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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
American State Papers --INDEX TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. VOLUME VI.
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 608
Letters to the Secretary of War, asking instructions ... 635, 637
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians, and to their removal west.-- Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from ... 639
Letters with estimates for the purchase of ... 430
Relative to the proposed augmentation of the general staff of the army.--Letter from the ... 826
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting instructions to Major General T. S. Jesup and other officers of the army, and correspondence with governors of States and agents, in relation to the causes of hostilities of the Creek Indians in ... 574
That the pay of the militia, when in the service of the United States, be increased.-- Memorial of the legislature of ... 991, 1003
Asking further instructions.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 706
Necessary to complete certain military roads.--Report of a committee relative to the amount of ... 985
Report from the Secretary of War on the location and erection of a magazine and depot for arms in ... 411
Letter of the Secretary of War, with estimate for the construction of a depot for arms in the State of ... 431
Report of a committee relative to the amount necessary to complete military roads in ... 985
Of fortifications, and estimates for fortifications, arsenals, and armories, &c.--Letter of the colonel of ordnance ... 121
Report of a committee on the application for an increase of compensation by officers of the ... 155
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the arms made and expenses incurred in 1835 at the national ... 804
Statement of work done at the national and private, in 1836 ... 919
Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the number and cost of each of the national ... 963, 964
Statement concerning the national ... 964
At Springfield, Massachusetts.--Report of a committee on the claim of Roswell Lee for inspecting arms at the ... 169
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Letter of the Secretary of War, with estimate for the construction in Arkansas of a depot for ... 431
Letter of the Acting Secretary of War on the erection in Ohio and Tennessee depots for ... 443
Same for the year 1836 ... 919
Officers of the line employed in the staff and other detached service of the ... 51
Organization of the ... 52
List of military posts and arsenals in 1836 ... 53
Letter of the Secretary of war, with a statement of the effective force, and pay and emoluments of each grade in the ... 127
Report of committee on the expediency of providing for the appointment of chaplains for the ... 147
Report of the Secretary of War on an increase of the numerical force of the ... 156
Report of the Secretary of War, with items of all accounts and claims for pay and allowances of every kind which were paid in 1833 and 1834 to officers of the ... 187
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an increase of the rank and file of the ... 784
Statement of the present and proposed organization of the ... 786
Report of a committee, with estimates of the expense of a proposed increase of the ... 791
Annual report showing the condition of the, in 1836 ... 806
Organization of the, in 1836 ... 820
Return of the, for 1836 ... 821
Position and distribution of the eastern department of the, in 1836 ... 823
Position and distribution of the western department of the, in 1836 ... 825
Statement showing the number of recruits enlisted from January 1 to September 30, 1836 ... 826
Explanatory estimates for the support of the, for the year 1837 ... 968
Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1004
Organization of the, in 1837 ... 1022
In the State of Missouri.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the expediency of establishing ... 95
In North Carolina.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing ... 98
And armories.--Letter of the colonel of ordnance, with estimates for fortification ... 121
At St. Louis.--Report of the Secretary of War ih relation to the alteration of the ... 147
At Charleston, South Carolina.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing ... 173
Estimate for supplying with indispensable accoutrements and stores the several ... 185
In Mississippi.--Resolution of the legislature of Mississippi for the establishment of a military depot or an ... 185
Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for ... 427
At St. Louis.--Letters in relation to the site for a powder magazine attached to the ... 429
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the number and cost of each of the national armories and ... 963, 964
List of military posts and 1023
Lineal rank of officers of the, for 1836 ... 43
Report of committee on a proposition to purchase a patent right for pointing heavy ... 103
Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1008
Lineal rank of officers of the ... 1013
Statement of the relative rank of officers of infantry, dragoons, and ... 1015
Estimate for 1837, for the harbor of ... 871
In relation to the purchase of lands from the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Opinion of the ... 695
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Report of committee on claim for additional pay and allowances as assistant engineer on the Delaware breakwater ... 148
Progress made in erecting a beacon-light at ... 867
Estimate for the work at, for 1837 ... 868
In reference to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter of instructions from the Secretary of War to ... 596
Letters to the Secretary of War asking for instructions ... 635
In relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty of March, 1832.-- Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 661
Estimate, for the year 1837, for the improvement of the harbor at ... 868
Asking further instructions.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 706
Attached to the army in 1837--List of ... 1020
In relation to the alleged frauds in the purchase of Indian reservations in Alabama.-- Testimony of ... 680
Report of a committee on the same ... 173
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Transmitting letters from sundry officers and others, and communications from meetings of citizens, in relation to anticipated Indian hostilities.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 693, 697, 704, 706, 710
Estimate for 1837 for the improvement of the harbor of ... 873
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters of John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War ... 92
Letters of Lewis Cass, Secretary of War ... 92, 93
Letter of General George Gibson ... 92
Letter of William S. Colquhoun ... 93
Account of William S. Colquhoun against the United States ... 93
Letter to John W. A. Sanford & Co., announcing the appointment of Captain John Page superintendent of Creek emigration ... 697
Forms for carrying out the regulations concerning the removal of Indians, prepared by the ... 717
Letter to the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence in relation to the emigration of Indians ... 721
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to J. W. A. Sanford & Co., contractors, from ... 656, 762, 774
Letters to Captain John Page, disbursing agent ... 775
Letters to Colonel John B. Hogan, superintendent of Creek removal ... 776, 777
Copy of the contract, for the emigration of the Creek Indians, between J. W. A. Sanford & Co. and the ... 782
On an increase of the number and rank of the officers of the commissary department.-- Letter from the ... 787
Transmitting a statement of the moneys remitted and charged to contractors and disbursing officers during the first, second, and third quarters of 1836.--Letter from the ... 832, 833
Recommending appropriations to be applied to the suppression of Indian hostilities.-- Letter from the ... 965
Transmitting estimates for subsistence of the army for the year 1837.--Letter from the ... 972
Statement of moneys drawn from the treasury on account of various appropriations during the first three quarters of 1836 by the ... 842
Statements of moneys received and disbursed up to the 30th of September, 1836, by the ... 843, 844, 845, 846
Submitting estimates for clothing, camp equipage, &c., for the army for the year 1837.-- Letter from the ... 972
Letters to Leonard Tarrant, agent, directing him to send thirteen Creek boys to the Choctaw academy, in Kentucky ... 584, 580
Authorizing Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert, certifying agent, to draw upon the War Department for certain moneys.--Letter from the ... 584
Transmitting instructions, --c., to Robert W. McHenry, agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 585, 586, 587, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 603
Transmitting instructions, &c., to Leonard Tarrant, agent, in relation to Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 585, 587, 588, 589, 592, 593, 597, 598, 599, 600, 602, 604
Transmitting instructions, &c., to James Bright, agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 586, 588, 590
Transmitting instructions, &c., to J. W. A. Sanford, agent, in relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 589, 601
Transmitting instructions, &c., to R. J. Meigs, agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 588, 590
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Cherokee Indians.--Letter to John P. Clough from the ... 594
Letters to Robert W. McHenry, referring to charges implicating his official conduct ... 602, 603, 606, 607
Letter to Opothle--yoholo, and other chiefs of the Creek nation, in relation to the balances due them ... 602
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In relation to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to H. C. Thompson ... 603
In relation to the official conduct of Robert W. McHenry, agent, and to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to Colonel John B. Hogan, superintendent of Creek removal ... 603, 604, 606, 607, 609
In relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters to O. K. Freeman, and other citizens of Alabama ... 603, 604, 607, 612
Letter to Colonel Benjamin Reynolds, agent Creek emigration, approving his official proceedings ... 605
In relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters from John B. Hogan, superintendent of Creek removal, to the ... 613, 618, 644, 670, 685, 686, 687, 689
Transmitting sundry papers in relation to frauds practiced in the sale of Indian reservations in Alabama.--Letter to the Secretary of War from the ... 620
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians, and to their removal west.-- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert, agent, to the ... 639
In relation to charges preferred against the certifying agents in Alabama, and to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty of March, 1832.--Letters from Leonard Tarrant, agent, to the ... 642, 647, 652, 655, 664, 667, 669, 689
Referring to frauds alleged to have been practiced, and explanation of his official conduct. --Letters from R. W. McHenry, agent, to the ... 645, 648, 664, 667, 676, 677, 683
In relation to depredations committed by the Creek Indians in Georgia.--Letters from Leonard Tarrant, agent, to the ... 646, 648
In relation to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty, and to their removal west--Letter from William Dougherty to the ... 658
In relation to the payment of the annuity, and to removal of the Creek Indians west-- Letters from John B. Hogan, superintendent ... 705
Estimate for 1837 for the improvement of ... 871
For balance due for services of the militia, claim of the State of ... 984
Letters to the Secretary of War in relation to the removal of intruders from Creek reservations in Alabama ... 636, 637, 638, 639
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to certain chiefs of the Creek nation, respecting locations of land made for some of the ... 589
Letters from the Secretary of War, to certain chiefs of the Creek nation, relating to frauds practiced upon the ... 600, 601
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relating to the balances due the ... 602
In relation to frauds practiced upon them, and to their removal west--Letters from chiefs of the ... 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 662, 675, 685, 703
Statement of moneys received and disbursed up to the 30th September, 1836, for the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 348
Report of a committee on the claim of a battalion of Alabama volunteers called out for the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 1083
(See Secretary of War and Commissioner of Indian Affairs.)
