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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 NAVAL AFFAIRS. VOLUME II.
Report of a committee on the expediency of a navy yard at ... 636
Letter president of chamber of commerce of, in relation to protection to commerce on coast of Brazil ... 640
Testimony before court-martial, in the case of Commodore David Porter ... 315, 316
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Letters to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the suppression of piracy ... 191
Testimony before the court-martial for the trial of Commodore Stewart ... 512
Testimony before court-martial of Commodore David Porter ... 163
In 1827.--List of ... 804
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Report of committee (House) on the same ... 644
Estimate for a dry dock at the ... 824
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Exception by the President in relation to the exclusion of the testimony of ... 521
Argument of the judge advocate, in the trial of Commodore Stewart by a court-martial, against the reception of the evidence of ... 536
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Report of committee (House) on the same ... 644
Nomination confirmed ... 25
(See court-martial of Commodore David Porter.)
Advertisement for goods stolen at St. Thomas ... 379
Affidavit of Wm. January in relation to the same ... 579
Letters of W. Prunier in relation to the ... 579, 580, 581
Letters of Commodore Stewart in relation to the ... 579, 580
Letter of Le Roy, Bayard & Co. in relation to the ... 582
(See courts-martial--Commodore Stewart.)
Report of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the same ... 27
Report of Navy Commissioners in relation to the same ... 28
Report of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to an experiment in the use of cotton compared with flax, for cordage, &c ... 622
In 1827.--List of ... 781
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Protest of master and crew against the capture of the ... 367, 368
Letter of Don Joaquin de Anduaga to the Secretary of State in relation to the capture of the ... 369
Nomination confirmed ... 25
In 1827.--List of ... 804
Letter in relation to the capture of the "Pilot" ... 240
In 1827--List of ... 792
Against Commodore Charles Stewart ... 489
Against Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands ... 605
Against Lieutenant Wm. M. Hunter ... 608
Report of committee on the expediency of establishing navy yards at ... 636
(See Navy yards.)
Estimate of cost of a dry dock at ... 820
Nomination confirmed ... 25
For the ship Franklin.--Letter of Jno. Rodgers in relation to the shipment of the slop ... 10
Lost in the service of the U. S. at Bladensburg ... 623
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 621
Report of a committee on the expediency of establishing a navy yard on the river Thames, in the State of ... 636
Letter to J. B. Prevost, special agent of the United States in Lima, in relation to the sailing of an expedition from the port of Lima ... 622
Number ordered by the Secretary of the Navy from May 25, 1821, to May 25, 1824, the places where held, the names of the officers composing them, &c ... 50
Number in the marine corps from 1st November, 1821, to 1st November, 1824, the stations where held, the officers who composed them, &c ... 53
Sentences for desertion from the marine corps from 1821 to 1824 ... 79
Marines tried for other offences than desertion, from 1st Nov., 1821, to Oct. 31, 1824 ... 82
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Expenses of, from Jan., 1824, to Feb., 1826 ... 627
For the trial of Commodore David Porter, for landing with a military force in the Island of Porto Rico.--
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy ... 132
Order for convening the court at Washington; the appointment of its members and judge advocate ... 132, 133, 166, 403, 404
Minutes of the proceedings of the court ... 133, 404
Testimony of Lieutenant Charles T. Platt ... 183, 185, 136, 189, 404, 405, 406
Statement of Captain Porter, in relation to the formation of the court ... 136
Opinion of the court in relation to the statement of Captain Porter ... 137
Testimony of Commander Alexander J. Dallas ... 137
Testimony of Lieutenant Horatio N. Crabb ... 138
Report of the court of the facts disclosed in the investigation ... 139
Letters of Commodore Porter to the Secretary of the Navy ... 142
Letter of Stephen Cabot, U. S. consul, in relation to piracies in the West Indies ... 142
Letter of Bergeest and Uhlhorn in relation to the same ... 143
Letter of Lieutenant Charles T. Platt to Commodore Porter in relation to piracies on the Island of St. Thomas ... 143
Letter of Smith Thompson, appointing Commodore Porter to the command of the squadron for the suppression of piracy in the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico ... 144, 145
Statement of Lieutenant Commanding John R. Miffin, U. S. marines, in relation to proceedings of Commodore Porter ... 145
Exceptions taken by Commodore Porter to the formation of the court ... 146, 412
Remarks to the court by Commodore Porter ... 146, 147
Letter of R. S. Coxe, judge advocate, with regard to exceptions to the organization of the court ... 147, 413
Reply of the Secretary of the Navy to the same ... 147, 148, 165, 411, 413, 414
Protest of Commodore Porter against the decision of the Secretary of the Navy, affirming the legality of the formation of the court ... 148, 149, 414, 416
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, enclosing letters and depositions respecting transactions at Foxardo, &c ... 150
Letter of R. S. Coxe, with report of the court on conduct of Commodore Porter in landing on the Island of Porto Rico ... 150
To inquire into the conduct of Captain David Porter in transporting specie, &c., while in command of the West India squadron--
Minutes of the courts ... 150 to ... 172
Testimony of Thomas Randall, Esq. ... 150, 151
Testimony of Master Commandant W. B. Finch ... 152, 154, 155, 158
Testimony of Master Commandant A. J. Dallas ... 152, 153
Testimony of Captain Stephen Cassin ... 154, 155
Testimony of Lieutenant Francis H. Gregory ... 156, 157
Testimony of Master Commandant Thomas H. Stevens ... 157, 158
Testimony of Lieutenant Charles W. Skinner ... 158, 159
Testimony of Lieutenant Charles H. Bell ... 160
Testimony of Lieutenant John P. Zantzinger ... 160, 161
Testimony of Lieutenant D. G. Farragut ... 161
Testimony of Lieutenant Ralph Voorhees ... 162
Testimony of Lieutenant John H. Lee ... 162
Testimony of Lieutenant J. T. Ritchie ... 162, 163
Testimony of Lieutenant Charles Boarman ... 163
Testimony of Lieutenant Charles T. Platt ... 163, 164
Testimony of John Mountain, Esq. ... 164
Report of the court, to the Secretary of the Navy, upon the result of the investigation ... 166 to ... 172
Extract of the message of the President, of December 3, 1822, in relation to the suppression of piracy in the West Indies ... 172
Extract from the Journal of the House of Representatives in relation to the same ... 173
Extracts from the Senate Journal in relation to the same ... 173, 174
Act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of piracy ... 174
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the President in relation to health of the squadron in the West Indies ... 174, 175
Orders and instructions to Commodore Rodgers to proceed to Thompson's Island (West Indies) and investigate the origin and progress of the sickness (yellow fever) on the island and in the squadron ... 175
Report of Commodore Rodgers on the same ... 176
Report of Surgeons Thomas Harris, B. Washington, and Richard K. Hoffman, on the same ... 176
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy on the administration of his Department for 1823 ... 178
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy on the administration of his Department for 1824 ... 180
List of vessels in commission in 1825 ... 182
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the Committee on Naval Affairs, of the House of Representatives, in relation to the suppression of piracy ... 183
Extracts of a letter to Hon. James Lloyd, chairman Committee on Naval Affairs (Senate) on same subject ... 184
Report Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) in relation to piracy ... 184
Report of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to piracies ... 185
Message President United States in relation to piracies ... 185
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Report Committee on Foreign Relations (House) on piracy and outrage on American commerce by Spanish privateers ... 187
Answer of the Spanish government to correspondence in relation to piracies ... 189
List of piratical vessels captured, &c ... 189
List of vessels of United States in service and being built ... 190
