, of defects of law, &c. Presented by Mr. Fillmore. December 20, 1838. 1st. Refer so much as relates to courts and piracy, to Committee on Judiciary; 2d. So much as relates to neutrality, to Committee on Foreign Relations; 3d. So much as relates to steamboats, to Select Committee on that subject. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognized as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the government. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont -- Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Vermont. For a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Guard to emigrating Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 987.) January 8, 1838. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Balances on books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the balances which have remained due on the books of the Fourth Auditor for more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1838. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York -- opening Post Office on Sunday. Memorial of Truman Hastings and others, praying a repeal of that part of the Post Office law which requires postmasters to labor on Sunday. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Major Trueman Cross. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the accounts of Major Trueman Cross. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands sold under Chickasaw Treaty, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements required by the Act For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws, approved April 20, 1836. December 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida -- Indian Key -- port of entry. Remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Explaining Navy bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896, making appropriations for the Navy for 1839.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy. December 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. War Department -- Indian estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 895.) Letters from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriations for the service of the Indian Department for 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Army of the United States -- officers. Petition of Charles F. Smith, Captain, and other officers of the Army stationed at West Point, for an equalization of the pay of the Army. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Land granted to Indiana -- construction of act. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the construction of an act of Congress granting a tract of land to the State of Indiana. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mormons. Memorial of Ephraim Owen, Jr., late of Green County, Indiana, now of Davis County, Missouri, asking of Congress to afford protection to the people called Mormons, in the enjoyment of their civil rights as citizens of the United States; and complaining of loss of property, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Small-pox among the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the small-pox among the Indians. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to said Committee, and ordered to be printed. Expenses -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimate of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the expenses of that Department. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to the same Committee, and ordered to be printed. Pea-Patch Island. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the present state of the Pea-Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Armory -- Kentucky. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, in relation to a public armory in said state. December 29, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Pope, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Additional clerks -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Department. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Lands ceded to the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to lands ceded to the United States, the quantity surveyed, &c. December 29, 1838. Referred to a select committee, to consist of one member from each state. Legislature of Illinois. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to a survey of the northern and western lakes. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in compliance with the act of 2d March, 1831, for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States. December 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mr. Fairfield -- resignation. December 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1838. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Pre-emption -- Paris Seminary, Illinois. Petition of sundry citizens of Edgar County, Illinois, praying the right of pre-emption to a certain section of land for the use and benefit of the Paris Seminary. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Due from late deposite banks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the amounts due from the late deposite banks, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1838, and the compensation of each. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Northern boundary of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a call for the report of the commissioners appointed to run the northern boundary of Missouri. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Electro-magnetic telegraph, by Professor Morse. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from Professor Morse, on the subject of his electro-magnetic telegraph. January 4, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Treasury notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98 [i.e., 982].) January 8, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Charles Louis [i.e., Lewis] Fleischmann, on the manufacture of beet-sugar. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Elijah S. Bell. Report of the Secretary of War, on the claims of Elijah S. Bell, to whom the case had been referred by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th May last. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st ultimo, in relation to the defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Fort Livingston, Grand Terre, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the progress made, &c., in the completion of Fort Livingston, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Catskill Creek. Petition of inhabitants of New York, for the improvement of the Catskill Creek. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks in the State Department in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks in his Department for the year 1838. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Condition of banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, showing the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Miscellaneous claims, 1838, and expenditures Marine Hospital Fund, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements made at the Treasury in the year 1838, on account of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for; also, statements showing the expenditures and receipts of the Marine Hospital Fund for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen during the year 1837. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Texas invasion -- Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in relation to the invasion of the southwestern frontier by an armed force from the Republic of Texas. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands -- American Bottom, Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to lands in the Edwardsville and Kaskaskia land districts, in the State of Illinois, called the American Bottom, &c. January 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Deposite bank -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, notifying Congress that he had selected the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana as a depository of the public moneys, &c. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the names of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and Navy Commissioners during the year 1838, and the compensation of each clerk. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Smithsonian legacy. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. December 14, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 10th December, instant, on the messages of the President of the United States on the same subject. January 10, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mint -- Director's estimates. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Construction of revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report made by the Comptroller of the Treasury, in relation to the operation of the existing revenue laws, and on the expediency of some further act of legislation explanatory of the intention of Congress in regard to certain descriptions of goods. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Education of boys, &c. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying for the education of boys for the merchant service. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Steam boilers. Memorial of the owners of steamboats and others, of Louisville, Kentucky, on the subject of explosions of steam boilers. December 20, 1838. Referred to select committee on steam engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Steam-engines. Memorial of Cadwallader Evans, for an appropriation to enable him to test his invention to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on Steam-engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Clerks -- War Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1838, and the compensation of each. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. National domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the public domain. January 16, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee of 26 members upon the subject of the public lands. General Charles Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to General Charles Gratiot; with a letter from General Gratiot to Hon. J.P. Underwood, appended. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures of the U. States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1837. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Survey of May River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieutenant Wilkes of the survey of May River, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Extra clerk hire -- on calls Ho. of Reps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th July last, requiring information in relation to extra clerk hire incurred in answering calls for information, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Beaubien and his assignees. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of Beaubien and his assignees. January 17, 1839. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Steam-boilers, &c. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the proceedings under the act of the 28th June last, providing for examinations of inventions designed to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee appointed on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of steamboats, steam-boilers, &c. Contracts -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida claim -- Treaty of 1819. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the Florida claim under the treaty with Spain of 1819. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the expenditure of the appropriation of last session for the erection and repair of arsenals, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Emigrating Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Seminole Indians who have lately emigrated to the West. January 17, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Persons employed in the Indian Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a statement of all persons employed by that Department during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Arms procured and distributed since close of last war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the quantity and description of arms which have been procured and distributed since the late war with Great Britain, &c. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting the propriety of extending the provision of the Insolvent Law of March 2, 1837, to cases which may have occurred before the 1st of January, 1839. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Survey -- Neenah or Fox River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of the survey of the Neenah or Fox River, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Gage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1048.) Petition and papers of Isaac Gage, praying for leave to import iron vessels free of duty. January 3, 1839. Referred to Committee on Manufactures. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of the Department of War for the year 1838, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, "whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States." January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Printers laws U.S. -- North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the names of persons employed as printers to publish the laws of the United States in North Carolina. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims of Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, relative to the 3d section of the act of the 5th July, 1832, for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia. January 24, 1839. Read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. Revenue of Post Office -- equal to its wants. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the funds of the office, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Capture of reputed Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the pursuit, capture, &c., of certain Indian refugees and murderers, within the limits of one of the United States. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid on the table Defence northern and western frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1097 [i.e., 1079].) January 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Commmodore Elliott and Lieutenant C.G. Hunter. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the proceedings of the two courts martial ordered to try certain charges preferred by Commodore Elliott against Lieutenant C.G. Hunter, together with a copy of the charges preferred by Lieutenant Hunter against Commodore Elliott. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chart of Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting chart of Newark Bay. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Cass. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, calling for a statement of the final settlement of the accounts of Lewis Cass, &c. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks in War Department -- answering calls of the House. Letter from the Secretary of War, answering the call of the House for information respecting clerks in the War Department. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Reports of committees -- effects of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, inquiring whether the reports of standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised by the accounting officers of the Departments as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim upon the government, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Marcus Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c., of a survey of the harbor of Marcus Hook. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Banks of Massachusetts -- Commonwealth, Franklin, Lafayette. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to debts due to the United States (if any) by the Commonwealth, Franklin, and Lafayette Banks, of Massachusetts. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Fire-proof building -- War Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1084.) January 26, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st December, 1838. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Duncan H. [i.e., N.] Hennen versus P.K. Lawrence. Petition of Duncan H. [i.e., N.] Hennen, praying an inquiry whether the Hon. P.K. Lawrence, judge of District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has not been guilty of dangerous abuses of power. January 8, 1839. Referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. Contingent expenses of the military establishment, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the expenditure of the military establishment for the year 1838. January 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin -- lead-mine district. Memorial of sundry citizens of Wisconsin Territory and the State of Illinois, on the subject of the lead-mine district. January 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table.	91
Serial set 347	Harbor of New Haven, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a map of New Haven and its harbor, in the State of Connecticut. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Correspondence -- General J.W.A. Sanford. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, the correspondence between the Department and General J.W.A. Sanford, &c. January 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal. Petition of members of the Legislature, Governor, and Board of Internal Improvement of the State of Indiana, praying aid in the construction of the Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal. February 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Captain J.D. Elliott. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting charges against Captain J.D. Elliott, by Samuel Etheridge. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Purchase of land for Charleston Depot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1110.) February 6, 1839. Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following documents. Sale of Indian reservations, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the sales of Indian reservations, made under orders of the courts of Alabama, &c. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- Stonington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c. of a survey of the harbor of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. E.A. Theller. Memorial of E.A. Theller, of Detroit, praying Congress to adopt measures to protect the rights of naturalized citizens. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Harbor of Havre-de-Grace. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in relation to the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Renewal of duty bonds -- attorney's fees, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to the renewal of duty bonds, district attorneys' fees, &c. February 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. General appropriation bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 981.) January 8, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Peace Society. Petition and memorial of members of the East-Haddam Peace Society, and others. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Virginia land scrip. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the issue of Virginia land scrip. January 28, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public defaulters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, respecting defalcations of receivers and collectors, or other depositaries of public moneys, &c. January 28, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying the passage of a law granting pre-emption rights to the settlers on the line of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Legislature of Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, for the relief of the owners or proprietors of mineral lots in the Wisconsin land district. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. National bank. Memorial of Philip Kearny, for the establishment of a national bank. February 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Educate deaf and dumb. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, for a grant of land in aid of education of the deaf and dumb. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Indians removed to west Mississippi from 1789. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, relating to Indians removed from the east to the west side of the Mississippi, from 1789 to 1838. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1090.) January 29, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Indiana Legislature. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the Cumberland Road through that state. February 4, 1839. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. Legislature -- Indiana. Preamble and resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from New Albany to a point on the Wabash opposite Mount Carmel. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Salt-lick reservation -- four-mile square. Memorial and protest of Robert P. Currin, against the passage of Bill No. 418. April 30, 1838. Committee of the Whole on Bill No. 418. January 26, 1839. Referred to Committee on Private Land Claims. February 2, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Building light-houses, light-boats, beacons, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1,096.) February 6, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Commerce. Pensions relinquished under act March 18, 1818. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of pensions relinquished under the act of March 18, 1818. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Registry of steam-ships. (To accompany Bill. H.R. No. 1098.) February 6, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Penitentiary -- Washington City. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the tenth annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th ultimo, respecting land to which the Indian title has been extinguished; the amount surveyed; the quantity sold, &c. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Irwin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the accounts of Thomas Irwin. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Suspension of certain public works. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting a suspension of certain public works, &c. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Amend Constitution U.S. -- by John Preston. Proposals for amendments in the United States Constitution, and a uniform mode of banking throughout the Union. Written by an old soldier of 'seventy six, and an octogenarian. February 6, 1839. William E. Woodruff. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting remittances to William E. Woodruff, pension agent for the State of Arkansas. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign emigrants. Petition of citizens of the State of Louisiana, soliciting the entire repeal of the acts providing for the naturalization of foreigners. February 7, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Appropriations for fortifications. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1141.) February 12, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Disbursements to Indians, &c. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting accounts of disbursement of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of Indians, from 1st October, 1837, to 30th September, 1838, &c. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. R.T. Paine -- latitude and longitude of lighthouses in Massachusetts. February 13, 1839. -- Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and laid on the table. Horses of volunteers abandoned to U. States. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, requiring information respecting the value of horses turned over by volunteers to the United States, &c. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances due by receivers, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due by receivers of public money, on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled three years prior to the 30th September, 1838. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Commissioner of Pensions and Wm. E. Woodruff. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, transmitting copies of a correspondence between the said Commissioner and William E. Woodruff, pension agent for the State of Arkansas, in the years 1837 and 1838. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Henshaw. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the accounts of David Henshaw, late collector of the port of Boston. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs for the year 1838. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin -- internal improvements. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1113.) Letter of the Honorable J.D. Doty, relating to the bill to authorize the Territory of Wisconsin to establish a system of internal improvements. February 9, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Territories. Estimate of building for P.O. Department. Memorial of stonecutters, asking an estimate of a building for Post Office Department. February 11, 1839. Referred to Committee on Public Buildings. Treasury notes. February 12, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and laid upon the table. John Brahan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the balance due the United States from John Brahan, late receiver of public money at Huntsville, Alabama. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend. Memoir of Lieutenant Colonel B. Aycrigg, on the subject of the light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend. February 13, 1839. Mr. Cushman, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following resolution; which was read, and agreed to by the House: Resolved, That a detailed report and drawings of the light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend, prepared by Lieutenant Colonel B. Aycrigg, one of the chief engineers on the state works of Pennsylvania, be printed for the use of the House. Survey -- Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a chart of Newark Bay. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Branch Mint -- Charlotte, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information called for by the House of Representatives on the 4th instant, in relation to the operations and expenses of the Branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Territorial relations -- United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, touching the territorial relations of the United States and Great Britain on this continent. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat Caroline. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, information in relation to the destruction of the steamboat Caroline, &c. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 61.) February 16, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Shields, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Harbor of Delaware City, and the navigation of Back Creek. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1,157.) February 16, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals. Balances on books of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by collectors of the Customs, and others, more than three years prior to 30th September, 1838. February 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Loss of packet ships. February 14, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and ordered to be printed. Commodore Elliott -- Lieutenant Hunter, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, the proceedings of a court martial in the case of C.G. Hunter, &c. February 16, 1839. Referred to the select committee appointed February 14, instant, on charges preferred by Charles C. Barton versus Captain Jesse D. Elliott. Safe-keeping public moneys, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, upon the subject of the national revenue. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying for a re-examination of his invention of the "double self-acting safety-valve." February 18, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on the subject of steam-boilers. Officers -- Exploring Expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information as to the pay and promotion of officers of the Exploring Expedition. February 14, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Revolutionary War -- Wyoming sufferers. Petition of the sufferers of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, by depredations committed by the Indians in the Revolutionary War. February 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Charges preferred by Midshipman Barton against Commodore Elliott. