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American State Papers --TABLE OF CONTENTS. MISCELLANEOUS....VOL. II.

American State Papers [Miscellaneous: Volume 2] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS. MISCELLANEOUS....VOL. II.

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MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• Year.
• No.
• Page.
• Olmstead. Message from James Madison, President of the United States, with protest of the Legislature of Pennsylvania against the proceedings of the Supreme Court in the case of Gideon, Year 1809, No. 265 ... 2
• Olmstead. Message, with correspondence, &c. in the case of, Year 1809, No. 268 ... 11
• Public buildings in the city of Washington. Message relative to progress in work on the, Year 1809, No. 271 ... 16
• Barbary Powers. Message, with statement of expenses of intercourse with the, Year 1810, No. 273 ... 20
• Veto in rejecting "An act incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia." With objections to, or exercising the power of, Year 1811, No. 294 ... 152
• Veto in rejecting "An act for the relief of Richard Tervin, William Coleman, Edwin Lewis, Samuel Mims, Joseph Wilson, and the Baptist Church at Salem Meeting-house, in the Mississippi Territory." Message, with objections to, or exercising the power of the, Year 1811, No. 295 ... 154
• Canals in New York. Message on the subject of internal improvements, and transmitting an act of the Legislature for the establishment of, Year 1811, No. 304 ... 166
• Pennsylvania, approving the measures of the General Government on the subject of its foreign relations. With resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
• New Jersey ditto. With resolutions ditto, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
• Road. With the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland, Year 1812, No. 311 ... 175
• Veto in rejecting "An act providing for the trial of causes pending in the respective District Courts of the United States, in case of the absence or disability of the Judges thereof." Message, with objections to, or exercising the power of the, Year 1812, No. 315 ... 180
• War Department. Message recommending provision for two subordinate appointments in the, Year 1812, No. 320 ... 184
• Veto in rejecting "An act supplementary to the acts heretofore passed on the subject of a uniform rule of naturalization." Message, with objections to, or exercising the power of the, Year 1812, No. 329 ... 195
• Road. Message, with a statement of the progress made on the Cumberland, Year 1813, No. 339 ... 205
• Appointment of a Secretary of the Treasury in the absence of Albert Gallatin. Message relative to the temporary, Year 1813, No. 341 ... 206
• Nomination of Jonathan Russell. Message of the President declining a conference with a committee of the Senate on the, Year 1813, No. 347 ... 215
• Nomination of Albert Gallatin. Note of the President declining a conference with a committee of the Senate on the, Year 1813, No. 350 ... 218
• Road. Message, with a statement of the progress made on the Cumberland, Year 1814, No. 356 ... 226
• Pennsylvania, approving the measures of the General Government. Message, with resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
• Pennsylvania, with a declaration for supporting the measures of the General Government. Message, with resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
• Appointments made during the recess of the Senate. Message, with copies of commissions for, Year 1814, No. 368 ... 240
• Appointments of ministers and consuls made during the recess of the Senate. Message, with list of, Year 1814, No. 370 ... 242
• Road. Message, with statement of the progress made on the Cumberland, Year 1815, No. 379 ... 262
• Road. Message, with the total amount of appropriations and expenditures on account of the Cumberland, Year 1815, No. 384 ... 272
• Washington. Message, with statement of public expenditures for, and value of, property in the city of, Year 1816, No. 402 ... 294
• Road. Message, with statement of appropriations made and sum necessary for completing the Cumberland, Year 1816, No. 403 ... 296
• Counsel for the United States. Message, with a statement of allowances made to assistant, Year 1816, No. 407 ... 302
• Patent laws and the establishment of a patent office. Message recommending a revision of the, Year 1816, No. 408 ... 303
• Office after their election to Congress. Message, with a list of persons holding, Year 1817, No. 437 ... 448
• Roads by authority of the United States. Message relative to progress in making, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 466
• Constitution of the United States relative to titles of nobility and presents from foreign Governments to officers of the United States. Relative to the ratification by the States of an amendment to the, Year 1818, No. 446 ... 477
• Public edifices in Washington. With statements of the progress made in rebuilding the, Year 1818, No. 448 ... 484
• Public buildings. With statements of the expenditures and progress on the, Year 1818, No. 459 ... 528
• Federal Convention. Relative to the publication of the journal, acts, and proceedings of the, Year 1819, No. 471 ... 548
• Fire engines and apparatus for the safety of the public buildings, &c. On the subject of expenditures, &c. forYear 1820, No. 494 ... 626
• First meridian for the United States at the city of Washington. Message, with calculations of the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to the establishment of a, Year 1822, No. 508 ... 753
• First meridian. Message, with supplementary report relative to ditto, Year 1822, No. 508 ... 794
• Floridas. Message, with documents relative to proceedings in Florida under the act to carry into effect the treaty with Spain for the cession of that Territory, and to a misunderstanding between Andrew Jackson, as Governor, and Eligius Fromentin, as Judge of the--(see index, under Florida,)Year 1822, No. 513 ... 799

