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PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES.

8 ft.

Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

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Committee on Claims: various subjects (14A-F1.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Commerce and Manufactures:

ban on the exportation of foodstuffs (14A-F2.1); encouragement and protection of domestic manufactures (14A-F2.2); encouragement and protection of glass manufactures (14A-F2.3); erection of lighthouses (14A-F2.4); Government pay scales (14A-F2.5); increase of the duty on bar iron (14A-F2.6); ports of entry (14A-F2.7); remission or reduction of duties on merchandise (14A-F2.8); restriction on the importation of cotton fabrics (14A-F2.9); restriction on the importation of wool or woolen fabrics (14A-F2.10); and various subjects (14A-F2.11). Committee on the District of Columbia: Columbian Institute for the promotion of the arts and sciences (14A-F3.1); grant of a charter to the Merchants Bank of Alexandria (14A-F3.2); Masonic Lodge styled Washington Lodge No. 22 of Alexandria (14A-F3.3); Potomac Co. (14A-F3.4); and various subjects (14A-F3.5).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (14A-F4.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: French spoliations (14A-F5.1) and New England trade with British colonies (14A-F5.2).

Committee on the Judiciary: amendment of the act providing for the government of Missouri Territory (14A-F6.1); case of the privateer Roger (14AF6.2); enactment of a bankruptcy law (14A-F6.3); Federal courts (14AF6.4); and various subjects (14A-F6.5).

Committee on Military Affairs, Select: Christopher Colles' telegraph (14AF7.1); claims (14A-F7.2); the militia (14A-F7.3); Samuel Palmer's diving bell (14A-F7.4); and various subjects (14A-F7.5).

Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: petition of Charles Stewart, Commander of the USS Constitution (14A-F8.1), and various subjects (14A-F8.2). Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (14AF9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post routes (14A-F10.1); Sunday mail (14A-F10.2); and various subjects (14A-F10.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (14A-F11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Expenditures:

bid of William Elliot, a printer of

Washington, for public printing (14A-F12.1).

Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (14A-F13.1).
Committee on Roads and Canals, Select:

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Co. (14A-F14.1); Connowingo Bridge Co. (14A-F14.2); construction and maintenance of roads and canals (14A-F14.3).

Committee on Ways and Means: case of Commodore Daniel T. Patterson and
Col. George T. Ross, commanding the sea and land forces of the United
States against the pirates of Barataria (14A-F15.1); excise taxes upon
domestic manufactures (14A-F15.2); Government pay scales (14A-F15.3);
Howard College (14A-F15.4); remission of various taxes, duties, and fines

(14A-F15.5); repeal of the tax on domestic distilled spirits (14AF15.6); and various subjects (14A-F15.7).

Other select committees: Dr. James Smith, agent under the "Act to encourage vaccination" (14A-F16.1); memorial of General Assembly of North Carolina relating to land grants (14A-F16.2); national currency (14AF16.3); revision of the rules and orders of the House of Representatives (14A-F16.4); Sunday mails (14A-F16.5); slave trade (14A-F16.6); and various subjects (14A-F16.7). Committee of the Whole House:

bankruptcy bill (14A-F17.1); establishment of a national bank (14A-F17.2); grant of pensions to the widows and orphans of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates who died in the service of the United States (14A-F17.3); repeal of the tax on domestic spirits (14A-F17.4); revenue (14A-F17.5); tariff bill (14AF17.6); and various subjects (14A-F17.7).

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

Various subjects (14A-G1.1), arranged chronologically.

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ELECTION RECORDS.

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Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (14A-H1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

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Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Matthias B. Tallmadge, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (14B-A1). For other papers relating to impeachment proceedings against Judge Tallmadge, see entry 158.

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. 2 in.

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Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (14C-A1). For petition book, see entry 93; and for newspaper book, see entry 130.

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RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 4 vols. 1 ft.

Transcribed reports of the Committee on Military Affairs, select and standing, 14th Congress, 1st session, to 19th Congress, 2d session (14C-B1); the Committee on Private Land Claims, 14th Congress, 2d session, to 22d Congress, 2d session (14C-B2); the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, 14th Congress, 2d session, to 26th Congress, 1st session (14C

B3); and select committees, 14th Congress, 2d session, to 15th Congress, 2d session (14C-B4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of select committees, see entry 117. 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; the Committee on Claims, entry 117; and the Committee on Public Expenditures, the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, and the Committee on the Judiciary, entry 131.

RECORDS OF REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 3 vols. 7 in.

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Transcribed reports and communications from the Secretary of State, 14th Congress, 2d session, to 16th Congress, 2d session (14C-C1); and the Secretary of the Treasury (14C-C2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports from the Secretary of State, see entry 118; and for reports from the Secretary of War, see entry 132.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 in.

