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A.
-
... No.
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Aarons, William James ... 773
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Allen, Lathrop ... 835
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Appropriations, civil and diplomatic, 1837 ... 776
army, 1837 ... 755
Indian hostilities, for the suppression of, 1837 ... 752, 922
for the payment of pensioners, 1837 ... 753
navy, 1837 ... 754
slave trade, to carry into effect act to suppress ... 754
fortifications, for the erection of, 1837 ... 756
Indian department, current expenses of, 1837 ... 757
military academy at West Point ... 801
penitentiary, support of, in District of Columbia ... 894
harbors and rivers, 1837 ... 895
for improvement of certain harbors, 1837 ... 909
library of Congress ... 915
to pay Tennessee volunteers ... 916
Niagara ship canal, for the construction of ... 921
public buildings and public grounds ... 933
Memphis to Fort Gibson, for repairing road ... 947
to pay three companies of Indiana militia ... 917
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Arkansas, additional land office in ... 908
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Armington, Asa, and others ... 791
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Armstrong, brig, payment prize-money to officers and crew ... 754
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Army, appropriation for 1837 ... 755
to increase rank and file of ... 892
re-organization of ... 893
rules and articles of war to be revised. (See resolution No. 23, at the end of the book.)
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Austin, Isaac ... 875
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Avery, Saltmarsh, & Co. ... 958
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B.
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Baltimore and Susquehannah Rail-road Company ... 925
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Banks, stock United States, belonging to navy pension fund ... 787
of the District of Columbia, to charter Bank ... 869
United States, punishment for re-issuing notes of ... 956
notes, to amend constitution of the United States so as to prohibit.
(See resolution No. 27, end of the volume.)
to recharter, in the District of Columbia ... 869
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Barbour, Philip ... 842
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Barden, Elijah ... 876
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Beardsley, Ichabod ... 885
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Benns, Charles ... 973
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Bloomfield, Ann ... 937
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Boone, Jonathan ... 806
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Bosworth, John ... 764
Tabitha ... 861
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Bowman, William ... 859
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Boundary between Mexico and United States ... 781
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Brahan, John, heirs of ... 761
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Brady, Freeman ... 850
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Briggs, John P., Doctor ... 872
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Brunswick and Florida rail-road ... 784
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C.
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Callan, James ... 943
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Campbell, John ... 881
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Carlton, James P. ... 960
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Case, Elizabeth ... 929
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Casey, John ... 878
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Civil list 1837, appropriation for ... 776
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Claimants to land between Rio Hondo and Sabine ... 797
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Claims against Denmark, John Paul Jones. (See resolution No. 24, end of volume.)
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Clark, Ferdinand ... 813
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Clark, Josiah ... 847
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Clerks, for increasing compensation of ... 886
in custom-houses, explanatory of act of 1834 ... 896
in Auditor's office of Post Office Department ... 932
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Coffin, Charles ... 837
James J. ... 809
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Coins of United States, act supplementary to establishing mint ... 529
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Collection districts, ports of entry ... 955
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Collins, Thomas ... 838
William ... 795
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Columbian Institute ... 934
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Congress library, appropriation to purchase books ... 776
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Consuls and ministers, foreign, compensation ... 836
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Converse, John P., and Henry J. Rees ... 945
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Constitution of United States, to amend, as to election of President and Vice President. (See resolutions Nos. 18 and 19, end of volume.)
so as to prohibit issue of bank notes. (See resolution No. 27, end of volume.
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Cooper, James ... 823
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Crooks, James, and William Crooks ... 942
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Cumberland road, to Jefferson city, Missouri ... 851
from Vandalia to Mississippi river, Illinois ... 852
in Ohio ... 631
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Currency bill, designating funds receivable for revenue, (see Senate bill, end of this book) ... 144
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Custom house, officers of, Secretary of the Treasury to pay to ... 776
explanatory of act of 1834, concerning ... 896
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Customs, collector of, at Belfast, to pay owners of schooner Three Brothers ... 865
merchandise to be deposited in public stores ... 913
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D.
