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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
American State Papers --INDEX TO MISCELLANEOUS. VOLUME II.
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1815, No. 380 ... 263
Report from the heads of the several Departments, with a plan to secure the accountability of public officers, and for the prompt settlement of public, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
Same, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
And the United States--Account between the Regency of, Year 1810, No. 273 ... 32
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Report of a committee of the Senate on the same, Year 1813, No. 344 ... 209
Message from the President, declining a conference with a committee of the Senate on the nomination of Jonathan Russell for the, Year 1813, No. 347 ... 215
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1818, No. 438 ... 448
Same, Year 1818, No. 439 ... 457
Same, Year 1818, No. 445 ... 473
General staff, ... 326
Ordnance Department, ... 326
Medical Department, ... 326
Corps of engineers, ... 327
Light artillery, ... 328
Corps of artillery, ... 328
First regiment of infantry, ... 330
Second regiment of infantry, ... 331
Third regiment of infantry, ... 331
Fourth regiment of infantry, ... 332
Fifth regiment of infantry, ... 332
Sixth regiment of infantry, ... 332
Seventh regiment of infantry, ... 333
Eighth regiment of infantry, ... 333
Rifle regiment, ... 334
Pay of the officers and soldiers of the, ... 334
Officers of the Military Academy, ... 336
Cadets, ... 336
(See Fine Arts)--Encouragement of fine.
Message from the President, with a statement of allowances to counsel appointed to assist the, Year 1816, No. 407 ... 302
Statement by James Monroe, Secretary of State, relative to the rank and duties of the, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 418
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of extra compensation for services in the courts of the United States to the, Year 1819, No. 469 ... 546
To the House of Representatives, declining to make a report on a claim of Major Wheaton, referred to him by that House, and stating his duties as Attorney General--Report from the, Year 1820, No. 482 ... 574
Relative to his official duties, compensation, clerks, records of office, &c.--Letters from the, Year 1820, No. 489 ... 590
Report of a commitee of the House of Representatives on the message of the President relative to the regular duties and allowances made for extra duties to the, Year 1822, No. 524 ... 930
Relative to an alleged importation of negro slaves from Africa contrary to law, by D. B. Mitchell, Indian agent--Reports from the, Year 1822, No. 529 ... 957
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Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 308
Relative to the progress of business in his office, under the act for the prompt settlement of public accounts--Report from the First, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 463
Report from the Second Auditor of the Treasury on the same, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 463
Report from the Third Auditor of the Treasury on the same, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 464
Report from the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury on the same, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 465
Report from the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury on the same, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 465
Memorial of the merchants and traders of Boston, for the adoption of a uniform system of, Year 1819, No. 472 ... 548
Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, for the adoption of a uniform system of, Year 1820, No. 478 ... 567
Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Baltimore, for the adoption a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 509 ... 796
In the United States," passed in 1800--Message from the President of the United States, with statements of the number of cases settled, &c. in the States and Territories under the "Act to establish a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 514 ... 914
Memorial of the citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, for the adoption of a uniform system of, Year 1822, No. 515 ... 915
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on sundry bills to incorporate certain, Year 1811, No. 289 ... 147
President Madison's objections to the act granting land to the, Year 1811, No. 295 ... 154
Same, No. 266 ... 7
Between that State and Tennessee--Memorial of the Legislature of Kentucky to obtain a settlement of the, Year 1818, No. 451 ... 490
With Great Britain--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of the disputed, Year 1818, No. 456 ... 512
Between Kentucky and Tennessee--Articles of agreement between the commissioners for the settlement of the, Year 1820, No. 490 ... 591
Between that State and the States of New York and Delaware--Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey to obtain the passage of a law for the establishment of the, Year 1822, No. 510 ... 797
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Objects referred to in said report, viz:
A canal to connect the waters of Boston with Ipswich bay.
To improve the navigation of the Hudson river.
The Delaware and Raritan canal.
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal.
A canal to connect the Potomac and Youghiogeny rivers.
A cannal to connect the tide waters of the Potomac with the Western waters.
To improve the navigation and connect the waters of the Alabama and Tennessee rivers.
A canal to connect the Pensacola and Mobile bays.
The canal Carondelet from Lake Ponchartrain to New Orleans.
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of Mississippi Territory in 1816, Year 1816, No. 416 ... 408
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1813, No. 352 ... 222
Report of a committee of the Senate relative to the, Year 1816, No. 399 ... 285
Report of the commissioners appointed by Maryland and Virginia on the condition of the Potomac Company, and on the importance of a canal to connect the waters of the Potomac with those of the Ohio river, or the, Year 1822, No. 535 ... 988
Report of commissioners of Virginia and Maryland in 1785, on improvements in anticipation of the, ... 1006
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the destruction, by the enemy, of the books and papers, and of the Library of Congress; also, in relation to the accounts of disbursements from the contingent fund by the, Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
With documents relative to the same, from the; explanatory letter from Patrick Magruder, Year 1814, No. 378 ... 253
Documents with said letter, viz:
Certificate from Captain Benjamin Burch, ... 259
Certificate from Captain Harvey Bestor, ... 260
Order from Brigadier General Walter Smith, ... 260
Letter from John T. Frost, ... 260
Letter from George Magruder, ... 260
Certificate from General W. Smith, ... 260
Certificate from Washington Bowie, ... 261
Certificate from George N. Thomas, ... 261
Letter from A. & G. Way, ... 261
Account of A. & G. Way, ... 261
Letter from R. C. Weightman, ... 262
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the explanatory statement of the, Year 1815, No. 379 ... 263
Documents with the same, viz:
Letter from Wm. Barnett, chairman of the Committee of Accounts, ... 265
Letter from Joseph Pearson, chairman of the committee, to George Magruder, ... 265
Answer from George Magruder to J. Pearson, ... 265
Statement from R. C. Weightman, ... 265
Testimony of P. Ferrall, ... 266
Continuation account of P. Magruder, ... 266
Resignation of Patrick Magruder as, Year 1815, No. 382 ... 267
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Message from the President with a report from J. B. Prevost, relative to the establishment of the United States at the mouth of the, Year 1823, No. 536 ... 1007
Report of Fifth Auditor, relative to the settlement of the accounts of, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 466
Biennial register of the officers and clerks in the offices of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 309
Reports from the. (See Washington.)
Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to increasing the salary of, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 308
Relative to the arrangement of business in his office under the act for the prompt settlement of public accounts, &c.--Report from Joseph Anderson, First, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 462
Same--Report from Richard Cutts, Second, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 463
(See Election.) Contested elections of members of.
(See Privileges.) Breach of privileges of members of.
Account of bills of credit and other printing executed under resolves of the Revolutionary, Year 1810, No. 275 ... 47
By the conflagration of the Capitol in 1814, as also his vouchers for expenditures from the contingent fund of that House--Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives on the destruction of books and papers and of the library of, Year 1814, No. 371 ... 245
Report of the Committee on the library of the Senate, relative to the purchase of the library of Thomas Jefferson for the use of, Year 1814, No. 372 ... 246
Report of a committee of the Senate, with resolution for the purchase of the library of Thomas Jefferson for the use of, Year 1814, No. 376 ... 253
By the enemy in 1814, and the accounts of said Clerk--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, relative to the destruction of books and papers and the library of, Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
Purchased from Thomas Jefferson--Report of a committee of the Senate, recommending that provision be made for a room, and for the transportation of the library, Year 1815, No. 386 ... 274
Accounts, purchase of books, appointment of Librarian, &c.--Report of a committee of the Senate relative to a room for accommodating the library of, Year 1816, No. 396 ... 279
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the expediency of repealing the law making compensation to members of, Year 1816, No. 414 ... 402
And extending the use of books to the Heads of Departments--Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to the purchase of books for the library of, Year 1816, No. 419 ... 412
Message from the President, with a list of persons who have held offices after their election as members of, Year 1817, No. 437 ... 448
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Same, Year 1818, No. 439 ... 457
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of an individual retaining his office under the Government of the United States after his election as a member of, Year 1818, No. 445 ... 473
Proposed to be published by Gales and Seaton--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the propriety of authorizing a subscription to the History of Debates and Proceedings in, Year 1818, No. 453 ... 510
Report of the Secretary of State relative to the distribution of the laws, journals, and documents of, Year 1818, No. 455 ... 513
Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to the prompt execution of the printing of, Year 1818, No. 460 ... 531
Report of a committee of the Senate on the propriety of establishing an efficient and certain plan for executing the printing for, Year 1819, No. 466 ... 544
Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to compensation to officers, &c. of, Year 1821, No. 499 ... 637
Asylum for tile instruction of the deaf and dumb, for aid--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on petition of the, Year 1819, No. 467 ... 545
For the prohibition of slavery in Missouri, as a condition for its admission into the Union--Memorial from the people of Hartford, Year 1820, No. 481 ... 572
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 691, 728
Viz. 1. As respects taxation and representation.