Copies and extracts of letters and reports exhibiting a general view of the correspondence between commanders of cruising vessels in the West Indies and the Spanish authorities ... 191 to ... 203
List of names and force of privateers fitted out from ports of the Island of Porto Rico ... 203
Letter of appointment of Commodore Porter to command the squadron for suppressing piracy in the West Indies ... 203, 381
Laws of the United States to prohibit the carrying on of the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place ... 204 to ... 211
Instructions for officers commanding cruising vessels in relation to pirates, and the execution of laws in relation to the slave trade ... 211, 212
Letters of the Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Porter ... 213 to ... 221
Letter of Thomas Randall in relation to trial of Commodore Porter ... 221
Letters from Commodore Porter to the Navy Department ... 221 to ... 235, 415, 416
List of vessels attached to the squadron under the command of Commodore Porter ... 222
Instructions of Commodore Porter to the officers of his squadron, in relation to the suppression of piracy and the slave trade ... 235 to ... 238
General orders of Commodore Porter to officers of the squadron, in relation to the same ... 238, 239
Special orders of Commodore Porter to same ... 240 to ... 278
Reports of the officers of the squadron to Commodore Porter ... 240 to ... 278
Letters of Commodore Porter to the authorities of the West India Islands, in relation to the same ... 278, 280, 281, 282
Letters of the Captain General of Puerto Rico to Commodore Porter, in relation to the same ... 278, 280
Letters of Commodore Porter to the Captain General of Cuba on the same subject ... 283, 285
Letters from the Captain General of Cuba to Commodore Porter on the same subject ... 283, 284, 285
Letters of Commodore Porter to the Alcalde of Foxardo on the same subject ... 285
Letter of Commodore Porter to the Governor of the Bahamas on the same subject ... 285, 286
Official communications to and from British officers in the West Indies on the same subject ... 286 to ... 290
Correspondence in relation to piracy and convoy, &c ... 290 to ... 301
For the trial of Commodore David Porter, for insubordination, &c.-- Minutes of the proceedings of the court ... 304 to ... 309, 404 to ... 411
Testimony of A. J. Dallas, master commandant ... 305, 306, 409
Testimony of Lieutenant Charles T. Platt ... 307, 312, 316, 410
Testimony of Lieutenant Robert Ritchie ... 312, 313, 314, 315
Testimony of Lieutenant Horatio N. Crabb ... 314, 315, 410
Testimony of Lieutenant Thomas B. Barton ... 315
Testimony of Surgeon Elnathan Judson ... 316
Testimony of John Boyle, clerk in the Navy Department ... 319
Testimony of William W. Seaton ... 320, 323
Testimony of Peter Force ... 320
Testimony of John Simpson ... 321
Testimony of Lieutenant John T. Ritchie ... 322
Testimony of Martin King ... 322
Testimony of Gustavus Harrison ... 324
Opinion and sentence of the court on the charges preferred ... 327, 328
Notes of argument and authority, in support of the objections taken by counsel of Commodore Porter to second charge and specification ... 329 to ... 334
Answer of the judge advocate thereto ... 334 to ... 341
Defence of Commodore Porter ... 342 to ... 363
Extracts from and references to messages of the President, referred to in the defence of Commodore Porter ... 363 to ... 366
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Porter, enclosing letters from the Spanish minister, complaining of the conduct of Captain S. Cassin, commander of the Peacock ... 366, 367, 370
Declaration of the captain and mate of "The Carmen," captured by the United States ship Peacock ... 366, 367
Protest of the captain, officers and crew of the schooner "Carmen," alias "Gallega the Third" ... 367, 368, 369
Letter of Don Joaquim de Anduaga to the Secretary of State ... 369
Order for the convening of a court for the trial of Commodore Porter ... 370
Exceptions of Commodore Porter to judge advocate ... 370, 407, 408
Charges and specifications against Commodore Porter ... 372
Address of Commodore Porter to the court ... 374
General instructions, by Commodore Porter, to the officers of the squadron, in relation to the repression of piracy and the slave trade ... 375 to ... 377
Objections of counsel of Commodore Porter to the second charge against him ... 377
Letter of the Attorney General, in relation to certain questions propounded by the court ... 378
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Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the defence of Commodore Porter ... 379
Advertisement of Cabot, Bailey & Co., for apprehension of certain goods which were stolen ... 379
Letter of William Furniss, in relation to the papers of the "Mary Ann," of Baltimore ... 380
Letter of Lieutenant Charles T. Platt, in relation to mutinies on board American vessels ... 380
Letter of Commodore Porter to the President of the United States, in relation to the affair at Foxardo ... 382
Letters of Commodore Porter to the Secretary of the Navy, on the same subject ... 382, 383, 418
Letter of Lieutenant Charles T. Platt, in relation to robberies on the Island of St. Thomas ... 384
Letters of Commodore Porter to the Secretary of the Navy ... 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 391, 399
Letter of S. Cabot, U. S. consular agent, in relation to piracies on the Island of St. Thomas ... 384, 417
Letter of Bergeest & Wheborn, on the same subject ... 385, 417
Interrogatories proposed by Commodore Porter to Mr. Monroe, President United States ... 387
Letter of Commodore Porter to Peter Force, Esq., in relation to an anonymous publication ... 387
Letters of the Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Porter ... 387, 391, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403
"Variances" between the report of the court and a pamphlet published by Commodore Porter ... 388
Statement of facts agreed to by counsel ... 389
Letters of Secretary of the Navy to Gales & Seaton ... 390
Letter of Gales & Seaton to the Secretary of the Navy ... 390
Letter of R. S. Coxe to Commodore Porter ... 391
Paper handed to Commodore Porter by the judge advocate ... 392
Letter of W. W. Seaton to R. S. Coxe ... 392
Letter of James Monroe to R. S. Coxe, communicating answers to certain interrogatories ... 392
Interrogatories propounded to James Monroe, President United States, by R. S. Coxe, judge advocate, and by Commodore Porter ... 392, 393
Answers of Hon. James Monroe ... 393, 394, 395
Letters of Hon. James Monroe to Commodore Porter ... 396
Letter of Commodore Porter to Hon. James Monroe ... 396
Letter of Lieutenant J. R. Mifflin, in relation to the affair at Foxardo ... 418
Act for the protection of commerce, and to punish the crime of piracy ... 419
Defence of Commodore Porter, in relation to his transactions at Foxardo ... 419 to ... 426
Letter of Cabot, Bailey & Co., in relation to piracies at Foxardo ... 426
Letters of W. Furniss, in relation to the same ... 427
Letters of Captain J. D. Sloat, in relation to the same ... 431 to ... 433, 437, 438, 439
Letters of Commodore Porter, in relation to the same ... 433
Report of the committee (Senate) on the subject of the court-martial of Commodore Porter ... 486
For the trial of Commodore Charles Stewart, for disobedience of orders, neglect of duty, cruelty, &c.-- Letters of Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Charles Stewart ... 487, 488, 539, 540, 597
Letters of Commodore Charles Stewart to the Secretary of the Navy ... 487, 488, 540, 566, 567, 568, 678, 597
Members of the court 488 Charges and specifications against Commodore Stewart 489 Minutes and proceedings of the court ... 491 to ... 521
Testimony of Lieut. Wm. H. Hunter ... 492
Testimony of Lieut. Henry Henry ... 494, 496
Testimony of Peter Birch ... 499
Testimony of Lieut. Thomas S. Hammersley ... 499
Testimony of Samuel R. Bannister ... 501
Testimony of Lieut. Ebenezer Ridgeway ... 502
Testimony of Lieut. Henry W. Ogden ... 502, 506
Testimony of Lieut. Isaac Mayo ... 504, 506, 507
Testimony of Captain Chas. G. Ridgeley ... 505
Testimony of Captain Jno. Downes ... 507
Testimony of Lieut. Joshua R. Sands ... 508, 509
Testimony of Lieut. L. M. Goldsborough ... 509
Testimony of A. Hopkinson ... 500
Testimony of John Redman Coxe ... 511
Testimony of Charles Wilkes, jr ... 511
Testimony of Purser Edward Fitzgerald ... 512, 513
Testimony of Captain Jas. Biddle ... 512
Testimony of David Conner ... 515
Testimony of Lieut. Chas. S. McCauley ... 516
Testimony of Lieut. W. F. Hunter ... 516
Testimony of William Harner ... 516
Testimony of E. Smith ... 517
Opinion of the court ... 519 to ... 521
Letters and orders of Commodore Stewart to officers of the Pacific squadron ... 521 to ... 525, 528, 530, 531, 533 to ... 535, 557 to ... 561