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Davis, Daniel ... 811
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Dawson, John ... 783
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Debentures for limitation, to reduce ... 914
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Denmark, claims against, for prizes by John Paul Jones. (See resolution No. 24, end of book.)
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Dennison, Christopher ... 918
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De Van Brun, Ann Levacher ... 966
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Deshields, Joseph ... 780
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Dickey, Robert, of New York, ... 870
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Diplomatic and civil expenses 1837, appropriation for ... 776
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Disabilities incurred, and known wounds, by persons in revolution ... 858
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District of Columbia, Bank of, and to renew charters of old banks ... 869
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Drawback of duties on hemp. (See Senate bill, end of this book, No. 3.)
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Durette, Louis ... 270
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Duties, appropriation for refunding, on iron for Lexington and Ohio rail-road ... 776
for reducing revenue to wants of Government ... 829
on imports and tonnage, act to amend acts of 1797 and 1823 ... 887
to alter acts of 1832 and 1799, imposing duties on imports ... 914
merchandise to be deposited, or duty secured ... 913
on tobacco in foreign ports. (See resolution No. 25, end of this volume.)
drawback of, on hemp, when manufactured into cordage. (See Senate bill No. 3, end of this book.)
upon imports, to alter and amend acts imposing. (See Senate bill, end of this book, No. 176.)
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E.
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Eastman, Eli, pension to ... 817
for the relief of ... 867
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Edgecomb, Samuel ... 898
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Edwards, James M. ... 857
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Eldridge, Hannah ... 854
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Emigrant and other Indians west of the Mississippi ... 901
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Explosions, to render safe boilers of steam engines against. (See Senate bill, end of this book, No. 183.)
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F.
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Falmouth and Alexandria rail-road, assent to act incorporating, (amendment) ... 825
to extend their road ... 939
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Farrow, Nimrod, and Richard Harris ... 944
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Fillebrown, Thomas, jr. ... 968
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Fish, Gilbert Sprague ... 856
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Fitzgerald, William ... 853
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Florida, rail-roads in, through public lands ... 784
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Forbes, Abraham ... 888
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Foreign ministers and consuls ... 836
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Fortifications, appropriation for, 1837 ... 756
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Francher, James ... 843
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Frey, Frederick, and Company ... 884
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Fulton, Robert, heirs of ... 965
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G.
-
Gannett, Benjamin, widower, &c. ... 890
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George, John D., and John Kern ... 946
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Glover, William ... 763
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Going, Daniel W. ... 950
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Grainger, Jean Baptiste ... 759
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Gray, Captain Presley ... 803
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Green, Patrick ... 810
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Grover, Olive ... 765
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H.
-
Half pay to widows and orphans, explanatory act ... 889
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Hall, Primus, alias Trask ... 820
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Haley, D. W. ... 926
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Hamilton, Empson ... 873
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Harbors and rivers, appropriations for the removal of obstructions in ... 895
for the improvement of certain, therein mentioned, 1837 ... 909
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Harris, Richard, and Nimrod Farrow ... 944
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Harrison, Richard, late United States consul at Spain ... 952
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Harper, William ... 839
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Heileman, Ann S. ... 931
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Herron, James ... 767
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Hicks, Samuel, and others ... 758
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Hilton, Isaac ... 871
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Hill, Frederick ... 930
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Hodges, Benjamin ... 941
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Hogan, William, administrator, & c. (see Senate bill, end of this book) ... 55
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Hollinsworth, Jehu ... 772
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Holt, Norman ... 760
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Huddy, Captain Joshua ... 935
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Hugo, Samuel B. ... 905
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Hunter, Captain James ... 899
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Hutchinson, J. P. ... 849
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I.
