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Serial set 351	Eliza Mackay. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 926.) December 21, 1838. Territory of Oregon. (Supplemental report.) February 16, 1839. 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed Ellen Turney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1116.) February 6, 1839. John Metcalf. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Martha Woodliff, representative of F. Eppes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 923.) December 21, 1838. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1047.) January 17, 1839. Esther Parrott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1117.) February 6, 1839. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1042.) January 16, 1839. Robert Clark, attorney of Menzies Gilespie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1075.) January 25, 1839. Sibel Barnes -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 946.) January 2, 1839. Isaac Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1023.) January 11, 1839. Officers of the Florida militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1064.) January 23, 1839. T.D. Peurifoy. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1126.) February 6, 1839. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) January 2, 1839. January 2, 1839. Isaac Adkins. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Presley Thornton -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 935.) January 4, 1838. John Grimble [i.e., Grimball]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 938.) January 2, 1838. Roger Stayner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 909.) December 21, 1838. Bounty-land lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 916.) December 21, 1838. John Barnes -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 901.) December 21, 1838. Delegate from Wisconsin. December 21, 1838. Read, and made the special order of the House for Thursday next. Representatives of Tarlton Woodson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 920.) December 21, 1838. Colonel Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 911.) December 21, 1838. Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) December 21, 1838. Thomas Wishart -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 917.) December 21, 1838. Captain Tarpley White -- representative of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 903.) December 21, 1838. Nathan Lamme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 902.) December 21, 1838. Tarlton Woodson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 919.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 908.) December 21, 1838. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 900.) December 21, 1838. Samuel O. Pettus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 918.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 921.) December 21, 1838. Henry Hill. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 913.) December 21, 1838. Wm. Langbourne -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 915.) December 21, 1838. Griffith Coombe and J.P. Ingle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 899.) December 21, 1838. Lieut. James Conway -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 906.) December 21, 1838. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 905.) December 21, 1838. Archange Lecroix, administratrix of Hubert Lecroix, deceased. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lieutenant Colonel William Fontaine -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 912.) December 21, 1838. T. Rogers -- administrator of Charles Binns. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 907.) December 21, 1838. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 914.) December 21, 1838. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 929.) December 21, 1838. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 931.) December 21, 1838. Parthenia Beard. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Susannah Rowe, widow of John Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 930.) December 21, 1838. Col. Thomas Knowlton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) January 2, 1839. Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 932.) December 21, 1838. Hiram Humphreys. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Himes. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 933.) December 21, 1838. Joel Martin. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 928.) December 21, 1838. David Bartlett. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph L. Milligan. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John Wilkinson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 937.) January 2, 1839. Solomon Prewett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 925.) December 21, 1838. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) December 21, 1838. Jonathan Davis. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Davis. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 936.) January 2, 1839. Representatives of Charles Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 922.) December 21, 1838. Jonathan Dye -- the heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 941.) January 2, 1839. John Peebles. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Alexander Clark. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 955.) January 2, 1839. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 947.) January 2, 1839. Lyman King. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Eunice Sanders, late Eunice Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 968.) January 2, 1839. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 963.) January 2, 1839. Corporate authorities of the City of Mobile. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 139.) January 2, 1839. Committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 954.) January 2, 1839. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 957.) January 2, 1839. Weight [i.e., Wright] Hurlbut. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1004.) January 8, 1839. Catharine Dodge. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 977.) January 4, 1839. Thomas C. Copes. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. William Tryon. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Powers. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Broadus -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 980.) January 4, 1839. Brig Despatch, and cargo. (To accompany S. Bill No. 56.) January 4, 1839. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. David and Ebenezer Robinson. (To accompany Bill S. No. 57.) January 4, 1839. Benedict J. Heard. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Taylor. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 34.) January 4, 1839. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 978.) January 4, 1839. John F. Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 972.) January 4, 1839. Tennessee to issue grants, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) December 22, 1837. January 8, 1839. -- Ordered to be reprinted. George G. Allen. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Rignald, alias Nick Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 979.) January 4, 1839. William A. Whitehead. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 974.) January 4, 1839. Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 986.) January 8, 1839. Frederick Richmond. (To accompany Bill H.R. 973.) January 4, 1839. John Broome. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John McDowel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 985.) January 8, 1839. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1997.) January 9, 1839. John McColgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1020.) January 11, 1839. Harvey Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 997.) January 9, 1839. T.F. Peterson. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Maria Kershaw. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip Catner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1022.) January 11, 1839. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1017.) January 10, 1839 Ann Ross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1006.) January 9, 1839. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 990.) January 9, 1839. David Rollins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1000.) January 9, 1839. Nicholas Phelan -- heir of John Phelan, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1011.) January 9, 1839. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1015.) January 10, 1839. Rosaline Prudhomme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1013.) January 10, 1839. William W. Scott. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John McKinnie. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1016.) January 10, 1839. A. L. Deblieux. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Stout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry M. Fleury. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1001.) January 9, 1839. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 999.) January 9, 1839. John Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1002.) January 9, 1839. Susannah Hoagland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 991.) January 9, 1839. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1003.) January 9, 1839. Walker, Kinkle, & Carothers; Peters, Moore, & Co.; and Rhodes & Austill -- mail contractors. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1012.) January 10, 1839. William B. Livesay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1021.) January 11, 1839. Henry Grady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1008.) January 9, 1839. Dr. Sylvester Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 997 [i.e., 998].) January 9, 1839. Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1019.) January 11, 1839. Mississippi lands -- act June 19, 1834. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1036.) January 9, 1839. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 989.) January 9, 1839. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 992.) January 9, 1839. Francis Watlington. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian depredations in Florida -- David R. Denham et al. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1043.) January 16, 1839. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1040.) January 16, 1839. Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Shubrick -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1025.) January 11, 1839. John De Treville -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1026.) January 11, 1839. Mary Updegraff [i.e., Updegroff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1041.) January 16, 1839. B.H. Beard and James Gray. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Moreland et al. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas M. Burland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1027.) January 11, 1839. Robert Casey. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1045.) January 16, 1839. James Maglenen -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1035.) January 15, 1839. Samuel Kerr. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claim of New Hampshire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1038.) January 16, 1839. Library -- court of appeals, &c. -- Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1029.) January 11, 1839. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1044.) January 16, 1839. Eastin and wife -- for representatives of Captain Robert D. Richardson. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Wills. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Johnson -- administrator of Louis Roy. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Samuel Jaccard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1024.) January 11, 1839. John Keeler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1046.) January 16, 1839. Andrew Logan. January 16, 1839. Rents of lead-mines in Missouri. January 15, 1839. Ordered to lie upon the table. National foundry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1032.) January 12, 1839. Read, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Charles Whitmarsh and James Gallison. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Adon Bartlet [i.e., Aden Bartlett]. January 16, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Settlement of national differences. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. John March. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1049.) January 17, 1839. Thomas Triplett. January 17, 1839. Read, and with Bill H.R. No. 552, laid upon the table. Doctor J.M. Foltz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1050.) January 17, 1839. David Bartlett. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Inhabitants of St. Augustine, Florida. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. Land for public buildings in Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1054.) January 22, 1839. Fauvel Gourand de la Martinique. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. David Griffing. January 22, 1839. Laid on the table. Richard Brannin et al. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Milnor and John Thomson [i.e., Thompson]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1066.) January 23, 1839. Samuel Hoffman. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1065. January 23, 1839. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1052.) January 22, 1839. Gilbert Howell. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1070.) January 23, 1839. W.C. Miller. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William J. Owens. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1060.) January 22, 1839. State of the Treasury and expenditures of government. January 24, 1839. Laid on the table. Abraham Forbes. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. B.M. Byrne. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1053.) January 22, 1839. Richard Mackall. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harry Pierson. January 22, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Benjamin Sayer. January 22, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. James White. January 22, 1839. Laid on the table. Marcus Spalding. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Kelly. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1082.) January 26, 1839. William Patrick. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John S. Burnett. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elias Wallen. January 25, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Moses E. Levy. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Frances Rivar. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Vause. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1078.) January 25, 1839. Public buildings in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1081.) January 26, 1839. Levi Eldridge. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Morrow. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 25, 1839. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1083.) January 26, 1839. John McClenahan. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathan Smith. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Joel Henry Dyer. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1131.) February 6, 1839. Peter W. Short. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1128.) February 6, 1839. Elizabeth Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1118.) February 6, 1839. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1123.) February 6, 1839. Cecilia Ragan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1122.) February 6, 1839. Anne Royall. February 6, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Henry Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1106.) February 6, 1839. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1129.) February 6, 1839. Marine hospital, St. Joseph, Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1095.) February 6, 1839. Brothertown Indians -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1112.) February 6, 1839. Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1120.) February 6, 1839. George Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1102.) February 6, 1839. Huldah Farlow. (To accompany Bill H. R. No. 1119.) February 6, 1839. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1099.) February 6, 1839. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill S. No. 61.) February 8, 1839. Read, and committed, with the bill, to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1121.) February 6, 1839. Lemuel C. Richmond. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1125.) February 6, 1839. Don Carlos de Villemont [i.e., Vilemont] -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1107.) February 6, 1839. Ann C. Stephenson. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1142.) February 13, 1839. Duncan N. Hennen vs. P.K. Lawrence. February 11, 1839. Read, and postponed until Thursday, the 21st of February instant. Rivers and roads in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1136.) February 9, 1839. Judges Supreme Court, Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1135.) February 9, 1839. Samuel Hatton [i.e., Hatten]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 949.) January 2, 1839. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 953.) January 2, 1839. William McPherson. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) January 2, 1839. Robert Whittet. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 956.) January 2, 1839. Executors of John Donnell [i.e., Donnel]. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Robinson. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William H. Williams. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 960.) January 2, 1839. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 971.) January 3, 1839. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 966.) January 2, 1839. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) January 2, 1839. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 970.) January 2, 1839. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) January 2, 1839. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 950.) January 2, 1839. Abraham Morrison. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel and Isaac Bell. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Cornelius Campbell et al. January 2, 1839. Read and laid on the table. George Ash. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) January 2, 1839. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 959.) January 2, 1839. Samuel Lewis. January 12, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 951.) January 2, 1839. Charles Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 969.) January 2, 1839. David Gould -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 942.) January 2, 1839. Alexander Humphrey. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) January 2, 1839. William Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 948.) January 2, 1839. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 943.) January 2, 1839. John T. Austin. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Rumsey's heirs, &c. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 46.) February 6, 1839. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1132.) February 6, 1839. Stephen White and William Fettyplace. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Collection and disbursement of the revenue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1133.) February 6, 1839. Elliot Smith, Nathan Farnsworth, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1101.) February 6, 1839. Distribution of public lands. February 7, 1839. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1127.) February 6, 1839. Joanna Bartlett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1124.) February 6, 1839. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1130.) February 6, 1839. Trustees of Dublin Township, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1104.) February 6, 1839. Maurice Wright. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Eliphalet Spafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1005.) January 9, 1839. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 952.) January 2, 1839. John H. Russell. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Kilgore [i.e., Kilgour]. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1018.) January 11, 1839.	271
Serial set 352	Elections. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule of the House. Navigation of the Ohio River. February 25, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. William Haskins. February 13, 1839. Laid on the table. Jesse H. Willis, assignee of James Minie. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Peck. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. December 6, 1838. Read; laid upon the table for one day, under the rule of the House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams submitted the following resolutions... Amend the rules. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day United States and Great Britain. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule. Elections for Representatives. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House. Resolutions for distributing the President's message. December 26, 1838. Proposed in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Blockade of Mexico. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House. Expenses Seminole War, &c. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table under the rule. Public moneys. January 8, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Lands ceded to the United States by Virginia. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 29th ultimo, on the distribution of the public lands. Disbursing public money. January 14, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Stone for public buildings. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Manner of filing papers in the General Post Office -- charges of bad conduct, &c. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Organization of Congress at commencement of session. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Thomas W. Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1144.) February 13, 1839. Public post, and conveyance of letters. February 11, 1839. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Representatives of William Williams, Sr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1145.) February 13, 1839. Reess, Roche, and Reess. February 13, 1839. Laid on the table. Charles Sumption. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Gates Hoit. February 13, 1839. Laid upon the table. Milus W. Dickey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1143.) February 13, 1839. Isaiah Rogers and Richard Bond. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1151.) February 16, 1839. Burnett Burdsall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1153.) February 16, 1839. Brackett Baldwin. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1156.) February 16, 1839. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1155.) February 16, 1839. Massachusetts -- inhabitants of Springfield. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1152.) February 16, 1839. Asa and Jabez L. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 107.) February 16, 1839. Representatives of William Anderson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1147.) February 16, 1839. Public lands. February 15, 1839. Ordered to be printed. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1154.) February 16, 1839. Christian Brougher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1173.) February 25, 1839. Owen McCue. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Special committee on Commodore Elliott's case. February 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco trade. February 25, 1839. Read, laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. William P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1163.) February 25, 1839. Accounts of Commissioner of Public Buildings. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Thomas. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1162.) February 25, 1839. Elnathan Sears. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1172.) February 25, 1839. William H. Spiller. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature of Illinois -- relative to prospective pre-emption law. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1166.) February 25, 1839. Trade with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Young. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John M. Pounds. February 25, 1839. Margaret Wade. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob White. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public buildings -- marble or granite. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Bently. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1171.) February 25, 1839. Reservations of land under fourteenth article of treaty of 1830 with the Choctaw Indians. (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) February 22, 1839. Georgia claim. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1174.) February 26, 1839. Disturbance in Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1176.) February 28, 1839. Read, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Defalcations. Reports of majority and minority. Wednesday, February 27, 1839... Report of the Committee of Investigation, chosen by ballot by the House of Representatives January 17 and 19, 1839, on the subject of the defalcations of Samuel Swartwout and others, and the correctness of the returns of collectors and receivers of the public money; also, the report of the minority of the Committee. Maine -- N.E. boundary. March 1, 1839. Dade Institute -- Florida. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Major William Gates. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Canal -- Atlantic to Pacific. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appointment of certain officers. March 2, 1839. Read, and agreed to by the House. Clerk of the Supreme Court -- fees. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Lewis Fleischmann -- sugar-beet. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims on Mexico. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. William Dawson and others -- tariff. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Smithsonian bequest. January 26, 1839. Ordered to be printed.	69
