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Serial set 764 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume VII. 1
SERIAL SET 765 Mammals / 1
Serial set 765 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume VIII. 1
SERIAL SET 766 Birds / 1
Serial set 766 Reports [of] explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction to the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to acts of Congress of March 8, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume IX. 1
SERIAL SET 767 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1
Serial set 767 Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume X. 1
SERIAL SET 768 Memoir to accompany the map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : giving a brief account of each of the exploring expeditions since A.D. 1800, with a detailed description of the method adopted in compiling the general map / 1
Serial set 768 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6. According to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume XI. 1
Serial set 769 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the government of the United States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers at his request, and under his supervision. By Francis L. Hawks, D.D. L.L.D. With numerous illustrations. 1
Serial set 770 Narrative [of] the Expedition of an American Squadron [to] the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, [by] order of the government of the United States. Volume II -- with illustrations. 1
Serial set 771 United States Japan Expedition. Observations on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States steam-frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage homeward: with conclusions from the data thus obtained; by Rev. George Jones, A.M., Chaplain United States Navy. Volume III. 1
Serial set 772 Petition of James Thomson and others, practical licensed engineers, engaged in steamboat navigation on the Mississippi and its tributaries, praying an appropriation to test Miller's steam-condenser. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan respecting slavery. February 5, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Memorial of George P. Marsh, of Vermont, asking an appropriation for the compensation of his services as minister resident to the Ottoman Porte, under the act of August 11, 1848, imposing judicial duties on the minister, and of his services under a special mission to the government of Greece. January 10, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to the allowance of pensions and bounty land, to the officers, soldiers, and sailors, who served in the last war with Great Britain. December 21, 1854. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Job Sidney Swift, praying the establishment of a polytechnic department in the Smithsonian Institution. December 26, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 3, 1854. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 14, 1854.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, against the introduction or importation of foreign paupers or criminals into the United States. February 21, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following statistical tables. (To accompany Bill H.R. 353.)
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 659.) Letter from Jos. G. Totten, Brevet Brigadier General and Colonel of Engineers, with estimates for continuing the operations at the fort at Fort Point, and for continuing the operations on the defensive works at Alcatraz in the State of California...
Proceedings of the national convention of the soldiers of the War of 1812, held at the Four-and-a-half Street Presbyterian Church, in the City of Washington, on the 8th of January, 1855. February 20, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a uniform and cheap rate of postage. December 21, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a Navy-yard in Narragansett Bay. December 21, 1864. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of persons employed in his office during the year 1854. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to printed.
Memorial of the committee of a convention, held in Richmond, Va., December 5, 1854. To memorialize Congress on the subject of refunding to railroad companies all the duties paid on iron since March 4, 1851, and to reduce the duties on all railroad iron hereafter to be imported. January 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of Aaron Haight Palmer, praying compensation for services, in collecting valuable information and statistics in relation to the geography, productive resources, trade, commerce, &c., of the independent Oriental nations. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Corporation of Georgetown, relative to the long bridge over the Potomac River. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, against any alteration of the naturalization laws. February 10, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed; motion to print 500 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 12, 1855. -- Report against printing, and report agreed to.
Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the states bordering on the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying the establishment of a mail route from Portage City to La Crosse. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker submitted the following letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill H.R. 742.)...
Memorial of the Board of Trustees of Public Schools, of Washington City, D.C., praying the donation of city lots for educational purposes; or that a portion of the proceeds of sales of lots heretofore made may be invested for that purpose. February 28, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the ninth annual report of the Board of Regents of that Institution. March 1, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed -- motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to Committee on Printing. March 2, 1855. -- Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed, 2,500 of which be for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. 		23
Serial set 773 Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 19, 1855.
Documents and other papers relating to the boundary line between the States of Georgia and Florida, heretofore laid before either House of Congress, and the reports of committees, and all proceedings of either House thereon. Compiled and printed by order of the Senate. 		2
Serial set 774 List of private claims brought before the Senate of the United States, from the commencement of the 14th to the close of the 33d Congress. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to the orders of the Senate of April 9, 1840, February 27, 1841, February 8, 1849, and March 3, 1855. 1
Serial set 775 In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston [i.e., Johnson] made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 510.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Bill 510, for the relief of Thomas T. Russell, of Florida, on examination of the case, find...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 563.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Jeremiah Moors, praying compensation for labor and materials furnished by him in the construction of a light-house and dwelling-house on Big Thunder Bay Island, in Lake Huron, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Gibbons, mother of Thomas E. Gibbons, who died in the Navy of the United States, for a pension or other compensation, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Emily L. Slaughter, widow of Commander Slaughter of the Navy, praying a pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.J. Grayson, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 664.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the memorials of General Nathan Towson, late of the Army of the United States, deceased, and David R. Whitely, a member of his command, asking payment for the capture of the British brig Caledonia, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 646.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of G.A. Magruder, a commander in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of pay between a lieutenant and captain during the time he acted in that capacity on board the frigate Columbia, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the documents in support of the claim of Hiram Seat to a pension for services as a teamster in the war with Mexico, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 552.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and papers in the case of George W. Torrence...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom it was referred, have had under consideration the following resolution: "Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary inquire whether any, and if any, what action of the Senate is necessary and proper in regard to the 'Smithsonian Institution,'" ask leave to report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred documents, &c., in favor of the claim of William Read, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Thompson, praying compensation as a seaman in the late war with Great Britain, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Toucey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 38.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of Thomas W. Powell and Emery Moore, praying for relief against a bail bond, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Margaret Hanson...
