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Serial set 412	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1842, and in the sixty-sixth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 413	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-seventh Congress. December 7, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate	1
Serial set 414	In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 325. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Vestry, and Churchwardens of the Protestant Episcopal Church..." List of Committees of the Senate of the United States for the third session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, 1842-'43. December 12, 1842. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 65. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 20, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. December 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for information as to any communication which may have been made to the government of the Quintuple Treaty for the suppression of the slave trade. December 15, 1842. Submitted. December 20, 1842. Postponed to and made the order of the day for Thursday next, the 22d instant, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of the communication of the Quintuple Treaty to the Government of the United States. January 11, 1843. Read, 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 strength and expense of the squadron to be employed on the coast of Africa. December 30, 1842. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Brown, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, report: That the memorialist claims to be paid the sum of $2,922, for additional services performed by him while naval officer... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 19, 1842. Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 500 copies for the use of the General Land Office. Resolution to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837. December 8, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1843. Mr. Woodbury submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims ask leave to report in the case of James B McKown as follows: The petitioner, in 1833 and 1834, erected a warehouse at Pittsburg [i.e., Pittsburgh] for the quartermaster's department... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the nature of the obstructions in the Bayou Manchac. December 30, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the repeal of that proviso in the law for the apportionment of representatives among the several states according to the Sixth Census, which directs that the states shall be divided into districts. January 3, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, to obtain some provision for drilling and disciplining the officers of the militia. January 3, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Communications and documents of the subject of a grant of land to the State of Illinois, to aid in the completion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. January 3, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 4, 1842 [i.e., 1843]. Ordered to be printed in part. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 501. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled, "An act for the relief of the owners, officers, and crew, of the armed brig Warrior, and their legal representatives, report... In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claim of George Burke for bounty land for Revolutionary services, report... In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1843. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to who was referred the petition of John Woodward, praying compensation for revolutionary services, report... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 66. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Charles J. Jenkins and William W. Mann, asked leave to submit the following report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of refunding to General Andrew Jackson, the amount of a fine and costs imposed on him at New Orleans in 1815. January 6, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1843. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Furber, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 30. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Ardre Spear, widow of John Spear, deceased, report as follows... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 12. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill to indemnify Major General Andrew Jackson for damage sustained in the discharge of his official duty, beg leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 365. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill for the relief of Carter B. Chandler, report... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 412. Mr. Graham made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the House bill (No. 412) for the relief of Teackle [i.e., Teakle] Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws, have considered the same, and report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 372. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Elizabeth Dawkins, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 359. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 359), for the relief of Mary Crawford... In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of Lucretia Haymaker, report... Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of adapting the rates of postage io [i.e., to] the Federal currency, without diminishing the revenues of the department. January 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 227. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 227) "for the relief of the owners, master, and crew of the schooner Martha, of Eastport, in the State of Maine," report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 373. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (No. 373) for the relief of Richard Marsh, report... Memorial of Horatio Greenough, praying the removal of the statue of Washington from its present position in the Rotundo, to the grounds in front of the western facade of the Capitol. January 11, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 381. Mr. Dayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill from the House for the relief of David W. Haley, report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 499. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 499) "for the relief of Samuel Billings, owner of the fishing schooner Lurana," report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 534. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill granting a pension to John Peak, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 551. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill granting a pension to Robert Poindexter of Kentucky, report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 397. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 327) "for the relief of the owners, master, and crew of the schooner Joanna, of Ellsworth, Maine," report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 74. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the memorial of William Russell, report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the following bill from the House of Representatives, viz: "For the Relief of the Owners and Crew of the Schooner Martha" (No. 390)... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 355. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 355) for the relief of William Allen... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 568. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled, "An Act for the Relief of John Gerard Ford," report... In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ezekial Wade, praying compensation for property destroyed by the enemy, during the Revolutionary War, report... In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 541. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. No. 541, for the relief of Dexter Hungerford, of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, have considered the same and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount of the loans contracted under the acts of 1841 and 1842, and the terms of said loans. January 12, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 395. Mr. Dayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Gordon [i.e., Gorham] A. Worth... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander M. Jenkins, Richard J. Hamilton, and Lemuel Lee, sureties of William Linn, late receiver of public moneys at Vandalia, Illinois, report... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Murray, surviving partner of Murray & Spencer, beg leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bills H.R. 414 and 415. Mr. Woodbridge submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred the following bills from the House of Representatives, viz: H.R. 414, "An Act for the Relief of Owen [i.e., Orrin] Prentiss, of Stonington, Connecticut, Owner of the Schooner Lilly, and the Crew of Said Vessel;" H.R. 425, "An Act for the Relief of Isaac Champlin, and Others, Owners of the Schooner Buffalo," report as follows... In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Samuel Grice, praying to be compensated for certain live oak timber... Report from the Secretary of State, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the cost of commodities imported from foreign countries, at the places whence exported, during the months of July, August, and September, of the year 1842. January 13, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, praying the establishment of a warehouse system. December 15, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. December 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a warehouse system. December 13, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. December 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 19, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 200 additional copies for the use of the Treasury Department. In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin King Churchill, praying that provision be made by Congress for paying to him a pension for disability received in the privateer service during the last war, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 20, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. December 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for information of any proposition made by the late special minister from Great Britain, in relation to the assumption of the state debts by the general government. December 23, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the adjustment of the title to portion of the Oregon Territory. December 23, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1842. Submitted and ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 35. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Gardner... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of refunding to General Andrew Jackson, without qualification, the amount of a fine imposed on him at New Orleans, in 1815. January 3, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, calling for the report of the Board of Commissioners to select sites for western armories. December 23, 1842. Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Benton, to the resolution submitted by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate... Extracts from the proceedings of the District Court of the U.S. in the Louisiana District, January term, 1815, in relation to the fine imposed on Major General Andrew Jackson. December 22, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jonathan Brown... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the cultivation and manufacture of hemp. December 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 75. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Rufus and Charles Lane, owners of the schooner Twin of Hingham, Massachusetts, for a fishing bounty, report... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the operation of the bankrupt law. December 27, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed.	66
Serial set 415	In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 701. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (701) granting a pension to David Munn... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 209. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 209), for the relief of Robert Ramsay, report the same with amendments... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 356. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives for the relief of Lloyd J. Bryan, report... Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of the Patent Office during the year 1842. February 1, 1843. Read and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. February 3, 1843. Motion to print, referred to the Committee on Printing. February 7, 1843. Ordered to be printed, with a portion of the documents, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles L. Williamson, report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 283. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 283), for the relief of George Hommel [i.e., Hommill], report... In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 712. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 712) for the relief of Sampson Brown, report... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Gee... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Arkansas, in relation to the protection of the western frontier of that state. February 6, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 326. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 326) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Levi Eldredge [i.e., Eldridge] and Others," report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 605. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representative (No. 605) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Joshua Knowles, Jr., and Others, Owners and Crew of the Fishing Schooner Garnet," report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntingdon [i.e., Huntington] made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of December, 1842, instructing them to inquire into the expedience of allowing the export of foreign merchandise by land as well as sea, in original packages, with benefit of drawback, report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 592. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 592) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of John H. Russell and Others, as Owners, Masters, and Crew, of the Fishing Schooner Lucy Ann," report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims have had under consideration the petition of William Wynn, of the State of Arkansas... