Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 637 Money advanced by the State of Maryland to the general government. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of money advanced by the State of Maryland to the general government during the War of 1812, &c. January 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
United States Squadron -- Pacific Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a petition for increase of pay from [sic] petty officers, seamen, &c., attached to the United States Squadron in the Pacific Ocean. January 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Finances. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. January 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstract of returns of American seamen, &c. December 11, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Navy pensioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting lists of Navy pensioners. December 11, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Library Canadian Parliament. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a resolution of the Canadian Legislative Council, in reference to certain donations. January 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Squadrons -- West India Seas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information as to the relative strength of the British, French and United States Squadrons in the West India Seas, &c. December 23, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Naval estimates for deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting estimates for naval deficiencies. January 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
John S. Thrasher. (See Document No. 10, of this session.) Message from the President of the United States: transmitting further information respecting the imprisonment, &c., of John S. Thrasher. January 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Amin Bey, Turkish agent. Letter from the Secretary of State, informing Congress of the amount expended of the appropriation made for the defrayment of the expenses of the agent of the Sublime Porte, &c. December 18, 1851. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Roads -- Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Topographical Bureau, respecting certain roads in the Territory of Minnesota. December 23, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of expenditures of the contingent fund for that Department. December 18, 1851. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Mexico -- last installment. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the last installment of the indemnity due to Mexico. January 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
John S. Thrasher. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting the imprisonment, &c., of John S. Thrasher. December 23, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, with instructions to examine into the laws of domicil in the island of Cuba, and to see if they are not proper matters for negotiation and treaty. Ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of expenditures of the contingent fund of that Department. December 23, 1851. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Navy and Marine lists, and annual pay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a transcript of the official Navy and Marine lists, showing the amount of pay allowed to each person. December 23 1851. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Lopez expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the Lopez expedition. January 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Contingencies -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures for contingencies of the military establishment. January 9, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to fortifications. December 11, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 		19
Serial set 638 Annual report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year ending November, 1851 1
Serial set 639 Sketches accompanying the annual report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851. 1
Serial set 640 Additional estimates -- deficiencies Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting additional estimates for deficiencies in that Department. January 14, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenses of national armories. January 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mexican indemnity -- correspondence. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in reference to the payment of the Mexican indemnity. January 23, 1852. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
Light-house contracts, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of light-house contracts, &c. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund -- Interior Department. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Department of the Interior. February 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of accounts, &c. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Receipts and disbursements Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting statement of receipts and disbursements for the service of the Post Office Department. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Additional estimates -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations for the Army. January 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations, &c. January 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Navy Department. January 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Revenue cutters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting the building and equipping of revenue cutters. January 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual return of militia, &c. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service for the year commencing 1st of July, 1852. January 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks of that Department. January 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimate. (See Ex. Doc. No. 28.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate for Army deficiencies. January 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks, &c. -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting lists of clerks and others. January 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mexican indemnity. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting the remaining instalment of the Mexican indemnity. January 20, 1852. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the United States minister in Paris and the Secretary of State of the United States, in reference to events which have recently occurred in France. January 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Marine hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of the Marine Hospital Fund, &c. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting lists of clerks. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Reports of Surveyors General of Illinois, Missouri and Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports of the Surveyors General of Illinois, Missouri and Oregon. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Utah. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in reference to the condition of affairs in the Territory of Utah. January 9, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
British West Indies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the proposed employment, in the British West Indian colonies, of free blacks from the United States. January 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Contracts -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts, &c. January 9, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the clerks and others, employed in that Department. January 9, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department, and ordered to be printed.
Estimates -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates to complete the service of the Department of State. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed and paid by the several departments. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report from the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury in reference to claims allowed and paid by the Navy Department. February 1, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Utah. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Utah. January 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Territory of Minnesota, asking further appropriations to meet the expenditures of said territory. January 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 		29
Serial set 641 Minnesota public buildings. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter and statements from the Governor of the Territory of Minnesota, showing disbursements made for the erection of public buildings. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Mint at Philadelphia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Portugal -- claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to claims of citizens of the United States on the government of Portugal. February 4, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Estimates -- marine hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for marine hospitals. February 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Post Office Department -- receipts and payments. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of receipts and payments for the year ending 31st December, 1851. February 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Iowa northern boundary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for running and marking the northern boundary of Iowa, &c. February 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
New Custom-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from that Department, furnishing information in reference to the new Custom-houses now being erected. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Extension of the Capitol. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Architect for the Extension of the Capitol. February 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed.