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Illinois Central rail road, to be located through public lands in ... 519
Mount Carmel and Alton Rail-road Company right to locate through public lands in ... 519
Cumberland road in ... 792
Illinois and Kaskaskia rivers, survey of ... 828
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Imports, duties upon, to amend acts imposing (see end of book, Senate bill) ... 176
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Indian tribes, proceeds of lands by, to United States ... 751
hostilities, appropriation for the suppression of, ... 1837 752, 922
Department, appropriation for current expenses of ... 757
tribes, appropriation for treaty stipulations with ... 757
tribes west of Mississippi river, to provide exchange of lands with ... 845
tribes, supplementary to act to regulate intercourse with ... 923
emigrants, for protection of ... 901
Department, supplementary to act re-organizing ... 923
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Indiana, Cumberland road in ... 792
militia of, three companies, called into service of United States, 1836 ... 917
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Innes, George ... 949
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Institute, Columbian ... 934
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Invalid pensioners, pensions relinquished to be restored to ... 864
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J.
-
Jarvis, Francis ... 782
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Jewell, John M. ... 860
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Jenkinson, William, of Pennsylvania ... 889
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Judicial system United States, supplementary act. (See Senate bills, Nos. 17 and 126, end of this book.)
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K.
-
Kaskaskia and Illinois rivers, survey of ... 828
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Kennedy, William M., Robert J., and others ... 866
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Kenner, James L. ... 762
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Kern, John, and John D. George ... 946
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Ketcham, Solomon ... 826
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Keyworth, Robert ... 910
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King, Thomas ... 794
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Kingsbury, Margaret ... 974
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Krepps, John ... 906
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L.
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Lands, public, Central Rail-road Company, of Illinois, to locate through ... 519
Mount Carmel and Alton Rail-road to be located through ... 519
proceeds of, ceded by Indian tribes ... 751
Atchafalaya Rail-road Company, right of way to, through ... 779
claimants to, between Rio Hondo and Sabine ... 797
pre-emption to settlers on, to revive act ... 802
to prohibit sales of, except to actual settlers ... 816
(and Senate bill No. 20, end of this book.)
for exchanging, with Indian tribes west of the Mississippi ... 845
certain persons authorized to enter, who were deprived of pre-emption ... 866
to relinquish, to Ohio ... 902
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Land office in Arkansas ... 908
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Leach, Amelia ... 775
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Lemon, Polly ... 777
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Levy court, Maryland ... 969
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Lewis, Mason E., and others, to enter lands ... 866
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Library of Congress, purchase of books for, and appropriation for ... 776, 915
-
Light-houses, light-boats, and beacon-lights, 1837, appropriation for ... 844
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Loomis, Leonard ... 903
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Lucas, Robert ... 821
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Lyman, Andrew, of Kentucky ... 819
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M.
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Madison, James, manuscripts of, to purchase. (See resolution No. 22, end of volume.)
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Manning, Cornelius ... 962
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Marine corps United States, to regulate pay of ... 862
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Maryland levy court ... 969
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Massorette, Vincent ... 953
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McClellan, John ... 874
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McClelland, Thomas, and James Smith ... 961
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McCulloch, Benjamin ... 818
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McNeil, Neil ... 863
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McDonald, Hugh ... 972
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Merchandise to be deposited in public stores ... 913
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Mexico and United States, treaty of limits ... 781
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Michigan, State of, to be admitted ... 815
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Midwinter, John R. ... 786
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Military Academy, appropriation for ... 801
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Military system of instruction at West Point ... 967
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Militia, three companies of, called into United States service, in 1836 ... 917
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Minnie, James ... 841
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Mint, supplementary to act establishing ... 529
to amend act establishing branches ... 750
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Ministers and consuls, compensation of ... 836
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Money, currency bill designating funds, &c. (See Senate bill No. 144, end of this book.)
