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COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

No.
Date.
Page.
1337. Number of claims for bounty lands, and number of warrants issued in year ending September 30, 1835 1835, Dec. 8 ... 1
1434. On the application of Indiana to withhold from sale certain land in that State 1836, Feb. 12 ... 456
1536. Brief of the evidence in defence of Samuel Gwin from charges affecting his official conduct and character as register of the land office at Chocchuma, Mississippi 1836, June 1 ... 711

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING REPORTS FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

1338. Quantity of public land sold, and amount paid therefor, from 1787 to 1835; special sales prior to opening land offices; public debt, army land warrants, United States and Mississippi stock, forfeited land stock, and military scrip received in payment of public lands; quantity of land granted as bounties, and to States and Territories for various purposes 1835, Dec. 8 ... 2
1339. Operations of the General Land Office and the several land offices during 1834, and first, second, and third quarters of 1835 1835, Dec. 8 ... 4
1340. Final reports of the board of commissioners on private land claims in Missouri under act of July 9, 1832 1835, Dec. 10 ... 20
1348. Number of Spanish claims to land depending in the courts of Florida 1835, Dec. 16 ... 247
1349. Levees on the Mississippi, Red, Arkansas, and Missouri rivers for reclaiming overflowed public lands 1835, Dec. 16 ... 296
1350. Relative to private land claims at Michilimackinac, Green Bay, and Prairie du Chien, in Michigan 1835, Dec. 16 ... 315
1371. Survey and sale of lands in Scott county, Missouri 1836, Jan. 7 ... 336
1382. Land claims in Louisiana 1836, Jan. 12 ... 343
1389. Payments connected with the purchase and management of the public lands 1836, Jan. 18 ... 384
1395. Location of claims and reservations of the Choctaw Indians 1836, Jan. 20 ... 388
1402. Cost of purchase and management of the public lands, the quantity surveyed and sold, and the amount received therefor 1836, Jan. 25 ... 406
1421. Frauds practiced in relation to pre-emption claims 1836, Feb. 5 ... 441
1439. On the selection and location of lands granted for the construction of the Wabash and Erie canal 1834, June 6 ... 460
1440. Land claims in Louisiana 1836, Feb. 16 ... 487
1446. On the creation of a surveyor general's office in Illinois 1836, Feb. 19 ... 496
1450. On the location of land for a seminary of learning in Louisiana 1836, Feb. 24 ... 501
1452. Construction of the law granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers 1836, Feb. 25 ... 510
1453. Unsatisfied military land warrants 1836, Mar. 1 ... 511
1459. Relative to a reorganization of the General Land Office 1836, Mar. 3 ... 520
1466. Frauds committed under the pre-emption laws 1836, Mar. 10 ... 535
1472. Construction of the pre-emption laws of May 29, 1830, and June 19, 1834 1836, Mar. 14 ... 549
1474. Statement of lands unsold on the road from New Albany to Vincennes 1836, Mar. 21 ... 556
1481. On the reorganization of the General Land Office 1836, Mar. 23 ... 567
1503. Relative to an increase of force in the General Land Office 1836, April 6 ... 602
1507. Relative to frauds under the pre-emption laws and the effect of said laws upon the sale of the public lands 1836, April 14 ... 610
1509. Relating to surveys of the public lands in Illinois and Missouri 1836, April 16 ... 645
1517. Quantity of land entered at the land office at Augusta, Mississippi, to the year 1830 1836, April 23 ... 667
1520. Public lands--quantity surveyed, sold and unsold; grants for colleges, internal improvements, and other purposes; expenses of survey and sale, and receipts therefrom 1836, April 28 ... 668
1525. Statement of the quantity of land secured by claimants under the pre-emption laws 1836, May 14 ... 700
1527. On claim of Robert Bell to land in Louisiana 1836, May 25 ... 702
1528. In favor of the creation of a new land district in Louisiana 1836, May 27 ... 705
1538. Opinions and arguments respecting land claims in Missouri 1836, June 3 ... 789
1540. Relative to the establishment of a land district in Alabama 1836, June 11 ... 877