In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 533.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William P. Young, report...
In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 254.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of Mrs. Catharine Arnold, (widow of Ripley A. Arnold, late an officer of the United States Army,) for pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 24.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the joint resolution for the relief of John Donnel & Sons, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 538.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Dodson, a private in Captain Richard Owen's company of the California battalion...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committe [i.e., Committee] on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Hudry, of Louisiana, praying remuneration for services rendered and expenses incurred by him for the defence of New Orleans in 1814-'15, having had it under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Alexander, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Kelly, praying compensation for his losses and sufferings during his imprisonment on the island of Cuba, in 1816, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Act H.R. 384.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill, No. 384, for the relief of Anna E. Cook, have considered the same, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 546.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles McCormick, an assistant surgeon in the Army, praying compensation for extra services, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the petition of Johanna McNamara, widow of Daniel McNamara, deceased, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was re-committed the report and papers in the case of John Brown, with additional documents, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petitions of Mrs. Harriet H. Saunders, and Mrs. Jane M. Rudolph, widows of officers of the revenue service, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the petition praying that the children of George Godfrey Felker, may be paid the amount of pension due him at the time of his death...
In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 364.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives for the relief of William A. Duer, John Duer, and Beverly Robinson, trustees of the estate of Sarah Alexander, widow of Major General William Alexander, commonly known as Lord Sterling, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 565.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives to repeal an act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau, deceased...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Chambers C. Mullin [i.e., Mullen] for increase of pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John T. Sprague, of the Army, praying that Margaret S. [i.e., L.] Worth, widow of General Worth, may be allowed the pension her husband was entitled to for a disability incurred in the last war with Great Britain, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 557.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the claim of John Rogers, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 547.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petitions of James Pool, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Raymond Williams for back pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Vincent, widow of John Vincent, praying for a pension and bounty lands, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on the contingent expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James W. Sheahan, have considered the same, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Oakley H. Wright, praying for pension and bounty land, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Perrine, widow of William E. Perrine, for herself and children, praying the payment of whatever amount shall appear, upon investigation, to be due said Perrine as one of the contractors on the Louisville and Portland Canal, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 629.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of the surviving members of the Edisto Island Company of the State of South Carolina...
In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 620.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Hyacinth Riopell...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 602.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Hennessy, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 622.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William S. Oliver for a pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 626.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Colonel Simeon Knight, late of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 603.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Weatherford, widow of Colonel William Weatherford, for pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of N. Westcott and others, praying that a pension may be allowed to Gabriel Denton, an officer in the War of 1812, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Commmittee [sic] on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the administrator of Curtis Grubb, surviving partner of Curtis & Peter Grubb, praying payment of a final settlement certificate, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 625.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of A.S. Robinson, cashier of the Bank of the State of Missouri, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Middleton, praying remuneration for services in the War of 1812, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 633.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of Gerard Wood, a surgeon's mate during the Revolutionary War, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Johannes Schultz or Schultys...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office have had under consideration the memorial of James H. Stimpson, son and executor of the late James Stimpson, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 624.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Sylvester Churchill, United States Army, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John J. [i.e., G.] Watmough, an officer in the War of 1812, praying arrearages and increase of pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of William Beatty, praying remuneration for the services of the said Beatty during the Revolutionary War, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 686.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the petition of Mrs. Irene G. Scarritt...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 643.) The Committee of the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard S. Coxe, praying compensation for legal services as counsel for the Post Office Department, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 43.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of B.F. Sloan, administrator of the estate of Francis Burt, late governor of Nebraska Territory, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 665.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frances C. Elliott...