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the charges preferred by Charles C. Barton, a passed midshipman of the United States Navy, against Captain Jesse D. Elliott, while in command of the Mediterranean Squadron, together with all the communications in relation to said charges on the files of the Navy Department. February 14, 1839. Indiana -- inhabitants of Washington County. Petition of James Chambers and one hundred and twenty other citizens, praying Congress to make certain grants to citizens of the United States who may make settlements and become permanent residents west of the Rocky Mountains. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank of the State of Alabama. February 14, 1839. Claims on Mexico. Petition of certain inhabitants of New Orleans, on Mexican spoliations upon American commerce. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Admission of Florida. Memorial of the people of the Territory of Florida, for admission into the Union. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Passengers arrived in the United States in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of passengers arrived in the United States during the year 1838. February 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveyor General's Office -- Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting documents respecting the establishment of a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois. February 20, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 107, providing for the establishment of a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois. Letter of the Attorney General -- tenure of office of judges. (To accompany Bill No. H.R. 1059.) February 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Banks and incorporations in Florida. Proceedings and resolutions of a convention in the Territory of Florida, on the subject of banks and incorporations in that territory. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Clerks Post Office Department -- calls of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of July 9, 1838, respecting additional clerk-hire in answering calls for information by their House of Representatives. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of Elbert Anderson. Petition of the representatives of Elbert Anderson, for additional allowance on account of whiskey furnished under a contract. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Balances on the books of the Treasury. Message from the President of the United States, respecting balances on the books of the Treasury, &c. January 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Bonds -- collectors and naval officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th instant, respecting the official bonds of the collectors and naval officers of the ports of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, &c. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Annuities -- Seneca Indians -- 1837 -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting the payment of the annuities to the Seneca Indians, in the years 1837 and 1838. February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania -- ship owners, &c. Memorial from ship-owners, and others, asking for piers at the mouth of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Post-office building, &c. January 30, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Contracts -- light-houses, &c., included. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts authorized by the Treasury Department during the year 1838. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. North Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th ultimo, in relation to the non-payment of the North Carolina volunteers, &c. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Failure of mails -- New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, relative to failures of the mails to and from New Orleans. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Steam and engineering. Essay on steam, by Jacob Walter. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee upon the subject of steam boilers. State troops in service U.S. unpaid. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, calling for information "whether any of the state troops called into the service of the United States in the Cherokee country remain unpaid." February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations and expenditures of the Navy Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1838. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary between Missouri and Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, respecting the boundary-line between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Small change. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, for a law directing the coinage of small change at the Mint at Charlotte, in said state. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Commissions to agents. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of commissions claimed by agents or officers employed by the government. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. New Custom-house, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the expenditures in the construction of the new Custom-house, New York. February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. New Jersey -- half pilotage. Petition from citizens of New Jersey, &c., praying relief against the operation of the laws requiring coasting-vessels refusing to take pilots on board to pay half or whole pilotage. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Militia U.S. -- Alden Partridge and Edward [i.e., Edmund] Burke. Memorial of Alden Partridge and Edward [i.e., Edmund] Burke, appointed a committee to memorialize Congress on the subject of the militia. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Pennsylvania -- insane persons. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, praying that measures may be adopted to ascertain the number of insane persons in the several states, &c. of the Union. February 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia of the United States -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, for the year 1838, &c. February 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Boilers -- steam-engines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of commissioners to test innovations to render safe the boilers of steam-engines. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table.	90
Serial set 348	Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. February 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Negroes, &c., captured from Indians in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the disposition of Negroes and other property captured from hostile Indians during the present war in Florida, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Mississippi Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to a mail route by stages from the Mississippi City to Jackson. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont -- Canadian frontier. Memorial of inhabitants of St. Alban's, Vermont, upon the subject of the attack on the steamer Caroline, the Neutrality Law, and the disturbances on the Canadian frontier. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. New Jersey -- the public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey respecting the public lands. February 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Military works -- northeast frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1169.) February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. Mississippi Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of post offices. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mail -- Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the existing contract for carrying the mail from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. February 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Military bounty lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1167.) Letter of Commissioner of General Land Office. February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Loomis, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Legislature of Illinois -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, versus an independent Treasury, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbor of Baltimore. Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, praying a continuance of the appropriation heretofore made for preserving the harbor. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Marble or granite for public buildings. February 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Lincoln, Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Blockades -- Mexico and Rio de la Plata. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of the blockades of the Mexican coast and the Rio de la Plata. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Maine and New Brunswick. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the present state of affairs between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, calling for information respecting the number of Cherokee Indians now residing in North Carolina, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty on salt and fishing bounties. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the duty on salt and bounty to fishermen. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Condition of state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements, &c., in relation to the condition of the state banks, so far as ascertained. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table.	17

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