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1543. Confirmation of the sale of public lands in certain cases 1836, June 30 ... 888
1546. Operations of the General Land Office during the year 1836 1836, Dec. 6 ... 890
1548. Circular from the treasury that gold and silver only be received in payment for the public lands 1836, Dec. 14 ... 910
1561. Payments to the new States out of the five per cent. proceeds of the sales of the public lands 1837, Jan. 3 ... 917
1562. On the validity of land claims in the southeastern district of Louisiana 1837, Jan. 4 ... 918
1579. Statements of the amount of money received for public lands during the year 1836, and the cost of the transportation of gold and silver to deposit banks 1837, Jan. 27 ... 933
1584. Operations of the land office at Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1836 1837, Feb. 8 ... 938
1585. Relative to fraud by floats in the purchase of public lands in Louisiana 1837, Feb. 11 ... 949
1588. Claim to land in Louisiana 1837, Feb. 15 ... 976
1590. Relative to the lands granted to Arkansas for public buildings 1837, Feb. 17 ... 977
1592. Relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana 1837, Feb. 22 ... 983
1595. Relative to surveys of the public lands in Illinois and Missouri 1837, Feb. 28 ... 986

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

1424. Quantity of lead made at the mines in Missouri from 1821 to 1831 1836 Feb. 8 ... 450
1545. Statement of the number of claims for bounty land filed and warrants issued during the year ending September 30, 1836 1836, Dec. 2 ... 889

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE ON PUBLIC LANDS.

1493. On ceding to Ohio the residue of the public lands therein: 1836, Mar. 29 ... 590
1494. On granting lands to colleges in the new States 1836, Mar. 29 ... 590
1495. On the sale of the public lands in forty-acre lots 1836, Mar. 29 ... 591
1496. On a claim for the issue of scrip for a Virginia bounty land warrant 1836, Mar. 29 ... 591

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE ON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.

1416. On claim of Duncan L. Clinch to land in Florida 1836, Feb. 1 ... 433
1428. On claim of Eloy Segura and others to land in Louisiana 1836, Feb. 9 ... 452
1467. On claim of Colonel John H. Stone to a bounty land warrant 1836, Mar, 11 ... 542
1480. On claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek 1836, Mar. 22 ... 564
1558. On claims to land in Arkansas 1837, Jan. 2 ... 915
1563. On continuing in force the acts for the adjustment of private land claims in Missouri 1837, Jan. 4 ... 923
1564. On a claim for the loss of Indian reservations in Alabama 1837, Jan. 12 ... 924
1569. On claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw Indians 1837, Jan. 18 ... 927
1570. On claim of Jas. Dutton to land in Illinois 1837, Jan. 23 ... 928
1583. On a claim to land for services in exploring the Tennessee river 1837, Feb. 7 ... 937

REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.

1541. On the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands 1836, June 15 ... 877

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON PUBLIC LANDS.