Serial set 353	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839, and in the sixty-fourth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 354	List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1839-40. December 16, 1839. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 24, 1839. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 24, 1839. 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 first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 24, 1839. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the money received on account of their lands, &c. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the expediency of a change in the system of marine hospitals. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department for the year ending November 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.	11
Serial set 355	In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in the following words: "Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to confirm to the State of Indiana the land claimed and selected by her"... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the amendment of the organic law of that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered that 500 additional copies be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the construction of a levee on the south bank of Red River; the opening of the Bayou L'eau Bleue, the validity of titles to land under French and Spanish grants; and in relation to the 16th sections in that state. December 30, 1839. Ordered to be printed; and that the first and third resolutions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and the second to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the establishment of certain post routes. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of surrendering to the State of Maryland the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying a donation of land for the establishment of a college in that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Petition of the heirs of James Sympson, praying the confirmation of their title to a tract of land. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of permitting officers of the Army to retire on half pay. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Amendment proposed by Mr. Lumpkin, to the motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. January 7, 1840. Submitted, referred with said motion to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the description of papers deemed necessary to be provided by law for the use and protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the law providing for taking the sixth census of the United States. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Forry, praying Congress to provide for the publication of a meteorological and statistical register. December 27, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Calhoun, Linn, and Spence, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Linn, in relation to the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. December 18, 1839. Submitted. December 30, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Preston, Wall, Pierce and Walker, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the 13th and 14th sections of the "Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money," approved June 23, 1836. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. December 27, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 3, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a catalogue of all the laws, and of all the legislative and Executive journals and documents, of the several states and territories, now in the Library. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hall J. Kelley, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory for the purpose of establishing a colony thereon. December 27, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. January 10, 1838. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 18.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of Loomis and Gay, report... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William Easby, report... Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension to French vessels coming from Guiana and Senegal of the benefits granted by the act of 9th of May, 1828, to French vessels from the islands of Gaudaloupe and Martinique; and also the repayment of the duties levied on the French ship Alexandre. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia on the 1st of January, 1840. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 98.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a national foundry within that state. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, opposed to any measure to divide the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, in relation to the disposal of public lands. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation for the removal and subsistence of a number of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. January 7, 1840. Submitted by Hon. Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of F.A. Chevalier de Gerstner, praying to be allowed a copyright for his publication in this country for a period of five years. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that office since the 17th December, 1838. December 30, 1839 -- read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate; and 500 copies for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the War Department, and of the offices and bureaus attached thereto, during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the naval establishment for the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, to procure an additional appropriation of land to satisfy outstanding military bounty land warrants. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of a metallic currency and the adoption of the independent Treasury system. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of the chief warriors and chiefs of the Six and Seneca Nations of Indians. Praying that the action of the Senate on the Treaty with the Seneca Indians may be suspended, &c., &c. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the repeal of the naturalization laws. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Missouri, praying a donation of land to settlers in the Oregon Territory. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement showing the contingent expenses of that Department during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Andrew Armstrong, report... Petition of the religious order of the "Ladies of the Sacred Heart," at the City of St. Louis, Missouri, praying that a charitable donation, sent to them from the City of Paris, may pass duty free. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Albin Michel, on behalf of the heirs of Madame de Lusser, praying the confirmation of a grant of land in Mobile, in the State of Alabama. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 55. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the adjustment of the boundary line between that territory and the State of Missouri. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional information in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, showing the operations of the Topographical Bureau during the year 1839. January 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	47
Serial set 356	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. January 27, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of John A.L. Norman, of Florida, acting under the resolutions of the Legislative Council of said territory, asking Congress to grant a township of land for the establishment of the Dade Institute of Florida, beg leave to report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the amounts paid for private claims under special acts of Congress during the last five years. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 168.) The Committee of Claims made the following report on the petition of Converse and Rees... Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of discharging liens and encumbrances upon real estate, which has or may become the property of the United States. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of East Florida, praying the passage of a law erecting and organizing that portion of Florida, which lies east of the Suwanee River, into a separate and distinct territory. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Betts submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... Memorial of a committee of the American Silk Society, praying the aid and patronage of Congress, in the publication and gratuitous circulation of the Journal of the said Society. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Western Academy of Natural Sciences, at St. Louis, Missouri, praying the aid of the general government, in the purchase of a library and instruments, the erection of a suitable building, and the purchase of a lot of ground for a botanic garden. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 99.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was committed "A Bill To Repeal Certain Acts Respecting Navy Pensions, and Making Further Provisions in Relation to Navy Pensions," have had the same under consideration, and report the same as taken into a new draft... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith, report... Report from the Secretary of War, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the service of the War Department during the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of the year. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Norriss, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the condition of the two per cent fund reserved for making a road or roads leading to the State of Mississippi. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the exaction of duties from, and the description of papers furnished to, vessels employed in the whale fishery. January 13, 1840. 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 abandonment of Rock Island as a military post. January 14, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the adoption of measures for the speedy and permanent adjustment of the title of the United States to the Territory of Oregon. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph L. Smith, and others, praying that the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to make an annual report on the agricultural interests of the Union. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Cairo City Canal Company, praying that the City of Cairo may be selected as a site for a national armory. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Wesley Monette, praying the confirmation of his title to certain tracts of land. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, explaining the causes of the delay in the publication and distribution of the Biennial Register. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the confirmation of the claims of Francis Laventure and others, to certain lands in said territory. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the Indian Department for the year 1840. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, respecting the prices of certain stocks in the London and home markets. January 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the court of inquiry, in the case of Lieutenant Colonel Brant. January 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the several offices of that Department during the year 1839. January 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States, with all foreign nations. December 30, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 13, 1840. Committee discharged, and the report ordered to be printed; and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate, and 500 additional copies for the use of the State Department. Memorial of a number of citizens of Racine in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the construction of a harbor at that place. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank notes, by the officers of that Department. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Archibald S. Campbell, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 158.) The Committee on Commerce report upon the petition of Enoch Baldwin as follows... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Julia L. Weed, widow of the late Captain Weed... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 36.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill for the relief of Samuel Warner... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the banks which have recently suspended specie payments, &c. January 9, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 13, 1840. Committee discharged, and the message laid on the table and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the establishment of a marine hospital at the mouth of the Arkansas River. January 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, approving the policy and measures of the administration, and instructing the senators, and requesting the representatives, from that state, to support the same. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, praying the improvement and repair of certain streets, and the establishment of a hospital and lunatic asylum, in said city. January 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Josiah Sturges... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Irvine Shubrick, praying for additional pay for services performed as commander of the United States frigate Potomac, report... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying an appropriation for the completion of the road from Dubuque, to the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Ann Eliza Laurie, praying the payment of arrears of pension due her as one of the heirs of Captain Tarbell, late of the United States Navy, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the amounts paid for pensions, under special acts of Congress, during the last five years. January 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of William Cox... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 22.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred "A Bill To Authorize the New Albany and Mount Carmel Railroad Company To Enter on Credit a Quantity of Land To Aid the Company in the Construction of a Railroad from New Albany, Indiana, to Mount Carmel, Illinois, and for Other Purposes,"... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of John H. Piatt... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Pensions, to which were referred the petition and papers in the case of Arthur Matthews, made the following report... Petition of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, praying that their pre-emption rights to said lands may not be affected by the grant to the "Polish exiles." January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 187.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John H. McIntosh, praying compensation for property destroyed by the Indians, and United States troops in Florida, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country. January 27, 1840. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, estimates showing the cost of the extension and completion of the Cumberland Road to Jefferson City, in the State of Missouri. January 27, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, 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 northeastern boundary and the jurisdiction of the disputed territory; and, also, in relation to the establishment of military posts in the State of Maine. January 23, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying an appropriation for the erection of a penitentiary in that territory. January 23, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of his Office during the year 1839. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1839. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jubal B. Hancock, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the creation of a new land district in that state. January 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 13. Documents relating to the claims of certain companies of Missouri Volunteers, for payment for their services in the years 1829 and 1836. December 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 22, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 183. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George Whitman... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of John Whitehead, for himself and others, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the memorial of the Western Steamship Company of Bristol, the British and American Steamship Navigation Company of London, and the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company of Liverpool... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 186.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Stone, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury. January 27, 1840. 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 at Milwaukie, Racine, Southport, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, on Lake Michigan. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Henry Fry, late a purser in the United States Navy, report...	65
Serial set 357	In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Ralston, praying compensation for two slaves drowned while in the employ of the United States, report... Memorial of James Brown and others, praying that a duty may be imposed on importations of silk goods. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplementary report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the branch mint at New Orleans, during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the several bureaus of that Department during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Alexander Jones. Memorial of Alexander Jones, praying the employment by the government of a dredging-machine for the removal of sand bars in the Mississippi and other western waters. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which were referred the petition of William Hankins, praying compensation for a quantity of wood supplied by him under a contract with an officer of the United States Army... Document relating to a survey of the coast of the State of Mississippi. February 10, 1840. Presented by Mr. Walker, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 215.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate, in these words: "Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to continue the construction of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois..." In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1840. Submitted. February 5, 1840. Made the special order of the day for Monday, the 10th instant; ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Grundy, from the Select Committee appointed on the 7th January last, made the following report: The following resolutions introduced by a Senator from Missouri (Mr. Benton,) were referred by the Senate to a Select Committee... Petition of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Chicago, praying an appropriation to protect that city from the encroachments of Lake Michigan. February 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the trade in, and manufacture and uses of, salt. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance. February 17, 1840. Reported, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the employment of bloodhounds against the hostile Indians in Florida. February 17, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, adverse to the cession of the public lands to the states in which they are located and in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. February 17, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms manufactured for the year 1839. February 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 198.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the resolve relative to the claim of Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, for losses sustained in Florida by destruction of buildings and property by the Indians... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States for the year 1839. February 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and occupation of the disputed territory. January 29, 1840. 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, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 192.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Paschal, report... Documents relating to the claim of John C. Reynolds, for the reimbursement of a sum of money which was stolen from him while in the discharge of his duties. January 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 28, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 191. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 200.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah Cunningham, report: In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Louis M. Rivard for a pension, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a supplement to the annual report of the Chief Engineer. January 28, 1840. Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River, at the Des Moines and Rock River rapids. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1839. January 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. January 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, 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 disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. January 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the donation claims or settlement rights in the State of Mississippi, under the acts of 25th April, 1812, and 3d March, 1819. February 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 199.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petitions of James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the administrator of William Hodson, praying compensation for property destroyed by the enemy during the late war with Great Britain, have examined the same, and report... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Betsey Booth, of Connecticut, report... Petition of Joseph L. Smith and others, praying the establishment of a department of the government, to be called the Department of Agriculture and Education. February 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 197.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of James Smith, of Arkansas, asking permission to enter other lands in lieu of certain lands which the land officers at Little Rock sold to him by mistake, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Grignon... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of the widow of Eunice Starr, and Mary Blakesle [i.e., Blakeney]... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 30th December last, calling for information relative to the fiscal regulations of foreign countries, report... Petition of Van Dorin, Pease, & Company, asking a right of way through the public lands, for a railroad from the mineral region in Missouri to the Mississippi River. January 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 194. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Allen, of New Hampshire, report... Memorial of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, praying the purchase, by the United States, of the individual stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. February 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1839. February 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Document on the subject of preventing the destruction of steamboats by fire. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the massacres committed, and the property destroyed, by the hostile Indians in Florida. January 29, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the contracts made in that Department during the year 1839, and the expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund during the year 1838. February 3, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of Reports of the Topographical Bureau in Relation to Internal Improvements in the Territory of Wisconsin, in Obedience to a Resolution of the Senate of the 15th Instant. January 31, 1840. Read, and Ordered To Be Printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 196.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Mobile, beg leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Elliott, praying remuneration for a horse lost in the military service of the United States, having considered the same, report... Motion submitted by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the indebtedness of the several states, and the propriety of distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among them. February 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Taylor, praying remuneration for a quantity of staves burnt by the troops of the United States... Memorial of Silas M. Stilwell and others, citizens of New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Tappan, to amend the joint rules of the two Houses. February 3, 1840. Submitted. February 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Britton Evans, praying remuneration for property lost in consequence of being wrecked while in the service of the United States, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the relative cost and superiority of brass and iron cannon. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Kentucky, praying the adoption of measures to promote the settlement of the Oregon Territory. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 206,) "To Quiet the Titles of Certain Land Claimants in the States of Missouri and Arkansas, and for Other Purposes." February 10, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 212.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of John H. Sheppard, administrator of Abiel Wood, report... Motions submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the regulation of foreign commerce. February 10, 1840. The following motions submitted by Mr. Benton, on the 26th February, 1831, were read, and ordered to be printed. Memoir, historical and political, of the northwest coast of North America, and the adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and geographical view of those countries. By Robert Greenhow, translator and librarian to the Department of State. February 10, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, from the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory; and ordered to be printed, and that 2,500 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Statement of the payments on account of the public debt, &c., &c., from 1789 to 1839. February 6, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton. 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 for the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance, in part, with resolutions of the Senate, in relation to the Louisville and Portland Canal. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Dunham, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the payments made on account of miscellaneous claims, during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, to obtain the establishment of a mail route. February 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., praying the establishment of a congress of nations for the adjustment of international difficulties. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Hancock and others, praying an increase of the duty on silk. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Pardy, praying an extra compensation for the occupation of his house for the city post office, report... Petition of a number of manufacturers of umbrellas and parasols in the City of Philadelphia, praying the imposition of a duty on imported silk umbrellas and parasols. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a donation of land to Peter Houston, for his services in the Revolutionary War. February 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the memorial of the heirs of Anderson Lane... Memorial of the Polish exiles, praying that they may be allowed to settle and cultivate the lands heretofore granted to them by the United States. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 17, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Radcliff, for compensation for timber destroyed at the Navy yard in Washington... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the cession to that state of the unsold public lands within its limits. February 17, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Morton, and John S. Larrabee, praying to be indemnified for losses sustained as sureties of Walter Sheldon, a district paymaster of the United States Army, report... Message from the President of the United States, in regard to the necessity of an early provision by law, for the protection of the Treasury against the fluctuations and contingencies to which its receipts are exposed. February 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.	73
Serial set 358	Motion submitted by Mr. Calhoun, in relation to the national rights of vessels forced by stress of weather into friendly ports, and the seizure of the brig Enterprise under those circumstances. March 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to authorize circuit judges of the United States to surrender fugitives from justice. March 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents submitted by Mr. Lumpkin Document relating to the Bill (S. 246) "For the Organization of a Company of Sappers, Miners, and Pontoniers." February 28, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of William Barclay, to locate one thousand acres of land in right of his father, George Barclay,"... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 240.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Reynell Coates and Walter R. Johnson, esquires, has had the same under consideration, and reports... Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the renewal and modification of the charter of said city. February 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Ireland... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Edward Holyoke and others, heirs at law of Silence Elliott, report... In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 104.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Lefever, made the following report... Documents relating to the confirmation of the claim of Jonathan Carver to a tract of land. February 18, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, and ordered to be printed, and that one hundred additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Adam Hall for remuneration for two horses lost in the service of the United States in 1814, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John G. Mackall, praying compensation for the destruction of a house by the enemy during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 57.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Francis Laventure, Ebenezer Childs, and Linus Thompson, with sundry memorials and remonstrances on the subject, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 249.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William P. Rathbone, report... Resolution of the House of Representatives of Florida Territory, to procure the passage of a law to authorize the sale of certain lots in the Town of St. Mark's, in that territory. March 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Michigan, praying the erection of a light-house, and the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Clinton River, on Lake St. Clair. March 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany the Joint Resolution, S. No. 5.) The Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1840. Submitted, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of a delegation of the Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormons, report... Report from the Mayor of the City of Alexandria, in relation to the destruction of outstanding due-bills by the Corporation of Alexandria, in pursuance of the act of Congress of June 30, 1834. March 3, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 252.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William M. Sneed, Stephen K. Sneed, and Richard Sneed, have had the same under consideration, with the accompanying documents, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 180.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to explain and amend the fifth section of the act, passed 30th June, 1834, for the better organization of the United States Marine Corps, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of the passage of the independent Treasury bill, and of the bill to graduate the price of the public lands to actual settlers, and approving the policy and measures of the late and present administrations. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William McMahon, report... Statement relating to the claims of the heirs of Madame de Lusser. February 19, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 63. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Morrow, praying for remuneration for an alleged violation of a contract for filling a space at the Washington arsenal, report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 237.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George de Passau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land in lieu of one of which he has been deprived... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 227.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James B. Morgan, for compensation as a bearer of despatches from the Governor of the Territory of Iowa, to the Secretary of State, report... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the confirmation of the claims of Francis Laventure and others, to certain lands in that territory. February 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. An act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, to incorporate the Mine a la Motte and Mississippi Railroad Company. February 19, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 233. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence between the War Department and Governor Call, concerning the war in Florida. March 12, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spence made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Select Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Forrey [i.e., Forry], M.D.... Memorial of a committee of the military convention at Norwich, Vermont, praying the revision and alteration of the system of the military defenses of the United States. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 2, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that so much thereof as relates to the militia, be referred to the Committee on the Militia. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 239.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of the executors of Henry Eckford, deceased, praying payment for the use of certain lands at Sackett's Harbor, for naval purposes, report... Petition of Zadoc Martin, praying to be allowed a pre-emption right to a tract of land. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 4, 1840. Bill reported (S. 203,) and the petition and papers ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Simeon Giron, praying permission to locate a tract of land, make the following report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of government drafts by the deposite banks since the general resumption of specie payments in 1838. February 28, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the independent Treasury bill. February 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 247.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire whether the law regulating vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam does not need amendment... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of certain widows of persons lost in the privateer service... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Lord, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Indiana, praying the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory, and the construction of a road thereto; and remonstrating against the construction of the proposed ship-canal across the isthmus of Darien. March 4, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany S. Bill No. 253.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Compton, report... Memorial of a number of merchants and importers of foreign goods, praying the revision and amendment of the revenue laws. February 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John Johnston, formerly Indian agent at Pequa, report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the papers of Joseph Wallace, claiming a tract of land in the now State of Missouri, present, for the consideration of the Senate, the following report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land to establish an asylum for the deaf and dumb, and blind. February 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain the establishment of a mail route. February 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Iowa Territory, in favor of the passage of a law to authorize the election of the governor of that territory by the people. February 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 55.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of Madame De Lusser, and Their Legal Representatives," report... Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Georgetown, praying the extension of their charter, and that of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown; the construction of a stone bridge over Rock Creek; the employment of either the Potomac Bridge or the Alexandria Aqueduct as the viaduct for the Falmouth and Alexandria Railroad; and the creation of a fund for schools in the District of Columbia. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, praying that Galena may be made a port of entry and delivery. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 238.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Francis Gehon, the late marshal of the Territory of Wisconsin... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of James McCally, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Williamson... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of the Reverend James Caldwell, praying indemnity for losses sustained by their ancestor during the Revolutionary War, and respectfully report... Document relating to the claim of John E. Bispham, for the payment of an amount of prize-money due him. February 19, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 213. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Richard S. Coxe, assignee of David Beard, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Kerr, of Newburg, in the State of New York, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the establishment of a line of military posts from the Missouri to the Oregon or Columbia River. February 26, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following amendment, as a substitute to the amendment, proposed by Mr. Buchanan, to the resolutions reported by the select committee, on the assumption, by the United States, of the debts of the several states... Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying for an alteration in a mail route. March 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and Executive Committee of the American Peace Society, praying the establishment of a congress of nations for the adjustment of international difficulties. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Two messages from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. January 29, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be reprinted, with the message received this day on the same subject, and that 5,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 263.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jean Baptiste Comeau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land, make the following report... Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their concerns. March 11, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 264.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Petition of Joseph Campau, make the following report... Memorial of the Corporation of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the surrender to the State of Maryland of the stock held by that corporation in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. March 11, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of St. Mark's, in middle Florida, praying the passage of a law to authorize the sale of certain public lots in that town. March 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of receipts and payments on account of the five per cent fund of the nett proceeds of the lands lying within the State of Alabama. March 9, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, for the benefit of the settlers on the "Platte purchase," in that state. March 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph Fawcett and others, praying Congress to call a national convention, for the purpose of restraining and adjusting abuses in the incorporation of banking companies. March 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the heirs of Robert Fulton... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Surgeon General of the Army, in relation to the selection of sites for marine hospitals on the western waters. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the passage of a pre-emption law for the better protection of actual settlers on the public lands. March 10, 1840. 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, statements showing the amounts of duties received, and drawbacks paid on the same, since 1833. March 11, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of owners and masters of steamboats running on Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan praying the amendment of the act of July 7, 1838, "To Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." March 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of stockholders in the Agricultural Bank of Natchez, residing in Philadelphia, praying an extension of time for the payment of a balance due from said bank to the United States. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of reducing the tonnage duty on Spanish vessels in certain cases. March 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Edmund P. Gaines, proposing a system of national defence, and praying its adoption by Congress. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the payment to that state of the value of the sixteenth sections in the Chickasaw cession, and a donation of the unappropriated lands in that state, for purposes of internal improvement. March 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Fleming Wood... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the creation of a land district, and the establishment of a land office, in the "Platte purchase," in that state. March 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	82
Serial set 359	In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan Murphy, report... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying a survey of the coast of that state, and the erection of fortifications on the same. March 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that so much thereof as relates to a survey of the coast be referred to the Committee on Commerce; and that so much thereof as relates to fortifications be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the removal of certain Cherokee Indians. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the separation of the government from banks, and of the passage of the independent Treasury bill. March 30, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 302.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report... In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 286.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh Stewart, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York in favor of the construction of a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. May 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Reports of the majority and minority of the Select Committee on the Origin and Character of Fishing Bounties and Allowances. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was recommitted the petition of John Nantz, for himself and others, privateer pensioners... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying that William Triplett may be confirmed in his title to a tract of land. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying a donation of land for the establishment of manual labor schools in that territory. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of George C. Johnston for the payment of certain debts due him by the Shawnee Indians. April 21, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 43, "For the Relief of William Bailey, Survivor of Bailey & Delord,"... In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A.C. Hollinger, praying remuneration for services rendered and money expended while Inspector of the Port of Mobile, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 275.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying an appropriation for the improvement of Current River. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 284.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Joseph Thompson... Statement showing the amount of the gold, silver, and copper coinage, at the Mint in London, from 1816 to 1836. March 20, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the condition of the affairs of the several banks in the District of Columbia. March 20, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of New York, in relation to the enactment of a uniform bankrupt law. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the improvement of the navigation of the Neenah, Wiskonsin, Rock, Pekatonica, Four Lakes, and Platte Rivers. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas B. Parsons, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 278.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clements, Bryan & Co., praying to be indemnified for losses sustained under a contract for furnishing supplies to emigrating Indians, report... In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to regulate the pay and emoluments of pursers in the Navy... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 276.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. W. Williams, son and heir of Captain Wm. Williams, report... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 280.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Greaves... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 279.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate confirming the claim of John Baptiste Lecompte to a tract of land in Louisiana, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the quantity and the sales of public lands in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the debts, and the removal of the Winnebago Indians. March 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 216.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Wilson P. Hunt, praying Congress to authorize the issuing of a patent to a certain tract of land confirmed to Gregoire Sarpy, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 274.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Evans, for the confirmation of his claim to certain lands, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 277.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah and Robert W. Williams, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 20.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the bill to authorize the purchase of stock for the United States in the "Louisville and Portland Canal Company," report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, as assignee of Edward Laurendine, for a confirmation of his claim to a tract of 640 acres of land, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 332.