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Monopolies of public lands, to arrest, &c. ... 816
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Moor, James and William ... 778
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Mount Carmel and Alton Rail-road Company ... 519
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Monument to General Wooster ... 766
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Moreland, Elisha, and others, to enter land ... 866
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Moseley, Catharine, alias Catharine Rollins ... 957
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Murray, Robert ... 805
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N.
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National road, in Ohio ... 631
to Jefferson city ... 851
from Vandalia to Mississippi river, in Illinois ... 852
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Navy, for the support of, 1837, appropriation ... 754
yards, appropriation for the support of ... 754
rations, pursers', &c., and condition of seamen, to improve ... 834
Department, compensation of clerks in ... 886
pension fund, United States Bank stock belonging to ... 787
money to be invested that may accrue to ... 787
pensions chargeable on ... 912
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Niagara ship canal ... 921
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O.
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Officers and soldiers of revolution, to extend provisions of act of 1832 ... 353
certain surviving ... 799
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Officers of customs, certain, compensation to ... 776
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Ohio, Cumberland road in ... 792
certain land to be relinquished in ... 902
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P.
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Parish, Oliver ... 804
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Parker, Isaiah ... 951
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Passports to seamen, to provide ... 905
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Patent Office, appropriation for, and compensation to clerks in ... 776, 886
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Patterson, Daniel T. ... 785
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Pay of United States marine corps, to regulate ... 862
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Peck, Oliver ... 928
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Pemberton, Sarah ... 868
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Penitentiary in District of Columbia, appropriation for ... 894
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Pennyman, Huldah ... 938
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Pensioners, invalid, to restore pensions relinquished to ... 864
revolutionary, and others, appropriation for, 1837 ... 753
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Pensacola and Perdido rail-road ... 784
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Pensions to widows and orphans in certain cases, to amend act ... 776
extend provisions of pension laws so as to embrace those who served three months, &c. ... 799
navy pension fund, United States Bank stock belonging to ... 787
to persons disabled by known wounds received in revolution, (to continue act) ... 885
to amend act of 1832, certain surviving officers and soldiers ... 353
to be restored to invalid pensioners ... 864
of half pay to widows and orphans, in certain cases ... 889
chargeable on navy pension fund ... 912
for the payment of, heretofore paid out of privateer pension fund ... 920
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Pension Office, clerks in, compensation to ... 886
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Perham, John ... 793
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Perkins, Thomas H., of Boston ... 790
Daniel B. ... 832
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Pierson, Erastus ... 788
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Post Office Department, appropriation for, (amendment to) ... 776
to erect building for ... 891
additional clerks in ... 932
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Ports of entry, creating ... 955
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Potomac bridge, to extend jurisdiction of Washington city over ... 848
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Pratt, Fielding ... 814
-
Pre-emptions to settlers on public lands, to revive act ... 802
-
President and Vice President United States, to amend constitution. (See resolutions Nos. 18 and 19, end of this book.)
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Privateer pension fund, for payment of certain pensions heretofore paid from ... 920
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Prize money to officers and crew of the brig General Armstrong ... 754
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Protections to seamen, to abolish ... 904
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Public lands, to prohibit sales of, except to settlers ... 816
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Public buildings and public grounds, appropriation for ... 933
-
Pursers, pay and emoluments of ... 834
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Purvis, Captain James ... 964
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R.
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Rail road companies, Central, of Illinois, to locate through public lands ... 519
Mount Carmel and Alton ... 519
Lexington and Ohio, appropriation for refunding duties on iron for ... 776
Atchafalaya, and Banking Company, to lay through public lands ... 779
through public lands in Florida ... 784
Baltimore and Susquehannah ... 925
Falmouth and Alexandria, assent to act of Virginia ... 825
to extend road to Washington ... 939
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Rardon, Daniel ... 963
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Ratcliff, Joseph ... 954
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Rations, navy, pursers' emoluments of, &c. ... 834
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Receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama ... 761
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Rees, Henry J., and John P. Converse ... 945
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Revolutionary officers and soldiers, to amend act of 1832, for relief of ... 353
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Revenue, to reduce to wants of Government ... 829
designating funds receivable for. (End of book, Senate bill No. 144.)
