Document No. 212.
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Archer, Floyd D., examination of ... 420
re-examination ... 455
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Adams, Robert, examination of ... 480
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Appraisers, late at New York, stating that there was no undervaluation of woollens ... 372
at New York, letter of, public stores ... 1057
at Boston, examination of ... 905
at New York, examination of ... 865
at New York, letter of, as published in the Express, no undervaluation of woollens ... 1277
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Austin, Henry, examination of ... 645
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Allen, Samuel A., examination of ... 910
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Allen, Zacharish, examination of ... 930
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Aldrich, H. D., examination of ... 529
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B.
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Buckley, Amon, examination of ... 370
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Blunt, N. B., examination of ... 384
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Bend, W. B., examination of ... 389
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Bradbury, Samuel, examination of ... 399
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Black, John, examination of ... 479
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Brewster, Sturges, examination of ... 481
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Blackburn, Francis, examination of ... 445
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Bleecker, Joseph R., examination of ... 509
examination of, additional ... 1137
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Beers, Joseph D., examination of ... 609
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Bend, Wm. B., examination of ... 619
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Barr, John Irving, examination of ... 713
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Buckner, Wm. G., examination of ... 715
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Bradley, Charles, examination of ... 721
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Bottomly, William, examination of ... 728
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Brisbin, Gilea S., examination of ... 739
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Bullock, Benj., examination of ... 741
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Blatchford, R. M., examination of ... 756
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Blunt, Geo. W., examination of ... 758
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Butler, Benj. F., summoned to appear ... 790
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Bleecker, Joseph R., letter of, abuses in custom-house ... 1139
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Barker, James K., letter of, copy contract iron work ... 1156
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C.
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Curtis, Edward, letter of--
enclosing communication of D. Selden ... 458
suggesting Mr. Holl?eat as a witness ... 459
Mr. Ives's return from Europe ... 492
copy of circular ... 497
cartage, labor, &c. ... 497
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cartage ... 503, 508
Cairns ... 518
removes Cairns ... 519
bonds of McCarty & Aldrich ... 549
Hoyt's letters published in the Standard ... 583
recommends removal of commissioners from new custom-house ... 621
Cairns ... 641
Hoyt's accounts ... 641
Mr. Bluxome ... 695
whether evidence affecting his official character had been before the board ... 723
Riell's testimony ... 746
Cairns ... 786
new barge office ... 885
enclosing letters of sundry persons recommending Cairns and Wasson ... 886
offering his good offices ... 888
light-house accounts will be furnished ... 1006
stationery for collector's office for December, 1840 ... 1010
send accounts of marine hospital ... 1022
light-house accounts ... 1029
statement of Fleming ... 1034
measurers' fees ... 1055
will send accounts ... 1063
answers calls of 2d November ... 1063
wants to be present and cross-examine ... 1064
disbursements, revenue cutters ... 1065
Counsellor Dwight's pay ... 1066, 1067
pay of commission ... 1067
storage money received by him on account of Hoyt ... 1069
cash account ... 1074
measurers' fees ... 1075
inspectors of the customs ... 1093
list of removals and appointments ... 1094
cross-examinations of witnesses ... 1102
evidence concerning himself ... 1113
Remsen's testimony ... 1115
pay of commission ... 1118
appraisers' fees in advance ... 1126
expenditures marine hospital and light-houses ... 1126
iron work in custom-house ... 1127
original bills for stationery ... 1128, 1129
Remsen's testimony ... 1135
revenue cutters, collectors' commission ... 1136
answers to orders of 23d November ... 1140
Remsen's testimony ... 1141
offers examination of vouchers ... 1141
original vouchers of cash account ... 1147
interrogatories put to him ... 1148
offers cutter to visit light-house ... 1152
Mr. Fleming will attend with original vouchers ... 1153
send further correspondence of Hoyt ... 1161
answers 1st and 2d interrogatories of 26th November ... 1164
transmitting certain correspondence ... 1195
transmitting other correspondence ... 1212
list of custom-house officers ... 1217
copy of letter from Mr. S. Lawrence ... 1218
list of seizures made by him ... 1219
reasons for not answering calls ... 1221
amount of fines, penalties, and forfeitures ... 1221
answers 3d and 4th interrogatories of 26th November ... 1268
answers 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th interrogatories ... 1269
to T. L. Thruston, accounts of commissioners ... 1286, 1288
to commissioners, accounts of commissioners ... 1291
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Commissioners, letter of, refusing permission to Cairns and Wasson to cross-examine witnesses ... 386
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Commissioners, letter of, to Secretary of the the Treasury, giving reasons for such refusal ... 429
to Edward Curtis, refusing permission for counsel to attend ... 458
to Secretary of the Treasury, concerning difference of opinion as to certain questions to be put to certain custom-house officers ... 488
to Secretary of the Treasury, compromise between collector and importers ... 489
letters of Hoyt, published in the Standard ... 581
to Edward Curtis, Cairns ... 622
