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American State Papers --INDEX TO NAVAL AFFAIRS. VOLUME III.

American State Papers [Naval Affairs: Volume 3] : Index
INDEX TO NAVAL AFFAIRS. VOLUME III.

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• A.
• ... Page.
• Academy, Naval.--(See Naval Academy.)
• Accounts of the Navy Department on the books of the Fourth Auditor.--Letter from the Fourth Auditor, proposing remedies for the confused and unsettled state of the ... 375

  Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Fourth Auditor on the irregularities of the ... 823

  That cannot be closed without further appropriations or authority to transfer.--Abstract of ... 846

  Statement showing the number and amount of unclosed ... 860

• Acken, William D.--Letter to Joseph W. White in relation to the value of land purchased in Florida for the cultivation of live-oak ... 956, 957
• Advances made to disbursing officers--Statement showing the amount of ... 853
• Africa.--Estimate of the sum required in the year 1828 for the support of the agency on the coast of ... 83

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with statements showing the annual expense of the agency on the coast of ... 143

• Africans.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy, relating to the agency at Mesurado, and the steps taken for the relief of liberated ... 51

  Letter from J. Ashmun, acting agent at Mesurado, Africa, in relation to the agency, and to the disposition made of certain liberated ... 59, 144

  Letter from George P. Todson, United States agent, as to the disposition made of the recaptured Africans transported to Mesurado in the ship "Norfolk" ... 60

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with statements of the annual expense of the agency on the coast of Africa ... 143

  Letter from J. Ashmun, with statements showing how the Africans transported to Mesurado on the ship "Norfolk" have been disposed of ... 147

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy relative to certain Africans landed at Key West by a Spanish slaver ... 210

  Report of the Fourth Auditor, with a statement of expenses on account of, and for removal to Liberia of certain recaptured ... 764

  Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry papers in relation to the capture, by a United States vessel, of a Spanish slave-ship, suspected of piracy, and having on board a number of ... 865

• Allen & Leonard, contractors.--Statement explanatory of certain allowances made to ... 729
• "Alligator," United States schooner.--A statement of the cost of building the ... 46
• Allowances.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the pay, emoluments, and allowances of every officer in the naval service, including the marine corps ... 685

  Statement of allowances, other than those fixed by law, made to persons during the years 1828 and 1829 ... 709, 729

• Allowances made from the contingent fund of the navy.--Message from the President of the United States in relation to the ... 873
• Allowances to officers of the marine corps.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the pay, rations, and ... 959
• Anderson, Joseph.--(See Comptroller of the Treasury.)
• Appleton, Abigail, widow of Daniel Appleton, who died a prisoner at Dartmoor.--Report of a committee in favor of allowing five years' half pay to ... 24, 140, 402
• Appropriations for the navy.--Letter from the Commissioners of the Navy respecting the ... 366

  Statements explanatory of expenditures made in 1828 out of the ... 369, 371

  Statement of balances in the treasury under certain heads of ... 374

  Estimate of deficiencies for 1829 in the ... 478

• Apthorp, C. W.--Letter from, relating to the language used by Midshipman Farnifold Green towards Captain Crane ... 458
• "Ardent."--Report of a committee on the claim of Captain Angus O. Frazer, of the revenue service, for prize money for the seizure of the British vessel the ... 283
• Army and navy.--Statement showing the relative rank and pay of officers of the 300, 365
• Ashmun, J., acting agent of the United States at Mesurado, Africa, in relation to the United States agency, and to the disposition made of certain liberated Africans.--Letters from ... 59, 144, 147
• Assistant surgeons in the navy.--(See Surgeons in the navy.)
• Asylum, Naval.--(See Naval Asylum.)
• Attorney General of the United States, in relation to the Africans found on board the Spanish vessel the "Fenix."--Opinion of the ... 869, 870
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• Auditor of the Treasury.--(See Fourth Auditor.)
• "Augusta," United States schooner.--Statement of the expenses of, while on the coast of Africa, in 1823 ... 63, 86
• B.
• Bainbridge, Commodore William, president of a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 456

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war ... 565

• Baker, Jane, widow of Thomas Baker.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to a pension ... 142
• Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor, due more than three years, from persons who have no credits.--Abstract of ... 834

  Due less than three years.--Abstract of ... 843

  Due to persons who have no debits.--Abstract of ... 859

  Of unclosed accounts.--Abstract of ... 860

• Baldwin, L., engineer, with plans and estimates for erecting a marine railway at the Pensacola navy yard.--Report from ... 577
• Baltimore, Maryland.--Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., for officers stationed at, for 1828 ... 70

  Same, for 1829 ... 226

  Same, for 1830 ... 389

  Same, for 1831 ... 777, 783

• Bank stocks, belonging to the navy pension fund.--Statement of, to January 1, 1827 ... 12

  Statement of, to January 1, 1828 ... 173

  Statement of, to January 1, 1829 ... 296

  Statement of the amount of interest on and the losses sustained in the purchase and sale of ... 323, 326

• Barbour, James.--(See War, Secretary of.)
• Barron, Captain James, containing information in relation to the accounts of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Va.--Letter from ... 595
• Barton, Surgeon William P. C., on the subject of allowing spirit rations to midshipmen.--Letter from. ... 469
• Barton, Surgeon Wm. R.--Submitting estimates of the cost of furnishing navy hospitals ... 900
• Barela, Joaquin.--Copy of a deed for lands in Florida, to Henry Michelet ... 936
• Beaufort, South Carolina.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of establishing a navy yard or station at ... 275

  Report of Lieutenant R. F. Stockton of a survey of the harbor of ... 277

• Berrien, John McPherson.--(See Attorney General U. S.)
• Bevan, Thomas, as to the utility of cotton for canvas, cordage, &c.--Letter from ... 363
• Binney, Amos, navy agent at Boston.--Statement in explanation of certain allowances made to ... 732
• Boatswains in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 116

  Register of, for 1829 ... 268

  Register of, for 1830 ... 429

  For increase of their compensation, memorial of ... 462

  Register of, for 1831 ... 817

• Boerum, Lieutenant.--Letter to Commodore Jesse D. Elliott in relation to the use of cotton for sails, &c. ... 771
• Boston navy yard.--(See Navy yards.)
• "Boston" sloop-of-war.--Statement of the cost of building the ... 46, 367
• Boston, Massachusetts.--Statement of the amount expended in building a dry dock at ... 235

  Statement showing the progress which has been made in building a dry dock at ... 762

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with estimates of the cost of building a naval hospital at ... 897

• Bourne, Benjamin F., late a purser in the navy.--Report of a committee on the claim of George Johnson to be released from liability as surety for ... 905
• Bradford, Richard H., in relation to the naval hospital fund.--Report of ... 479
• Branch, John.--(See Navy, Secretary of the.)
• Brazil station.--List of vessels on the coast of, during 1828 ... 217

  Same, during 1829 ... 353

  Same, during 1830 ... 790

• Breakwater in Delaware bay, relating to the erection of a.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 210
• Breckenridge, H. M., in relation to the purchase of land for, and the mode of rearing, cultivating, and preserving live-oak timber for the use of the navy.--Correspondence between the Secretary of the Navy and ... 920, 921, 922, 925, 926, 927, 928, 930, 933, 937, 938, 945, 946, 950

  Copies of deeds and copy of power of attorney to Joseph M. White from ... 932, 933, 938

  In relation to the value of the live-oak lands purchased by the United States at Deer Point.--Correspondence between Wm. M. McCarty and R. C. Brent and ... 958

• Brent, R. C., in relation to the value of the land sold to the United States by Joseph M. White and H. M. Breckenridge for live-oak plantations.--Letter from ... 958
• Brooke, John F.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the amount charged to him on the books of Purser John B. Timberlake ... 672
• Brooklyn navy yard.--(See Navy yards.)
• Brooklyn, New York.--Report of a committee on the propriety of constructing a dry dock at ... 137

  Statement of the amount expended in building a naval hospital at Chelsea and ... 297, 299

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with explanatory estimates for the construction of a naval hospital at ... 897

• Brown, Uriah.--Report of a committee on the expediency of testing a system of coast and harbor defence invented by him ... 40, 201

  For the adoption by the United States of his invention.--Memorial of ... 141

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• Brunswick, Georgia--Report of the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of establishing a navy yard or station at ... 275

  Report from Lieutenant R. F. Stockton of a survey of the harbor of ... 276

• Budd, George, master commandant of ship "Natchez," in relation to the violation of the neutrality laws by the commander of the Mexican brig "Hermon."--Correspondence between Captain Charles E. Hawkins and ... 236, 237

  Letters from William Pinckney, collector at Key West, and Lieutenant Edward S. Johnson, in relation to the same ... 237, 238

• Bulfinch, Charles.--Report of an examination of the navy hospital building at Norfolk, and an estimate of the amount required to finish the same ... 487
• Butler, Silas, in relation to purchases made by Lieutenant Robert B Randolph, as acting purser of the "Constitution," at Gibraltar.--Letter from ... 684
• C.
• Calhoun, J. Edward, lieutenant United States navy.--Letter from, giving the result of his experience as to the fitness of cotton for sails for the navy ... 362
• Call, R. K., and wife.--Copy of a deed to Joseph M. White for land purchased of said White 933
• Cannon, Joseph S., late a midshipman.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to a pension ... 896
• Canvas and cordage for the navy.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of erecting establishments for the manufacture of ... 241, 242

  Result of experiments to test the fitness of cotton for ... 301

  Letters from Warren R. Davis, esq., and others, as to the fitness and utility of cotton for ... 360

  Letters from Captain Jesse D. Elliott and others as to the fitness of cotton for ... 365, 771

• Captains in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 93

  Memorial of masters commandant and, for increase of pay ... 239, 240

  Register of, for 1829 ... 243

  Register of, for 1830 ... 403

  Register of, for 1831 ... 792

  Report of a committee, submitting a statement of assimilated rank of officers of the army and navy, and recommending an increase of the pay of master commandants and ... 901

• Captains in the marine corps.--Register of, for 1828 ... 118

  Register of, for 1829 ... 270

  Register of, for 1830 ... 432

  Register of, for 1831 ... 819

• Caro, Sebastian.--Copy of a deed to Joseph M. White for land in Florida ... 937
• Carpenters in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 117

  Register of, for 1829 ... 269

  Register of, for 1830 ... 430

  For increase of their compensation, memorial of ... 462

  Register of, for 1831 ... 818

• Carroll, Thomas F.--(See Thomas F. Cornell.)
• Carroll, Michael.--Report of a committee on the claim of, for prize money ... 178
• Carusi, Gaetano.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 894
• Chandler, Edward, in relation to the quantity of live-oak in South Florida.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 954
• Chaplains in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 104

  Register of, for 1829 ... 255

  Register of, for 1830 ... 415

  Register of, for 1831 ... 804

• Charges and specifications prepared against Midshipman Farnifold Green.--List of ... 438
• Charleston, South Carolina.--Estimate of the pay and rations of officers for 1828 ... 70

  Same, for 1829 ... 226

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy as to the expediency of establishing a navy yard at ... 275

  Estimate of the pay and rations of officers stationed at, for 1830 ... 389

  Same, for 1831 ... 777, 784

• Charlestown, Massachusetts.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with explanatory estimates for the construction of a naval hospital at ... 897
• Charlestown and Boston navy yard.--(See Navy yards.)
• Chauncey, Commodore Isaac, submitting estimates for a navy hospital to be built at New York.-- Letter to the navy commissioners from ... 899
• "Cherub," American brig.--Letter from Captain Lawrence Kearney in relation to the robbery of the brig by pirates ... 177
• China seas.--Summary of the cruise of the ship Vincennes, Wm. B. Finch master, in the ... 759
• Chloride of lime as a health agent.--Letter from Surgeon George S. Sproston on the use of ... 761
• Clairborn, Augustin, executor.--(See Captain Angus O. Frazer.)
• Claxton, Alexander, master commandant.--Letter to Commodore Charles G. Ridgely from ... 238

  For indemnity of costs in prosecuting a libel on a vessel saved from shipwreck.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 282

• Clerks.--A comparative view of the number and salary of, in the different departments of the government 232, 391
• Coast and harbor defence.--Report of a committee on the expediency of testing Uriah Brown's system of ... 40, 201
• Colt, John H., in relation to the fitness of cotton for canvas, cordage, &c.--Letter from ... 364
• "Columbus,"74.--A statement of the cost of building the ... 46

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• Commerce in the Mediterranean.--Measures taken by the English, French, and Russian for the protection of ... 139

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending that additional vessels be sent for the protection of 175

• Commerce at the Sandwich Islands.--Letter from John C. Jones, United States consul, to Captain Wm. B. Finch, in relation to the value and wants of American ... 760
• Commissioned and warrant officers of the navy.--Rules adopted for the selection of ... 158

  Number of, and where appointed from ... 161

• Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to titles to lands purchased by the United States from Joseph M. White.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 948

  In relation to pre-emption rights to lands on Santa Rosa sound, and showing what lands on that sound have been reserved from sale.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 953

  Schedule of lands reserved in Louisiana.--Letter from the ... 954

• Commissioners of the navy pension fund.--Accounts of the treasurer of the, January 1, 1827 ... 12

  Accounts of the treasurer of the, January 1, 1828 ... 173

  Accounts of the treasurer of the, January 1, 1829 ... 325

  Accounts of the treasurer of the, January 1, 1825 ... 323, 324

  Transmitting a list of naval pensioners to January 1, 1830.--Report from the ... 499

  Transmitting a list of naval pensioners to January 1, 1831.--Report from the ... 873

• Compensation of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the navy.--Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs concerning the duties and ... 19

  Memorial from surgeons, praying an increase of their ... 131

• Compensation of carpenters, gunners, boatswains, sailing-masters, and sailmakers.--Memorial of, praying an increase of ... 462
• Compensation of pursers.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy relating to the duties and ... 491, 540
• Comptroller of the Treasury, on the regulation and proper distribution of the contingent expenses of the navy and Navy Department.--Letters from the ... 916
• "Concord," sloop-of-war.--A statement of the cost of building the ... 367
• Conklin, William H., in relation to the fitness of cotton for sails, &c.--Letter from ... 364
• Connecticut.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 3

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 9

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 164

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 170

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 286

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 292

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 328

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 334

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 897

• "Constitution,"United States ship, while on a cruise for the suppression of piracy.--Letter from Captain Patterson, of the ... 175

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy in explanation of the accounts and vouchers of Purser John M. Timberlake and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, acting purser of the ... 654