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Letter of Hon. J. Q. Adams, Secretary State, in relation to the claim of the owners of the brig "Macedonian" ... 553
Memorial of the owners of the brig "Macedonian," captured by Lord Cochrane ... 554
Extract of a letter from Mr. Adams to Jno. M. Forbes ... 557
Extract of a letter from Mr. Adams to John B. Prevost, Lima ... 557
Letters of Commodore Stewart to J. B. Prevost, U. S. agent at Santiago de Chili, ... 562, 563, 564
Letters of J. B. Prevost to Com. Stewart ... 562, 563, 565
Agreement between Com. Stewart and Sam'l Chandler for materials for three schooners ... 565
Letter of W. Hunter and Thos. S. Hammersley, in relation to the brig "Pearl" ... 565
Letter of the Countess of Valle Ermosa to Mrs. Stewart ... 566
Letter of Commodore Stewart in relation to the admission of a person named Madrid on board the ship Franklin, at Callao ... 565
Letters of Commander Stewart to the commander of the forces of Peru ... 568, 570
Letters of Juan Ramirez to Com. Stewart ... 569, 570, 571
Letter to the minister of state, of Peru ... 572, 573
Letters of Com. Stewart to the commander of the forces, Callao ... 573, 574, 575
Letter of Commodore Stewart to the Viceroy of Peru, in relation to the piratical brig "Quintanilla" ... 577
Affidavit of H. G. Ward and Jno. O'Sullivan, in relation to the cargo of the ship "Canton," ... 578
Affidavit of Wm. January, in relation to the same ... 579
Letters of Wm. Prunier to Com. Stewart ... 579, 580, 581
Letters of Com. Stewart to W. Prunier ... 579, 580
Letter of Le Roy, Bayard & Co., in relation to the ship "Canton" ... 582
Letter of citizens of the United States at Quilca, South America, to Com. Stewart ... 583
Letter of citizens of the United States at Lima to Com. Stewart ... 583
Letter of Commodore Stewart to citizens of the United States at Lima, South America ... 584
Address of Commodore Stewart to the court ... 584
Decree of San Martin in relation to neutral vessels ... 598
Letters of Juan Ramirez to Com. Stewart ... 598
Letters of Francisco Valdivie to Com. Stewart ... 599
Letter of R. Alvarado to Com. Stewart ... 600
Letter of A. De Sucre to Com. Stewart ... 600
Letter of Geronimo Valdes to Com. Stewart ... 601
Letter of Jose de la Verna to Com. Stewart ... 602
Letter of Rafael Pero to Com. Stewart ... 602
For the trial of Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands for disobedience of orders of his commanding officer, and absenting himself without leave--
Members of the court ... 603
Charges and specifications against ... 605
Minutes of the proceedings ... 603 to 610
Testimony of Robt. W. Jones ... 603
Testimony of Wm. H. Hunter ... 604
Opinion of the court ... 604, 607
Letter of Lieut. John Harris to Lieut. Sands ... 605
Address of Lieut. Sands to the court ... 605
Defence of Lieut. Sands against the charges preferred against him ... 606
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy approving the sentence of the court on the second charge, and disapproving the sentence on the first charge ... 607
For the trial of Lieutenant Wm. A. Weaver--members of the court ... 604
For the trial of Lieutenant William M. Hunter, for neglect of duty ... 607, 608
Charge and specifications against ... 608
Opinion of the court ... 608
Interrogatories and answers of Mrs. Delia T. Stewart, in relation to the Spaniard, Madrid ... 609
Defence against the charge and specification ... 610
For the trial of Lieutenant Whitlock. (See Court-martial of Lieut. Wm. M. Hunter.)
Chairman Committee of Naval Affairs (House of Representatives), in relation to the suppression of piracy.--Letter to ... 183
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Affidavit of George Brown, of murders and atrocities by pirates, near the Island of ... 26
In relation to piracies.--Correspondence with Captain General of ... 192, 282 to 286
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
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Since December 2, 1826 ... 761
Memorial of ... 484
Against the charges preferred in relation to the transactions of Commodore Porter at Foxardo ... 419
Of Commodore Charles Stewart, against charges preferred against him, and tried by a court-martial ... 540, 584
Of Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands, against charges preferred against him, and tried by a court-martial ... 606
Of Lieutenant William M. Hunter, against the charge preferred against him, and tried by a court-martial ... 610
Sentences of courts-martial for trial of ... 79
Report of committee on claim of James P. Durand for pay withheld for alleged ... 722
List of widow pensions in, January 1, 1826 ... 621
Report of committee on the same ... 726
Message, President's in relation to sites for the establishment of dry ... 810
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
For provisions required for the navy for the year 1826 ... 122
For improvements and repairs of navy yards for the year 1826 ... 122
For the support of the office of the Navy Commissioners for the year 1826 ... 123
For pay and subsistence of the marine corps for the year 1826 ... 130
For the support of the marine of the Secretary of the Navy ... 131
Of pay and subsistence of persons attached to a frigate of the first and second class, and a sloop-of-war, for one year ... 645
For the naval service for the year 1827 ... 762
For provisions required for the navy for the year 1827 ... 772
For the improvement and repairs of navy yards for the year 1827 772
For the support of the office of the Navy Commissioners ... 773
For the marine corps for 1827 ... 774
For the construction of dry docks at the navy yards at Charlestown, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; Gosport, Virginia, and Portsmouth, Virginia ... 816
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Of Commodore David Porter to the judge advocate appointed to conduct the trial of charges against him ... 370
Of sickness contracted in the service of the United States.--Report of the committee on claim of E. L. Young for ... 628
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Testimony before the court-martial in the case of Commodore David Porter ... 161
Letter in relation to protection to American merchants in Matanzas ... 300, 301, 302
Letter in relation to the health of Thompson's Island, and in relation to the suppression of piracy, &c ... 687
Letter to Commodore Stewart in relation to the arrest of Lieutenant Sands ... 526
Extract of a letter from Naman Goodsell, in relation to experiments made by him in water-rotting ... 31
Extract of a report by Peter Bernard, "inspector general for Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, to the trustees of the Linen Board, London," on the cultivation and preparation of hemp and flax in Holland and the Netherlands ... 32
Extract of a letter from Mr.--, of France, respecting the causes of the different appearance of Irish and Dutch ... 36
(See Hemp.)
Report of Captains Bainbridge, Warrington, and Biddle, on a site for a Navy yard at Pensacola ... 111
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating the report to the President, and his approval of the same ... 111
Letters in relation to depredations by pirates of Foxardo ... 427
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS.
Extracts from Commodore Porter's journal ... 95, 96
Letters from Commodore Porter ... 96, 97
Letter from Alexander M. Montgomery ... 96
Letter from Ben. Clapp ... 97
Letter from Richard K. Hoffman ... 97
Letter from Alexander Montgomery ... 98
Nomination confirmed ... 25
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Nomination confirmed ... 25
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 622
Navy yard at St. Mary's. (See Navy yards.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter to Commodore Stewart ... 527
Estimate for a dry dock at ... 825
Testimony before the court-martial of Commodore David Porter ... 156
Extract of report in relation to the Palmyra, alias "Pancheta," a Spanish privateer ... 192, 193
Letter to first lieutenant of the British ship-of-war Eden, in relation to the abuse of the captain of the American brig "Hiram," (Challenge) ... 674
Letter to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to an insult to the captain of the American brig "Hiram" ... 677
Nomination confirmed ... 25
In 1827.--List of ... 804
Letter to Commodore Stewart in relation to the arrest of Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands. ... 532
(See Court-martial of Commodore Stewart.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter of the Secretary of the navy in relation thereto ... 27
Report of the Navy Commissioners thereon ... 28, 29
Manner of raising hemp and preparing it for market--report of Navy Commissioners in relation thereto ... 28, 29
Paper on the culture and preparation of hemp in Russia, transmitted by Hon. J. Q.