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, assignee of Cornelius McCurtin, for the confirmation of his title to a tract to land, report:... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, charged with the memorial of William D. Jones, have considered the matter of that memorial, and now report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William and James Crooks, claiming indemnity for loss sustained by the capture of their vessel, during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dixon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 330.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade, submit the following report... Documents relating to the Bill (S. 329) "To Provide for Lighting the Capitol and President's Squares, and the Pennsylvania Avenue, with Carburetted Hydrogen Gas." April 28, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of John Martin, report... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary French, widow of Benjamin French, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Hester Hill, widow of Henry Hill, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 333.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the propriety of extending the port of New Orleans, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts. April 27, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 242.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the bill "Granting to the Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company a Portion of the Public Lands for the Purpose Therein Expressed," report... Petition of Sands Stuart and John Davis, praying to be allowed the right of pre-emption to certain lands occupied by them. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of gold and silver coin, and bullion, and the annual coinage at the Mints, to the year 1839. March 18, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 285.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Aaron Vail, report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas R. Saunders, report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Newrisha... Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claim of the heirs of Robert Fulton. March 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 291 and 293 [i.e., 292].) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H. Lucas and A.P. King... Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, adverse to ceding the public lands to the states in which they lie, and in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of said lands among all the states, &c. March 23, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their concerns. March 23, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the military preparations of the British authorities on the northern frontier of the United States, from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. April 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elisha Bentley [i.e., Bently], report... In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill authorizing the payment to Don Carlos Dehault Delassus, for certain money taken from him... Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. March 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 44, for the relief of Thomas Fillebrown, Jr.,... Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of a light-house on the Bayou Bonfouca. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John W. Thompson, report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 293.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Pamela Allen, widow of Samuel Allen, report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Williams, report... Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steamvessels, on the impolicy and injustice of certain enactments contained in the law relating to steamboats, and asking to be restored in the rights and privileges which belong to other citizens engaged in navigation. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Ramsay... In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of John B. Fanning... Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the transportation of the mail in steamboats. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 290.) March 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 42) to amend an act entitled "An Act Confirming Certain Land Claims in the State of Michigan," report... Report from the Secretary of War, exhibiting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the present state of the difficulties which have existed, and the arrangements made, or attempted to be made, between the government and the Cherokee people. April 1, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying a further appropriation for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. March 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sally Ross, widow of William Ross, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of the public lands for the improvement of the two White Rivers in that state. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Bosworth, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of payments and deposites of Treasury notes. March 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of granting the franking privilege to officers of agricultural societies. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Moses Coppedge, praying to be allowed a pre-emption right to a tract of land. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 273) "To Reduce the Drawbacks on Refined Sugar and Rum, and To Reduce the Fishing Bounties and Allowances in Proportion to the Reduced Duties on Sugar, Molasses, and Salt." March 30, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Newton County, Missouri, praying a donation of land to said county for public purposes, and that the settlers on the public lands in said county be allowed the right of pre-emption. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the repeal of the duty on salt. March 31, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hiram Powers, praying that certain works of art, the production of American artists abroad, may be admitted into the United States free of duty. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans, and estimates, for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin, and Rock Rivers; the improvement of the haven of Rock River; and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake. March 25, 1840. Read. March 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the rank and commissions of Charles Wilkes, Jun., and William L. Hudson, of the United States Navy. March 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin L. Carleton, ask leave to report... Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey. praying the imposition of a duty on raw silk. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Morgan, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying an appropriation for the completion of the Cumberland Road within that state. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 174.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the administrator of Joseph Edson... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Chalmers, deceased, praying compensation for property destroyed during the last war, report... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 199.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Scrivener, for property destroyed by the enemy during the last war, and to whom was also recommitted the report and bill in the cases of James Tongue and the administrator of William Hodson, report... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 296.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of N.G. Hamilton, with the documents accompanying it, report... Memorial of the clerks in the Custom-house at Philadelphia, praying an increase of compensation. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance. April 4, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 298.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jubal B. Hancock... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the establishment of a post-route. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, on the subject of making provision for French spoliations prior to 1800. April 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a military post at or near Alexandria, in that state. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 45, report... Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in said city. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the sixteenth sections in that state. April 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Linn, widow of David Linn, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Chicago, Illinois, praying to have that place constituted a port of entry. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions from the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the construction of a road from Vidalia to Natchitoches, in that state, April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, adverse to the repeal or modification of the law giving a bounty to vessels engaged in the fisheries. April 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of John Johnson, report... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 310.) The Committee on Commerce have examined the petition of sundry citizens of the United States, praying that steamers running between Boston and the British Province of Nova Scotia may be relieved from the limitations of the Act of 1819... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 319.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims submit the following report: By reference to the report herewith submitted, it appears that the claim of John Ramsey [i.e., Ramsay], a surgeon in the Revolutionary War... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 318.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of John Jordan, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Nicholson, executor of Abner L. Duncan, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the annual amounts of drawback paid on the exportation of domestic refined sugar, since the application of the drawback system to that exportation. April 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of De Kalb County, Illinois, praying the remission of the punishment awarded to Wm. L. Mackenzie, for a violation of the neutrality laws. April 15, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No 307.) The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred certain papers relating to the claim of James H. Relfe... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1840. Submitted, made the special order of the day for the 15th instant, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred certain resolutions "in relation to the national rights of vessels forced by stress of weather into friendly ports, and the seizure of the brig Enterprise under these circumstances,"... In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom the memorial of William Duncan, attorney of Abner L. Duncan, was submitted, report... Documents relating to the joint resolution (S. 9) "Authorizing the Purchase, for the United States, of the Banking-house of the Bank of Alexandria." April 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 32, for the relief of John Howe, report... In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Willis McDonald, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of D.S. Gardiner, attorney for James Brooks, Allen Osteen, Andrew Hopkins, Charles Griffin, and Archibald Williams, report... Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, relative to the plan proposed for the defense of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Brenan, John McCully, and John McCully, administrator of Francis McCully, deceased, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Maryland and the District of Columbia, praying the imposition of a duty on imported silks. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, for a donation of land to aid the state in the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of St. Mary's. April 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives (No. 57) for the relief of Robert Milnor and John Thompson, report the same without amendment... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Prudence C. Loring, have had the same under consideration, and report... Memorial of the officers of the Corps of Engineers, against the passage of the bill "To Regulate the Pay and Emoluments of the Officers of the Line and Staff of the Army." April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 40, "For the Relief of Cornelius Tiers," report... Petition of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying the imposition of a duty on fish imported from Canada. April 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zadock Smith, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of military defences for the protection of the City of Detroit. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 308.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Wilson, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... Memorial of a committee of the pilots of Delaware Bay and River, praying the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports from the Secretaries of the Treasury and the Navy, and from the Postmaster General, in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank-notes, and the payment of government creditors in depreciated currency. April 18, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of Missouri volunteers, praying a settlement of their accounts for services rendered in Florida. April 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 317.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Frederick Seigle, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 316.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James McCrory, report... In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 46, "For the Relief of John T. Addoms, Executor of John Addoms," report... In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 38, "For the Relief of Garret Vliet [i.e., Vleit],"... In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which were referred the several messages of the President of the United States, communicating to Congress, at its present session, certain official correspondence in relation to the question of the territory in dispute with Great Britain on our northeastern frontier... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the northeastern boundary. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the drawback of duties on refined sugars. April 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to the application of a mineral solution to the preservation of timber, called "Kyanizing." April 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. April 21, 1840. Committee discharged, and 200 additional copies ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill Senate No. 189.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Miguel Eslava, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the cession to that state of the Muscle Shoals Canal. April 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 321. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 33, for the relief of the legal representatives of John Wilkinson, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 325.) The Committee of Military Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, directing them to inquire into the expediency of providing for the settlement and payment of the claim of the State of Maine, for services of her militia in the protection of the northeastern frontier of the United States, in the year 1839, report... Resolution submitted by Mr. White, in relation to the special deposites of the government, and the issues of Treasury notes. April 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of James Ware, praying to be allowed a pension on account of injuries received while a prisoner to the Tripolitans, in 1803... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 320.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Moore, report... In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James L. Schoolcraft of Michilimackinack, Michigan... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 326.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Langtry and Jenkins, report... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Bruce for remuneration on account of losses on a contract for removing obstructions in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Limpkin made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Purdom & Stokes, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of William Coley, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Phebe Nestor, widow of John Nestor, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1839. April 28, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the construction of piers at the towns of Racine and Southport, on the western shore of Lake Michigan. April 30, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Dunham, report... Documents relating to the execution of the contract of Langtree & O'Sullivan, for the printing and delivery of the Madison Papers. April 29, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of McCurdy & Whiteside... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martin Burke, report... In Senate of the United States. May 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 334.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain John De Treville, late of the Revolutionary Army, praying for the commutation of his half-pay... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert McCarty, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land, report... Documents relating to the trade and collection of tolls on the Louisville and Portland Canal. May 27, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Document No. 284. In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza A. Mellon, report... Documents showing the statistics of the City of Galena, Illinois. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	169
Serial set 360	Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slavetrade. May 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Amerman, report... In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: The Committee on Commerce has examined the several communications of Mr. Lapaute to Mr. Davis, and beg leave to submit the following report... Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the proceedings instituted under a resolution of Congress to try the title to the Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. May 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. May 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 131.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of the New England Land Company, praying indemnity for certain lands ceded to them... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 84) entitled "An Act for the Relief of William Saunders and William R. Porter, Sureties of William Estis [i.e., Estes], Late Paymaster of the Fourth Regiment of Virginia Troops Stationed at Norfolk During the Last War," report... In Senate of the United States. May 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late an officer of the United States Navy, praying to be allowed a pension, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their affairs. May 19, 1840. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the passage of a bankrupt law. May 15, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." May 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 121.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill to cede the public lands to the states within whose limits they respectively lie, on certain conditions, report... Memorial of a number of hatters in the City and State of New York, praying the imposition of a duty on silk-hats. May 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 348.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Rand, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of a board of officers appointed to witness an exhibition of Mighill Nutting's patent cylinder firearms. June 9, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. June 15, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 183, entitled, "An act for the relief of Mary Hunter," report... In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Peter Headrick [i.e., Hedrick] of the State of North Carolina," report... Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Frankfort, Maine, in favor of the construction of fortifications on the Penobscot River. June 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. No. 182, 185, 188, 203, and 204.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act for the Relief of Fielding Pratt," "An Act for the Relief of Job Wood," An Act Granting a Pension to Neil Shannon," An Act for the Relief of Levi Johnston," and "An Act for the Relief of Samuel B. Hugo," report... Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, explanatory of a memorial presented from that body to the Senate, in relation to the proposed bankrupt law. June 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 59.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elihu Hall Bay... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Stephen Olney,"... In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred an engrossed bill from the House of Representatives entilted "An Act Granting a Pension to John H. Genther, of Pennsylvania," report... In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of James Deatley," report... Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of New York, remonstrating against the amendment asked for by the memorial of the Board of Trade of that city to the proposed bankrupt law. June 10, 1840. Referred to the select committee on that subject, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts for bank-notes. June 5, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants and traders in the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the "Bill To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." June 3, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) The Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to David Mellen," report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Reuben Murray, of the State of Virginia," report... Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the renewal and modification of the charter of said city. June 5, 1840. Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Webster, relative to a reduction of the postage on letters. June 10, 1840. Submitted, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the report of Mr. Owen on the geology and mineralogy of the Territory of Iowa. June 9, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 295.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the House Bill 295, for the relief of William J. Roberts and William Detherage... Militia of the United States. In Senate of the United States, June 8, 1840. Ordered, that the report of the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives of the 20th of March, 1840, transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the militia of the United States; the letter of the Secretary of War of April 9, 1840, explanatory of the same; together with the reports of the Committee on the Militia of the House of Representatives, submitted January 17, 1817, January 9, 1818, and January 22, 1819, be printed for the use of the Senate. Attest: Asbury Dickins, Secretary. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 365, and Resolution S. 17.) The Committee on the Library has had under consideration the memorial of Mr. Alexandre Vattemare, and report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Wiskonsin, praying the confirmation of the title of Francis Laventure and others to certain lands in Milwaukie. May 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 362.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Jamison, widow of Samuel Jamison, deceased, report... Document relating to the Bill (S. 342) "Making an Appropriation for Continuing the Operation of Deepening the Channel at the Mouth of the Mississippi River." May, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Mouton, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 347) "To Establish Ports of Entry in the States of Arkansas and Missouri, and To Allow Debenture on Foreign Goods Conveyed over Land from Such Parts to Mexico." May 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Johnson and Ann Hughes, report... Message from the President of the United States, in part compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts for bank-notes. May 11, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Elliot, report... In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Benjamin Owens, report... In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Lyttleton Harper, report... Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (H.R. 100) "To Insure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports." May 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the special deposites of the government, and the issues of Treasury notes. May 19, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: On the petition of a mercantile house of Nova Scotia... In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 336.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Preston Starritt, report... Memorial of Nathan Ranney, collector for the port of St. Louis, Mo., praying increase of compensation. (To accompany S. Bill No. 340.) December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. May 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 28) for the relief of Ebenezer A. Lester, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the expenditures of the government from 1824 to 1839, inclusive. May 7, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of New York, memorializing against the passage of the Bill (H.R. 100) To Ensure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 309.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a document relating to the claim of R.K. Call, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their affairs. May 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of claims for Revolutionary services. May 19, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Cozard [i.e., Cozad], report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country. April 27, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. May 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and the Committee discharged. In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Shearborn Dearborn, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying a grant of land for the construction of a railroad from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River to the states through which said road may pass. May 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance (in part) with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the bonds issued by the Treasury of Florida. May 7, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Hall, report... In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Fielder R. Dorsett, report... In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hepzeba Walker, widow of Samuel Walker, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the adoption of the improved boarding-pistols and rifles invented by Samuel Colt. May 18, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. May 25, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard B. Mason, have had the same under consideration, and report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, D.C., praying the recharter of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, and that the banks in the District of Columbia may not be compelled to resume specie payments before a general resumption takes place in Maryland and Virginia. May 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Garrabrants, widow of Garrabrant N. Garrabrants, report... In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 349.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Edward Criddle, report... In Senate of the United States. Mary 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Ferguson, report... Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the disposition of certain presents received from the Imaum of Muscat. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Documents showing the quantity and value of the imports and exports of sugar, during the year ending September 30, 1839. June 1, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and trustees of the town of Green Bay, Wiskonsin Territory, praying the confirmation by Congress of the act of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, incorporating said town. June 1, 1840 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, praying the amendment of the bill (S. 324) "To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." June 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act for the Relief of Phebe Dickman, widow of John Dickman," and also the petition of said Phebe, report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Catharine Allen, Widow of Henry Allen," report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lot Stricklin, report... Petition of Samuel Martin, praying a reduction of the rates of letter postage. May 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to regulate enlistments into the Army and Navy, report... In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 360.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas G. Prettyman, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 184) for the relief of John Keeler, report... In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ambrose Carey, report... Memorial of numerous citizens of Illinois, praying an appropriation of public lands for the improvement of Rock River. May 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey of a site for a fortification on the coast of the State of Mississippi. May 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 359.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Snow, widow of Jonas Snow, report... Letter from Alexandre Vattemare. June 15, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Mathew [i.e., Matthew] Wiley," report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Wealthy Barker, Widow of (Isaac) Barker, Deceased," report... In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Restoring the Name of John Lathram to the Pension-Roll, " report... Memorial of Joseph L. Smith and others, praying that the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to make an annual report on the agricultural interests of the Union. June 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Alexander H. Everett,"... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Elizabeth Case, Widow of James Case, Deceased," report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the payment of government creditors in depreciated currency. June 5, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 367.) The Committee on Commerce, having had under consideration the resolution of the Senate instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of modifying the law in relation to seamen discharged in foreign ports, report thereon as follows... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, made the following report: The Committee on the Militia, to whom was referred so much of the report of the Secretary of War, as relates to the reorganization and discipline of the militia, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An act for the relief of the heirs of Michael Seitsinger," report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred an engrossed bill from the House, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William A. Cuddeback," report... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 296.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 296) for the relief of John Roberts... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 363.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 163, for the relief of William R. Davis, report... Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, praying the adoption of certain provisions in the proposed bankrupt law. June 11, 1840. Referred to the select committee on that subject, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Benjamin Mitchell,"... Memorial of a number of underwriters in the City of New Orleans, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. June 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the Oregon Territory, praying the extension of the jurisdiction and laws of the United States over that territory. June 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 81.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 81) entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Wallis, and the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Robert Leckie, and of Jeremiah D. Hayden, Deceased," report... Petition of a number of hatters in Newark, New Jersey, praying the imposition of a duty on imported hats. June 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence in relation to the proceedings which have taken place for the recovery of Peapatch Island. June 8, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Ann Bloomfield," report... Report from the Commissioner of Pensions, on the claim of Conrad Widrig for a pension. June 5, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. No. 157. In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An act for the relief of James Phelps..." Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of Captain Sanders's report on the improvement of the falls of the Ohio River. June 5, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the establishment of a post-route. June 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 77.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 77) entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Representatives of Thomas Atkinson, Deceased," report... Petition of the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, praying indemnification for property destroyed by the enemy during the Revolutionary War. June 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Mary W. Thompson, praying compensation for extra services rendered by her late husband while an officer in the United States Army. June 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 364.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 364, for the relief of Ephraim D. Dixon...	113
Serial set 361	Memorial of a committee of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 378) "To Amend and Continue in Force the Act To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." July 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying an appropriation for the construction of a number of wrought-iron cannon, on the plan invented by him. June 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 209, 218, 239, 240, and 242.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 218) for the Relief of Joseph W. Knipe;" "An Act (H.R. 239) for the Relief of Simon Knipe [i.e., Simon Knight], of New York;" "An Act (H.R. 240) for the Relief of Robert Lucas;" "An Act (H.R. 242) for the Relief of Wilfred Knott;" and "An Act (H.R. 209) for the Relief of Myron Chapin," report... Memorials and documents in favor of the construction of harbors at Milwaukie, Racine, and Southport, on Lake Michigan. June 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 187, 192, 216, and 219.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 192) for the Relief of James Bailey;" "An Act (H.R. 216) for the Relief of William Sloan;" "An Act (H.R. 187) for the Relief of Samuel M. Asbury;" and "An Act (H.R. 219) for the Relief of Levi M. Roberts;" report... Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the electors of Dutchess County, New York, in favor of the immediate passage of a bankrupt law. June 19, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of revenue received between the end of the last fiscal year, and the first day of the present month. June 19, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of David Green, of Weare, in the State of New Hampshire, and the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. Nos. 190, 195, 196, 198, 205, and 206.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An act (H.R. 190) for the benefit of Thomas Collins," "An act (H.R. 196) granting a pension to John H. Lincoln," " An act (H.R. 195) for the relief of Hiram Saul," "An act (H.R. 198) for the relief of Nathaniel Davis," "An act (H.R. 205) for the relief of Barton Hooper," and "An act (H.R. 206) for the relief of Isaac Justice," report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 373.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, assignee of George Tucker, for the confirmation of his claim to a tract of eighty arpens square, report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 168 and 170.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 168) for the Relief of William York," and "An Act (H.R. 170) Granting a Pension to John Black, of the State of Georgia," report... In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 372.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of the legal representatives of the widow of Gaspard Phiole to enter a confirmed land claim, report... Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of New York, praying the insertion, in any bankrupt law to be passed by Congress, of a provision, requiring the concurrence of a majority in interest of creditors to entitle the debtor to a discharge. June 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 225, 231, 234.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 234) for the Relief of Josiah Strong," "An Act (H.R. 225) for the Relief of Samuel Brown," and "An Act (H.R. 234) [i.e., H.R. 231]for the Relief of Lieutenant John Allison," report... Militia of the United States. In Senate of the United States, June 16, 1840. Ordered, That ten thousand copies be printed of the report of the Secretary of War of March 20, 1840, communicating his plan for the organization of the militia of the United States, and his explanatory letter of April 8, 1840; together with the report of the Secretary of War of January 21, 1790, on the same subject; and the two reports of the Committee on the Militia made to the House of Representatives January 14, 1817, and January 9, 1818; also the bills accompanying the reports of January 17, 1817, and January 9, 1818, and also the act of May 8, 1792, "More Effectually to Provide for the National Defence, by Establishing an Uniform Militia Throughout the United States," and the act of March 2, 1803, "in Addition to an Act Entitled 'an Act More Effectually to Provide for the National Defence, by Establishing an Uniform Militia Throughout the United States.'" Attest: Asbury Dickens, Secretary. Message from the President of the United States, exhibiting the transfers of appropriations in the Navy Department since the commencement of the present year. July 2, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill To Provide for Satisfying Outstanding Claims to Bounty Lands for Military Services in the Late War with Great Britain... In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 379.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claims of John Mitchell and B.F. Fox, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, remonstrating against the passage of any law compelling owners of steamboats to use any particular description of machinery. June 29, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claims of Wallis and Arthur, and others, for compensation for rations furnished to, and the use of wagons, &c. by, the Missouri volunteers, who were called into the service of the United States, in 1836, against the Sac and Iowa Indians. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. June 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Patriotic Bank of Washington, praying an extension of their charter. July 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, 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 1839. July 3, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. No. 221, 224, and 241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. No. 221) Granting a Pension to William Butterfield," "An Act (H.R. No. 224) for the Relief of David Wilson," and "An Act (H.R. No. 241) Granting a Pension to John Brown," report... In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 217, 220, 229.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 229) for the Relief of Benjamin McCullock [i.e., McCulloch]"; "An Act (H.R. 217) for the Relief of Robert Whittet"; and "An Act (H.R. 220) Granting a Pension to Lyman N. Cook," report... 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, 1839. June 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 377.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claims of the heirs of Antonio Gras, report... Petition of a number of citizens of the Town and County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying the retrocession of that part of said district to the State of Virginia. July 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Statements showing 1st, appropriations made during the 1st session of the 26th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. August 4, 1840. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes." Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the superintendent of the construction of standard weights and measures. July 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of Captain M.C. Perry, in relation to the light-houses of England and France. July 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the petition of H.L. Thistle was referred, present the accompanying communication from the Ordnance board... Resolutions of the 3d Municipality of the City of New Orleans, against the extension of the limits of the port of New Orleans. July 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown, the Bank of the Metropolis, and the Patriotic Bank of Washington, praying the extension of their charters until the 4th of March next. July 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia; resolution (S. 22) reported. July 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the aggregate amount and value of all imports, deducting reshipments; and the aggregate amount of duties collected in each state of the Union, since 1821. July 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the purchases of Indian lands since the establishment of the present Federal Government. July 20, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom a resolution was referred, instructing them "to inquire into the expediency of requiring forts to be erected on the western extremity of Ship Island, and on the bar or middle ground between Cat and Ship Islands, in the State of Mississippi,"... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the military and naval preparations of the British authorities on the northern frontier of the United States. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, which was instructed "to inquire into the expediency of appropriating $500, to be expended under the direction of the Secretaries of War and Navy, for the purpose of preserving and arranging for inspection and reference the mineral and geological specimens belonging to the government," report... In Senate of the United States. June 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 122, 131, 135, and 152.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 135) Granting a Pension to Elijah Fouchee [i.e., Foochee];" "An Act (H.R. 131) for the Relief of Hugh Davis;" "An Act (H.R. 122) for the Relief of Jabez Collins;" " and "An Act (H.R. 152) for the Relief of Thruston Cornell," report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Louisa S. Owen, widow and administratrix of G.W. Owen, deceased, late collector of the Customs for the port of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, report... Memorial of a number of masters of vessels engaged in the commerce of the City of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2d, 1837, concerning pilots. June 29, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to the claims of Isaac Austin, Elijah Blodget, Stephen Appleby, Isaac Boyd, and William Glover. June 30, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Pierce, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the construction of certain roads in the Territory of Iowa. July 7, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 225.) Petition of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying the enactment of a law requiring the use in steamboats of Raub's safety-valve. July 7, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New Orleans, praying the amendment of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. June 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary. June 29, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 381.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of John McClanahan for a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. June 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 383.) The Committee on Commerce have again considered the memorial of certain officers of the Revenue Service, who were placed under the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, and further report... In Senate of the United States. June 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the memorial of Gilbert Stalker and N.B. Hill, with additional documents, report... Memorial of the marine insurance companies of the City of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. July 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) On the petition of Gilbert Smith to be allowed a bounty on the schooner Lilly, engaged in the fishery... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the appropriations to be expended in the District of Columbia since the location of the seat of government therein. July 9, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1840. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Jackson County, Alabama, praying the payment of claims of certain Alabama volunteers for horses lost and killed in a campaign against the Seminole Indians, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Detroit, praying an appropriation for the completion of a railroad from that city to the northern boundary of the State of Ohio. July 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the transfer to the State of Maryland of the stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, standing in the name of the United States. July 11, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Resolution S. No. 21. Documents relating to the opening of an inlet at or near Nag's Head, on the coast of North Carolina. July 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the daily employment of the several officers of the customs. December 24, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. July 16, 1840. Discharged, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the renewal of the charters of the banks in the District of Columbia. July 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of tobacco planters, in the State of Kentucky, praying the adoption of measures to cause that staple to be received into European markets on fair and liberal terms. June 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 378) "To Amend and Continue in Force the Acts To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." July 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) The Select Committee, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives "To Establish a Uniform Rule of Computing the Mileage of Members of Congress,"... In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1840. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, directing an inquiry into the expediency of compensating Hiram H. Lewis and William T. Lewis, for two horses lost by them while in the military service of the United States, report...	62
Serial set 362	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839, in the sixty-fourth year of the independence of the said states.	1
Serial set 363	list of reports to be made to Congress at the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House by the Chief Clerk. December 2, 1839. Estimates for 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the estimate of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1840. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table. Iowa and Missouri -- boundary. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the dispute between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa, respecting the boundary line between the said state and territory. December 27, 1839. 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 first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. December 27, 1839. Ordered, that 15,000 copies of the message of the President of the United States, without the accompanying documents, and 5,000 copies with the documents, be printed; that the 15,000 copies without the documents be furnished within four days; and that the printing be executed under the direction of the Clerk. Abstract of returns of registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of registered seamen. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Department of State for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Finance -- and estimate of appropriations for 1840. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances; also an estimate of appropriations for the year 1840. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table. December 30, 1839. Ten thousand copies extra ordered to be printed. Charles J. Ingersoll. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the accounts of Charles J. Ingersoll. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Annual expenditure from 1789 to 1837, and losses by public defalcations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of moneys expended by each administration of the government from 1789 to 1837, and the amount annually lost by defalcations of public officers. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriations -- Treasury Department, 1839. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury of a transfer of appropriations under the act of the 3d of March, 1809. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Transfer of appropriation -- War Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War of transfers of appropriations under the act of 3rd March, 1809, &c. &c. December 30, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures.	11