• Constructors, naval.--(See Naval constructors.)
• Contingent expenses of the navy and of the Navy Department.--Report of a committee on the expediency of certain expenditures from the appropriation for the ... 574

  Report of a committee on the proper distribution and regulation of the ... 915

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy ... 915

  Letters from John Anderson, Comptroller of the Treasury ... 916

• Contingent fund of the navy.--Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to ... 873
• Contracts.--Letter from the navy commissioners relating to expenditures and ... 371
• Cordage and canvas for the navy.--On the expediency of erecting establishments for the manufacture of.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 241, 242

  Result of experiments to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for ... 301

• Cornick, James, in relation to the correctness of a sum charged to him on the books of Purser John B. Timberlake.--Letter from ... 673
• Cornell, Thomas F., late agent for the examination and survey of West Florida lands, in relation to the value of the lands purchased to be used in the cultivation of live-oak, and the quantity of timber growing on the land at the time of the purchase.--Letters to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 939, 944, 951
• Cornwall, Joseph S.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 444
• Cotton for canvas for the navy.--Result of experiments to test the comparative fitness of hemp and ... 301

  Letters from Warren R. Davis and others as to the fitness of ... 360

  Letters from Commodore Jesse D. Elliott and others as to the fitness of ... 365, 771

• Court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green--Memorial of Midshipman Farnifold Green for restoration to his rank from which he had been cashiered by the sentence of a ... 436

  Charges and specifications against Midshipman Farnifold Green before a ... 438

  Proceedings before a ... 439

  Testimony of Lieutenant John White, United States navy ... 439, 443

  Testimony of Mark Hale, midshipman, United States navy ... 440, 442

  Testimony of David Trusty, servant of Lieutenant White ... 441

  Testimony of John L. Spencer, midshipman, United States navy ... 441

  Testimony of Samuel Penhallow, midshipman, United States navy ... 442

  Testimony of Charles F. Kiander, private of marines ... 442

  Testimony of Francis S. Key ... 443

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  Testimony of George W. Palmer, surgeon's mate, United States navy ... 443

  Testimony of Joseph S. Cornwall, late of the United States navy ... 444

  Sentence of the ... 445

  Defence of Midshipman Green ... 445

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Captain William M. Crane, directing the taking of certain testimony ... 450

  Depositions of certain midshipmen, bound to sea, taken with the consent of Midshipman Green ... 450

  Testimony of Joshua H. Justin, midshipman, United States navy ... 451

  Testimony of James P. McKinstry, midshipman, United States navy ... 452

  Testimony of William F. Hooe, midshipman, United States navy ... 452

  Interrogatories to be propounded to absent witnesses ... 453, 454

  Testimony of Joseph Tufts, of Charlestown, Massachusetts ... 453

  Testimony of Leonard M. Parker, of Charlestown, Massachusetts ... 454

  Testimony of Dr. Richard Kennon, United States navy ... 454, 455, 456

  Interrogatories to be propounded to witnesses to be examined in support of charges preferred by Midshipman Green against Lieutenant John White ... 455

  Testimony of Dr. Richard Kennon against Lieutenant White ... 455, 456

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Midshipman Green, directing him to report himself for trial to a ... 456

  Midshipman Green's answer to the letter of the Secretary of the Navy ... 456

  Statement made by Midshipman William Ward to the midshipmen of the United States ship Independence of the correspondence between Midshipman F. Green and Midshipman Mark Hale ... 457

  Copy of a letter from Dr. John A. Kearney, charging Midshipman Green with having traduced Captain Crane ... 458

  Copies of letters from C. W. Apthorp and Joseph Tufts, relating to the language used by Mr. Green towards Captain Crane ... 458, 459

• Court-martial for the trial of Purser William P. Zantzinger.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with extracts from the proceedings of a ... 572
• Coxe, Richard S.--Opinion of, on the claim of the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid to prize money ... 34
• Crane, Captain W. M., detailing the cruise of the "Java."--Letter from ... 235

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, directing the testimony of certain midshipmen to be taken by, to be used before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman F. Green ... 450

  Midshipman Farnifold Green charged with having traduced the character of ... 458, 459

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the equipment of a vessel-of-war. --Letter from ... 562

• Creighton, Captain J. O., on the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 567
• Curtis, H. S.--Letter from, as to the fitness of cotton for sails ... 363
• D.
• Dallas, Captain Andrew J., on the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 563
• Darby, William, in relation to the quantity of live-oak timber on the coast of the United States.-- Letter from ... 955
• Darrah, Purser Alexander P., in relation to the accounts of Miles King, navy agent.--Letter from ... 607
• Dartmoor prison.--Report of a committee on the claim for five years' half pay of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died in ... 24, 140, 402
• Davis, Samuel, overseer of the live-oak plantation at Deer Point, showing the number and description of live-oaks, and the amount of work performed from January, 1829, to April 18, 1830.--Reports from ... 928, 929, 930
• Davis, Warren R., as to the fitness and utility of cotton for sails, rigging, &c.--Letter from ... 360
• Deaths in the navy.--List of, in 1827 ... 56

  List of, in 1828 ... 217

  List of, in 1829 ... 394

  List of, in 1830 ... 771

• Deaths in Savannah, Georgia, from 1822 to 1826.--Table of ... 282
• Deblois, Lewis, late a purser in the navy.--Opinion of the Supreme Court, in the case of the United States vs. Thomas Tingco, surety for ... 446
• Decatur, Mrs. Susan, widow of Captain Stephen Decatur, and others, claiming prize money for the officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid."--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 25, 122, 178

  Proposed distribution of prize money to ... 29, 30, 31, 125, 126

  Remarks of W. Jones on the claim of ... 32

  Opinion of Richard S. Coxe ... 34

  Deposition of Surgeon Lewis Heermann, in support of the claim of ... 459

  Copy of the will of Captain Stephen Decatur ... 461

  Testimony of Robert Thornton in support of the claim of ... 461

  Testimony of John Smith, seaman, in support of the claim of ... 461

• Deeds, for lands in Florida, purchased for the purpose of cultivating and rearing live-oak timber for the navy.--From Joseph M. White to the Secretary of the Navy ... 932, 935, 939, 941

  From H. M. Breckenridge to Joseph M. White ... 932, 933

  From R. K. Call and wife to Joseph M. White ... 933

  From Henry Michelet to Joseph M. White ... 936

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  From Joaquin Barela to Henry Michelet ... 936

  From Sebastian Care to Joseph M. White ... 937

• Deer Point, near Pensacola, Florida.--Reports of Samuel Davis, overseer, of the number and description of live-oaks, and the labor performed on the live-oak plantation at ... 928, 929, 930
• Decay of vessels in ordinary.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy, showing the means which have been adopted to prevent the ... 770
• Deficiencies in naval appropriation for 1829.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with estimates of ... 478
• DeKrafft, F. G., late a midshipman, of the brig "Syren"--Report of a committee on the claim of, to prize money ... 178
• Delaware bay, in relation to the erection of a breakwater in.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 210
• Delaware.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 6

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 289

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 331

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 510

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 886

• Dennet's island, Maine.--Original price paid for the site of the navy yard at ... 40
• Disbursing officers.--Abstract of the amount of advances made to ... 853
• Dismissed from the marine corps on account of insanity.--Report of a committee on the claim of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Gale for pay, he having been ... 284
• Dismissions from the navy in 1827.--List of ... 57

  In 1828.--List of ... 219

  In 1829.--List of ... 395

  In 1830.--List of ... 772

• District of Columbia.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1897, in the ... 7

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the ... 10

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the ... 168

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the ... 171

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the ... 290

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the ... 293

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the ... 332

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the ... 335

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the ... 512

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the ... 888

• Dry dock at Boston.--Statement showing the amount expended and progress made in building a ... 235, 762
• Dry dock at Norfolk.--Statement showing the amount expended and progress made in building a ... 235, 762
• Dry dock at Portsmouth, N. H.--Memorial of citizens of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, asking the construction, at that place, of a ... 46

  Report of a committee on the propriety of constructing a ... 137

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of a ... 138

• Dry docks.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, and report from the navy commissioners, with statements showing the number, extent, and arrangements of navy yards and ... 493
• Dry Tortugas island, Florida.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the survey of the ... 570
• Dulany, Lieutenant William, United States marine corps, in relation to the amount charged to him on the books of Purser John B. Timberlake.--Letter from ... 672
• Duties, compensation, &c., of surgeons and assistant surgeons.--Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs concerning the ... 19
• Duties, compensation, &c., of pursers.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, and report from the navy commissioners on the subject of the ... 491, 540
• E.
• Eaton, John H, in relation to the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, assistant purser, of the frigate Constitution.--Letters from ... 660, 662, 663, 664
• Eckford Henry, for rent of ground near Sackett's Harbor, for the use of the navy.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the claim of ... 238

  Report of a committee on the claim of ... 317, 812

• Elliott, Commodore Jesse D., giving the result of his experience in the use of cotton canvas.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 365, 771

  In relation to the capture by a United States vessel of the Spanish slaver, the Fenix, under suspicion of piratical intent--Letters to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 867, 869

• Engineer corps, on the practicability of Uriah Brown's system of coast and harbor defence.--Report from the ... 203

  Of surveys of Narraganset bay and the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island.--Report from the ... 463

• Enlistment of seamen.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of the ... 205, 214

  Circular from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of the ... 209

• Estimates.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of general and specific ... 22
• Estimates for the year 1828--General estimates for the support of the navy ... 63

  For the support of the agency on the coast of Africa ... 63

  For the pay and subsistence of persons attached to vessels in commission ... 64

  For the pay, rations, &c., to officers and others at navy yards and stations ... 65

  Of the expense of recruiting stations ... 71

  Of the expense of receiving vessels ... 71

  For provisions ... 72

  For the pay, subsistence, &c., of the marine corps ... 72

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• Estimates.--For fitting a frigate for sea, and the annual expense thereof ... 134
• Estimates for the year 1829 and first quarter of 1830-General estimates for the support of the navy ... 219, 228

  For the pay and subsistence of persons attached to vessels in commission ... 220

  For the pay, rations, &c., to officers and others, at navy yards and stations ... 221

  Of the expense of receiving vessels ... 227

  Of the expense of recruiting stations ... 227

  For provisions ... 227

  For the pay, subsistence, &c., of the marine corps ... 229

  For the office of the Secretary of the Navy ... 232, 233

  For the office of the navy commissioners ... 233

• Estimates for the year 1830 and first quarter of 1831--

  General estimates for the support of the navy ... 381, 392

  For the pay and subsistence of persons attached to vessels in commission ... 382, 383

  For the pay, rations, &c., to officers and others at navy yards and stations ... 383

  Of the expense of receiving vessels ... 390

  Of the expense of recruiting stations ... 390

  For provisions ... 391

  For the office of the Secretary of the Navy ... 391

  For the office of the navy commissioners ... 391, 392

  For the pay, subsistence, &c., of the marine corps ... 362, 393

• Estimates of deficiencies for the year 1829--

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy with ... 478

• Estimates for the year 1831-General estimates for the support of the navy ... 773

  For the pay and subsistence of persons attached to vessels in commission ... 774

  For the pay, subsistence, &c., of the marine corps ... 775

  For the pay, rations, &c., to officers and others at navy yards and stations ... 777, 778

  Of the expense of receiving vessels ... 784

  Of the expense of recruiting stations ... 785

  For provisions ... 785

  For the office of the navy commissioners ... 785

  For improvements and repairs of navy yards ... 786

• Estimates of the expense of constructing three schooners-of-war, and the annual expense of one schooner.--A statement of ... 788, 789
• Exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas.--(See South seas.)
• F.
• Fairfield, U. S. sloop-of-war.--A statement of the cost of building the ... 367
• "Falmouth," U. S. sloolg-of-war.--A statement of the cost of building the ... 367
• "Fenix."--Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry papers in relation to the capture by the United States schooner "Grampus" of a Spanish slaver called the ... 865
• Finch, Master Commandant William B.--Summary of the cruise of the ship "Vincennes" in the China seas, under the command of ... 759

  In relation to the commerce of the Sandwich islands.--Letter from John C. Jones, United States consul, to ... 760

• Fire-ships.--Report of a committee on the expediency of testing Uriah Brown's system of coast and harbor defence by ... 40, 201
• Fisheries in the north.--Letter from Lieutenant McKeever, giving an account of his cruise among the ... 57
• Florida.--In relation to certain Africans landed from a Spanish slaver at Key West.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy ... 210
• Foreign stations.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the mode of relieving vessels-of-war on ... 790
• Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Department, in relation to the claim of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died in Dartmoor prison.--Letters from the ... 24, 25

  Relating to the confused and unsettled state of the accounts of the Navy Department, and proposing remedies therefor.--Letter from the ... 375

  In relation to sums due to deserters from the ship Hornet, and placed to the credit of the navy hospital fund.--Letter from the ... 486

  In relation to the pay and emoluments of officers of the marine corps.--Letter from the ... 581, 959

  In explanation of the accounts and vouchers of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Reports and letters from the ... 590, 595, 601, 602, 604, 606, 607, 608, 610

  In explanation of the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, acting purser of the frigate "Constitution."--Letters from the ... 654, 669, 670, 671, 672, 674, 676, 680, 681, 682, 683

  Transmitting statements of the pay, emoluments, &c., of every officer and agent in the naval service.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from the ... 685

  Transmitting a statement showing the amount which has been expended on account of recaptured Africans.--Report from the ... 764

  Transmitting abstracts showing the state of the accounts of the Navy Department in his office.--Report from the ... 824

  Transmitting a statement of the condition of the navy pension fund on the books of his office on January 1, 1831.--Report from the ... 876

  Transmitting statements showing the sums paid for live-oak lands in Florida and to whom the payments were made.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from the ... 951

• Frazer, Angus O., captain revenue service.--Report on the claim of the executor of, to prize money for the seizure of the English vessel called the "Ardent" ... 283
• Frigate.--Annual expense of, and cost of fitting for sea, a United States ... 134

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• Frothingham, Samuel, cashier of the Bank of the United States at Boston, transmitting copies of the accounts of Lieutenant R. B. Randolph, acting purser of the frigate Constitution.--Letter from ... 676
• Funds.--( See Navy pension fund, Privateer pension fund, Navy hospital fund, &c.)
• G.
• Gale, Anthony, lieutenant colonel marine corps, (who was dismissed on account of insanity,) for back pay.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 284
• Gamble, Lieutenant Colonel John M., of the marine corps, for prize money for the capture of the ship "Seringapatam."--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 573
• Georgia.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 7

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 11

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 171

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 291

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 294

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 332

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 513

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 889

• Getly, Bobert, in relation to the accounts and vouchers of Purser John B. Timberlake and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph.--Statement from ... 666
• Gillin, William for arrears of pension.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 283
• Gostort, Virginia.--Original price paid for the site of the navy yard at ... 40
• Graham, George.--(See Commissioner of the General Land Office.)
• Graham, J., in relation to his accounts against Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Letter from ... 603, 605, 607
• Greek fire.--Report of a committee on the invention of Uriah Brown, for a composition similar to the ... 40, 201

  Application of Uriah Brown to patronage for his invention of a composition similar to the ... 141

• Greeks.--Measures taken by the allied fleet for the suppression of piracy by the ... 139
• Green, Farnifold, midshipman United States navy, for restoration to his rank from which he had been cashiered by the sentence of a court-martial.-- Memorial of ... 436

  (For accompanying papers, see Courts-martial.)