to Jesse Hoyt ... 708, 722
to Solicitor of the Treasury, advising proceedings against Ogden & Phillips ... 780
to Jesse Hoyt ... 786
to Wm. Cairns ... 786
to Ogden Hoffman, suit against Phillips ... 881
to Edward Curtis, storage paid to Hoyt ... 887
recommendatory of his official character ... 888
Floyd and Archer ... 986
to George Plitt, Swartwout's accounts ... 1004
to Secretary of Treasury, proceedings U. S. courts ... 1005
to appraiser New York custom-house, public stores ... 1021
to Edward Curtis, specimen office books ... 1029
to Edward Curtis, public stores ... 1052
to S. Pleasonton, light house expenditures ... 1053
to T. L. Smith, custom-house officers ... 1066
to Secretary of Treasury, Bleecker's discharge ... 1103
to Secretary of Treasury, object to Mr. Curtis cross-examining witnesses ... 1104
to Edward Curtis, original vouchers ... 1113
to Edward Curtis, Remsen's testimony ... 1115
to Edward Curtis, pay of commission ... 1118
to Secretary of Treasury, requesting recommendations to appointments in custom-house ... 1122
to Secretary of Treasury, Remsen's testimony ... 1123
to Hon. William Kent, Strasser's case ... 1136
to Edward Curtis, contract for iron work ... 1147
to F. L. Smith, amounts paid for iron work and furniture for new custom-house ... 1148
to Edward Curtis, requesting answers to certain orders ... 1194
to George Poindexter, papers of commission ... 1283
to Thomas L. Thruston, voucher to Mr. Curtis ... 1285
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Crain, J. W., examination of ... 380
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Cairns, William, letter of, enclosing copy of and animadverting on a letter of George A. Dwight to Secretary of Treasury ... 386
answers to interrogatories, and summoned to appear forthwith ... 573
examination of ... 594
letter of, defensive ... 644, 727
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Cannis, William, examination of ... 422
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Chipp, Charles J., examination of ... 463
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Cox, William A., examination of ... 477
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Cox, John, examination of ... 484
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Coe, William S., examination of ... 505
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Corlies, J. W., examination of ... 617
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Carpenter, Thomas D., examination of ... 706
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Clarkson, David, examination of ... 719
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Craig, J. F., letter of, Remsen's bargain with George Curtis ... 756
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Clifton, Charles, examination of ... 890
statements accompanying his examination ... 965
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Curtis, Thomas B., examination of ... 929
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Colman, William A., examination of ... 956
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Colgate, Charles, examination of ... 1030
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Clute, Jacob D., examination of ... 1049
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Chadeayne, John E., examination of ... 1053
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Curtis, George, examination of ... 747
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D.
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Dayton, Charles W., examination of ... 395
re-examination of ... 537
further re-examination of ... 784
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Davis, Thomas E., examination of ... 637
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Dorr, Samuel F., examination of ... 750
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Drummond, James P., examination of ... 753
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Duzer, Selah Van, examination of ... 790
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Deal, Daniel, examination of ... 889
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Dwight, George A., examination of ... 1111
letter of, to William W. Steuart ... 1293
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E.
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Everett, R. J., examination of ... 724
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Edgar, Alexander, examination of ... 837
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Ellis, Reuben, examination of ... 1051
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Edwards, Henry, examination of ... 942
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F.
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Field, Peter, examination of ... 486
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Fuller, Walter, examination of ... 554
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Fleming, John A., examination of ... 646
letter of, specimen of books ... 1060
additional examination ... 1166
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Finch, John, examination of ... 704
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Felt, David, examination of ... 787, 961, 1108
additional examination ... 1298
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French, Arthur, examination of ... 947
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Fenwick, Thomas J., examination of ... 1023
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Forbes, J. W., examination of ... 1050
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G.
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Grundy, George, examination of ... 431
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Grandin, James, L. S., examination of ... 459
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Griffin, Francis, examination of ... 513
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Gibson, George, examination of ... 623
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Gillelan, Thomas J. ... 740
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Grinnell, Moses H., examination of ... 749
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Gay, Rufus M., examination of ... 908
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Gray, Horace ... 924
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Guion, Thomas F., examination of ... 953
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Gardner, David, examination of ... 1058
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H.