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• Bankruptcy in the United States. Message, with documents relating to proceedings in the States, &&c., under the act to establish a uniform system of, Year 1829, No. 514 ... 914
• Attorney General and district attorneys of the United States. Message, with a statement of the duties of the Attorney General, and of the allowances made for extra duties to the, Year 1822, No. 524 ... 930
• Treaty of Ghent. Message, with Jonathan Russell's account, and John Quincy Adams's reply, relating to certain proceedings of a majority of the American ministers who negotiated the, Year 1822, No. 528 ... 938
• Slaves imported by David B. Mitchell, agent for the Creek Indians, contrary to law. Message, with documents relating to certain, Year 1822, No. 529 ... 957
• Columbia river on the Pacific ocean. Message, with documents relating to a settlement made by citizens of the United States at the mouth of the, Year 1823, No. 536 ... 1007
• Florida. Message, with a memorial from the Legislative Council on the expediency and necessity for further legislative provision for the government and improvement of, Year 1823, No. 539 ... 1025
• Porto Rico. Message, with documents relating to an expedition illegally fitted out in the United States against the Spanish island of, Year 1823, No. 540 ... 1028

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
• Patents issued for new inventions up to 1811. With a list of all, Year 1811, No. 284 ... 130

  Same, in 1812. Same, Year 1812, No. 308 ... 169

• Patent office of the United States. With statements relating to the, Year 1812, No. 326 ... 192
• First meridian for the United States. On the memorial of William Lambert relative to establishing a, Year 1812, No. 328 ... 194
• Patents issued, &c. in 1812. With a list of all, Year 1813, No. 333 ... 197

  Same, in 1813. Same, Year 1814, No. 358 ... 228

• Appointments made during the recess of the Senate. With copies of commissions for. Year 1814, No. 368 ... 240
• Appointments of ministers and consuls made during the recess of the Senate. With lists of, Year 1814, No. 370 ... 242
• Books and papers destroyed by the enemy. With a statement of the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 252
• Patents issued, &c. in 1814. With a list of all, Year 1815, No. 383 ... 268
• Ministers and consuls of the United States in foreign countries. On the expediency of increasing the allowances to the public, Year 1816, No. 409 ... 303
• Register of all officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, and of the ships and vessels in the service of the United States--"Blue Book," Year 1816, No. 410 ... 307
• Accountability of public officers and prompt settlement of accounts. With a plan for a new organization of the several Departments, to ensure the, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
• Accountability of public officers, and rank and duties of the Attorney General. On the subject of the, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
• Appointments of persons to office after their election as members of Congress. With a list of, Year 1817, No. 437 ... 448
• Office. Stating the necessity for additional room for the accommodation of his, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 470
• Constitution to prohibit the reception of titles of nobility or presents from foreign Powers. With notice of ratifications by States of the amendment to the, Year 1818, No. 446 ... 477
• Journals and other printed documents of Congress. Relative to the distribution of the, Year 1818, No. 455 ... 512
• Weights and measures. On the subject of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 656
• Clerks and messengers in the Departments, and stating such as are engaged in other pursuits. With the number of, Year 1822, No. 521 ... 978
• Florida, under the act to carry into effect the treaty with Spain for the cession of that province; to acts of Andrew Jackson as Governor, and to his misunderstanding with Judge Fromentin. With documents relating to correspondence with the Spanish minister relating to transactions in, Year 1822, No. 513 ... 799
• Bankruptcy in the United States. With statements of the number of cases settled under commissions in the several States, in pursuance of the "act to establish a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 514 ... 914
• Ghent. In answer to Jonathan Russell's account of the proceedings of a majority of the American ministers who negotiated a treaty of peace with Great Britain, at Year 1822, No. 528 ... 938
• Columbia river. With documents relative to the establishment of the United States at the mouth of the, Year 1823, No. 536 ... 1008
• Porto Rico. With documents relating to an expedition illegally fitted out in the United States against the Spanish island of, Year 1823, No. 540 ... 1028

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
• Barbary Powers. With statement of expenses of intercourse with the, Year 1810, No. 273 ... 20
• Gauging as practised at the custom-houses. On defects in the system of, Year 1811, No. 290 ... 147
• Cumberland road. With proceedings under the act for laying out and making the, Year 1812, No. 311 ... 175
• Internal Improvements. Recommending that the proceeds of the public lands be set apart for, Year 1812, No. 312 ... 179
• Cumberland road. With proceedings in progress of the, Year 1813, No. 339 ... 205

  Same, Same, Year 1814, No. 356 ... 226

• Books and papers destroyed by the enemy. Statement of the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 248
• Cumberland road. With proceedings in progress of the, Year 1815, No. 379 ... 262

  Same. With total amount of appropriations and expenditures on account of the, Year 1815, No. 384 ... 272