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Richards, Samuel, executor of W. T. Smith ... 970
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Rice, Captain Chauncey ... 808
James B. ... 907
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Ridgely, Charles G. ... 846
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Ripley, Jerusha ... 822
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Road, Cumberland or National, in Ohio ... 631, 792
repair and construction of, appropriation, 1837 ... 792
to repair, from Memphis to Fort Gibson ... 947
Cumberland, to Jefferson city ... 851
from Vandalia to Mississippi river, Illinois ... 852
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Roane, John J. ... 911
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Rollins, Catharine, alias Mosely ... 957
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Russell, H. W. ... 830
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S.
-
Saul, Hiram ... 924
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Saltmarsh, Avery, and Company ... 958
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Scrip certificates on United States military land warrants ... 833
-
Seamen, condition of, pursers, &c. ... 834
to abolish protections to ... 904
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Secretary of Treasury to adjust certain accounts of custom-house officers ... 896
-
Settlers on public lands, pre-emption rights to ... 802
claims of, to land between Rio Hondo and Sabine ... 797
-
Shade, Jacob ... 971
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Slave trade, to carry into effect act for the suppression of ... 754
-
Smith, William ... 789
Samuel J. ... 800
Simeon, of New Hampshire ... 882
James, and Thomas McClelland ... 961
William T., executor of Samuel Richards ... 970
-
Soldiers and officers of revolution, to extend act of 1832 to ... 353
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Sroufe, Mary ... 877
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State of Michigan, to admit ... 815
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State, Secretary of, to increase compensation of clerks in his office ... 886
-
Steam engines, to render safe against explosions. (See Senate bill end of this book, No. 183.)
-
Stigermire, Hiner ... 807
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Surveys, geological and mineralogical ... 792
of Illinois and Kaskaskia rivers ... 825
for light-houses, buoys, &c., 1837, appropriation for ... 844
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T.
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Taylor, Huldah ... 768
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Tennessee volunteers of 1836, appropriation for paying ... 916
-
Tharp, William ... 936
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Three Brothers schooner, relief of owners of ... 865
-
Thompson, Amos ... 824
-
Tiffany, Sylvester ... 831
-
Tobacco, duties on in foreign ports. (See resolution No. 25, end of book.)
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Trask, alias Primus Hall ... 820
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Treaty stipulations with Indian tribes, appropriation for fulfilling ... 757
of limits between United States and Mexico ... 781
-
Treasury Department, compensation of clerks in ... 886
-
Tudor, William, jr., representatives of ... 919
-
U.
-
United States Bank, stock of, belonging to navy pension fund ... 787
punishment for re-issuing notes of ... 956
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V.
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Van Brun, Ann Levacher De ... 966
-
Vawter, William ... 883
-
Veazie, Joseph ... 879
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Volunteers, Tennessee, of 1836, appropriation for paying ... 916
-
W.
-
Walker, William ... 774
-
War, rules and articles of, to be revised. (See resolution No. 23, end of volume.)
-
Washington City to extend over Potomac bridge, jurisdiction of ... 848
-
Watterston, George ... 776
-
Wesley, Benjamin F. ... 796
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West Point Military Academy, appropriation for, 1837 ... 801
modifying military instruction at ... 967
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West, Thomas, of Alabama ... 900
-
West, Anna ... 855
-
Widows and orphans, half pay to, in certain cases ... 889
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Widrig, Conrad ... 927
-
Williams, James A. ... 771
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Wisconsin, appropriation for Territorial Legislature ... 776
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Woodall, Abraham ... 770
-
Wool, John E. ... 840
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Wooster, General, monument to ... 766
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Y.
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Yarnell, Peter ... 940
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York, William ... 769
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Yorke, Sawney, deceased ... 812