2. As respects the admission of States into the Union.
3. As respects the laying of embargoes.
4. As respects the interdiction of commercial intercourse.
5. As respects the power to declare war.
6. As respects eligibility to the office of President of the United States.
7. As respects re-election to the office of President of the United States.
Of the United States, to prohibit titles of nobility or presents being received by citizens of the United States from foreign Powers--Message from the President of the United States, relative to the ratification by the States of an amendment to the, Year 1818, No. 446 ... 477
Message from the President relative to the publication of the journal, acts, and proceedings of the Fedral Convention which formed the, Year 1819, No. 471 ... 548
Objections to the bill entitled "An act for incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia,"--Message from President Madison stating, Year 1811, No. 294 ... 152
Objections to the bill granting land to the Baptist meeting-house at Salem, Mississippi, &c.--Message from President Madison with, Year 1811, No. 295 ... 151
United States--Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to increasing the compensation of the Ministers and, Year 1816, No. 409 ... 303
United States--Biennial register of the Ministers and, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 314
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the state of the accounts, same, Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, Year 1815, No. 380 ... 263
Further proceedings of Pennsylvania relative to, No. 268 ... 11
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salaries of the judges of the several, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
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Message from the President on the same, 1814 356 ... 226
Report of a committee of the Senate on the same, 1814 357 ... 227
Message from the President on the same, 1815 379 ... 262
Report of a committee of the Senate on the same, 1815 381 ... 266
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the appropriations, expenditures, and progress made, &c. on the, 1815 384 ... 272
Message from the President, with a statement of the progress made on the, 1816 403 ... 296
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, 1816 406 ... 300
To Wheeling--Estimate of the amount for the completion of the, 1818 443 ... 469
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the rates of wages and expenditures on the, 1818 458 ... 523
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the conduct of Josiah Thompson, late superintendent, and to the funds for the continuation of the, 1820 486 ... 585
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report of a survey, &c. of the commissioners appointed to view and inspect the, 1822 511 ... 797
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of the total amount appropriated and expended for the, 1823 542 ... 1042
With a plan to ensure the prompt settlement of accounts, and a more certain accountability for the public expenditures; and proposing a new organization of those Departments--Report from the heads of the several, 1816 411 ... 396
Report of a committee of the Senate recommending that the use of the Library of Congress be extended to the heads of, 1817 419 ... 413
Biennial register of officers in the several Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, 1816 410 ... 307
Relative to the books and papers destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Letter from the several Executive, 1814 374 ... 248
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Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings concerning the location of the buildings for the Executive, 1818 447 ... 479
Report of a committee of the Senate relative to the compensation of the officers and clerks in the Legislative and Executive, 1821 499 ... 637
Of the number of clerks and messengers employed in those Departments, and stating cases in which they have been engaged in other pursuits--Reports from the several Executive, 1822 531 ... 978
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the remonstrance of David Melville, and on the foregoing report in the case of, 1822 527 ... 937
Biennial register of the, 1816 410 ... 314
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on sundry bills to incorporate certain banks in the, 1811 289 ... 147
President Madison's objections to the bill entitled "An act for incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Alexandria, in the, 1811 294 ... 152
For authority to raise money by lottery--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives adverse to a petition from a masonic society in the, 1816 394 ... 278
Public buildings, public lots, &c. in, (See Washington.) From 1801 to 1809--Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of the expenses of the judiciary in the, 1820 485 ... 581
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the manner of executing the power conferred on the corporation of Washington to raise money by lottery in the, 1821 498 ... 634
Report of the Secretary of State relative to the weights and measures used in the, 1821 503 ... 698, 710
Explanatory statement of the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to the same, 1814 378 ... 258
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, 1815 380 ... 263
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, 1817 421 ... 414
Same, 1809 266 ... 7
Jonathan Jennings, as Delegate from the Indiana Territory--Report of a committee on the petition of Thomas Randolph, contesting the, 1809 270 ... 15
John P. Hungerford, as a Representative from Virginia--Report of a committee on the petition of John Taliaferro, contesting the, 1811 297 ... 156
Thomas K. Harris, as a Representative from Tennessee--Report of a committee on the petition of William Kelly, contesting the, 1813 340 ... 205
John P. Hungerford, as a Representative from Virginia--Report of a committee on the petition of John Taliaferro, contesting the, 1813 343 ... 206
Same, 1813 345 ... 210
Ebenezer Sage and John Lefferts, as Representatives from New York--Report of a committee on the petitions of Benjamin Blydenburgh and Peter Augustus Jay, contesting the, 1813 349 ... 217
John M. Bowers, as a Representative from New York--Report of a committee on the petition of Isaac Williams, jun., contesting the, 1813 351 ... 218
Thomas K. Harris, as a Representative from Tennessee--Report of a committee on the petition of William Kelly, contesting the, 1814 353 ... 223
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Thomas M. Bayley. as a Representative from Virginia--Report of a committee on the petition of Burwell Bassett contesting the, 1814 360 ... 233
William S. Smith, as a Representative from New York--Report of a committee on the petition of Westel Willoughby, jun., contesting the, 1815 389 ... 275
John Adams, as a Representative from New York--Report of a committee on the petition of Erastus Root, contesting the, 1815 390 ... 275
William McCoy, as a Representative from New York--Report of a committee on the petition of Robert Potterfield, contesting the, 1816 400 ... 291
John Scott, as Delegate from Missouri--Report of a committee on the petition of Rufus Easton, contesting the, 1816 417 ... 408
Same, 1817 421 ... 414
Samuel Herrick, as a Representative from Ohio--Report of a committee on the memorial of C. Hammond, contesting the, 1818 438 ... 448
Elias Earle, as a Representative from South Carolina--Report of a committee on the contested, 1818 439 ... 457
George Mumford, as a Representative from North Carolina--Report of a committee on the contested, 1818 445 ... 473
Orsamus C. Merrill, as a Representative from Vermont--Report of a committee on the petition of Rollin C. Mallary, contesting the, 1820 476 ... 558
Ebenezer Sage, as a Representative from New York--Report of a committee on the petition of James Guyon, contesting the, 1820 480 ... 570
Peter Sharpe, as a Representative from New York--Report of a committee on the memorial of Cadwallader D. Colden, contesting the, 1821 505 ... 751
Jeremiah Cosden, as a Representative from Maryland--Report of a committee on the petition of Philip Reed, contesting the, 1822 519 ... 922
Report of a committee of the Senate on the same, 1813 344 ... 209
Message from the President declining a conference with a committee of the Senate on the nomination of Jonathan Russell as, 1813 347 ... 215
Report of a committee of the Senate that the President declined conferring with them relative to the appointment of Albert Gallatin as, 1813 350 ... 217
And lost at sea--Report of a Joint Committee on the Library relative to a collection of medals presented to Congress by G. W., 1822 518 ... 921
Being a duplicate of the collection before sent and lost at sea--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives acknowledging the reception of a box of medals presented to Congress by George W., 1822 532 ... 985
Report of a committee of the Senate on the memorial of John Worthington and others to amend the act continuing certain patent rights to Oliver, 1813 337 ... 204
To the patent right continued to him--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of William Cole and others contesting the right of Oliver, 1814 354 ... 224
Report of a committee of the Senate proposing the act to amend certain patent rights to Oliver, 1814 364 ... 237
Biennial register of the officers in the, 1816 410 ... 307
Report of a committee of the Senate to extend the use of the books in the Library to the heads of the several, 1817 419 ... 413
With a plan for a more certain accountability of public expenditures--Reports from the several, 1816 411 ... 396
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the propriety of erecting additional buildings for the several, 1818 444 ... 470
Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings respecting the location of the buildings for the several, 1818 447 ... 479
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the misconduct of certain officers and clerks in acting as agents for the settlement of claims against the United States in the, 1818 452 ... 495
Report of a committee of the Senate relative to the compensation of the officers and clerks in the legislative and, 1821 499 ... 637
Under the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the treaty of Ghent relating to the boundary with Great Britain--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the, 1818 456 ... 512
For the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the total amount of, 1823 542 ... 1042
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In the district court for Maine, ... 598
Vermont, ... 599
New York, ... 601
New Jersey, ... 601
In the eastern district of Pennsylvania, ... 603
In the western district of Pennsylvania, ... 605
In the district of Delaware, ... 608
Virginia, ... 610
North Carolina, ... 613
South Carolina, ... 616
Georgia, ... 619
Louisiana, ... 620
Indiana, ... 622
Mississippi, ... 624
At the seat of Government--Report of the Secretary of State on the expediency of establishing a, 1812 328 ... 194
Or national observatory, &c.--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, 1813 332 ... 197
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, 1815 386 ... 273
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on memorial of Wilham Lambert, on the subject of ascertaining the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to make it a, 1819 468 ... 546
Message from the President with calculations of William Lambert to determine the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to the establishment of a, 1822 508 ... 753
Message from the President, with a supplemental report on same, 1822 ... 794
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, 1818 440 ... 457
Documents communicated with the above, viz:
Letter from Andrew Jackson to J. Q. Adams, Secretary of State, ... 801
H. M. Brackenridge, alcalde, to Andrew Jackson, ... 802
Andrew Jackson to Messrs. Walton, Brackenridge, and Miller, ... 802
Messrs. Walton, Brackenridge, and Miller to Andrew Jackson, ... 802
Same to Domingo Sousa, ... 803
Domingo Sousa to Messrs. Walton, Brackenridge, and Miller, ... 803
Messrs. Walton, Brackenridge, and Miller to Domingo Sousa, ... 803
Andrew Jackson to Messrs. Butler and Miller, ... 804
Return from Colonels Butler and Miller to Andrew Jackson, ... 804
Examination of Domingo Sousa, ... 804
Order from Andrew Jackson to Colonel Brooke, ... 805
Andrew Jackson to Lieutenant Mountz, ... 805
Andrew Jackson to Colonel Butler and Doctor Bronaugh, ... 805
Report of Colonel Butler and Doctor Bronaugh to Andrew Jackson, ... 806
Memorandum referred to in said report, ... 806
Minutes of the examination of Colonel Callava and Fullarat, ... 806
Order of Andrew Jackson for imprisonment of Domingo Sousa, Colonel José Callava, and Antoine Fullarat, ... 807
Letter from H. M. Brackenridge, alcalde, to Andrew Jackson, ... 807
Affidavit of Mercedes Vidal, ... 808
Search warrant for papers in the house of José Callava, ... 808
Return of Messrs. Walton, Miller, Shannon, and Brownjohn on said warrant, ... 808
Order for the discharge of Domingo Sousa, Colonel José Callava, and Antoine Fullarat, ... 809
Return of Captain Wager on the above order, ... 809
Receipt from H. M. Brackenridge to Colonel Walton for said papers ... 809
Writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Fromentin in case of Callava, ... 810
Letter from Lieutenant Mountz to Andrew Jackson with said writ, ... 810
Summons for judge Fromentin to appear before Governor Jackson, and return, ... 810, 822
Letter from H. M. Brackenridge to Andrew Jackson, ... 811
Memorandum from record book of Andrew Jackson, ... 813
Letter from Andrew Jackson to J. Q. Adams, Secretary of State, ... 813
Proclamation of Andrew Jackson, Governor of Florida, warning sundry Spanish officers to leave Florida, ... 814
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Appointment of auditors to settle said case, ... 818
Letter from J. Q. Adams, Secretary of State, to Andrew Jackson, Governor, ... 818
Andrew Jackson, Governor, to J. Q. Adams, Secretary of State, ... 819
Two letters from Judge Fromentin to Governor Jackson, ... 820
Governor Jackson to Judge Fromentin, ... 820
Certificates of Doctor Bronaugh, R. Butler, and E. A. Rutledge, ... 821
Certificate of Lieutenant Andrew J. Donelson, ... 822
Statement of Lieutenant G. W. Mountz to Governor Jackson, relative to the arrest of Callava, &c. ... 823
Captain F. L. Dade to Governor Jackson, on same ... 824
Affidavits of Alexander Scott, jun. and J. C. Mitchell, ... 824
John Coppinger Conner, ... 825
Letter from Governor Jackson to the Secretary of State, ... 826
Affidavit of H. M. Breckenridge, ... 828
Certificate of Hannum, Miller, and Nisbet, ... 831
Letter from the Secretary of State to Governor Jackson, ... 832
Documents with President's message of 28th January, 1822, viz:
Letter from the Secretary of State to Judge Fromentin, with his commission, ... 833
Three letters from Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, with his proceedings, &c. relative to his writ of habeas corpus for Callava, ... 833, 834