• Internal improvements. Relative to funds applicable to a system of, Year 1816, No. 398 ... 285
• Washington. With a statement of the public expenditures for, and value of, public property in the city of Year 1816, No. 402 ... 294
• Cumberland road. With a statement of appropriations made, and sum necessary for completion of the, Year 1816, No. 403 ... 296
• Counsel for the United States. With a statement of allowances made to assistant, Year 1816, No. 407 ... 302
• Accountability of public officers, prompt settlement of public accounts, and proposing a new organization of the several Departments. On the subject of, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
• Appropriations from one object to another. On the expediency of repealing so much of the act authorizing the transfer of, Year 1817, No. 420 ... 413
• Accountability of public officers,' and rank and duty of the Attorney General on the subject of the, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
• Prompt settlement of public accounts. On progress made under the act for the, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 460
• Roads by authority of the United States. On progress made in constructing, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 466
• Office. Stating the necessity for additional room for the accommodation of the Treasury, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 471
• Cumberland road. On the cost and condition of the, Year 1818, No. 458 ... 523
• Attorney General of the United States. On the subject of extra allowances to the, Year 1819, No. 469 ... 546
• Payment of money due from individuals and corporate bodies to the United States. On a plan for enforcing speedy, Year 1820, No. 483 ... 575
• Judiciary in the District of Columbia. On the expenses of the, Year 1820, No. 485 ... 581

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• Cumberland road to fulfil engagements made in 1817. Suggesting an additional appropriation for the, Year 1820, No. 486 ... 585
• Cumberland road. With the report of the commissioners appointed to view and inspect the, Year 1822, No. 511 ... 797
• Clerks and messengers in the Department, and stating such as are engaged in other pursuits. With the number of, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 979
• Porto Rico. Relative to an expedition illegally fitted out in the United States against the Spanish island of, Year 1823, No. 540 ... 1039
• Cumberland road. With a statement of the total amount appropriated and expended for the, 823, No. 542 ... 1042

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
• Bridges for military purposes be purchased from Benjamin Conner. Report recommending that the patent right for building, Year 1813, No. 338 ... 204
• Books and papers destroyed by the enemy. With statement of the, 814, No. 374 ... 250
• Accountability of public officers, and prompt settlement of public accounts. Relative to a reorganization of the several Departments, to the, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
• Road through the Chickasaw nation. With a report of the commissioners for surveying and marking a, 816, No. 413 ... 401
• Accountability of public officers, and rank and duties of the Attorney General. On the subject of the, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
• Office. Relative to necessity for additional room for the accommodation of the War. Year 1818, No. 444 ... 471
• Roads and canals. Relative to the execution of a general system for the construction of, Year 1819, No. 462 ... 533
• Canal to connect the Illinois river with Lake Michigan. With report of a survey for a, Year 1819, No. 474 ... 555
• Clerks and messengers in the Department, and stating such as are engaged in other pursuits. With the number of, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 983
• Road from Plattsburg to Sackett's Harbor. Relative to the progress made on the military, Year 1823, No. 534 ... 987

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
• Books and papers destroyed by the enemy. Statement of the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 248
  1814, No. 377 ... 255
• Accountability of public officers and prompt settlement of accounts. With a plan for a new organization of the several Departments for the, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
• Accountability of public officers, and rank and duties of the Attorney General. On the subject of the, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
• Office. Stating the necessity for additional room for the accommodation of the Navy, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 471
• Clerks and messengers in the Department, and stating such as are engaged in other pursuits. With the number of, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 983

REPORTS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
• Duties of the office of the Attorney General, and declining to make report on a claim referred to him. On the subject of the, Year 1820, No. 482 ... 574
• Duties of the office, necessity for allowing a clerk, a messenger, stationary, &c. Relative to the, Year 1820, No. 489 ... 590
• Slaves from Africa by D. B. Mitchell, Indian agent, contrary to law. Relative to an alleged importation of, Year 1822, No. 529 ... 957

REPORTS FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
• Books and papers destroyed by the enemy. Statement of the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 248
• Clerks and messengers in the General Post Office, and stating such as are engaged in other pursuits. With the number of, Year 1822, No. 532 ... 984

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
• Books and papers destroyed by the enemy. With a statement of the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 250
  1814, No. 377 ... 255
• Clerks and messengers in that office, and stating the cases in which they are engaged in other pursuits. With a statement of the number of, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 981

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
• Washington. With documents concerning the location of the several public edifices in, Year 1818, No. 447 ... 479

  Same. Relative to lots of ground belonging to the United States in the city of, Year 1821, No. 507 ... 753

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
• Mississippi Territory into the Union. Report of a committee on the admission of, Year 1812, No. 318 ... 182
• Patent rights to Oliver Evans. Report of a committee on application to amend the act continuing certain, Year 1813, No. 337 ... 204
• Nomination of Jonathan Russell to be minister to Sweden. Report of a committee on inquiry into the, Year 1813, No. 342 ... 206
• Nomination of Albert Gallatin. Secretary of the Treasury, to be a minister to negotiate peace with Great Britain. Report of a committee relative to the, Year 1813, No. 342 ... 209
• Canal. Report of a committee on the President's message concerning the Chesapeake and Delaware, Year 1813, No. 348 ... 215
• President declining a conference with a committee of the Senate on the nomination of Albert Gallatin. Report of a committee on a note from the, 813, No. 350 ... 217
• Road. Report of a committee on a report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland, Year 1814, No. 357 ... 227
• Patent rights to Oliver Evans. Report of a committee on the amendment proposed to the act continuing certain, Year 1814, No. 365 ... 237
• Library of Thomas Jefferson. Report of a committee relative to the purchase of the, Year 1814, No. 372 ... 246