• Gunners in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 116

  Register of, for 1829 ... 269

  Register of, for 1830 ... 430

  For increase of their compensation.--Memorial of ... 462

  Register of, for 1831 ... 817

• H.
• Haire, Charles, and Thomas F. Cornell, agents for the examination and survey of West Florida lands, in relation to the lands purchased in Florida for the cultivation of live-oak.--Extract from the report of ... 944
• Half pay.--Report of a committee on the claim of Gratia Ray, widow of William Ray, for ... 19

  Reports of committees on the claim of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died in Dartmoor prison, for ... 24, 140, 402

• Hale, Midshipman Mark.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 440, 442

  Correspondence between Midshipman Farnifold Green and ... 467

• Hall, C. J., master of the American brig the "Kremlin," in relation to the capture of the Spanish slaver the "Fenix," under suspicion of piratical intent.-- Certificate from ... 867
• Handy, James H., of the Fourth Auditor's office, in reference to the accounts and vouchers of Purser John B. Timberlake and Acting Purser Robert B. Randolph.--Statement of ... 667
• Harbor defence.--Report of a committee on the expediency of testing Uriah Brown's system of coast and ... 40, 201
• Harris, Richard D., navy agent at Boston, in relation to the amounts deposited in bank by Purser John B. Timberlake.--Letter from ... 682
• Harris, Surgeon Thomas, on the subject of allowing spirit rations to midshipmen.--Letter from ... 475
• Haviland, John.--Description of, and amount required to complete the naval hospital at Norfolk, Virginia.--Letters from ... 483, 484, 485, 486
• Hay, Charles, chief clerk of the Navy Department.--Statement explaining certain allowances made to, in 1828 and 1829 ... 731
• Heermann, Surgeon Lewis.--Circumstances attending the capture of the frigate "Philadelphia" by ... 459

  On the subject of allowing spirit rations to midshipmen.--Letter from ... 468

• Hemp.--Report from Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the result of experiments made to test the quality of American water-rotted hemp compared with Russian ... 88

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the result of experiment made to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for cordage and sails for the navy ... 301

• Henderson, Archibald, lieutenant colonel, marine corps, transmitting a statement of the force and distribution of the marines in December, 1826, and estimates for an increase of that corps.--Letter from ... 36

  In relation to the pay and emoluments of the officers of the marine corps.--Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 873

• Hill, Isaac.--(See Fourth Auditor.)
• Hoffman, B. J., United States navy, on the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 568

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• Hoffman, Michael, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives, to the Secretary of the Navy, calling for information in relation to the navy pension fund.--Letters from ... 522, 524, 525, 526, 527
• Hooe, Midshipman, W. F.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 452
• "Hornet," United States ship.--In relation to sums placed to the credit of the navy hospital, which were due to deserters from the.--Letter from the Fourth Auditor ... 486
• Hospital fund.--(See navy hospital fund.)
• Hospital, navy.--(See navy hospitals.)
• House of Representatives, calling for information in relation to the navy pension fund. Resolutions of the ... 523, 524

  Statements in relation to the navy pension fund, prepared in obedience to a resolution of the ... 528

• Hull, Captain Isaac.--On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 560
• I.
• Impressment of American seamen by the government of Peru.--Letter from Commodore Jones in relation to the ... 235
• Improvement of the navy.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a statement showing the progress made in executing the law for the gradual ... 234
• Ingersoll, Jonathan.--In relation to money paid to him by John B. Timberlake, purser of the frigate Constitution.--Letter from ... 673
• "Intrepid.,"--Report of a committee on a claim for prize money for the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia," in the harbor of Tripoli, by the officers and crew of the ketch ... 25, 122, 178

  Proposed distribution of prize money to the officers and crew of the ketch. ... 29, 30, 31, 125, 126

  Remarks of W. Jones on the claim of the officers and crew of the ketch ... 32

  Opinion of Richard S. Coxe ... 34

  List of the officers and crew of the ketch ... 126

  Orders given for the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" to the officer in command of the ketch ... 181

• "Insurgent," United States frigate.--Report of a committee on the claim of Eleanor Wells, whose husband was lost on board the ... 137
• Irregularities of the accounts under appropriations for the support of the navy and marine corps.--

  Message from the President of the United States suggesting legal remedies for the. ... 823

• Isthmus of Panama.--(See Panama.)
• J.
• Jackson, Andrew.--(See President of the United States.)
• Jenkins, M. C., in relation to the use of cotton for sails.--Letter from ... 365
• Jenkins, Midshipman John T., in relation to an amount charged to him on the books of Purser John Timberlake.--Letter from ... 672
• Johnson, Lieutenant Edward S., to Lieutenant George Budd.--Letter from ... 238
• Johnson, George.--Report of a committee on his claim to be released from liability as surety for Benjamin F. Bourne, late a purser in the navy ... 905
• Jones, Commodore Jacob.--Relating to the distribution of prize money among the officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid."--Letter from ... 125

  In relation to the impressment of American seamen by the government of Peru.--Letter from ... 235

• Jones, Jacob, United States navy.--On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 566
• Jones, John C., United States consul for the Sandwich Islands.--In relation to the wants of American commerce in the Sandwich Islands.--Letter from ... 760
• Jones, Captain Thomas Ap Catesby.--On the advantages to commerce of an exploration to the Pacific ocean and South seas ... 195

  Relating to the exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas.--Report from. ... 556

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the equipment of a vessel-of-war.

  --Letter from ... 568

  For a pension on account of a wound received in battle.--Memorial of ... 895

• Jones, W.--Remarks of, upon the claim of Mrs Decatur, widow of Commodore Decatur, and officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid," to prize money ... 32
• Judgment obtained against him for capturing a supposed piratical vessel.--Report of a committee on the claim of Commandant Jesse Wilkinson to be released, from a ... 149
• Justin, Midshipman Joshua H.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 451
• K.
• Kearney, Surgeon John A., and others, praying the passage of an act requiring strict examination of candidates for appointment as surgeons in the navy, and for an increase of the compensation of surgeons.--Memorial of ... 131

  Charging Midshipman Farnifold Green with having traduced the character of Captain Crane.--Letter from ... 458

• Kearney, Lawrence, Master Commandant.--Report of the cruise of ship "Warren'" for the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean ... 177
• Kendall, Amos.--(See Fourth Auditor.)
• Kennedy, Edmund P., United States navy.--On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 567
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• Kennon, Dr. Richard.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 454, 455, 456
• Kentucky.--List of widow and orphan pensioners in the State of, on January 1, 1827 ... 11

  Same, on January 1, 1828 ... 171

  Same, on January 1, 1829 ... 294

  Same, on January 1, 1825 ... 335

  Same, on January 1, 1830 ... 513

  Same, on January 1, 1831 ... 889

• Kelly, Matthew, and others, as to the utility of cotton canvas for sails.--Certificates from ... 363
• Ketch "Intrepid."--(See "Intrepid.")
• Key, Francis S.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green. ... 443
• Kiander, Charles F, private of marines.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman F. Green ... 442
• King, Miles, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy in explanation of the accounts and vouchers of ... 589

  Letters from ... 603, 605, 607

  Statement of the accounts of ... 609

• Knight, George K., owner of a schooner called the "Experiment," to compensation for his vessel, impressed by a naval officer and destroyed by the enemy.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 913
• "Kremlin."--Message of the President of the United States, communicating sundry papers in relation to the capture, by a United States vessel, of a Spanish slave-ship suspected of having followed, with piratical intent, the American brig the ... 865
• L.
• Lake Champlain.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the disbursement of prize money to those engaged in battles on ... 495
• Legal remedies for the irregularities of the accounts in the Navy Department.--Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Fourth Auditor, suggesting ... 823
• Leonard.--(See Allen & Leonard.)
• Lewis, Michael, for compensation on account of being taken prisoner while acting as pilot on a public vessel.--Report of a. committee on the claim of ... 200
• "Lexington" sloop-of-war.--A statement showing the cost of building the ... 367
• Libel on the English ship James Mitchell.--Report of a committee on the claim of Alexander Claxton, United States navy, to be indemnified for costs in prosecuting a ... 282
• Lieutenant colonel of the marine corps.--In 1828 ... 117

  In 1829 ... 270

  In 1830 ... 431

  In 1831 ... 819

• Lieutenants in the marine corps.--Register of, for 1828 ... 18, 19

  Register of, for 1829 ... 270

  For increase of their pay, memorial of ... 307

  Register of, for 1830 ... 432

  Register of, for 1831 ... 819

• Lieutenants in the navy.--Memorial of, praying an increase of pay ... 86

  Register of, for 1828 ... 94

  Register of, for 1829 ... 245

  Register of, for 1830 ... 405

  Register of, for 1831 ... 794

• Live-oak timber for the use of the navy.--Letters from the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of preserving and rearing ... 47, 50, 211

  Statement of expenditures on account of plantations for rearing ... 163

  Report of a committee on the acquisition of suitable land near Pensacola for the cultivation of and the means of preserving ... 917

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry papers relating to the land purchased from Joseph M. White and H. M. Breckenridge for the cultivation and rearing of ... 918

• Louisiana.--List of navy pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 8

  List of navy pensioners, January 1, 1828 ... 168

  List of navy pensioners, January 1, 1829 ... 291

  List of navy pensioners, January 1, 1825 ... 332

  List of navy pensioners, January 1, 1830 ... 513

  List of navy pensioners, January 1, 1831 ... 889

• M.
• Macdaniel, George, a clerk in the Fourth Auditor's office.--A statement explanatory of allowances made to him as special agent ... 736
• Maine.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 1

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 8

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 162

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 169

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 501

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 877

• Marine corps.--Force and distribution of the, in 1826 ... 36, 37, 38, 39

  Force required for sea service in 1827 ... 38

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy recommending an increase of the ... 54

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  Estimate of pay, &c., of officers and others of the, for 1828 ... 72

  Estimate of force required for the, for 1828 ... 75, 76

  Register of officers of the, for 1828 ... 117

  Estimate of pay, &c., of officers and others of the, for 1829, and 1st quarter of 1830 ... 228, 229, 230

  Statement of the average strength of the, from 1822 to 1828 ... 231

  Number of men more than allowed by law in the ... 232

  Register of officers of the, for 1829 ... 270, 274

  Report of a committee on the claim of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Gale, who was dismissed from the marine corps on account of insanity ... 284

  Memorial of lieutenants of, for increase of pay ... 307

  Estimate of pay, &c., of officers and others of the, for the year 1830, and 1st quarter of 1831 ... 392, 393

  Register of officers of the, for 1830 ... 431

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of dispensing with the marine corps as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war ... 560

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor relative to the pay and emoluments of officers of the ... 581

  Message from the President of the United States asking that appropriations be made to provide for the increased pay and emoluments of the ... 685

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with statements of the pay and emoluments of officers of the navy and the ... 685

  Statement of the amounts paid to each grade of officers of the ... 693

  Statement explanatory of certain allowances made in 1829 to one hundred and fifteen extra men of the ... 737

  Estimate of the pay, &c., of officers and others of the, for the year 1831 ... 775

  Register of the officers of the, for 1831 ... 819

  Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending an increase of the pay and allowances of officers of the ... 873

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a statement of the pay and allowances of officers of the ... 959, 960

• Marine hospital fund.--(See Naval hospital fund.)
• Marine railway at the Pensacola navy yard for the repair of sloops-of-war.--Message from the President of the United States as to what steps have been taken for the erection of a ... 676
• Maryland.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 6

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 10

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 167

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 170

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 289

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 293

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 331

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 334

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 510

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 886

• Massachusetts.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 2

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 8

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 163

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 169

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 285

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 292

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 327

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 333

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 501

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 877

• Masters commandant in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 94

  For an increase of their pay. Memorial of captains and ... 239, 240

  Register of, for 1829 ... 244

  Register of, for 1830 ... 404

  Register of, for 1831 ... 793

  Report of a committee submitting a statement of assimilated rank of officers of the army and navy, and recommending an increase of the pay of captains and ... 901

• Materials for ship building.--Average cost of, at the several navy yards from 1816 to 1826 ... 43
• Mayo, Lieutenant Isaac, commanding United States schooner Grampus, in relation to the seizure of the Spanish slaver the Fenix, suspected of piratical intent.--Letter from ... 866
• Mays, Elizabeth.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to a pension ... 143
• McCall, Master Commandant E. R.--Letter to Commodore Jesse D. Elliott in relation to the use of cotton canvas for sails ... 771
• McCarty, William M., in relation to the quantity of live-oak at Deer Point, Florida.--Letter to H. M. Breckenridge ... 958
• McKeever, Lieutenant Isaac, in command of the schooner "Shark," on a cruise among the fisheries of the north.--Letter from ... 57

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 564

• McKim, Isaac, as to the fitness and utility of cotton for sails and rigging for the navy.--Letter from ... 361
• McKinstry, Midshipman James P.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 452
• Mechanics at the several navy yards from 1819 to 1826.--Average per diem pay of the ... 42
• Mechlin, Joseph, agent of the United States on the coast of Africa.--Report from the Fourth Auditor in relation to the accounts of ... 764

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• Mediterranean.--Measures taken by the English, French, and Russian fleet for the suppression of piracy in the ... 139

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of sending two additional vessels to the, for the suppression of piracy ... 175

  Letter from Commodore W. M. Crane, in command of the naval force in the ... 176

  List of vessels in 1828 stationed in the ... 217

  List of vessels in 1829 stationed in the ... 352

  List of vessels in 1830 stationed in the ... 790

• Mesurado, Africa.--Letter from J. Ashmun, acting agent of the United States in relation to recaptured Africans landed at ... 58, 59