Letter from Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, with an enclosure of a letter to Governor Jackson, ... 837
Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, with sundry enclosures, ... 838
Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, ... 843
Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, ... 843
Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, with copies of strictures on the conduct of General Jackson, ... 844
Secretary of State to Judge Fromentin, ... 848
Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, ... 848
Decree of Hernandez, auditor in the case of Innerarity, &c. ... 849
Opinion of N. S. Suares, in case of Vidal vs. Innerarity, Forbes, &c. ... 849
Four petitions from Mercedes Vidal, ... 850
Proceedings of Governor Jackson's court against Innerarity, &c. ... 852
Petition of John Innerarity and plea of same, ... 853
For same, by Samuel Acre, his attorney, ... 854
Order to auditors to settle said case, and postponement of trial, ... 854
Statement of Messrs. Brackenridge and Call, attorneys of the heirs of N. M. Vidal vs. John Innerarity, ... 855
Statement by J. Innerarity to the auditors, ... 856
Two statements by same to same, ... 857
Petition of John Forbes & Co. vs. heirs of N. M. Vidal, court in New Orleans, ... 858
Accounts of the sales of Vidal's estate, ... 859
Report of the auditors--Vidal vs. Innerarity, ... 861
Plea and petition of John Innerarity, ... 865
Exceptions of Innerarity to the auditors' report, ... 866
Plea of Innerarity, ... 866
Decree of Governor Jackson in said case, ... 867
Extract from the Spanish record, same, ... 868
Letter from Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, ... 868
Judge Fromentin to Captain Henley, relative to want of jurisdiction to try pirates, &c. ... 869
Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, ... 869
Exposition by Judge Fromentin of his objections to the proceedings of Governor Jackson, ... 870
Letter from Judge Fromentin to the Secretary of State, ... 873
Opinion of Samuel Acre, attorney of John Innerarity, ... 873
Documents also communicated with message 28th January, 1822, viz:
Correspondence between Robert Butler, adjutant general, and José Coppinger, Governor of St. Augustine, ... 875
to ... 890
Order to Major T. Cross and Lieutenant T. J. Baird, to receive the archives of East Florida, &c. from Governor Coppinger, ... 883
Act of cession or delivery of East Florida from Spain to the United States, ... 890
Documents communicated with message 28th January, 1822, viz:
Letters from W. G. D. Worthington, Secretary of East Florida, to the Secretary of State, ... 890, 895
Correspondence between W. G. D. Worthington and Juan De Entralgo, ... 890, 891
Commission to Messrs. Bell, Forbes, and Law, to receive the archives of East Florida, ... 893
Report of the commissioners, ... 894
Appointment of secretaries to the commissioners and their instructions, ... 894, 895
Correspondence between W. G. D. Worthington and the commissioners, ... 895
Letter from Geo. Walton, Secretary of West Florida, to the Secretary of State, ... 896
Additional documents communicated by the Secretary of State, viz:
Letter from Andrew Jackson to the Secretary of State, relative to his proceedings, ... 896
Report of H. M. Brackenridge, alcalde, to Governor Jackson, ... 902
Ordinance of Governor Jackson for the government and preservation of order in Pensacola, ... 904
Of same, for the preservation of health in Pensacola, ... 905
Of same, for carrying into effect 6th article of treaty with Spain, &c. ... 905
Of same, for the division of the Floridas in counties and establishment of courts, ... 906
Of same, explanatory of proceedings in county courts, ... 907
Letter from Governor Jackson to the Secretary of State, ... 908
Same to J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, ... 911
Captain J. R. Bell to Governor Jackson, ... 912
Proceedings of H. S Dexter and E. Wanton with the Seminole Indians, ... 912
Representing the condition of that Territory and suggesting means for its improvement--Message from the President with memorial from the Legislative Council of, 1823 539 ... 1025
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Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, same, Year 1811, No. 292 ... 151
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, same, Year 1811, No 305 ... 167
Resolution of the Legislative Council of Mississippi Terrritory, same, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, same, Year 1811, No. 307 ... 168
Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, same, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, same, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, disapproving the measures of the General Government regarding its, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, same, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
In favor of the war, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, approving the measures of the General Government relating to its, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
War, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, same, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts, disapproving of measures relating to, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Maryland, same, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, approving of the measures relative to, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, same, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
In opposition to other States--Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, approving of measures relating to, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio on the same, Year 1811, No. 291 ... 151
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the same, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
Resolutions of the Legislative Council of Mississippi Territory on the same, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina on the same, Year 1811, No. 307 ... 168
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey on the same, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia on the same, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island disapproving the measures of the General Government relative to the affairs with, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts on the same, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio approving the measures of the General Government towards, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts, disapproving of the measures of the General Government relative to, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Maryland on the same, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Letter from W. H. Crawford, with a statement of compensation made to ambassadors by, Year 1816, No. 409 ... 305
Writ of habeas corpus for the release of Colonel José Callava from Judge, ... 810
To appear before Governor Jackson, to answer for said writ, &c.--Summons to Judge, ... 810, 822
With Governor Jackson, relative to their respective powers--Correspondence of Judge, ... 820
With the Secretary of State--Correspondence of Judge, ... 833, 868
On the conduct of Governor Jackson--Strictures of Judge, ... 844, 870
To Captain Henley, of the United States navy, stating his want of jurisdiction to try pirates, &c.--Letter from Judge, ... 869
For applying steam to purposes of navigation, &c.--Memorial of Harriet Fulton for the extension of the patent right acquired by her late husband, Robert, Year 1816 No. 401 ... 292
Printers of the House of Representatives--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the suppression of certain parts of original documents, ordered to be printed, and to the official conduct of, (See Printers,) Year 1823, No. 538 ... 1015, 1021
Report of a committee of the Senate on the same, Year 1813, No. 344 ... 209
As envoy, &c.--Report of a committee of the Senate that the President had declined conferring with them relative to the appointment of Albert, Year 1813, No. 350 ... 217
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Minister of the United States at Paris, on the subject of weights and measures-- Letter from Albert, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 746
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 696, ... 739
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the same, Year 1810, No. 281 ... 128
Same, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
Resolutions of the Legislative Council of Mississippi Territory on the same, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina on the same, Year 1811, No. 307 ... 168
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey on the same, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia on the same, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island disapproving of the measures of the General, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts on the same, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio approving of the measures of the General, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the same, Year 1813, No. 325 ... 203
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts disapproving of the measures of the General, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Remonstrance of Maryland on the same, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania approving the measures of the General, 1814 362 ... 235
Resolutions -of the Legislature of Kentucky on the same, Year 1814, No. 363 ... 235
In opposition to certain proceedings in other States--Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania in support of the laws of the General, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1812, No. 322 ... 184
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio on the same, Year 1811, No. 292 ... 151
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the same, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
Resolutions of the Legislative Council of Mississippi Territory on the same, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina on the same, Year 1811, No. 307 ... 168
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey on the same, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia on the same, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island disapproving of the measures of the General Government regarding its affairs with, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts on the same, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
And other measures of the General Government--Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio approving of the war with, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania approving of the war with, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
And Russia--Message from the President relative to the appointment of Albert Gallatin as envoy to, Year 1813, No. 341 ... 206
Report of a committee of the Senate on the same, Year 1813, No. 344 ... 209
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Maryland on the same, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania approving of the war and measures of retaliation against, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky approving of the war and other measures against, Year 1814, No. 363 ... 235
To ambassadors, &c.--Letter from the Secretary of State relative to allowances made by, Year 1816, No. 409 ... 304
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of the disputed boundary with, Year 1818, No. 456 ... 512
At Ghent--Message from the President, with Jonathan Russell's account, and John Q. Adams's answer relating to certain proceedings of a majority of the American ministers who negotiated a treaty of peace with, Year 1822, No. 528 ... 938
Same, Year 1813, No. 353 ... 223
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Herrick, as a Representative from Ohio--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of C. Hammond, contesting the election of Samuel, Year 1818, No. 438 ... 448
Hillegas, as Treasurer of the United States during the revolutionary war--Reference to Michael, Year 1810, No. 275 ... 47
History of debates and proceedings in Congress, by Gales and Seaton--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on propriety of authorizing a subscription to a, Year 1818, No. 453 ... 510
Home Department--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the state and condition of the Patent Office, and proposing the establishment of a, Year 1812, No. 326 ... 187
Report from the Heads of the several Departments, recommending the establishment of a, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 398
Should embrace the following objects, viz.--Same, recommending that,
1. The Territorial Governments,
2. The national highways and canals,
3. The General Post Office,
4. The Patent Office,
5. The Indian Department, Year 1816 No. 411 ... 398
Report of the Heads of Departments, on the utility of a, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 418
House of Representatives. (See Election.) Contested elections of members of the, Appointed to office by the President. (See Congress.) Members of the. In an assault made upon one of its members--Report of a committee in case of a breach of the privileges of the, Year 1809, No. 272 ... 18
And expediency of allowing the Clerk a commission for its disbursement--Report of the Committee of Accounts on the subject of the contingent expenses of the, Year 1812, No. 314 ... 180
Report of a committee on a violation of secrecy as to certain proceedings of the, Year 1812, No. 316 ... 181
Relative to the destruction of the books and papers of his office, and of the library of Congress, by the conflagration of the Capitol in 1814--Letter from Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the, Year 1814, No. 371 ... 245
Relative to the destruction, by the enemy, of the library and of the books and papers of that House; as also, on the state of the accounts of the Clerk, &c.--Report of a committee of the. (See Clerk.) Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
Same--Explanatory statement of Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the, Year 1814, No. 378 ... 258
Same--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, 1815 380 ... 263
Resignation of Patrick Magruder, as Clerk of the, Year 1815, No. 382 ... 267
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salaries of the Clerk and his assistants, and the Chaplain of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Biennial register of the officers and clerks of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 310
Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to compensation to officers of the, Year 1821, No. 499 ... 639
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, relative to the suppression of certain parts of documents ordered to be printed, and to the official conduct of Gales and Seaton, as printers to the. (See Printers.) Year 1823, No. 538 ... 1015, 1021
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
Same, Year 1813, No. 343 ... 206
Same, Year 1813, No. 345 ... 210
Same, Year 1814, No. 355 ... 226
I.