1362. On the petition of Thos. P. Eskridge and Alvarez Fisk for the return of money paid for land in Arkansas 1836, Jan. 5 ... 329
1364. On the graduation of the price of the public lands 1836, Jan. 5 ... 330
1366. On the claim of David Browning to land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 5 ... 332
1367. On the claim of Jonathan Boone to land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 5 ... 333
1375. On a grant of land to Arkansas for the completion of the building for the legislative assembly 1836, Jan. 12 ... 339
1388. On the petition of David J. Talbot for the correction of an error in the issuing of a contract for land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 15 ... 383
1396. On the claim of William Walker to land in Alabama 1836, Jan. 20 ... 397
1397. On the claim of Abraham Woodall to land in Alabama 1836, Jan. 20 ... 397
1398. On the claim of Samuel Brown to land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 20 ... 397
1399. On the claim of Joseph Henderson to land in Arkansas 1836, Jan. 21 ... 398
1400. On a donation of land to Keziah Shields 1836, Jan. 21 ... 398
1401. On making donations of land as indemnity to persons for improvements west of Arkansas, which were ceded to the Choctaw Indians 1836, Jan. 23 ... 399
1403. On the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and granting lands to certain States 1836, Jan. 27 ... 408
1405. On the claim of Mary Tucker to land in Arkansas 1836, Jan. 27 ... 426
1406. On the claim of John Jeffers to land in Alabama 1836, Jan. 27 ... 427
1407. On the establishment of a land office in Louisiana 1836, Jan. 27 ... 427
1409. On the petition of Wm. Gann to surrender a pension, and enter land in lieu 1836, Jan. 28 ... 428
1410. On the petition of Simon Wright to change location of a bounty land warrant 1836, Jan. 28 ... 428
1412. On the claim of the heirs of Lewis Durett to land in Alabama 1836, Jan. 30 ... 429
1419. On claim of Green Pryor to land in Mississippi 1836, Feb. 5 ... 436
1420. On petition of Samuel Dickerson for correction of an error in a land entry in Illinois 1836, Feb. 5 ... 440

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1422. On the establishment of a new land office in Missouri 1836, Feb. 5 ... 448
1423. On granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers on the public lands 1836, Feb. 5 ... 448
1430. On claim of John Wiley and Jefferson Greer to land in Missouri 1836, Feb. 10 ... 454
1433. On a claim for surveying public lands in Louisiana 1836, Feb. 12 ... 455
1438. On the improvement of the navigation of the Wabash river, and in relation to the Wabash and Erie canal 1836, Feb. 16 ... 458
1443. On the establishment of a new land district in Illinois 1836, Feb. 19 ... 495
1444. On claim of John Whittsitt to land in Florida 1836, Feb. 19 ... 495
1460. On application for grant of land to aid in the construction of the Missouri and Mississippi railroad 1836, Mar. 3 ... 530
1462. On claim of Peter Alba to lots in Pensacola, Florida 1836, Mar. 3 ... 531
1465. On an application for a reduction of the price of lands sold in Alabama in 1818--'19 to those purchasers who paid cash 1836, Mar. 3 ... 534
1477. On claim of Solomon Sturges to land in Ohio 1836, Mar. 21 ... 560
1478. On application of the Woodward High School, in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a grant of land 1836, Mar. 21 ... 561
1482. On application for power to sell school land in Illinois 1836, Mar. 24 ... 577
1483. On claim of James Brewer to return of money paid for land in Ohio 1836, Mar. 24 ... 578
1484. On the establishment of a surveyor general's office west of Lake Michigan 1836, Mar. 24 ... 579
1487. On petition of Daniel Malone to correct an entry of land in Illinois 1836, Mar. 25 ... 581
1488. Land warrants and scrips for revolutionary services 1836, Mar. 25 ... 582
1489. On claim of Joel Chandler to land in Alabama 1836, Mar. 25 ... 586
1490. In favor of granting patents to Polish exiles 1836, Mar. 25 ... 587
1491. On application of Alabama for a reduction of the minimum price of the lands granted for the improvement of the Tennessee and other rivers 1836, Mar. 26 ... 589
1492. On claim of Etienne La Lande to land in Alabama 1836, Mar. 26 ... 589
1498. In favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Illinois Central railroad 1836, Mar. 31 ... 593
1504. On draining the inundated lands of the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers 1836, April 7 ... 603
1512. In favor of granting bounty land to the militia who served during the late war with Great Britain 1836, April 20 ... 658
1515. On claim to pre-emption rights covered by Indian reservations 1836, April 22 ... 665
1516. In favor of granting lands to Alabama for a railroad 1836, April 22 ... 666
1521. In favor of granting lands for a road from Jefferson City, Missouri, to Little Rock, Arkansas 1836, May 10 ... 670
1522. On a claim for the relinquishment of interest on a debt incurred by a purchaser of public lands 1836, May 11 ... 671
1529. On claim of T. M. Burland and others to land in Louisiana 1836, May 31 ... 706
1530. In favor of granting to the inhabitants of a township in Illinois other lands in lieu of their sixteenth section 1836, June 1 ... 706
1531. In favor of correcting an error in the entry of land in Illinois 1836, June 1 ... 707
1542. In favor of granting to the inhabitants of a township in Illinois other lands in lieu of their sixteenth section 1836, June 28 ... 887
1547. On claim of J. A. Williams to land in Alabama 1836, Dec. 13 ... 910
1551. On claim of John Hollinsworth to land in Alabama 1836, Dec. 23 ... 912
1551. On claim of W. J. Aarons to land in Alabama 1836, Dec. 23 ... 912
1559. In favor of allowing certain pre-emption claims under act June 19, 1834. 1837, Jan. 3 ... 916
1560. On claim of Hiner Stigermire to land in Missouri 1837, Jan. 3 ... 917
1565. On the satisfaction of military land warrants issued for services during the revolutionary war 1837, Jan. 13 ... 925
1568. On an application for land as a gratuity 1837, Jan. 17 ... 926
1577. On claims for the loss of improvements and rights of pre-emption to land in Alabama 1837, Jan. 23 ... 931