  Same, same, same, Year 1814, No. 376 ... 253

• Road. Report of a committee on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland, Year 1815, No. 381 ... 266
• Library of Thomas Jefferson. Report of a committee relative to payment of the, Year 1815, No. 387 ... 274
• Library of Congress, and the appointment of the librarian. Report of a committee on the subject of procuring books, regulations and expenditures on account of the, Year 1816, No. 396 ... 279
• Roads and canals. Report of a committee on so much of the President's message as relates to, Year 1816, No. 398 ... 283
• Canal. Report of a committee recommending an appropriation for a subscription of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware, Year 1816, No. 399 ... 285

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• Salaries of certain officers of the Government. Report of a committee on the subject of increasing the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
• Accountability of the public agents, &c. Report of a committee on a plan to ensure the regular settlement of public accounts and the, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
• Library of Congress. Report of a committee relative to the increase of, regulations, &c. for the, Year 1817, No. 419 ... 412
• Roads and Canals. On so much of the President's message as relates to, Year 1817, No. 429 ... 424
• Printing for Congress, and proposing a remedy for defects. Joint committee on the subject of the public, Year 1818, No. 460 ... 531

  Same, same, same, Year 1819, No. 466 ... 541

• Compensation of officers and clerks of the Legislative and Executive Departments of tile Government. On all inquiry into the propriety of reducing the, Year 1821, No. 499 ... 637
• Piracy. On the subject of changing the punishment for the crime of, Year 1821, No. 501 ... 654
• Patent right of Abel Pratt. On the petition for the extension of the, Year 1822, No. 516 ... 917

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF ELECTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
• Baylies, and in favor of Charles Turner, as a representative from Massachusetts. Report of a committee on the petition against the election of William, Year 1809, No. 264 ... 1

  Same, same, Year 1809, No. 266 ... 7

• Jennings, as delegate from Indiana. Report of a committee on the petition of Thomas Randolph against the election of Jonathan, Year 1809, No. 270 ... 15
• Hungerford, as representative from Virginia. Report of a committee on the petition of John Taliaferro, contesting the election of John P. Year 1811, No. 297 ... 156
• Harris, as representative from Tennessee. Report of a committee on the petition of William Kelly, contesting the election of Thomas K. Year 1813, No. 340 ... 205
• Hungerford, as representative from Virginia. Report of a committee on the petition of John Taliaferro, contesting the election of John P. Year 1813, No. 343 ... 0206

  Same, same, Year 1813, No. 345 ... 210

• Sage and John Lefferts, as representatives from New York. Report of a committee on the petition of Benjamin Blydenburgh and Peter Augustus Jay, contesting the election of Ebenezer, Year 1813, No. 349 ... 217
• Bowers, as representative from New York. Report of a committee on the petition from Isaac Williams, jun., contesting the election of John M. Year 1813, No. 351 ... 218
• Harris, as representative from Tennessee. Report of a committee on the petition of William Kelly, contesting the election of Thomas K. Year 1814, No. 353 ... 223
• Hungerford, as representative from Virginia. Report of a committee on the petition of John Taliaferro, contesting the election of John P. Year 1813, No. 343 ... 206

  Same, same, Year 1813, No. 345 ... 210

• Sage and John Lefferts, as representatives from New York. Report of a committee on the petition of Benjamin Blydenburgh and Peter Augustus Jay, contesting the election of Ebenezer, Year 1813, No. 349 ... 217
• Bowers, as representative from New York. Report of a committee on the petition from Isaac Williams, jun., contesting the election of John M. Year 1813, No. 351 ... 218
• Harris, as representative from Tennessee. Report of a committee on the petition of William Kelly, contesting the election of Thomas K. Year 1814, No. 853 ... 223
• Hungerford, as representative from Virginia. Report of a committee on the petition of John Taliaferro, contesting the election of John P. Year 1814, No. 355 ... 226
• Bayley, as representative from Virginia. Report of a committee on the petition of Burwell Bassett, contesting the election of Thomas M. Year 1814, No. 360 ... 233
• Smith, as representative from New York. Report of a committee on the petition of Westel Willoughby, jun., contesting the election of William S. Year 1815, No. 389 ... 275
• Adams, as representative from New York. Report of a committee on the petition of Erastus Root, contesting the election of John, Year 1815, No. 390 ... 275
• McCoy, as representative from New York. Report of a committee on the petition of Robert Porterfield, contesting the election of William, Year 1816, No. 400 ... 291
• Scott, as delegate from Missouri. Report of a committee on the petition of Rufus Easton, contesting the election of John, Year 1816, No. 417 ... 408