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 391. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 391) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Schooner Three Brothers," report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 595. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 595) entitled "An Act for the Relief of Barnabus Baker, Jr., and Others, Owners of the Fishing Schooner Union, of Dennis, Massachusetts," report... Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report upon the subject of an iron pile-light for Bartlett's Reef in Long Island Sound. January 30, 1843. Laid on the table, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of McKean Buchanan, report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal. February 6, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of McKean Buchanan, praying to be allowed a commission on certain bills of exchange... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 117. Mr. Barrow made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred sundry memorials asking Congress to make an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Mississippi River and its principal tributaries, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 704. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill No. 704, from the House of Representatives, for the relief of D. and J. Wilkinson... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 591. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 591), entitled, "An Act for the Relief of William Ellery, Owner of the Fishing Schooner Sevo and Ida, Both of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Others," report... Resolutions on the subject of modifying the tariff for the production of revenue, and of retrenching the expenditures of the government. February 7, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt law. February 6, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Isaac Hall and Thomas Curtis, of the City of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, merchants, report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 228. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 228) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of the Owners, Master, and Crew, of the Schooner Codhook, of Blue Hill, Maine," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, to obtain the passage of a law authorizing the bills of the bank of that state to be received in payment for lands, under the pre-emption laws, to an amount equal to the 2 per cent. fund of that state yet remaining unpaid. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 593. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 593) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Mary Broadstreet, Amos Tappan, and Others," report... Report from the Secretary of the Senate, showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 4, 1842. December 28, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. February 7, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 579. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 579) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of John Patten, Jr., Owner of the Fishing Schooner Credit, and the Master and Crew of Said Vessel," report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 580. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 580), entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Abner Lowell and Others, Owners of the Fishing Schooner William," report... Documents relating to the construction of harbors on Lake Michigan. February 7, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 9, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 288. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill 288, for the relief of Major Thomas Harrison, report... Report from the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names of the clerks and messengers employed in his office during the year 1842, and the sums received by each. February 14, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 613. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 613) for the relief of Elizabeth Whiteman, report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of William Morrow, of the District of Columbia, on the subject of a contract entered into by him to perform certain work at the United States arsenal in the District, report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to provide a home market for water-rotted hemp. February 10, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 672. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 672) for the relief of Mary Barry, widow and administratrix of Thomas Barry... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate of the 2d of February, instructing them "to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the system of revenue cutters, and of employing a part of the Navy of the United States in that service, " report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Mississippi and other western rivers. February 10, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of Charles Dehault Delassus, of Missouri, praying remuneration for money alleged to have been forcibly taken from him at the capture of Baton Rouge, in 1810... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: The Committee of Claims have examined the petition and other papers in the case of William Dowling, and ask leave to report as follows... Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in relation to the right of instruction, adverse to a protective tariff, in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt law, and of refunding the fine imposed on General Jackson, and against depriving the President of the United States of the veto power. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. February 10, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of Richard Harris and Nimrod Farrow... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain an appropriation to improve the navigation of the grand rapids of the Wabash River. February 10, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the adoption of measures to effect the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. February 10, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in favor of refunding to General Andrew Jackson the amount of a fine imposed on him in 1815, with interest. February 13, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 395. Mr. Kerr submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Gorham A. Worth, One of the Sureties of Samuel Edmonds, Deceased,"... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of accruing duties during the third and fourth quarters of the past year; and the value of imports and exports for the last quarter. February 14, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 127. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred several memorials from citizens of different states on behalf of Amos Kendall, late Postmaster General, report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 447. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Elizabeth Harris, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of revenue received from Customs, during the month of January, 1843. February 16, 1843. Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. February 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Joint Resolution S. 4. Mr. McRoberts made the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred a joint resolution authorizing the Postmaster General to enter into a new contract with E.B. and S. Ward, for the transportation of the mail from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Joseph's, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 133. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin Adams & Co., and others, report... Report from the Postmaster General, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amounts paid annually for mail service upon railroads, and the amounts paid the year previous to contracting with the railroad companies. February 15, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying the donation of certain swamp land in that state, to the counties in which they lie, on the condition that they shall be drained by the said counties. February 15, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 377. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 377) for the relief of Joseph Watson... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 132. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Asahel Brainard... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Merrick to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Rives, on the subject of assuming state debts... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Joseph King, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 521. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled, "An Act for the Relief of George P. Pollen and Robert Colgate," report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 366. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 366) for the relief of Henry Freeman, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed, -- To accompany Bill S. 124. Mr. McRoberts made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill (No. 124), for the relief of John W. Skidmore... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 577. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of S. Morris Waln," report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 362. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Leah Tenure, report... Documents relating to the reduction of the number and compensation of the persons employed in the New York Customhouse. February 17, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in favor of the revival of the pension law of July 7, 1838. February 20, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying an allowance of bounty land to the rangers and militia in the service of the United States during the last war. Febryary [i.e., February] 2, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 109. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of William Fisher... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the construction of a harbor at Michigan City. February 2, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 664. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 664) for the relief of Mrs. Anne W. Angus, have considered the same and report... Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in favor of repealing the Tariff Act of 1842. January 30, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of refunding to General Andrew Jackson, the amount of a fine imposed on him in 1815. January 31, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 614, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred a bill from the Senate entitled, "An Act To Repeal the Bankrupt Law," and also a bill from the House of Representatives entitled, "An Act To Repeal the Bankrupt Law," and numerous petitions relating thereto... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 290. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 290) for the relief of John Farnham, report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 628. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 628) for the relief of Jonathan Britton, report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 608. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 608) for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of William Lomax... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 110. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Villeneuve Leblanc [i.e., Le Blanc], make report... Documents relating to the Illinois and Michigan Canal. January 31, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and motion to print, referred to the Committee on Printing. February 1, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the modification of the tariff, and re-establishment of the independent Treasury system, and opposed to direct taxation and the incorporation of a Bank of the United States. January 30, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 55. Mr. Graham made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of James Taylor... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 102. Mr. Conrad submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the claim of John R. Williams, for a grant of land in the State of Michigan, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, asking an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Wabash River. February 2, 1843. 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 reasons for withholding the appropriations for Fort Livingston, in the State of Louisiana. January 16, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the land offices at which public sales of lands have been made since September 4, 1841, and the amount of such sales. January 10, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of the repeal of the distribution and bankrupt laws, and of the modification of the Tariff Act of 1842. January 13, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 9. Mr. Clayton made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill to amend an act entitled, "An Act To Establish the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Ohio, and To Provide for the Admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the Conditions Therein Expressed," approved June 15, 1836, report... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 634. Mr. Graham made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Conrad House, have considered the same, and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the exports and imports of gold and silver coin and bullion since June 30, 1834. January 17, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, declining to receive its portion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands under the distribution law, and requesting to have the same applied "to the general charge and expenditure of the United States." January 13, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying the extension of the pension act of 1832 to the volunteers and militia who served against the western Indians prior to 1795. January 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, urging the transfer to that state of the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. January 18, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of payments for pensions since August 16, 1841, to officers, seamen, and marines, who are in service and receiving pay. January 10, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed, and to be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain an appropriation for the completion of the United States arsenal in that state, as an "arsenal of deposite and general construction." January 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 443. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 443), for the relief of Susan Brum... Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of restricting the franking privilege, and of reducing the rates of letter postage. January 13, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 357. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives for the relief of Nancy Tompkins... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to a late regulation of the Post Office Department respecting the Post Office Department. January 19, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the cloth cases recently tried in the eastern district of Pennsylvania, involving forfeitures under the revenue laws. January 10, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 81. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of a number of officers of the United States Navy, lately attached to the surveying and exploring expedition, praying an allowance of extra pay, report... Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, relative to their present session, and the refusal of the Governor to co-operate with them. January 3, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, praying the establishment of a warehouse system. January 17, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 18, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the revenue from imports during the third and fourth quarters of the year 1842, the outstanding and unexpended appropriations at the close of the years 1840, 1841, and 1842, respectively, and the quantity of land advertised for sale from March 4, 1840, to March 4, 1842. January 23, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mary Ann Boyd, report... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 86. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill To Apply Certain Alternate Sections of the Public Domain Toward the Completion of Works of Internal Improvement in the State of Michigan, and for Other Purposes," have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of State, showing the names and compensations of the persons employed in that Department during the year 1842. January 23, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the State Department during the half year ending June 30, 1842. January 23, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lucy Davis... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to depredations committed on the live-oak timber belonging to the United States, and the adoption of measures for preventing the same. January 23, 1843. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 508. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 508) for the relief of Benjamin Evans, report... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to grants, by the British government, of portions of the Oregon Territory. January 23, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 92. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Thompson of the Army of the United States... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Larrabee, report... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (460), for the relief of Gideon A. Perry, report the following resolution.. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 456. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 456) for the relief of Samuel Neely, report... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 450. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the widow of Captain William Royal [i.e., Royall], deceased, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of the retrocession of the Pea Patch Island to that state, for the purpose of establishing the title thereto. January 27, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles G. Ridgely, praying that certain allowances may be made to him in the settlement of his accounts at the Navy Department, report... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 462. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of John Hicks, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 571. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Samuel M. Asberry [i.e., Asbury], report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the destruction of the steamboat Caroline. January 23, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred the resolution and memorials hereinafter mentioned, ask leave to report, and recommend to the Senate the adoption of the following resolutions... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 451. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 451), for the relief of Prudence Crouch... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1843. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of a great number of persons in Platte County, in the State of Missouri, complaining of the expulsion, by order of the commanding officer of Fort Leavenworth, of several inhabitants of said county from the part thereof included in the "military reserve," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, in favor of the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. February 10, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 713. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (713) for the relief of William Patterson, report...	128
Serial set 416	In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 597. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (No. 597) from the House of Representatives, for the relief of the representatives of Henry Hoffman, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 372. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the Bill (H.R. 372) for the relief of Elizabeth Dawkins was recommitted, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the legal representative of Benjamin Harrison, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Aaron Payne, praying for arrears of pension... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Scott Campbell, a half-breed Sioux Indian, report... In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 734. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Rebecca Guest," report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of William H. Hunter, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 700. Mr. Bagby made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives for the relief of Jacob Miller, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 115. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles E. Sherman, have considered the same, and report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of a reduction of the rates of letter postage. February 21, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, for the establishment of marine hospitals on the Mississippi and its tributaries, and on the northern lakes. February 21, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 128. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: The Committee on the Library, instructed by a resolution of the Senate "to inquire into the expediency of providing for the publication of a continued series of the debates and proceedings of Congress from the beginning of the first to the end of the present session, and of procuring for the use of the United States a certain number of copies of the same," having had the subject under consideration, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 702. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 702) for the relief of Samuel Edgecomb, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the investigation into the affairs of the New York Customhouse. February 16, 1843. Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. February 21, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Resolution The General Assembly of Indiana, on the subject of allowing the right of pre-emption to certain lands granted to that state for the construction of the Wabash and Erie Canal. February 21, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Markham Fristo, report... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 404. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom has been referred the bill from the House entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Robert T. Norris," respectfully report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the restrictions imposed by municipal regulations upon the trade of the Mississippi River. February 23, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred so much of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury as relates to the warehouse system... Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying a modification of the pre-emption laws, and a reduction in the price of certain lands. February 24, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the importation of salt duty free. February 24, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual statement of commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending September 30, 1842. February 24, 1843. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1842. February 24, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 533. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (533) for the relief of Abraham Vanhorn... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 548. Mr. Morehead made the following report: The Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, "An Act To Reduce the Compensation to the Members of the Senate, Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to the Delegates of the Territories"... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the Quintuple Treaty. February 24, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, on the subject of reducing the rates of letter postage. February 24, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 708. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Samuel Hoffman," report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the public revenue, debt, and expenditures. February 25, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of a contract entered into with the late Robert Fulton, during the year 1814, and a statement of his account. February 24, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 142. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred sundry legislative resolves, various memorials, and other documentary matter relative to the navigation of the Great Lakes, and to the construction and completion of harbor improvements... In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Bosworth... In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 741. Mr. Henderson made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 741, for the relief of Elizabeth Burriss, have considered of the same, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heir of William Williams, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, praying the allowance of commutation, report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 441. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 441), for the relief of Silvia Underwood... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in relation to the settlement of the boundary line of the Territory of Oregon. February 24, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the legal representatives of Charles M. Thruston, praying the allowance of commutation, report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the 1st municipality of the City of New Orleans, praying that they be put in possession of a square of ground situated in said city, and now in possession of the Government of the United States, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heir of Brenton Paine... Documents on the subject of adopting horizontal submerged propellers in the naval steam service of the United States. March 3, 1843. Submitted by Mr. Bayard from the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 798. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 798) for the relief of John P. Schuyler, report... Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of Lieut. Fremont's report of his exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. March 2, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. March 3, 1843. Ordered, that nine hundred additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and one hundred copies for the use of the Topographical Bureau. In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 143. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the petition of Mary A.E. Zantzinger, the widow of the late Major Richard A. Zantzinger, praying for a pension, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 811. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 811) for the relief of John Everly, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of the two per cent. fund of the State of Ohio, and the cost of the Cumberland Road. March 2, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of indemnifying Amos Kendall, late Postmaster General, for responsibility incurred by him in the discharge of his official duty. March 2, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements showing: First -- appropriations made during the third session of the 27th Congress: Second -- officers created, and the salaries thereof. April 5, 1843. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with two resolutions of the Senate, statements of the quantity, surveys, acquisitions, sales, and reservations of the public lands. March 2, 1843. Ordered to be printed, and that one thousand additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lemuel Bingham... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 116. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Preservation of the Collection of Natural Curiosities Furnished by the Exploring Squadron, and from Other Sources," together with "remarks submitted to the Honorable Mr. Walker by Mr. Markoe and Colonel Abert," have considered the same, and ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1843. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 368. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (368), for the relief of Nancy Byrd, widow of Baylor Byrd... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in relation to the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the western rivers. February 24, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	52