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.

1360. On claim of William Burman to land in Indiana 1835, Dec. 29 ... 327
1363. On the petition of Daniel Smith for land in Indiana 1836 Jan. 5 ... 329
1365. On claim of Farish Carter to land in Florida 1836, Jan. 5 ... 332
1368. On claim of Don Lewis Rosamond Orilline to land in Louisiana 1836, Jan. 5 ... 333
1369. On claim of August Brazeau to land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 6 ... 334
1374. On claim of the heirs of Jacob Smith to land in Michigan 1836, Jan. 12 ... 339
1376. On the reissue of a bounty land warrant 1836, Jan. 12 ... 340
1377. On claim of John Barkley to land in Ohio 1836, Jan. 12 ... 340
1378. On claim of Amelia Leach to land in Alabama 1836, Jan. 12 ... 341
1379. On claim of John Armstrong to Land in Louisiana 1836, Jan. 12 ... 341
1380. On claim of the heirs of T. F. Reddock to land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 12 ... 342
1381. On the petition of Abraham Forbes, who acted as a spy 1836, Jan. 12 ... 343
1383. On petition of J. McCarroll, jr., for reissue of a bounty land warrant 1836, Jan. 14 ... 381
1384. On the petition of James Trumble for an exchange of land 1836, Jan. 14 ... 381
1385. On the petition of Michael Thornton for an exchange of land 1836, Jan. 14 ... 382
1386. On the claim of Joseph Neibert to land in Louisiana 1836, Jan. 14 ... 382
1392. On the claim of George Fead to land in Florida 1836, Jan. 19 ... 385
1393. On the claim of Charles Stewart to land in Florida 1836, Jan. 19 ... 386
1404. On the claim of Arthur Bronson to land in Michigan 1836, Jan. 27 ... 426
1408. On the claim of John Eloy Rachal to land in Louisiana 1836, Jan. 28 ... 428
1411. On the claim of Bernard Rogan to land in Missouri 1836, Jan. 29 ... 429