Serial set 364	Sale of damaged or useless paper. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the sale of damaged or useless paper, under the authority of a resolution of the House of December 31, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Accounts. Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Report of the Clerk House of Representatives U.S. of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Accounts. Applicants for pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the acting Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to Revolutionary, invalid, and other pensioners, who have made application for pensions or renewal of pensions. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National foundry -- Connecticut. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, upon the subject of a national foundry. February 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Exploration -- South Seas. Memorial of Edmund Fanning, respectfully soliciting a loan from Congress to the support and advancement of commerce, the fisheries, &c., by exploration in the South Seas. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Duties on imported linens, silks, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of duties on imported linens, silks, &c. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled on the books of the Fourth Auditor for three years prior to the thirtieth of September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Sixth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the law for taking the sixth census. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary -- Missouri and Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the disputed boundary between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the Navy Department for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department. Funds of the Chickasaws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Balances on the books Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Protect vessels -- whale fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Transfer of appropriations, 1839 -- naval. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of transfer of naval appropriations for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January, 1839, in relation to iron imported and used in railroads and steamboats. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Wiskonsin Mining District. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the petition of the inhabitants of the Wiskonsin mining district, praying for a redress of grievances. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reorganization of the Navy Department. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, of a plan for the reorganization of the Navy Department. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Fines, forfeitures, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, of January 14, 1839, in relation to fines and forfeitures for the last five years; also of money received as fees by any officers of the government, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and French ship Alexandre. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and to duties levied in Newport upon the French ship Alexandre. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Expenditure -- public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in obedience to the act of the 3rd March, 1829. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Public expenditures -- 1835 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, 1839, in relation to payments made at the Treasury for the years 1835 to 1838, inclusive. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Trade with the British colonial ports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the effect and operations of the existing arrangements between the United States and Great Britain, regulating the trade with the British American colonies. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of disbursements under the head of contingent expenses of the naval establishment, to September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Naval Department. Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all contracts made in his office during the year ending December 1, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Third Auditor's Office -- unsettled accounts, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting reports from the Third Auditor, viz: I. A statement of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year. II. A statement of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years. III. An abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, which remain to be accounted for. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Coast Survey -- weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of the coast survey and the progress of preparing standard weights and measures. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for the War Department for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure of the War Department. Block Island Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of a survey, with a view to the construction of a harbor on Block Island, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Operations of the General Land Office, since December 17, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the operations of said Office since December 17, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Charles Bulfinch, et al. -- lands in Oregon. Memorial of Charles Bulfinch, et al., praying that their title to certain lands in the Territory of Oregon may be confirmed. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Merchants of the United States at Canton, China. Memorial of R.B. Forbes and others, American citizens, merchants in Canton, China, for a commercial agent to be sent out to China to negotiate, if possible, a commercial treaty, with a naval force for the protection of the persons resident there, and property belonging to citizens of the United States. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the subject of the public lands. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on the revenue, &c. -- Southbridge, Mass. Memorial of inhabitants of Southbridge, Massachusetts, for a revision of the laws for the collection of duties, &c. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule. Estimates -- Indian Department -- for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 4.) January 17, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Estimate for the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for the year 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimate for the Army -- 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 5.) January 22, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimate -- Post Office Department, for 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the year 1840. January 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate for the Office of the Third Auditor for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards. Petition of Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. State of Vermont -- public lands. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, in favor of a distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several states. February 5, 1840. Read and laid upon the table. Polly Hall. Petition of Polly Hall, widow and executrix, and the heirs of Lot Hall, deceased, for remuneration for Revolutionary services and prize money. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the corporation of the City of Washington on the subject of the Smithsonian bequest. February 5, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. Ann Mix, widow of Mervine [i.e., Mervin] P. Mix. Memorial of Ann Mix, widow of M.P. Mix, late master commandant in the Navy of the United States, praying compensation for the use by the United States of the "patent manger stopper," a machine invented by, and patented to, said Mix, for paying out chain cables. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Alexandre Vattemare. Memorial of Alexandre Vattemare. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Library. Seamen of the United States. Memorial of seamen of the United States, for the correction of various abuses in the service. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.	47
Serial set 365	Contracts -- War Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts by the Department for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Against the use of spirits -- Army and Navy. Memorial of inhabitants of Addison and Steuben Counties, in the State of New York, against the use of ardent spirits in the Army and Navy. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the eleventh annual report of the directors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of disbursements from the contingent fund of the Department for 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Post Office Department. Reservation at Fort Snelling. Resolutions of the Assembly of Wiskonsin. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Real estate taken in execution, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, upon the subject of liens upon property taken in execution, and purchased for the United States, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Lands of the United States in Tennessee. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 10th of February, instant, touching the situation, quantity, quality, and probable value, of the lands of the United States lying within the limits of the State of Tennessee. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. James Thomson. Petition of James Thomson, agent of British and Foreign Bible Society, for a remission of duties of bibles imported into Canada, through the United States. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mary W. Thompson. Memorial of Mary W. Thompson, widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying for compensation for certain extra services rendered by her late husband, &c. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Wisconsin. Petition of inhabitants of Wisconsin, to separate the offices of Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Wisconsin; and that the people have leave to elect the Governor, and that the Superintendent reside among the Indians. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Foundation for statue of Washington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) March 5, 1840. 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. March 5, 1840. Ordered to be reprinted. Contracts -- Treasury Department --- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of contracts made by the Department for 1839, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury Department. Survey -- Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., Navy yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of surveys of the harbors of Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., with a view to the establishment of a Navy yard, under act of Congress of 3d March, 1837. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mint at New Orleans -- branch. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of the branch mint at New Orleans for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department -- from October 1, 1838, to September 30, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments made from the contingent funds of the Treasury Department for the year ending September 30, 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Balances due by receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due by receivers of public money, which have remained due and unpaid more than three years. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Land patents, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of February, 1839, in relation to the correcting, examining, signing, and issuing of patents, &c., &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Printing of the House of Representatives. Memorial of practical printers of the City of Washington, praying to be employed as printers of the House of Representatives of the United States. February 12, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. Militia of the United States -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, &c. &c., for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Clarke and Force's Documentary History. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the contract with Clarke and Force for the publication of the Documentary History of the United States. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Patent Office -- annual report of Commissioner. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting statements of the operations of the Patent Office for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Patents. Engineer Department -- public works. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplementary report of the Chief Engineer, in relation to certain public works under the superintendence of the Engineer Department. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Trade with China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 7th instant, calling for information respecting the condition of the citizens of the United States doing business in China, the state of the American trade with that country, &c., &c. February 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th ult., in relation to troops employed to guard the payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Joseph H. Walters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Topographical Engineer, upon the memorial of Joseph H. Walters. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Horses lost in Creek and Seminole Wars. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th instant, respecting the progress which has been made in the settlement of claims for horses lost in the Creek and Seminole Wars. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. National foundry -- inhabitants of Pennsylvania. Memorial of the inhabitants of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, favorable to the establishment of a national foundry in its anthracite region, and in the vicinity of Pottsville. March 16, 1840. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of a national foundry. Sites for marine hospitals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a report of the Surgeon General of the Army, in relation to the selection of sites for marine hospitals, &c. &c. March 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial -- Indians -- Cherokee delegation. Memorial of the delegation of the Cherokee Nation. March 9, 1840. Presented by Mr. Corwin, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 12, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Claims -- Florida War. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to claims growing out of the Florida War. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Allowances to contractors, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of allowances made to contractors within the year preceding the 1st July, 1839, &c., &c. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Removals from office since 1789. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting lists of officers who derive their appointment from the President and Senate, who have been dismissed from office since the 3d of March, 1789; rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d March, 1839. March 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. City post office -- removal of. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the removal of the Washington City Post Office. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Investments in state stocks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of moneys invested in the stocks of the several states, &c. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Compensation -- clerks, marshals, and attorneys, U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 28, 1839, respecting the compensation of district attorneys, clerks, and marshals, during the year 1839. March 18, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Wiskonsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wiskonsin, in relation to a military road from Fort Howard to Fort Snelling. March 16, 1840. Laid on the table. R.K. Call. Memorial of Richard K. Call. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Alabama Legislature -- reimburse expenses Indian wars. Preamble and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, claiming restitution for money advanced by that state on account of Indian hostilities within the same. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the boundary between the United States and the British Province of New Brunswick, called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant. March 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of tonnage duties on Spanish vessels in the ports of the United States. March 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Condition of the banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the returns of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Illinois -- Legislature -- grant land for internal improvements -- constructing railroads, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Expenses of government of Wisconsin, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of February 6, 1840, in relation to the expenses of the government of the Territory of Wisconsin, &c. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1839. 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 the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1839, and the sum paid to each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Land sold and unsold in each state since 1830. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, calling for statements of the quantity of public lands which have been sold, and remaining unsold since 1830, which have been in market for periods of 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years. February 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Massachusetts claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, concerning claim for services, disbursements, and expenditures, during the late war. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Galena Chamber of Commerce. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, relative to the obstructions of the navigation on the rapids of the Mississippi River. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Legislature of Louisiana. February 6, 1840. Read and referred, Nos. 4 and 11 to the Committee on the Public Lands, and No. 9 to the Committee on Private Land Claims. New Jersey Legislature -- contested election. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the contested election of the representatives from that state. February 6, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Indians -- Stockbridge, Wiskonsin. Petition from the Stockbridge Nation of Indians in Wiskonsin, for remuneration for the expenses of their removal from New York; and that the title to their lands be guarantied to them by the United States. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Indian warfare. Memorial of Stephen R. Riggs et al. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Jeremiah Smith. Memorials of the Legislative Assembly of Iowa, in favor of paying Jeremiah Smith for buildings destroyed, &c. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mechanics -- Navy yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. Memorial of the mechanics of the Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York, for employment. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the bill making appropriation for the naval service, for the year 1840. American Philosophical Society. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of magnetic and meteorological observations. February 5, 1840. Referred to a select committee of nine; consisting of Messrs. J.Q. Adams, Naylor, Davee, Sumter, Wise, Granger, Dawson, Duncan, Montgomery. Alabama Legislature -- Creek depredations. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking Congress to compensate certain citizens of Alabama for depredations by the Creek Indians, February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Massachusetts -- frauds on the revenue. Petition of Parks, Wright, and Company, and others, in relation to frauds upon the revenue. January 13, 1840. Debate -- laid on the table under rule. February 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Clerks -- War Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1839, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure in the War Department. Revenue cutters -- expenses of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the annual disbursements on account of each revenue cutter from 1830 to 1837, inclusive. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Appropriations -- naval service, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the annual appropriations for the naval service for the year 1839, and the expenditures of the same. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department. Reorganization of the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the Indian Department, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of March last. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Land -- Navy yard -- Charlestown, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in relation to certain lots situated within the limits of the Navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Imports and exports -- 1837 and 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of January, 1839, in relation to the imports and exports of the United States for the years 1837 and 1838. February 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Purchase of island -- confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting proceedings, under joint resolution of Congress of the 13th of February last, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Boundary -- Iowa and Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information from the Governor of Iowa, in relation to the disputed boundary between that territory and the State of Missouri. February 12, 1840. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Indian Department -- persons employed in 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names, &c., of persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of moneys, appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the War Department. Miscellaneous claims -- Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of miscellaneous claims paid at the Treasury, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms, &c., manufactured therein, from the 1st January to the 30th September, 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Steam vessels -- Revenue Service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the employment of steam vessels in the Revenue-Cutter Service. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pay of officers of the exploring expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the allowance of additional pay to the officers of the exploring expedition. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Clerks -- State Department -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks employed in his Department during the year 1839, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Maryland upon the subject of a surrender, to the said state, of the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company belonging to the United States, &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Operations of the Mint of the United States, 1839. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report showing the operations of the Mint during the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- General Post Office. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed, and the compensation of each, for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department, and the compensation allowed to each. February 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Biennial Register. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, explaining the causes which have prevented a compliance with the resolution of Congress, for the distribution of the Biennial Register. February 12, 1840. Referred to the select committee on the subject of the public printing. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1839, and of the balances unexpended. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Consuls -- Barbary powers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amounts drawn from the Treasury in the year 1839, on account of expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Spanish claims -- St. Augustine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver at St. Augustine, East Florida, upon certain Spanish claims. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Balances on books of the revenue. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances standing on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by the collectors of the Customs and others, and which have been due more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1839. February 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 26.) Estimates of the Engineer Department for 1840. February 29, 1840. Laid before the House by Mr. Vanderpoel, from the Committee of Ways and Means. State of the Treasury -- February 15, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, &c., &c. February 17, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Comptroller, of the official emoluments and expenditures, for the year 1839, of the officers of the Customs, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pension laws now in force. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of October last, in relation to the several pension laws now in force, &c. January 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. March 9, 1840. On motion of Mr. Hand, 5,000 copies of this document were ordered to be printed for the use of the members. Iowa militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February last, respecting the militia of Iowa, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1839. March 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Anderson -- plan to provide for old soldiers. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.	88