Adams, minister at St. Petersburg ... 29
Observations relative to hemp ... 30
Extract of a letter of Mr. Naman Goodsell, in relation to water-rotting hemp ... 31
Extracts of a report by Peter Bernard, Esq., inspector general for Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, in relation to the production of, in Holland and the Netherlands ... 32
Extract of a letter from manufacturers in New York, respecting the cultivation and manufacture of ... 36
Extract of a letter from a manufacturer of canvas, at Patterson, N. J., respecting the growth and manufacture of flax and ... 37
Extract of a letter from a manufacturer on the cultivation of ... 39
Extract of a letter from a manufacturer, at Norfolk, Va., on the same ... 39
Memorandum of an experiment made by a manufacturer to test the relative strength of American and foreign hemp rope ... 40
Return of desertions and trials in the marine corps ... 90
In relation to the reorganization and increase of the marine corps ... 90, 91, 92
Letter in relation to the pay and emoluments of the paymaster and quartermaster of the marine corps ... 699
Certificate of Lieutenant James W. H. Ray in relation to the same ... 678
Nomination confirmed ... 25
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Letter in relation to the sickness on Thompson's Island 176, ... 177
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter to Commodore Stewart ... 526
Testimony before the court-martial for the trial of Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands ... 604
Opinion of the court-martial in relation to the charge preferred against him ... 608
Charge and specification against ... 608
Defence against the charge and specification preferred against him ... 610
Expense of court-martial of ... 628
(See Court-martial of Commodore Stewart.)
Exhibit of expenditures for labor and materials on ships built under the law for the gradual ... 125
Of the marine corps.--Report of committee on the expediency of reorganization and ... 722
Report of committee on the expediency of an annual increase of the navy ... 810
Nomination confirmed ... 25
For the encouragement of vaccination in the navy ... 640
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter in relation to the price of labor at Charleston ... 479
Expense of court-martial of ... 628
Appointment as acting surgeon, for the purpose of vaccination in the navy ... 640
Letter to, in relation to vaccination in the navy ... 641, 642
Report of survey and examination of Charleston and St. Mary's Bar, with a view to establish a navy yard ... 465 to ... 468
Nomination confirmed ... 25
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Letter of Commodore Porter in relation to the sentence of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant ... 672
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter in relation to the suppression of piracy in the West Indies ... 269
In 1827.--List of ... 783
Letter of Commodore Stewart to citizens of the United States, residing at ... 584
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Memorial of the owners of brig ... 554
Letter of Daniel Brent to Com. Stewart ... 657
Letter of J. B. Prevost to Com. Porter, in relation to the brig ... 563
Letters of Francisco Valdivie in relation to the brig ... 59
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter of the Countess of Valle Ermosa to Mrs. Stewart in relation to ... 565
Interrogatories and answers of Mrs. Delia F. Stewart in relation to the Spaniard ... 609
Sentences of the courts-martial ... 84
Marine corps.--Opinion of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the reorganization of the navy and the ... 40
Statement showing the traveling expenses, and other allowances, received by officers of, and expenses of courts-martial, &c., for 1821, 1822 and 1823 ... 46
Number of courts-martial in the marine corps from 1821 to 1824, the stations where held, the officers who composed them, &c ... 53
Register of names of deserters from the marine corps from Nov. 1, 1821, to Oct. 31, 1824, the number taken, and the number tried, and the sentence of the court ... 59
Register of marines tried by a court-martial for other offences than desertion, from 1st Nov., 1821, to 31st Oct., 1824, and sentence of the court ... 82
Letters of Lieutenant Colonel A. Henderson on the reorganization and increase of the ... 90
Memorial of officers of, that the corps may be reorganized, with the double character of marine infantry and marine artillery ... 93
Estimate of pay and subsistence for the year 1826 ... 130
Estimate of the expenditures of, for the year 1826 ... 130, 131
List of the officers of, for the year 1826 ... 456
List of officers of, for the year 1827 ... 805
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Report of committee on the reorganization and increase of the ... 722
Estimate of pay and subsistence for the year 1827 ... 774
Letter in relation to the naval facilities of Charleston ... 480
Nomination confirmed
Report of a committee on memorial of mayor and council, for a Navy yard at Baltimore, in the State of ... 636
List of navy pensioners, Jan. 1, 1826, in the State of ... 618
List of widow pensioners in State ot, Jan. 1, 1826 ... 621
List of widow pensioners in State of, Jan. 1, 1826 ... 620
In 1827.--List of ... 782
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Report of committee on claim for prize money for the capture of two slave vessels ... 704
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nominations confirmed ... 25
In the navy in 1826.--List of ... 449
In the navy in 1827.--List of. ... 792
In the case of Commodore Chas. Stewart ... 491 to ... 521
In the case of Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands ... 603 to ... 610
Answer to the interrogatories ... 393, 394, 395
Letter of, to Commodore David Porter ... 395, 396
(See President of the U. S.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
In 1827--List of ... 807
In 1827.--List of 807. List of ... 807,
In 1827.--List of ... 807
In relation to the shipment of slop clothing, &c., for the ship "Franklin" ... 10
On the use of cables, canvas and cordage manufactured of American hemp, &c ... 28
Estimate of appropriations for the navy for 1826 ... 115
Estimate for the support of the office of, for the year 1826 ... 123
Names, stations and salaries of persons employed in the office of the ... 123
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On the cost of live oak timber and the cost of preserving the same ... 624
In relation to a breakwater at the Capes of the Delaware ... 643
In relation to the construction of docks for the preservation of vessels ... 702
List of names of the Board of, for 1827 ... 780
For 1827 ... 780
Recommending the promotion of D. H. Mackey and sixty-six other passed midshipmen to the rank of lieutenant ... 24
In relation to the use of canvas, cables and cordage, made of hemp the growth of the U. S. ... 27
Opinion as to alterations in the organization of the navy ... 40
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of Fourth Auditor, with statements of traveling expenses paid to officers of the navy and marine corps ... 45, 46
Rules and regulations for the government of the recruiting service of the navy ... 46
Form of receipt for money for recruiting service ... 47, 48
Form of certificate for disbursements in recruiting service ... 48
Form of certificate in relation to deserters ... 48
Form of certificate of entry of seamen ... 48
Form of certificate of examination of seamen unfit for service ... 48
Form of surgeon's certificate for sound and healthy seamen ... 49
Form of circular to recruiting officers, in relation to the enlistment of seamen ... 49
Extract of a letter to Captain Isaac Hull, authorizing the carrying of specie, &c., belonging to American citizens, on board the national vessels ... 49
Exhibit showing the number of naval courts-martial ordered from May, 1821, to May, 1824, the places where held, the officers who composed them, &c ... 50
Statement of number of courts-martial in the marine corps, from November, 1821, to November, 1824, the stations where held, the officers who composed them, &c ... 53
Register of desertions from the marine corps, from November, 1821, to October, 1824, the number taken, the number tried, and the sentence of the court, &c., ... 59
Marines tried by court-martial for other offences than desertion, from 1st November, 1821, to 31st October, 1824, and sentence of the court ... 82
Copy of a general order, dated March 5, 1824, in relation to the arrest of officers within the United States ... 89
Letters of Lieut. Colonel Henderson, on the reorganization and increase of the marine corps ... 90, 91, 92
