(27A-D18.6); various subjects (27A-D18.7); and the New York Customhouse investigation (27A-D18.8). Arranged by subject. Committee on Public Lands: claims (27A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (27A-D19.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208. Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (27A-D20.1), arranged alphabetically; and lists of claims reported unfavorably by the committee (27AD20.2), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (27A-D21.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 293. Committee on Roads and Canals: various subjects (27A-D22.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Territories: various subjects (27A-D23.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume (27A-D23.2). Committee on Ways and Means: civil and diplomatic appropriations (27AD24.1); claims (27A-D24.2); clerks and other officers in the Government (27A-D24.3); plan of an exchequer (27A-D24.4); and various subjects (27A-D24.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 274D24.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Select committees: amendments to the Constitution of the United States (27A-D25.1); coast survey (27A-D25.2); finance and the currency (27AD25.3); finishing and furnishing the New York Customhouse (27A-D25.4); national foundry (27A-D25.5); removal of H. H. Sylvester from his clerkship in the Pension Office (27A-D25.6); retrenchment (27A-D25.7); steam engines (27A-D25.8); Virginia bounty land claims (27A-D25.9); and various subjects (27A-D25.10). Arranged by subject. Committee of the whole House: For minutes, see entry 307. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 13 vols. 5 ft. 324 Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1841 and 1842; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (27A-EL). Arranged chronologically. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 26 vols. 9 ft. 325 Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (27A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (27A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (27A-F3), the Secretary of War (27A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (27A-F5), the Postmaster General (27A-F6), and others (27A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 31 ft. 326 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Accounts: Committee on Agriculture: relief of the widow of Representative Dimock (27A various subjects (27A-G2.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (27A-3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, lighthouses, and spindles (27AG4.1); breakwaters and piers (27A-G4.2); claims (27A-C4.3), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; customhouses (27A-G4.4); harbors and bays (27A-G4.5); marine hospitals (27A-G4.6); duty on tonnage (27A-G4.7); ports of entry and collection districts (27A-G4.8); rivers and creeks (27A-G4.9); and various subjects (27A-G4.10). Committee on the District of Columbia: banks (27A-G5.1); bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac (27A-G5.2); and various subjects (27A-G5.3). Committee on Elections: various subjects (27A-G6.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: a congress of nations to settle international disputes (27A-G7.1); American prisoners at Van Diemen's Land, South Australia (27A-G7.2); annexation of Texas (27A-G7.3); claims (27A-G7.4), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; recognition of Haiti (27A-G7.5); and various subjects (27A-G7.6). Committee on Indian Affairs: Seneca treaty for the sale of their lands (27A-G8.1) and various subjects (27A-G8.2). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (27A-C9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (27A-G10.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; establishment of new judicial districts (27A-G10.2); general bankruptcy law (27A-G10.3); holding both terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for Ohio at Columbus (27AG10.4); increasing salaries of district judges (27A-G10.5); removal of the district court of the United States from Wytheville to Abingdon, Va. (27A-G10.6); slavery (27A-G10.7); and various subjects (27A-G10.8). Committee on l'anufactures: duty on boots, shoes, and leather (27A-G11.1); duty on iron (27A-G11.2); duty on jewelry (27A-G11.3); duty on other items (27A-G11.4); tariff, general (27A-C11.5). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (27A-C12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; defense and fortifications (27A-G12.2); and various subjects (27A-G12.3). Committee on the Militia: various subjects (27A-G13.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: abolition of liquor ration in the Army and Navy (27A-G14.1); claims (27A-G14.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (27A-G14.3). Committee on Patents: various subjects (27A-G15.1). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: abolition of the franking privilege and reduction of postage (27A-G16.1); claims (27A-G16.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; mail routes (27A-G16.3); Sunday mails (27A-G16.4); and various subjects (27A-G16.5). Committee on Private Land Claims: alphabetically by petitioner. various subjects (27A-G17.1), arranged Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (27A-G18.1). Committee on Public Expenditures: various subjects (27A-G19.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (27A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land grants for various purposes (27A-G20.2); land offices and land districts (27A-G20.3); and various subjects (27A-G20.4). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (27A-G21.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionery Pensions: various subjects (27A-G22.1), ar various subjects (274-G23.1). ranged alphabetically ly petitioner. various subjects (27A-G24.1). breakwaters, lighthouses, and piers (27AG25.1); claims (27A-G25.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; currency (27A-G25.3); duties on various commodities (274-G25.4); harbors (27A-G25.5); and various subjects (27A-G25.6). Select committees: currency (27A-G26.1); issuance of $200,000,000 Government stocks to relieve indebted States (27A-G26.2); longitude (27AG26.3); retrenchment and reform (27A-G26.4); steam boilers and steamboats (274-G26.5); and various subjects (27A-G26.6). 4 ft. 327 PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED OR "NOT PRESENTED." Grouped by subject as follows: admission of Florida and Texas into the Union (27A-H1.1); claims (27A-H1.2); general bankruptcy law (27A-H1.3); national bank (27A-H1.4); protective tariff (27A-H1.5); repeal of House standing rule 21 forbidding the receipt of petitions, memorials, resolutions, or other papers, asking for the abolition of slavery, etc. (27AH1.6); slavery (27A-H1.7); various subjects (274-H1.8); and petitions "not presented" (27A-H1.9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 274-H1.2, which is arranged alphabetically, and 27A-H1.9, which is arranged by State. ELECTION RECORDS. 