Serial set 417	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the third session of the Twenty-seventh Congress begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, December 5, 1842, and in the sixty-seventh year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 418	Applicants for pensions -- rejected. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the names of persons, who have applied for pensions, whose claims have been rejected. December 13, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of the Army -- grade, pay, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the number of the officers of the Army, with the rules of pay, allowances, &c. December 13, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of expenditures under the head of contingencies, &c. December 13, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Extra pay to army officers -- General Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th of January last, in relation to extra compensation allowed to officers of the army, &c. December 13, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Fire arms manufactured in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the private establishments at which fire arms are manufactured for the government of the United States, &c. December, 13, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Officers of the Army -- resignations and reappointments. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of resignations and reappointments of officers of the Army, &c. December 13, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1841, and the first and second quarters of the year 1842. December 13, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report upon the expenditure of the fund appropriated for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the year 1842, &c. December 13, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Accounts. Contracts -- Commissioner of the Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, with copies of all contracts made from the 1st of December, 1841. December 13, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. list of reports to be made to Congress, at the third session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, by public officers. Prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 5, 1842. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-seventh Congress. December 7, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table, and 10,000 extra copies with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed	11
Serial set 419	Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States during the year ending on the 30th of September last. December 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 15, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and 10,000 additional copies ordered to be printed. Changes in commercial systems of foreign nations. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report, in pursuance of an act of 16th August, 1842, containing an account of changes and modifications in the commercial systems of other nations, by treaties, duties on imports, and other regulations. December 27, 1842. Read, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Insolvent debtors of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names, &c., of the insolvent debtors of the United States. December 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Light-house establishment -- respecting the call of Mr. Sprigg for information. December 15, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Applicants for pensions, &c. -- rejected. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions of applicants for pensions, or increase of pensions, which have been rejected during the past year, &c. December 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table Vessels entered ports of United States in 1841 -- with salt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the number of vessels which entered the ports of the United States in the year 1841, and the number of such the cargoes of which consisted wholly or in part of salt. December 17, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Land Office report -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 15, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Refund fine -- General Jackson. Resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, in relation to refunding to General Jackson the fine imposed on him at New Orleans in 1815. December 27, 1842. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union on Bill No. 503. Land claims in Louisiana, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the General Land Office, with the evidence submitted in support of certain claims to land, under the act of the 6th of July, 1842, to confirm certain land claims in Louisiana. December 17, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Differences with Morocco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, concerning differences with Morocco. December 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Estimates of appropriations for 1843-1844. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the estimates of appropriations for the half calendar year ending 30th June, 1843, and for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1844. December 15, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Florida contested election. December 14, 1842. Laid upon the table. Expenditure of the contingent fund of the Treasury Department for 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of expenditures of the contingent fund of that Department for the year 1842. December 27, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Coast Survey and weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey and work on the construction of standard weights and measures. December 22, 1842. Referred to the select committee upon the subject. Floating dock at Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, respecting the floating dock at Brooklyn. December 22, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Judicial expenses of the government of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the 19th May, 1842, a report in relation to the judicial expenses of the government. December 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Distribution bills of the proceeds of public lands, and election of representatives. Message from the President of the United States, informing the House of his not signing the above-mentioned bills, passed at the last session of Congress. December 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table.	18
Serial set 420	Penitentiary -- report of inspectors. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary for 1842. January 17, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Northern boundary of Missouri. December 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Survey harbor -- Galien River. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a report of a survey of the harbor at the mouth of Galien River, in Michigan. January 25, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Alabama Legislature -- settle titles to lands ceded by the Creek Indians. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, for the appointment of an agent, or otherwise to settle all questions remaining under late Creek Indian treaty. January 10, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Goods delivered to Sioux Indians. Correspondence in reference to the three drafts, by Governor Doty, for goods delivered to the Sioux Indians, &c. January 28, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Explanatory of bill making appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, &c., until July 1, 1844. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 660.) January 28, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Cherokee Treaty of 1835-'36. Memorial of David Taylor, G.F. Norris, and J.K. Rogers, Cherokee claimants under the treaty of 1835-'36. January 26, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Explanatory of Bill No. 645 -- Army appropriations for the year and a half ending June 30, 1844. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 645.) January 26, 1843. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Virginia Board of Trade, City of Wheeling -- bridge over the Ohio at that place. Memorial from the Board of Trade of Wheeling, Virginia, praying for the erection of a bridge over the Ohio River at that place. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks in the State Department -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of State, giving the number of persons employed in the Department of State during the year 1842, with the compensation of each. January 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Trust funds -- Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information in relation to Chickasaw trust funds. February 1, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of the Patent Office during the year 1842. February 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Repairs of the Potomac bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the repairs of the Potomac bridge. February 1, 1843. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Refund General Jackson's fine. February 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Explanatory of the bill making appropriations for certain harbors and rivers, and for continuing the Cumberland Road, from January 1, 1843, to June 30, 1844. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 679.) January 30, 1843. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Unclaimed balances due to officers and seamen of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of January 24, 1842. February 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Reduce postage on letters. Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, for a reduction of postage, &c. January 30, 1843. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, for the repeal of the bankrupt law. December 29, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary between Maine and New Hampshire and the adjoining British provinces. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Board of Commissioners appointed to survey the northeastern boundary. April 12, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. December 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, for continuing for five years the pensions to widows. December 29, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. State debts. Petitions of citizens of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in favor of the assumption of state debts. December 29, 1842. Referred to a select committee. Sandwich Islands and China. Message from the President of the United States, respecting the trade and commerce of the United States with the Sandwich Islands, and of diplomatic intercourse with their government; also, in relation to the new position of affairs in China, and recommending provision for a diplomatic agent. December 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mail -- Washington and Augusta, Georgia. Report of the Postmaster General, in relation to the transportation of the mail between Washington and Augusta, in Georgia. December 31, 1842. Ordered to lie upon the table. Claims on Hayti. Message from the President of the United States communicating information in regard to claims of citizens of the United States on Hayti. December 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Explanatory of Bill No. 644 -- civil and diplomatic appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1844. January 4, 1842 [i.e., 1843]. General Jackson's fine. Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, concerning the refunding of the fine paid by General Jackson in 1815. January 11, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas F. Gordon's proposal to print indices. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 26.) January 7, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Jesse Hoyt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the defalcation of Jesse Hoyt. January 12, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Sargent. Petition of John H. Sargent, of Charleston, South Carolina, in relation to the patent laws. January 11, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Patents. Survey of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Captain Hughes, of his late survey, &c., of the river Ohio. January 12, 1843. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means, and 2,500 extra copies ordered to be printed. Draining Everglades in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, information in relation to the draining of the Everglades of Florida. January 7, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Expenditure -- contingent fund of the Navy Department for the year ending September 30, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the manner in which the contingent fund of the department has been expended, from the 30th of September, 1841, to the 30th of September, 1842, inclusive. January 12, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Vessels built by the United States since 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the vessels built by the United States since the year 1826, cost per ton, &c. January 12, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. David M. Hughes, Charles Shipman, and John Henderson. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the claims of David M. Hughes, Charles Shipman, and John Henderson. January 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. January 12, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Arkansas Legislature -- to finish road from Red River to the southern boundary of Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, asking an appropriation to complete the road already surveyed, and in part constructed by the United States, from Red River to the southern boundary of the State of Missouri. January 10, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Banks of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the condition of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1842. January 12, 1843. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Newspaper postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, instructing Senators and Representatives in Congress from that state on the subject of newspaper postage. January 14, 1843. Referred to Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. Explosion of steam boilers. Memorial of Thomas S. Easton, in relation to explosions of steam boilers. January 13, 1843. Referred to the select committee on the subject of steamboats, &c., of which Mr. Underwood is Chairman. Repeal of the bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, for a repeal of the bankrupt law. January 13, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amount of revenue -- fourth quarter 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement in relation to the revenue for the fourth quarter of the year 1842. January 18, 1843. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Kentucky -- manufacturers of fur hats. January 14, 1843. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contracts by late Board of Navy Commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the late Board of Navy Commissioners. January 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Public credit -- amendment to be offered to the exchequer bill, as a substitute. January 17, 1843. Mr. Everett submitted the following, which he intends offering as a substitute to the exchequer bill, No. 206. Lake harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, in relation to lake harbors, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant. January 17, 1843. Read, laid upon the table, and 3,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Distribution law, &c. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, declaring the distribution act, the tariff act, and the bankrupt act, to be inexpedient and unconstitutional, and instructing the senators and requesting the representatives from that state to use their best exertions to procure the repeal of said acts. January 16, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts of the War Department -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of all contracts made with the Department during the year 1842. January 17, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Governor of Wisconsin, &c. January 14, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Expenditures from the Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a detailed statement of all the expenditures made from the Chickasaw fund between the 2d day of March, 1833, and the 1st day of January, 1843. January 17, 1843. Read, laid upon the table, and 500 extra copies ordered to be printed. Arrest and trial of E.L. Louallier. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the 12th instant, a copy of the papers and proceedings relative to the arrest and trial, by court martial, of E.L. Louallier, Sen., at New Orleans, in March, 1815. January 17, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Stock -- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, in relation to the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. January 18, 1843. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Pre-emption rights, &c. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, relating to pre-emption rights and donations to actual settlers. January 14, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Franking privilege, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to the franking privilege and a reduction of letter postage. January 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Laws passed by the Legislature of Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting laws passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of Florida. January 19, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Survey of Grand River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey of Grand and Spring Rivers. January 19, 1843. Referred to the select committee appointed on the 14th January instant, on the subject. Officers -- New York Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of the number, classes, and compensation of persons, respectively, in the employment of the government, at the port of New York, on the 1st of January, 1828, and also on the 1st of January, 1842. Prepared in obedience to a resolution of the 23d December last. January 19, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina. January 21, 1843. Submitted by Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina, and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the report of the agent for disbursing the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. January 19, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Post Office Department. Goods destroyed by fire in New York, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information in relation to goods destroyed by fire in the public stores at New York, in compliance with a resolution of the 11th instant. January 19, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Suwannee River and route of a railroad from St. John's to Suwannee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of the report and survey of the mouth of Suwannee River, in Florida, &c. January 19, 1843. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Claim of the Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a report of General Jesup, in relation to a claim of the Creek Indians. January 21, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Persons employed in Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report containing the names, dates of appointment, and pay, of all persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1842. January 19, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Medicine and hospital stores. January 23, 1843. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Explanatory of Bill No. 659, making appropriations for the naval service until July 1, 1844. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 659.) January 26, 1843. Submitted by the Committee of Ways and Means. Expenditures of the contingent fund of the State Department -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made, during the year 1842, from the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the State Department. January 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval depot -- Port Mahon. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to a naval depot at Port Mahon. January 25, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, to refund the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson. January 24, 1843. Laid upon the table. Additional explanations of the Bill Making Appropriations for the Naval Service until July 1, 1844. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 659.) January 28, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Exploring Expedition -- extra pay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting documents in relation to extra pay of the officers of the Exploring Expedition. January 25, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Memorial of citizens of Bardstown and vicinity, respecting the improvement of the navigation of western rivers. January 26, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Changes in organization of military divisions of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant. January 28, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the abrogation of the present arrangement of the military departments, as adopted by the general order No. 40, issued on the 12th of July, 1842, and for the purpose of restoring the two military divisions as they existed immediately before the issuing of that order; also, to inquire into the propriety of abolishing the office of commanding general-in-chief. Documents submitted by Mr. Wise -- to accompany Bill No. 724, to establish a government office for printing, binding, and for other purposes. January 25, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Building of a war steamer by R.L. Stevens -- appropriation for pay of officers and seamen, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th instant. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Export of coal from Nova Scotia. January 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin -- Legality of extra session of the legislature. December 27, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Additional buildings for War and Navy Departments. Letter from the Secretaries of War and Navy, transmitting estimates for additional buildings for the War and Navy Departments. January 25, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Memorial of fifty-seven members of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, praying Congress to district the state for the election of members of Congress. December 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Elections. General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, concerning the fine imposed on General Jackson, at New Orleans, in 1815. January 10, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Pauper lunatics, District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 715.) January 18, 1843. Pea Patch Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Delaware, to settle title to the Pea Patch Island. January 26, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	80
Serial set 421	Exploring Expedition and Coast Survey -- pay, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of January 26, 1843. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Oregon Territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, in reference to the Territory of Oregon. February 10, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Wabash and Ohio Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, relative to the completion of the Wabash and Ohio Canal. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi. Memorial of citizens of Natchez, in favor of selecting that place as the site for a naval armory and dry dock. February 4, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Military state convention -- New York. February 6, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the presentation of the sword of Washington and the staff of Franklin, February 7, 1843. Estimates for mail service from July 1, 1843. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service of the Post Office Department for the year 1843. February 4, 1843. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Instructions to senators. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Virginia, relative to instructions. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks and others employed in the War Department, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of clerks and all other persons employed in the War Department during the year 1842. February 4, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Repeal bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Maine, relating to the bankrupt act. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy -- appropriations -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the Second Comptroller of the Treasury, with a statement of appropriations for the naval service for the year 1842. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. To bring into the Treasury moneys received by certain public officers before they can be disbursed, and for other purposes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 770.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from Charles B. Penrose, Solicitor of the Treasury. February 9, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Annual statement of appropriations for the War Department, &c. -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual statement of appropriations for the War Department, &c. in 1842. February 4, 1843. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Extra allowance -- mail contractors. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 36.) Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the petition of Jesse E. Dow, Esq., made in behalf of sundry mail contractors. February 9, 1843. Laid before the House by Mr. Hopkins, Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Militia of the United States -- their arms, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of all the states and territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Petty officers, seamen, &c., in the naval service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th June, 1842. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Site for a western armory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a report of the board of officers appointed to select a site for a western armory, together with a counter report from the Surgeon General. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Relative to steamboat explosions. February 13, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, to which was referred the bill from the special committee reported by Mr. Underwood. Northern boundary of Missouri. February 11, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Fine -- General Jackson. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, relative to the fine imposed by Dominick A. Hall on General Andrew Jackson. February 11, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Oregon Territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in reference to the Territory of Oregon. February 11, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Grounds adjacent to the General Post Office. Letter from the Postmaster General, relating to the grounds adjacent to the General Post Office. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Detailed statement of the expenses of the loan -- 1841 and 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the proceedings of the Treasury Department under the act of 15th April, 1842, for an extension of the loan of 1841, and for an addition of five millions thereto, and for allowing interest on Treasury notes due. January 12, 1843. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, with instructions. February 10, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Condition of the finances. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the finances. February 13, 1843. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Warehouse system. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of communications from collectors of the Customs in relation to the warehousing system. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Navigation of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and marine hospitals. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, relating to the navigation of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers, and the establishment of marine hospitals on said rivers. February 11, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury notes and loan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) February 10, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Clerks and other persons employed in the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, giving a statement of clerks and other persons employed in the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives during the year 1842, showing the amount of their pay, and the time employed. February 9, 1843. Referred to the Select Committee on Retrenchment of which Mr. Summers is chairman. Postage on letters to Texas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) February 16, 1843. Laid before the House by Mr. Briggs, Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Rules and regulations U.S. Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting rules and regulations for the government of the Navy of the United States; prepared in obedience to a resolution of May 24, 1842. February 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Military districts United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 792.) Letter from the Secretary of War, respecting the division of the United States into two military districts. February 16, 1843. Laid before the House by the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Expenses national armory and arms manufactured in 1842. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenses, &c., at the national armories, for the year ended 30th September, 1842. February 4, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Explanatory of bill making appropriations for payment of Navy pensions due July 1, 1843, and July 1, 1844. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 748.) February 3, 1843. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Cherokee Treaty. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of instructions to commissioners under Cherokee Treaty of 1835. February 1, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Additional offices -- Custom-house Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to officers, &c., attached to the Custom-house at Baltimore. February 4, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Improvement of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Memorial of citizens of the City of Cincinnati, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. January 19, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Cession of California to England. 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 the 28th January, 1843. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Fees of marshals, clerks, and attorneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the returns made to him by the several district attorneys, clerks of the circuit and district courts, and marshals of the United States, of the fees and emoluments received by them, respectively. February 6, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Expenditures in the War Department -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements, &c., of the expenditures of the Department for the calendar year 1842. February 4, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	39