  Letter from Lieutenant Norris, of the schooner Shark, in relation to the slave trade and the United States agency at ... 58

  Letter from George P. Todson, United States agent at ... 60

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the condition and expense of the United States agency for recaptured Africans at ... 143

  Schedule of United States property at ... 146

  Statement showing in what manner the Africans returned on board the ship "Norfolk" were disposed of ... 147

• Mexican brig, the "Hermon."--Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry papers in relation to a violation of the neutrality laws by the ... 236, 237, 238
• Mezick, B., as to the fitness of cotton duck for canvas for sails, &c.--Letter from ... 363
• Michelet, Henry, to Joseph M. White.--Copy of a deed from ... 936

  Copy of a deed from Joaquin Barela to ... 936

• Midshipmen in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 104

  Statement showing the proportion to which each State and Territory is entitled ... 161

  Number and names of those appointed during the 1st session of the 20th Congress ... 204

  Register of, for 1829 ... 255

  Register of, for 1830 ... 415

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of allowing spirit rations to ... 468

  Letters from surgeons in the navy on the subject of allowing spirit rations to ... 468, 469, 475

  Register of, for 1831 ... 804

• "Mitchell," "James," saved from shipwreck.--Report of a committee on the claim of commandant Alexander Claxton for indemnity of costs in prosecuting a libel on the ship ... 282
• Moore, Edmund, a seaman killed in the battle on Lake Champlain.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the claim of the administrator of ... 495
• Moreno, F. & F.--Copy of a deed to the Secretary of the Navy from Joseph M. White, attorney in fact for ... 939

  Copy of a power of attorney to Joseph M. White from ... 940

• Mulgrave Islands.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the mutineers of the ship Globe, and the visit of the Dolphin to the ... 51
• Murden, Joseph, in relation to the vouchers of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Letter from ... 602, 610
• Mutineers of the ship Globe, relative to the visit of the "Dolphin" to the Mulgrave Islands in search of the.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 51
• N.
• Nantucket.--Memorial of citizens of, for an exploration of the Pacific ocean and South seas ... 196
• Narraganset Bay.--Report from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of surveys made with a view of establishing a naval depot ... 463
• "Natchez," sloop-of-war--A statement of the cost of building the ... 367
• Naval Asylum at Philadelphia.--(See Philadelphia)
• Naval constructors.--Register of, for 1828 ... 120

  Register of, for 1829 ... 272

  Register of, for 1830 ... 434

  Register of, for 1831 ... 821

• Naval depots.--Memorial of citizens of Savannah, Georgia, for the establishment of a naval depot at that place ... 198

  Report from the Secretary of War, with a report of surveys made with a view to the establishment of ... 463, 465

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to surveys made with a view to the establishment of ... 789

• Naval peace establishment.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting a plan for a ... 128, 541
• Naval register for 1828 ... 92

  For 1829 ... 242

  For 1830 ... 402

  For 1831 ... 791

• Naval storekeepers.--Register of, for 1828 ... 119

  Register of, for 1829 ... 272

  Register of, for 1830 ... 434

  Register of, for 1831 ... 821

• Navarino, by the English, French, and Russian fleets.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy with an account of the destruction of the Turkish fleet at ... 139
• Navy.--A statement showing the relative rank and pay of officers of the army and officers of the ... 300, 365
• Navy agents.--Register of, for 1828 ... 119

  Register of, for 1829 ... 272

  Circular directing how requisitions are hereafter to be made for money by ... 370

  State of the appropriations for, taken from the returns of the several ... 371

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  Statement of the amount of requisitions from navy agents from June 1, 1828, to March 21, 1829 ... 373

  Balances in the hands of, March 21, 1829 ... 374

  Register of, for 1830 ... 433

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy in explanation of the accounts and vouchers of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia ... 589

  Statement of the annual allowances to the regular and special ... 692

  Register of, for 1831 ... 821

• Navy Commissioners, board of, transmitting statements of the cost of and expenditures at the several navy yards from 1816 to 1826.--Letter from the ... 41

  With an estimate of the expense of the navy for the year 1828.--Report from the ... 63

  On the condition of and progress made in the improvement of the navy in 1828.--Letter from the ... 74, 75

  With the result of experiments made to test the quality of American water-rotted hemp.-- Letter from the ... 88

  List of officers of the, 1828, 92

  Relating to the distribution of prize money to the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid.-- Letter from the ... 125

  Showing the cost of fitting a frigate for sea, and the annual expense thereof.--Letter from the ... 134

  Operations of the office of the, for 1828 ... 213

  Explanation of the estimates of the, for 1829 ... 228

  Transmitting estimates for the support of the office of the, for 1829 ... 233

  On the expediency of erecting establishments for the manufacture of cordage and canvas.-- Letter from the ... 242

  Giving the result of experiments to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for sails and cordage.--Letter from the ... 301

  Relating to the number of navy yards now in operation, and the expense thereof.--Report from the ... 354

  Explanatory of expenditures of appropriations.--Report from the ... 369

  Relating to the future drawing of requisitions.--Circular from the ... 370

  Transmitting statements from the returns of navy agents.--Letters from the ... 371, 373

  Relating to contracts and expenditures.--Letter from the ... 371

  Estimates for the support of the office of the, for 1830 ... 391

  On the subject of a reorganization of the Navy Department.--Letter from the ... 396

  Relating to the naval hospital fund, the navy hospital near Norfolk, and the naval asylum near Philadelphia.--Report from the ... 479

  Relating to the duties, bonds, accounts, and compensation of pursers.--Letter from the ... 491

  Transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy ... 492

  On the number, extent, and arrangements of navy yards and dry docks.--Report from the ... 493

  On the condition of the navy pension fund, for 1829.--Report from the ... 499

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Report from the Secretary of the ... 500

  List of naval pensioners ... 501

  List of widow and orphan pensioners ... 514

  Letters from Michael Hoffman, chairman committee naval affairs House of Representatives ... 522, 524, 525, 526, 527

  Copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to M. Hoffman ... 522

  List of pensioners to be left off the rolls ... 523

  Resolutions of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to navy pensions and pensioners ... 523, 524

  Transmitting statements in relation to the navy pension fund, prepared in obediencee to a resolution of the House of Representatives.--Report from the ... 528

  In relation to the proposed exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas.-- Letter from the ... 560

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel of war.--Letters from the members of the board of ... 561

  In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives for an estimate of the loss the United States would sustain by changing the site of the navy yard at Portsmouth, Virginia ... 575

  On the erection of a radiating marine railway at Pensacola, Florida, for the repair of sloops-of-war.--Letters from the ... 577

  In relation to the accounts and vouchers of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Letters from the ... 603, 604

  Estimates for the support of the office of the, for 1831 ... 785

  Transmitting estimates for building three schooners for the naval service, and the expense of one schooner for one year ... 788

  Register of officers for 1831, in the office of the ... 791

  In relation to the annual expense necessary to maintain a navy yard for building and equipping ships with despatch.--Report from the ... 871

  Transmitting plans and estimates for navy hospitals at Charlestown, Mass., New York, and Pensacola.--Report from the ... 898, 899

• Navy Department.--Letters from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the number and salaries of clerks in the ... 232, 391

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor in relation to the confused and unsettled state of the accounts of the ... 375

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  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to the Navy Commissioners, and their reply thereto, on the subject of a reorganization of the ... 396

  Report of a committee on the expediency of certain allowances from the appropriations for contingent expenses of the ... 574

• Navy hospital fund.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy showing the condition of the ... 14, 16, 17, 18, 55, 209

  Report of a committee on the expediency of making an appropriation for the ... 297

  Statement of the amount received, expended, and due the ... 297, 298

  Report from the Navy Commissioners in relation to the ... 479

  Statements showing the amount received and disbursed during the year 1829 on account of the ... 481, 482

  Estimate of the debts of, and claims against the ... 485

  Letter in reference to the amount due to deserters, and placed to the credit of the ... 486

• Navy hospitals.--Statement of the amount expended in erecting buildings for ... 297, 299, 481

  Statement of the amount required to complete the buildings now in course of erection for ... 300, 484, 485, 486, 487

  In relation to the selection of a site near Pensacola, Florida, for a navy hospital ... 357

  In relation to the navy hospital near Norfolk ... 479

  General description of the building erected for a navy hospital near Norfolk ... 483, 487

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting explanatory estimates for naval hospitals at Charlestown, Massachusetts, New York, and Pensacola ... 897

• Navy pensioners.--List of, January 1, 1827 ... 1, 8

  List of, January 1, 1828 ... 162, 169

  List of, January 1, 1829 ... 285, 292

  List of, January 1, 1825 ... 327, 333

  List of, January 1, 1830 ... 501, 514

  List of, January 1, 1831 ... 877, 890

  List of, to whom pensions have been granted since January 22, 1824 ... 303

  List of, time of applications for pensions, deaths of, &c 303, 304, 305

  List of widow and orphan, under other laws than that of March 3, 1817 ... 345

  List of widow and orphan pensioners since the repeal of the act of March 3, 1817 ... 346

  List of widow and orphan pensioners under the act of March 3, 1817 ... 347

• Navy pension fund, January 1, 1827.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy showing the condition of the ... 1

  Same, January 1, 1828 ... 162

  Same, January 1, 1829 ... 284

  Statement showing the amount of stocks and dividends on stocks belonging to, and the losses sustained by, the, from 1814 to 1824 ... 323

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy showing the condition of the, January 1, 1825 ... 322

  Report of a committee on the claim of certain widows to be placed on the roll of the ... 343

  Report of a committee on the condition of, and the pensions to widows and orphans chargeable to, the ... 344

  Transmitting statements showing the condition of the, January 1, 1830.--Report from the commissioners of the ... 499

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Report from the Secretary of the ... 500

  List of naval pensioners ... 500

  List of widow and orphan pensioners ... 514

  Copies of resolutions of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to the ... 523, 524

  Copies of letters from the Secretary of the Navy to the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives ... 522

  Statements prepared in obedience to resolutions of the House of Representatives ... 528

  January 1, 1825.--Report from the Commissioners of the Navy showing the condition of the ... 873

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Report from the Register of the Treasury ... 874

  Statement showing the amount received and expended ... 875

  Report from the Fourth Auditor showing the condition of the fund ... 876

  List of naval pensioners ... 877

  List of widow and orphan pensioners ... 890

  Report of a committee on the formation and purposes of the ... 909

• Navy, Secretary of the.--Reports and letters from the.--Annual report in relation to the naval pension fund for 1826 ... 1

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  List of naval pensioners ... 1

  List of widow and orphan pensioners ... 8

  Abstract of warrants drawn ... 11

  Statement of bank belonging to that fund ... 12

  Accounts of the treasurer of the fund ... 12

  Statement of the funded debt ... 13

  In relation to the naval hospital fund ... 18

  On the expediency of establishing a line of vessels to Panama, and a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ... 21

  On the subject of general and specific estimates.--Letter from the ... 22

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  Statement of the force and distribution of the marines, and showing the necessity for an increase of that corps ... 36

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER: Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Henderson ... 36

  Statement of cost of expenditures at the several navy yards from 1819 to 1826 ... 40

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Statement of the original price paid for the sites of each of the navy yards ... 40

  Letter from the Navy Commissioners, showing the expenditures at the several navy yards ... 41

  On the expediency of preserving and rearing live-oak timber ... 47, 50

  Annual report, showing the condition of the navy for the year 1827 ... 50

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  List of deaths since December 2, 1826 ... 56

  List of resignations since December 2, 1826 ... 56

  Letter from Lieutenant Isaac McKeever, of the schooner Shark, with an account of his cruise ... 57

  Letter from Lieutenant Commandant Otho Norris, of the United States schooner Shark ... 58

  Letter from J. Ashmun, relating to the liberation of certain Africans found in different slaving establishments on the coast of Africa ... 58

  Letter from George P. Todson, agent at Mesurado, Africa, in relation to the liberated Africans per ship "Norfolk" ... 60

  Statement of expenditures for the prohibition of the slave trade ... 62

  Statement of expenditures for the support of the agency on the coast of Africa ... 63

  Letter from the Navy Commissioners, with an estimate of the expenses of the navy for the year 1828 ... 63

  Statement from Archibald Henderson, lieutenant commanding the marine corps, showing its condition, with an annual estimate of the pay, &c., of that corps for the year 1828 ... 72, 75, 76

  Result of experiments to ascertain the quality of American water-rotted hemp, compared with Russian hemp ... 88

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER: Letter from the Navy Commissioners ... 88

  Transmitting surveys of the harbor of Savannah, Georgia ... 90

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Copy of orders to Lieutenant Robert F. Stockton ... 90

  Report of Lieutenant R. F. Stockton ... 91

  Transmitting the Naval Register for 1828 ... 92

  Transmitting a plan for a naval peace establishment ... 128, 129, 541

  Showing the cost of fitting a frigate for sea, and the annual expense of such vessel ... 134

  On the subject of dry docks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Brooklyn, New York, 138

  On the subject of the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Navarino, and the means adopted by the French, English, and Russian fleet for the suppression of piracy ... 139

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER: Letter from Captain T. D. Patterson ... 139

  On the claim of Jane Baker to a pension ... 142

  On the claim of Elizabeth Mays to a pension ... 143

  Statement showing the condition and expense of the agency on the coast of Africa ... 143

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from J. Ashmun, agent ... 144

  Schedule of property at Mesurado ... 145

  Statement showing the disposition made of Africans returned to the coast ... 147

  To Commandant Jesse Wilkinson in relation to the capture of the Spanish vessel, Ninfa Catalina ... 158

  On the selection of commissioned and warrant officers ... 158

  Annual report in relation to the naval pension fund for 1827 ... 162

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  List of naval pensioners ... 162

  List of widow and orphan pensioners ... 169

  Abstracts of warrants drawn during the year ... 172

  Statement of bank stock belonging to that fund ... 173

  Accounts of the treasurer of the navy commissioners ... 173

  Statement of the funded debt belonging to the fund ... 174

  On the expediency of sending two additional sloops-of-war to the Mediterranean for the suppression of piracy ... 175

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from Captain D. T. Patterson, of the United States ship Constitution ... 175

  Letter from Commodore W. M. Crane ... 176

  Letter from Lieutenant Cooper, of the United States schooner "Porpoise" ... 176

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  Letter from Master Commandant B. W. Booth ... 176, 177

  Report of the cruise of the United States ship "Warren" ... 177

  Private letter dated at Smyrna ... 177

  In relation to an exploration of the Pacific ocean and South seas ... 196, 650

  On the expediency of extending the act allowing pensions from the privateer pension fund ... 197, 198