Memorial of officers of the marine corps, that the corps may be reorganized with the double character of marine infantry and marine artillery ... 93
Annual report, showing the condition of the navy in 1825 ... 98
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
List of vessels in commission, and their stations ... 103
Letter of Commodore L. Warrington, in relation to the loss of the U. S. schooner Ferret, on the coast of Cuba ... 103
Letters of Commodore L. Warrington, in relation to piracies, and the distribution of the squadron in the Gulf of Mexico ... 103, 107, 109
Letters of Lieut. Commandant John D. Sloat, in relation to the capture of pirates in the harbor of Boca del Inferno ... 104, 105, 106
Letters bf Jas. T. Atkinson, in relation to the same ... 104, 107
Letter of Miguel de la Torres, Captain General of the Island of Porto Rico, in relation to the same ... 105, 106
Letter of P. Scholten, in relation to the same ... 106
Letter of Lieutenant Commandant J. M'Keever, in relation to the same ... 107, 108
Extract of a letter from Commodore L. Warrington to the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the same ... 109
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to Commodore L. Warrington, removing the naval forces from Thompson's Island ... 109
Letter and order of the Secretary of War for the delivery of the fort of Barancas, near Pensacola, to the Navy Department ... 110
Letter of Secretary of the Navy to Captains W. Bainbridge, L. Warrington, and James Biddle, appointing them to select a site for a naval establishment at Pensacola ... 110
Report of Captains Bainbridge, Warrington and Biddle, on a site selected by them for a Navy yard at Pensacola ... 111
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the President, enclosing report in relation to a site for a Navy yard at Pensacola ... 111
Letters from Commodore John Rodgers in relation to the Mediterranean squadron ... 112
Letter from Commodore John Rodgers in relation to piracies in the Mediterranean sea, and relations with the Barbary powers ... 112
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Letter of Captain Hull in relation to his operations on the coast of Chili and Peru, in the protection of American commerce against Spanish vessels-of-war ... 113, 114
List of deaths and resignations in the navy since January 1, 1825 ... 115
Statement of expenditures for the support of the navy from January 1 to 30th September, 1825 ... 115
Estimates for the support of the navy for 1826 for 1826 ... 117 to 122
Estimate of sum required for support of office of Navy Commissioners for 1826 ... 123
Statement showing names, stations, &c., of pursers, in the office of Navy Commissioners ... 123
Statement of the progress made under the law for the gradual increase of the navy ... 124, 125
Statement showing the progress made under the law for building ten sloops-of-war. ... 125
Exhibit showing the names and force of the vessels of the United States, when and where built, &c ... 126
Statement of progress made, under the instructions of the Secretary of the Navy, in the sale of public vessels, stores, &c., on Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain ... 127 to 130
Estimates of pay and subsistence of marine corps for 1826 ... 130
Estimate of expenditures, in Quartermaster's department, of marine corps for 1826 ... 130
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the completion of sloops-of-war. ... 131
Report communicating proceedings and judgment and judgment of the courts-martial and of inquiry in relation to the employment of the squadron under Commodore Porter, for the suppression of piracy in the West Indies, &c ... 132
(See Porter, David, and Courts-martial.)
In relation to the mode and expense of employing a sloop-of-war in the exploration of the northwest coast of America ... 442
Transmitting copies of the register of officers of the navy for 1826 ... 443
In relation to an examination of the harbors of Charleston, South Carolina, and St. Mary's, Georgia, with a view of establishing a Navy yard ... 465
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Report of Master Commandant Lawrence Kearney, of survey of Charleston bar ... 465
Extract from a report of James Ramage, United States navy, on the survey of the coast of Florida ... 469
Replies of M. Dulaney in relation to Charleston bar ... 470
Replies of John Mullings in relation to the same ... 471
Report of Jno. Robertson, navy agent at Charleston, in relation to the same ... 471
Letter of Thomas Bennett, chairman committee of citizens of Charleston, in relation to the same ... 473
Letter of Joseph Johnson and John Stoney in relation to the same ... 475
Letter of Charles P. May, offering his wharf as a suitable place for a Navy yard ... 476
Letter of James Marsh in relation to the same ... 476
Report of Dr. George Lyon in relation to the health of the several positions in the harbor of Charleston, proposed as suitable sites for a Navy yard ... 477
Answers of J. Strohecker, in relation to the bar of Charleston ... 477
Letter of Joseph Johnson in relation to the price of labor at Charleston ... 479
Letter of James Marsh in relation to the naval facilities of Charleston ... 480
Letter of Thomas G. Priosleau in relation to the health of Charleston ... 481
Letter of William Roach in relation to the price of beef in Charleston ... 481
Paper in relation to the practical facilities of Charleston tbr for naval purposes ... 481
Transmitting statements in relation to the navy pension fund in 1825 ... 610
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Statement of stocks on the books of the Treasury, to the credit of the navy pension fund, with the interest ... 611
Statement of bank stocks belonging to the navy pension fund ... 611
Statement of warrants drawn on account of the navy pension fund ... 612
List of navy pensions, January 1, 1826 ... 613
List of widow pensioners, January 1, 1826 ... 620
In relation to an experiment in the use of cotton, compared with flax, for cordage and canvas, and their relative price ... 622
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Report of Navy Commissioners on the subject ... 622
In relation to the probable cost of certain live oak timber, and the cost of preserving the same ... 624
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter of Navy Commissioners on the subject ... 624
With statement of pay and allowances of officers of the navy ... 626
With statement of expenses of courts-martial, from January, 1824, to February, 1826 ... 627
Return of killed and wounded, and prisoners on board the frigate "Chesapeake," in an action with the British frigate "Shannon" ... 629
On additional naval force for the protection of commerce with Brazil and Buenos Ayres ... 638
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Estimate of annual expense of a frigate of the first and second class, and a sloopof-war ... 638, 645, 646
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Letter of John Reed and others in relation to the war between the governments of Brazil and La Plata ... 638, 647
Letter of T. H. Perkins, in relation to the same ... 639, 647
Letter of Robert Ralston, president chamber of commerce of Philadelphia, in relation to same ... 639, 647
Letter of W. Lorman, president chamber of commerce of Baltimore, in relation to the same ... 640, 648
Letters of Secretary of the Navy to H. R. Storrs ... 645
With instructions for the encouragement of vaccination in the navy ... 640
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of appointment to Dr. E. Judson ... 640, 641
Letters to Dr. E. Judson ... 641, 642
Instructions to captains and commanding officers of the navy ... 641
On the utility of a breakwater at the Capes of the Delaware to vessels of the navy ... 642
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter of Navy Commissioners on the subject ... 643
Transmitting correspondence on the course pursued by Commodore David Porter, in command of the squadron for the suppression of piracy in the West Indies ... 648
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters of Commodore Porter to the President ... 648
Letter of Secretary of the Navy to the President ... 649
Letters of Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Porter ... 652, 654, 655, 676
Letter in relation to private armed vessels of France and Spain entering ports of the United States ... 653
Letters of Don Hilario de y Salmon to the Secretary of State ... 664, 668
Letter of Miguel de la Torre to the Spanish consul ... 665
Letters of Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Porter ... 652, 663, 670
Letter of Commodore Porter to Secretary of the Navy in relation to the sentence of the court-martial in the case of Lieut. Kennon ... 672