Illinois Territory--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the right of suffrage in the, Year 1813, No. 336 ... 204
Illinois river with Lake Michigan--Report of the Secretary of War relative to a canal to connect the, Year 1819, No. 474 ... 555
Illinois on the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 697, 745
Impeachment against Harry Toulmin, judge of the United States for the superior court of Mississippi Territory--Presentment of the grand jury, with articles of complaint or, Year 1811, No. 300 ... 162
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the presentment of the grand jury, with articles of complaint, or, year 1812, No. 322 ... 184
Imprisonment as an insolvent debtor--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of releasing William Smith from, Year 1817, No. 425 ... 419
Imprisonment for debt--Report of a committee of House of Representatives on abolishing, Year 1821, No. 504 ... 750
Incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia"--President Madison's objections to the bill entitled "An act for, Year 1811, No. 294 ... 152
Indiana Territory for an alteration in the judiciary system of that Territory--Memorial of, Year 1814, No. 373 ... 247
Indiana into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the preparatory measures for the admission of the Territory of, Year 1816, No. 392 ... 277
Indiana on the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 697, 744
Indiana on the subject of a reorganization of the courts of the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of the Legislature of, Year 1823, No. 543 ... 1042
Indians--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of the roads designated by the treaty of Brownstown with the, Year 1811, No. 282 ... 128
Indians, &c.--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on making provision for roads designated by the treaty of Brownstown with the, Year 1811, No. 298 ... 160
Indian village, on the river Thames, by the United States army--Memorial of the Moravian Society of United Brethren that indemnity be made for the destruction of the, Year 1814, No. 364 ... 236
Indians through their country--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the right of way obtained by treaties with the Choctaws and Creek, Year 1815, No. 385 ... 273
Indian trade--Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of superintendent of, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 312
Indian agents of the United States--Biennial register of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 338
Indian affairs to a Home Department--On the subject of assigning the duties relating to, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 398
Indians--Report of the Secretary of War relative to a road from Reynoldsburg, on the Tennessee, through the country of the Chickasaw, Year 1816, No. 413 ... 401
Indian affairs--Report of the Fifth Auditor relative to the progress in settling accounts respecting, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 466
Indians--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the construction of roads contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown with the, Year 1820, No. 491 ... 593
In that Territory, and stating the unauthorized proceedings of H. S. Dexter and E. Wanton with said Indians--Letter from Andrew Jackson, as Governor of Florida, to the Secretary of War, suggesting a policy as proper to be pursued regarding the Seminole, Year 1822, No. 513 ... 911
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Report of a committee of the Senate on so much of the President's message as relates to, Year 1817, No. 429 ... 424
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1817, No. 435 ... 443
By roads, under the authority of the United States--Message from the President of the United States relative to the progress made on, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 466
By roads and canals--Report from John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, on a general plan for effecting, Year 1818, No. 462 ... 533
Report of a committee of the Senate, with a resolution to authorize the purchase of the library of Thomas, Year 1814, No. 376 ... 253
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Same, Year 1813, No. 353 ... 223
Abolition Society for the colonization of free negroes on the public lands of the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of the, year 1816, No. 395 ... 278
To obtain the settlement of the boundary between that State and Tennessee, with copies of the acts of Kentucky on the subject--Memorial of the Legislature of, Year 1818, No. 451 ... 490
And Tennessee--Articles of agreement between the commissioners for the settlement of the boundary line between, Year 1820, No. 490 ... 591
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 696, 740
And recommending the establishment of a first meridian at the seat of Government--Report of the Secretary of State on the memorial of William, Year 1812, No. 328 ... 194
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of William, Year 1813, No. 332 ... 197
On the subject of ascertaining the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to make it a first meridian for the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of William, Year 1819, No. 468 ... 546
To determine the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to the establishment of a first meridian for the United States at Washington--Calculations of Wm. Year 1822, No. 508 ... 753
Same, supplementary calculation, same, Year 1822 ... 794
Ceded by North Carolina to the United States, and exchanged by the latter with Georgia, had been covered by grants from North Carolina to individuals, &c.--The State of Georgia complains that a tract of, Year 1810, No. 279 ... 72
In the Mississippi Territory--President Madison returns with objections the bill confirming certain pre-emption and donation claims to, Year 1811, No. 295 ... 154
Obtained by escheated estates in the Mississippi Territory--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, against the endowment of Jefferson college by means of, Year 1814, No. 367 ... 239
Report of a committee of the Senate, on increasing the salary of the Commissioner of the General, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Biennial register of the officers and clerks in the General, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 309
With statement of the number of clerks and messengers in that office, and stating the cases in which they are engaged in other pursuits--Report from the Commissioner of the General, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 981
Acquired from the Indians to make roads contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown in 1808--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to, Year 1822, No. 491 ... 393
Letter from Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that means be afforded for making canals by sales of the public, Year 1812, No. 313 ... 179
Not within the original limits of the United States--Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts against the war with Great Britain, and against the formation of new States from, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Memorial of the Irish Emigrant Association, that encouragement be extended to emigrants from Ireland to become settlers on the public, Year 1818, No. 449 ... 489
Biennial register of the registers, receivers, and surveyors of the public, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 325
In Ohio and Indiana, sold in 1816 and 1817, upon which amount two per cent. was appropriated for roads leading to those States--Estimate of moneys received for, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 469
As applicable to the construction or roads by the States and the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of the proceeds of the sales of public, Year 1822, No. 526 ... 934
Vindicating his official conduct as surveyor or architect of the public buildings in Washington--Letter from Benjamin Henry, Year 1818, No. 461 ... 531
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In opposition to proceedings in certain States--Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania to support the, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
In newspapers--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the publication of the, Year 1820, No. 487 ... 587
Report of a committee of the Senate relative to compensation allowed to officers, clerks, &c. in the Executive, &c. Year 1821, No. 499 ... 637
Report of a committee of the Senate, with a resolution to authorize the purchase of the, Year 1814, No. 376 ... 253
Explanatory statement from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, same, Year 1814, No. 378 ... 285
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, Year 1815, No. 380 ... 263
And extending the use of the books to the Heads of Departments--Report of a committee of the Senate relative to the purchase of books for the, Year 1816, No. 419 ... 412
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to a collection of medals presented by George W. Erving, to be placed in the, Year 1822, No. 518 532 ... 921 985
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives adverse to the petition of the Masonic Society in Alexandria for authority to raise money by, Year 1816, No. 394 ... 278
Under act to provide for the government of Missouri--Proclamation of Benjamin Howard, Governor of, Year 1813, No. 334 ... 202
On subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 697, 741
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the remonstrance of David Melville, and on said report in case of Dey and, Year 1822, No. 527 ... 937
Madison, President of the United States. (See President.) Messages from James.
For want of care in failing to secure the books and papers of the House of Representatives and library of Congress from destruction by the enemy in 1814, and, also, in relation to the incorrect state of his accounts--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives censuring Patrick, Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
With documents relative to same--Explanatory letter from Patrick, Year 1814, No. 378 ... 258
Same--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, Year 1815, No. 380 ... 263
As Clerk of the House of Representatives--Resignation of Patrick, Year 1815, No. 382 ... 267
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To obtain the passage of a law to enable the people of that State to recover slaves escaping into the State of Pennsylvania, &c.--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1821, No. 506 ... 752
In favor of the navy, and the adoption of a general system of internal improvement by the General Government--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1822, No. 533 ... 987
Relative to the Potomac Company--Abstract of the laws of, ... 998
On the subject of opening and improving the navigation of the Potomac river in 1785--Report of George Washington, Charles Carroll of Carollton, and other commissioners of ... 1006
Adverse to the war and to measures of the General Government, regarding its foreign relations--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 142
Against the war, and against the formation of new States from lands not within the original States, and protest of the minority against the same--Remonstrance of the Legislature of, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 690, 726
Regarding its foreign affairs--Resolution of Legislature of Ohio approving the, Year 1811, No. 292 ... 151
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania approving the, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 167
Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi Territory approving the, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 168
Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey approving the, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia approving the, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island opposed to the, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts opposed to the, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio approving the war with Great Britain and other, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania approving the, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts disapproving the, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Remonstrance of the Legislature of Maryland disapproving the, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania approving the, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky approving the, Year 1814, No. 363 ... 235
In opposition to certain proceedings in other States--Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania in favor of the, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
Report of the Secretary of State on the subject of a uniform standard of weights and, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 656
Of Massachusetts--Same, relative to the weights and, ... 690
Of New Hampshire and Vermont--Same, ... 691, 722 '5
Of Rhode Island and Connecticut--Same, ... 691
Of New York and New Jersey--Same, ... 692
Of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland--Same, ... 693
Of Virginia--Same, ... 695
Of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee--Same, ... 696
Of Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama--Report of the Secretary of State, same, ... 697
Of Missouri and District of Columbia--Same, ... 698
Documents with said report relating to weights and, ... 705
Used in the custom-houses of the United States--Tables of weights and, ... 706, 707
Of Great Britain--Table showing the ancient and modern standard of, ... 711
By F. R. Hassler--Comparison of French and English, ... 716
Of Sweden, compared with those of France and England--Letter from Jonathan Russell, with statement of, ... 747
From the Secretary of State, and recommending the establishment of certain standards for the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the report from the Secretary of State on subject of weights and, Year 1822, No. 520 ... 927
Before sent by him and lost at sea--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives acknowledging the reception of a box of medals, with a list of the same, from George W. Erving, being a duplicate of the, Year 1822, No. 532 ... 985
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on same subject, Year 1818, No. 438 ... 448
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on same, Year 1818, No. 439 ... 457
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on same, Year 1818, No. 445 ... 473
Report of the Secretary of State on the expediency of establishing a first, Year 1812, No. 328 ... 194
National observatory, &c. at the seat of Government --Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of establishing a first, Year 1813, No. 332 ... 197