In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 666.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 27, 1854, instructing them "to inquire and report whether any, and what compensation, should be allowed to Commodore M.C. Perry, for his diplomatic services in negotiating a treaty with the empire of Japan," have had the subject under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 645.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of C.W. Reed and thirty-six others, citizens of Sackett's Harbor, asking the removal of the obstructions at Sackett's Harbor, caused by the gravel washed there from Navy Island, on account of the trees being cut down by the United States; also the removal of the decayed hulk of the United States brig-of-war lying in the harbor; also the construction of a dock -- have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 406.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill S. 406, and report and papers in the case of the heirs of Stephen Morrell, who claim arrears of pension alleged to have been due their deceased father, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Concurred in and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of surgeon J. Winthrop Taylor, of the United States Navy, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petitions of Mather & Glover and of James Selkirk...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 649.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John De Treville, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 644.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Mc. McIntosh, United States Navy, praying compensation for losses sustained by him by the wreck of the United States schooner "Fire Brand," in 1819, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 495.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 495, "A Bill for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Pierre Cazelan [i.e., Cazelar], Deceased," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 691.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony Phelps, a soldier of the Revolution, for a pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolutions H.R. 48 and 49.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the joint resolution adopted by the House of Representatives, disapproving and annulling an act entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company," and an act entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Transit Railroad Company," passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, and approved March 4, 1854, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, made the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Alexander McKee, praying the passage of a law authorizing him to locate certain lands in the territory acquired from Texas, on copies of certificates, which have been lost while in possession of the United States," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel M. Clendenin, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 522.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ross Wilkins and the petition of B.F.H. Witherell, report...
In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James P. Heath, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of "Isaac Hulse, asking indemnity for the injury sustained by his property in the erection of the barracks of the United States, at Barrancas, Florida," having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane Moore, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 402.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 402, (33d Congress, 1st session,) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Charles H. Wilgus," having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 544.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of Mary Felch, widow of Rev. Cheever Felch, a chaplain in the United States Navy, praying bounty land, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William Wells, and twenty-one other members of Captain Gee's company of Alabama volunteers, praying to be reimbursed losses sustained in the sale of their horses in Mexico, for which they were refused transportation to the United States, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph T. Walker, attorney in fact of Ell. Harrelson, Samuel H. Stevenson, Ezekiel Parish, and Alberti D. Rogers, citizens of Florida, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Davis, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 539.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Lieutenants John C. McFerran and Samuel D. Sturgis, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth S.R. Sailly, that the pension she received as the widow of Captain Samuel L. Russell may be continued, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 556.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane McCrabb, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 551.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. William P. Buel, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 526.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 526, for the relief of Jeptha L. Heminger, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Devlin, late an officer in the Marine Corps, praying a pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 562.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander Randall, executor of Colonel Daniel Randall, late deputy paymaster general in Mexico, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Susan Palmer, widow of Lieutenant Innis B. Palmer, deceased, praying bounty land, would respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chase made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Garvin, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 573.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Oscar F. Johnston, a passed midshipman in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of compensation between a midshipman and that of a passed midshipman, from the date of his promotion to the date of his warrant, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Goff...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Captain Thomas Dinsmore, a soldier of the War of 1812, for arrears of pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 575.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Gale...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. The Committee an Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas W. Tansill for bounty, additional pay, and allowances, provided by the acts of March 2, 1833 and 1837, in relation to the Marine Corps, and pay and allowances of musicians in said corps from January 17, 1837, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 527.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred H.R. Bill 527, an act for the relief of Lot Davis, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 521.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the bill for the relief of Pamela [i.e., Parmelia] Slavin, (S. 521,) with the report and papers, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 408.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the House of Representatives (No. 408) for "the relief of Thomas Underhill, executor of Thomas Underhill, deceased," report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 567.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the value to commerce and navigation of the wind and current charts and sailing directions of Lieutenant Maury, and to report on the justice and the expediency of making a suitable remuneration therefor, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 361.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of Ezra Chapman, deceased," report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 572.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of Lieutenant James G. Benton, Brevet Majors E.B. Babbitt and James Longstreet, of the United States Army, having had them under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 44.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Joint Resolution H.R. 44, to pay the pension due James Capen to his administrator, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 470.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the House of Representatives (No. 470) for the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Andrew Finley, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 415.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the House of Representatives, No. 415, for the relief of Nathaniel Reddeck [i.e., Reddick], administrator of Richard Taylor, deceased, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane A. Brower, widow of Charles B. Brower, deceased, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 410.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives, (No. 410,) for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 568.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having had under consideration the condition of the naval service, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 570.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant John Guest, United States Navy, praying extra compensation for surveying the coast between Apalachicola and the Mississippi, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of Mrs. J. Josephine McClelland, Mrs. Mary A.M. Jones, Mrs. Irene G. Scarritt, and Mrs. Frances M. Webster...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Myles T. Woolley...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 569.