Statement of the force employed in the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062 (See Indians.)
(See Quartermaster's department.)
Report of the officer in charge of the ... 896
Statement of funds available and expended during the year 1836 for the construction of the ... 898
Statement of funds required for the year 1837 for continuing the construction of the ... 899
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 891
Estimate for 1837 for the improvement of ... 872
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Of Boston harbor.--Resolutions of the legislature of Massachusetts for an appropriation for the defence ... 410
Of the western frontier of Louisiana, preservation of neutrality with Texas and Mexico, &c.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the ... 412
Of the country.--Message of the President on the means and measures necessary for the military and naval ... 365
Of the country.--Resolutions of the legislature of Maine, asking liberal appropriations for the ... 404
Prosecution of the work on the ... 852
Report of the officer in charge of the works at the ... 879
Report of the officer in charge of the works on the ... 878
Report of a committee on the expediency of establishing a national foundery in the ... 414
Statement of the number of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, and the date of their discharge, &c., from the, ... 959, 961, 962
Report of committee on claim of Captain W. H. Bell for additional pay and ... 148
Report of committee on claim of General Daniel Parker for ... 447
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in the sale of their reservations.-- Letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from ... 658
Register of officers of, for 1837 ... 1008
Statement of the relative rank of officers of artillery, infantry, and 1015
Estimate for 1837 of the amount required for the works at ... 868
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ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Statement of works proposed, with estimates ... 112
Table showing the distribution, by States and Territories, of forts which are built, &c. ... 118
Table showing the amount of money expended on forts that are finished, &c ... 119
Statement exhibiting the fiscal concerns of the ... 857
Statement showing the amount of money drawn from the treasury, and amount of accounts rendered by officers and agents of the ... 860
Estimates for 1837 for the improvement of rivers and harbors ... 868, 887, 966
Statement of the works projected by the board of engineers, and an estimate of their cost ... 862
Statement of appropriations committed to the, with the name of the superintendent, nature of the work, &c ... 863
Statement of artillery, small arms, &c., distributed to the, in 1836 ... 925
Statement of the fortifications completed and in progress, the original estimate, and the cost of each.--Report from the ... 963
Estimates of funds required for 1837 for the office of the chief engineer of the ... 968
Explanatory estimates for 1837 for the ... 983
Register of the officers of, for 1837 ... 1007
Register of, for 1836 ... 36
(See Topographical engineers.)
Estimate for the construction of a breakwater at ... 870
Of funds required for the year 1836 for the commencement of new fortifications for the defence of the sea--coast ... 17
For additional appropriations for the Quartermaster's department for 1836 ... 54
Of the cost and plans for a national foundery in the District of Columbia, and of the site proposed therefor ... 82, 83
For fortifications, arsenals, and armories, and for the armament of fortifications, &c ... 121
Of the expense of the numerical increase of the army, &c ... 156
For supplying the arsenals with indispensable accoutrements and stores during the year 1836 ... 185
Of repairs of certain fortifications, and for arsenals, magazines, camp and garrison equipage, knapsacks, haversacks, and accoutrements.--Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory ... 427
For the repair, &c., of Forts Marion, Monroe, and McHenry ... 428
For a powder magazine at the arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri ... 429
For accoutrements for the army, additional ... 430
For a depot for arms, &c., in Arkansas ... 431
For supplying arsenals with stores ... 431
Of the quartermaster general, for 1837 ... 432
Of expense of militia and volunteers for suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida.-- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting ... 788
Of the expense of a proposed increase of the army.--Report of a committee with ... 791
From the commissary general of purchases for the year 1837 ... 842
For 1837 of funds required for the improvement of rivers and harbors ... 868, 887, 966
For 1837 for the prosecution of surveys by the Topographical bureau ... 813
For 1837 for clerks, messengers, &c., of the Topographical bureau ... 813
For the suppression of Indian hostilities.--Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting ... 965, 1080
For 1837.--For the Military Academy ... 967
For fortifications ... 967, 983
For certain roads ... 968
For the support of the army ... 968
For the Ordnance department ... 1024
Application of citizens of East Florida for the protection of the government against the hostility of the Indians in ... 23
Message of the President in relation to military orders and operations against the Indians in ... 56
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Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made by the Territory of, for the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 409
Message of the President of the United States on the causes of the hostilities and military arrangements and preparations against the Indians in ... 433
Letter of the Secretary of War on the causes of hostilities in Florida, and the removal of the Creek Indians ... 445
Message of the President of the United States on the causes of the hostility of the Creek and Seminole Indians, and the instructions and correspondence for their removal west of the Mississippi ... 450
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence with Major General Jesup, governors of States, and agents, showing the causes of the hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Alabama and ... 574
Report from the Secretary of War, with estimates of expenses of the militia and volunteers engaged in the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 788
Statement of moneys received and disbursed to the 30th September, 1836, in the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 844
On the operations of the army under Governor R. K. Call, and instructions to General Jesup to assume the command of the army in ... 992
Estimates for the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 965, 1080
Report from the Secretary of War, authorizing calls on the different States and Territories for volunteers and militia for the suppression of hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in ... 1026
Statement of the force employed in the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062
General orders respecting the volunteers and militia in ... 1063, 1064
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters from the paymaster general ... 1082, 1083
Letter from Governor R. K. Call ... 1083
Report of committee on the expediency of removing troops to the western boundary of Arkansas from ... 181
Report of Secretary of War, recommending appropriations for the construction and armament of ... 15
For the protection of the Delaware breakwater.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the construction of a mole and ... 22
Garrisons, steam batteries, &c., for the defence of the coast.--Statement of cost, &c., of ... 112
Letter of the colonel of ordnance, with estimates for arsenals, armories, and ... 121
Statement of the amount which can be expended annually upon the construction of ... 406
Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the number of cannon to arm the ... 413
Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for the repair of certain ... 427
For the defence of Narraganset bay.--Memorial of the legislature of Rhode Island for the completion of the ... 783
In 1836.--Report of the chief engineer on the condition of the ... 846
Amount expended for contingencies of ... 848
Funds available for the construction of ... 857
At Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads, Virginia ... 848, 857
At Fort Caswell, Oak island, North Carolina ... 848, 857
In Charleston harbor, South Carolina ... 848, 857
At Fort Columbus and Castle William, Governor's island, New York ... 847, 857
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At Fort Jackson, Louisiana ... 848, 857
At Fort Livingston, Grande Terre, Louisiana ... 848, 857
At Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida ... 848, 857
At Fort Mifflin, Delaware river ... 847, 857
At Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia ... 848, 857
At Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Alabama ... 848, 857
At Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida ... 848, 857
At Fort Pulaski, Cockspur island, Georgia ... 848, 857, 885
At Fort Schuyler, East river, New York ... 847, 857
At Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massachusetts ... 846, 857
On Poster's Bank, Florida ... 848, 857
On Lake Champlain.--In relation to the selection of a site for a ... 856
Completed and in progress.--Statement exhibiting the number, the original estimate of the cost, and the amount already expended on each of the ... 963
Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the number of cannon to arm the fortifications, and the establishment of a national ... 413
In the District of Columbia.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing a national ... 414
Transmitting the testimony of sundry persons in relation to the fraud upon Fushatcha by Thomas W. Coker.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 665
In relation to frauds practiced by R. W. T. McHenry, agent.--Letter from John B. Hogan to ... 671
Of Louisiana during the war between Texas and Mexico.--Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending an increase of the army for the preservation of neutrality on the ... 412
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence with General Gaines, for the preservation of neutrality on the ... 416
Letter to the governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, on the same subject ... 420
Letter to Colonel John B. Hogan, emigrating agent, for information in reference to the temper of the Indians ... 727
Paper in relation to advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the State of ... 408
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence in relation to Indian hostilities in Alabama and ... 574
Statement of the number of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15 their entry and continuance in the service, their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 949, 961, 969
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Report of committee in relation to the erection of fortifications for the protection of ... 3
Report of committee on the expediency of constructing floating steam batteries for the defence of bays and ... 11
Appropriations available for the improvement of, whence derived, &c ... 857
Estimates of funds required for the improvement of, for 1837 ... 868, 966
In relation to the official conduct of Robert W. McHenry, agent, and to frauds committed in the execution of the treaty with the Creek Indians.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 603, 604, 606, 607, 609
Letters to the Secretary of War in relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians, and referring to frauds said to have been committed in the execution of the creek treaty ... 613, 617, 620, 670, 701, 707, 751
Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the execution of the duties of his office, and to frauds committed in certifying contracts ... 613, 618, 644, 667, 670, 685, 686, 687, 689, 705
In relation to claims of heirs of deceased Creek Indians.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 663
In relation to frauds committed in certifying contracts.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 671, 673
Referring to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter from R. W. McHenry, agent, to ... 673
In relation to the removal of the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between J. W. A. Sanford & Co., contractors, and ... 696
Referring to the appointment of Captain John Page as superintendent of Creek removal.--Letter from John D. Howell to ... 696
In relation to the alleged frauds in certifying contracts.--Correspondence between D. McDougald and ... 701, 702
Letter to Captain Wm. Walker declining to take an interest in the firm of J. W. A. Sanford & Co ... 708
Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to anticipated Indian hostilities in Alabama ... 709
Letters to the commissary general of subsistence, transmitting reports of assistant agents, and giving an account of his proceedings as emigrating agent ... 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 728, 720, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 741, 742, 743, 744, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751
Letter to Governor John Gale, recommending him to apply for a military force to be stationed at Fort Mitchell ... 727
Letter to Major John Phipps, assistant conductor, with instructions ... 735
In relation to the investigation of frauds committed on the Creek Indians in the sale of their lands.--Letter to J. W. A. Sanford from ... 742
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letter to J. W. A. Sanford & Co. from ... 748, 745
Relating to balances due the Creek Indians.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 602
In relation to frauds committed upon them and to their removal west.--Letters from ... 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 685, 703
Asking that more may be raised to suppress Indian hostilities.--Letter to Governor Clay from ... 704
Report of the officer in charge of the works on ... 877
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Estimate for 1837, for the improvement of ... 873
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, the date of their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 956, 960, 961, 962
For payment for services in protecting certain Indian chiefs who had signed a treaty.-- Report of a committee on the claim of militia of the State of ... 1078
Statement of moneys received and disbursed to September 30, 1836, in the suppression of ... 844
Estimate of and recommendation for an appropriation for the suppression of.--Report of the Secretary of War ... 965, 1080
Report of the Secretary of War, authorizing and transmitting copies of calls on the several States and Territories for volunteers and militia for the suppression of ... 1026
Statement of the force of volunteers and militia engaged in the suppression of ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062
(See Seminole, Creek, &c.)