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of establishing a first, Year 1815, No. 386 ... 270
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Message from the President, with calculations of William Lambert to determine the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to the establishment of a first, Year 1822, No. 508 ... 753
Supplementary calculation, same, Year 1822 ... 794
Relative to the roads contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown with the Indians--Letter from Lewis Cass, Governor of, Year 1820, No. 491 ... 596
Report of a committee of the Senate on same, Year 1813, No. 344 ... 209
To Sweden--Report of a committee of the Senate relative to the nomination of Jonathan Russell, to be, Year 1813, No. 342 ... 206
Message from the President of the United States, declining a conference with a committee of the Senate relative to the appointment of Jonathan Russell as, Year 1813, No. 347 ... 215
To Great Britain and Russia--Report of a committee of the Senate that the President declined conferring with them relative to the appointment of Albert Gallatin as, Year 1813, No. 350 ... 217
And consuls appointed by the President during the recess of the Senate, from the commencement of the Government to 1814--Message from the President with a list of, Year 1814, No. 370 ... 242
Of the United States in foreign countries, &c.--Report of a committee of the Senate on the expediency of increasing the compensation of, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
And consuls of the United States--Letter from the Secretary of State relative to compensation by other nations to their ministers, and the propriety of increasing the compensation of, Year 1816 No. 409 ... 303
And consuls of the United States--Biennial register of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 314
President Madison returns with objection the bill confirming certain pre-emption and donation claims to land in the, Year 1811, No. 295 ... 154
Memorial of the people of West Florida to be annexed to the, Year 1811, No. 296 ... 155
Presentment of the grand jury, with articles of complaint against Harry Toulmin, judge of the superior court of the United States for the, Year 1811, No. 300 ... 162
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the,admission of the, Year 1811, No. 301 ... 163
Approving of the measures of the General Government--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the Senate on the bill from the House of Representatives for the admission of, Year 1812, No. 318 ... 182
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on presentment of the grand jury against Judge Toulmin, of the, Year 1812, No. 322 ... 184
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives against the endowment of Jefferson college, by means of escheated estates in the, Year 1814, No. 367 ... 239
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to preparatory measures for the admission of the, Year 1815, No. 388 ... 274
Into the Union--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of, Year 1815, No. 391 ... 276
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of the, Year 1816, No. 416 ... 407
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of the Territory of, Year 1817, No. 423 ... 416
Statement of the quantity of land sold from the opening of the land offices to the 30th September, 1816, in the, Year 1817, No. 423 ... 417
River, &c.--Message from the President with account of Jonathan Russell, and answer of John Quincy Adams, relative to proceedings of a majority of the American ministers who negotiated a treaty of peace with Great Britain, respecting the navigation of the, Year 1822, No. 528 ... 938
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on petition of Rufus Easton, on contesting the election of John Scott, as Delegate from, Year 1816, No. 417 ... 408
To be admitted into the Union as a State--Memorial of the people of the Territory of, Year 1819, No. 475 ... 557
Memorial of the American Convention for the Abolition of Slavery, that slavery be prohibited in, Year 1819, No. 471 ... 547
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Memorial of people of Hartford, Connecticut, for the prohibition of slavery in, Year 1820, No. 481 ... 572
Into the Union--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, approving the constitution, and recommending the admission of, Year 1820, No. 493 ... 635
Into the Union--Report of a select committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of, Year 1821, No. 502 ... 655
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 698, 745
Report of a committee of House of Representatives on the establishment of a, Year 1815, No. 386 ... 273
National university--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives for the erection and endowment of a, Year 1816, No. 414 ... 402
Report of the commissioners of Maryland and Virginia on the same, Year 1822, No. 535 ... 988
Captains, ... 338
Masters commandant, ... 339
Lieutenants, ... 339
Surgeons and surgeons' mates, ... 341
Pursers, ... 342
Chaplains, ... 343
Midshipmen, ... 343
Sailingmasters, ... 347
Boatswains, ... 348
Gunners, ... 349
Carpenters, ... 349
Sailmakers, ... 349
Masters' mates, ... 350
Navy agents, ... 351
Naval storekeepers, ... 351
Naval constructors, ... 351
Inspector and measurer of timber and mechanics, ... 351
Biennial register of the vessels belonging to the, ... 351
Same, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
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"To provide for the improvement of the internal navigation of the State," and for the construction of canals between the great lakes and the Hudson river--Message from the President of the United States, with a copy of the act of the Legislature of, Year 1811, No. 204 ... 166
Ought to be provided for by the United States--Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio that the expense of making a canal from the great lakes to the Hudson river, in Year 1812, No. 312 ... 178
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of aiding in the construction of said canal, Year 1812, No. 313 ... 178
Highland Turnpike Road Company for aid from the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the memorial of the, Year 1812, No. 330 ... 196
Soliciting aid from the United States in constructing canals to connect the Hudson river with Lake Erie--Memorial of the Canal Commissioners of, Year 1816, No. 412 ... 399
"To provide for the improvement of the internal navigation of this State"--An act of the Legislature of, Year 1816, No. 412 ... 400
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 692, 723
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey to obtain the passage of a law with a view to the establishment of the boundary between that State and the States of Delaware and, Year 1822, No. 510 ... 797
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1815, No. 386 ... 273
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1818, No. 438 ... 448
Same, Year 1818, No. 439 ... 457
Same, Year 1818, No. 445 ... 473
Approving of the war with Great Britain, and other measures of the General Government--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1812, No. 331 ... 196
Rejecting certain amendments to the constitution, proposed by Massachusetts and Connecticut--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1816, NO. 397 ... 282
To obtain the opening or the roads contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown with the Indians--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1820, No. 491 ... 595
On the subject of the controversy between that State and the Bank of the United States, relative to the right of said State to tax that bank, &c.--Proceedings of the Legislature of, Year 1821, No. 500 ... 643
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Message, with further proceedings of Pennsylvania relative to, Year 1809, No. 268 ... 11
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1814, No. 377 ... 253
Destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Letter from the heads of the several Executive Departments of the Government relative to, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 248
Destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Explanatory statement from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to, Year 1814, No. 378 ... 258
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the same, Year 1815, No. 380 ... 263
To a Home Department--On the subject of assigning the, Year 1816 411 ... 398
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the expediency of employing an artist to preserve and repair the models in the, Year 1823, No. 541 ... 1040
List of models on the 21st of January, 1823, in the, Year 1823, No. 541 ... 1041
From 1793 to 1821--Statement of annual receipts and expenditures of the, Year 1823, No. 541 ... 1041
To Benjamin and John Tyler--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the petition for an extension of a, Year 1820, No. 495 ... 627
To Abel Pratt--Report of a committee of the Senate on the petition for an extension of a, Year 1822, No. 516 ... 917
To Anthony Dey and James McDonald--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the petition for an extension of a, Year 1822, No. 521 ... 928
To Dey and McDonald--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the remonstrance of David Melville against the renewal of a, Year 1822, No. 527 ... 937
Issued in 1811--Report from the Secretary of State, with a list of, Year 1812, No. 308 ... 169
Issued in 1812--Report from the Secretary of State, with a list of, Year 1813, No. 333 ... 197
Issued in 1813--Report from the Secretary of State, with a list of, Year 1814, No. 358 ... 228
Issued in 1814--Report from the Secretary of State, with a list of, Year 1815, No. 383 ... 268
Biennial register of the officers and clerks in the office of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 310
Further proceedings of, Year 1809, No. 268 ... 11
Relative to certain proceedings in the case of the prize sloop Active against the representatives of David Rittenhouse, deceased--Act of the Legislature of, Year 1809, No. 268 ... 12
Approving of the measures of the General Government in relation to foreign affairs--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1810, No. 281 ... 128
For aid from the United States--Memorial of the Union Canal Company of, Year 1811, No. 299 ... 161
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Approving of the war with Great Britain, &c.--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
Approving of the war, and measures of retaliation against Great Britain--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
In opposition to proceedings in certain States against the authority of the General Government--Resolutions of the Legislature of, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 693, 734
Where they are harbored by the people--Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland to obtain the passage of a law for the recovery of slaves escaping into the State of, Year 1821, No. 506 ... 752
Documents accompanying said Message, viz:
Letter from the Secretary of State on said subject, ... 1028
Letter from C. J. Ingersoll, United States district attorney, ... 1028, 1031
Agreement between Thomas Wattson, merchant, of Philadelphia, and General H. V. Decoudray Holstein, ... 1028
Policy of insurance for brig Mary, Aaron Burns, master, ... 1029
Letters from Aaron Burns to Thomas Wattson, ... 1030
Letter from J. Reid to Thomas Wattson, ... 1031
Letter from Robert Tillotson to the Secretary of State, ... 1032
Letter from Robert M. Harrison to the Secretary of State, ... 1033
Letter from C. L. Parker, consul at Curaçoa, to the Secretary of State, ... 1033, 1038
Proclamation, declaration of independence, instructions, &c. intended by General Holstein for promulgation in the event of his success at, ... 1034
Letter from R. W. Meade to the Secretary of State, ... 1038
Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, and collectors of the customs at Philadelphia and New York, ... 1039
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salary of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 298
And stating the cases in which they are engaged in other pursuits--Report of the Postmaster General, with a statement of the number of clerks in the General, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 984
Abstract of the laws of Maryland and Virginia relative to the, Year 1822, No. 535 ... 998
With correspondence relative to same--Message from, No. 268 ... 11
Relative to progress in the work on the public buildings in the City of Washington--Message from, Year 1809, No. 271 ... 16
With a statement of the expenses of the intercourse with the Barbary Powers--Message from, Year 1810, No. 273 ... 20
Returning, with objections, the bill entitled "An act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia"--Message from the, Year 1811, No. 294 ... 152
Returning, with objections, the bill entitled "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 from the, Year 1811, No. 295 ... 154
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With resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, approving the measures of the General Government regarding its foreign relations--Message from the, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
With resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, same--Message from the, Year 1812, No. 309 ... 172
With a statement of proceedings under the "act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio--Message from the, Year 1812, No. 311 ... 175
Returning with objections the bill entitled "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 from the, Year 1812, No. 315 ... 180
On the expediency of appointing two subordinate officers in the War Department--Message from the, Year 1812, No. 320 ... 184
Returning with objections the bill entitled "An act supplementary to the acts heretofore passed on the subject of a uniform rule of naturalization"Message from the, Year 1812, No. 329 ... 195
With statement of the proceedings under the act for laying out and making a road from Cumberland to Ohio--Message from the, Year 1813, No. 339 ... 205
Relative to the temporary appointment of William Jones as Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Albert Gallatin, appointed envoy to Great Britain and Russia, whithout resigning as Secretary of the Treasury--Message from the, Year 1813, No. 341 ... 206
Declining a conference with a committee of the Senate, on the nomination of Jonathan Russell, as minister to Sweden--Message from the, Year 1813, No. 347 ... 215
Declining a conference with a committee of the Senate, relative to the nomination of Albert Gallatin, as envoy, &c.--Note from the, Year 1813, No. 350 ... 218
With statement of proceedings under the act for laying out and making a road from Cumberland to Ohio--Message from the, Year 1814, No. 356 ... 226
With resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, approving of the measures of the General Government--Message from the, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
With declaration from the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for supporting the General Government--Message from the, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
With copies of commissions for certain appointments made by the President during the recess of the Senate--Message from the, Year 1814, No. 368 ... 240
With lists of appointments made by the President of the United States during the recess of the Senate, from the commencement of the Government to 1814--Message from the, Year 1814, No. 370 ... 242
With statement of the proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland road--Message from the, Year 1815, No. 379 ... 262
With total amount of appropriations and expenditures on the Cumberland road--Message from the, Year 1815, No. 384 ... 272
With statement of the expenditures on the public buildings in Washington city--Message from the, Year 1816, No. 402 ... 294
With a statement of proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland road--Message from the, Year 1816, No. 403 ... 296
With a statement of compensation made to assistant counsel to aid the Attorney General of the United States--Message from the, Year 1816, No. 407 ... 302
Recommending alterations in laws granting patent rights--Message from the, Year 1816, No. 408 ... 303
To transfer appropriations from one object to another--Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a repeal of the power of the, Year 1817, No. 420 ... 413
And Vice President of the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on mode of notifying the individuals of their election as, Year 1817, No. 430 ... 425
With list of persons holding office after their election to Congress--Message from the, Year 1817, No. 437 ... 448
Relative to the progress in making roads by authority of the United States--Year 1818, No. 443 ... 466
With notice of the ratification by the States of the amendment to the constitution, to prohibit the reception by citizens of the United States of titles of nobility or presents from foreign Powers--Message from the, Year 1818, No. 446 ... 477
With statement of the progress made in rebuilding the public edifices in the city of Washington--Message from the, Year 1818, No. 448 ... 484
With annual statement of the expenditures for, and progress on, the public buildings in the city of Washington--Message from the, Year 1818, No. 459 ... 528
Relative to the publication of the journal, acts, and proceedings of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States--Message from the, Year 1819, No. 471 ... 648
Relative to the purchase of fire engines for the public buildings in the city of Washington--Message from the, Year 1820, No. 494 ... 626
With a calculation of William Lambert to determine the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to the establishment of a first meridian for the United States at Washington--Message from the, Year 1822, No. 508 ... 753
With a supplementary calculation, same--Message from the, Year 1822 ... 794
With documents relative to the misunderstanding between Andrew Jackson, as Governor, and Eligius Fromentin, as judge, of the Floridas; also, correspondence concerning certain proceedings in that Territory under the act to carry into effect the treaty with Spain for the cession of the Floridas--Message from the, (See Florida.) Year 1822, No. 513 ... 799 to 913
With report from the Secretary of State, relative to the number of cases settled under commissions in the several States, in pursuance of the "act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy in the United States"--Message from the, Year 1822, No. 514 ... 914
Relative to the regular duties, and allowances made for extra duties to the Attorney General and district attorneys of the United States--Message from the, Year 1822, No. 524 ... 930
With Jonathan Russell's account and John Quincy Adams's reply, relative to certain proceedings of a majority of the American ministers who negotiated the treaty of peace with Great Britain at Ghent--Message from the Year 1822, No. 528 ... 938
With documents relating to an alleged importation of African slaves into the United States contrary to law, by D. B. Mitchell, Indian agent--Message from the, Year 1822, No. 529 ... 957
With documents relative to the establishment of the United States at the mouth of the Columbia river--Message from the, Year 1823, No. 536 ... 1007
With a memorial from the Legislative Council of Florida, representing the condition of that Territory, and suggesting measures for its improvement--Message from the, Year 1823, No. 539 ... 1025
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Documents with said report, viz:
Letter from Gales & Seaton requesting an investigation, ... 1016
An anonymous communication, signed A. B. ... 1017
Deposition of George M. Grouard, ... 1017
William Kerr, jun. ... 1017
Testimony of Samuel Burch, ... 1018, 1024
James Barron, ... 1018
Deposition of Asbury Dickens, ... 1018, 1024
Testimony of William H. Crawford, ... 1019
Daniel P. Cook, ... 1020, 1022 1024
Mr. Edwards of Connecticut, ... 1021
R. C. Weightman, ... 1021
Colonel Moore, ... 1021
Matthew St. Clair Clarke, ... 1021
Ninian Edwards, ... 1023
Letter from W. R. Dickinson, ... 1025
For Congress--Report of a committee of the Senate, on the prompt execution of the, Year 1818, No. 460 ... 531
Report of a committee of the Senate, on the propriety of establishing an efficient and certain plan for executing the, Year 1819, No. 466 ... 544
The laws of the United States in newspapers--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the, Year 1820, No. 487 ... 587
Report of the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, relative to the progress in the settlement of the accounts of the Commissary General of, Year 1818, No. 422 ... 466
By violating the injunction of secrecy as to certain proceedings of that House--Report of a committee relative to a breach of the, Year 1812, No. 316 ... 181
The President returns to Congress, with objections, the bill entitled "an act for incorporating the, Year 1811, No. 294 ... 152
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the petition of Philip, Year 1822, No. 519 ... 922
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salary of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 308
With a statement of the number of clerks in that office, and the cases in which they are engaged in other pursuits--Report from the, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 982
With a statement of the annual receipts and expenditures of the Patent office, from 1793 to 1821--Reports from the, Year 1823, No. 541 ... 1041
List of. Year 1817, No. 437 ... 448
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of, Year 1818, No. 438 ... 448
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Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of the Commissioner of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 309
For the prohibition of slavery in Missouri and other Territories on their admission into the Union--Memorial of the people of Newport, Year 1820, No. 479 ... 568
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 691, 728
From Cumberland, in Maryland, to the State of Ohio--Message from the President, with a statement of proceedings under the act for laying out and making the, Year 1811, No. 311 ... 175
From Cumberland to Brownsville--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on making provision for extending the Cumberland, Year 1812, No. 317 ... 188
Message from the President, with a statement of proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland, Year 1813, No. 339 ... 205
Message from the President on same, Year 1814, No. 356 ... 226
Report of a committee of the Senate on same, Year 1814, No. 357 ... 227
Message from the President on same, Year 1815, No. 379 ... 262
Report of a committee of the Senate on same, Year 1815, No. 381 ... 266
Report of Secretary of the Treasury relative to appropriations, expenditures, progress made, &c. on the Cumberland, Year 1815, No. 384 ... 278
Message from the President, with a statement of the progress on the Cumberland, Year 1816, No. 403 ... 296
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, Year 1816, No. 406 ... 300
To Wheeling--Estimate of amount for the completion of the Cumberland, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 469
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the rate of wages and expenditures on the Cumberland, Year 1818, No. 458 ... 523
Report of Secretary of the Treasury relative to the conduct of Josiah Thompson, late superintendent, and to funds for the continuation of the Cumberland, Year 1820, No. 486 ... 585
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with report, survey, &c. of the commissioners appointed to view and inspect the Cumberland, Year 1822, No. 511 ... 797
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of the total amount appropriated and expended for the Cumberland, Year 1823, No. 542 ... 1042
From Reynoldsburg, on the Tennessee river, through the country of the Chickasaw Indians--Report from the Secretary of War relative to the survey of a, Year 1816, No. 413 ... 401
From Plattsburg to Sackett's Harbor, in New York--Report from the Secretary of War relative to the progress made on the military, Year 1822, No. 534 ... 987
Designated by the treaty of Brownstown, &c.--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of making provision for laying out, Year 1811, No. 298 ... 160
Contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown with the Indians--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of, Year 1820, No. 491 ... 593
Documents with the same, viz:
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, and letter from R. J. Meigs, jun. ... 595
Letters from Lewis Cass, Governor, and General Duncan McArthur to the Secretary of War, ... 596
Letter from the Secretary of Michigan Territory to the President of the United States, ... 597
From Nashville to Natchez, and from Fort Hawkins to St. Stephen's--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of repairing, and keeping in repair, the, Year 1815, No. 385 ... 273
By authority of the United States--Message from the President relative to the progress in making various, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 466
Leading to those States--Estimate of moneys received for the lands in Ohio and Indiana, sold in 1816 and 1817, upon which two per cent was appropriated for, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 469
Under the authority of the United States--Report from sundry officers of the army relative to the progress made on military, Year 1819, No. 462 ... 537
Under charge of a Home Department--Relative to placing the subject of, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 398
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on so much of the President's message as relates to the subject of a general system for the construction of, Year 1817, No. 427 ... 420
Report of a committee of the Senate on same, Year 1817, No. 429 ... 424
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on same, Year 1817, No. 435 ... 443
Report from John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, on a general plan for opening and constructing, Year 1818, No. 462 ... 533
And referring to sundry works in particular--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the general subject of the internal improvement of the country by means of, Year 1822, No. 526 ... 934
Objects referred to in said report, viz: (See Canals,) also.
A road from Penobscot river to a point in the eastern boundary of Maine.
A road from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi.
The Cumberland road.
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Minister to Sweden, on the subject, of weights and measures--Letter from Jonathan, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 747
Report of a committee of the Senate on same, Year 1813, No. 344 ... 209
Same, Year 1817, No. 421 ... 414
Printers to the House of Representatives--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, relative to the suppression of certain parts of original documents ordered to be printed, and to the official conduct of Gales and, Year 1823, No. 538 ... 1015
Message from the President, with copies of commissions granted for appointments made by that officer during the recess of the, Year 1814, No. 368 ... 240
From the commencement of the Government to 1814--Message from the President, with a list of appointments made by the President of the United States during the recess of the, Year 1814, No. 370 ... 242
Report of a committee of the Senate, on increasing the salaries of the chaplain, secretary, and clerks of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Biennial register of the officers and clerks of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 311
Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to the compensation of the secretary, clerks, and other officers of the, Year 1821, No. 499 ... 637
That slavery be prohibited in the new States to be admitted into the Union-- Memorial of the American Convention for promoting the Abolition of, Year 1819, No. 471 ... 547
In Missouri and other Territories, on their admission into the Union--Memorial of the people of Newport, Rhode Island, for the prohibition of, Year 1820, No. 479 ... 568
In Missouri, &c.--Memorial of the people of Hartford, Connecticut, for the prohibition of, Year 1820, No. 481 ... 572
Into the United States from Amelia island--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the subject of the illicit introduction of, Year 1818, No. 441 ... 458
Or redemptioners--Memorial of James Brown, to obtain a change of venue from the courts of Ohio, for the recovery of certain German, Year 1819, No. 473 ... 550
Escaping into the State of Pennsylvania and harbored there by the people--Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, to obtain the passage of a law for the recovery of, Year 1821, No. 506 ... 752
Into the United States contrary to law, by D. B. Mitchell, Indian agent-- Message from the President, with documents relating to an alleged importation of African, Year 1822, No. 629 ... 957
As Representative from New York--Report of the Committee of Elections, on the petition of Westal Willoughby, jun. contesting the election of Wm. S. Year 1815, No. 389 ... 275
As an insolvent debtor of the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the expediency of releasing William, Year 1817, No. 425 ... 419
And others, for the establishment of a national vaccine institution--Memorial from James, Year 1820, No. 477 ... 565
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In relation to the dispute between the United States and that Government, as to the possession of West Florida--Presentment of the grand jury against Harry Toulmin, judge of the United States, complaining of improper intercourse by him with the agents of, Year 1811, No. 300 ... 162