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Hutton, Benjamin H., examination of ... 391
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Hamilton, John P., examination of ... 393
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Harris, John, examination of ... 400
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Hamilton, Adolphus, examination of ... 419
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Haggerty, Ogden, examination of ... 451
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Hutchinson, William, examination of ... 467
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Hudson, Joseph, examination of ... 499
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Halsted, William M., examination of ... 581
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Hart, Bernard, examination of ... 615
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Hoyt, Jesse, letter of ... 717
summoned to appear ... 757
letter of, will not appear ... 759
letter of, to commissioners ... 881
letter of, same subject ... 778
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Hoyt, Jesse, letter of, demands correspondence, as private ... 1154
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Hyde, Edwin, examination of ... 799
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Hoffman, Ogden, proceedings against Phillips ... 884
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Hooper, Robert C., examination of ... 934
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Hull, Andrew T., examination of ... 937
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Hubbard, S. D., examination of ... 941
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Harper, James, examination of ... 954
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Hitchcock, William M., examination of ... 1052
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Howe, Samuel O., examination of ... 1110, 1125
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Huntington, E. B., examination of ... 1272
letter to T. L. Thruston ... 1297
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Herrick, Josiah, examination of ... 1274
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I.
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Ives, G. R., examination of ... 569
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Innes, George, examination of ... 729
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Irving, Edgar, examination of ... 1062
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J.
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Jones, James N., examination of ... 434
re-examination of ... 469
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Johnson, Jeromus, examination of ... 456
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Jones, Nicholas J., examination of ... 474
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Jones, Andrew A., examination of ... 554
re-examination of ... 787
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Joseph L. Joseph, examination of ... 725
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Jones, Alfred T., examination of ... 1007
examination continued ... 1018
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K.
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Kenworthy, Charles, examination of ... 482, 1234
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Knox, Alexander, examination of ... 585
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King, James G., examination of ... 755
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Kelly, Alfred, letter to Jesse Hoyt ... 777
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Kuhn, G. H., examination of ... 923
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Kent, Hon. William, Strasser's case, answers interrogatory ... 1222
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L.
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Lupton, Samuel, examination of ... 415
re-examined ... 416
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Lefferts, John B., examination of ... 424
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Lounsberry, Jeremiah, examination of ... 494
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Levett, H., examination of ... 538
re-examination of ... 550
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Levy, Michael, examination of ... 539
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Leon, Abraham, examination of ... 542
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Levy, John, examination of ... 543
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La Chaise, Armand, examination of ... 573
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Lane, Josiah, examination of ... 706
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Lambert, William G., examination of ... 709
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Low, Daniel, examination of ... 728
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Lord, Thomas, examination of ... 849
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Lincoln, Levi, examination of ... 913
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Loutrel, William, examination of ... 1108
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M.
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Mead, A. B., examination of ... 365, 1236
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Mier, Joseph M., examination of ... 393
additional ... 430
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McCain, William, testimony ... 444
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Marsh, Stewart G., testimony ... 452
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Meyer, Theodore A., testimony ... 470
examination of ... 1167
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Mead, Abram B., (carpenter,) examination of ... 476
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Mead, Walter, examination of ... 616
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Morton, George W., examination of ... 626
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Miller, Jona., examination of ... 759
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Mitchell, Elijah, examination of ... 963
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Muncaster, O., letter of Hoyt's correspondence ... 1293
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Malthous, George, examination of ... 821
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N.
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Noah, M. M., examination of ... 523
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O.
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Oath, form of ... 365, 1005
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O'Hern, M. P., examination of ... 1013
additional ... 1102
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Oakly, James M., examination of ... 491
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Osmond, John, examination of ... 705
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P.
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Peck, William, examination of ... 430
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Patterson, Godfrey, examination of ... 454
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Penoyer, James, examination of ... 465
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Pike, Barnabas, examination ... 468
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Platt, John, examination of ... 436, 1143
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Phillips, Elias L., examination of ... 534
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Phillips, John D., examination of ... 546
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Price, William M., examination ... 695
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Phelps, Thaddeus ... 727
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Penrose, Charles B., & E. G. Feher & Co., bonds ... 779
rendering suits against Ogden & Phillips ... 780
proceedings against Phillips ... 881
prosecution of Hoyt ... 1190
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Parks, Luther, examination of ... 916
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Plitt, George, letter of, Swartwout's accounts ... 1012
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Poindexter, George, to Secretary of the Treasury, Hoyt's correspondence ... 1156
papers of the commission ... 1281
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Pleasonton, Stephen, light-houses ... 1290
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R.