Application of citizens of East Florida for protection against the ... 23
Message of the President in relation to orders and military operations against the, &c. ... 56
Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made by several States and municipal authorities for the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 406
Message of the President of the United States on the causes of hostilities and military arrangements and preparations against ... 433
Letter of the Secretary of War on the causes of hostilities in Florida, and instructions for the removal of the Creek ... 445
Message of the President of the United States on the causes of hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida, with instructions and correspondence for their removal west of the Mississippi ... 450
Officers for 1836.--Lineal rank of ... 44
Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1010
Lineal rank of officers of, in 1837 ... 1014
Relative rank of officers of artillery, dragoons, and ... 1015
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(See Surgeon General.)
Letter from the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for ... 427
Steam dredging machine for ... 868
Estimates, for 1837, for continuing the improvement on the works on ... 874
In relation to an appropriation asked for the relief of the Creek Indians.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 635
Relating to certain school lands in Alabama.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 703
Appropriations available for, whence derived, &c. ... 859
Letter of the Secretary War in relation to the defence of the western frontier of ... 412
Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, and the date of their discharge, from the State of ... 955, 961, 962
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
General Macomb's explanation ... 29
Certificate of the Second Auditor of the Treasury ... 30
Submitting statements showing the condition of the army in 1836 ... 817
Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 928, 961, 962
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Referring to charges implicating the official conduct of, and to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and ... 602, 603, 606, 607, 645, 648, 651, 666, 667, 683
Letter from Colonel John B. Hogan to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the charges preferred against ... 644
Letter to Thomas J. Abbott, clerk to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 664
Referring to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to John B. Hogan from ... 673
Estimates for 1837 for the ... 974
Register of the officers of the, for 1837 ... 1005
In relation to reported frauds practiced upon valuable Cherokee improvements. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 588
Transmitting instructions in relation to the Greek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 590
Letter to the Secretary of War asking instructions ... 640
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence in relation to preserving neutrality on the frontiers during the war between Texas and ... 416
Officers of the, in 1836 ... 48
Report of the chief engineer on the condition and state of the ... 856
Appropriations available for ... 859
Report of the board of visitors invited to attend the examination of the cadets at ... 900, 903
Estimate of funds required for the ... 904
Internal police of the ... 904
Course of instruction at the ... 905
Religious instruction at the ... 906
Military education and discipline at the ... 907
In relation to the restoration of Cadet Hammond to the ... 908
Estimate of funds required for 1837 for the ... 967
Register of officers at the, for 1837 ... 1017
In 1837.--List of ... 1023
Report of committee on the establishment of a line of posts and military roads for the defence of the western frontier against the Indians ... 149
From Plattsburg to Whitehall.--Memorial of citizens of the State of New York for a ... 984
Report of the Secretary of War in relation to furnishing camp equipage and knapsacks to the militia when called into the service of the United States ... 93
Called into the service of the United States.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the inspection, mustering, and payment of volunteers and ... 444
Called into service under the act of March 19, 1836.--Statement of moneys disbursed on account of equipage for volunteers and ... 843
Statement of the arms, accoutrements, &c., procured under the act for arming and equipping the ... 923
Apportionment of arms to the, for 1835 ... 924
Statement of ordnance stores distributed in 1836 to the ... 924
Statement of the number of volunteers and, from each State and Territory in the war of 1812--'15 ... 927, 961, 962
Memorial of the legislature of Kentucky for payment of the militia of that State called into service by General Gaines ... 986
Memorial of the legislature of Alabama for an increase of the pay of the volunteers and ... 991, 1003
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Statements showing the number engaged in the Florida war of volunteers and, ... 1051, 1053, 1061
General orders respecting the volunteers and ... 1063, 1064
On calls made since 1835.--Payments made to the volunteers and ... 1065
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual returns for 1836 of the ... 1070, 1071,
Annual returns for 1836 of the arms, accoutrements, and ammunition of the ... 1013
Called out to protect certain Indian chiefs who had signed a treaty.--Report of a committee on the claim of certain Indiana ... 1078
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter from A. C. Pepper, Indian agent ... 1079
Exceeding in number what the laws allow.--Report of a committee on the claim of a brigade of Florida ... 1082
In relation to the erection of a fort on the Gulf coast of ... 856
Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 958, 961, 962
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 889, 890
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 892
Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 957, 961, 962
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 892
Message of the President of the United States on the means necessary for the ... 365
Resolution of the legislature of Maine asking liberal appropriations for the ... 404
In the District of Columbia.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing a ... 414
In relation to the hostility of the Indians in Florida.--Letter of the Secretary of the ... 440
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence in relation to the ... 416
For a military road from Plattsburg to Whitehall, in the State of.--Memorial of citizens of the State of ... 984
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Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entrance and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 948, 961, 962
Report of committee on claim for additional pay and emoluments while on duty in the military bureaus at Washington ... 81
Register of, for 1837 ... 1004
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 952, 961, 962
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the navigation of the ... 889, 890
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an increase in the number of officers of the ... 784
Statement showing the number of arms made and the expenditures at the national armories in 1835 ... 804
Annual report for 1836, from the ... 915
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Statement of money expended in 1835, through the ... 917
Statement of money expended in 1836, through the ... 919
Statement of work done at the national armories in 1836 ... 919
Statement of expenditures made in 1836, under the act for arming and equipping the militia, by the ... 923
Apportionment of arms to the militia for the year 1835 ... 924
Statement of ordnance and ordnance stores distributed to the militia in 1836 ... 924
Statement of arms, &c., distributed to the engineer department during 1836 ... 925
Statement of lead made at the United States lead mines from 1821 to 1835 ... 926
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the number and cost of arsenals and armories, with a report from the ... 963, 964
Estimates for the year 1837 for the service of the ... 977, 1024
Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1007
In 1837.--Statement of the ... 1022
Report of the officer in charge of the works at ... 875
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to the commissary general of subsistence from ... 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 770, 771
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 769
For 1837.--Officers of the ... 1005
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Recommending appropriations for the suppression of Indian hostilities.--Letter from the ... 966
Submitting estimates for the pay of the army for the year 1837.--Letter from the ... 968
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Secretary of War ... 56
Letter of the adjutant general ... 56
Abstract of treaties, &c., with the Seminole Indians of Florida ... 58
Instructions to General Scott in relation to operations against the Indians ... 61
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Elbert Herring ... 63
Report of a "talk" with the Indians at Fort King ... 64
Letter of the Secretary of War to General Wiley Thompson ... 69
Letter of the Secretary of War to the Seminole chiefs, Florida ... 69
Letters of General Wiley Thompson to the Secretary of War ... 70, 72
Letters of General Wiley Thompson to General George Gibson ... 71, 76, 80
Letters of Brigadier General D. L. Clinch to General R. Jones, adjutant general ... 71, 76, 80
Letter of the Secretary of War to Brigadier General D. L. Clinch ... 72
Letter of General Wiley Thompson, Joseph W. Harris, and D. L. Clinch, to the Secretary of War ... 73
Acknowledgment by Seminole chiefs of the validity of treaty of Payne's Landing ... 75
Letter of the Acting Secretary of War to Generals Thompson and Clinch, and Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 76
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to ... 77
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Colonel A. C. Fanning ... 77
Letter of Lieutenant Constantine Smith to General Wiley Thompson ... 77
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Lieutenant C. Smith ... 77
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Judge F. R. Sanchez ... 78
Letter of S. V. Walker to General Thompson ... 78
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to S. V. Walker ... 78
Examination of Indians who formed the party that committed an outrage in Alachua county ... 79
Letter of Lieutenant Harris to General Gibson ... 79
On the means and measures for the military and naval defences of the country ... 365
