BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 6 in.

Senate bills, 1st session (23-C1) anu 2d session (23A-C2), arranged numerically within each group; and a joint resolution relating to the purchase of certain volumes for the Library of Congress (23A-C3).

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 12 ft.

265

266

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

Committee on Agriculture: a report on the culture and manufacture of silk in the United States (23A-D1.1).

Committee on Claims: various subjects (23A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (23A-D2.2). For letter book, see entry 237.

Committee on Commerce: claims (23A-D3.1); customhouse bill (23A-D3.2); and various subjects (23A-D3.3). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D3.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: Alexandria Canal Co. (23A-D4.1); corporate notes in circulation in the District (23A-D4.2); claims (23AD4.3); free schools (23A-D4.4); paving Pennsylvania Avenue from the President's Square to Georgetown (23A-D4.5); prisons (23A-D4.6); Tiber Bridge (23A-D4.7); and various subjects (23A-D4.8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 23A-D4.3, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Robert P. Letcher v. Thomas P. Moore, Kentucky (23A-D5.1), and Duncan McArthur v. William Allen, Ohio (23A-D5.2); and a report authorizing a compilation of contested election cases (23A-D5.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: a report of expenditures on account of contingencies in that Department (23A-D6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (23A-D7.1); political relations with other nations (23A-D7.2); and various subjects (23A-D7.3). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D7.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Indian Affairs: Cherokee Indian claims (23A-D8.1); claims (23A-D8.2); regulation of the Indian Department (23A-D8.3); and various subjects (23A-D8.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 23A-D8.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (23A-D9.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252.

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (23A-D10.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (23A-D10.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 223.

Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (23A-D11.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a combination docket and minute book, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 28th Congress, 1st session (23A-D11.2). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (23A-D12.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (23A-D12.2), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d sessio (23A-D12.3).

Committee on Naval Affairs:

claims (23A-D13.1), arranged alphabetically; Navy pensions (23A-D13.2), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (23A-D13.3), arranged by subject. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (23A-D14.1), arranged alphabetically; contracts for carrying the mails (23A-D14.2), arranged numerically by route number; and various subjects (23A-D14.3), arranged by subject.

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (23A-D15.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Public Buildings, Select:

ranged chronologically.

various subjects (23A-D16.1), ar

Committee on Public Lands: claims (23A-D17.1); land grants for educational purposes and for internal improvements (23A-D17.2); and various subjects (23A-D17.3). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D17.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (23A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (23A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252.

Committee on Roads and Canals: bridge across the Potomac at Washington (23A-D20.1); list of memorials referred to the committee (23A-D20.2); and various subjects (23A-D20.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on the Territories: various subjects (23A-D21.1), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Ways and Means: Bank of the United States and the public deposits (23A-D22.1); claims (23A-D22.2); correspondence relating to estimates and appropriations for various executive departments (23AD22.3); pension payments (23A-D22.4); and various subjects (23A-D22.5). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D22.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Other select committees: various subjects (23A-D23.1), arranged by subject.

Committee of the hole House: For minutes, see entry 193.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 4 vols. 1 ft.

267

Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1833 and 1834; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (23A-El). Arranged chronologically.

268

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 13 vols. 3 ft. Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (23A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (23A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (23A-F3), the Secretary of War (23A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (23AF5), the Postmaster General (23A-F6), and others (23A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group.

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.

17 ft.

269

Committee on Agriculture:

Committee on Claims:

by petitioner.

various subjects (23A-G1.1).

various subjects (23A-G2.1), arranged alphabetically

Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, lighthouses, and spindles (23A-G3.1); breakwaters and piers (23A-G3.2); claims (23A-G3.3), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; marine hospitals (23A-G3.4); ports of entry and collection districts (23A-G3.5); rivers and harbors (234-G3.6); and various subjects (23A-G3.7).

Committee on the District of Columbia: banks in the District of Columbia (23A-G4.1); free schools (23A-G4.2); slavery (23A-G4.3); and various subjects (23A-G4.4).

Committee on Elections:

various subjects (23A-G5.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (23A-C6.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (23A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (23A-G7.2).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (23A-GE.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary:

claims (23A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by

petitioner; patent laws (23A-G9.2); and various subjects (23A-09.3). Committee on Manufactures:

various subjects (23A-G10.1).