Foreign mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a copy of the contract for transporting the mail between Charleston, S.C., and Havana, in the island of Cuba, &c. February 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the official Army Register. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
United States steamer Prometheus. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of instruction and correspondence respecting the attack on the United States steamer Prometheus. February 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Chickasaw Indians and Arkansas bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury submitting an estimate of interest on Arkansas bonds to be paid to the Chickasaw Indians. February 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Claims paid by Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of all claims paid by that Department since the 4th of March, 1849, which had been previously presented, &c. February 12, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Kossuth and Captain Long. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the official correspondence growing out of the alleged misunderstanding between Captain Long and Louis [i.e., Lajos] Kossuth. February 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Claims against Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter in reference to difficulties in the settlement of claims against Brazil. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of representatives. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior, in reference to the next apportionment. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Omaha Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for an appropriation to defray the expenses of a party of Omaha Indians. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Post Office Department -- receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of receipts and expenditures of that Department for the quarter ending 30th September, 1851. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting his annual report. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed.
Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register. February 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Treasury contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts made by that Department. February 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Brig Arve. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting the seizure of the brig Arve, &c. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Unsold lands at Symme's purchase. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the opinion of the Attorney General, respecting the title to unsold parts of reserved fractional section No. 11, State of Ohio, &c. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
D.V. Whiting, esq. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the First Comptroller, in reference to the salary of D.V. Whiting as Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico. March 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
American cemetery near the City of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a dispatch from the American minister in Mexico, in reference to the American cemetery near the City of Mexico. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of State Department, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of expenditures of the contingent fund of that Department. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures, and ordered to be printed.
Barque Georgiana, and brig Susan Loud. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in reference to the seizure and confiscation of the barque "Georgiana," and the brig "Susan Loud." March 23, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Ports of China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of certain rules and regulations for masters, officers, and seamen of vessels at the free ports of China. March 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Prosper M. Wetmore. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of reports in relation to the accounts of Prosper M. Wetmore. March 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Goat Island, Newport Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for the improvement of Goat Island, Newport Harbor. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Public grounds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for the improvement of the Public Mall, &c. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting list of clerks, &c., employed in that Department: March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures, and ordered to be printed.
Military Asylum. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in reference to the Military Asylum. February 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 		33
Serial set 642 Report of the officers constituting the Light-house Board, convened under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury, to inquire into the condition of the light-house establishment of the United States, under the act of March 3, 1851. February 6, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 643 Mail contracts, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of mail contracts, &c. February 6, 1852. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 644 Colored emigration -- British West Indies. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the emigration of colored laborers to the British West Indies. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Plan and specifications for a Mint at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a plan and specifications for a Mint at San Francisco. April 1, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered that the letter be printed.
Penitentiary, D.C. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
Ohio River -- falls at Louisville. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, &c., as to the best mode of improving the navigation of the Ohio River at the falls at Louisville. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.
Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the number and designation of persons arriving in the United States from September 30, 1850, to January 1, 1852. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Fees and expenses of the courts of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report respecting the fees and expenses of the courts of the United States. April 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon -- Governor Gaines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence with Governor Gaines in reference to the government of the Territory of Oregon. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Oregon Territory. Message from the President of the United States, inviting the attention of Congress to the condition of things in the Territory of Oregon. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Abstraction of official papers, etc. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the abstraction of papers from the files of the State Department. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Light-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury respecting the light-house system of the United States, in reply to a report made to Congress by the Light-house Board. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Commerce.
Channel through shell reef. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report respecting the channel opened through shell reef. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement and balances of appropriations, &c. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Mail steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in reference to mail steamships, &c. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements of mail contracts, &c. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. 		14
Serial set 645 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1851. Part 1. Arts and manufactures. 1
Serial set 646 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1851. Volume X. Part II. Agriculture. 1