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Report of the Secretary of War ... 366
Letter of C. Gratiot, chief engineer ... 376
Letter of Colonel Jos. G. Totten ... 377
Statement showing the works to be executed to protect great cities and important towns, &c ... 392
Statement showing works to be executed after those of the first class ... 393
Statement of works to be erected, not comprised in the first and second classes ... 394
Statement of works of the fourth class, &c ... 395
Statement of the cost of certain works for the defence of the sea--coast, &c ... 395
Statement of the amount of the militia force that may be concentrated at Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, &c ... 396
Letter of George Bomford, colonel of ordnance ... 396
Statement of four classes of arsenals, &c ... 398
Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 399
Resolutions of the Senate in relation to the defence of the country ... 399
Letter of the navy commissioner ... 400
With instructions and correspondence with General Gaines and others for preserving the neutrality of the United States on the frontiers during the war between Texas and Mexico ... 416
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Report of the Secretary of War ... 416
Instructions of the Secretary of War ... 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 422, 424
Letter of Elbert Herring ... 417
Letters of Major General E. P. Gaines to the Secretary of War ... 417, 419
Letter from John Forsyth, Secretary of State ... 419
Memorandum for Mr. Gorostiza ... 419
Letter to the governor of Louisiana and the governor of Mississippi ... 419
Letter of General Gaines to governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee ... 420
Letter of the governor of Tennessee to the Secretary of War ... 421
Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Alabama ... 422
Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Tennessee ... 423
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Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Louisiana ... 423
Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Mississippi ... 423
Letter of Major General Macomb to the Secretary of War ... 424
Letters of R. Jones, adjutant general ... 425, 426, 427
Letter of Colonel James B. Many ... 426
Letter of Thomas Jefferson Green ... 426
Letter of Brigadier General Arbuckle ... 426
On the causes of the hostility of the Seminole and other Indians in Florida, and the military arrangements and preparations against them ... 433
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Secretary of War to the President of the United States ... 433
Abstract of causes that induced the Seminole Indians to commence hostilities ... 435
Letters of the Secretary of War to the governor of Florida ... 438, 439, 440
Letter of M. Dickerson to the Secretary of War ... 440
Letter of the adjutant general to the Secretary of War ... 441
Letter of the adjutant general to Major General Winfield Scott ... 441
Letters of the Secretary of War to Major General Scott ... 441, 442
Letter of W. A. Whitehead to the Secretary of War ... 442
Letter of the Secretary of War to Brigadier General Clinch ... 443
Transmitting a supplementary report in relation to the causes of the hostilities of the Seminole Indians in Florida ... 443
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter of the Secretary of War ... 443
On an increase of and an improvement in the organization of the ordinance corps ... 448
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Secretary of War ... 448
Letter of the colonel of ordnance ... 449
Copy of a bill for the increase of the ordnance corps ... 450
On the causes of the hostility of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida, and the instructions and correspondence for their removal west of the Mississippi river ... 450
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Secretary of War ... 451
Letter of E. Herring, commissioner of the Indian office ... 451
Letters of W. P. Duval, governor of Florida, to the Secretary of War ... 451, 461
Letters of Wiley Thompson to the governor of Florida ... 451, 453
Deposition of John Winslett ... 453
List of letters from the War Department to Governor Duval ... 455
Letters of Governor W. P. Duval to E. Herring ... 456, 457, 458, 464
Letter of Governor W. P. Duval to D. M. Sheffield ... 456
Letter of D. M. Sheffield to Governor Duval ... 456
Proclamation of the acting governor of Florida, offering a reward for the capture of Philip Oaks and George Stafford ... 456
Letter of Governor Duval to Wiley Thompson ... 457
Letter of E. Herring to Hon. J. M. White ... 459
Letter of E. Herring to General R. K. Call ... 459
Extract of a letter to J. D. Westcott, jr ... 459
Letter of E. Herring to George Walker, district attorney of Florida ... 459
Letter of the Secretary of War to Hon. J. M. White ... 459
Letters of E. Herring to Major John Phagan ... 459
Letters of Wiley Thompson to the Secretary of War ... 460, 477, 478, 482
Letters of Wiley Thompson to E. Herring ... 461, 463, 465, 470, 474, 476, 477, 479, 483, 484, 485
Affidavit of Edward M. Wanton ... 461
Petition of Econchattamico ... 462
Affidavit of William S. Pope ... 462
Letter of John Walker (chief Emachitochustern) and Jim Walker, interpreter ... 463
Letter of Wiley Thompson to the attorney of the western district of Florida ... 463
Letter of R. K. Call to the President ... 464
Letter of R. L. Gamble to the Secretary of War ... 464
Letter of Stephen Richards to Wiley Thompson ... 465
Letter of Secretary of War to the President ... 465
Petition of inhabitants of Florida to the President ... 465
Letter of Lewis Mattair to Hon. J. M. White ... 466
Letter of Judge Cameron to the Secretary of War ... 467
Opinion of Judge Cameron in relation to certain slaves claimed by Econchattamico ... 467
Letter of the United States attorney for Florida to the Secretary of War ... 468
Letters of Roly McIntosh, Foshutchee Micco, Chilly McIntosh, and K. Lewis, to the Secretary of War ... 471, 472
Letters of the Secretary of War to Colonel James Gadsden ... 472, 473, 474
Letter of E. Herring to Colonel James Gadsden ... 473
Copy of a bill more effectually to suppress illicit commerce with Indians and Indian--countrymen within the limits of the Territory of Florida ... 474
Letter of Captains Russell and Graham to General Wiley Thompson ... 477
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to the President ... 478
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Letter of Augustus Steele to General Thompson ... 484
Letter of William Buner to General Thompson ... 484
Letter of Captain W. M. Graham to General Thompson ... 485
Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Mr. George Center ... 485, 486
Letter of George Center to General Thompson ... 486
Letters of E. Herring to Governor Duval ... 486, 487, 488
Letters of the Secretary of War to Governor W. P. Duval ... 486, 487
Letter of E. Herring to Captain W. M. Graham ... 488
Letter of the Secretary of War to Major John Phagan ... 489
Letter of James D. Westcott, jr., to the Secretary of War ... 490
Letter of Major John Phagan to Governor Duval ... 490
Letter of James D. Westcott, jr., to E. Herring ... 490
Letter of Captain William M. Graham to the Secretary of War ... 491
Letter of Captain W. M. Graham to E. Herring ... 492
Letter of J. H. Eaton to the Secretary of War ... 492
Letter of J. H. Eaton to General Clinch ... 494
Letter of John Phagan to J. D. Westcott, jr ... 494
Letter of General D. L. Clinch to the Secretary of War ... 494
Proceedings of a council of Seminole chiefs ... 495
Letter of General Thompson to Philip Weadman ... 495
Letter of Gabriel Wm. Perpall to the Secretary of War ... 496
Affidavit of Mary Henchman ... 496
Letter of S. C. Stambaugh to the Secretary of War ... 496
Letter of Harmon K. Holliman to E. Herring ... 496
Affidavit of William M. Reed ... 497
Affidavit of Grandison Barber ... 497
Affidavit of Abraham Daniels and Enoch Daniels ... 498
Affidavit of A. Rutant ... 498
Affidavit of Simeon Dell ... 498
Letter of L. Gilleland to the Secretary of War ... 499
Letter of E. B. Gould to the Secretary of War ... 499
Affidavit of Mary Bonelly Leonardy ... 500
Affidavit of Philip Solana ... 500
Letter of Malachi Hagan to the Secretary of War ... 500
Affidavit of George Braning ... 501
Letter of the adjutant general to Brigadier General Clinch ... 501
Letters of Colonel James Gadsden to the Secretary of War ... 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508
Letter of Captain Graham to Colonel Gadsden ... 508
Letters of D. Kurtz to General Wiley Thompson ... 509, 512, 513
Letters of E. Herring to General W. Thompson ... 509, 510, 511, 514
Letters of the Acting Secretary of War to General W. Thompson ... 512, 513
Letter from D. L. Clinch to George Gibson ... 517
Letter from George Gibson to D. L. Clinch ... 517
Letter from J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 517
Letter from J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 517
Letter from George Gibson to J. B. F. Russell ... 518
Letter from J. H. Hook to J. B. F. Russell ... 518
Letter from J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 518
Letter from Wiley Thompson and J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 519
Letter from Wiley Thompson to Elbert Herring ... 520
Letter from Wiley Thompson to Hon. Lewis Cass ... 520
Letter from Wiley Thompson to Hon. Lewis Cass ... 522
Letter from Lewis Cass to Wiley Thompson ... 522
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 522
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 522
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 522
Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass to Wiley Thompson ... 522
Letter from Wiley Thompson to George Gibson ... 523
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 523
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 524
Letter from George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 526
Letter from the Secretary of War to Joel Yancey ... 527
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 527
Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 527
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 527
Letter from George Gibson to J. B. F. Russell ... 528
Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 528
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 528
Letter from the Secretary of War to Governor J. H. Eaton ... 528
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 529
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 529
Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 530
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 530
Letter from George Gibson to Lieutenant S. W. Moore ... 530
Letter from George Gibson to Jacob Brown ... 530
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 531