Letter of the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to an injury done to the brig "Hiram" by the ship "Eden," of the British navy, &c ... 673, 680
Letter of H. U. Addington to the Secretary of State in relation to the same ... 673
Letter of Captain Lawrence to Commodore Owen in relation to the same ... 673
Letter of Sylvester Allen, master of the brig "Hiram," to Captain Lawrence ... 674
Letter of Captain Lawrence to Sylvanus Allen ... 674
Letter of Lieut. Gregory to the first lieutenant of the British ship-of-war "Eden," (a challenge) ... 647
Letter of Captain Lawrence to Commodore Porter, in relation to the same ... 675
Letter of Commodore Porter to Captain Lawrence ... 675
Letter of Captain Owen to Commodore Porter ... 676
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to Lieut. F. H. Gregory ... 677
Letter of Lieut. F. H. Gregory to the Secretary of the Navy ... 677
Affidavit of Lieut. J. W. H. Ray, in relation to the injury done to the brig "Hiram" ... 678
Letter of Commodore Porter to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the conduct of Lieut. Gregory, &c ... 679, 681
Letter of Commodore Porter to Commodore E. W. R. C. Owen, of the British navy ... 679
Letter of the President of the United States to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the conduct of Lieut. Gregory ... 680
Return of officers attached to the expedition under Commodore Porter for the suppression of piracy ... 680
List of officers who held acting appointments in the West Indies during the years 1823 and 1824 ... 683
Miscellaneous letters of Commodore Porter to the Secretary of the Navy ... 684, 687, 689, 690, 693, 694, 696, 697, 698
Letter of Captain Finch in relation to the health of Thompson's Island ... 688
List of vessels of the West India squadron, their commanders, &c ... 689
Letters of Lieut. Jas. M. McIntosh, with list of the sick at Thompson's Island, West Indies ... 692, 693, 695
In relation to the pay and emoluments of the paymaster and quartermaster of the marine corps ... 699
On the construction of docks for the preservation and repair of United States vessels ... 700
ACCOMPANYING PAPER:
Letter of W. Bainbridge, Navy Commissioner ... 702
In relation to the tenure by which the site of the Navy yard at Philadelphia is held, and the amount of taxes paid thereon ... 707
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letters of George Harrison to the Secretary of the Navy ... 707, 708, 710, 718, 719
Letter and statements of A. J. Dallas, district attorney ... 707, 708
Petition of freeholders of Southwark ... 708
Abstract sum paid by navy agent at Philadelphia, for taxes on navy yard property ... 709
Letter of Thomas Turner to Richard Rush ... 710
Letter of Richard Rush to Thomas Turner ... 710
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Letter of A. J. Dallas, district attorney, to Secretary of the Navy ... 710
Letter of Samuel Humphreys ... 711
Letter of W. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, to A. J. Dallas ... 711
Letter of A. J. Dallas to W. Jones, Secretary of the Navy ... 711
Representation of A. J. Dallas to Governor of Pennsylvania ... 712
An act to suspend the opening of streets, lanes and alleys, in the district of Southwark, Philadelphia ... 713
Extract of a letter of the Secretary of the Navy to Geo. Harrison ... 713
Miscellaneous letters ... 714
Letters of Secretary of the Navy to George Harrison ... 718, 720
Annual report showing the condition of the navy in 1826 ... 726
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
List of vessels in commission, their commanders, and stations ... 729
Correspondence relative to the removal of the remains of Commodore Oliver H.
Perry ... 730
Copies and extracts from the correspondence of Commodore Jno. Rodgers, in relation
to piracies ... 732
Copies and extracts from the correspondence of Commodore Isaac Hull; same ... 735
List of merchant vessels boarded by Commodore I. Hull, from March 30, 1824, to
Dec., 1825 ... 737
Letters of Commodore I. Hull to the Secretary of the Navy ... 743
Letter of Commodore Warrington to the Secretary of the Navy ... 745
Correspondence in relation to the cruise of the sloop-of-war "Lexington," for the
protection of the fisheries ... 745
Papers in relation to the Greek ship "Liberator" ... 746
Papers in relation to the agency for liberated Africans ... 748
List of deaths in the navy since Dec. 2, 1825 ... 761
List of resignations in the navy since Dec. 2, 1825 ... 761
Estimates for the naval service, for the year 1827 ... 762
Statement of pay and rations, and other allowances, to officers and others, at the
navy yards and hospitals ... 765
Statement of number, pay, &c., of officers for five receiving vessels ... 771
Statement of pay, &c., of officers attached to recruiting stations, &c. ... 771
Exhibit of officers waiting orders and furlough ... 771
Estimate of provisions required for the navy yards for 1827 ... 772
Estimate for the improvement of navy yards ... 772
Exhibit of force of the vessels of the United States, and the vessels building under
the law for the gradual increase of the navy ... 772
Estimates for Navy Commissioners' office ... 773
Estimates for the marine corps ... 774
With the names of the officers and seamen of the ketch "Intrepid," in the attack on
the frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli, in 1804 ... 776
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury ... 776
List of officers and seamen who volunteered to destroy the frigate Philadelphia ... 776
List of officers on board the "Intrepid," living Dec., 1826 ... 778
List of officers on board the "Intrepid," who had died since 16th February, 1804, with the names of the widows and the number of children ... 778
Miscellaneous letters on the same subject ... 778
Transmitting copies of the Register of officers of the navy for 1827 ... 780
Transmitting report of L. Baldwin of examinations and surveys of sites for the establishment of dry docks ... 810
Memorial of mayor and council of Baltimore for a ... 624
Report of a committee on the expediency of a ... 636
Report of Commander L. Kearney of his survey of Charleston bar ... 465
Replies of M. Dulaney in relation to Charleston bar ... 470
Replies of John Mullings in relation to the same ... 471
Report of J. Robertson, navy agent, in relation to the same ... 471
Letter of Thos. Bennett, chairman committee of citizens of Charleston, in relation to the same ... 473
Letters of Jos. Johnson and Jno. Stoney in relation to the same ... 475
Letter of Chas. G. May, offering his wharf for a navy yard ... 476
Letter of Jas. Marsh--same ... 476, 481
Letter of Dr. George Logan in relation to the health of the several positions offeredfor a navy yard ... 477
Answers of Jno. Strohecker in relation to the Charleston bar ... 477, 478, 479
Letter of Jos. Johnson with statement of the prices of labor at Charleston ... 479
Letter of Thos. G. Priosleau in relation to the health of Charleston ... 481
Letter of W. Roach, in relation to the price of beef at Charleston ... 481
Paper upon the practical facilities of Charleston for naval purposes ... 481
Report of committee (Senate) on the expediency of establishing ... 636
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Report of commissioners on a site for a 111
Report of commissioners communicated to the President, and his approval ... 111
Report of Commander L. Kearney of his survey of St. Mary's bar ... 465, 468
Extract of a report of Jas. Ramage of the survey of the coast of Florida ... 469
Remarks relative to the defence of St. Mary's ... 469
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 621
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Extract of a letter of manufacturers of, respecting the cultivation and manufacture of hemp ... 36
List of navy pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 615
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 620
Nomination confirmed ... 25
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 622
Statement of traveling and other allowances to ... 40
Not to be arrested within the United States without the sanction of the Navy Department 89
Of the marine corps, in 1826 ... 456
Of the marine corps, in 1827 ... 805
Of the navy, in 1826.--Register of ... 443
Of the navy, in 1827.--Register of ... 780
Of the navy.--Statement of pay and allowances to the.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 625
Attached to the expedition under Commodore David Porter, for the suppression of piracy ... 681
Who held active appointments in the West India squadron in 1823 and 1824 ... 683
(See Court-Martial of Commodore Stewart.)