For cession and delivery of Florida to the United States; to acts of Andrew Jackson, as Governor, and to his misunderstanding with Judge Fromentin respecting their relative powers, &c.--Message from the President with documents relative to correspondence and to transactions in Florida, under the act to carry into effect the treaty with, (See Florida.) Year 1822, No. 513 ... 799
Further proceedings of, No. 268 ... 11
Approving the measures of the General Government relating to foreign affairs--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1810, No. 281 ... 128
Ohio, approving the measures of the General Government--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1811, No. 292 ... 151
Pennsylvania, approving of the measures of the General Government, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
North Carolina, same--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
New Jersey, same--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1811, No. 309 ... 172
Virginia, same--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Massachusetts, against the war with Great Britain, and against the formation of new States from lands not within the original limits of the United States, and protest of the minority against the same--Remonstrance of the Legislature of the, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Rhode Island, disapproving of the war, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1812, No. 324 ... 185
Massachusetts, disapproving of the war, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
Ohio, approving of the war, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
Pennsylvania, same, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
Maryland, disapproving the war, &c.--Remonstrance of the Legislature of the, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Pennsylvania, approving of the war, and opposed to the proceedings in other States, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the, Year 1814, No. 362 366 ... 235 ... 238
Kentucky, approving of the war, &c.--Resolution of the Legislature of the. Year 1814, No. 363 ... 235
Tennessee, to obtain an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Tennessee river--Resolutions of the Legislature of the, Year 1814, No. 361 ... 234
In order to fix the boundary between that State and New York and Delaware--Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, to obtain the passage of a law for the settlement of controversies between, Year 1822, No. 510 ... 797
Memorial of inhabitants of Orleans Territory or Louisiana, to be admitted into the Union as a, Year 1810, No. 276 ... 51
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the expediency of authorizing the preliminary measures for the admission of Mississippi Terriry as a, Year 1811, No. 283 ... 129
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the expediency of admitting the Territory of Mississippi into the Union as a, Year 1811, No. 301 ... 163
Report of a committee of the Senate on a bill from the House of Representatives, for the admission of Mississippi into the Union as a, Year 1812, No. 318 ... 182
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, relative to preparatory measures for the admission of the Mississippi Territory into the Union as a, Year 1815, No. 388 ... 274
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of Mississippi into the Union as a, Year 1815, No. 391 ... 276
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on the admission of the Mississippi Territory into the Union as a, Year 1816, No. 416 ... 407
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, same, Year 1817, No. 423 ... 416
Same, relative to preparatory measures for the admission of the Indiana Territory into the Union as a, Year 1816, No. 392 ... 277
Memorial of the people of Missouri Territory to be admitted into the Union as a, Year 1819, No. 475 ... 557
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives approving the constitution, and recommending the admission of Missouri into the Union as a, Year 1820, No. 493 ... 625
Report of a select committee of the House of Representatives, on admission of Missouri into the Union as a, Year 1821, No. 502 ... 655
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With a list of patents issued in 1811--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1812, No. 308 ... 169
With statements relating to the organization and condition of the Patent office of the United States--Letter from the Secretary of, Year 1812, No. 326 ... 192
With a list of patents issued in 1812--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1813, No. 333 ... 197
With a list of patents issued in 1813--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1814, No. 358 ... 228
With a list of patents issued in 1814--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1815, No. 383 ... 268
With copies of commissions for appointments made during the recess of the Senate--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1814, No. 368 ... 240
With lists of appointments of ministers and consuls made during the recess of the Senate--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1814, No. 370 ... 242
With a list of persons appointed to office after their election as members of Congress--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1817, No. 437 ... 448
On the expediency of establishing a first meridian for the United States at the seat of Government--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1812, No. 328 ... 194
Relative to the books and papers of that Department destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Letter from the Secretary of, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 252
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salary of the Secretary of, Year 1816 No. 405 ... 299
Relative to the propriety of increasing the compensation of ministers and consuls of the United States, and stating that allowed by other nations, &c.-- Letter from the Secretary of, Year 1816, No. 409 ... 303
"Blue Book" or biennial register of officers and agents of the United States, communicated to Congress by the Secretary of, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 307
On the necessity for additional room for the accommodation of his Department--Letter from the Secretary of, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 470
With notice of ratifications by States of the amendment to the constitution, to prohibit the reception of titles of nobility or presents from foreign Powers--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1818, No. 446 ... 477
On the subject of distributing the laws, journals, and documents of Congress to the several States--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1818, No. 455 ... 512
On the subject of a uniform standard of weights and measures for the United States--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 656
Same--Documents accompanying said report, ... 705
With documents relating to correspondence concerning transactions in 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--Report from the Secretary of, (See Florida.) Year 1822, No. 513 ... 799
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 bankruptcy in the United States" Report from the Secretary of, Year 1822, No. 514 ... 914
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 Ghent--Message from the President with a communication from John Quincy Adams, Secretary of, Year 1822, No. 528 ... 938
With a statement of the number of clerks in that department, and stating cases in which they are engaged in other pursuits--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 978
With documents relative to the establishment of the United States at the mouth of the Columbia river--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1823, No. 536 ... 1008
With documents relating to an expedition illegally fitted out in the United States against the Spanish island of Porto Rico--Report of the Secretary of, Year 1823, No. 540 ... 1028
Report from same, on same subject, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
Report of a committee of the Senate, relative to compensation to officers and clerks in the, Year 1821, No. 499 ... 640
Same--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives, on same, Year 1813, No. 352 ... 222
Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of Commissary General of military, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 310
Further proceedings of Pennsylvania, same, No. 268 ... 11
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salaries of judges of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Letter from J. Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, on the expediency of providing for reports of decisions of the, Year 1817, No. 426 ... 419
From 1801 to 1819--Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of the expenses of the, Year 1820, No. 485 ... 581
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Message from the President declining a conference with a committee of the Senate on the nomination of Jonathan Russell, as minister to, Year 1813, No. 347 ... 215
Same, Year 1813, No. 343 ... 206
Same, Year 1813, No. 345 ... 210
Same, Year 1814, No. 355 ... 226
Memorial of the Legislature of Kentucky to obtain the settlement of the boundary between that State and, Year 1818, No. 451 ... 490
Articles of agreement between the commissioners for the settlement of the boundary between Kentucky and, Year 1820, No. 490 ... 591
On subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 696, 741
Into the Union--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of allowing preliminary measures for the admission of tile Mississippi, Year 1811, No. 283 ... 129
President Madison returns with objections the bill confirming certain donation and pre-emption claims to land in the Mississippi, Year 1811, No. 293 ... 154
Memorial of the people of West Florida to be annexed to the Mississippi, Year 1811, No. 296 ... 155
Presentment of the grand jury, with articles of complaint against Harry Toulmin, judge of the United States for the Mississippi, Year 1811, No. 300 ... 162
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the expediency of admitting the Mississippi, Year 1811, No. 301 ... 163
Approving the measures of the General Government--Resolution of the Legislative Council of the Mississippi, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on said complaint against Harry Toulmin, judge of the Mississippi, Year 1812, No. 322 ... 184
Into the Union--Report of a committee of the Senate on the bill for the admission of the Mississippi, Year 1812, No. 318 ... 182
Entitled "An act concerning escheats"--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives against the principle contained in an act of the Mississippi, Year 1814, No. 367 ... 239
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on preparatory measures for the admission of the Mississippi, Year 1815, No. 388 ... 274
Into the Union--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of the Mississippi, Year 1815, No. 391 ... 276
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of the Mississippi, Year 1816, No. 416 ... 407
Into the Union as a State; and statement of public lands sold therein from 1807 to 1816--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of the Mississippi, Year 1817, No. 423 ... 416
Proclamation of Benjamin Howard, Governor of Louisiana, under the act providing for the government of the, Year 1813, No. 334 ... 202
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on petition of Rufus Easton, contesting the election of John Scott as Delegate from the, Year 1816, No. 417 ... 408
To be admitted into the Union as a State--Memorial of the people of the, Year 1819, No. 475 ... 557
Same--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives approving of the constitution and recommending that the, Year 1820, No. 493 ... 625
Same--Report of a select committee of the House of Representatives on the admission of the, Year 1821, No. 502 ... 655
Before its admission as a State--(See Missouri)--Relative to prohibition of slavery in the.
For an alteration of the judiciary system of that Territory--Memorial of the Legislature of the Indiana, Year 1814, No. 373 ... 247
Into the Union as a State--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on preparatory measures for the admission of the Indiana, Year 1816, No. 392 ... 277
Of the Floridas, his misunderstanding with Eligius Fromentin, judge, &c.-- Message from the President, with documents relating to proceedings in Florida under the act to carry into effect the treaty with Spain, and to acts of Andrew Jackson as Governor of the Province or, Year 1822, No. 513 ... 799
Of Florida, representing the condition of that Territory, and suggesting measures for its improvement--Message from the President, with memorial from the Legislative Council of the, Year 1823, No. 539 ... 1025
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Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the presentment of the grand jury against Judge, Year 1812, No. 322 ... 184
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on certain charges against Judge, Year 1817, No. 434 ... 443
Relative to papers destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Letter from the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 249
Report of a committee of the Senate on increasing the salary of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Biennial register of officers and clerks in the office of the, Year 1816, No. 410 ... 309
On the defects in the system of gauging, as practised at the custom-houses in the United States--Report from the Secretary of the, Year 1811, No. 290 ... 147
With a statement of the proceedings under the "Act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio--Report from the Secretary of the, Year 1812, No. 311 ... 175
With a statement of proceedings under the act for laying out and making the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1813, No. 339 ... 205
With a statement relative to the Cumberland road, &c.--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1814, No. 356 ... 226
With a statement relative to the Cumberland road, &c.--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1815, No. 379 ... 262
Relative to appropriations, expenditures, progress made, &c. on the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1815, No. 384 ... 272
With statements relative to the progress on the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1816, No. 403 ... 296
Relative to the rate of wages and expenditures on the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1818, No. 458 ... 523
Relative to a continuation of the Cumberland road, and to the conduct of Josias Thompson, late superintendent thereof--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1820, No. 486 ... 585