Letter from R. Zantzinger to General Clinch ... 531
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Letter from the Secretary of War to Wiley Thompson ... 532
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 532
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 532
Letter from General Clinch to General Jones ... 533
Letter from Wiley Thompson to General George Gibson ... 533
Letter from Wiley Thompson to the Secretary of War ... 533
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 534
Letter from W. Thompson and others to the Secretary of War ... 536
Letter from George Gibson to S. W. Moore ... 536
Letter from George Gibson to J. W Harris ... 536
Letter from the Acting Secretary of War to Generals Thompson and Clinch, and Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 536
Letter from J. H. Hook to J. W. Harris ... 536
Letter from J. H. Hook to Wiley Thompson ... 537
Letter from J. H. Hook to Jacob Brown ... 537
Letter from J. Brown to General Gibson ... 537
Letter from J. Brown to General Gibson ... 538
Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 538
Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 538
Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 538
Letter from Wiley Thompson to General Gibson ... 538
Letter from Wiley Thompson to General Gibson ... 538
Letter from J. H. Hook to General Clinch ... 539
Letter from J. Brown to George Gibson ... 539
Letter from Wiley Thompson to the Acting Secretary of War ... 539
Letter from Wiley Thompson to J. H. Hook ... 540
Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 540
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 540
Letter from Wiley Thompson to George Gibson ... 540
Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 541
Letter from Wiley Thompson to General Gibson ... 541
Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 541
Letter from Joel Yancey to the Secretary of War ... 541
Letter from General Clinch to General Gibson ... 541
Letter from General Gibson to General W. Thompson ... 542
Letter from General Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 542
Letter from General Thompson to General Gibson ... 542
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Thompson ... 543
Letter from J. H. Hook to General Thompson ... 544
Letter from General Thompson to Captain Brown ... 544
Letter from J. H. Hook to General Thompson ... 544
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 553
Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 554
Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General Gibson ... 554
Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 554
Letters from General Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 554, 555
Letter from General Thompson to J. H. Hook ... 555
Letter from Captain Brown to General Gibson ... 555
Letter from General Clinch to the Secretary of War ... 555
Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 556
Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 557
Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General Gibson ... 557
Letter from Captain Brown to General Gibson ... 558
Letter from S. V. Walker to General Thompson ... 558
Letter from General Thompson to S. V. Walker ... 558
Letter from General Thompson to F. R. Sancey ... 558
Letter from General Thompson to Lieutenant C. Smith ... 558
Letter from Lieutenant C. Smith to General Thompson ... 558
Letter from General Thompson to Colonel A. C. Harrison ... 558
Letter from General Thompson to General George Gibson ... 558
Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 559
Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass to D. L. Clinch ... 559
Letter from General Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 559
Letter from J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 559
Letter from General Thompson to General George Gibson ... 560
Letters from General Gibson to Captain J. Brown ... 560
Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 561
Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 563
Letters from Captain J. Brown to General Gibson ... 563
Letter from Captain F. S. Belton to General Jones ... 563
Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 564
Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General George Gibson ... 564
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Thompson ... 564
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 564
Letters from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 564, 565
Letter from J. H. Hook to General Scott ... 565
Letter from General Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 565
Letter from General Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 566
Letter from General Gibson to Captain J. Brown ... 566
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Letter from General Gibson to Captain F. S. Belton ... 566
Letter from Captain Brown to General George Gibson ... 566
Letter from George Gibson to Joel Yancey ... 566
Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 567
Letter from David M. Sheffield to the Secretary of War ... 567
Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 568
Letter from J. W. Harris to the Secretary of War ... 568
Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 570
Letter from Lieutenant J. Van Horne to George Gibson ... 570
Letter from Captain Brown to George Gibson ... 571
Letter from General George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 571
Letter from Joel Yancey to General Gibson ... 571
Letter from General Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 571
Letter from the Secretary of War to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 571
Letter from the Secretary of War to friendly Seminoles ... 572
Letter from Lieutenant J. Van Horne to General George Gibson ... 572
Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General George Gibson ... 573
Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 573
Letter from General George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 573
Letter from General George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 573
Letter from D. M. Sheffield to George Gibson ... 574
Regulations for certifying contracts under the Creek treaty of March, 1832, issued by the ... 694, 625
In relation to the frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from Charles McLemon and others to the ... 648
In relation to the dissatisfaction of the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from John B. Hogan, superintendent, to ... 671, 673
Letter of Major J. B. Brant and memorandum of J. Cross, major and quartermaster, in relation to the reorganization of the ... 186
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an increase of the ... 784
Asking an increase in the number of officers of the.--Letter to the Secretary of War from the quartermaster general ... 785
Report of a committee recommending an increase in the number of the officers of the ... 791
Statement of the names of the officers of the ... 793
Report of the operations of the, for the year ending September 30, 1836 ... 829
Recommending an appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities.--Letter from the ... 965
Estimates for the year 1837 for the ... 974
Letter from the quartermaster general on the necessity for an improved organization of the ... 989
Of infantry officers for 1836.--Lineal ... 44
Of field officers and captains of dragoons, artillery, and infantry, in 1836.--Relative to ... 45
Of officers of the commissary department.--Letter from the commissary general of subsistence on an increase of the number and ... 787
Of artillery officers.--Statement of the lineal ... 1013
Of infantry officers.--Statement of the lineal ... 1014
Of officers of artillery, infantry, and dragoons.--Statement of the relative ... 1015
Report of a committee on the claim of Captain W. H. Bell for additional pay and double ... 148
Report of a committee on the claim of General Daniel Parker for double ... 447
Reports of the officers in charge of the removal of the raft from ... 888
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Concerning the removal of Indians ... 713
Of the quartermaster's department of the army.--Letter of Major Brant, and memorandum of Major J. Cross ... 186
In 1836 ... 1018
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 931, 961, 962
Estimate for 1837 for the works on the ... 873
Appropriations available for the improvement of, whence derived, &c ... 857
Estimates for 1837 for the improvement of ... 868, 966
Road from Cantonment Des Moines to Fort Gibson.--Report of a committee on the opening of a military ... 12
Report of the chief engineer on the construction of ... 855
From Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and to the mouth of Grand river, Michigan ... 855
From Detroit to Chicago, &c ... 855
From La Plaisance bay to the road leading from Detroit to Chicago ... 855
From Line creek to Chattahoochee river, Alabama ... 855
From Memphis to the St. Francis river ... 855, 894
Cumberland road in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio ... 855, 896
Cumberland road east of the Ohio ... 855
Appropriations for the construction of, whence derived, &c ... 857
Estimates of funds required for 1837 for certain ... 968
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 595, 598, 654, 660, 662
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 601
Copy of interrogatories propounded by D. M. Dougald and others, and the answer of ... 681
On the subject of the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between the commissary general of subsistence and ... 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 760, 761, 769, 763, 774
On the subject of the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 756, 757, 759
In relation to the improvement of the river ... 853
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the river ... 884
In relation to the improvement of the navigation of the river --Reports of committees ... 886
Estimate of funds required for the improvement of the river ... 887
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In relation to the hostilities of the Creek Indians, and asking for a permanent military force in.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 711, 113
Report from Major General Macomb in relation to the hostilities of the ... 817
Statement of moneys received and disbursed to September 30, 1836, for suppressing the hostilities of the ... 844
Report from the Secretary of War authorizing calls on the different States and Territories for volunteers and militia to suppress the hostilities of the Creek and ... 1026
Statement of the force employed for the suppression of the hostilities of the Creek and ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062
(See Indians--Florida, and Secretary of War.)