Serial set 366	Africans taken in the Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the Africans taken in the vessel called the Amistad, &c. April 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, against the distribution of the proceeds of sales of the public lands. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Harbor of Racine, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and survey of the harbor of Racine, in the Territory of Wiskonsin, &c., &c. March 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Convention -- United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a copy of a Convention for the Adjustment of Claims of Citizens of the United States of America upon the Mexican Government. April 16, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of reorganization of the militia of the United States. March 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Admiral Baudin and Commodore Shubrick. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the correspondence between Admiral Baudin and Commodore Shubrick. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana -- canal around falls of Ohio -- Indiana shore. Memorial of a committee of citizens of Jeffersonville, relating to the construction of a canal round the falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana shore. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Post -- frontier of Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, respecting the non-establishment of a military post on or near the western boundary of the State of Louisiana. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Tobacco statistics, taken from official documents and such other data as can be most relied on, submitted to the serious consideration of the tobacco planters of the United States. April 27, 1840. Printed by order of the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Lieutenant F.L. Dancy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the documents in relation to charges preferred against Lieutenant F.L. Dancy, &c. May 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mail between New York and Boston. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, respecting irregularities in the mail between New York and Boston. May 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. British naval armament on the lakes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, relative to the present British naval armament on the lakes, &c. &c. April 2, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pensions relinquished -- to restore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 191.) April 4, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mail -- Wheeling, Virginia, and Bridgeport, Ohio. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report showing the causes of the detention of the mail, and its irregularity, between Wheeling, in Virginia, and Bridgeport, in the State of Ohio. March 28, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mail -- New York to New Orleans -- irregularities. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 9th instant, respecting the failure and irregularities of the mail from New York to New Orleans, &c., &c. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Memorial of the Common Council and citizens of Troy, in the State of New York, asking the establishment of a national foundry in the vicinity of that city. March 30, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of a national foundry. Patents for land in St. Helena District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 24th ultimo, requiring of him information why no patents have been issued to claimants to, or purchasers of land in the St. Helena or Greensburg land district, in the State of Louisiana. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Massachusetts militia claim. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the correspondence between the delegation from the State of Massachusetts and the War Department, upon the subject of the claim of the said state for militia services during the last war with Great Britain. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Independent Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to the collection, safekeeping and disbursement, of the public revenue. March 30, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates of appropriations, civil and diplomatic, for 1840 -- explanations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) March 23, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Maine, Legislature of -- arms for militia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to an appropriation for the purchase of "repeating arms manufactured by Mighill Nutting of Portland, Maine, after they shall have been approved by the War Department." March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Post Office building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Board of Commissioners on the Public Buildings. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Steamboat owners -- New York and Long Island Sound. Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steamvessels, on the impolicy and injustice of certain enactments contained in the law relating to steamboats, and asking to be restored to the rights and privileges which belong to other citizens engaged in navigation. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Defense of western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, relative to the plan proposed for the defense of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Appropriation for fortifications -- explanations of estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) Documents relating to appropriations for fortifications. April 4, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Pay guard to emigrating Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 314.) January 8, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. April 4, 1840. Reprinted. Light-houses; Flynn's Knoll; Robbins Reef -- beacon; Romer Shoal -- and Gedney's Channel. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the 9th ultimo, in relation to light-houses, beacon, and Gedney's Channel. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, in relation to the value of certain gold and silver coins, specified in the acts of Congress of April 10, 1806, and June 28, 1834. April 7, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Maine and New Brunswick. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, in relation to the arrangement entered into between the Governor of Maine and the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, in the month of March last, &c., &c. April 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reorganization of the militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Militia, explanatory of the plan for reorganizing the militia of the United States, heretofore submitted to the House, &c. April 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. China trade. -- Merchants of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts. Communication from Thomas H. Perkins, and a great number of other merchants, of Boston and Salem, Mass., interested in the China trade, containing a statement of intelligence recently received from undoubted sources in China, which has not before been made publicly known. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Disbursing agents -- Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, goods, &c., for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending September 30, 1839, together with the names of sub-agents, &c. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Protective tariff. Memorial of inhabitants of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a protective tariff. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Vessels engaged in the fisheries seized by the British. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to vessels of the United States engaged in the fisheries, seized by the British authorities during the year last past. April 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Indians on northwest frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information of the assemblage of Indians on the northwestern frontier, &c. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Horses lost -- Tennessee Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ult., in relation to horses lost by the Tennessee Volunteers in the Florida war, &c. April 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Northern frontier, U.S. -- defence. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan of defence for the northern and northeastern frontiers of the United States. April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- claim of the state. April 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts -- treaty of indemnity with France, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the amount received under the treaty of indemnity with France, and the dividends payable on each, &c. April 14, 1840. Ordered to lie upon the table. Inland trade with Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, calling for information concerning the inland trade with Mexico. April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Maine -- northeastern boundary. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the northeastern boundary. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Treasury building and Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, in relation to expenditures and estimates for the Treasury building and Patent Office. April 14, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, respecting the interference of any officer or agent of the Government with the Cherokee Indians in the formation of a government for the regulation of their own internal affairs, &c. April 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, respecting the Navy Pension Fund, &c. April 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, in relation to the protection and improvement of Little Egg Harbor. April 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Clerks -- Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, respecting the continuance for a longer term the employment of certain clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. April 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of contracts and agreements entered into by the Board of Navy Commissioners during the year 1839. May 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy, &c. Georgia claim -- military. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of the State of Georgia for services of the militia and volunteers of said state during the years 1835 and 1836, &c., &c. May 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Piracy and murder. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of March, in relation to the surrender to the government of the United States of persons charged with piracy and murder on board the United States schooner Plattsburg, in the year 1817; and a demand by the British Government of the surrender of a mutineer in the British armed ship Lee, In 1819. May 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Payments from Privateer Pension Fund, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of payments made from the Privateer Pension Fund from June, 1812, to July, 1837. May 1, 1840. Referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. Naval station south of Chesapeake Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 6th ultimo, in relation to the establishment of a naval station south of the Chesapeake Bay, &c., &c. May 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry dock at Pensacola, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of a dry dock at Pensacola, or some other place in the Gulf of Mexico. May 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Wyandot Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of March last, respecting the progress which has been made in effecting a treaty with the Wyandot Indians, for the purchase of their lands in Crawford County, &c., &c. May 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Tobacco trade. Memorial of the Committee of Tobacco-planters. May 11, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Indians -- Cherokee Nation, West. Memorial of the delegates and representatives of the Cherokee Nation, West. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.	55
Serial set 367	Condition of the state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the state banks, so far as information thereof has been received at the Department. April 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Serial set 368	Memorial of the Society of Friends, upon the subject of the foreign slavetrade. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Wiskonsin. Petition for a repeal of so much of the act of Congress of April 18, 1818, as conflicts with the ordinance of 1787. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Virginia Institution -- deaf and dumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 281.) Petition of the President and visitors of the Virginia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and of the Blind. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. April 4, 1840. Bill reported Bounty to fishing vessels. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the repeal of the act giving a bounty to vessels engaged in the fisheries. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. National domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the national domain. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. National defence and national foundries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the 9th ultimo, a system of national defence and the establishment of national foundries. May 15, 1840. So much as relates to national foundries, referred to a select committee on the subject; and the residue to the Committee on Military Affairs. Florida -- pre-emption. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in favor of settlers upon the public lands, who have been deprived of pre-emption by decisions of the courts in favor of original grants to large claimants, &c. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the passage of a law on the subject of bankruptcies. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Massachusetts Legislature. Resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the duty on salt, and the bounty to fishing vessels. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Massachusetts Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to steamboats. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Canals -- Falls of Niagara. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, consenting to the construction of a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara by the general government. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Louisiana Legislature -- mail route, Vidalia to Natchitoches. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to a mail route from Vidalia to Natchitoches. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Railroad -- Boston to the Mississippi. Memorial of Amasa Walker and 445 others, citizens of Boston and its vicinity, in favor of granting land in aid of the continuous line of railroads from Boston to the Mississippi River. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. School lands -- Louisiana. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the sixteen sections of school lands. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Payments for negotiating Indian treaties since 1829. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of amounts paid to persons concerned in negotiating Indian treaties since 1829, &c. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Public domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. May 20, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Firearms. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the causes which have delayed an answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th of February, 1839, respecting the prices at which muskets, rifles, and pistols, might be procured at private armories, &c., &c. May 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, concerning the northeastern boundary. May 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco-trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State upon the subject of the tobacco-trade between the United States and foreign countries. April 16, 1840. Referred to the select committee, appointed on the 6th of February last, upon the subject. May 29, 1840. Printed by order of the committee, under resolution of the House of 25th April ultimo. Mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the contracts for carrying the mail for the year ending on the 30th of June, 1839; also, an abstract of the offers for carrying the mail with the said year. May 25, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Presents from Muscat. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of certain presents from his highness Seyhd Seyhd, Imaum of Muscat, &c., &c. May 26, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Fortification -- Penobscot Bay. Resolutions of citizens of Prospect, Maine, in favor of fortifying Penobscot Bay. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Bankrupt law. Memorial of citizens of Florida, in favor of a bankrupt law. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Florida -- annex Escambia County to Alabama. Petition of citizens of Escambia County, in Florida, to be annexed to Alabama. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Wiskonsin. Petition of citizens of Milwaukie, for a reduction of the price of the Milwaukie canal lands to $1.25 the acre. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table. Wiskonsin. Petition for a repeal of so much of the act of Congress of April 18, 1818, as conflicts with the Ordinance of 1787. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Indians -- Cherokees. May 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. State of Maine -- French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the French spoliations prior to September, 1800. May 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Wiskonsin -- southern boundary. Proceedings of a public meeting at Galena, in relation to the southern boundary of Wiskonsin Territory. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Virginia -- inhabitants of Richmond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 443.) Memorial of the citizens of Richmond, asking for an appropriation for the erection of a custom-house in said city. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. June 2, 1840. Bill reported. Mineral lands of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 6th of February last, concerning the mineral lands of the United States. June 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Ohio -- currency, &c. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in relation to the currency, &c. June 3, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Building for War Department. June 3, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Petrikin, and ordered to lie upon the table, and be printed. Harbors on Lake Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) June 2, 1840. Reported from the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	34
Serial set 369	Navy pensioners. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of an appropriation to pay navy pensioners. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Payments of Revolutionary claims since 1794. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th May last, respecting payments made on account of Revolutionary claims since the year 1794. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Military preparation -- Northeastern frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 6th of April last, respecting the military preparation of Great Britain on the northern and northeastern frontier of the United States, &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. N.P. Trist. Letter from N.P. Trist, Consul of the United States at the Port of Havana, to the Honorable John Quincy Adams. July 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Tobacco Planters -- Kentucky. July 6, 1840. Read, and referred to the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Workmen on the public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, relative to the workmen employed on the Treasury and Patent Buildings, &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending 30th September, 1839. July 1, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Seamen of the United States versus Consul Trist. Memorial of G.F. Russell, and others, against the conduct of N.P. Trist, American Consul at Havana. July 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Chronometers, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report on the subject of chronometers, &c., &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Naval force on the lakes. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of March last, respecting the arrangement entered into with the government of Great Britain upon the subject of the naval force to be maintained upon the American lakes, &c. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. French spoliations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of spoliations on the commerce of the United States prior to the year 1800. July 3, 1840. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Standard weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the works of standard weights and measures. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriations -- Navy, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, of transfers made during the present year of appropriations for the naval service to other appropriations for the same service, &c., &c. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands in Illinois to soldiers of late war. Letter from the Commissioner of General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of April last, respecting patents for lands in the military bounty land district in the State of Illinois, issued to soldiers of the late war, &c. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on the revenue. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, against the passage of the "Act To Ensure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports." July 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Deficit in the revenue. July 15, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. China trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of February last, respecting the commerce and navigation between the United States and China, from 1821 to 1839. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Lieutenant George M. Hooe. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the record of proceedings of the naval court martial, for the trial of Lieutenant George M. Hooe. June 24, 1840. Read. June 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Passengers from foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1839. July 7, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Land within the Chickasaw Cession. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to lands sold which lie within the Chickasaw cession, &c. June 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report 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 21, 1840. Money for paying members of Congress. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of drawing the moneys from the Treasury for the purpose of paying the members of Congress, &c. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Payment of arrears of military pensions. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to the payment of arrears of military pensions granted since the 4th of March last, &c. June 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on the revenue. Memorial of the Board of Trade of New York, against the passage of the act entitled "An Act to Ensure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports." July 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Postmaster -- Baton Rouge. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to the indebtedness of the postmaster of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. June 11, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table.	25