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1431. On granting land to the heirs of certain persons killed by the Sac and Fox Indians 1836, Feb. 10 ... 455
1432. On claim of Zebulon Sheets to land in Indiana 1836, Feb. 10 ... 455
1441. On claim of William Baker to land in Florida 1836, Feb. 18 ... 493
1442. On claim of Louis Le Gras de Vobeceye to land in Florida 1836, Feb. 18 ... 494
1445. On the Salt Lick reservations in Tennessee 1836, Feb. 19 ... 496
1447. On claim of the heirs of William Conway to land in Louisiana 1836, Feb. 19 ... 497
1461. On claim of William C. Hazard to a bounty land warrant 1836, Mar 3 ... 531
1463. On claim of Benjamin Oden to bounty land warrant for the military services of a slave 1836, Mar. 3 ... 532
1464. On claim of legal representatives of Daniel Warner to a bounty land warrant 1836, Mar. 3 ... 533
1497. On claim for the reissue of a lost bounty land warrant 1836, Mar. 30 ... 592
1499. On claim of C. A. Grignon to land in Michigan 1836, Mar. 31 ... 595
1502. On claim of George C. Willard to land in Michigan 1836, April 5 ... 601
1505. On claims to land in Louisiana and Arkansas 1836, April 12 ... 607
1513. On claims to land in Louisiana 1836, April 20 ... 663
1514. On claim of Aaron Street to a bounty land warrant 1836, April 20 ... 664
1526. On claim of Thomas Todd to a bounty land warrant 1836, May 17 ... 702
1533. On claim for bounty land as a Canadian volunteer 1836, June 1 ... 708
1534. On claim of J. E. Padro to land in Florida 1836, June 1 ... 709
1537. On claim of George Rowe to land in Louisiana 1836, June 2 ... 788
1544. On claim of John Forbes to land in Alabama 1836, July 2 ... 888
1549. On claim of Norman Holt to land in Indiana 1836, Dec. 21 ... 911
1550. On claim of James Morrison to land in Missouri 1836, Dec. 22 ... 911
1553. On claim of Joseph Hernandez to land in Florida 1836, Dec. 26 ... 912
1554. On claim of Polly Lemon to land in Louisiana 1836, Dec. 27 ... 913
1555. On a claim to locate a military land warrant 1836, Dec. 28 ... 914
1556. On claims to land in Louisiana 1836, Dec. 30 ... 914
1557. On a claim to land in Michigan 1836, Dec. 30 ... 915
1566. On claim of J. Willis to a pre-emption right to land in Florida 1837, Jan. 13 ... 925
1578. On claim of Mary Sroufe to land in Ohio 1837, Jan. 24 ... 932
1581. On claim of Simon Burton to a bounty land warrant 1837, Feb. 4 ... 936

REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

1532. On a claim for the reissue of a lost bounty land warrant 1836, June 1 ... 707

REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

1476. On a claim to a Choctaw reservation under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek 1836, Mar. 21 ... 557
1479. On claim of Allen Yates for a Choctaw reservation under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek 1836, Mar. 21 ... 563
1485. On claims to reservations under the treaty of 1830 with the Choctaws 1836, Mar. 24 ... 580
1486. On claim of Poas Hadgo to a Creek reservation in Alabama 1836, Mar. 25 ... 581
1511. On a claim to a Creek reservation in Alabama 1836, Apr. 20 ... 658
1523. On claims to reservations under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw Indians 1836, May 11 ... 672

REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

1524. In favor of giving effect to the compacts with Alabama and Mississippi in respect to the five per cent. fund and sixteenth sections, lost by the Chickasaw treaty of 1832 1836, May 12 ... 697

RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.

1341. Of Missouri, for an extension of the right of pre-emption to certain settlers in that State 1835, Dec. 16 ... 244
1342. Of Missouri, for a grant of 500,000 acres of land for purposes of education 1835, Dec. 16 ... 244
1343. Of Missouri, for the establishment of a new land district in that State 1835, Dec. 16 ... 245
1344. Of Arkansas, for a donation of land to settlers who were removed by the treaty with the Choctaw Indians 1835, Dec 16 ... 245
1345. Of Arkansas, for a provision for reclaiming alluvial lands in that State 1835, Dec. 16 ... 245
1346. Of Arkansas, for land for road from Fort Smith to the southwest corner of that Territory, and for public buildings at the seat of government 1835, Dec. 16 ... 246
1347. Of Arkansas, that Captain Henry M. Shreeve may be allowed, to enter six sections of land in the raft of Red river, for reclaiming the same 1835, Dec. 16 ... 246
1352. Of Louisiana, for a donation of land for removing obstructions in Atchafalaya river 1835, Dec. 21 ... 323
1353. Of Louisiana, for the construction of a road and levee on the public lands in the parish of Plaquemines 1835, Dec. 21 ... 324
1354. Of Louisiana, for a grant of land for the construction of a railroad from Springfield to Liberty, Mississippi 1835, Dec. 21 ... 324
1355. Of Louisiana, for an appropriation for the construction of levees on the public lands 1835, Dec. 21 ... 324