Serial set 647 Indian accounts and disbursements. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts current, &c., with persons entrusted with the disbursement of money or goods for the benefit of the Indians. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures, and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 648 Claim against branch Mint -- New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letters in reference to an account against the branch Mint at New Orleans. July 7, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks, etc. -- Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of clerks. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Life-boats. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to life-boats on the coasts of the United States. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Trenholm & Belt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting transcripts of accounts of Trenholm & Belt for printing. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Estimate Commissary Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Commissary General of Subsistence, &c. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Finances Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the finances of the Post Office Department. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Rio Grande frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting disorders and outrages committed on the Rio Grande frontier. June 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon -- location of seat of government, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the correspondence between that Department and E. Hamilton, Secretary of the Territory of Oregon, in reference to the location of the seat of government, &c. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Banks in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the condition of the banks throughout the Union. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the island of Cuba. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Reduction of estimates -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War, suggesting a reduction in the estimates submitted heretofore for that Department. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Copper coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the directors of the Mint, on the subject of the copper coinage. June 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Foreigners -- Cuban expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the First Comptroller in response to such of the Cuban prisoners as were foreigners, &c. July 7, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Estimate -- salary District Judge of the Western District of Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate for the salary of the District Judge of the Western District of Louisiana. July 7, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Light-house Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Light-house Board, &c. July 7, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Frauds upon the revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, calling attention to a recent decision of the United States Circuit Court of New York in reference to certain importations, &c. July 7, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Indemnity for Spanish subjects in New Orleans. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, and a communication from the Spanish minister, asking indemnity for Spanish subjects in New Orleans. June 23, 1852. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Surveys -- valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for completing surveys between the valley of the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean. July 7, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State and accompanying documents, in reference to the fisheries on the British North American coasts. August 10, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		19
Serial set 649 Incidental expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the incidental expenses of the Post Office Department for the year ending the 30th June, 1851. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Amount of postage received at each post office, &c., &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, suggesting the impossibility of furnishing the report required by the act of 1825, showing every post-road which shall not, after the second year from its establishment, have produced one-third of the expense of carrying the mail on the same. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Contracts Post Office Department -- other than those for transporting the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copies of contracts, &c. August 31, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Sloop Georgiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to the shipwreck of the sloop Georgiana. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
District penitentiary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting applications for an appropriation to repair the prison wharf. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mint at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the Mint at San Francisco, and transmitting an estimate of expenses for one year. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Commission for settling land claims in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting papers showing reasons for an increase of the appropriation for salaries and incidental expenses of said commission. August 31, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Balance due Creek Indians for losses in late war with Great Britain. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report, in explanation of the item estimated for by that Department for losses sustained by Creek Indians in the last war with Great Britain. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Raising wreck of steam-frigate Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, giving information of the removal of the wreck of the steamship Missouri from the Bay of Gibraltar. August 31, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Marine hospital at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an additional appropriation for the marine hospital at San Francisco. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of members. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the official certificate of the number of members apportioned to each state, under the last census. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mail contracts by steamships between New York and California. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in relation to contracts for transportation of the mails between New York and California. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mail service in steamships between the United States and foreign countries. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to ocean mail service by steamships. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. 		13
Serial set 650 Tables [of] commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year 1851. 1
Serial set 651-1 Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 8, 1851, the report of Israel D. Andrews, consul of the United States for Canada and New Brunswick, on the trade and commerce of the British North American colonies, and upon the trade of the Great Lakes and rivers; also, notices of the internal improvements in each state, of the Gulf of Mexico and straits of Florida, and a paper on the cotton crop of the United States. 1
Serial set 651-2 [Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 8, 1851, the report of Israel D. Andrews, consul of the United States for Canada and New Brunswick, on the trade and commerce of the British North American colonies, and upon the trade of the Great Lakes and rivers; also, notices of the internal improvements in each state, of the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida, and a paper on the cotton crop of the United States. [Maps]] 1
Serial set 652 Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the compromise measures. February 11, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the compromise measures of the 31st Congress. August 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Stockbridge Indians. Letter from the sachem and councillors of the Stockbridge Indians, in relation to the application of John W. Quinney for his share of the moneys of the tribe specified in the several treaties with the United States. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
National intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to national intervention. June 24, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Falls of the Ohio River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a new canal, on the Indiana side, around the Falls of the Ohio River. March 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Flogging in the Navy, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island in favor of the retention of the act for abolishing flogging in the Navy, and also for abolishing the spirit rations in all naval ships and Navy yards. February 6, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, asking for certain alterations in the organic law of said territory. February 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Kossuth and intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to Kossuth, Hungary and intervention. February 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Red River. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Red River. March 10, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
list of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Thirty-second Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1851.
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House. December 11, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed.
Assimilated rank of surgeons in the Army and Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the American Medical Association, transmitting preambles and resolutions in reference to assimilated rank of surgeons in the Army and Navy. January 2, 1852. Ordered, that so much as relates to the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and so much as relates to the Navy be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered to be printed.
