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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 III.

American State Papers [Naval Affairs: Volume 3] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS. NAVAL AFFAIRS.--VOLUME III.

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FOR ALPHABETICAL INDEX SEE THE CLOSE OF THE VOLUME.

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• No
• Date.
• Page.
• 340. Transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy showing the expense annually incurred under the act for prohibiting the slave trade 1827, Dec. 6 ... 77
• 387. Transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas 1829, Feb. 16 ... 308
• 417. Transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, accompanying the reports of a survey of the Dry Tortugas island, for a naval rendezvous 1830, Mar. 29 ... 570
• 422. In relation to the erection of a radiating marine railway for the repair of sloops-of-war at the navy yard, Pensacola, Florida 1830, May 13 ... 576
• 427. Suggesting that appropriations be made to provide for the increased pay and emoluments of the marine corps 1830, May 29 ... 685
• 434. On the irregularities of the accounts under appropriations for the support of the navy and marine corps, and suggestions of legal remedies for the same 1831, Jan. 7 ... 823
• 435. Transmitting documents in relation to the capture, by a United States vessel, of the Spanish ship Fenix, with African slaves on board, and under suspicion of piratical intent, with a recommendation for the maintenance, &c., of the slaves 1831, Jan. 18 ... 865
• 438. Recommending that the pay and allowances of the officers of the marine corps be increased, and that the allowances from the contingent fund of the navy be defined 1831, Jan. 25 ... 873

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
• 326. In relation to the navy pension fund for 1826 1827, Jan. 12 ... 1
• 331. On the subject of general and specific estimates for the navy 1827, Jan. 29 ... 22
• 334. Transmitting a statement of the force and distribution of the marines in December, 1826, and showing the necessity for an increase of that corps 1827, Feb. 9 36
• 336. Transmitting statements of the cost of, and expenditures at, the several navy yards from 1819 to 1826 1827, Feb. 12 ... 40
• 338. On the expediency of preserving and rearing live-oak timber for the navy 1827, Feb. 26 ... 47
• 339. Showing the condition of the navy in the year 1827 1827, Dec. 4 ... 50
• 342. Transmitting a report from the navy commissioners of the result of experiments to ascertain the quality of American water-rotted hemp compared with Russian hemp 1827, Dec. 24 ... 88
• 343. Communicating the result of surveys of the harbors of Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia 1827, Dec. 31 ... 90
• 344. Transmitting copies of the Naval Register for 1828 1828, Jan. 3 ... 92
• 346. Transmitting a plan for a naval peace establishment, with estimates for the support of the same 1828, Jan. 15 ... 128
• 348. Transmitting statements showing the cost of fitting a frigate for sea, and the annual expense of such vessel 1828, Jan. 22 ... 134
• 351. Enclosing copy of a letter from Captain D. T. Patterson, giving an account of the action at Navarino, and the measures adopted by the allied forces for the suppression of piracy 1828, Feb. 4 ... 139
• 357. As to the present condition and probable annual expense of the United States agency for recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa 1828, Mar. 12 ... 143
• 359. Communicating the rules that have been adopted for the selection of commissioned and warrant officers for the navy, and statements showing the number of officers appointed from each State and Territory, and the number to which each is entitled 1828, Mar. 14 ... 158
• 360. Annual report in relation to the naval pension fund 1828, Mar. 14 ... 162
• 361. On the expediency of sending two additional sloops-of-war to the Mediterranean sea for the suppression of piracy by the Greeks 1828, Mar. 17 ... 175
• 364. On the expediency of extending the act allowing pensions from the privateer pension fund 1828, Apr. 15 ... 197