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1356. Of Louisiana, for a grant of land for the construction of the Atchafalaya railroad 1835, Dec. 21 ... 325
1357. Of Missouri, for the distribution of the funds arising from the sale of the seminary lands among the primary schools 1835, Dec. 21 ... 325
1358. Of Alabama, for the confirmation of grants of land on the boundary line between Alabama and Georgia 1835, Dec. 28 ... 326
1359. Of Alabama, for an increase of compensation to deputy surveyors of public lands 1835, Dec. 29 ... 326
1370. Of Illinois, for grants of certain lands to individuals, founded on cultivation 1836, Jan. 7 ... 335
1373. Of Missouri, that registers of land offices be required to indorse the field-notes on patents for land 1836, Jan. 11 ... 338
1387. Of Indiana, for an extension of the act granting pre-emption to actual settlers 1836, Jan. 14 ... 383
1390. Of Illinois, for permission to relinquish the sixteenth sections of land when valueless, and select other lands 1836, Jan. 18 ... 384
1391. Of Illinois, for the correction of conflicting locations of surveys of the public lands and private land claims 1836, Jan. 18 ... 385
1417. Of Indiana, for permission to purchase certain lands 1836, Feb. 1 ... 434
1418. Of Alabama, against the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and in favor of the extension of the pre-emption laws 1836, Feb. 5 ... 434
1425. Of Alabama, for the extension of pre-emption rights and granting of floating claims to settlers who have been deprived of lands by Indian reservations 1836, Feb. 8 ... 450
1426. Of Alabama, for the exchange of the sixteenth sections when valueless 1836, Feb. 8 ... 451
1427. Of Indiana, for a grant of land to Margaret Nation and her children 1836, Feb. 8 ... 451
1435. Of Indiana, for a correction of the entries on the books of the General Land Office of the Michigan road lands, and the issue of certificates therefor 1836, Feb. 15 ... 456
1436. Of Indiana, for a grant of land for a turnpike road from Fort Wayne to Richmond 1836, Feb. 15 ... 457
1437. Of Indiana, for bounty land to the militia who served during the war of 1812-'15 1836, Feb. 16 ... 457
1448. Of Rhode Island, for the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands 1836, Feb. 23 ... 497
1451. Of Mississippi, for the rejection of such claims to land under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek as originated in fraud 1836, Feb. 25 ... 506
1454. Of Indiana, for the cession of the unreclaimed lands near Vincennes to the inhabitants of French extraction 1836, Mar. 1 ... 511
1455. Of Alabama, for a grant of land to the Mobile Bay and Tennessee Valley railroad 1836, Mar. 1 ... 512
1456. Of Alabama, for a reduction of the price of the public lands, and for granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers, and against the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands 1836, Mar. 1 ... 512
1457. Of Michigan, for the survey and sale of the public lands in Michigan, establishment of land offices, and the extension of the pre-emption law 1836, Mar. 1 ... 514
1468. Of Arkansas, against the confirmation of the Spanish grant of land to Carlos De Villemont 1836, Mar. 11 ... 543
1469. Of Kentucky, for land to officers and those who served in the late war with Great Britain less than five years 1836, Mar. 11 ... 548
1470. Of Louisiana, for the establishment of a land office at Natchitoches 1836, Mar. 11 ... 548
1471. Same, for an increased compensation of land officers in that State 1836, Mar. 11 ... 549
1473. Of Pennsylvania, for distribution of proceeds of sales of public lands 1836, Mar. 14 ... 555
1475. Of Florida, for a grant of land to the East Florida Railroad Company 1836, Mar. 21 ... 557
1501. Of Louisiana, for the settlement of claims to land held under the Spanish grants 1836, April 1 ... 601
1506. Of Maryland, for distribution of proceeds of public lands 1836, April 12 ... 609
1510. Of Kentucky, for the same 1836, April 18 ... 657
1518. Of Indiana, for the extinguishment of the title of the Pottawatomie and Miami Indians to lands in that State 1836, April 23 ... 667
1519. Of Massachusetts, for the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands 1836, April 25 ... 668
1567. Of Alabama, for the extension of the pre-emption laws to the settlers on the lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians 1837, Jan. 16 ... 926
1571. Of Wisconsin, for the extension of the pre-emption laws to the lands recently acquired from the Indians 1837, Jan. 23 ... 928
1572. Of Illinois, for a grant of land in alternate sections along the Illinois river, to aid in draining the same 1837, Jan. 23 ... 929
1573. The same, for a grant to aid in improvement of Kaskaskia river 1837, Jan. 23 ... 929
1574. Of Alabama, for authority to apply her two per cent. fund to purposes of internal improvement 1837, Jan. 23 ... 929
1575. Of Alabama, for the entry of the public lands that have been offered for sale over seven years in twenty-acre tracts 1837, Jan. 23 ... 930
1576. Of Wisconsin, for the expenditure of money arising from the sale of town lots in improving the streets of the said towns 1837, Jan. 23 ... 930
1582. Of Ohio, for that portion of the land granted for the Miami canal and afterward sold by the United States 1837, Feb. 7 ... 937