In relation to the purchase by him of certain lands from the Creek Indians in Alabama.--
Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 683, 684, 690
In relation to the hostilities of the Creek Indians and to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty ... 712
In relation to the frauds alleged to have been committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 676
Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to Paddy Carr in relation to the purchasers of Indian reservations ... 680
Letter to the President of the United States from ... 676
Letter to the Secretary of War on the same subject ... 677
Report of committee on the same ... 173
Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the State of ... 409
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 948, 961, 969
Letter from the adjutant general relative to the proposed augmentation of the general. ... 826
Statement of the number and rank of the commissioned officers of the ... 829
Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1005
List of officers of the line employed on the ... 1021
Report of the officer in charge of the works at ... 876
For the defence of the coast.--Letter of the chief engineer in relation to fortifications and ... 112
Letters in relation to a site for a powder magazine, to be attached to the arsenal at ... 429
Building of the pier near the city of ... 855
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Transmitting instructions, &c., in reference to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 585, 587, 588, 589, 592, 593, 597, 598, 599, 600, 602, 604
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the Secretary of War, with instructions to ... 594, 596, 597, 599
Letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in explanation of charges which had been preferred against him ... 642
In relation to Indian hostilities in Georgia.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 642
In relation to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 647, 648, 651, 655, 664, 669, 689, 781
In relation to the removal of the Creek Indians west.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 662
In relation to certifying contracts and to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 657, 684
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 951, 961, 962
Application of the legislature of, that the volunteers from that State be paid for equipping themselves ... 986
For compensation for expenses and losses incurred by Tennessee volunteers who were called into service, but were either rejected or immediately discharged.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 1075
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence with General Gaines in relation to preserving neutrality on the frontiers during the war between Mexico and ... 416
Letter to the Secretary of War on the same subject ... 70, 72, 73
Letter to General Gibson on the same subject ... 10, 76, 80
Letter to Colonel A. C. Fanning ... 77
Letter to Lieutenant C. Smith ... 77
Letter to Judge F. R. Sanchez ... 78
(See Message of the President in relation to Indian hostilities in Florida, and reports of the Secretary of War.)
Officers of, for 1836 ... 35
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the manner in which the officers of the, are employed ... 795, 797
Statement showing the amount of money drawn from the treasury and remitted to officers of the, and the amount expended from October 1, 1834, to September 30, 1835 ... 803
Report for 1836 of the lieutenant colonel of the ... 909
Estimates for 1837, for surveys ... 913
Estimates for 1837, for clerks, messengers, &c ... 913
Statement of amount expended during the year 1836 by the ... 914
Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1007
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In the war of 1812--'15.--Statement of the number of organized, from each State and Territory ... 927, 961, 962
Application of the State of Alabama for increase of the pay of the militia and ... 1003
From the State of Tennessee.--Application of the legislature of Tennessee for payment for equipments of ... 986
For the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida.-- Authorizing the different States and Territories to issue calls for militia and.--Report from the Secretary of War ... 1,026
Statement showing the number of militia and ... 1051, 1053, 1061
General orders respecting the ... 1063, 1064
On calls made since the year 1835.--Payments made to the ... 1,065
From Tennessee called into service, but either rejected or received and immediately discharged.--Report of a committee on the application of the State of Tennessee for payment to ... 1075
Letter to Colonel John B. Hogan, offering him an interest in the firm of J. W. A. Sanford & Co ... 708
On the expediency of constructing floating steam batteries for the defence of bays and harbors ... 11
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of C. Gratiot, chief engineer ... 11
Letter of J. L. Smith, major of engineers ... 12
In relation to a military road from Cantonment Des Moines to Fort Gibson ... 13
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of Major Thomas F. Hunt, acting quartermaster general ... 13
Extracts from a communication from John Dougherty to Major J. B. Brant ... 14
Recommending appropriations for the construction and armament of fortifications for the national defences ... 15
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of General Gratiot to the Secretary of War ... 16
Estimate of funds required for the year 1836, on account of fortifications for the defence of the sea coast ... 17
Estimate of funds required for new fortifications for 1836, for the defence of the sea-coast ... 17
Estimate of funds required for the year 1836 on account of fortifications ... 18
On the erection of a mole and fortification for the protection of the Delaware breakwater ... 22
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of T. S. Jesup, quartermaster general ... 22
Letter of General C. Gratiot, chief engineer ... 23
With annual returns of the militia for 1835 ... 24
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the adjutant general ... 24
Abstract of general annual returns for 1835 ... 25
Abstract of annual returns of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for 1835 ... 27
With Register of the officers of the army for 1836 ... 34
With estimates of appropriations for the quartermaster's department for 1836 ... 54
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the quartermaster general ... 54
Estimate of funds for objects not included in annual estimates ... 54
In relation to Indian hostilities in Florida ... 56
With explanatory estimates of the cost and plans for a national foundery in the District of Columbia, and of the site proposed therefore ... 82
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Report of Brigadier General Wool and Lieutenant Colonel Talcott ... 82
Estimate of cost of site, and of buildings, &c ... 83
Recommending that camp equipage and knapsacks be furnished the militia when called into the service of the United States ... 93
In relation to the establishment of an arsenal of construction at Charleston, South Carolina ... 94, 173
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ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters of Colonel Bomford ... 94, 173
On the expediency of establishing an arsenal or depot for arms in the State of Missouri ... 95
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters of Colonel Bomford ... 95, 96
Memorial of the general assembly of Missouri ... 95
Letter of General John E. Wool ... 96
On the expediency of establishing an armory in the west ... 97
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters of Colonel Bomford ... 97, 98
With statement of the effective force of the army, and the pay of each grade therein ... 127
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the adjutant general ... 127
Statement of the military force for the defence of the maritime, northern, western, and southern frontiers ... 127
Statement of the pay and emoluments of one individual of each grade of the army ... 128
On the expedition of dragoons, under Colonel Henry Dodge, to the Rocky mountains in 1835 ... 130
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the adjutant general ... 130
Journal of the march of a detachment of dragoons, under Colonel Dodge, during the summer of 1835 ... 130
Letter of General E. P. Gaines ... 146
On the expediency of converting the arsenal at St. Louis into an arsenal of construction ... 147
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter of the colonel of ordnance ... 147
On an increase of the numerical force of the army, its expense, &c., for the protection of the frontiers against the Indians, and an estimate of their numbers, &c ... 156
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Census of Indian tribes reported in 1836 ... 158
Number of Indians to remove ... 159
Number of Indians south of Lake Superior ... 159
Number of Indians within striking distance of the frontiers ... 159
Letter of the major general of the army ... 160
Comparison of the present and proposed organization of the army, and an estimate of the cost, &c ... 162
Distribution of the four regiments of artillery, &c ... 166
Estimate of the number of companies of artillery required for the several forts on the Atlantic frontier and Gulf of Mexico ... 166
List of forts, with distribution of artillery, &c ... 167
Disposition of nine regiments of infantry and the regiment of dragoons ... 167
General summary of the army ... 168
Number and grades of artillery and infantry proposed ... 169
With items of all accounts and claims for pay and allowances of every kind which were paid in 1833 and 1834 to officers of the army ... 187
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Statement of pay and allowances of all kinds made to officers of the army between October 1, 1832, and September 30, 1833, and also from October 1, 1833, to September 30, 1834 ... 189
Letter of the Third Auditor of the Treasury ... 365
On the means and measures necessary for the military and naval defences of the country ... 366
With a statement of the maximum amount which can be expended annually upon fortifications and the ordnance department ... 406
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of Colonel Bomford ... 406
Letter of Lieutenant R. Lee ... 406
On the location and erection of a magazine and depot of arms in Arkansas ... 411
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter of Captain W. H. Bell ... 411
Recommending an increase of the force under General Gaines for the defence of the western frontier of Louisiana, &c ... 412
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of T. S. Jesup, quartermaster general ... 412
Letter of the Secretary of War ... 412
On the number of cannon required to arm the fortifications, and the expediency of establishing a national foundery ... 413
Letter of the inspector general ... 413
