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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

American State Papers --TABLE OF CONTENTS. NAVAL AFFAIRS.--VOLUME II.

American State Papers [Naval Affairs: Volume 2] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS. NAVAL AFFAIRS.--VOLUME II.

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FOR ALPHABETICAL INDEX, SEE THE CLOSE OF THE VOLUME.

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• No.
• Date.
• Page.
• 259. On the manner of sending supplies of provisions and clothing to the United Sates squadron on the Pacific ocean 1824, May 13 ... 9
• 260. Amounts of settlements and delinquencies of prize agents 1824, May 22 ... 20
• 262. Nominating passed midshipmen to be lieutenants in the navy 1824, Dec. 16 ... 23
• 264. Reasons for declining to furnish the House of Representatives with documents relative to the conduct of officers of the navy in the Pacific ocean 1825, Jan. 10 ... 26
• 265. On the use of American canvas, cables and cordage, in the navy 1825, Jan. 10 ... 27
• 283. Transmitting proceedings of court-martial, correspondence, &c., relating to the conduct of Commodtre Charles Stewart, on the Pacific ocean, and that of Lieutenants Joshua R. Sands and William M. Hunter 1826, Jan. 25 ... 487
• 292. With statement of expenses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, from Jan. 1, 1824, to February, 1826 1826, Feb. 14 ... 627
• 306. In relation to the pay and emoluments of the paymaster and quarter-master of the marine corps, in 1824-'25 1826, March 25 ... 698
• 325. In relation to an examination of sites for the establishment of a dry dock for the navy 1827, Jan. 10 ... 810

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
• 266. As to alterations in the organization of the navy, with statements traveling and other allowances to officers of the navy and marine corps 1825, Jan. 10 ... 40
• 268. Showing the operations of the Navy Department in 1825 1825, Dec. 6 ... 98
• 270. Communicating proceedings and documents of courts-martial and of inquiry in the course of Commodore David Porter in the suppression of piracy, transportation of specie, and in the pursuit of the pirates at at Foxardo, in the Island of Porto Rico 1825, Dec. 26 ... 132
• 273. On the expense and mode of employing a sloop-of-war in exploring the northwest coast of America 1826, Jan. 4 ... 442
• 274. Transmitting copies of the naval register for 1826 1826, Jan. 9 ... 443
• 279. On the examination of the harbors of Charleston, S. C., and St. Mary's, Georgia, with a view of establishment of a navy yard 1826, Jan. 23 ... 465
• 284. Transmitting statements in relation to the navy pension fund in 1825 1826, Jan. 27 ... 610
• 285. On an experiment in the use of cotton, compared with flax, for cordage and canvass; their relative price, &c., 1826, Feb. 1 ... 622
• 289. On the probable cost of certain lots of live oak timber, and the cost of preserving the same 1826, Feb. 10 ... 624
• 291. With statement of pay and allowances of officers of the navy 1826, Feb. 13 ... 625
• 295. Transmitting list of the killed, wounded and prisoners of the officers and crew of the frigate Chesapeake, in the action with the British frigate Shannon, in the war of 1812 1826, March 1 ... 629
• 300. On the additional force required for the commerce of the United States with Brazil and Buenos Ayres 1826, March 7 ... 638
• 301. With instructions for the encouragement of vaccination in the navy 1826, March 8 ... 640
• 302. On the utility of a breakwater at the Capes of the Delaware to the vessels of the navy 1826, March 14 ... 642
• 304. Transmitting documents and correspondence in relation to the course pursued by Commodore David Porter, in command of the squadron for the suppression of piracy in the West Indies, with matters incident thereto 1826, March 21 ... 648

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• 307. On the construction of docks for the preservation and repair of United States vessels 1826, March 31 ... 700
• 313. On the tenure by which the site of the Navy yard at Philadelphia is held; the amount of taxes paid thereon to that city and county, jurisdiction over the same not being granted to the United States by the State of Pennsylvania 1826, April 28 ... 707
• 319. Showing the condition of the navy in the year 1826 1826, Dec. 5 ... 726
• 320. Transmitting names of the officers and seamen of the ketch Intrepid, in the attack on the frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli, in 1802 1826, Dec. 8 ... 776
• 322. Transmitting copies of the naval register for 1827 1827, Jan. 3 ... 780