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1586. Of St. Louis, for the rejection of any claims to land within the limits of the common of that city 1837, Feb. 13 ... 975
1587. Of Michigan, for land for the improvement of the navigation of rivers in that State 1837, Feb. 13 ... 975
1589. Of Indiana, for the sale of the reserved lands on the line of the Wabash and Erie canal at the minimum price 1837, Feb. 16 ... 977
1591. Of Indiana, in relation to the land claims of certain French and Canadian settlers at Vincennes 1837, Feb. 23 ... 983
1593. Of Ohio, for a donation of certain lands lying between the Muskingum and Little Miami rivers 1837, Feb. 27 ... 984

MEMORIALS OF INDIVIDUALS.

1535. For the construction of levees in the Mississippi river, and reclaiming of inundated lands 1836, June 1 ... 709
1539. Relative to the title to the island opposite St. Louis 1886, June 6 ... 871
1580. For a distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands ceded by Virginia to the United States 1837, Jan. 31 ... 936
1594. Claim of the New England Mississippi Land Company 1837, Feb. 28 ... 985

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

1351. Land claims in Arkansas 1835, Dec. 21 ... 316
1361. Application of Beale's rifle company for a grant of land for extraordinary service in defence of New Orleans 1835, Dec. 31 ... 328
1372. Application of inhabitants of Mississippi for the settlement of private land claims and extension of pre-emption rights 1836, Jan. 11 ... 337
1394. For the recognition of the title of the heirs of Julien Dubuque to land in Iowa 1836, Jan. 20 ... 387
1413. On reclaiming lands lying south and west of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers 1836, Feb. 1 ... 430
1413. Adverse to the location of the reservations of the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi 1836, Feb. 1 ... 430
1415. Application for indemnity for being deprived by settlers of reservations of the Choctaw Indians 1836, Feb. 1 ... 432
1429. Application of citizens of Alabama for the repeal of the act of March 2, 1829, relating to land claims 1836, Feb. 9 ... 453
1449. Remonstrance of citizens of Mississippi against the manner of executing the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw Indians 1836, Feb. 24 ... 498
1458 Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States upon certain land claims in Missouri 1836, Mar. 1 ... 515
1500. Relative to the location of a New Madrid certificate on the sand-bar in front of St. Louis 1836, April 1 ... 597
1508. Relative to the selection of lands granted to the Polish exiles 1836, April 15 ... 645

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