With report, survey, &c. of the commissioners appointed to view and inspect the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1822, No. 511 ... 797
With a statement of the total amount appropriated and expended for the Cumberland road--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1823, No. 542 ... 1042
Recommending that a portion of the public lands be set apart for effecting certain internal improvements, &c.--Letter from the Secretary of the, Year 1812, No. 312 ... 179
Relative to funds applicable to a system of internal improvements--Letter from the Secretary of the, Year 1816, No. 398 ... 285
Relative to the progress in making roads by authority of the United States--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1818, No. 443 ... 466
Relative to the books and papers, belonging to that Department, that were destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Letter from the Secretary of the, Year 1814, No. 374 ... 248
Letter from the Comptroller on same, ... 248
Letter from the Auditor on same, ... 249
Letter from the Treasurer on same, ... 249
Letter from the Register on same, ... 249
Letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue on same, ... 249
Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office on same, ... 250
Relative to the expenditures on the public buildings in Washington city--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1816, No. 402 ... 294
With a statement of the expenses of the judiciary in the District of Columbia--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1820, No. 485 ... 581
Relative to compensation to assistant counsel, appointed to aid the Attorney General of the United States--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1816, No. 407 ... 302
On the subject of transferring appropriations from one object to another--Letter from Wm. H. Crawford, Secretary of the, Year 1817, No. 420 ... 413
And other Departments--Reports from the heads of the several Departments, with a plan for the prompt settlement of public accounts, and proposing a new organization of the, Year 1816, No. 411 ... 396
Same, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
Relative to the organization of that Department, and to the progress made under the act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts, with reports from the Comptrollers and Auditors--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1818, No. 442 ... 460
With a plan for enforcing the speedy payment of debts due from individuals and corporate bodies to United States--Report from the Secretary of the, Year 1820, No. 483 ... 375
Stating the necessity for additional room for the accommodation of that Department--Letter from the Secretary of the, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 471
With a statement of extra compensation to the Attorney General for services in the courts of the United States--Report of the Secretary of the, Year 1819, No. 469 ... 546
Relative to an expedition, illegally fitted out in the United States, against the Spanish island of Porto Rico--Letter from the Secretary of the, (See Porto Rico,) Year 1823, No. 540 ... 1039
Message from the President relative to the temporary appointment of William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, as acting Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Albert Gallatin, appointed envoy to Great Britain and Russia, without resigning as Secretary of the, Year 1813, No. 341 ... 206
Report of a committee of the Senate on same, Year 1813, No. 344 ... 209
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Report of a committee of the Senate relative to increasing the salary of the Secretary of the, Year 1816, No. 405 ... 299
Report of a committee of the Senate relative to compensation to officers and clerks in the, Year 1821, No. 499 ... 640
And its subordinate offices, and stating cases in which they are engaged in other pursuits--Report from the Secretary, stating the number of clerks and messengers engaged in the, Year 1822, No. 531 ... 979
With testimony of the Secretary on the subject--Reports of committees of the House of Representatives relative to the suppression of certain parts of documents ordered to be printed, concerning transactions between sundry banks in the Western country and the, (See Printers,) Year 1823, No. 538 ... 1015, 1021
Same, Year 1809, No. 264 ... 7
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on extending patent right to Benjamin Tyler, jun. and John, Year 1816, No. 393 ... 278
Same, Year 1820, No. 495 ... 627
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the erection and endowment of a national, Year 1816, No. 414 ... 402
On the subject of weights and measures--Proceedings of the State of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 695, 737
On the condition of the Potomac Company, and the importance of a canal to improve the navigation of the Potomac river, and to connect its waters with those of the Ohio--Report of the commissioners appointed by Maryland and, Year 1822, No. 535 ... 988
Relative to the Potomac Company--Abstract of the laws of Maryland and, Year 1822, No. 536 ... 998
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Relative to the papers belonging to that office that were destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Letter from the Secretary of, Year 1814 No. 374 ... 250
377 ... 255
Same--Letter from the Paymaster General, ... 251
Same--Letter from the Superintendent General of Military Supplies, ... 251
Same--Letter from the Adjutant and Inspector General, ... 252
Same--Letter from the Commissary of Ordnance ... 252
Same, Year 1817, No. 424 ... 417
On a general plan for opening and constructing roads and canals--Report from John C. Calhoun, Secretary of, Year 1819, No. 462 ... 533
With engineer's report relative to a canal to connect the Illinois river with Lake Michigan--Report from the Secretary of, Year 1819, No. 474 ... 555
Of Pennsylvania in favor of the, Year 1810, No. 281 ... 128
Pennsylvania same, Year 1811, No. 305 ... 167
Mississippi Territory same, Year 1811, No. 306 ... 168
North Carolina same, 1811 307 ... 168
New Jersey same, 1812 309 ... 172
Virginia same, Year 1812, No. 310 ... 174
Rhode Island against, 1812 324 ... 185
Massachusetts same, Year 1812, No. 325 ... 186
Ohio in favor of, Year 1813, No. 331 ... 196
Pennsylvania same, Year 1813, No. 335 ... 203
Massachusetts against the, Year 1813, No. 346 ... 210
Maryland same, Year 1814, No. 359 ... 231
Pennsylvania in favor of, Year 1814, No. 362 ... 235
Kentucky same, Year 1814, No. 363 ... 235
Pennsylvania same, Year 1814, No. 366 ... 238
That were destroyed by the enemy in 1814--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of reconstructing the public buildings in, Year 1814, No. 375 ... 252
Message from the President, with report from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to expenditures on account of the public buildings in the city of, Year 1816, No. 402 ... 294
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the progress made in rebuilding the public edifices in the city of, Year 1817, No. 431 ... 426
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the propriety of erecting additional buildings for the executive offices in the city of, Year 1818, No. 444 ... 470
Report of the commissioner of the public builings, with documents concerning the location of the several public edifices in, Year 1818, No. 447 ... 479
Message from the President of the United States with statement of expenditures for, and progress made on the public buildings in the city of, Year 1818, No. 448 ... 484
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on subject of expenditures in rebuilding the public edifices in the city of, Year 1818, No. 454 ... 510
Message from the President of the United States, with annual statement of the expenditures for, and progress made on the public buildings in the city of, Year 1818, No. 459 ... 528
Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe vindicating his official conduct as late surveyor or architect of the public buildings in, Year 1819, No. 461 ... 531
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to progress on, and completion of several of the public buildings, and to an appropriation for continuing the work on the centre building of the Capitol in, Year 1820, No. 484 ... 577
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of expenditures for the public buildings in, Year 1820, No. 488 ... 587
Message from the President of the United States, with statements relative to the purchase of fire engines for the public buildings in the city of, Year 1820, No. 494 ... 626
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the petition of Julia Plantou, offering her allegorical painting of the treaty of Ghent for ornamenting the Capitol in, year 1821, No. 496 ... 628
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Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the duty and compensation of the commissioner of the public buildings in Year 1822, No. 523 ... 929
Be set apart for the improvement of the navigation of the Potomac river--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives recommending that the proceeds of sales of the public lots in, Year 1822, No. 530 ... 975
Report of a committee on expediency of chartering the Bank of, Year 1810, No. 274 ... 45
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on expediency of chartering certain banks in the city of, Year 1811, No. 289 ... 147
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to carrying into effect a resolution of a former Congress for erecting a monument to the memory of General, Year 1816, No. 404 ... 298
With an estimate of the value of lots belonging to the United States in said city--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the erection and endowment of a national university in the city of, Year 1816, No. 414 ... 402
To raise money by lottery in the District of Columbia--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the manner of executing the power conferred on the corporation of, Year 1821, No. 498 ... 634
Charles Carroll of Carrollton and others, commissioners of Maryland and Virginia in 1785, on the subject of opening and improving the navigation of the Potomac river; and, in connexion with roads, to open a communication with the Western country--Report of George, Year 1822, No. 535 ... 1006
Report of a committee on the memorial of William Lambert for the establishment of a first meridian at the city of, Year 1810, No. 277 ... 53
Report of the Secretary of State on the establishment of a first meridian at the city of, Year 1812, No. 328 ... 194
Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the establishment of a national observatory at, Year 1813, No. 332 ... 197
Same, and a first meridian at, Year 1815, No. 386 ... 273
With a view of making it a first meridian for the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the subject of ascertaining the longitude of the Capitol in, Year 1819, No. 468 ... 546
Message from the President, with a calculation of William Lambert for determining the longitude of the Capitol, with a view to the establishment of a first meridian for the United States at, Year 1822, No. 508 ... 753
Message from the President, with a supplementary calculation of same, Year 1892 ... 794
For the United States--Report of the Secretary of State on the subject of a uniform standard of, Year 1821, No. 503 ... 656
Of the several States and District of Columbia--Report of the Secretary of State on same, 690, 698
Documents with said report relating to, ... 705
Used in the custon-houses of the United States--Tables of, ... 706 '7
Of the District of Columbia--Note on the, ... 710
Proceedings of the several States on the subject of, ... 722
From the Secretary of State, and recommending the establishment of certain standards for the United States--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on the report from the Secretary of State on the subject of, Year 1822, No. 520 ... 927
1. Documents relative to receipt of money by General Wilkinson from Spain, viz:
No. 5. Deposition of John Ballinger, ... 80
6. Letter from Evan Jones to Daniel Clarke, ... 81
7. Evidence of F. Langlois, ... 81
Letters from Le Baron de Carondelet to F. Langlois, ... 82
13. Letters from General Wilkinson to John Adair, ... 82
8. Deposition of D. Bouligny, ... 83
9. Deposition of Thomas Power relative to the murder of Henry Owens, ... 83
10. Deposition of Win. Miller relative to Joseph Collins, ... 84
14. Le Baron Carondelet's instructions to Thomas Portell, ... 84
15. Letter from Thomas Power to Thomas Portell, ... 85
16. Letter from Thomas Portell to Thomas Power, ... 86
17. Deposition of Thomas Power relative to the payment to General Wilkinson, ... 87
Interrogatories for A. Ellicott, ... 87
19. Deposition of Andrew Ellicott, ... 89
Deposition of Thomas Power relative to the correspondence with Gayoso, Carondelet, and Don Andreo Armesto, ... 90
20. To Le Baron de Carondelet, ... 92
21. To Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, ... 93
22. To Le Baron de Carondelet, ... 93
23. To Le Baron de Carondelet, ... 94
Deposition of Elisha Winters, ... 95
25. Deposition of James M. Bradford, ... 95
Deposition of Isaac Briggs, ... 95
No. 34. Narrative and deposition of Thomas Power, ... 96
Letter from General Wilkinson to Governor Gayoso, ... 97
35. Instructions from General Wilkinson to Thomas Power, ... 98
36. Letter from Thomas Power to Le Baron de Carondelet, ... 98, 99
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38. Letter from Le Baron de Carondelet to Thomas Power, ... 101
40. Letter from Thomas Power to Le Baron de Carondelet, ... 104
42. Letter from General Wilkinson to Thomas Power, ... 105
43. Letter from Thomas Power to Governor Gayoso, ... 105
70. Letter from General Wilkinson to Thomas Power, ... 109
44. Letter (rom Le Baron de Carondelet to Thomas Power, ... 109
45. Deposition of Daniel Clarke, ... 111
3. Documents concerning the connexion of General Wilkinson with Aaron Burr, viz:
No. 45. Deposition of Daniel Clarke, ... 111
78. Letter from General Wilkinson to General Adair, ... 112
Evidence of General Wilkinson, as communicated to Congress, November 23, 1807, (Miscellaneous, vol. 1, page 539,) ... 112
General Wilkinson's introduction of A. Burr to D. Clarke, ... 113
4. Documents relating to the conduct of James Wilkinson as brigadier general of the United States army, viz:
Deposition of William Simmons, ... 113
Deposition of George Peter, ... 115
Deposition of William E. Williams, ... 115
Deposition of John Smith, ... 115
Letter from the Accountant of the War Department, with copies of sundry accounts, ... 116
Papers relative to tobacco and other commercial transactions, in which General Wilkinson was concerned, ... 119
Articles of agreement between Wilkinson and Dunn and Daniel Clarke, ... 124
Deposition of Walter Jones, ... 124
Deposition of Daniel W. Cox, ... 127
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