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With explanatory estimates for repairs of certain fortifications, and for arsenals and magazines, camp and garrison equipage, knapsacks, haversacks, and accoutrements ... 427
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of General Gratiot, chief engineer, with estimate of appropriations required for fortifications on the sea--coast ... 428
Letter of General Gratiot in relation to Fort Monroe and Fort McHenry ... 428
Letter of General Gratiot in relation to Fort Marion ... 428
Letter in relation to a site for a powder magazine at St. Louis, Missouri ... 429
Additional estimates for accoutrements ... 430
Letter with estimates for the construction of a depot for arms, &c., in Arkansas ... 431
Estimates of the quartermaster general ... 432
Letter of General Gratiot, with bill for appropriations for certain fortifications ... 432
On the erection of depots for arms in Ohio and Tennessee ... 443
On the inspection, mustering, and payment of militia and volunteers called into the service of the United States ... 444
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Bill to regulate the inspection, mustering, and payment of militia, &c ... 444
Letter of the inspector general ... 445
On the causes of hostilities of the Seminole and other Indians in Florida, &c. ... 433, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443
On the causes of Indian hostilities in Florida, instructions for the removal of the Creek Indians, &c ... 445
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Extract from instructions to General Jesup ... 446
Letter of William Schley ... 446
Extracts of a letter from the governor of Georgia ... 446
Transmitting sundry papers showing the causes of hostilities of the Creek and Semihole Indians in Florida; instructions to General Jesup and other officers in relation to their removal to the west, and correspondence with governors of States and agents upon these subjects ... 574
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters from the commissary general of subsistence to the Secretary of War ... 574, 721
Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War ... 574, 582, 620
Letter from William H. Mitchell to Major John H. Howard ... 576, 654
Letter from the Hon. G. W. B. Towns to the Secretary of War ... 577, 656
Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. G. W. B. Towns ... 577, 625
Letter from Major John H. Howard to the Secretary of War ... 577, 652
Letters from Adjutant General R. Jones to the Secretary of War ... 579, 580
Letters from Major J. S. McIntosh to General R. Jones ... 579, 580, 581
Letters from Lieutenant J. W. McCrabb to General R. Jones ... 579, 580, 581
Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Leonard Tarrant, esq ... 584, 585, 587, 588, 589, 592, 593, 598, 599, 600, 604
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert ... 584
Letter from the Secretary of War to Robert L. Crawford, marshal of the southern district of Alabama ... 584
Letter from the Secretary of War to N. E. Benson, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and John Martin ... 585
Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Doctor R. W. McHenry ... 585, 586, 587, 591, 593, 594, 602, 603, 606, 607
Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to James Bright, esq ... 586, 588, 590
Letters from the Secretary of War to Governor Wilson Lumpkin, of Georgia ... 587, 592
Letters from the Secretary of War to R. J. Meigs, esq ... 587, 590, 591
Letters from the Secretary of War to Leonard Tarrant, esq ... 587, 594, 596, 597, 599, 601
Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to R. J. Meigs, esq ... 588, 590
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the chiefs of the Upper Creeks ... 589
Circular from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the agents for certifying contracts ... 589
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to W. P. Chilton, esq ... 593
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Judge J. P. Clough, of Alabama ... 594
Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. John P. King ... 594
Letters from the Secretary of War to General J. W. A. Sanford ... 595, 598, 601, 780
Letters from the Secretary of War to Doctor R. W. McHenry ... 594, 596, 598, 599, 611
Letter from the Secretary of War to James Bright, esq ... 596
Letter from the Secretary of War to Mr. William Summers ... 598
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to William Dougherty, esq ... 599
Letters from the Secretary of War to certain Creek Indians ... 600, 601
Letters from the Secretary of War to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 600, 601, 610, 611, 613, 614, 623, 779
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Zachariah Clough ... 601
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to H. C. Thompson ... 603
Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Colonel J. B. Hogan ... 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 612
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Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to O. K. Freeman ... 603, 604
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Captain William Walker ... 603, 607
Letter from the Secretary of War to Eli S. Shorter and others ... 604, 630
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Colonel Benjamin Reynolds ... 605
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Eli S. Shorter ... 607, 612
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to William Sumner, esq ... 607
Letters from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert to the Secretary of War ... 608, 634
Letter from the Secretary of War to Thomas Crawford ... 612
Letters from John B. Hogan to the Secretary of War ... 613, 617, 620, 670, 701, 707, 709, 750, 751
Letters from John B. Hogan to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 613, 618, 644, 667, 670, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 705
Copy of regulations for certifying contracts under Creek treaty of March 24, 1832 ... 614, 624, 625
Letters from the Secretary of War to Colonel John B. Hogan, J. W. Burney, and Colonel George D. Anderson ... 614, 623
Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis ... 615
Orders General W. Scott to accept the services of 500 Creek warriors in the Seminole war ... 618
Letter from the Attorney General of the United States to the Secretary of War, 619, 695
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War in relation to frauds in the sales of the public lands or Indian reservations ... 620
Letter from the Secretary of War to General Thomas S. Jesup ... 622
Letters from the Secretary of War to Governor Wm. Schley, of Georgia, and Governor C. C. Clay, of Alabama ... 625, 626, 627, 628, 629
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Major General Thomas S. Jesup ... 629
Letter from the Secretary of War to Eli S. Shorter ... 630
Letter from the Secretary of War to Captain Page ... 631
List of letters to the War Department in the years 1832 and 1833 ... 632
Letters from Jeremiah Austill to the Secretary of War ... 633
Letter from N. E. Benson, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and John Martin, to the Secretary of War ... 634
Letters from J. Bright, Robert W. McHenry, and J. J. Abert, certifying agents, to the Secretary of War ... 635, 636, 639
Letters from the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis to the Secretary of War ... 635, 703
Letters from Robert L. Crawford, marshal of the southern district of Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 635, 636, 638, 639
Letters from Governor Wilson Lumpkin to the Secretary of War ... 636, 641, 642
Letter from John Gayle, of Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 637
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 639
Letter from R. J. Meigs to the Secretary of War ... 640
Letter from M. S. Edmundson and others to Governor Lumpkin, of Georgia ... 640
Letters from Leonard Tarrant to the Secretary of War ... 642, 657, ... 662, 781
Letter from Hopoith Yoholo and other chiefs to the Secretary of War ... 642, 644, 645, 646, 648
Letter from Samuel W. Mardis to the Secretary of War ... 643
Letter from Robert W. McHenry to the Secretary of War ... 645, 651, 656, 659, 661, 662
Letter from Leonard Tarrant to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 646, 647, 648, 652, 655, 664, 669, 689
Letter from Opoth--yoholo and other chiefs to Leonard Tarrant, sub--agent ... 647
Letters from R. W. McHenry to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 648, 664, 667, 676, 677, 683
Letter from Charles McLemon and others, citizens of Alabama, to the President of the United States ... 648
Presentment of the grand jury of Chambers county, Alabama, of Henry C. Bird, a justice of the peace, for malfeasance in office ... 648
Letter from John P. King, of Augusta, Georgia ... 650
Letter from J. W. A. Sanford to the Secretary of War ... 654, 660, 662
Schedule of invalid contracts ... 655
Copy of resolutions passed by a meeting of citizens of Macon county, Alabama, in relation to frauds in titles to lands belonging to Indians without their knowledge ... 655
Letter from Wm. Dougherty to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 658
Letter from T. Bright to the Secretary of War ... 661
Letter from Ne--ah--mico, and other chiefs of the Creek nation, to the President of the United States ... 662
Letter from John B. Hogan to the President of the United States ... 663, 671, 673
Letter from O. K. Freeman, attorney, enclosing sundry papers in relation to the claim of Fushatcha, a Creek Indian ... 665
Letter from Eli S. Shorter and others to the Secretary of War ... 667, 673, 682, 683, 684, 690, 712
Letter from Paddy Carr to the Secretary of War ... 669
Letter from O. K. Freeman to Colonel J. B. Hogan ... 671
Letter from Colonel J. B. Hogan to O. K. Freeman ... 671
Letter from Thomas J. Abbott to Colonel J. B. Hogan ... 672
Letter from Robert W. McHenry to J. B. Hogan ... 673
Letter from Ne--ah--micco and other chiefs of the Lower Creeks to the Secretary of War ... 675
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Letter from Shorter, Tarver & Co., and others, to the President of the United States ... 676
Letter from Shorter, Tarver, and others, to the Secretary of War ... 677
Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to Paddy Carr, by Eli S. Shorter, for self and others, and Paddy Carr's answer ... 680
Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to General John W. A. Sanford, by D. McDougald, and his answer ... 681
Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to Benjamin Marshal, by John D. Howell and others, and his answer ... 681
Letter from Hopothleyoholo and other chiefs of the Creek nation to the President of the United States ... 685, 703
Letter from G. W. Elliott and others, of Russell county, Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 690
Letter from A.B. Dawson and others, of Russell county, Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 692