  Same, same, Year 1817, No. 421 ... 414

• Herrick, as a representative from Ohio. On the petition of C. Hammond, contesting the election of Samuel, Year 1818, No. 438 ... 448
• Earle, as representative from South Carolina. On the contested election of Elias, Year 1818, No. 439 ... 457
• Mumford, as representative from North Carolina. On the contested election of George, Year 1818, No. 445 ... 473
• Merrill, as representative from Vermont. On the petition of Rollin C. Mallary, contesting the election of Orsamus C. Year 1820, No. 476 ... 558
• Sage, as representative from New York. On the petition of James Guyon, jun., contesting the election of Ebenezer, Year 1820, No. 480 ... 570
• Sharp, as representative from New York. On the petition of Cadwallader D. Colden, contesting the election of Peter, Year 1821, No. 505 ... 751
• Cosden, as representative from Maryland. On the petition of Philip Reed, contesting the election of Jeremiah, Year 1822, No. 519 ... 922

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
• Breach of privileges, in an assault, by J. A. Coles, on General Nelson, a member thereof. Report of a committee in the case of a, Year 1809, No. 272 ... 18
• Banks in the District of Columbia. Report of a committee on the petition for renewal of charters of certain, Year 1810, No. 274 ... 45
• First meridian for the United States. Report of a committee on the proposition of William Lambert for the establishment of a, Year 1810, No. 277 ... 53
• Laws of the United States in Michigan in the French language. Report of a committee on the petition of sundry inhabitants for publication of the, Year 1810, No. 278 ... 71
• Wilkinson. Report of a committee on an inquiry into the conduct of Brigadier General James, Year 1810, No. 280 ... 79
• Lands acquired by treaty of Brownstown. Report of a committee on the expediency of laying out and making roads designated, and for disposal of, Year 1811, No. 282 ... 128
• Mississippi into the Union. Report of a committee on the expediency of admitting the Territory of, Year 1811, No. 283 ... 129
• Road from Vincennes, Indiana, towards Dayton, Ohio. Report of a committee on the expediency of opening a, Year 1811, No. 286 ... 145
• Patent rights of Oliver Evans. Report of a committee on the petition of John Brumback and others, for curtailing the, Year 1811, No. 287 ... 145
• Patent rights. Report of a committee on the petition of Benjamin and John Tyler, praying for an extension of their, Year 1811, No. 288 ... 146
• Banks in the District of Columbia. Report of a committee on bills to incorporate sundry, Year 1811, No. 289 ... 147
• National university. Report of a committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the establishment of a, Year 1811, No. 293 ... 151
• Roads designated by the treaty at Brownstown. Report of a committee on providing for the Year 1811, No. 298 ... 160
• Mississippi Territory into the Union. Report of a committee on the admission of the, Year 1811, No. 301 ... 163
• Canals, and stating the inability of the Government to appropriate money for those objects. Report of a committee on the subject of the Union, Chesapeake and Delaware, and New York, Year 1812, No. 313 ... 178
• Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Report of a committee on the subject of the, Year 1812, No. 314 ... 180