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (23A-Gl1.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (23A-G11.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs: clains (23A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (23A-G12.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (23A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; franking privilege (23A-G13.2); and post routes (23A-G13.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Lands:

various subjects (23A-G14.1), arranged

claims (23^-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land grants (23A-G15.2); land offices and land districts (23A-G15.3); sale and purchase of public lands (23A-G15.4); and various subjects (23A-G15.5).

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (23A-G16.1).

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (23A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Roads and Canals: Chesapeake and Chio Canal (23A-G13.1); Louisville and Portland Canal (234-018.2); other canals (234-G18.3); harbors (23A-G18.4); railroads (23A-G18.5); Allegheny River (23A-G18.6); other rivers (23A-G18.7); roads (23^-G13.8); and various subjects (23AG18.9).

Committee on the Territories: petition of Judges Woodbridge and Chipman
for compensation for services as members of land board at Detroit (23A-
G19.1).
Committee on Ways and Means: claims (23A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically

by petitioner; renewing the charter and restoring public deposits to the Bank of the United States (23A-G20.2); and various subjects (23A-G20.3). Select committees: memorial of Philadelphia importing merchants, auctioneers, commission merchants, and dry goods merchants for the establishment of a

standard of weights and measures throughout the Union (23A-G21.1); patent laws (23A-G21.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; memorial of Benjamin Phillips, inventor of a mode of preventing the explosion of steam engines (23A-G21.3); petition of physicians of Washington regarding low and uncultivated land around the Capitol (23A-G21.4); publication of the works of Gen. George Washington (23A-G21.5); and petition requesting the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia (23A-G21.6). Committee of the Whole House: improvement of the Hudson River (23A-G22.1) and various subjects (23A-G22.2).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 11 ft.

Grouped by subject as follows: renewing the charter and restoring public deposits to the Bank of the United States (23A-H1.1); slavery in the District of Columbia (23A-H1.2); and various subjects (23A-H1.3). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS.

270

6 in.

271

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (23A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 7 in.

272

Reports on condition of State banks (23A-K1) and various papers (23A-K2). Arranged by subject.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

For index to transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 218.

RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 8 in.

273

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (230-A1); rough petition book (23C-A2); record of committee membership (23C-A3); record of reports made to the House together with a list of bills and resolutions reported, passed, and engrossed (23C-A4); record of reports of committees and resolutions ordered to be printed (23C-A5); record of reports from executive departments and memorials ordered to be printed (23C-A6); record of orders of the day (23C-A7); and account of printing done for the House (23C-A8). For petition book and for contingent accounts of the Clerk's Office, see entry 260.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS.

7 vols. 1 ft.

274

Transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 1st session (23C-B1); the Committee on the Judiciary, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 2d session (23C-B2); the Committee on Naval Affairs, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (23C-B3); the Committee on Private Land Claims, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 26th Congress, 1st session (23C-B4); the Committee on Public Lands, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (23C-B5); the Committee on Roads and Canals, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 26th Con

gress, 2d session (23C-B6); and the Committee on Ways and Means, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 25th Congress, 2d session (23C-B7). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of the Committee on Ways and Means, see entry 217; the Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 232; and the Committee on Claims, entry 261. For reports of the Committee on the District of Columbia, see entry 94; the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, entry 145; the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Indian Affairs, entry 203; the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the Committee on the Territories, entry 217; the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Manufactures, and the Committee on Military Affairs, entry 232; the Committee on Elections, entry 247; and the Committee on Invalid Pensions and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, entry 261.

OTHER RECORDS. 3 in.

275

Letters to the Clerk, principally relating to printing and supplies for the House and requests for information (23C-C1), arranged chronologically; and records relating to the disposition of public documents (23C-C2), arranged alphabetically by recipient.

Minute book, fragmentary for 1st session and 2d session (24A-Al); rough legislative journal, 1st session (24A-A2); legislative journal, 1st session (24A-A3); rough legislative journal, 2d session (24A-A4); and legislative journal, 2d session (24A-A5).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 11 ft.

277

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (24ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (24A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (24A-B3); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (24AB4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 24A-B3, which is arranged chronologically.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 5 in. 278

Senate bills, 1st session (24A-C1) and 2d session (24A-C2); and Senate joint resolutions (24A-C3). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 16 ft.

279

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