Compendium of the census. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the appointment of a joint committee for the purpose of preparing and arranging a compendium of the first and subsequent censuses of the United States. March 3, 1852. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, transmitting copies of the acts, resolutions, &c., of that territory. January 9, 1852. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks, &c. -- H. of Reps. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting list of clerks, &c. employed in his office. January 15, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Territory of Oregon, transmitting a copy of the journal of the Legislative Assembly thereof. February 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Public lands -- geological survey. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a donation of public lands to aid in completing the geological survey of said state. February 11, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the public lands. May 3, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Canal -- falls Sault St. Marie. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Sault Saint Marie, in the State of Michigan. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to French spoliations prior to the year 1801. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Kossuth and non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to Governor Kossuth and the doctrine of national non-intervention. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
The Woodworth patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, against the renewal of a patent for Woodworth's planing-machine. April 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Bbanch [i.e., Branch] Mint in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in reference to the establishment of a branch Mint in that state. June 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania respecting the bridge over the Ohio River opposite Wheeling. February 20, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Light-house Minot's Ledge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the erection of a light-house on Minot's Ledge. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
California United States district judges. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking an increase of the salaries of judges of the United States District Courts of that state. March 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking a grant of land for the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. March 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Extension of the Woodworth patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the extension of the Woodworth patent. March 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Land for school purposes. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the grant of land for school purposes, in lieu of the valueless sixteenth sections in said state. March 8, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Ship canal around the falls of Sault St. Marie. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the construction of a ship-canal around the falls of Sault St. Marie. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Cemetery on grounds attached to the United States barracks at Baton Rouge. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in reference to a cemetery on the grounds attached to the United States barracks at Baton Rouge. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Intervention. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, upon the doctrine of intervention. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the Wheeling bridge over the Ohio. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Virginia land bounty warrants. Report of a committee of the Legislature of Virginia, on the subject of outstanding Virginia land bounty warrants. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Breakwater at mouth of Delaware Bay. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for completion of breakwater at mouth of Delaware Bay, and to repair the piers in the river, &c. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Abuses of passengers in California steamers. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the abuses of passengers in California steamers. March 30, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Mail service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, praying a change in the mail service on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. March 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania contested election. Evidence taken in the Pennsylvania contested election. May 7, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Alabama -- non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, expressive of the sense of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the policy to be pursued by our government in its intercourse with foreign nations. February 2, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge. Petition of one hundred and twenty-one members of the Ohio Legislature, in relation to the Wheeling bridge over the Ohio River. April 13, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Military depot at the City of Augusta, Georgia. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, praying the establishment of a depot of arms in Augusta, in said state. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Pascagoula River. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation to remove a sand bar from the mouth of the Pascagoula River. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Lake Pontchartrain -- Grant's Pass, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the purchase of Grant's Pass, &c. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
U.S. District Court, District of Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Wisconsin. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Woodworth's planing machine, and Parker's reacting water-wheel. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, adverse to the extension of Woodworth's patent, and Parker's patent. April 12, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
Canal around falls of St. Marie. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, for a canal around the falls of St. Marie. April 24, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Massachusetts militia claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning militia claims. June 24, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon -- public buildings. Letter from the Governor of Oregon Territory, stating that no part of the sum placed in his hands for the erection of suitable public buildings has been expended. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S., in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. November 29, 1852.
Assimilated rank. Letter from the Secretary of the American Medical Association, transmitting the report of a committee of that association, on the subject of assimilated rank. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Contracts. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of contracts, &c. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Memorial of Columbia Lancaster and W.T. Matlock, presiding officers of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Oregon. February 19, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Non-intervention. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, on non-intervention. March 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
National Normal Agricultural College. Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning a grant of land in aid of national normal schools. May 5, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Public lands in Mississippi. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the reduction of the price of land in the Augusta and Washington land districts. March 15, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
California civil fund. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in reference to the civil fund of that state. March 20, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania -- Smith O'Brien and his associates in exile. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to Smith O'Brien and his associates in exile. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Dry dock and navy-yard depot on lake frontier. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, asking the establishment of a navy-yard depot and dry dock on the lake frontier. March 23, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking an appropriation of land to aid in the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house at Biloxi. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of a Custom-house at Biloxi, and also for the delivery of the mail twice a week between Biloxi and New Orleans, and intermediate places, and a weekly mail from Jackson to Mobile. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Falls of the Ohio River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relating to the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Naval depot at New Orleans. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, concerning the establishment of a naval depot at New Orleans. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
European and North American Railway. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in support of the memorial to Congress asking the assistance of the United States government in behalf of the European and North American Railway. April 12, 1852. Referred to two committees, Public Lands and Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, for a donation of public lands to the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Wheeling bridge -- a post route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in reference to the Wheeling bridge, &c. June 24, 1852. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Cherokees of North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting information as to the amount of money paid William H. Thomas for and on account of the Cherokees of North Carolina. August 2, 1852. Ordered to be printed.
Ship canal. Falls St. Marie. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking an appropriation for the construction of a ship canal at the falls of St. Marie. March 4, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Woodworth's patent. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Woodworth patent. April 13, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed.
The compromise measures. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in reference to the compromise measures passed by the Congress of the United States. March 8, 1852. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Consulates of China. Letter from the American charge d'affaires in China, transmitting letters from consuls in reply to circulars addressed to them, &c. August 31, 1852. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. 		70
Serial set 653 Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the first to the Thirty-first Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress. Compiled by order of the House of Representatives. Vol. I. From A to G inclusive. 1
Serial set 654 Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claim[s] which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the First to the Thirty-first Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress. Compiled by order of the House of Representatives. Vol. II. From H to O inclusive. 1
Serial set 655 Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the First to the Thirty-first Congress, exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, &c., elucidating its progress. Compiled by order of the House of Representatives. Vol. III. From P to Z inclusive. 1