Receipts for records withdrawn (14C-D1), arranged alphabetically by subject; and proposals for furnishing stationery and printing for the House (14C-D2), arranged chronologically.

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS, 1817-19

First Session, December 1, 1817-April 20, 1818
Second Session, November 16, 1318-March 3, 1819

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Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 3 vols. 7 in.

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Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (15A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (15A-A2) and 2d session (15A-A3).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.

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Original House bills and House bills upon which further action was taken (15A-B1); original House joint resolutions (15A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (15A-B3); and a volume of engrossed House bills and resolutions (15A-B4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 15A-B2 and 15A-B3, which are arranged chronologically.

BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. Less than 1/4 in.

Senate bills, 1st session (15A-C1), arranged numerically.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS.

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Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified:

Committee on Claims: various subjects (15A-D1.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Commerce and Manufactures:

ranged chronologically.

various subjects (15A-D2.1), ar

Committee on the District of Columbia: "papers relating to Bill supplemental to an Act to amend the charter of the City of Washington" (15A-D3.1).

Committee on Elections:

contested election cases of A. T. Mason v. C. F. Mercer, Virginia (15A-D4.1), and C. Hammon v. Samuel Herrick, Ohio (15A-D4.2); right of Elias Earle of South Carolina to a seat in the House (15A-D4.3); right of George Mumford of North Carolina to a seat in the House (15A-D4.4); and various subjects (15A-D4.5). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: various subjects (15A-D5.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Indian Affairs, Select:

ranged chronologically.

Committee on the Judiciary:

various subjects (15A-D6.1), ar

courts and judges (15A-D7.1); papers relating to the defalcation of Theron Rudd, Clerk of the Southern District Court of New York (15A-D7.2); and various subjects (15A-D7.3). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Military Affairs, Select: the Seminole War and the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister (15A-D8.1) and various subjects (15A-D8.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: various subjects (15A-D9.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (15AD10.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: various subjects (15A-D11.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Private Land Claims:

chronologically.

various subjects (15A-D12.1), arranged

Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: papers relating to public buildings with special emphasis on the President's House and the Capitol (15A-D13.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (15A-D14.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Ways and Means: papers relating to estimates and appropriations (15A-D15.1), arranged by subject; and various subjects (15AD15.2), arranged chronologically.

Other select committees: business of the House of Representatives (15A-D16.1); the militia (15A-D16.2); a volume containing the report, with accompanying document, of the select committee appointed to inspect the books and examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the United States (15A-D16.3); and various subjects (15A-D16.4). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 7 vols. 1 ft.

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Annual messages, 1817 and 1818, with pertinent documents accompanying the 1818 message; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (15A-E1). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 8 vols. 2 ft.

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Reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury (15A-F1); the Treasurer of the United States (15A-F2); the Secretary of War (15A-F3); and the Secretary of the Navy (15A-F4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports from the Secretary of State, see entry 49.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 9 ft.

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Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

Committee on Claims: various subjects (15A-G1.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Commerce and Manufactures: aids to navigation (15A-G2.1); claims (15A-G2.2); duties on auction sales of foreign merchandise (15A-G2.3); duties on various imports (15A-G2.4); ports of entry (15A-G2.5); protection and security of American manufactures (15A-G2.6); and various subjects (15A-G2.7). 15A-G2.2 and 15A-G2.4 are arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the District of Columbia: acts of incorporation (15A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (15A-G3.2). Committee on Elections: various subjects (15A-G4.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: petition of inhabitants of Portland,
Maine, complaining of the loss of their foreign commerce occasioned by
commercial restrictions adopted by foreign nations (15A-G5.1).
Committee on Indian Affairs, Select: amelioration of the condition of
Indian tribes (15A-G6.1) and various subjects (15A-G6.2).

Committee on the Judiciary: patents (15A-G7.1); relief from judgments
(15A-G7.2); and various subjects (15A-G7.3).

are arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

15A-G7.1 and 15A-G7.2

Committee on Military Affairs, Select: claims (15A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (15A-G8.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: claims (15A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (15A

G10.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (15A-G11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; post offices (15A-G11.2); post roads (15A-G11.3); and various subjects (15A-G11.4).

Committee on Private Land Claims:

alphabetically by petitioner.

various subjects (15A-G12.1), arranged

Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: various subjects (15A-G13.1).

Committee on Public Lands:

claims (15A-G14.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land offices (15A-G14.2); sale of land to certain emigrants (15A-G14.3); use of bank notes to pay for land purchases (15AG14.4); and various subjects (15A-G14.5).

Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: inland navigation and canals (15AG15.1); roads and turnpikes (15A-G15.2); and various subjects (15A-G15.3).

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