Serial set 370	John Lybrook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) March 5, 1840. Erastus Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 176.) March 5, 1840. Francis Pellecier -- administrator of. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Valentine Cowgill. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Wickham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) February 29, 1840. Mary Tucker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 74.) March 4, 1840. Boggs & Thompson, Robert & Thomas Hutchinson, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 49.) February 29, 1840. Jacob Higle. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Langbourne's heirs. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin F. Wesley. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Daniel B. Baker. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) March 5, 1840. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) March 5, 1840. Widow and heirs of Septa Fillmore. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Jacob Cohen. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Lewis Bissell. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Benjamin Adams & Company, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 23.) February 29, 1840. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) February 29, 1840. Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 48.) February 29, 1840. William Nicholas. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Andrew Low, assignee of Low, Taylor & Co., of Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 22.) February 29, 1840. Gamaliel E. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 37.) February 29, 1840. Bates and Lacon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 20.) February 29, 1840. John McIntire and others. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 27.) February 29, 1840. Doctor James Reynolds. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Meigs D. Benjamin & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 50.) February 29, 1840. William Bryden. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Simon Green. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. O.H. Dibble. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 35.) February 29, 1840. Peter Mills. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. John M. Jacqueline [i.e, Jacquelin]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 52.) February 29, 1840. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 28.) February 29, 1840. Elisha Button. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. William Bailey and Elizabeth Sweetland, late widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) February 29, 1840. David Beard's assignees. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Thos. W. Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) February 29, 1840. John R. Allen. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Phelps and Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 45.) February 29, 1840. John Underwood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 41.) February 29, 1840. R. Hathaway and M. Hubbell, executrix of W. and J. Flinn. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. J. and N. Hamlin. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. John L. Bowman et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 61.) March 3, 1840. Representatives of John Grimble [i.e, Grimball]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 75.) March 4, 1840. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 154.) March 5, 1840 Raymond A. Henderson. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Isaac Champlin and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) March 3, 1840. Gilbert A. Smith and Nathan Stark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) March 3, 1840. Sarah Oakley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) March 5, 1840. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) March 5, 1840. James Brewer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 65.) March 3, 1840. Stephen Arnan. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. James Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 64.) March 3, 1840. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 144.) March 5, 1840. Benjamin Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) March 5, 1840. George Dyer, Jr., owner schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 60.) March 3, 1840. Wealthy Barker, widow of Isaac Barker, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) March 5, 1840. Thruston Cornell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 152.) March 5, 1840. Robert Milnor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) March 3, 1840. William Williams -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 73.) March 4, 1840. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) March 5, 1840. John Cole. March 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Archibald McCullum. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Saunders and Porter, sureties of William Estis [i.e., Estes]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) March 5, 1840. Children of Stephen Johnston, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) March 5, 1840. William Marbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 96.) March 5, 1840. Pierre Molaison, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) March 5, 1840. Benjamin Fry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 82.) March 5, 1840. Augustin Lacoste. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 91.) March 5, 1840. Henry Bush. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 164.) March 5, 1840. Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) March 5, 1840. Dade Institute. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) March 5, 1840. Oliver Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) March 5, 1840. Settlers -- salt-lick reservation -- Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) March 5, 1840. Christian Brougher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) March 5, 1840. Refund duties on French ship Alexandre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 110.) March 5, 1840. Helen Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) March 5, 1840. John H. Genther. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) March 5, 1840. Chilton Allan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) March 5, 1840. Thomas Bennett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) March 5, 1840. Sarah H.B. Stith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 83.) March 5, 1840. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) March 5, 1840. Hyacinth Lassel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 97.) March 5, 1840. Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) March 5, 1840. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) March 5, 1840. William Andrews. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) March 5, 1840. James Phelps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) March 5, 1840. Thompson Hutchinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) March 5, 1840. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 175.) March 5, 1840. Phebe Dickman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) March 5, 1840. James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 156.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth Davidson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 119.) March 5, 1840. Israel Parsons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) March 5, 1840. Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 107.) March 5, 1840. Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 80.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Don Carlos de Villemont [i.e., Vilemont]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 93.) March 5, 1840. Tennessee school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) March 5, 1840. James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) March 5, 1840. William Lomax. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) March 5, 1840. Penitentiary -- Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 251.) March 16, 1840. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) March 3, 1840. John Gassaway. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Stephen Olney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) March 5, 1840. Jacob Becker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) March 5, 1840. James Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) March 5, 1840. Alexander H. Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) March 5, 1840. Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 66.) March 3, 1840. Jacob Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 149.) March 5, 1840. Samuel Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 225.) March 5, 1840. Rules and orders of the House. Report of the Committee on the Rules and Orders of the House. January 7, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, the 9th of January instant, at half past one o'clock. Thomas Harrison. February 29, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Cornelius Tiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) February 29, 1840. Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 29.) February 29, 1840. Thomas Holden. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Doctor Thomas Coit. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Crown. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 36.) February 29, 1840. William Hunter. February 29, 1840. Laid upon the table. Richard Booker and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. 31.) February 29, 1840. John T. Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) February 29, 1840. Preston Frazier. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Zachariah Jellison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 25.) February 29, 1840. Josias Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 42.) February 29, 1840. Richard J. Jones. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 44.) February 29, 1840. James McCutchen. February 29, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Smith and Farnsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 55.) February 29, 1840. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 38.) February 29, 1840. Isaac Ruland. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Nathaniel Goddard et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 39.) February 29, 1840. D. and J. Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 33.) February 29, 1840. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) February 29, 1840. Louisville and Portland Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 13.) February 10, 1840. Reprinted, by order of the House of Representatives. Lyman King. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Boundary of Missouri and Iowa. (To accompany H.R. Bill No. 11.) February 4, 1840. Heirs of John Lindsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 151.) March 5, 1840. Land -- Indiana canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 79.) March 4, 1840. Robert Milnor and John Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 57.) March 3, 1840. Ebenezer Lobdell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) February 29, 1840. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 145.) March 5, 1840. Harrison R. Blanchard. March 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. School land for St. Clair County, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) March 3, 1840. Ichabod Beardsley [i.e., Beardsly]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 148.) March 5, 1840. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 153.) March 5, 1840. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 143.) March 5, 1840. Nathan Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 146.) March 5, 1840. John Kelley. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Sureties of Melancton W. Bostwick, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 109.) March 5, 1840. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) March 5, 1840. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 166.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 86.) March 5, 1840. Thomas Simpson. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. William York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 168.) March 5, 1840. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158.) March 5, 1840. William B. Winston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 125.) March 5, 1840. Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) March 5, 1840. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 157.) March 5, 1840. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) March 5, 1840. Daniel W. Sleeth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 155.) March 5, 1840. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 85.) March 5, 1840. Jabez Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) March 5, 1840. Doctor Wheeler Randall. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. George Gale. February 29, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joel Byington. February 29, 1840. Laid on the table. Hugh Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) March 5, 1840. Captain Clough Shelton. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Benjamin McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 229.) March 5, 1840. Peter W. Short. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) March 5, 1840. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) March 5, 1840. Captain Abraham N. Brevoort. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Job Wood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) March 5, 1840. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 227.) March 5, 1840. Jehoshaphat [i.e., Jehosaphat] Briggs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) March 5, 1840. George Morris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 138.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Capt. Daniel McNeil [i.e., Neil], deceased. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Lieutenant John Allison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) March 5, 1840. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) March 5, 1840. James Deatly [i.e., Deatley]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) March 5, 1840. David Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) March 5, 1840. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Captain Garland Bumley. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Noah Conner. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Kincaide [i.e., Kincaid]. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. David A. Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 230.) March 5, 1840. Asenath Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) March 5, 1840. William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 243.) March 5, 1840. William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 228.) March 5, 1840. Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 234.) March 5, 1840. Simeon [i.e., Simon] Knight. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) March 5, 1840. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 135.) March 5, 1840. Captain James Hunter -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) March 5, 1840. Land to soldiers -- Old Fourth Regiment. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 245.) March 5, 1840. Moses Holden. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter A. Myers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) March 5, 1840. John Keeler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) March 5, 1840. Heirs of Leighton Yancey. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) March 5, 1840. John Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) March 5, 1840. Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 242.) March 5, 1840. James Coyle, heir of Patrick Coyle. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Michael Seitsinger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) March 5, 1840. Captain Abraham Livingston -- heirs of. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 233.) March 5, 1840. Joseph Bailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 137.) March 5, 1840. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) March 5, 1840. John Piper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) March 5, 1840. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 136.) March 5, 1840. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 240.) March 5, 1840. Amend acts allowing pensions to widows. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) March 5, 1840. George R.T. Hewes. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Seneca Rider. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 235.) March 5, 1840. Jesse Cunningham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 238.) March 5, 1840. William Lightfoot. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel B. Perkins. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) March 5, 1840. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) March 5, 1840. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) March 5, 1840. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 222.) March 5, 1840. Lucina Kingsley, late widow of Captain N. Elton. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Lyman N. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 220.) March 5, 1840. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) March 5, 1840. Medad Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) March 5, 1840. Charles Larrabee. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 198.) March 5, 1840. Robert Frazier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 208.) March 5, 1840. Jeremiah A. Winney. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) March 5, 1840. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 185.) March 5, 1840. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) March 5, 1840. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) March 5, 1840. Daniel Morse, Jr. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. James Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 215.) March 5, 1840. Richard Hall. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) March 5, 1840. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 205.) March 5, 1840. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 207.) March 5, 1840. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 212.) March 5, 1840. James Schoonover. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Levi Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 204.) March 5, 1840. Samuel D. Braynard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Laban Williams. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) March 5, 1840. John W. Wyckoff. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Walker. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 219.) March 5, 1840. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 206.) March 5, 1840. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 209.) March 5, 1840. Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) March 5, 1840. William Hughes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) March 5, 1840. William Butterfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 221.) March 5, 1840. James Cummings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) March 5, 1840. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 186.) March 5, 1840. Robert Whittel [i.e., Whittet]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 217.) March 5, 1840. Joseph Farrar. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 223.) March 5, 1840. Lyman Bristol. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 211.) March 5, 1840. John Patton. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph W. Knipe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 218.) March 5, 1840. Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 213.) March 5, 1840. John Dean. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) March 5, 1840. Hannah Hazzard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Sarah Haring, widow of Captain Samuel Haring. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 216.) March 5, 1840. Captain Darius Hawkins. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John H. Newland. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Smithsonian bequest. (To accompany amendatory Bill H.R. No. 1.) John McWilliams. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Palmer Branch. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. George W. Howard -- widow of. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Cammack. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph Brown. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Mary Lashels. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John Perham. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Trowbridge. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Anna Swinerton. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Ambler. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Hibbert. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Morain. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. Charles Ewing. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. William King. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. John M. Baker. March 9, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. David Bartlett. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Moses Smith. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. James Cox. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Howard. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table. George McFadden. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Louis Barney. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Ball. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Hinckley. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John McKenna. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. (To be annexed to Rep. No. 24.) William Bailey and Elizabeth Swetland [i.e., Sweetland], widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) March 21, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Public printing. March 26, 1840. Read, and made the special order of the day for Thursday, the 2d of April next. Resolved, that the reports of the majority and minority of the Select Committee on Public Printing, together with the testimony taken before said Committee, and the journal of their proceedings, be printed for the use of the House. John B. Lasala. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) April 4, 1840. George Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) February 29, 1840. Heirs of Richard Apperson. March 5, 1840. Read, and laid on the table.	299

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