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• 368. Statement of the number of midshipmen appointed during the 1st session of the 20th Congress 1828, May 22 ... 204
• 369. In relation to the difficulties in obtaining seamen for the navy, their cause, and measures for their removal 1828, May 26 ... 205
• 370. Annual report showing the condition of the navy in the year 1828 1828, Dec. 2 ... 205
• 371. On the claim of Henry Eckford for rent of ground near Sackett's Harbor, for the use of the navy 1828, Dec. 8 ... 238
• 373. On the expediency of connecting with the navy yards establishments for manufacturing cordage and canvas from American hemp, flax, and cotton, for the navy 1828, Dec. 22 ... 241
• 374. Transmitting copies of the Naval Register for 1829 1828, Dec. 31 ... 242
• 375. On the expediency of establishing a navy yard or depot on the coast between Cape Hatteras and Florida 1829, Jan. 6 ... 275
• 380. Annual report in relation to the navy pension fund 1829, Jan. 27 ... 284
• 382. Statement showing the relative rank of officers of the army and navy 1829, Jan. 31 ... 300
• 383. Giving the result of experiments to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for sails and cordage for the navy 1829, Feb. 2 ... 302
• 384. Transmitting a statement concerning navy pensions 1829, Feb. 7 ... 302
• 390. Transmitting a statement of the condition of the navy pension fund for the year 1824 1829, Feb. 20 ... 322
• 394. Annual report showing the condition of the navy in the year 1829 1829, Dec. 8 ... 348
• 396. Transmitting copies of the Naval Register for the year 1830 1830, Jan. 4 ... 402
• 402. Transmitting opinions of surgeons in the navy on the expediency of allowing the spirit ration to midshipmen 1830, Jan. 14 ... 468
• 403. Submitting estimates of deficiencies in the naval appropriations for 1829 1830, Jan. 14 ... 478
• 405. In relation to the navy pension fund, showing its income, pensions chargeable, their kinds, and the future probable charges upon said fund 1830, Jan. 19 ... 488
• 406. Submitting the form of a bill for an organization of the surgical department of the navy 1830, Jan. 26 ... 490
• 407. Submitting statements relating to the duties, bonds, accounts, and compensation of pursers in the navy 1830, Jan. 27 ... 491
• 408. Submitting a plan for a reorganization of the board of navy commissioners 1830, Jan. 28 ... 492
• 409. Transmitting statements showing the number, extent, and arrangements of navy yards and dry docks 1830, Feb. 1 ... 493
• 410. On the claim of the administrator of Edward Moore, who was killed in the battle on Lake Champlain, to prize money 1830, Feb. 5 ... 495
• 413. Returning to the Senate the draught of a bill regulating the duties and providing for the compensation of pursers 1830, Feb. 16 ... 540
• 414. Submitting a plan and the draught of a bill for a naval peace establishment 1830, Feb. 18 ... 541
• 416. Presenting the opinions of a number of naval officers on the expediency of dispensing with the marine corps as part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war 1830, Mar. 24 ... 560
• 418. Transmitting extracts from the proceedings of a court-martial on the conduct of Purser William P. Zantzinger 1830, April 5 ... 572
• 421. Estimate of the loss the United States would sustain by changing the site of the navy yard at Portsmouth, Virginia 1830, May 6 ... 575
• 424. Transmitting sundry papers in explanation of the accounts and vouchers of Miles King, as navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia 1830, May 27 ... 589
• 425. Transmitting sundry papers in explanation of the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and of Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, acting purser, of frigate Constitution 1830, May 28 ... 654
• 428. Transmitting a statement of the pay, emoluments, and allowances of every officer and agent in the naval service, including the marine corps 1830, May 29 ... 685
• 429. Annual report showing the condition of the navy in the year 1830 1830, Dec. 7 ... 753
• 431. In relation to surveys made with a view to the establishment of naval depots 1830, Dec. 20 ... 789
• 432. On the mode of relieving vessels-of-war on stations, and return of seamen to the United States whose terms of service have expired 1830, Dec. 29 ... 790
• 433. Transmitting copies of the Naval Register for the year 1831 1831, Jan. 4 ... 791
• 436. Submitting a communication from the navy commissioners, with an explanatory estimate of the annual sum necessary to maintain a navy yard for building and equipping ships with despatch 1831, Jan. 18 ... 871
• 440. On the subject of applications for naval pensions or their renewal during the year 1830 1831, Jan. 31 ... 894
• 444. Transmitting explanatory estimates for the construction of naval hospitals at Charlestown, Brooklyn, and Pensacola 1831, Feb. 11 ... 897
• 451. Transmitting a statemet of the pay, rations, and allowances of the officers of the marine corps in 1831 1831, March 1 ... 959

COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
• 401. Transmitting extracts of such surveys as have been made by officers of the engineer corps, in conjunction with officers of the navy, of the waters of Narraganset bay and the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island 1830, Jan. 14 ... 463