Of the court-martial in the case of Commodore David Porter ... 327
Of the court-martial in the case of Commodore Charles Stewart ... 519
Of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant Joshua R. Sands ... 604, 607
Of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant Wm. M. Hunter ... 608
Affidavit of, in relation to the cargo of the ship "Canton" ... 578
List of passed midshipmen, with the years in which they passed, from 1820 to 1822, and the order in which they are proposed to be promoted, &c. ... 24
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In the navy in 1826.--List of ... 449
Letters in relation to the capture of the American brig "Harriet and Lucy" ... 292
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 620
Report of Captains Bainbridge, Warrington, and Biddle, on a site selected by them for a naval station at ... 111
Report communicated to the President and his approval ... 111
Letter to Commodore Porter in relation to the survey of Tampa Bay, Key West, Dry Tortugas, and ... 658, 559
To Seth Townsend.--Report of committee on claim for an increase of ... 705
To Francis Hayne.--Report of committee on claim for an increase of ... 705
To Frances Gamble, widow of Lieut. Francis R. Gamble.--Report of committee on claim for a ... 706
To William Thompson.--Report of committee on the claim for a ... 780
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with correspondence respecting the removal of the remains of ... 730
Letter of Commodore Stewart in relation to the piratical brig "Quintanilla," addressed to the Viceroy of ... 576, 577
Decree in relation to foreigners and neutral vessels visiting ... 598
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Report of the Secretary of the Navy on the tenure by which the site of the Navy yard is held, and the amount of taxes paid thereon to the city and county of ... 707
(See Susan Decatur.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Affidavit of George Brown, of murders and atrocities by pirates near the Island of Cuba ... 26
Letters of Lieutenant Commanding Sloat in relation to the capture of pirates in the harbor of "Boca del Inferno" and the West Indies ... 104, 105, 106
Letter from Commodore L. Warrington, in relation to the same ... 107, 109
Letter of Lieutenant Commanding I. M'Keever, in relation to the same ... 108
Act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of piracy ... 174
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to Hon. B. W. Crowinshield, in relation to the suppression of ... 183
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Letter of Secretary of the Navy to the President, in relation to 185
Report of Committee on Naval Affairs (House) on the same ... 186
Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations (House) on the same ... 187, 188
Correspondence with Spanish authorities in relation to 191, 192
Instructions to Commodore David Porter for the suppression of ... 203, 235, 236, 237, 238, 381
General instructions of Navy Department in relation to the same ... 211
Letters in relation to the capture of the pirate "Pilot," and brig "Two Brothers," by pirates ... 213
Letters of Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Porter, in relation to carrying specie, and ... 215, 216, 217
List of schooners purchased by Commodore Porter for the suppression of ... 222
Letters of Commodore Porter to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to 222 to 235
Report of proceedings of squadron in West Indies for the suppression of ... 228, 229
Orders and instructions of Commodore Porter to the officers of the squadron for the suppression of ... 238 to 278, 300, 374 to 377
Reports of officers of the squadron to Commodore Porter ... 238 to 278, 301, 302
Correspondence between Commodore Porter and the authorities of the West India islands in relation to 278 to 282
Correspondence between Commodore Porter and the Captain General of Cuba in relation to 282 to 286
Correspondence between Commodore Porter and British officers in the West Indies in relation to 286 to 290
Correspondence between Commodore Porter and various persons ... 290, 299, 300
Extracts from and references to messages of the President, and reports of the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to transactions of the squadron in the West Indies ... 363 to 366
Act to punish the crime of ... 419
Report of committee (Senate) in relation to the correspondence of Commodore Porter on the subject of ... 486
Letters of Commodore Stewart to Viceroy of Peru, in relation to the piratical brig "Quintanilla" ... 577
Correspondence on the course of Commodore David Porter, in command of the squadron for the suppression of ... 648
Officers attached to the expedition under Commodore David Porter for the suppression of ... 681
Extracts from the correspondence of Commodore Jno. Rodgers in relation to 732
Extract of a letter of Commodore Warrington in relation to 745
Letters in relation to piracies in the West Indies ... 143, 380, 383
Privateers fitted out from ports of ... 203
Correspondence between Commodore Porter and the Captain General of, in relation to the suppression of piracy ... 278 to 282
Letter of Governor of, to Commander Sloat in relation to pirates in the "Boco del Inferno" ... 105, 106, 438, 439
Letter to the Spanish consul in the U. S. in relation to Commodore Porter's conduct at Foxardo ... 665
Estimated cost of a dry dock ... 823
Letter to Lieutenant Gamble, U. S. marines, in relation to the capture of the "Seringapatam" ... 96
Letter recommending Lieutenant Gamble, of the United States marines, to the Navy Department for his bravery in the capture of the ship "Seringapatam" ... 96
Exceptions to the formation of the court ... 146, 412
Argument and authority in support of the objections taken by counsel of Commodore Porter to second charge against him in his trial before a general court-martial ... 329 to 334
Answer of the judge advocate ... 334 to 341
Defence against charges preferred against him and tried in the court-martial ... 342 to 363
Exceptions to the judge advocate appointed to conduct his trial befort a court-martial ... 370
Charges and specifications against ... 372, 373
Address of Commodore Porter to the court-martial ... 146, 374, 378, 408, 412, 414, 415
Letters in relation to the affair at Foxardo ... 418, 434, 435, 436
Defence against charges against him in his transactions at Foxardo ... 419
Report of committee (Senate) on the court-martial of, and correspondence in relation to the suppression of piracy ... 486
Letter from, relative to charges against officers of the West India squadron ... 440
Answer of Thomas Randall to same ... 441
Expense of court-martial of ... 628
Correspondence on the course of, in the suppression of piracy in the West Indies ... 648
Letter to the President in relation to the conduct of the Secretary of the Navy ... 648
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the President, in answer to letter of Commodore Porter ... 649
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Letter to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the sentence of the court-martial in the case of Lieut. Kennon ... 672
(See Courts-martial.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of Secretary of the Navy ... 9
Letter of Navy Commissioners ... 9, 10
Exhibit showing kind and quantity of supplies shipped, &c. ... 10
Letter of the Fourth Auditor in relation to bills drawn on the Navy Department by navy agents and officers in South America, &c. ... 11, 12, 13, 20
Statement of provisions, stores, &c., shipped from the United States to ports in South America ... 14, 15
Statement of provisions, stores, &c., purchased in South America for vessels of the U. S., in the Pacific ... 16
Relative to amounts of settlements and delinquincies of prize agents ... 20
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy ... 20
Letter of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury ... 20
Abstract of balances due from prize agents, March 1, 1823, &c. ... 21
Nominating D. H. Mackey and sixty-six others, passed midshipmen, to be lieutenants in the navy ... 23
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of Secretary of the Navy in relation to the promotion of D. H. Mackey and others to the rank of lieutenant ... 23
List of passed midshipmen, with the years in which they passed, the order in which they are proposed to be promoted, &c. ... 24, 25
Communicating to the House of Representatives his reasons for declining to furnish the House with documents relating to the conduct of officers of the navy in the Pacific ocean ... 26
In relation to the use of American canvas, cables and cordage in the navy ... 27
In relation to piratical depredations ... 185
Communicating proceedings of courts-martial, correspondence, &c., relating to the conduct of Commodore Charles Stewart, and that of Lieutenants Joshua R. Sands and Wm. M. Hunter ... 487
(See Courts-martial.)