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• Secrecy concerning certain proceedings of the House of Representatives. Report of a committee relative to the violation of, Year 1812, No. 316 ... 181
• Road. Report of a committee for making an appropriation for continuing the Cumberland, Year 1812, No. 317 ... 182
• Canary islands. Report of a committee on the expediency of extending relief to the inhabitants suffering by famine in the, Year 1812, No. 321 ... 184
• Toulmin, District Judge of the United States in Mississippi. Report of a committee on the presentment of the Grand Jury against Harry, Year 1812, No. 322 ... 184
• Home Department, and on inquiry into the state of the Patent office. Report of a committee on the proposition to establish a, Year 1812, No. 326 ... 187
• Sunday mails. Report of a committee on the memorial of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States to abolish, Year 1812, No. 327 ... 194
• Road company in New York for aid. Report of a committee on the memorial of the New York Highland, Year 1813, No. 330 ... 196
• National observatory. Report of a committee on the establishment of a, Year 1813, No. 332 ... 197
• Missouri. Report of a committee on the revision of the act for the government of the Territory of, Year 1813, No. 334 ... 201
• Illinois Territory. Report of a committee on the right of suffrage in the, Year 1813, No. 336 ... 204
• Canal Company. Report of a committee in favor of extending aid to the Chesapeake and Delaware, Year 1813, No. 352 ... 222
• Patent right to Oliver Evans. Report of a committee on the remonstrance against the removal of a, Year 1814, No. 354 ... 224
• Mississippi Territory. Report of a committee relative to an act of the Legislative Council concerning escheats in the, Year 1814, No. 367 ... 239
• Patent right. Report of a committee on the petition of an alien for citizenship and a, Year 1814, No. 369 ... 241
• Capitol, President's house, and other public buildings in the city of Washington. Report of a committee on the subject of rebuilding the, Year 1814, No. 375 ... 252
• Books and papers of the House of Representatives by the enemy, and the loss of vouchers, and state of the contingent fund. Report of a committee on the destruction of the, Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
• Contingent fund of the House of Representatives. Report of a committee relative to the adjustment of the account of the Clerk for expenditures from the, Year 1815, No. 380 ... 263
• Roads from Nashville to Natchez, and from Fort Hawkins to St. Stephen's. Report of a committee relative to, Year 1815, No. 385 ... 273
• National observatory. Report of a committee on the subject of a, Year 1815, No. 386 ... 273
• Mississippi Territory into the Union. Report of a committee on the subject of admitting the, Year 1815, No. 388 ... 274
• Same, same, same, Year 1815, No. 391 ... 276
• Indiana Territory into the Union. Report of a committee on the admission of the, Year 1816, No. 392 ... 277
• Patent right of Benjamin and John Tyler. Report of a committee on extending the, Year 1816, No. 393 ... 278
• Lottery in the District of Columbia. Report of a committee on the memorial of a society of freemasons for authority to raise money by, Year 1816, No. 394 ... 278
• Colonization of free negroes within the United States. Report of a committee on the petition of the Kentucky Abolition Society for land for the, Year 1816, No. 395 ... 278
• Washington. Report of a committee on the subject of erecting a monument to the memory of General, Year 1816, No. 404 ... 298
• Road. Report of a committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the Cumberland, Year 1816, No. 406 ... 300
• National university. Report of a committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the establishment of a, Year 1816, No. 414 ... 402
• Compensation to members of Congress. Report of a committee on the expediency of repealing or modifying the law making, Year 1816, No. 415 ... 403
• Mississippi into the Union. Report of a committee on the admission of the Territory of, Year 1816, No. 416 ... 407
• Flag of the United States. Report of a committee on the subject of a permanent establishment of the, Year 1817, No. 418 ... 412
• Mississippi into the Union. Report of a committee on the admission of the Territory of, Year 1817, No. 423 ... 416
• Insolvent debtor of the United States, to be released from imprisonment. On the petition of William Smith, an, Year 1817, No. 425 ... 419
• Roads and canals. On a general system of, Year 1817, No. 427 ... 420
• Judge of the sixth circuit of the United States for extra services. On the subject of paying the, Year 1817, No. 428 ... 424
• President and Vice President of the United States. On the mode of examining votes and notifying the persons elected as, Year 1817, No. 430 ... 425
• Public buildings in the city of Washington, &c. On the progress made on the, Year 1817, No. 431 ... 426
• Chesapeake and Delaware and Dismal Swamp canals, &c. On subscription to the, Year 1817, No. 432 ... 438
• Agriculture. On the subject of establishing a National Board of, Year 1817, No. 433 ... 442
• Judge Toulmin. On an inquiry into the official conduct of, Year 1817, No. 434 ... 443
• Roads and canals. On a general system of improvement by, Year 1817, No. 435 ... 443
• Judicial proceedings of one State in the courts of the other States. On the effect of, Year 1817, No. 436 ... 447
• Flag of the United States. On an alteration of the, Year 1818, No. 440 ... 457
• Slaves brought into the United States from Amelia island. On the subject of, Year 1818, No. 441 ... 458
• Heads of Departments, &c. On the subject of erecting buildings for the accommodation of the, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 470
• Patent right to Daniel Pettibone. On the renewal of a, Year 1818, No. 450 ... 490
• Clerks in the Executive offices. On the misconduct of certain, Year 1818, No. 452 ... 495
• History of Congress by Gales & Seaton. On authorizing a subscription to the, Year 1818, No. 453 ... 510
• Public edifices in Washington. On the expenditures for rebuilding the, Year 1818, No. 454 ... 510
• Boundary with Great Britain. On the subject of the disputed, Year 1818, No. 456 ... 512
• Fees charged by the district attorney of the United States for the southern district of New York, on prosecutions against retailers of spirits without license. On the subject of, Year 1818, No. 457 ... 518
• Weights and measures. On the subject of fixing standards of, Year 1819, No. 463 ... 538
• Judge of the southern district of New York. Relative to the official conduct of William P. Van Ness, Year 1819, No. 464 ... 542
• Judge of the northern district of New York. Relative to the official conduct of Matthias B. Tallmadge, Year 1819, No. 465 ... 543
• Deaf and dumb asylum of Connecticut for money or land. On the petition of the, Year 1819, No. 467 ... 545
• First meridian for the United States. On ascertaining the longitude of the Capitol, and establishing a, Year 1819, No. 468 ... 546
• Public buildings in the city of Washington, and various improvements connected therewith. On the subject of appropriations for the, Year 1820, No. 484 ... 577
• Laws in newspapers. Relative to the publication of the, Year 1820, No. 487 ... 587
• Public buildings in the city of Washington. On the subject of expenditures on the, Year 1820, No. 488 ... 587
• Roads in Michigan contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown with the Indians. On the subject of carrying into effect certain, Year 1820, No. 491 ... 593
• Missouri into the Union. On the approval of the constitution and admission of, Year 1820, No. 493 ... 625