Serial set 422	Construction of the Treaty of Washington, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 22d February, 1843. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table Second Regiment of Dragoons. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, in relation to the Second Regiment of Dragoons. February 18, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Stephen H. Webb. February 28, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Disbursements by Indian agents. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the Indians, &c. February 18, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Calvin Blythe. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information relative to the removal of Calvin Blythe, collector of the port of Philadelphia. February 18, 1843. Referred to the select committee this day appointed on the subject of the removal of Jonathan Roberts from the office of collector of the port of Philadelphia. Clerks, &c., Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the names of the clerks and other persons employed in his Department during the past year, with the time each clerk or other person was actually employed, with the sums paid to each, together with statements by the heads of the several bureaus, &c. February 18, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Repairs of Potomac bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the repairs of the Potomac bridge, &c. February 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Abolish Military Academy, West Point. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the Military Academy at West Point. February 17, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Lead mines -- upper Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the officer in charge of the Ordnance bureau, relative to the lead mines on the upper Mississippi. February 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Clerks, &c., Secretary of the Navy and Navy Commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and all other persons employed in the Navy Department during the year 1842. February 16, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Newspaper postage. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the Post Office Department. February 17, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Revenue from Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting certain information in respect to the revenue received from Customs, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th December, 1842. February 16, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. National armories -- arms manufactured, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Ordnance office, in relation to the national armonies [i.e., armories], arms manufactured, &c. February 16, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboats on the Mississippi and northern lakes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement in relation to steamboats on the river Mississippi and the northern lakes. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons employed in the Navy Department, January 1, 1829, and January 1, 1843. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of persons employed in the Navy Department on the 1st January, 1829, and on the 1st January, 1843. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, containing a list of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year ending the 31st December last. February 18, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Babbitt's anti-attrition metal. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the articles of agreement entered into for the purchase for the United States of the right to use Babbitt's anti-attrition metal, together with letters in relation to said metal. February 18, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Stationery for the House of Representatives of the United States -- proposals, &c. February 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Moneys unclaimed by officers, seamen, &c., attached to the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, respecting the resolution of the House of the 24th March, 1843. February 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Pensions to widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the widows of Revolutionary officers and soldiers. February 20, 1843. Laid upon the table. Contingent expenses military establishment, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made during the year 1842 from the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Fees in circuit and district courts United States in admiralty and bankruptcy cases. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of fees taxed by the several clerks of the circuit and district courts of the United States in admiralty and bankruptcy cases, &c. February 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Correspondence -- Consul of the United States at Tangier with the government of Morocco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence between the late consul of the United States at Tangier with the government of Morocco. February 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, giving the number of clerks, &c., employed in the Department of State. February 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Planters' Bank of Mississippi and the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 59.) February 23, 1843. Laid before the House by Mr. Pickens, from the Committee of Ways and Means. Hospital money collected in 1839, 1840, and 1841. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 816.) Statement from the Register of the Treasury, respecting hospital money collected and expended at ports on the western waters in the years 1839, 1840, and 1841. February 23, 1843. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Brevet pay of General Gaines. Letter from the Secretary of War, informing the House whether the pay of Brevet Major General Gaines has been reduced to that of a brigadier general, &c. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table Stationery, job printing, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information called for by resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, in relation to stationery, job printing, &c., furnished his Department during the year 1842. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. New York custom-house -- fines, forfeitures, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement in relation to fines, forfeitures, &c., received by the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, of the port of New York. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Kendall. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of Amos Kendall. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs, &c., for 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts, prepared by the First Comptroller of the Treasury, of the official emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs, for the year 1842, &c. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Register of the Treasury, relative to the annual statement of commerce and navigation. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons employed in the Treasury Department on 1st January, 1829, and 1st January, 1843. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement from the Register of the Treasury, in relation to the number, classes, and compensation of persons employed in the Treasury Department on 1st January, 1829, and 1st January, 1843. February 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Stationery, job printing, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information, in relation to printing, binding, and stationery furnished the War Department, called for by resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d February, 1843. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers, &c., of the Customs -- number, classes, and compensation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of sundry collectors of Customs and Register of the Treasury. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Communication of Lieutenant Hunter, of the U.S. Navy, on the proper model of a war steamer. February 27, 1843. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Job printing, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to job printing, &c. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin Territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to its present session. February 24, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Examination -- light-house establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from I.W.P. Lewis, civil engineer, upon the condition of the light-houses, beacons, buoys, and navigation, upon the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Outstanding appropriations March 4, 1841, and 1843 -- available means to meet the same, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Register of the Treasury, setting forth the impracticability of answering the several points of inquiry contained in the resolution adopted by the House on the 23d instant. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number, classes, and compensation of persons employed in the Post Office Department on the 1st of January, 1829. February 25, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Law agent in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) February 28, 1843. Laid before the House by Mr. Chapman, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Passengers arrived in the United States, from foreign countries, in 1842. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of passengers arrived in the United States, from foreign countries, during the year 1842. February 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Report of the Commissioner sent to Europe to negotiate a loan, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report made by Colonel William Robinson, Jr., commissioner to negotiate a loan for the use of the United States. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry letters between the Department of State and the Chevalier d'Argaiz, on the subject of the schooner "Amistad." February 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Removal of obstructions in Red River. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, in relation to the removal of obstructions in Red River. February 18, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Removal of Jonathan Roberts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to the removal of Jonathan Roberts, late collector of the port of Philadelphia. February 18, 1843. Referred to a select committee, with power to send for persons and papers. Taking possession of Monterey. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d February, calling for information in relation to the taking possession of Monterey by Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones. February 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.	48
Serial set 423	Post Office Department -- contracts, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an abstract of the offers for carrying the mails, made within the year preceding the 1st of July, 1842, &c. February 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures -- Post Office Department -- 1842. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report from the Auditor, exhibiting the receipts and expenditures of the Department for the fiscal year ended 30th June, 1842. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors, and Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors, and the Register of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled more than three years. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts for light-houses, miscellaneous claims, Marine Hospital Fund, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts for light-houses, &c.; payment of miscellaneous claims; expenditure from Marine Hospital Fund; and contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Civilization of the Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the amount of money annually disbursed for the civilization of the Indian tribes, &c. March 2, 1843. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Tariff -- foreign correspondence. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the 19th instant, enclosing correspondence between the representatives of foreign governments and the government of the United States, in relation to the operation of the present tariff. March 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures, received and retained by collectors and other officers of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th June, 1842, respecting fines, penalties, and forfeitures, received and retained by collectors and other officers of the revenue. March 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Kendall. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New York, in favor of Amos Kendall, late Postmaster General. March 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Fines, &c. -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of all fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of contractors, during the year ending June 30, 1842. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	9
