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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, 1813-15

First Session, May 24-August 2, 1813

Second Session, December 6, 1813-April 18, 1814
Third Session, September 19, 1814-March 3, 1815

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 9 in.

120

Legislative journal and a secret journal, 1st session (13A-Al) and 2d session (13A-A2); minute book, 3d session (13A-A3); and legislative journal and a secret journal, 3d session (13A-A4).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 2 ft.

121

Original House bills and House bills upon which further action was taken (13A-B1); original House joint resolutions (13A-B2); a simple resolution relating to expediency of establishing certain post roads (13A-B3); and a volume of engrossed House bills and several loose engrossed bills upon which the Senate did not take favorable action (13A-B4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 13A-B2, which is arranged chronologically.

BILIS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 1 in. 122

House amendments to Senate bills (13A-Cl); conference reports on Senate bills (13A-C2); and Senate joint resolutions (13A-C3). Arranged numerically within each group, except 13A-C3, which is arranged chronologically.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 4 ft.

123

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specifieds Committee on Accounts: various subjects (13A-D1.1), arranged chronologi

cally.

Committee on Claims:

various subjects (13A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. various subjects (13A-D3.1), ar

Committee on Commerce and Manufactures:

ranged chronologically.

Committee on the District of Columbia:

various subjects (13A-D4.1), ar

ranged chronologically. Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Burwell Bassett v. Thomas M. Bayley, Virginia (13A-D5.1); B. B. Blydenburgh and Peter Jay v. John Lefferts and Ebenezer Sage, New York (13A-D5.2); William Kelly v. Thomas K. Harris, Tennessee (13A-D5.3); John Taliaferro v. John P. Hungerford, Virginia (13A-D5.4); and Isaac Williams v. John M. Bowers, New York (13A-D5.5). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: relations with Great Britain and
France (13A-D6.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on the Judiciary: salary of district judges (13A-D7.1) and various subjects (13A-D7.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Military Affairs, Select: militia and militia laws (13A-D8.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on the Naval Establishment, Select: privateers and prizes (13AD9.1) and various subjects (13A-D9.2). Arranged chronologically within

each group. There is also a volume entitled Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United States (13A-D9.3). Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (13AD10.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post roads (13A-D11.1) and various subjects (13A-D11.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Public Expenditures:

a report relating to examinations into

expenditures of public money (13A-D12.1). Committee on Public Lands: communications from General Land Office (13AD13.1) and various subjects (13A-D13.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Ways and Means: completion of the Post Office Building (13AD14.1); distillers (13A-D14.2); military establishment (13A-D14.3); and various subjects (13A-D14.4). Arranged chronologically within each. group.

Other select committees: business of the House of Representatives (13AD15.1); circumstances attending the destruction, by the enemy, of the office of Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives (13AD15.2); inquiry into the success of the enemy against Washington and Alexandria and into the destruction of public buildings and property (13A-D15.3); and various subjects (13A-D15.4). Arranged by subject.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 2 vols.

5 in.

124

Annual messages, 1813 and 1814; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (13A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 1 ft.

125

Reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, including 1 volume (13A-F1); the Treasurer of the United States, 1 volume (13A-F2); and the Secretaries of war and the Navy, including 1 volume (13A-F3); and a communication, enclosing sundry documents, from Gen. Alexander Smyth, regarding operations at Niagara, 1812-13 (13A-F4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, see entry 40; and the Secretary of State, entry 49.

5 ft.

126

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise
indicated.

Committee on Claims: by petitioner.

various subjects (13A-G1.1), arranged alphabetically

Committee on Commerce and Manufactures: duties on imports (13A-G2.1); the embargo (13A-G2.2); patent rights of Oliver Evans (13A-G2.3); Great Egg Harbor, N. J. (13A-G2.4); and various subjects (13A-G2.5).

Committee on the District of Columbia: Alexandria, D. C. (13A-G3.1); roads (13A-G3.2); and various subjects (13A-G3.3).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (13A-G4.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: a petition from aliens in Fishkill,

N. Y., for permission to pursue their usual avocations (13A-G5.1). Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (13A-G6.1).

Committee on Military Affairs, Select: various subjects (13A-G7.1). Committee on the Naval Establishment, Select: various subjects (13A-G8.1). Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (13A

G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post offices (13A-G10.1); post roads (13A-G10.2); and Sunday mails (13A-G10.3).

Committee on Public Lands: claims involving bounty land, location of land warrants, and preemption rights (13A-G11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (13A-Gll.2).

Committee on Ways and Means: apportionment of direct taxes (13A-G12.1); claims (13A-G12.2); duties (13A-G12.3); the embargo (13A-G12.4); imprisonment for debt (13A-G12.5); tax on stills (13A-G12.6); and various subjects (13A-G12.7). 13A-G12.2 and 13A-G12.5 are arranged alphabetically

by petitioner.