Letter from Governor C. C. Clay to the Secretary of War ... 693, 695, 697, 704, 706, 710
Letter from R. M. Hook and others to Governor C. C. Clay ... 693, 694
Copy of resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Cherokee county, Alabama ... 695
Correspondence between John B. Hogan and J. W. A. Sanford & Co., contractors ... 696
Letter from John D. Howell to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 696
Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to John W. A. Sanford & Co ... 697
Letter from E. Harding, captain of ordnance, to Governor O. C. Clay ... 697
Letter from Thomas S. Woodward to Governor C. C. Clay ... 698
Letter from Samuel D. Halt and other citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, to Governor C. C. Clay ... 698
Letter from W. B. Stogner, of Tuskegee, Alabama, to Governor C. C. Clay ... 698
Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Russell county, Alabama ... 698, 699
Letter from W. B. Martin to Governor C. C. Clay ... 699, 700
Letters from officers of Alabama volunteers to Governor C. C. Clay ... 699, 700, 701
Letters from General D. McDougald to Messrs. Hogan, Burney, and Anderson, and their replies thereto ... 701, 702
Memorial of citizens of Russell and Barbour counties to Governor C. C. Clay ... 702
Letter from Major J. H. Howard to Governor Clay ... 704
Letter from James E. Glenn to Major J. H. Howard ... 705
Letter from Captain John Page to Governor C. C. Clay ... 705
Letter from J. W. Burney and J. D. Anderson to the Secretary of War ... 706
Letter from Captain William Walker to John B. Hogan, and his reply thereto ... 708
Letter from Ethan A. Brown to the Secretary of War ... 710
Memorial of J. R. Jones and others, owners of land in the Creek territory, Alabama ... 711
Letters from William Schley to the Secretary of War ... 711, 713
Regulations by the Secretary of War for the removal of Indians ... 713
Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence appertaining to the emigration of Indians ... 721
Letters from John B. Hogan to the commissary general of subsistence ... 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751
Letters from John B. Hogan, special agent, to Governor John Gayle, of Alabama ... 727
Letter from Governor John Gayle to John B. Hogan ... 727
Correspondence between Colonel Harrison Young and Major W. Blue ... 731
Correspondence between John B. Hogan and Isaac Estell ... 732, 733, 734, 736, 740
Letters from the assistant conductors and assistant agents to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 732, 733, 734, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 743, 745, 746, 758
Correspondence between Colonel John B. Hogan and J. W. A. Sanford ... 742, 743, 745, 746
Letter from Colonel John B. Hogan to Governor C. C. Clay ... 749
Correspondence between John W. A. Sanford & Co. and the commissary general of subsistence ... 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 760, 761, 762, 763, 774
Letters from J. W. A. Sanford to the Secretary of War ... 756, 757, 759
Letters from Captain John Page to the commissary general of subsistence ... 763, 764, 765, 767, 767, 768, 770, 771
Letter from Captain John Page to the Secretary of War ... 769
Letters from Lieutenant Edward Deas to the commissary general of subsistence ... 772, 773, 774
Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to Captain John Page ... 775
Letters from the commissary general of subsistence to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 776, 777
Letter from the Secretary of War to Opothleholo and other chiefs of the Creek nation ... 776
Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to Lieutenant Edward Deas ... 778
Letter from the Secretary of War to the commissary general of subsistence ... 780
Letter from the Secretary of War to Leonard Tarrant ... 781
Letter from S. C. Benton to the commissary general of subsistence ... 782
Copy of the contract entered into between John W. A. Sanford & Co. and the commissary general of subsistence ... 782
Proposing an increase in the ordnance and quartermaster general's department, and of the rank and file of the cavalry, artillery, and infantry of the army.--Letter to the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate from the ... 784
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from G. Bomford, colonel of ordnance ... 784
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Letter from Thomas F. Hunt, quartermaster general ... 785
Statement of the present and proposed organization of the army ... 786
Transmitting estimates of expenses of militia and volunteers for suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida ... 788
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the Secretary of War to Governor R. K. Call ... 789
Estimate from the paymaster general ... 789
Estimates from the commissary general of subsistence ... 790
Estimates from the quartermaster general ... 790
Estimates from the surgeon general ... 790
Transmitting statements of the manner in which the topographical engineers and the officers serving under them are employed ... 795
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Reports from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert ... 795, 797
Statement of the money drawn from the treasury from October 1, 1804, to September 30, 1835, to whom remitted, and amount expended ... 803
Transmitting a report of the colonel of ordnance, with a statement of the arms made and expenses incurred at the national armories in 1835 ... 804
Annual report showing the condition of the War Department in 1836 ... 806
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Report and documents of the major general commanding the army ... 817
Letter from the adjutant general on the subject of increasing the number of officers in his department ... 826
Report of the acting quartermaster general ... 829
Report of the commissary general of subsistence ... 832
Report of the surgeon general ... 839
Report of the paymaster general ... 839
Report of the commissary general of purchases ... 842
Report of the chief engineer ... 846
Report of the chief of the Topographical bureau ... 909
Report of the chief of the ordnance department ... 915
Transmitting statements of the number of volunteers and militia of the several States and Territories, their entry and continuance in the service of the United States during the war of 1812--'15, and the date of their discharge ... 927
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the Third Auditor ... 927
Number from Connecticut ... 932, 961, 962
Number from Delaware ... 938, 961, 962
Number from District of Columbia ... 959, 961, 962
Number from Georgia ... 949, 961, 962
Number from Illinois ... 957, 961, 962
Number from Indiana ... 956, 960, 961, 962
Number from Kentucky ... 950, 961, 962
Number from Louisiana ... 955, 961, 962
Number from Maryland ... 938, 961, 962
Number from Massachusetts ... 928, 961, 962
Number from Michigan ... 959, 961, 962
Number from Mississippi ... 958, 961, 962
Number from Missouri ... 957, 961, 962
Number from New Hampshire ... 928, 961, 962
Number from New Jersey ... 936, 961, 962
Number from New York ... 933, 961, 962
Number from North Carolina ... 948, 961, 962
Number from Ohio ... 952, 961, 962
Number from Pennsylvania ... 936, 961, 962
Number from Rhode Island ... 931, 961, 962
Number from South Carolina ... 948, 961, 962
Number from Tennessee ... 951, 961, 962
Number from Vermont ... 932, 961, 962
Number from Virginia ... 941, 961, 962
Transmitting statements of the number and cost of fortifications, arsenals, and armories completed and in progress ... 963
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Report from the Engineer department ... 963
Report from the Ordnance department ... 964
Estimate and recommendation for an appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities ... 965
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the quartermaster general ... 965
Letter from the commissary general of subsistence ... 965
Letter from the paymaster general ... 966
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Transmitting a letter from the chief engineer, with explanatory estimates for fortifications for the year 1837 ... 983
Transmitting copies of correspondence on the operations of the army in Florida, and instructions to Major General Jesup to assume the command ... 992
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the Secretary of War to Governor R. K Call ... 992, 998, 1002
Letter from the Secretary of War to Major General Thomas S. Jesup ... 993
Letter from Governor R. K. Call to the Secretary of War ... 993, 998, 1002
Transmitting the Army Register for 1837 ... 1004
Transmitting additional explanatory estimates for the ordnance department for 1837 ... 1024
Authorizing calls for volunteers and militia to suppress hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida, the number from each State, the whole number of regulars and militia employed, and periods for which they were paid ... 1026
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters from the Secretary of War--
To Governor J. H. Eaton, of Florida ... 1026
To Governor R. K. Call, of Florida ... 1027, 1028, 1029
To Governor George McDuffie, of South Carolina ... 1029
To Governor William Schley, of Georgia ... 1030, 1031, 1032
To Governor C. C. Clay, of Alabama ... 1032, 1033, 1034
To Governor E. D. White, of Louisiana ... 1035
To Governor Charles Lynch, of Mississippi ... 1035, 1036
To Governor W. S. Fulton, of Arkansas ... 1036, 1037
To Governor Daniel Dunklin, of Missouri ... 1037
To Governor N. Cannon, of Tennessee ... 1038, 1039, 1040
To Governor James T. Morehead, of Kentucky ... 1040
To Governor R. D. Spaight, of North Carolina ... 1040, 1041
To General Clinch, Florida ... 1041
To General A. Eustis ... 1042
To Major General Winfield Scott ... 1043, 1044
To Major General E. P. Gaines ... 1045
To Major General Thomas S. Jesup ... 1046, 1047
To Brigadier General John E. Wool ... 1047, 1048, 1049
To General Atkinson ... 1050
To General Arbuckle ... 1051
Letter from the adjutant general to the Secretary of War, with statements of the volunteer and militia force in the Florida war in 1835 and 1836 ... 1051, 1053, 1061
Statements of the regular force and marines employed in Georgia and Alabama in 1836 ... 1061, 1062
Letter from the adjutant general ... 1062, 1064
Letters from the paymaster general ... 1062, 1063, 1064
General orders respecting the volunteers and militia ... 1063, 1064
Statement showing the periods to which the volunteers and militia have been paid on calls made since 1835 ... 1065
Transmitting the annual returns of the militia for the year 1836 ... 1070, 1071
Transmitting additional explanatory estimates for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida in 1837 ... 1080
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter from the quartermaster general ... 1081
Letter from the paymaster general ... 1081
Letter from the commissary general of subsistence ... 1081
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