  On the subject of Uriah Brown's system of coast and harbor defence ... 202

  In relation to the difficulties in obtaining seamen, their cause, and measures for their removal ... 205

  Annual report, showing the condition of the navy in the year 1828 ... 209

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Statement of expenditures for the prohibition of the slave trade ... 216

  List of vessels in commission ... 217

  List of deaths during the year ... 217

  List of resignations during the year ... 218

  List of dismissions during the year ... 219

  General estimate for the year 1829 ... 219

  Estimate for the first quarter of 1830 ... 228

  Letter from the Navy Commissioners in explanation of the estimates ... 228

  Estimate for the marine corps for the year 1829 ... 228

  Estimate for the marine corps first quarter of 1830 ... 229

  Statement showing the average strength of the marine corps for each month from 1822 to 1828 ... 231, 232

  Estimate for the office of the Secretary of the Navy for 1829 ... 232

  Estimate for the support of the Navy Commissioners' office for 1829 and first quarter of 1830 ... 233

  Estimate for the office of Secretary of the Navy for first quarter of 1830 ... 233

  Number of vessels on the stocks, those in ordinary, and repairing at the several yards ... 233

  Letter from Commodore Jones relating to American seamen impressed by the government of Peru ... 235

  Letters relating to piracies on the coast of Cuba ... 236, 237, 238

  In relation to the claim of Henry Eckford for rent of ground near Sackett's Harbor for the use of the navy ... 238

  On the expediency of erecting establishments for the manufacture of cordage and canvas for the navy ... 241

  Transmitting the naval register for 1829 ... 242

  On the expediency of establishing a navy yard or depot on the coast between Cape Hatteras and Florida ... 275

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Survey of the harbor of Brunswick, Georgia ... 277

  Survey of the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina ... 276

  Letter from John P. Henry, navy agent, Savannah, Georgia, as to the facilities for establishing a navy yard or depot at that place ... 278

  Table of deaths at Savannah from 1822 to 1826, inclusive ... 281

  On the condition of the navy pension fund for the year 1828 ... 284

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  List of naval pensioners ... 285

  List of widow and orphan pensioners ... 295

  Abstract of warrants drawn on account of the fund ... 295

  Statement of stocks to the credit of the fund ... 296

  Bank stock belonging to the fund ... 296

  Transmitting statements showing the amounts received and expended, and the amount due on account of the navy hospital fund ... 298

  Transmitting a statement of the amount required to complete the marine hospitals now in course of erection ... 300

  Giving the results of.experiments made to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for sails and cordage ... 301

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Letter from the Navy Commissioners ... 301

  Concerning navy pensions ... 302

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Statement of the names of pensioners and the number of pensions granted since January 22, 1824 ... 303

  In relation to the proposed expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas, with estimates of the expense thereof, &c ... 308, 311, 315

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Estimate of the cost of preparing the ship "Peacock" and three other vessels for sea, and the whole expenses of the expedition ... 314, 315, 316, 317

  As to the expediency of continuing the act allowing pensions from the privateer pension fund, the expenses thereof from 1818 to 1827, and the value of the stocks belonging thereto ... 320, 321, 322

  On the condition of the navy pension fund ... 322

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• Navy, Secretary of the.--Reports, &c--

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Statements of amount received from sale of prizes, interest on stock, and losses sustained by the fund ... 323, 324

  Account of T. T. Tucker, agent for the fund ... 324

  Account of the treasurer of the fund ... 325

  Statement of stocks to the credit of the fund ... 326

  List of naval pensioners, December 31, 1824 ... 327

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, December 31, 1824 ... 333

  In relation to pensions to widows and orphans ... 345

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Statement of pensioners under other laws than that of March 3, 1817 ... 345

  Statement of pensions granted since the repeal of the act of March 3, 1817 ... 346

  Statement of pensions granted under the act of March 3, 1817 ... 347

  Annual report of the condition of the navy in the year 1829 ... 348

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Statement of vessels in commission, their disposition, &c ... 352

  Statement showing the condition of vessels on the stocks, and those in ordinary and repairing ... 353

  Report of the commissioners of the navy, relating to navy yards ... 354

  Letter from John Rodgers, as to a site for a marine hospital near Pensacola navy yard ... 357

  Letters from W. R. Davis and others, in relation to the use of cotton canvas ... 360

  Statement showing the relative rank, pay, &c., of officers of the army and navy ... 365

  Letter from the commissioners of the navy, relating to appropriations for the navy ... 366

  Statements on the state of the accounts of the navy ... 375

  Estimates for the navy for the year 1830 and 1st quarter of 1831 ... 381

  Estimates for the marine corps for the year 1830 and 1st quarter of 1831 ... 392

  Lists of deaths, dismissions, and resignations since December 1, 1828 ... 394, 395

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to the commissioners of the navy, relating to the reorganization of the navy, and their reply thereto ... 396

  Directing Midshipman Farnifold Green to report himself to the president of a court-martial for trial ... 456

  Transmitting opinions of surgeons in relation to allowing midshipmen ardent spirits as a part of their rations ... 468

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from Surgeon Lewis Heerman ... 468

  Report from Surgeon William C. Barton ... 469

  Letter from Surgeon Thomas Harris ... 475

  Estimates of deficiencies in the naval appropriations for 1829 ... 478

  Statement showing the condition and income of the navy pension fund, and the future probable charges upon said fund ... 488

  Recommending an organization of the surgical department of the navy ... 490

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Bill for an organization of the surgical department of the navy ... 491

  Relating to the duties, bonds, and accounts of pursers 491, 541

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Letter from the navy commissioners ... 491

  Proposing a reorganization of the board of navy commissioners ... 492

  In relation to the number, extent, and arrangements of navy yards and dry docks ... 493

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Letter from the naval commissioners ... 493

  To Michael Hoffman, chairman of Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, relating to the navy pension fund ... 524

  Transmitting a plan for a peace establishment for the navy ... 541

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  The form of a bill to reorganize the navy ... 542

  Statement of the number of officers on the rolls and the number proposed ... 543

  Statement showing the proposed increase of annual expenses 544, 545

  To Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, jr., in relation to the proposed expedition to the South seas and Pacific ocean.--Letters from the ... 549, 552, 554, 555, 556, 557, 559

  On the expediency of dispensing with the marine corps as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war ... 560

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from Isaac Hull, commandant at the navy yard at Washington, D. C. ... 560

  Letter from the navy commissioners ... 561

  Letters from Captain W. M. Crane and others ... 562

  Transmitting a survey of the Dry Tortugas island, in Florida, for a naval rendezvous. Report of the ... 570

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  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Report of Lieutenant Josiah Tatnall ... 570

  Presenting extracts from the proceedings of a court-martial on the conduct of Purser Wm. P. Zantzinger ... 572

  Relating to the contingent disbursements of the Navy Department ... 574

  Transmitting an estimate of the loss the United States would sustain by changing the site of the navy yard at Portsmouth, Virginia ... 575

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Letter from the navy commissioners' office ... 575

  On the erection of a radiating marine railway for the repair of sloops-of-war at the Pensacola navy yard ... 576

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor relative to the pay and emoluments of officers of the marine corps ... 581

  In explanation of the accounts and vouchers of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia ... 589, 592

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letters and reports from the Fourth Auditor ... 590, 595, 601, 602, 604, 606, 607, 608, 610

  Letter from Littleton W. Tazewell, president of Branch Bank of the United States at Norfolk, Virginia ... 591, 593

  Letter from the President of the United States ... 592

  Letter from Captain James Barron ... 595

  Letter from Captain A. Sinclair ... 601

  Letter from J. Murden ... 602, 610

  Letter from Miles King ... 603

  Letter from Captain L. Warrington ... 603

  Letter from J. Graham ... 603, 605, 607

  Letters from the navy commissioners ... 603, 604

  Letter from A. P. Darragh, purser ... 607

  Statement from Joseph L. Roberts, cashier of the Branch Bank of the United States at Norfolk, Virginia ... 608, 609, 610

  Statement of the accounts of M. King ... 609

  Letter from George Newton, transmitting accounts with the branch of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk ... 649

  In explanation of the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and of Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, acting purser, of the frigate "Constitution" ... 654

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letters from the Fourth Auditor ... 654, 669, 670, 671, 672, 674, 676, 680, 681, 682, 683

  Letters from the Hon. John H. Eaton ... 660, 662, 663, 664

  Statement of Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph ... 664, 669, 670, 674

  Statement of Lieutenant E. A. F. Vallette ... 665, 679, 683

  Statement of Lieutenant Benjamin Tallmadge, jr ... 666

  Statement of Captain Daniel T. Patterson ... 666, 678

  Statement of Robert Getty ... 666

  Letter from James H. Handy, of the Fourth Auditor's office ... 667

  Extract from letters of J. K. Paulding ... 668, 681

  Letter from Midshipman P. S. Stockton ... 671

  Letter from Midshipman James H. Ward ... 671

  Letter from John F. Brooke, United States navy ... 672

  Letter from Lieutenant William Dulany, United States marine corps ... 672

  Letter from John Pope ... 672

  Letter from John T. Jenkins, United States navy ... 672

  Letter from W. F. Shields ... 673

  Letter from James Cormick ... 673

  Letter from Jonathan English ... 673

  Letter from Midshipman Amasa Payne ... 673

  Letter from William O'Neale ... 675

  Statement of the accounts of Lieutenant Randolph with Branch Bank of the United States at Boston ... 676

  Letter from Thomas Norman ... 681

  Letter from Richard D. Harris ... 682

  Statement of the account of Lieutenant Randolph with Silas Butler ... 684

  Transmitting statements of the pay, emoluments, and allowances of every officer and agent in the naval service, including the marine corps ... 685

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Report of the Fourth Auditor ... 685

  Statements of the amounts paid to each grade of officers in the naval service, excluding the marine corps, within the years 1828 and 1829 ... 691

  Statement of the annual allowances to regular navy agents ... 692

  Statement of the amount paid to each grade of officers of the marine corps in 1828 and 1829 ... 693

  Statement of allowances made in the Navy Department to persons receiving salaries in 1828 and 1829, and former allowances to the same persons ... 695

  Statement of the amount paid to sundry officers and agents in 1828 and 1829 for travelling expenses ... 696

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  Statement of allowances, other than those fixed by law, made during 1828 and 1829 ... 709

  Explanations of some of the allowances made during 1828 and 1829 ... 729

  Statement of the names of officers on leave, waiting orders, or on furlough, in 1828 and 1829, and the amount paid to each ... 739

  Names of surgeons and assistant surgeons who were waiting orders or on furlough during the years 1828 and 1829 ... 747

  List of persons who were appointed officers in the navy during the years 1828 and 1829, and the date of each appointment ... 749

  Annual report showing the condition of the navy in the year 1830 ... 753

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Extracts from the report of Captain Finch, of the sloop-of-war "Vincennes," of a cruise in the China seas ... 759, 760

  Extracts from the reports made by the surgical department of the navy in relation to the use of chloride of lime ... 761

  Statement showing the progress which has been made in the erection of dry docks at Boston and Norfolk ... 762

  Statement of expenditures, &c., on account of live-oak plantations ... 763

  Statement of expenditures, &c., for the removal of recaptured Africans to Liberia ... 764

  Statement showing the number, name, state, and condition of vessels-of-war now in ordinary, and the amount estimated for the repair of each, &c ... 767, 770

  Statement showing the number, state, and condition of vessels now on the stocks ... 769

  Amount of stores on hand at the respective navy yards ... 770

  Letters from officers giving the result of their experience in the use of cotton sails ... 771

  List of deaths since December 1, 1829 ... 771

  List of dismissals since December 1, 1829 ... 772

  List of resignations since December 1, 1829 ... 773

  General estimate for the support of the navy for the year 1831 ... 774

  Transmitting estimates of the expense of building three schooners for the naval service ... 788

  In relation to surveys made with a view to the establishment of naval depots ... 789

  On the mode of relieving vessels-of-war on foreign stations, the return to the United States of seamen whose terms of service have expired, and an enumeration of vessels-of-war on foreign stations ... 790

  Transmitting the Naval Register for the year 1831 ... 791

  List of persons employed in the office of the ... 791

  Communicating sundry papers in relation to the capture, by the United States schooner "Grampus," of the Spanish vessel called the "Fenix," with African slaves on board, and under suspicion of piracy ... 865

  Communicating a report from the navy commissioners of the annual sum necessary to maintain a navy yard for building and equipping ships with despatch ... 871

  Recommending that the pay and allowances of officers of the marine corps be increased, and that the allowances from the contingent fund be defined ... 873

  In relation to applications for navy pensions during the year 1830 ... 894

  Transmitting estimates for the construction of naval hospitals at Charlestown, Massachusetts, New York, and Pensacola ... 897

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Report from the navy commissioners, with plans and estimates ... 898, 899

  Letter from Dr. William R. Barton, with estimates of the cost of furnishing ... 899

  In relation to the regulation and proper distribution of the contingent expenses of the navy and the Navy Department ... 915

  In relation to the acquisition of suitable land for the cultivation of live-oak, and the means of preserving that timber for the use of the navy ... 918

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Copies of the correspondence between the Navy Department and H. M. Breckenridge ... 920, 921, 922, 925, 926, 927, 928, 930, 933, 937, 938, 945, 946, 950

  Extract from the report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 1, 1827 ... 931

  Copies of the correspondence and articles of agreement between Joseph M. White and the Secretary of the Navy ... 925, 931, 935, 947, 948, 949, 955

  Copies of deeds to the United States ... 932, 933, 935, 936, 937, 939, 940, 941

  Statements of the amounts paid for lands and the expenses of cultivation ... 934, 935, 947, 953

  Articles of agreement between H. M. Breckenridge and the Secretary of the Navy ... 937

  Copy of a power of attorney from H. M. Breckenridge to Joseph M. White ... 938

  Letters from the agents for the examination and survey of West Florida lands ... 939, 944, 951

  Letters from Commodore Rodgers to the Secretary of the Navy 943, 951

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, House of Representatives ... 945

  Miscellaneous papers in relation to live-oak lands ... 947

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Commodore John Rodgers ... 950

  Letter from the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives to the Secretary of the Navy, and his reply thereto ... 951, 952

  Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Navy ... 953

  Letter from E. D. White to the Secretary of the Navy ... 954

  Letter from E. Chandler to the Secretary of the Navy ... 955

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  Letter from William Darby to the Secretary of the Navy ... 955