In relation to the expenses of courts-martial from 1824 to 1826 ... 627
In relation to the pay and emoluments of the paymaster and quartermaster of the marine corps ... 698
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS;
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the President ... 699
Letter of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury ... 699
Letter of Lieutenant Colonel A. Henderson ... 699
Letter of the paymaster of the marine corps ... 700
Statement of number of officers, &c., of the marine corps in 1825 ... 700
Statement of pay and emoluments of the paymaster and the quartermaster of the marine corps ... 700
On an examination of sites for the establishment of dry docks for the navy ... 810
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the President ... 810
Report of L. Baldwin of an examination and survey of sites for the establishment of dry docks for the navy ... 811
Letter to Commodore Charles Stewart in relation to the blockade of Arica, and the seizure of American vessels in Chili, &c. ... 562, 563, 564
Capture of American vessels by ... 193, 195
List of American vessels captured by ... 197
Letters to the Governor of the Island of Porto Rico in relation to the fitting out and equipment of, by Spanish authorities ... 195
List of names and force of privateers fitted out from ports of the Island of Porto Rico ... 203
Abstract of balances due from and amount refunded on March 1, 1823, by ... 21
Report of committee on a claim for repayment of expenses incurred as ... 706
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Report of Committee on Naval Affairs on claims of Nathaniel Bostick for ... 482
Report of Committee on Naval Affairs on claim of Mrs. Susan Decatur, widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur, for ... 483
Memorial of Mrs. Susan Decatur for ... 484
Report of committee on claim of the administrator of Lieutenant Thomas G. Tillinghast for ... 629
Report of committee on claim of Lieutenant J. McKeever for ... 704
Report of committee on claim of Thomas Douty for ... 810
Report of committee ... 644
Report of the Fourth Auditor, with statement of bills drawn on the Navy Department for ... 11, 12
Statement of provisions, stores and supplies shipped to ports in South America for vessels-of-war of the United States in the Pacific ... 14
Statement of provisions and stores, &c., purchased in South America for the use of the United States vessels in the Pacific ... 16
In 1827.--List of ... 791
Letters of G. Valdes, Jose de la Serna and Rafael Pero in relation to the ... 601
Extract from a report of his survey of the coast of Florida ... 469
Expense of court-martial of ... 628
Letter in relation to the trial of Commodore Porter ... 221
Letter relative to a communication to the Senate, from Commodore Porter, in relation to charges against the officers of the West India squadron ... 441
Report of committee on the same ... 486
Report of committee on application of Captain Isaac Phillips to be restored to his ... 464
Form of return of money received for ... 47, 48
Form of certificate of purser, for advances made to the officer engaged in the ... 48
Circular to officers engaged in the recruiting service, in relation to the enlistment of improper persons ... 49
For 1827 ... 780
Of officers of the marine corps, for 1826 ... 456
For 1827 ... 805
Of Commodore Charles Stewart, before a court-martial ... 584
Memorial of officers of the marine corps on same ... 93
And increase of the marine corps.--Report of committee on the ... 722
Since December 2, 1826 ... 761
List of navy pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 615
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Letter to Commodore Stewart ... 527
Testimony before the court-martial in the case of Commodore David Porter ... 162, 322
Letter in relation to the suppression of piracy ... 267
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter in relation to the health of the West India squadron, &c. ... 176, 178
Copies and extracts from correspondence, in relation to piracies in the eastern Archipelago, under the Greek flag ... 732
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
In 1827.--List of ... 805
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letters to Commodore Stewart in relation to his confinement on board the frigate Franklin, &c. ... 532
Letter of Commodore Stewart, for the arrest of ... 559
Opinion of the court for the trial of ... 604, 607
Charges and specifications against ... 605
Address to the court-martial ... 605
Defence against charges preferred against him ... 606
Letter Secretary of the Navy in relation to the opinion of the court-martial on the charges against him ... 607
Expense of court-martial of ... 628
(See Courts-martial.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter in relation to the capture of pirates in the West Indies ... 255
Letter of Commodore Rodgers in relation to the suppression of the ... 177, 178
Laws of the United States prohibiting the carrying on of the ... 204 to 211
Instructions for officers commanding cruising vessels, in relation to the ... 211, 235, 236, 237, 238
General instructions of Commodore Porter, to the squadron, for the suppression of ... 374 to 377
Correspondence in relation to Africans liberated, under the act of 1819, from on board vessels engaged in the ... 748
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Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letters in relation to depredations by pirates of Foxardo, &c. ... 431 to 433, 437, 438, 439
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the completion of certain ... 131
Letter of the Fourth Auditor in relation to the freight on the ... 20
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
List of widow pensioners in State of, January 1, 1826 ... 622
Report of the Fourth Auditor, showing the bills drawn on the Navy Department for provisions and clothing sent to the ... 11
Statement of provisions, stores, &c., shipped from the United States to the ... 14
Statement of provisions, stores, &c., purchased in South America for the vessels of the United States in the ... 16
Letter to Secretary of the Navy, and to Don Hilario de Rivas y Salmon, in relation to the conduct of Commodore Porter at Foxardo ... 664
Letter in relation to the injury done to the American brig "Hiram" by the British ship "Eden" in the harbor of Havana, &c. ... 673, 680
Letter to Mr. Addington on the same subject ... 676
Report of committee on the expediency of establishing navy yards at ... 636 (See Navy yards.)
Letters to the Secretary of the Navy ... 487, 488, 540, 566, 567, 568, 578
Charges and specifications against ... 489
Letter to the ward room officers of the ship "Franklin," ... 528
Letter of appointment to command of the ship "Franklin," &c. ... 538
Defence of Commodore Stewart against charges upon which he was tried by court-martial ... 540
Letters and orders to officers of the navy ... 557, 558, 559, 560
Letter for the arrest of Lieutenant J. R. Sands ... 559
Letter to J. B. Prevost, in relation to the seizure of vessels of the United States by the government of Chili ... 562, 563, 564
Letter in relation to the admission of "Madrid" on board the ship "Franklin," by Mrs. Stewart ... 565
Address to the court-martial ... 584
Expense of court-martial of ... 628
Letters to the Supreme Director of Chili ... 569
Letters to Juan Ramirez, commander-in-chief of the Chilian navy ... 570, 571
Letters to the minister of state of Peru ... 572, 573
Letters to the commanders of the army of Chili and Peru ... 873, 874, 875
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Interrogatories and answers in relation to the Spaniard, Madrid ... 609
Stewart, Robert R.--Letter in relation to depredations on American commerce by pirates ... 298
Report of Fourth Auditor, with statement of bills drawn on Navy Department for ... 11, 12
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Statement of provisions, &c., purchased in South America for the use of vessels of the United States ... 16
Progress made in executing the instructions of the Secretary of the Navy, for the sale of public vessels and stores on Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain ... 127 to 130
Supplies--Of provisions and clothing to United States squadron on the Pacific ocean.--Manner of sending ... 9
Shipped from the United States for the use of vessels-of-war in the Pacific.--Statement of kind and quantity of ... 10
Of provisions, clothing, &c., for vessels in the Pacific.--Report of the Fourth Auditor, showing the bills drawn on the Navy Department for ... 11, 12
Statement of articles shipped from the United States to ports in South America, for the vessels in the Pacific ... 14
Statement of provisions, stores, &c., purchased in South America for the use of the United States vessels in the Pacific ... 16
In 1827.--List of ... 789
In 1827--List of ... 790
Nomination confirmed ... 25
In commission in 1826 ... 103
Names and force of, where built, &c. ... 126
The progress made in the sale of stores and vessels of the United States on Lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain ... 127 to 130
Built, and building, under the law for the increase of the navy ... 191
Purchased by Commodore Porter to aid in the suppression of piracy and the slave trade ... 222
In 1826 ... 458
Of the West India squadron in 1824.--List of ... 689
Report of committee on a claim for remuneration for a method of securing the decks and sides of ... 623
Report of the Secretary of the Navy on the construction of docks for the preservation of the ... 700
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In commission, their commanders, stations, &c., in 1826 ... 729
In 1827.--Names of ... 808
List of widow pensioners in State of, Jan. 1, 1826 ... 622
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter in relation to the distribution, &c., of the squadron in the West Indies ... 103
Letter in relation to the capture of pirates in the harbor of "Boca del Inferno" and the West Indies ... 107, 109
Letter in relation to the selection of a site for a navy yard on the coast of Florida 111
Extract of a letter in relation to piracies in the West Indies ... 745
Wasp--Report committee on claim for purser's small stores, lost by the capture of the sloop-of-war ... 132
Report committee on claim of an officer for prize money ... 629
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy for the removal of the squadron and stores from Thompson's Island, in the ... 109
Letter from Commodore Porter in relation to charges against the officers of the squadron in the ... 440
Letter of Thomas Randall in answer to Commodore Porter's letters in relation to the officers of the squadron in the ... 441
Report of committee on the subject of the court-martial of Commodore Porter, and the correspondence in relation to the suppresssion of piracy in the ... 486
Correspondence in relation to the course pursued by Commodore Porter in the suppression of piracy in the ... 648
List of vessels in the squadron in the ... 689 (See Piracy.)
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Nomination confirmed ... 25
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to Commodore Rodgers ... 175
Report of Commodore Rodgers ... 176, 177, 178, 227, 228
Report of Surgeons Harris, Washington and Hoffman ... 176, 177
In Charleston, South Carolina, from 1808 to 1814.--Letter of Thos. G. Priosleau in relation to the ... 481
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