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Levi C. Harris, for an invalid pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of using sub-marine armors in the United States Navy, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act [f]rom the House of Representatives (No. 366) for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Hoffman, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 15.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted (S.R. 15) joint resolution relative to the administration of the pension laws, together with certain amendments proposed thereto, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 579.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Jabez B. Rooker, deceased, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 580.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James T.V. Thompson, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 581.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Loranger, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 582.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Richard K. Meade for commutation, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Scott, late navy agent at Washington, D.C., praying the settlement of his accounts on the principles of equity and justice, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 593.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Simon Smith...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Griffin, praying compensation for the services of her father, Col. James Wilson, in the Revolutionary War; and the petition of Daniel Littlefield, heir-at-law of Daniel Littlefield, an officer of the Revolution, praying for the seven years' half-pay due to his father, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 596.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Jean Baptiste Faribault and Pelagie Faribault, his wife, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 459.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 459, for the relief of Lieutenant Colonel E.R.S. Canby, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 597.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Mercer, praying to be allowed a pension from the time his former pension was discontinued, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of R. Piemont, M.D., of Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Maxwell Woodhull, of New York, a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States; John C. Beaumont, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, "master in the line of promotion" in the Navy of the United States; Walter F. Jones and Thomas Young, of Norfolk, Virginia, and George F. Bier, of Baltimore, Maryland, passed midshipmen, and by them in behalf John J. Maurice, of Edenton, North Carolina, praying for compensation for saving the United States ships Raritan and Vandalia from destruction by fire on the 11th October, 1847, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 592.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the subject has been referred, report: That a joint resolution of the Boards of Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Washington has directed the committee appointed to represent the interests of the corporation before Congress to apply to this body to provide an armory or suitable building for the volunteers and militia of this district...
In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 517.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel William Grayson, have examined the same, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chase made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 590.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was re-committed the memorial of Franklin Chase, with additional papers, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 595.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "petition of Richard Albritton, praying to be allowed to enter in his own name a section of land in lieu of land taken from him by the United States, and for indemnity for loss of his improvements, &c." have had the same under consideration and have directed me to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Alexander Harper, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 627.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Chatard, praying to be allowed certain sums of money disallowed at the Treasury, in the adjustment of his accounts, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Cameron, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 682.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of A.S. Bender, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 682.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill No. 682, entitled an act for the relief of Frederick Griffing, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 685.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lemuel Worster for a pension, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 684.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J. Williams on behalf of his minor children, and also the petition of David O. Shattuck...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 708.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill, (No. 708.) "A Bill for the Relief of James P. Roan," submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 673.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Cephise Piseros, widow of Louis Labranche, praying the confirmation of title to a certain tract of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 35.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the joint resolution of the House of Representatives for the relief of Charles W. Morgan, William R. Rodman, and Edward Merrill, have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel Charles Lewis, for commutation pay, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 668.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Graham...
In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition of the heirs of Col. Uriah Forrest, deceased, praying seven years' half-pay, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 680.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of George P. Marsh, late minister resident of the United States to the Ottoman Porte, praying compensation for extra duties performed by him on a special mission to Greece, and for judicial services, under the act of August 11, 1848, have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 678.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Lieutenant Nathan Weeks for seven years' half-pay, and the back pay due to him at the time of his death, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert M. Hamilton, United States consul at Montevideo, praying compensation for diplomatic services, have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fitzpatrick made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial, &c., of Daniel Nippes, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 647.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria Stevenson...
In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 667.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petitions of Peter Parker, Esq., secretary and interpreter to the United States legation in China, and of Horatio J. Perry, secretary of the United States legation to Spain, praying compensation for diplomatic services, have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 642.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of continuing the pension heretofore granted to Mrs. Leuright [i.e., Lewright] Browning, widow of Lieutenant Robert L. Browning, late of the Navy, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Dominic [i.e., Dominick] Lynch, praying to be allowed pay as master while he acted in that capacity on board the United States schooner Shark in 1840-'41, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 676.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles J. Swelt [i.e., Swett], praying compensation as purser during the time he served as such on board the San Jacinto, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard B. Carmichael in behalf the legal representatives of William Carmichael, deceased, late charge d'affaires of the United States at Madrid, praying the allowance of an outfit, &c., have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Senate Resolution 46.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the joint resolution to authorize the payment to William De Forrest of the sum of twelve thousand dollars, for a quantity of powder destroyed at Puntas Arenas, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 587 [i.e., 687].) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Joseph Wanderstrand [i.e., Wandestrand], praying confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 689.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom the numerous memorials, resolutions of state legislatures, and other documents upon the subject of removing the obstructions to navigation at the Falls of the Ohio have been referred, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 692.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Doland for pension, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of Susannah Hayne Pinckney, sole heir of Captain Richard Shubrick, deceased, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 47.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hall Neilson, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 611.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Captain William G. Preston, having had the same under consideration, report... 		157
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