Other select committees:

various subjects (13A-G13.1).

Committee of the Whole House: bankruptcy law (13A-G14.1); patent rights of Oliver Evans (13A-G14.2); and various subjects (13A-G14.3).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED.

2 in.

Various subjects (13A-H1.1), arranged chronologically.

ELECTION RECORDS.

127

1 ft.

128

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (13A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 2 in.

129

One volume of roll calls, 3d session (13A-K1), and various papers (13AK2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

For index to transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 27; and for index to other committee reports and to reports and communications from executive departments, see entry 9.

RECORD BOOKS. 2 vols. 3 in.

130

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions, 3d session (13C-AI); and newspaper book, 13th Congress, 3d session, to 14th Congress, 2d session (13C-A2). For petition book, see entry 93.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 3 vols. 9 in.

131

Transcribed reports of the Committee on the Judiciary, 13th Congress, 2d session, to 22d Congress, 2d session (13C-B1); the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, 13th Congress, 2d session, to 18th Congress, 1st

session (13C-B2); and the Committee on Public Expenditures, 13th Congress, 3d session, to 22d Congress, 1st session (13C-B3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports of the Committee on Ways and Means, see entry 71; the Committee on Public Lands, entry 82; the Committee on the District of Columbia, entry 94; and the Committee on Claims, and select committees, entry 117.

RECORDS OF REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 2 vols. 6 in.

132

Transcribed reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury (13C-C1); and the Secretary of War, 13th Congress, 2d session, to 15th Congress, 1st session (13C-C2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports from the Secretary of War, see entry 52; and for reports from the Secretary of State, see entry 118.

OTHER RECORDS. 1/2 in.

133

Receipts for records withdrawn (13C-D1), arranged alphabetically by sub

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Minute book, 1st session (14A-A1); and legislative journal, 1st session (14A-A2) and 2d session (14A-A3).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 3 ft.

135

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken, 1st session (14A-B1), and 2d session (14A-B2); amendments to bills (14A-B3); a volume of engrossed House bills and resolutions, 1st session (14A-B4); and a volume of engrossed House bills and resolutions, 2d session (14A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 14A-B3, which is arranged chronologically.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 3 ft.

136

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Claims: various subjects (14A-C1.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Commerce and Manufactures: ports of entry (14A-C2.1) and

various subjects (14A-C2.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (14A-C3.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Robert Porterfield v. William McCoy, Virginia (14A-C4.1), Erastres Root v. John Adams, New York (14A-C4.2), and Westel Willoughby v. William Smith, New York (14A-C4.3); and various subjects (14A-C4.4). Arranged by subject. Committee on Indian Affairs, Select: various subjects (14A-C5.1), arranged

chronologically.

Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (14A-C6.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Military Affairs, Select: various subjects (14A-C7.1), ar

ranged chronologically.

Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: various subjects (14A-C8.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (14A-
C9.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post offices and postmasters (14A-C10.1); post roads (14A-C10.2); and various subjects (14A-C10.3). Arranged chronologically witnin each group.

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (14A-C11.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: a report, with pertinent documents, on the progress of the work on the Capitol, the President's House, and other public buildings in Washington (14A-C12.1); and a report, with accompanying documents, on Daniel Pettibone's plan for "warming" the public buildings (14A-C12.2). Arranged by subject. Committee on Public Expenditures: inquiry into the military conduct of Gen. William Henry Harrison (14A-C13.1) and various subjects (14A-C13.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Public Lands: land claims in Illinois and Louisiana (14AC14.1) and various subjects (14A-C14.2). Arranged chronologically within

each group.

Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: a report on the petition of John Adams for losses sustained in constructing part of the Cumberland Road (14A-C15.1). Committee on Ways and Means: duties (14A-C16.1); correspondence between the chairman of the committee and the War Department relating to the expenditures and appropriation for the Ordnance and Quartermaster General's Departments (14A-C16.2); direct tax in Delaware and Georgia (144-C15.3); and various subjects (14A-C16.4). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Other select committees: business of the House of Representatives (14AC17.1); postal matters (14A-C17.2); settlements of accounts and related matters (14A-C17.3); slave trade (14A-C17.4); and various subjects (14AC17.5). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 2 vols.

4 in.

137

Annual messages, 1815 and 1816; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (14A-D1). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 1 ft.

138

Reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, including 2 volumes (14A-El); the Treasurer of the United States, 2 volumes (14A-E2); the Secretary of War, 1 volume (14A-E3); and the Secretary of the Navy, 1 volume (14A-E4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports

from the Secretary of State, see entry 49.

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