Serial set 424	Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution for the year 1842. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Stationery, printing, &c. -- Treasury Department. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo, information from the heads of departments in relation to the supplies of stationery and printing, &c. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing, binding, and stationery Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information, in relation to printing, binding, and stationery, furnished the Post Office Department, called for by resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22nd February, 1843. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Chickasaw cession of land of 1832. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the lands ceded to the United States by the Chickasaw Indians. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Certificates of citizenship to American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the law granting certificates of citizenship to American seamen. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers employed in the War Department in January, 1829, and January, 1843, and compensation of each. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the number, classes, and compensation of persons employed in the office of the Secretary of War on the 1st of January, 1829, and on the 1st of January, 1843, with the compensation of each at the respective periods. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Gun carriages. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, enclosing a report in relation to the improvement in gun carriages made by Lieutenant Van Brunt. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement showing the estimates and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year 1842. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida Squadron. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the number of persons who were under the command of Lieutenant J.T. McLaughlin, attached to the Florida Squadron, from the 9th of October, 1841, to the 3d of August, 1842, &c. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	9
Serial set 425	Pre-emptioners, reduction of postage, and marine hospitals. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to pre-emptioners, the reduction of the rates of letter postage, and the establishment of marine hospitals on the western waters. February 27, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Right of President to withhold papers -- frauds on Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of Lieutenant Colonel Hitchcock, respecting the affairs of the Cherokee Indians, &c. January 31, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 25, 1843. Report made by committee, and ordered to be printed. Mississippi trade. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in reference to the trade of the Mississippi. February 27, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations, new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act to Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. March 3, 1843. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements respecting the commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, in the year ending on the 30th of September, 1842, &c. February 25, 1843. 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed.	5
Serial set 426	George Pool. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Gresham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) January 10, 1843. William Depeyster and Henry N. Cruger. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 68.) February 3, 1843 Conrad House. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) December 29, 1842. Lund Washington. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Purchase land adjoining Navy yard, Brooklyn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 744.) February 1, 1843. Jacob Haas. January 19, 1843. Laid upon the table. Warehouse system. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 730.) January 26, 1843. Boundary between Missouri and Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 716.) January 21, 1843. William Rice. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Maria Fowler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 718.) January 24, 1843. S. & M. Riche. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 728.) January 26, 1843. Allen Gorham. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Thos. H. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 731.) January 28, 1843. Joseph Bowlen. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Farley D. Thompson. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Cormack. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Pegg. January 24, 1843. Heirs of Mary Rhinevault. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 719.) January 24, 1843. John Sands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 763.) February 4, 1843. Samuel Weller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 749.) February 3, 1843. Samuel T. Anderson. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John K. [i.e., H.] Lincoln. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay Michigan militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 743.) February 1, 1843. Joseph Nourse. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 25.) January 31, 1843. Representatives of John Peters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 742.) January 31, 1843. Jennings, Roddy [i.e., Roddey], and Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 750.) February 3, 1843. Hill & Stalker. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 4.) January 28, 1843. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Job Wood. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. General Jackson's fine. January 31, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Cary. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 755.) February 3, 1843. Patrick Masterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) February 3, 1843. $200,000,000 of government stock. January 30, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Margaret C. Murray -- widow of Thomas. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah Jenkins, widow of James Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 754.) February 3, 1843. Lewis Gordon. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Nancy Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) February 3, 1843. John R. Bald. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph E. Caro. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Joseph, of Wareham, Mass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) February 3, 1843. Seth Sweetzer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 753.) February 3, 1843. Jeremiah and Moses Noble -- Schooner Privado. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 751.) February 3, 1843. John McGinnis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 739.) January 31, 1843. Adam McCulloch. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Dunham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) December 27, 1842. John Core. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) December 27, 1842. Pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 655.) January 6, 1843. James Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 656.) January 6, 1843. John S. Parkinson. December 27, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Public buildings -- Tallahassee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 699.) January 19, 1842. Joseph R. Chandler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 623.) December 27, 1842. George Randall and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 637.) December 30, 1842. John E. Hunt and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 633.) December 29, 1842. Samuel Richards, executor of William T. Smith, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 639.) December 30, 1842. Electro-magnetic telegraphs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) December 30, 1842. Five thousand extra copies ordered to be printed. Robert G. Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 638.) December 30, 1842. Rector, churchwardens, and vestrymen, of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) December 31, 1842. Exchequer. January 9, 1843. Military posts -- Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) January 4, 1843. 5,000 copies reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. John Randolph Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 647.) January 4, 1843. Charles Waldron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 646.) January 4, 1843. Joseph H. Waring. January 4, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Bernard Hoy. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Joines. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George C. Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) January 5, 1843. Daniel Newell. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Darius Hawkins. January 6, 1843. William Poole. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Anne W. Angus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 664.) January 10, 1843. Lands sold at Chocchuma, &c., Mississippi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) January 10, 1843. George Raines. January 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. A.H. Evans. January 10, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George A. Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 667.) January 11, 1843. Silas Waterman. January 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Powers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 666.) January 10, 1843. Coast Survey. January 12, 1843. Laid upon the table. Floating dry dock, Brooklyn, New York. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 27.) January 10, 1843. Florida, Iowa, and Wisconsin, to elect certain officers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 690.) January 18, 1843. Rebecca McCann. January 17, 1843. Jeremiah Kimball. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 674.) January 14, 1843. Representatives of Alexander Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 682.) January 17, 1843. Mary Barry, administratrix of Thomas Barry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) January 14, 1843. Virginia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 677.) January 14, 1843 Pre-emption to settlers in Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 684.) January 17, 1843. James Davis. January 17, 1843. Henry P. Russell, administrator of Samuel Russell, deceased. January 17, 1843. Mary Pike. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) January 14, 1843. Sarah Eveleth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 683.) January 17, 1843. Thomas Crown. January 17, 1843. Frances M. Lewis. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 31.) January 19, 1843. D. and J. Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 704.) January 20, 1843. William Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 713.) January 21, 1843. Gamaliel E. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 706.) January 20, 1843. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 702.) January 19, 1843. Andrew Fisher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 705.) January 20, 1843. Mary Neale. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 32.) January 19, 1843. Trustees of the academy at Quincy, Florida. January 21, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 700.) January 19, 1843. Samuel Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 708.) January 20, 1843. David Munn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 701.) January 19, 1843. William Scott. January 19, 1843. William W. Street. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 707.) January 20, 1843. Hugh Wallace Wormley. January 19, 1843. Malcolm Lindsley, Thomas D. Larner, and William B. Sprigg. January 20, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Philander Smith and James Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 691.) January 19, 1843. March Farrington. January 19, 1843. Jane McGuire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) January 21, 1843. Sampson Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 712.) January 21, 1843. Peter W. Short. January 19, 1843. Nancy Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 703.) January 19, 1843. Spanish tonnage duties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 710.) January 21, 1843. Aaron Adams. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table Charles Colman. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. China and Sandwich Islands. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 720 and 721.) January 24, 1843. A.G. Monroe. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Howard. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Putman. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel D. Enocks [i.e., Enochs]. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George Doft. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Apportionment of representatives, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 649.) January 25, 1843. Inhabitants of Terrebonne -- quiet their titles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 717.) January 24, 1843. Henry J.T. Moss. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. William Barnes. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Sneed. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 723.) January 25, 1843. Pelatiah Shepard. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey harbor of Memphis, Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 738.) January 28, 1843. Asahel Lee, Harvey Lee, and Lemuel Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) December 27, 1842. Thomas D. Gilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) December 27, 1842. Sarah Hildreth. December 27, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Jonathan Britton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) December 27, 1842. Heirs of Isaac Todd and James McGill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 625.) December 27, 1842. Samuel B. Tuck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) December 27, 1842. Free colored seamen -- majority and minority reports. January 20, 1843. Sutherland Mayfield. January 19, 1843. John Monroe. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Revive act to try land claims in Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 692.) January 19, 1843. Ephraim D. Dixon. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 26.) January 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Legal representatives of Robert N. Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) January 17, 1843. Catharine Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 640.) December 30, 1842. Law library, Court of Appeals, Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 698.) January 19, 1843. John Metcalf. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Hodgkin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 729.) January 26, 1843. David Allspach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 632.) December 29, 1842. Joseph M. Hernandez. January 26, 1843. Jacob White. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) January 4, 1843.	145