• Patent right to Benjamin and John Tyler. On the extension of a, Year 1820, No. 495 ... 627
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• Fine arts. On the petition of Julia Plantou for the purchase of a painting of an allegorical group representing the treaty of Ghent, or for the encouragement of the, Year 1821, No. 496 ... 628
• Columbia river, on the western coast of North America. On the subject of the occupation of the, Year 1821, No. 497 ... 629
• Lotteries in the District of Columbia. On the subject of, Year 1821, No. 498 ... 634
• Missouri into the Union. On the resolution declaring the admission of, Year 1821, No. 502 ... 655
• Imprisonment for debt. On the expediency of abolishing, Year 1821, No. 504 ... 750
• Vaccination. On the expediency of amending the law of 1813 to encourage, Year 1822, No. 517 ... 918
• Medals presented to Congress by George W. Erving, to be placed in the library. On the subject of, Year 1822, No. 518 ... 921
• Weights and measures. On the subject of a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 520 ... 927
• Patent right to Anthony Dey and James Macdonald. On the extension of a, Year 1822, No. 521 ... 928
• Naturalization law as requires a previous declaration of three years. On a resolution to inquire into the expediency of dispensing, as regards certain cases, with so much of the, Year 1822, No. 522 ... 929
• Commissioner of the public buildings to the architect. On a resolution to inquire into the expediency of transferring the duties performed by the, Year 1822, No. 523 ... 929
• Attorney General. On the subject of allowances made for extra services to the, Year 1822, No. 524 ... 930
• Vaccination. On the propriety of repealing the act of 1813 to encourage, Year 1822, No. 525 ... 933
• Roads and canals. On the subject of a general system for the construction of, Year 1822, No. 526 ... 934
• Patent right to Anthony Dey and James Macdonald. On the remonstrance of David Melville against the removal of the, Year 1822, No. 527 ... 937
• Potomac river. On the subject of improving the navigation of the, Year 1822, No. 530 ... 975
• Medals presented to Congress by George W. Erving, to be placed in the library. On the subject of, Year 1822, No. 532 ... 985
• Judge of the United States for Alabama. On the official conduct of Charles Tait, district, Year 1823, No. 537 ... 1014
• Printers to the House of Representatives. Relative to the suppression of parts of certain documents ordered to be printed, and to the official conduct of Gales & Seaton, Year 1823, No. 538 ... 1015
• Patent office. On the propriety of employing an artist for the preservation and repair of the models in the, Year 1823, No. 541 ... 1040
• Judiciary system in the United States. On the subject of making alterations in the organization of the courts or in the, Year 1823, No. 542 ... 1042
• RESOLUTIONS, MEMORIALS, &c. FROM STATES AND TERRITORIES.
• Pennsylvania protesting against the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Gideon Olmstead. Resolutions, &c. of, Year 1809, No. 265 ... 2
• Pennsylvania on the same subject. Correspondence between the President of the United States and the Governor of, Year 1809, No. 268 ... 11
• Louisiana to be admitted as a State. Memorial of the people of the Territory of Orleans or, Year 1810, No. 276 ... 51
• Georgia for the settlement of the boundary between that State and North Carolina. Resolutions and documents from the Legislature of, Year 1810, No. 279 ... 72
• Pennsylvania approving the measures of the Federal Government on foreign affairs. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1810, No. 281 ... 128
• Ohio approving the measures of the Federal Government. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1811, No. 292 ... 151
• Florida to the Mississippi Territory. Of the inhabitants to annex West, Year 1811, No. 296 ... 155
• Mississippi Territory, impeaching Harry Toulmin, judge of the district court of the United States, &c. Resolution of the House of Representatives of the, Year 1811, No. 300 ... 162
• Pennsylvania approving the measures of the Federal Government regarding its foreign relations. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
• Mississippi Territory approving the measures of the Federal Government regarding its foreign relations. Resolutions of the Legislative Council of, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
• North Carolina approving the measures of the Federal Government regarding its foreign relations. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1811, No. 307 ... 168
• New Jersey approving the measures of the General Government, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
• Virginia approving the measures of the General Government, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
• Ohio recommending the canal between the Hudson river and the lakes as of national importance. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 312 ... 178
• Rhode Island opposed to a war. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
• Massachusetts opposed to a war. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
• Ohio approving the measures of the General Government, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
• Pennsylvania approving of the declaration of war, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
• Massachusetts against the war, and against the formation of new States from lands not within the original limits of the United States. Remonstrance of, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
• Maryland against the war, and recommending that measures be adopted for its speedy termination. Remonstrance of the House of Delegates of, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
• Tennessee to obtain an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Tennessee river at the Muscle Shoals. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 361 ... 234
• Pennsylvania approving the measures of the General Government in retaining hostages for the security of American prisoners in Great Britain. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
• Kentucky approving the measures of the General Government in the war with Great Britain. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 363 ... 235
• Pennsylvania, with a declaration for supporting the Federal Government. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
• Indiana Territory for alterations in the judiciary system of that Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 373 ... 247
• Ohio rejecting the seven amendments to the constitution proposed by Massachusetts and Connecticut. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1816, No. 397 ... 282
• New York to provide for the improvement of the internal navigation of that State. Act of the Legislature of, Year 1816, No. 412 ... 400
• Kentucky relating to the boundary between that State and Tennessee. Memorial of the General Assembly of, Year 1818, No. 451 ... 490
• Missouri for admission into the Union. Of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of, Year 1819, No. 475 ... 557
• Ohio on the refusal of the Bank of the United States to pay taxes to that State on the branch situated therein. Proceedings of the Legislature of, Year 1821, No. 500 ... 643
• Maryland to obtain the passage of a law for the restoration of fugitive slaves from that State to Pennsylvania. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1821, No. 506 ... 752
• New Jersey to obtain the passage of law for deciding controversies between the States. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1822, No. 510 ... 797