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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF NAVY COMMISSIONERS.
• 327. Transmitting statements showing the amounts received and expended by virtue of the "act establishing naval hospitals," and the balance in their hands on the 31st December, 1826, and, the measures they have adopted to carry into effect the provisions of said act 1827, Jan. 16 ... 14
• 404. In relation to the condition of the navy hospital fund, the navy hospital near Norfolk, and the naval asylum at Philadelphia 1830, Jan. 18 ... 479
• 412. Transmitting the annual report on the navy pension fund for the year 1829 1830, Feb. 15 ... 499
• 439. Transmitting the annual report on the navy pension fund for the year 1830 1831, Jan. 28 ... 873

COMMUNICATION FROM THE FOURTH AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY.
• 423. Transmitting a statement relative to the pay and emoluments of the officers of the marine corps 1830, May 25 ... 581

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
• 345. On the claim of the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid to prize money for the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli, in 1804 1828, Jan. 9 ... 122
• 391. On the policy and objects of the exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas 1829, Feb. 23 ... 336
• 419. On the claim of Lieutenant Colonel John M. Gamble, of the marine corps, for prize money for a privateer captured by him in the war of 1812 1830, April 6 ... 573

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON NAVAL AFFAIRS.
• 328. On the expediency of making alterations and improvements in the medical department of the navy 1827, Jan. 17 ... 19
• 329. On the claim of Gratia Ray to compensation for the sufferings and losses of her husband while a prisoner to the Tripolitans in 1804 1827, Jan. 19 ... 19
• 330. On the expediency of establishing a line of vessels to Panama, and a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across that isthmus 1827, Jan. 24 ... 20
• 332. On the claim of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died in Dartmoor prison, in England, to five years' half pay 1827, Feb. 3 ... 24
• 333. On the claim of the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid to prize money for the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, in the harbor of Tripoli, in 1804 1827, Feb. 7 ... 25
• 335. On the petition of Uriah Brown, that his system of annoyance and destruction of the vessels of an enemy be used in the naval service. 1827, Feb. 9 ... 40
• 349. On the claim of Eleanor Wells, whose husband was lost on board of the ship Insurgent, for further relief 1828, Jan. 25 ... 137
• 350. On the expediency of constructing dry docks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Brooklyn, New York 1828, Jan. 25 ... 137
• 352. On the claim of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died in Dartmoor prison, to five years' half-pay 1828, Feb. 18 ... 140
• 354. On the claim of Jane Baker, widow of Captain Thomas Baker, who lost his reason while in command of a public vessel, to a pension 1828, Feb. 21 ... 142
• 355. On the claim of Elizabeth Whitehead to a pension for the loss of her son, who was killed in the war of 1812--'15 1828, Mar. 7 ... 143
• 356. On the claim of Elizabeth Mays to a pension for the loss of her son, who was killed in the war of 1812--'15 1828, Mar. 7 ... 143
• 358. On the application of Master Commandant Jesse Wilkinson to be indemnified for, or released from, a judgment against him for capturing a supposed piratical vessel 1828, Mar. 14 ... 149
• 362. On the claim of the officers and crew of the brig Syren to prize money, on account of the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, at Tripoli, in 1804 1828, Mar. 18 ... 178
• 363. On the expediency of fitting out vessels of the navy for an exploration of the Pacific ocean and South seas 1828, Mar. 25 ... 189
• 366. On the claim of Michael Lewis, a pilot, to compensation on account of being taken prisoner while in a public vessel, and detained by the enemy 1828, May 6 ... 200
• 367. On the expediency of testing Uriah Brown's system of coast and harbor defence by fire ships 1828, May 10 ... 201
• 376. On the claim of Alexander Claxton, an officer of the navy, for indemnity on account of costs in prosecuting a libel on a vessel saved from shipwreck, and brought in for adjudication 1829, Jan. 16 ... 282
• 377. On the claim of William Gillin, as pensioner, to arrearages from the date of his disability 1829, Jan. 16 ... 283
• 378. On the claim of the executor of Captain Angus O. Frazer, of the revenue cutter service, to prize money for a vessel captured for a violation of the revenue laws, to the exclusion of a lieutenant of the same 1829, Jan. 16 ... 283
• 379. On the application of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Gale, of the marine corps, who was dismissed the service on account of insanity, for pay 1829, Jan. 27 ... 284
• 381. On the expediency of making an appropriation to the naval hospital fund on the amount due from the United States 1829, Jan. 31 ... 297