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
• 267. On the memorial of John M. Gamble, a captain of marines, for compensation, or prize money, for capturing an enemy's vessel, in 1813 1825, March 2 ... 95
• 282. On the subject of the court-martial, court of inquiry, and correspondence relating to the conduct of Commodore David Porter in suppressing piracy in the West Indies 1826, Jan. 24 ... 486
• 288. On a claim for a horse lost in the battle of Bladensburg, and for clothing lost in the service 1826, Feb. 9 ... 623

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
• 269. On the claim of the widow of Geo. S. Wise, a purser in the navy, for small stores lost by the capture of the sloop-of-war Wasp 1825, Dec. 19 ... 132
• 275. Expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Silas Duncan in the engagement on Lake Champlain, in 1814 1826, Jan. 18 ... 460
• 276. On the application of Captain Samuel Angus to be restored to his rank in the navy 1826, Jan. 20 ... 460
• 277. On an application to make armorers in the navy warrant officers 1826, Jan. 20 ... 463
• 278. On the application of Captain Isaac Philips to be restored to his rank in the navy 1826, Jan. 21 ... 464
• 281. On the claim of Mrs. Susan Decatur for prize money, for the capture by her husband of the frigate Philadelphia 1826, Jan. 24 ... 483
• 287. On a claim for remuneration for a method of securing the decks and sides of vessels, called water-tight plugging 1826, Feb. 7 ... 623
• 293. On a claim of E. L. Young for expenses of sickness contracted in the public service 1826, Feb. 20 ... 628
• 294. On a claim of the administrator of Thos. G. Tillinghast, for prize money and relief from a judgment 1826, March 1 ... 629
• 296. On the expediency of establishing a navy yard at Charleston, South Carolina, and on the St. Mary's river, or at Savannah, Georgia 1826, March 2 ... 636
• 297. On the expediency of establishing a navy yard on the river Thames, in Connecticut 1826, March 2 ... 637
• 298. On the expediency of establishing a navy yard and station on the Narraganset Bay, in Rhode Island 1826, March 2 ... 637
• 299. On the expediency of establishing a navy yard at Baltimore, Maryland 1826, March 2 ... 637
• 303. On the necessity of increasing the naval force for the protection of the commerce of the United States with Brazil and Buenos Ayres 1826, March 17 ... 644
• 305. On the claims of Erastus Loomis for a naval pension 1826, March 23 ... 698
• 308. On a claim of Lieutenant Isaac McKeever, for prize money for the capture of two slave vessels 1826, April 3 ... 704
• 309. On the claim of Seth Townsend for an increase of pension 1826, April 14 ... 705
• 310. On an application of Francis Hayne for an increase of pension 1826, April 14 ... 705
• 311. On the claim of Francis P. Gamble for a pension 1826, April 15 ... 706
• 312. On a claim of Archibald McElroy, for repayment of expenses incurred as prize agent 1826, April 29 ... 706
• 314. On the propriety of causing the remains of the late Captain O. H. Perry to be removed to the United States 1826, May 4 ... 721
• 315. On a claim of John L. Sullivan to compensation for the use of certain patented improvements in ship building 1826, May 6 ... 721
• 316. On a claim of James P. Durand for pay as a seaman, withheld for alleged desertion 1826, May 6 ... 722
• 317. On the expediency of increasing and reorganizing the marine corps 1826, May 6 ... 722
• 318. On the expediency of constructing dry docks for repairing ships-of- war 1826, May 8 ... 726
• 321. On claim of William Thompson for pension from date of his disability 1826, Dec. 27 ... 780
• 323. On the expediency of an annual appropriation for the gradual increase of the navy 1827, Jan. 5 ... 810
• 324. On the payment of prize money to Thomas Douty, an artilleryman on board the frigate Macedonian, in 1815 1827, Jan. 9 ... 810

RESOLUTION AND MEMORIAL OF A STATE LEGISLATURE.
• 286. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, for the establishment of a naval academy at Annapolis 1826, Feb. 7 ... 623

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MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
• 261. Application of a meeting of merchants and citizens of New York, for protection to the trade with Cuba, against the pirates 1824, Dec. 13 ... 22
• 263. Affidavit of George Brown, of murders and atrocities by pirates near the Island of Cuba 1824, Dec. 30 ... 26
• 271. Letter of Commodore David Porter, relative to charges of Thomas Randall and John Mountain, against the officers of the West India squadron 1825, Dec, 27 ... 440
• 272. Letter of Thomas Randall, relative to a communication of Commodore David Porter to the Senate 1826, Jan. 3 ... 441
• 290. Application of the city council of Baltimore, for a navy yard at that place 1826, Feb, 13 ... 624

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