  Letters from W. D. Acken to Joseph M. White ... 956, 957, 958

  Letter from L. Warrington to Joseph M. White ... 958

  Letter from H. M. Breckenridge to Wm. M. McCarty, and the answer thereto ... 958

  Letter from R. C. Brent to H. M. Breckenridge 958

  Transmitting a statement of the pay, rations, and allowances of officers of the marine corps ... 959

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor, with a table of the pay and emoluments of the officers of the marine corps ... 959

  Navy yard at Brooklyn, New York.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Statements showing the whole amount of expenditures from 1819 to 1826, at the ... 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1828, at the ... 66

  Statements showing the number, name, state, and condition of vessels undergoing repairs and those building at 74, 234, 353, 768

  Report of a committee on the expediency of constructing a dry dock at ... 137

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1829, at the ... 223

  Same for 1830, at the ... 385

  Same for 1831, at the ... 777, 779

  Statement showing the number of vessels on the stocks, their state of preservation, and the time and expense necessary to prepare them for launching, at the ... 769, 770

  Estimate for improvement and repairs of the, for 1831 ... 787

  Navy yard at Charlestown, (Boston,) Massachusetts.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Statements showing the whole amount of expenditures from 1819 to 1826 ... 42

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others, for the year 1828, at the ... 65

  Same for the year 1829, at the ... 221

  Same for the year 1830, at the ... 384

  Same for the year 1831, at the ... 777, 779

  Statements showing the number, name, state, and condition of vessels undergoing repairs and those building at 74, 233, 353, 767

  Statement showing the amount expended in building a dry dock at ... 235

  Statement showing the number of vessels on the stocks, their state of preservation, and the time and expense necessary to prepare them for launching, at the ... 769, 770

  Estimate for improvements and repairs of the, for the year 1831 ... 786

  Navy yard at Dennet's island, Maine.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Navy yard at Pensacola, Florida.--Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others, for the year 1828, at the ... 69

  Same for the year 1829, at the ... 225

  Same for the year 1830, at the ... 388

  Same for the year 1831, at the ... 777, 783

  Message from the President of the United States in reference to the erection of a radiating marine railway for the repairs of sloops-of-war at the ... 576

  Navy yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Statements showing the whole amount expended from 1819 to 1826, at the ... 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1828, at the ... 67

  Same for the year 1829, at the ... 222

  Same for the year 1830, at the ... 386

  Same for the year 1831, at the ... 777, 780

  Statement showing the number, name, state, and condition of vessels undergoing repairs and those building at the ... 74, 233, 354, 768

  Statement showing the number of vessels on the stocks at, their state of preservation, and the time and expense necessary to prepare them for launching ... 769, 770

  Estimate for the year 1831 for improvements and repairs of the ... 787

  Navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.--Statements showing the whole amount expended from 1819 to 1826, at the ... 42, 43, 44, 45

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1828, at the ... 65

  Same for the year 1829, at the ... 221

  Same for the year 1830, at the ... 383

  Same for the year 1831, at the ... 777, 778

  Statement showing the number, name, state, and condition of vessels undergoing repairs and those building at the ... 74, 234, 353

  Report of a committee on the expediency of constructing a dry dock at the ... 137

  Statement showing the number of vessels on the stocks at, their state of preservation, and the time and expense necessary to prepare them for launching ... 769

  Estimate for the year 1831 for improvements and repairs of the ... 786

  Navy yard at Portsmouth, (Gosport,) Virginia.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Statements showing the whole amount expended from 1819 to 1826 at the ... 42, 43, 44, 45

  Estimates of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1828 at the ... 68

  Estimates of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1829 at the ... 224

  Estimates of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1830 at the ... 387

  Estimates of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1831 at the ... 777, 782

  Statement showing the number, name, state, and condition of vessels undergoing repairs and those building at ... 75, 234, 353, 768

  Statement showing the amount expended in building a dry dock at ... 235

  Estimate of the loss the United States would sustain by changing the site of the ... 575

  Statement showing the number of vessels on the stocks, their state of preservation, and the time and expense necessary to preparing them for launching, at the ... 770

  Estimate for the year 1831 for improvements and repairs at the ... 787

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• Navy yard at Sackett&s Harbor, New York.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Statements showing the whole amount expended from 1819 to 1826 at the ... 43, 44, 45, 46

  Estimate for the pay of the master for 1828 ... 71

  Estimate for the pay of the master for 1829 ... 226

  Estimate for the pay of the master for 1830 ... 389

  Estimate for the pay of the master for 1831 ... 777, 784

• Navy yard at Washington, District of Columbia.--Original price paid for the site of the ... 40

  Statement showing the whole amount expended from 1819 to 1826 at the ... 42, 43, 44, 45

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1828 at the ... 68

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1829 at the ... 223

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1830 at the ... 386

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others for the year 1831 at the ... 777, 781

  Statement showing the number, state, and condition of vessels undergoing repairs and those building at the ... 74, 234, 354, 768

  Statement showing the number of vessels on the stocks, their state of preservation, and the time and expense necessary to prepare them for launching, at the ... 770

  Estimate for the year 1831 for improvements and repairs at the ... 787

• Navy yards.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with an exhibit of the cost of the original sites of each from 1819 to 1826 ... 40

  Statement showing the expenditures to 1826 at the several ... 41, 42

  Estimates for repairs and improvements at the several ... 63

  On the expediency of establishing navy yards on the coast at certain points between Cape Hatteras and Florida ... 212, 275

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy relating to navy yards, and the expense thereof ... 354

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor respecting the pay and allowances to officer stationed at ... 376

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy and report of the navy commissioners on the number, extent, and arrangements of dry docks and ... 493

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating a report of the navy commissioners, with estimates of the annual sum necessary to maintain a navy yard for building and equipping ships with despatch ... 871

• New Hampshire.--List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1827, in the State of ... 1

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1827, in the State of ... 8

  List of navy pensioners, 1st January, 1828, in the State of ... 162

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1828, in the State of ... 169

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1829, in the State of ... 285

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1829, in the State of ... 292

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1825, in the State of ... 328

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1826, in the State of ... 333

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1830, in the State of ... 503

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1831, in the State of ... 879

• New Jersey--List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1827, in the State of ... 5

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1828, in the State of ... 166

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1829, in the State of ... 288

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1825, in the State of ... 330

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1830, in the State of ... 508

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1831, in the State of ... 884

• Newport, Rhode Island.--Surveys made with the view of establishing a naval depot at.--Report from the Secretary of War ... 463
• Newton, George, president, office Bank United States, Norfolk, transmitting accounts of Miles King, navy agent.--Letter from ... 649
• Neutrality laws.--Correspondence in relation to a violation of the, by the Mexican brig "Hermon" 236, 237, 238
• New York.--(See Navy yards.)

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1827, in the State of ... 3

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1827, in the State of ... 9

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1828, in the State of ... 164

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1828, in the State of ... 170

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1829, in the State of ... 286

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1829, in the State of ... 292

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1825, in the State of ... 328

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, 1st January, 1825, in the State of ... 334

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1830, in the State of ... 503

  List of naval pensioners, 1st January, 1831, in the State of ... 879

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with estimates for building a marine hospital at the city of ... 897

• Nicholson, John, United States marshal eastern district of Louisiana, in relation to the Africans lately landed at New Orleans from on board the Spanish ship the "Fenix."--Letter to the Attorney General of the United States from ... 870
• Nicholson, John B., master commandant, announcing his arrival at Cape Mesurado.--Letter from ... 149
• Nicholson, Captain J. J., on the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 567
• "Ninfa Catalina," on suspicion of piratical intent.--Report of a committee on the claim of Captain Jesse B. Wilkinson, to be indemnified for losses on account of the capture of the Spanish vessel the ... 149
• Norman, Thomas, clerk to Purser John B. Timberlake, in relation to the accounts of Purser Timberlake.--Letter from ... 681
• Norfolk, Virginia.--(See Navy yards.)

  Statement of the amount expended in building a dry dock at ... 147

  Statement of amount expended in building a naval hospital near ... 277, 279, 481

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  Statement of the amount required to complete the navy hospital building at ... 300, 484, 485, 486, 487

  In relation to the navy hospital near ... 479

  General description of, and number of rooms required to be furnished in, the navy hospital at ... 483, 487

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy in explanation of the accounts of Miles King, navy agent at ... 589

  Statement showing the progress which has been made in building the dry dock at ... 762

• North Carolina.--Statement of the cost of building the sloop-of-war ... 46

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 7

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 10

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 171

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 291

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 294

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 332

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 335

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 513

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 889

• O.
• Officers of the navy.--Number of, in 1828 ... 122

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with the rules which have been adopted for the selection of commissioned and warrant ... 158

  Number of commissioned and warrant, and where appointed from ... 161

  Statement showing the relative rank and pay of officers of the army and ... 300, 365

  Memorial of John Percival, lieutenant United States navy, respecting the power of the Executive to change his rank without the concurrence of the Senate ... 306

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor relating to the pay of ... 375

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the pay and emoluments of every officer of the navy and of the marine corps ... 685

  Statement of the amounts paid to each grade of ... 691

  List of persons appointed and date of such appointment during 1828 and 1829 ... 749

  Report of a committee submitting statements of the relative rank and pay of officers of the army and ... 901

• Officers of the navy and marine corps.--(See Naval Registers and Registers.)
• Ohio.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 8

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 291

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 332

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 513

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 889

• O'Neale, William, to John B. Timberlake.--Extracts from letters of ... 675
• Orphans, widows and.--(See Widow and orphan pensioners.)
• P.
• Pacific Ocean.--Report of a committee on the expediency of establishing a line of vessels to Panama, and a communication between the Atlantic and ... 20, 21

  List of vessels in 1828 stationed in the ... 217

  List of vessels in 1829 stationed in the ... 353

  List of vessels in 1830 stationed in the ... 790

• Pacific Ocean and South seas exploring expedition.--(See South seas.)
• Paine, Midshipman Amasa, in relation to money paid to him by John B. Timberlake, purser.'Letter from ... 673
• Palmer, George W., surgeon's mate.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 443
• Panama.--Report of a committee on the expediency of establishing a line of vessels to, and communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of ... 20

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject ... 21

• Parker, Leonard M.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 454
• Patterson, Captain D. T., giving an account of the measures taken by the English, French, and Russian fleet for the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean.--Letter from ... 139

  In relation to piracy in the Mediterranean.--Letter from ... 175

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 561

  In explanation of the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, acting purser.--Statement of ... 666, 678

• Paulding, J. K., in relation to the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, acting purser, of the frigate Constitution.--Statement of ... 668
• Pay.--Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others at the several navy yards, from 1819 to 1826 ... 43

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others at navy yards for 1827 ... 63

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others at navy yards for 1828 ... 65

  Memorial of lieutenants in the navy for an increase of their ... 86

  Plan of a law for the pay of the navy under a peace establishment ... 129

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• Pay.--Memorial of surgeons and assistant surgeons for an increase of their ... 131

  Memorial of captains and master commandants for an increase of their ... 239

  Statement showing the relative rank and pay of officers of the army and navy ... 300, 465

  Of officers at navy yards, and those at sea.--Letter from the Fourth Auditor in relation to the ... 375

  Estimate of the pay, rations, &c., of officers and others at navy yards, for 1830 ... 383

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor relative to the pay and emoluments of the marine corps ... 581

  Message from the President of the United States, suggesting that appropriations be made to provide for the increased pay and emoluments of the marine corps ... 685

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with statements of the pay, emoluments, and allowances of officers of the navy and the marine corps ... 685

  Message from the President of the United States, and report from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending that the pay and allowances of officers of the marine corps be increased ... 873

  Report of a committee, recommending an increase of the pay of captains and master commandants ... 901

  Rations and allowances of officers of the marine corps.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the ... 959

• Peace establishment.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy submitting plans for a naval ... 128, 541
• "Peacock," United States ship.--Estimate of the cost of fitting out and supporting the Peacock on an exploration to the Pacific ocean and South seas ... 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 337, 339, 341
• Pendleton, Benjamin.--Report of a committee on the claim of, for expenses incurred on account of the South sea exploring expedition ... 684
• Penhallow, Midshipman Samuel.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 442

  Pensacola navy yard.--(See Navy Yards.)

• Pensacola, Florida.--Relating to the selection of a site for a naval hospital near ... 357

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with explanatory estimates for the construction of a naval hospital near ... 897

  Report from a committee in relation to the purchase of land for the cultivation of live-oak timber near ... 917

• Pennsylvania.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 5

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 10

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 166

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 170

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 288

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 292

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 330

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in tbe State of ... 334

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 508

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 884

• Pensioners, navy.--(See Navy pensioners.) (See Privateer pensions.)
• Pensions.--Report of a committee on the claim of Jane Baker, widow of Captain Thomas Baker, to a pension ... 142

  Report of a committee on the claim of Elizabeth Whitehead to a pension ... 143

  Report of a committee on the claim of Elizabeth Mays to a pension ... 143

  Report of a committee on the claim of William Gillin to arrears of pension ... 283

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the renewal of navy ... 211

  Names of pensioners to whom pensions have been granted since January 22, 1824 ... 303

  List of pensioners, time of application for pension, deaths, &c. ... 303, 304, 305

  List of pensions granted to widows and orphans under other laws than that of March 3, 1817 ... 345

  List of pensions granted to widows and orphans since the repeal of the act of March 3, 1817 ... 346

  List of pensions granted to widows and orphans under the act of March 3, 1817 ... 347

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy relative to applications during the year 1830 for ... 894

  Memorial of Master Commandant Thomas Ap Catesby Jones for a pension on account of a wound received in battle ... 895

  Report of a committee on the claim of Joseph S. Cannon to a ... 896

• Percival, John, lieutenant United States navy.--Memorial of, remonstrating against a change in his rank without the consent of the Senate ... 306
• Peru--Letter from Commodore Jones relating to the impressment of American seamen by the government of ... 235
• Philadelphia navy yard. (See Navy yards.)
• Philadelphia Pennsylvania.--Amount expended in building a marine hospital near ... 297, 299, 482

  Amount required to complete the naval hospital building near ... 300, 482, 486

  Report from the commissioners of the navy in relation to the naval asylum at ... 479, 480

• "Philadelphia," United States frigate.--Report of a committee on claim of Gratia Ray, whose husband was taken prisoner by the Tripolitans at the capture of the ... 19

  Report on the claim of the officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid" to prize money for the destruction of the ... 25, 122, 178

  Proposed distribution of prize money to the officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid" for destroying the ... 29, 125, 126