Serial set 427	Thomas Mott. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of William Watts. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. William Walker and others -- land under treaty with Wyandot Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 776.) February 9, 1843. Relief of officers of the Exploring Expedition. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) February 25, 1843. Heirs of Constant Freeman. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Fielding Pratt. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Salary of surveyor at Havre de Grace. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) February 22, 1843. Schooner Blooming Youth -- Israel Goodridge et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) February 14, 1843. John P. Schuyler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 798.) February 16, 1843. Charles W. Macomber. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. William Cle[n]dening. February 6, 1843. Abolish office Commissioner of Public Buildings. February 6, 1843. Referred to Committee on Retrenchment. Caleb Atwater. February 6, 1843. George Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) February 6, 1843. Ira Carpenter. February 6, 1843. John R. Knott. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Kendall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) February 6, 1843. Dan Stevens. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine H.T. Johnson. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas W. Drewry. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast Survey. February 9, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. James Wilson. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Dove -- Elisha Luce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) February 14, 1843. Joseph Coberly. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank United States, assignee of Williamson Smith. February 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Florilla -- Z. Knowles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) February 14, 1843. Walker, Caruthers & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) February 9, 1843. Frederick Denio. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Esther Sawyer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 779.) February 9, 1843. Legal representative of Capt. William S. Tillard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) February 9, 1843. John Beck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 778.) February 9, 1843. Heirs of John J. Bulow, Jr. February 14, 1843. James Pepper et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) February 9, 1843. Clarke [i.e., Clark] Allen. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew F. Tyler. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. To amend and explain acts for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 780.) February 9, 1843. Cadwalader Wallace. February 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. To reduce the salary of the surveyor at Camden, New Jersey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) February 9, 1843. Settle Oregon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) February 9, 1843. Charles H. Russell & Co. and Charles Potter. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Bull, Jr. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Dixon. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representatives of Antoine Vasques [i.e., Vasquez]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) February 16, 1843. Survey of Grand and Spring Rivers. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 41.) February 16, 1843. Sarah Pratt. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Saltmarsh & Overton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771 [i.e., 791].) February 16, 1843. Simon Kenton. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Frededick [i.e., Frederick] Hopkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) February 16, 1843. Empson Hamilton. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Ebenezer Dewey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) February 16, 1843. Statement of Calvin Case, as to the facts in relation to the loss of boats on the Mississippi. February 15, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Owen. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Christopher Lambert. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. James H. Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) February 16, 1843. Horace B. Abbey. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Reuben Fields. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Thomas Gordon. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representatives of Joel Hardaway. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Eleazer Butler. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representative of Thomas Jett. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Philip Courtney. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Joseph and William Wilcox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 805.) February 18, 1843. Representative of Benjamin Harrison, Jr. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Samuel Jones. Laid upon the table. February 22, 1843. William Lewis. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. William L. Meredith. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Mr. Hall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William L. Meredith... Joseph Michaux. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of John Jennings. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. George Fisher. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the finances. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. James Mains. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 813.) February 22, 1843. Manuel Cruzat. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. James J. Pattison. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Removal of Greenough's statute [i.e., statue] of Washington. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 43.) February 22, 1843. Representatives of George Yates. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. George Whitten. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) February 22, 1843. John Everly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) February 22, 1843. Charles Maddis. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Chauncey G. Storm. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Jonathan Shafer. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Timothy Cook. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Hopper. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Yorktown church. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of John Winston. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George Armstrong. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John B. Webb and others, heirs of Joseph Webb. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of John Spencer. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Supplemental report of the Committee on Public Expenditures in relation to Charles J. Catlett. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Burke. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Reduction of the commissioned officers of the Army. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Samuel Youngs, heir of Joseph Youngs. February 22, 1843. Lathrop Foster. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) February 22, 1843. Henry Desbrow. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaiah Younglove. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of Tarlton Woodson. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Isaiah Lukens. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John S. Gatewood. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Northern lines of the reservation of the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, by the treaty of 4th August, 1824. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) February 22, 1843. J.W. Crane. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Thomas McCay. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Langtry & Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) February 22, 1843. Heirs of Mark Thomas. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Joseph M. Rhea. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Wharf for the custom-house, New London. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) February 22, 1843. Peter McWilliams, Jeremiah Wright, and Margaretta Boss. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of George Purcell. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Elijah S. Bell. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Nantucket Marine Camel Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809) February 22, 1843. Jane Dade, heir of William Rumney. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Chaffee. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Guy Carpenter. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Elizabethtown church. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Ephraim F. Gilbert. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Retrenchment of expenditures of the House of Representatives. February 23, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. David Cooke. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. National foundry. February 23, 1843. Thomas Cheeseman. February 23, 1843. Laid upon the table. Agency for the purchase of water-rotted hemp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 799.) February 16, 1843. John Brent. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Baker. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representatives of Samuel Royer. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Richard B. Brumfield. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Lewis Whiting. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Jacob Wilt. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table.	124
Serial set 428	African colonization -- slave trade -- commerce. Report of Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland, from the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the memorial of the Friends of African Colonization, assembled in convention in the City of Washington, May, 1842. To which is appended, collection of the most interesting papers on the subject of African colonization, and the commerce, etc., of western Africa, together with all the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the African slave trade. February 28, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Ferguson & Reid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) February 28, 1843. Henry M. Shreve -- snag boat. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) February 28, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Frauds upon Indians -- right of the President to withhold papers. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) February 28, 1843. Mary Ann Linton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 828.) February 28, 1843. Port of delivery -- City of Lafayette, Louisiana. (To accompany Bill. H.R. No. 820.) February 28, 1843. Lewis [i.e., Louis] C. Sactori [i.e., Sartori]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 827.) February 28, 1843. Owners of the boat Ann. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) February 28, 1843. Milly, an Indian woman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) February 28, 1843. Debenture -- port of Appalachicola, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) February 28, 1843. John H. Hodges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) March 1, 1843. Condition of the light-houses on the eastern coast. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table Ellen Duvall [i.e., Duval]. March 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	14
Serial set 429	Joseph Nock. February 28, 1843. Leah Munday and others. February 28, 1843. Laid upon the table. M.R. Bartlett. February 28, 1843. Laid upon the table. Benjamin Bentley's [i.e. Bently] representatives. February 28, 1843. Laid upon the table. Removal of Jonathan Roberts. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Classification of clerks, &c. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Farmer. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Wade, March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Garry [i.e., Gary] Hinant. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Removal of the Cherokees, &c. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. William Nixon. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Relief of the states --public lands. Report of William Cost Johnson, of Maryland, from the select committee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed on the 29th December, 1842, on sundry memorials, praying Congress to pass a law directing that stock of the United States to the amount of $200,000,000, be credited or distributed among the states, territories, and District of Columbia, for the relief of the people. With an appendix, containing numerous statistical statements in relation to public lands, debts, imports, exports, &c., &c. March 2, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pay and commutation for fuel and quarters to officers in Seminole and Creek campaigns. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	13
Serial set 430	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1843, and in the sixty-eighth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 431	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate	1

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