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• 388. On the claim of Henry Eckford for rent of land at Sackett's Harbor for the use of the vessels of the navy, and purchase of the same for the United States 1829, Feb. 17 ... 317
• 389. In relation to the privateer pension fund, and the pensions chargeable thereon 1829, Feb. 17 ... 319
• 392. On the conditions for allowing pensions out of the navy pension fund 1829, Mar. 2 ... 343
• 393. On the condition of the navy pension fund and the pensions chargeable thereon 1829, Mar. 2 ... 344
• 395. On the claim of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died while in prison at Dartmoor, in England, for a pension 1829, Dec. 21 ... 402
• 411. In relation to the privateer pension fund, its nature, amount, and objects 1830, Feb. 9 ... 496
• 415. Authorizing the naval exploring expedition in the South seas and Pacific ocean, and of the purchase of, and payment for, astronomical and other instruments for the same 1830, Mar. 17 ... 546
• 420. On the expediency of certain allowances and expenditures from appropriations for contingent expenses of the Navy Department for the year 1829 1830,May 5 ... 574
• 426. On the claim of Benjamin Pendleton, to be reimbursed in expenses incurred on account of the South sea exploring expedition, under an arrangement with the Secretary of the Navy 1830, May 29 684
• 430. Submitting explanatory estimates for the construction of three schooners for the navy, their respective annual expense, and that of a sloop-of-war 1830, Dec. 22 ... 788
• 437. On the claim of Henry Eckford, for rent of land at Sackett's Harbor, for the use of the navy, and for the purchase of said land 1831, Jan. 20 ... 872
• 441. On the claim of Gaetano Carusi, under an agreement between him, as a musician, and a naval officer of the United States 1831, Feb. 4 ... 894
• 443. On the claim of Joseph S. Cannon, late a midshipman in the navy, to a pension, on account of a disability incurred in the service, he having been discharged on that account 1831, Feb. 8 ... 896
• 445. On the propriety of increasing the pay of captains and master commandants of the navy. A statement of assimilated rank of officers of the army and navy, and the number of promotions in the army since 1816 1831, Feb. 16 ... 901
• 446. On the claim of George Johnson, surety for Leblois Deblois, late a purser in the navy, to be released from liability, on the ground of a failure on the part of the government to compel Deblois to settle his accounts 1831, Feb. 18 ... 905
• 447. On the formation and purposes of the navy pension fund, and the persons entitled to its benefits 1831, Feb. 18 ... 909
• 448. On the claim of George K. Knight, owner of the schooner Experiment, impressed into the United States service and destroyed by the enemy 1831, Feb. 18 ... 913
• 449. As to the regulation and proper distribution of the contingent expenses of the navy and of the Navy Department 1831, Feb. 22 ... 915
• 450. In relation to the purchase of land for the cultivation of live-oak timber near Pensacola, Florida, and the means of preserving that timber for the use of the navy 1831, Feb. 26 ... 917

MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
• 337. Application of citizens of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the construction of a dry dock at that place 1827, Feb. 12 ... 46
• 341. Application of lieutenants in the navy for an increase of their pay 1827, Dec. 14 ... 86
• 347. Memorial of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the navy for a change in the law relating to their appointment, and for increase of pay 1828, Jan. 25 ... 131
• 353. Application of Uriah Brown for patronage to his invention of a composition for the destruction of vessels 1828, Feb. 18 ... 141
• 365. Memorial of citizens of Savannah, Georgia, for the establishment of a naval depot or station at Savannah, Georgia 1828, April 28 ... 198
• 372. Application of master commandants, and captains of the navy for an increase of pay 1828, Dec. 11 ... 239
• 385. Memorial of Lieutenant John Percival respecting the power of the Executive to change the relative rank of an officer of the navy without the concurrence of the Senate 1829, Feb. 10 ... 306
• 386. Application of subaltern officers of the marine corps for an increase of pay 1829, Feb. 11 ... 307
• 397. Application of Farnifold Green, late a midshipman in the navy, cashiered by the sentence of a court-martial, to restoration to his rank 1830, Jan. 6 ... 436
• 398. Application of Mrs. Susan Decatur and others for prize money for the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli 1830, Jan. 7 ... 459
• 399. Application of boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sailmakers of the navy for increase of compensation 1830, Jan. 12 ... 462
• 400. Application of sailing masters of the navy for increase of compensation 1830, Jan. 12 ... 462
• 442. Application of Master Commandant Thomas Ap Catesby Jones to a pension on account of a wound received in battle 1831, Feb. 7 ... 895

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