6 in. 328 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (27A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. OTHER RECORDS. 6 in. 329 Three volumes of roll calls (27A-K1), arranged chronologically; and various other papers (274-K2), arranged alphabetically. Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 12 vols. 1 ft. 330 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (27C-A1); rough petition book (270-A2); record of "petitions and other papers delivered from the Office of the Clerk," 27th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (27C-A3); record of orders of the day (270-A4); membership of House committees, 27th and 28th Congresses (270-45); register of committee reports (270-46); record of reports, by origin, made to the House (270-7); register of reports and communications from the executive departments (27C-AS); record of engrossment of House bills and resolutions (27C-A9); and partial list of Members of the House, 1789-1841 (27C-A10). For record of private bills "enrolled but not passed," see entry 301; and for a list of appropriations made, and accounts of expenditures of the Clerk's Office, see entry 316. RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 1 vol. 3 in. 331 Transcribed and printed reports of the Committee on Claims, 2'7th Congress, 3à session, to 28th Congress, 1st session (27C-B1), arranged chronologically. For other reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 317. For reports of the Committee on the District of Columbia, see entry 94; the Committee on the Territories, entry 217; the Committee on Elections, entry 247; the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Naval Affairs, and the Committee on Public Lands, entry 274; the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, entry 288; the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on lays and Means, entry 302; the Committee on Invalid Pensions, the Committee on Private Land Claims, and the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, entry 317. OTHER RECORDS. 6 in. 332 Letters addressed to the Clerk (27C-C1), arranged chronologically; and canceled checks of the Clerk (27C-C2), arranged numerically. For letter book of Clerk's outgoing correspondence, see entry 289. INDEX. 1 vol. 1 in. Subject index to speeches made by Members of the House (2'7C-D1). TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, 1843-45 First Session, December 4, 1843-June 17, 1844 333 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 1 ft. 334 Kinute book, 1st and 2d sessions (28A-A1); and legislative journal, Ist session (28A-A2) and 2d session (28A-A3). 6 ft. 335 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (28A31); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (28A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (28A-B3); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (28AB4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 28A-B3, which is arranged chronologically. BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 2 in. Senate bills, 1st session (28A-C1) and 2d session (23A-C2). Arranged numerically within each group. 336 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 15 ft. 337 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (28A-D1.1), arranged chronologically. For minutes, see entry 323. Committee on Agriculture: logically. various subjects (29A-D2.1), arranged chrono Committee on Claims: claims (28A-D3.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also an index to actions by the committee (28A-D3.2). For letter book, see entry 293; index to letter book, entry 279; and docket, entry 323. Committee on Commerce: correspondence of Representative Preston King (28AD4.1); customhouses (284-D4.2); lighthouses, buoys, and other aids to navigation (28A-D4.3); State canal from Chicago to the Illinois River (28A-D4.4); and various subjects (22A-D4.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 28th Congress, 2d session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (28A-D4.5). Committee on the District of Columbia: Bank of Potomac (28A-D5.1); general fund of the city (28A-D5.2); improvement of Pennsylvania Avenue (28A-D5.3); and various subjects (28A-D5.4). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume (28A-D5.5). For min utes, see entry 323. Committee on Elections: contested election cases of John M. Botts v. John W. Jones, Virginia (28A-D6.1), and William L. Goggin v. Thomas W. Gilmer, Virginia (28A-D6.2); and various subjects (28A-D6.3). Arranged by subject. Committee on Engraving: various subjects (20A-D7.1), arranged by subject. Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: a report on the con tracts entered into by James C. Zabriskie for furnishing live oak timber to the Navy (28A-D2.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department: a report on the misapplication of the contingent fund for the Post Office Department (28A-D9.1). Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: a report of funds drawn and expended by the Commissioner of Public Buildings (28A-D10.1). Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: a report on the ex penditure of the contingent appropriations of the State Department (284-D11.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: French spoliations (28A-D12.1) and various subjects (284-D12.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a combination docket and minute book, 28th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (28A-D12.3). Committee on Indian Affairs: admission of Chippewas and Ottawas in Michigan to citizenship (28A-D13.1); claims under the Cherokee treaty of 1835-36 (28A-D13.2); and various subjects (28A-D13.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a docket volume, 28th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (29A-D13.4). Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (281-D14.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (28A-D15.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume, 28th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (2&A-D15.2). Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (2EA-D16.1), arranged chronologically. For docket and minutes, see entry 266. Committee on Military Affairs: armories and fortifications (2ƐA-D17.1) and various subjects (26-D17.2). Arranged chronologically within each There is also a docket volume, 28th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (28-D17.3). group. Committee on the Militia: a report on Samuel Colt's waterproof cartridges (28A-D1c.1). |