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• RESOLUTIONS, MEMORIALS, &c. FROM STATES AND TERRITORIES--Continued.
• Alabama to obtain provision for making a canal between the Alabama and Hiwassee rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of, Year 1822, No. 512 ... 798
• Maryland in favor of the navy and a general system of internal improvements. Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1823, No. 533 ... 987
• Maryland. Report of the commissioners appointed by Maryland and Virginia to survey the river Potomac, with a view to improving its navigation, transmitted by direction of the Legislature of, Year 1823, No. 535 ... 983
• MEMORIALS, PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, &c.
• Land on which the church stands. Of the Baptist church at Salem, Mississippi, for the, Year 1809, No. 267 ... 11
• Slaves. Of Harry Caldwell & Co. for remission of penalty for bringing, in their vessel, into New Orleans certain, Year 1809, No. 269 ... 13
• Hall & Sellers for compensation for printing during the Revolutionary war. Of the representatives of, Year 1810, No. 275 ... 47
• Orleans to be admitted into the Union as a State. Of the people of the Territory of, Year 1810, No. 276 ... 51
• Canal in Massachusetts for aid in completing the same. Of the proprietors of the Middlesex, Year 1811, No. 285 ... 142
• Patent laws. Of the Massachusetts Association for the Encouragement of Useful Inventions, for a revision of the, Year 1811, No. 291 ... 149
• Canal Company of Pennsylvania for aid, &c. Of the Union, Year 1811, No. 299 ... 161
• Patents granted to Robert Fulton. Of Aaron Ogden and others against extending the, Year 1811, No. 302 ... 164
• Canal commissioners of New York for aid from the General Government in making canals in that State. Of the, Year 1811, No. 303 ... 165
• Patent right for the cotton gin. Of Eli Whitney for an extension of his, Year 1812, No. 319 ... 183
• Indian village on the river Thames. Of the Moravian Society of United Brethren for indemnity for the destruction of the, Year 1814, No. 364 ... 236
• Patent right. Of Harriet Fulton, widow of Robert Fulton, for extension of a, Year 1816, No. 401 ... 292
• Canals from Hudson river to Lakes Erie and Champlain. Of the commissioners of the State of New York for aid in the construction of, Year 1816, No. 412 ... 399
• Bankruptcy. Of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia for the establishment of a uniform system of, Year 1817, No. 422 ... 415
• Emigrants. Of the New York Irish Emigrant Association for relief to, Year 1818, No. 449 ... 489
• Slavery in the new States. Of the American Convention for Promoting Abolition of Slavery against the admission of, Year 1819, No. 470 ... 547
• Bankruptcy. Of sundry merchants and traders of Boston for a uniform system of, Year 1819, No. 472 ... 549
• Venue from the courts of Ohio to Kentucky or Virginia to recover service due to him from certain Germans. Of James Brown for change of, Year 1819, No. 473 ... 550
• Vaccine institution. Of James Smith and others for the establishment of a national, Year 1820, No. 477 ... 565
• Bankruptcy. Of the Chamber of Commerce of New York for the establishment of a uniform system of, Year 1820, No. 478 ... 567
• Slavery in Missouri. Of the inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island, for the prohibition of, Year 1820, No. 479 ... 568
• Slavery in Missouri. Of the inhabitants of Hartford, Connecticut, for the prohibition of, Year 1820, No. 481 ... 572
• Bankruptcy. Of the Chamber of Commerce of Baltimore for the establishment of a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 509 ... 796
• Bankruptcy. Of the citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, for the establishment of a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 515 ... 915
• MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.
• Tea plants to the members of the House of Representatives. Letter from John S. Grimes, presenting, Year 1812, No. 323 ... 185
• Clerk of the House of Representatives concerning the destruction of the books and papers of his office by the enemy. Statement from the, Year 1814, No. 371 ... 245
• Same, same, same, Year 1814, No. 378 ... 258
• Clerk of the House of Representatives. Resignation of the, Year 1815, No. 382 ... 267
• Reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Letter from J. Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, relative to, Year 1817, No. 426 ... 419
• Commissioner of the Public Buildings concerning the location of the public buildings in Washington, &c. From the, Year 1818, No. 447 ... 479
• Surveyor of the Public Buildings. Vindication of the official conduct of Benj. H. Latrobe, late, Year 1819, No. 461 ... 531
• Boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee. Adjustment by commissioners of the, Year 1820, No. 490 ... 591
• Fees taxed in the several courts of the United States. Statements of, Year 1820, No. 492 ... 598
• Potomac river, with a view to improving its navigation. Report of the commissioners appointed by Maryland and Virginia for surveying the, Year 1823, No. 535 ... 988

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