  List of officers and crew of the "Intrepid" who volunteered their services for the destruction of the ... 126

  Report on the claim of the officers and others engaged in the destruction of the ... 178

  Orders given for the destruction of the ... 181Statement of circumstances attending the destruction of the ... 184

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  Deposition of Surgeon Lewis Heermann of the circumstances attending the destruction of the ... 459

  Testimony of Robert Thornton and John Smith as to the circumstances attending the destruction of the ... 461

• Pilot taken prisoner while on a United States vessel.--Report of a committee on a claim for losses sustained by a ... 200
• Pinckney, William.--Letter from, to Master Commandant George Budd relative to the violation of the neutrality laws by the Mexican brig Hermon ... 237
• Piracy.--Measures taken by the English, French, and Russian fleet in the Mediterranean for the suppression of ... 139

  On the expediency of sending additional vessels to the Mediterranean to aid in the suppression of ... 175

  Report of the cruise of the United States ship "Warren" ... 177

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy.--Operations of United States vessels in suppressing ... 214

  Message from the President of the United States, communicating sundry papers in relation to the capture by a United States vessel of the Spanish ship "Fenix," with a number of Africans on board, and under suspicion of ... 865

• Piratical vessel.--Report on the application of an officer to be released from a judgment against him for capturing a supposed ... 149

  Instructions to Master Commandant Jesse Wilkinson in relation to the capture of a ... 152

  Cruise of the United States ship "Warren" in search of a ... 177

  Message of the President of the United States, communicating sundry papers in relation to the capture by a United States vessel of the Spanish ship "Fenix," with a number of Africans on board, and under suspicion of being a ... 865

• Pope, John, United States navy, in relation to amounts charged to him on the books of Purser John B. Timberlake.--Letter from ... 672
• "Porpoise," United States schooner.--A statement of the cost of building the ... 46

  Cruise of the, while engaged in the suppression of piracy ... 176

• Portsmouth, New Hampshire.--Application of citizens of, for the construction of a dry dock at ... 46
• Portsmouth, New Hampshire, navy yard.--(See Navy yards.)
• Portsmouth, Virginia, navy yard.--(See Navy yards.)
• Preeble, Mary, widow of Captain Edward Preeble, and others.--Report of a committee on the claim of, for prize money 25, 178
• President of the United States, showing the annual expense incurred under the act prohibiting the slave trade.--Message from the ... 77

  Transmitting a statement of expenses already incurred and the amount required for the expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas.--Message from the ... 308

  Transmitting a report of the survey of the Tortugas island, Florida.--Message from the ... 570

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy ... 570

  Report of Lieutenant Josiah Tatnall ... 570

  In relation to a radiating marine railway at the navy yard at Pensacola, Florida, for the repair of sloops-of-war.--Message from the ... 576

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy ... 576

  Letters from the navy commissioners ... 577

  Report of L. Baldwin, esquire, engineer ... 577

  In relation to the accounts and vouchers of Miles King, navy agent, at Norfolk, Virginia.--Letter from the ... 592

  Suggesting the propriety of an appropriation to meet the increased pay, &c., allowed to the marine corps.--Message from the ... 685

  On the irregularities of the accounts under appropriations for the support of the navy, and suggestions of legal remedies for the same.--Message from the ... 823

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from the Fourth Auditor, with statements explanatory of the situation of the various accounts which have been adjusted in that office, &c. ... 824

  Abstract of balances due more than three years from persons who have no credits ... 834

  Abstract of balances due less than three years ... 843

  Abstract of accounts that cannot be closed without further appropriations or authority to transfer ... 846, 849, 852

  Statement of advances made to disbursing officers ... 853

  Abstract of balances due to persons who have no debits ... 859

  Statement of balances of unclosed accounts ... 860

  Communicating a report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the capture by a United States vessel of the Spanish ship "Fenix," with African slaves on board, and under the suspicion of piratical intent.--Message from the ... 865

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Letter from John Slidell, United States district attorney for the eastern district of Louisiana ... 866, 868

  Letter from Lieutenant I. Mayo, commanding the United States schooner Grampus ... 866

  Certificate of C. J. Hall, master of the brig "Kremlin" ... 867

  Letter from Captain Jesse D. Elliott, United States ship Erie ... 867, 869

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  Letter from Lieutenant J. P. Wilson, United States navy ... 868

  Letter from Lieutenant J. P. Wilson, United States navy, to the Spanish consul ... 869

  Letter from the Spanish consul to Lieutenant J. P. Wilson ... 869

  Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States ... 869

  Opinion of the United States court, eastern district of Louisiana ... 869

  Recommending that the pay and allowances of officers of the marine corps be increased.--Message from the ... 873

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Henderson ... 873

• Prisoner.--Report of a committee on the claim of Abigail Appleton, whose husband died at Dartmoora ... 24, 25, 140

  Report of a committee on the claim of Michael Lewis, a pilot taken prisoner while on board a United States vessel ... 200

  Letter from the President of the United States, with the number of prisoners captured from the enemy during the war of 1812 ... 499

• Privateer pension fund.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, on the expediency of extending the act allowing pensions from the ... 197

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the ... 211

  Report of a committee, recommending the continuance of the act for the relief of, with statements of the expense of the ... 319

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy, showing the present condition and income of, and future probable charges upon the ... 488

  Report of a committee on the nature, amount, and objects of the ... 496

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relating to the present condition, the income, and the progress of the ... 497

  Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the ... 499

• Prize money.--Report of a committee on the claim of the officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid"to, for the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" ... 25, 122, 178

  Proposed distribution of, to those engaged in the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" ... 29, 125

  Amounts allowed by acts of Congress as ... 31, 124

  Remarks of W. Jones on the subject of ... 32

  Opinion of R. S. Coxe on the subject of ... 34

  Report of a committee on the claim of the officers and crew of the brig "Syren" to ... 178

  Report of a committee on the claim of Captain Angus O. Frazer, of the revenue cutter service, to prize money, to the exclusion of a lieutenant of his vessel ... 283

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the claim of the administrator of Edward Moore, who was killed at the battle on Lake Champlain, to ... 495

  Report of a committee on the claim of Lieutenant Colonel John M. Gamble, of the marine corps, to ... 573

• Prizes.--Amount of money received from 1814 to 1828 from the sale of, and placed to the credit of the navy pension fund ... 323
• Promotions, duties, &c., of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the navy.--Report from the Committee on Naval Affairs concerning ... 19
• Promotions in the army since 1816.--Report of a committee submitting a statement showing the number of ... 901, 904
• Promotions for the navy.--Statements showing cost of, at the several yards and stations from 1816 to 1826 ... 45

  For the year 1828.--Estimate for ... 63

  For the year 1829.--Estimate for ... 227

  For the year 1830.--Estimate for ... 391

  For the year 1831.--Estimate for ... 785

• Pursers in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 103

  Register of, for 1829 ... 254

  Register of, for 1830 ... 414

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the duties, bonds, accounts, and compensation of ... 491, 540

  Statement in explanation of certain allowances made to pursers as commission for paying mechanics and laborers ... 734

  Register of, for 1831 ... 803

• R.
• Randolph, Lieutenant Robert B., late acting purser of the frigate "Constitution."--Report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the accounts and vouchers of ... 654

  Statement of the accounts and vouchers of ... 664, 669, 670, 674

• Rank.--Statement showing the relative rank and pay of officers of the army and navy ... 300, 365

  Memorial of John Percival respecting the power of the Executive to change the rank of an officer without the concurrence of the Senate ... 306

  Report of a committee communicating a statement of the assimilated rank of officers of the army and navy ... 901, 903

• Ray, Gratia, widow of William Ray.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to half-pay ... 19
• Receiving vessels.--Estimate of the pay, &c., of officers required for five, in the year 1828 ... 71

  Same for 1829 ... 227

  Same for 1830 ... 390

  Same for 1831 ... 784

• Recruiting stations.--Estimate of the pay, &c., of officers attached to, for the year 1828 ... 71

  Same for the year 1829 ... 227
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  Same for the year 1830 ... 390

  Same for the year 1831 ... 785

  Register of officers of the navy for 1828 ... 92

  Register of officers of the marine corps for 1828 ... 117

  Register of officers of the navy for 1829 ... 242

  Register of officers of the marine corps for 1829 ... 270, 274

  Register of officers of the navy for 1830 ... 402

  Register of officers of the marine corps for 1830 ... 431

  Register of officers of the navy for 1831 ... 791

  Register of officers of the marine corps for 1831 ... 819

• Rent of ground near Sackett's harbor for the use of the navy.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the claim of Henry Eckford for ... 238

  Report of a committee on the claim of Henry Eckford for ... 317

• Reorganization of the Navy Department.--Letter from the Commissioners of the Navy on the subject of a ... 396
• Reserved lands on Santa Rosa sound, Florida.--Statement of the ... 953
• Reserved lands in Louisiana.--Statement of the ... 954
• Resignations in the navy.--List of, in 1827 ... 56

  List of, in 1828 ... 218

  List of, in 1829 ... 395

  List of, in 1830 ... 773

• Resolutions of the House of Representatives.--In relation to the navy pension fund ... 523, 524

  Statement in relation to the navy pension fund, prepared in obedience to ... 528

• Revenue laws.--Report on the claim of Captain A. O. Frazer to prize money to the exclusion of a lieutenant of his vessel, for a vessel seized for a violation of the ... 283
• Reynolds, J. N.--Letter from, relative to the expediency of an exploration of the Pacific ocean and South seas ... 189, 191, 195
• Rhode Island.--List of naval pensioners January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 3

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 164

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 286

  List of widow and orphan pensioners January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 292

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 328

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 503

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 879

• Ridgeley, James L., administrator--(See Edward Moore.)
• Ridgely, Commodore Charles G.--Letters from, relating to the violation of the neutrality laws by the Mexican brig Hermon ... 236

  Letter from Master Commandant Alexander Claxton to ... 238

• Roberts, Joseph L., cashier of branch bank of the United States at Norfolk, Virginia.--In relation to the accounts of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Statement of ... 608, 609, 610
• Rodgers, Captain John.--Relating to the distribution of prize money to the officers and crew of the ketch "Intrepid."--Letter from ... 125, 126

  Relating to navy yards.--Letter from ... 354

  In relation to the selection of a site near Pensacola for a naval hospital.--Letter from ... 357

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 564

  In relation to the lands sold to the Navy Department by Colonel Joseph M. White.-- Correspondence between the Secretary of the Navy and ... 943, 950, 951

• S.
• Sackett's Harbor, New York,--Original price for the site of the navy yard at ... 40

  Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the claim of Henry Eckford for rent of ground near ... 238

  Report of a committee on the claim of Henry Eckford for rent of ground near ... 317, 872

• Sailing-masters in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 115

  Register of, for 1829 ... 267

  Register of, for 1830 ... 429

  For increase of their compensation.--Memorial of ... 462

  Register of, for 1831 ... 816

• Sailmakers in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 117

  Register of, for 1829 ... 270

  Register of, for 1830 ... 431

  For increase of their compensation.--Memorial of ... 462

  Register of, for 1831 ... 818

• Sails for the navy.--Result of experiments to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for cordage and ... 301

  Letters from Warren R. Davis and others, as to the fitness and utility of cotton for rigging and ... 360

  Letters from Captain Jesse D. Elliott and others, as to the fitness of cotton for ... 365, 771

• "St. Louis."--statement of the cost of building the sloop-of-war ... 367
• Sandwich Islands.--Letter from John C. Jones, United States consul, to Captain William B. Finch, in relation to the wants of American commerce in the ... 760
• Santa Rosa sound, Florida.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to live-oak lands purchased of Joseph M. White, on ... 918
• Savannah, Georgia.--Report of a survey of the harbor of ... 90

  Memorial of citizens of, for the establishment of a naval depot or station at ... 198

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy on the expediency of establishing a navy yard or station at ... 275

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  Letter from J. P. Henry, navy agent, as to the facilities of Savannah for a navy yard or station ... 278

  Deaths in, from 1822 to 1826 ... 282

• Seamen.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy, on the subject of enlisting seamen for the navy, and the difficulties in obtaining ... 205, 214

  Circular in relation to the enlistment of ... 209

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the mode of returning seamen to the United States whose terms of service have expired ... 790

• Second Comptroller of the Treasury, in relation to sums found due to deserters from United States ship "Hornet," and placed to the credit of the naval hospital fund.--Letter from the ... 486
• "Seringopatam," British ship.--Report of a committee on the claim of Lieutenant Colonel John M. Gamble, of the marine corps, to prize money for the capture of the ... 573
• "Shark," United States schooner.--Report of Lieutenant McKeeyer, commander of the, of a cruise among the fisheries of the north ... 57

  Report of Lieutenant Norris, commander of the, of a cruise on the coast of Africa ... 58

• Shields, William, F., United States navy, in explanation of amounts received by him from Purser John B. Timberlake, and acting Purser Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph.--Letter from ... 673
• Ship building from 1816 to 1826.--Average cost at the several navy yards of materials for ... 43
• Shipwreck.--Report of a committee on the claim of Alexander Claxton, an officer of the navy, for indemnity for costs in prosecuting a libel on a vessel saved from ... 282
• Sinclair, Captain A., in relation to the accounts of Miles King, navy agent, at Norfolk, Virginia-- Letter from ... 601
• Slave trade.--Report of the Secretary Navy, giving an account of the steps taken for the suppression of the ... 51

  Letter of Lieutenant Norris, of schooner "Shark," engaged in the suppression of the ... 58

  Letter from J. Ashmun, agent at Cape Mesurado, in relation to the ... 58

  Letter from G. P. Todson, agent at Cape Mesurado, announcing the arrival of liberated Africans, per ship "Norfolk" ... 60

  Expenditures during the year 1827 for the prohibition of the ... 62

  Estimate of the sum required for the support of the agency on the coast of Africa for 1828, for the suppression of the ... 63

  Message from President of the United States, with statements showing the annual expense incurred under the acts for prohibiting the ... 77

  Condition and expense of the agency at Mesurado, Africa, for the suppression of the ... 143, 144

  Letter from John Boyle, of the Navy Department, with instructions to Commandant Jesse Wilkinson, in relation to the suppression of the ... 152

  Report of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the suppression of the ... 210

  Statement of expenditures for the prohibition of the, for 1828 ... 216

• Slaves,found on board the Spanish ship "Fenix."--Message from the President of the United States, communicating sundry papers in relation to the ... 865
• Slidell, John, United States district attorney for the eastern district of Louisiana, in relation to the capture, by a United States vessel, of a Spanish slaver suspected of piracy.-- Letters to the Secretary of State from ... 866, 868
• Sloops-of-war.--Appropriations necessary for completing the sloops-of-war authorized by the act of March 3, 1825 ... 63