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Riper, Adrian Van, examination of ... 383
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Robinson, John, examination of ... 500
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Rushton, Benjamin G., examination of ... 531
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Roumage, Camillus C., examination of ... 581
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Raleigh, Richard, examination of ... 608
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Rules adopted by the board ... 614
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Roberts, Sebastian, examination of ... 623
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Reyburn, James, examination of ... 638
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Riell, Henry E., examination of ... 735
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Read, James, examination of ... 932
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Rowan, J. B., examination of ... 1049
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Remsen, P. V., examination of ... 1076
further examination ... 1142
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S.
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Summons, form of, first commission ... 364
second commission ... 1004
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Searing, Daniel, examination of ... 393
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Smith, Richard, examination of ... 417, 418
re-examination ... 496
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Smith, A. Hyatt, re-examination ... 463
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Shaw, James, jr., re-examination of ... 453
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Searing, John, re-examination ... 473
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Spies, A. W., re-examination ... 490
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Secretary of the Treasury, letter of, instituting the commission ... 363
second commission ... 1003
associating Mr. Stewart with the commission ... 501
same subject ... 503
right of Mr. Curtis to cross examine witnesses ... 1138
charges against Joseph R. Bleecker ... 1139
sends recommendations to office of appraisers and assistant appraisers ... 1157
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Sweet, Egbert G., examination of ... 487
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Shaw, Samuel C., examination of ... 515
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Sales of goods saved from fire, statement of ... 519
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Stone, W. W., examination of ... 524
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Shaw, G. examination of ... 528
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Sampson, Joseph, examination of ... 618
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Sibell, William E., examination of ... 644
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Swartwout, Samuel, examination of ... 781
correspondence relating to ... 997
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Sayles, Willard ... 918
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Shelton, Philo S., correspondence relating to ... 919
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Statement, commercial, of the New York custom-house, from November, 1816, to 1841 ... 995
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Shultz, Nathaniel, examination of ... 1008
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Shaw, Samuel, examination of ... 1079
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Smith, T. L., answers letter of 12th November ... 1105
amounts paid for iron work ... 1238
amount for lenticular light-houses ... 1277
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Steuart, W. M., letter of, Hoyt's correspondence ... 1161
to Secretary of Treasury, requests copies of certain letters ... 1279
to G. A. Dwight, Hoyt's correspondence ... 1292
to Secretary of Treasury, Hoyt's correspondence ... 1294
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T.
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Triplet, Edgar, examination of ... 381
examination of ... 550
sends copies of appraiser's letter ... 1277
examination of ... 1191
examination of ... 1273
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Thompson, Aaron R., examination of ... 390
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Townsend, John, jr., examination of ... 426
explanatory ... 433
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Taylor, John, jr., examination, including letter of St. G. W. Teakle ... 424
re-examination of ... 563
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Teakle, St. G. W., letter of to John Taylor, jr. ... 429
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Tobias, Henry, examination of ... 505, 550
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Tucker, Thatcher, examination of ... 702
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Taggard, William, examination of ... 854
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Thruston, Thomas L., examination ... 1111
Remsen's testimony ... 1125
letter of to commissioners ... 1286
letter of to Edward Curtis ... 1287
letter of to E. B. Huntington ... 1297
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Thompson, Martin E., and others, relating to plans of public stores ... 1298
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U.
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Underwood, John A., examination of ... 516
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V.
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Vanderpoel, Abraham, examination of ... 391
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Vandepoel, A. B., examination of ... 414
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Van Wyck, Henry L. ... 520
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W.
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Wasson, George A., testimony of ... 373
letter of, dated 19th May, 1841, exculpatory ... 386
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Wreaks, H., examination of ... 388
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Waring, G. K., examination of ... 478, 533
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Watson, John, examination of ... 511
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Wrigley, Joseph, examination of ... 562
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Warren John, examination of ... 718
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Waters, Talman J., examination of ... 800
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Wetmore, Sidney, examination of ... 833, 1025
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Willman, William A., examination of ... 911
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Wood, George, examination of ... 1111
Remsen's testimony ... 1124
letter of to William M. Steuart ... 1293
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Ward, Matthew, letter of, Mr. Fleming declines giving further information ... 1285
Curtis's vouchers ... 1298
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Y.
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Young, William L., examination of ... 886