  Statement of the cost of building certain ... 367

• Smith, John.--Testimony of, in favor of the claim of Mrs. Susan Decatur ... 461
• Southard, Samuel L., Secretary of the Navy.--(See Navy, Secretary of the.)
• South Carolina.--List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 7

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 10

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 171

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 291

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 294

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 332

  List of widow and orphan pensioners, January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 335

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 513

  List of naval pensioners, January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 889

• South seas.--Exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and.--Report of a committee on the expediency of fitting out the ... 183

  Reports and letters from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of an ... 196, 211, 308, 311

  Memorial of citizens of Nantucket for an ... 196

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy with statements of expenses of the ... 308, 311, 314, 317

  Report of a committee on the policy and objects of the ... 336

  Estimates of the expense of fitting out, supporting, and maintaining for three years the ... 337, 339, 341

  Report of a committee authorizing the payment for instruments purchased for the use of the ... 546

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

  Schedule of instruments purchased ... 547, 549

  Memorial and letters from Lieut. Charles Wilkes, jr. ... 547, 548, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 558

  Letters from the Secretary of the Navy ... 549, 552, 554, 555, 556

  Resolutions of the House of Representatives ... 549

  List of claims against the United States ... 551

  Letter from Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones ... 557

  Letter from the Navy Commissioners ... 560

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  Report of a committee on the claim of Benjamin Pendleton for expenses incurred on account of the ... 684

• Southwark, Pennsylvania.--Original price paid for the site of the navy yard at, (see Navy Yards) ... 40
• Spanish slave vessel.--Relating to certain Africans landed on the coast of Florida from a ... 210
• Spanish slave vessel, called the "Fenix," suspected of piracy.--Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the capture, by the United States schooner "Grampus," of a ... 865
• "Spark," United States brig.--Report of a committee on the application of the officer in command of the, to be released from a judgment for capturing a supposed piratical vessel ... 149
• Spencer, Midshipman John L.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 441
• Spirit rations to midshipmen.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of allowing ... 468

  Letters from surgeons on the subject of allowing ... 468, 469, 475

• Sproston, Surgeon George S.--On the use of chloride of lime as a health agent, communication from ... 761
• State Department.--Number and salary of clerks in the ... 232, 391
• State, Secretary of, transmitting a statement of the number of prisoners captured from the enemy during the war of 1812.--Letter from the ... 499
• Stevens, Captain Thomas Holdup.--For an increase of the pay of captains and commandants, memorial of, for self and others ... 240
• Stewart, Captain Charles.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to prize money ... 178

  Relative to the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" in the harbor of Tripoli.-- Letter from ... 185

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armedequipment of a vessel of war.--Letter from ... 565

• Stocks belonging to the navy pension fund 1st January, 1827 ... 12, 13

  Same, 1st January, 1828 ... 173, 174

  Same, 1st January, 1829 ... 296

  Amount of interest on, from 1814 to 1828 ... 323

  Losses sustained by purchase of, from 1814 to 1828 ... 323

  Statement of, and interest thereon during the year 1824 ... 326

  Statement of, and interest thereon during the year 1828 ... 326

• Stockton, Midshipman P. S., in relation to the accounts and vouchers of Purser John B. Timberlake.--Letter from ... 671
• Stockton, Lieutenant Robert F.--Orders to, directing a survey of the harbors of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston and Beaufort, South Carolina ... 90

  Report of a survey of the harbor of Brunswick, Georgia, by 91, 276

  Report of a survey of the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina, by ... 277

• Storekeepers.--( See Naval storekeepers.)
• Stores on hand at the respective navy yards in 1829.--Statement showing the amount of ... 770
• Strickland, William.--Letter to the commissioners of the navy hospital fund, with a report of the progress made in building the naval asylum near Philadelphia ... 482
• Surgeons and assistant surgeons in the navy.--Report of a committee concerning the appointments, promotions, duties, and compensation of ... 19

  Register of, for 1828 ... 101

  For increase of their pay, and a strict examination of candidates for appointment as, memorial of ... 131

  Register of, for 1829 ... 252, 253

  Statement showing the pay of ... 301

  Register of, for 1830 ... 411

  On leave, waiting orders, and on furlough during the years 1828 and 1829.--Statement of ... 747

  Register of, for 1831 ... 801

• Surgeons' mates in the navy.--Register of, for 1828 ... 102
• Surgical department of the navy.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy recommending an organization of the ... 490
• Survey of the harbor of Savannah, Georgia.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy,with the result of a ... 90
• Survey of the harbors of Brunswick, Georgia, and Beaufort, South Carolina.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with the result of a ... 275

  Reports from Lieutenant Stockton of a ... 276, 277

• Surveys of the waters of Narraganset bay, and the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island.--Report from the Secretary of War, communicating extracts from reports of ... 463
• Survey of the Dry Tortugas island.--Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports of the ... 570
• Surveys with a view to the establishment of naval depots.--Report of the Secretary of the Navy of ... 789
• "Syren" brig.--Report of a committee on the claim of the officers and crew of, to prize money on account of the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia ... 178

  Orders given to the commander of the, for the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia ... 181

• T.
• Tallmadge, Lieutenant Benjamin, in relation to the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, assistant purser.--Statement of ... 666
• Tatnall, Lieutenant Josiah.--Report of a survey of the Dry Tortugas island by ... 570
• Tazewell, Littleton W., president of the branch bank of the United States at Norfolk, Virginia.--In explanation of the accounts of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.-- Letters from ... 591, 593
• Thornton, Robert, quartermaster.--Report of a committee on the claim of, for prize money ... 178

  Testimony in support of the claim of Mrs. Susan Decatur to prize money ... 461

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• Timberlake, Purser John B.--In explanation of the accounts and vouchers of.--Report from the Secretary of the Navy ... 654
• Tingey, Thomas, surely for Lewis Deblois, a purser in the navy.--Opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of The United States vs ... 905
• Todson, George P., agent of the United States at Mesurado, Africa, as to the disposition of the recaptured Africans transported to Africa in the ship "Norfolk."--Letter from ... 60
• Tortugas island, Florida.--Report of a survey of the ... 570
• Travelling expenses.--Statement of amounts paid in the years 1828 and 1829 to sundry officers and agents of the Navy Department for ... 696
• Treasury Department.--Number and salary of clerks in the ... 232, 391
• Treasurer of the navy pension fund.--Accounts of the, for 1826 ... 12
• Tripoli.--Report of a committee on the claim of Gratia Ray, whose husband was taken prisoner at the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" in the harbor of ... 19

  Report of a committee 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 ... 25, 122, 178

  Proposed distribution of prize money to those engaged in the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" in the harbor of ... 29, 125, 126

  Report of a committee on the claim of the officers and crew of the brig "Syren" engaged in the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" in the harbor of ... 178

  Testimony of Surgeon Lewis Heerman and others of the circumstances attending the destruction of the frigate "Philadelphia" in the harbor of ... 459, 461

• Trusty, David.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 441
• Turkish, fleet at Navarino.--Account of the destruction of the ... 139
• Tucker, T. T., agent of the navy pension fund.--Statement of the accounts of ... 324
• Tufts, Joseph.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 453, 459
• Tyson, Elisha.--As to the fitness of cotton for canvas for sails.--Letter from ... 363
• Vallette, Lieutenant E. A. F., in relation to the accounts and vouchers of John B. Timberlake, purser, and Lieutenant Robert B. Randolph, assistant purser.--Letters from ... 665, 679, 683
• Van Buren, Marlin.--(See State, Secretary of.)
• "Vandalia."--Statement of the cost of building the sloop-of-war ... 367
• Vessels-of-war.--Statement showing the condition of vessels on the stocks, and those in ordinary and repairing in 1827 ... 74

  Register of, for 1828 ... 121

  In commission during 1828.--List of ... 217

  Statement showing the condition of vessels on the stocks and those in ordinary in 1828 ... 223

  Register of, for 1829 ... 273

  On the stocks in 1829.--Number of ... 273

  In commission during 1829.--List of ... 352

  Statement showing the condition of vessels on the stocks and those in ordinary in 1829 ... 353

  Register of, for 1830 ... 435

  Statement showing the state and condition of vessels in ordinary in 1830 ... 767

  Statement showing the condition of vessels on the stock, their state of preservation, &c., in 1830 ... 769

  Report of a committee with estimates of the cost of building three schooners for the naval service ... 788

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER: Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with estimates ... 788

  Report from the Secretary of the Navy on the mode of relieving vessels-of-war on foreign stations ... 790

  Register of, for 1831 ... 822

• Villaloton, Antonio Argoti, Spanish consul at New Orleans, in relation to the capture of the Spanish ship the "Fenix," suspected of piratical intent.--Letter to Lieutenant J. P. Wilson from ... 869
• "Vincennes."--Statement of the cost of building the sloop-of-war ... 367

  Summary of a cruise in the China seas by the ... 759

• Virginia.--List of naval pensioners January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 7

  List of widow and orphan pensioners January 1, 1827, in the State of ... 10

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 168

  List of widow and orphan pensioners January 1, 1828, in the State of ... 171

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 290

  List of widow and orphan pensioners January 1, 1829, in the State of ... 294

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 332

  List of widow and orphan pensioners January 1, 1825, in the State of ... 335

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1830, in the State of ... 511

  List of naval pensioners January 1, 1831, in the State of ... 887

• W.
• War Department.--Number and salary of clerks in the ... 232, 391
• Ward, Midshipman, James H., in relation to the amount received by him from Purser John B. Timberlake.--Letter from ... 671
• Ward, Midshipman William, enclosing a statement of the correspondence between Midshipman Farnifold Green and Midshipman Mark Hale.--Letter from ... 457

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• Warrant officers of the navy.--Rules adopted for the selection of commissioned and ... 158

  Number of commissioned and ... 161

• Warrants drawn on account of the navy pension fund during the year 1826.--Abstract of ... 11

  Same, during 1827 ... 172

  Same, during 1828 ... 295

• "Warren," United States ship.--Cruise of the, for the suppression of piracy in the Mediterranean ... 177

  Cost of building the ... 367

• Warrington, Caplain L., as to the utility and fitness of cotton canvas for sails.--Letter from ... 363

  On the expediency of dispensing with marines as a part of the armed equipment of a vessel-of-war.--Letter from ... 561

  In relation to the accounts of Miles King, navy agent at Norfolk, Virginia.--Letter from ... 603

• War, Secretary of, on the value of Uriah Brown's system of coast and harbor defence.--Report from the ... 203

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Report from the Engineer department ... 203

  Communicating extracts from the reports of surveys of Narraganset bay and the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island.--Report from the ... 463

  ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

  Report from the Engineer department ... 463

• Washington navy yard.--(See Navy Yards.)
• Water-rolled hemp.--Result of experiments made to test the quality of American ... 88
• Walkins, Tobias, late Fourth Auditor.--Statement of the sums of public money drawn without authority of law and applied to his own use by ... 735
• Wells, Eleanor, widow of Luke Wells.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 137
• West India station.--List of vessels on the, during 1828 ... 217

  List of vessels on the, during 1829 ... 353

  List of vessels on the, during 1830 ... 790

• White, E. D., as to the condition and value of the live-oak lands on the coast of Louisiana.-- Letter to the Secretary of the Navy from ... 954
• White, Lieutenant John.--Testimony of, before a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Farnifold Green ... 439, 443

  Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses to be examined in support of charges preferred against ... 455

  Testimony of Dr. Richard Kennon in case of ... 455, 466

• White, Joseph M., in relation to the purchase of, and titles to, lands in Florida for live-oak plantations.--Correspondence between the Secretary of the Navy and ... 925, 931, 947, 948, 949, 950, 955

  Copies of deeds from Joseph M. White, for self, and as attorney for others, to the Secretary of the Navy ... 922, 935, 939, 941, 942

  Copies of deeds from H M. Breckenridge to ... 932, 933

  Copy of a deed from R. K. Call and wife to ... 933

  Statements of the sums of money paid to, for lands in Florida ... 934, 935

  Copy of the articles of agreement between the Secretary of the Navy and ... 935

  Copy of a deed from Henry Michelet to ... 936

  Copy of a deed from Sebastian Carr to ... 937

  Copy of a power of attorney from H. M. Breckenridge to ... 938

  Copy of a power of attorney from F. and F. Moreno to ... 940

  In relation to the live-oak lands in Florida.--Letters from W. D. Acken to ... 956, 957

  In relation to the value of the live-oak lands sold by him to the United States.--Letters from L. Warrington and others to ... 958

• Whitehead, Elizabeth.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to a pension ... 143
• Widow and orphan pensioners.--List of, January 1, 1827 ... 8

  List of, January 1, 1828 ... 169

  List of, January 1, 1829 ... 292

  List of, January 1, 1825 ... 333

  List of, under other laws than that of March 3, 1817 ... 345

  List of, since the repeal of the act of March 3, 1817 ... 346

  List of, under the act of March 3, 1817 ... 347

  List of, January 1, 1830 ... 514

  List of, January 1, 1831 ... 890

• Widows.--Report of a committee on the claim of widows to be placed on the roll of navy pensioners ... 343
• Wilkes, Lieutenant Charles, jr.--Report of a committee authorizing payment for certain instruments purchased by Lieutenant Wilkes for the use of the exploring expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas ... 546

  In relation to the proposed expedition to the Pacific ocean and South seas.--Memorial of, and letters from ... 547, 548, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 558

• Wilkinson, Master Commandant Jesse.--Report of a committee on the claim of, to be released from a judgment obtained against him for capturing a supposed piratical vessel ... 149

  Memorial of ... 151

  General instructions to ... 152

  In relation to the capture of the schooner "Ninfa Catalina."--Letter from ... 158

  Result of his experience in the use of cotton canvas for sails 301, 362

• Will of Caplain Stephen Decatur.--Copy of the ... 461

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• Wilson, Lieutenant J. P.--In relation to the Spanish slave vessel, the "Fenix," captured under suspicion of piratical intent.--Letter to Commodore J. D. Elliott from ... 868

  To the Spanish consul.--Letter from ... 869

• Woolsey, Captain.--Letter from, giving his experience in the use of cotton canvas for sails ... 301, 363
• Z.
• Zantzinger, Purser William P.--Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with extracts from the proceedings of a court-martial on the conduct of ... 572

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