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Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: various subjects (16AD7.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: a report on whether the expenses on the public buildings cannot be lessened without arresting their progress (16A-D8.1).

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: various subjects (16A-
D9.1), arranged chronologically.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select:

arranged chronologically.

various subjects (16A-D10.1),

Committee on Indian Affairs, Select: a report on the petition of inhabitants of St. Louis, Mo., for an act of incorporation to carry on peltry and fur trade with the Indians (16A-D11.1).

Committee on the Judiciary: Daniel Pettibone's patent for welding caststeel to iron or other steel (16A-D12.1); schedule of fees of district courts of the United States (16A-D12.2); and various subjects (16AD12.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Manufactures:

a report on the adoption of measures for the protection of the manufacturing interests of the country (16A-D13.1). Committee on Military Affairs, Select: Military Academy at West Point (16A-D14.1) and various subjects (16A-D14.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on the Militia, Select:

chronologically.

various subjects (16A-D15.1), arranged

Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: claims (16A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (16A-D16.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (16AD17.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post roads (16A-D18.1) and various subjects (16A-D18.2). Arranged chronologically within each

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Committee on Public Expenditures: a report and papers relative to the inquiry into the "amount of the several items which are charged upon the contingent fund" of the several executive departments (16A-D21.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (16A-D22.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (16A-D22.2), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (16A-D23.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (16A-D23.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: Cumberland Road (16A-D24.1) and various subjects (16A-D24.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Ways and Means: comparative schedules on tariffs, imports, and exports, 1815-19 (16A-D25.1); claims (16A-D25.2); revenue and finances (16A-D25.3); and various subjects (16A-D25.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 16A-D25.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Other select .committees: constitutions of the Territories of Alabama and Missouri and the "District of Maine" (16A-D26.1); military affairs (16A-D26.2); post office affairs (16A-D26.3); and various subjects (16A-D26.4). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES.

1 vol.

4 in.

167

Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1819 and 1820; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (16A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 12 vols. 3 ft.

168

Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (16A-Fl), the Secretary of the Treasury (16A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (16A-F3), the Secretary of War (16A-F4), and the Secretary of the Navy (16A-F5); and 1 volume of reports of the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office (16A-F6). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 10 ft.

169

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

Committee on Accounts: petition of Thomas Constantine for payment for articles furnished the House (16A-G1.1).

Committee on Agriculture: petition of the United Agricultural Society of Virginia against protective duties except for the production of necessary revenue (16A-G2.1).

Committee on Claims:

by petitioner.

Committee on Commerce:

various subjects (16A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically

aids to navigation (16A-G4.1); duties (16A-G4.2); fishing trade (16A-G4.3); ports of entry (16A-G4.4); and various subjects (16A-G4.5). Committee on the District of Columbia: banks of Alexandria (16A-G5.1); banks of the District of Columbia (16A-G5.2); Columbian Institute (16A-G5.3) road from Georgetown to Tenlytown (16A-G5.4); and various subjects (16A-G5.5).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (16A-G6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: trade with Santo Domingo (16A-G7.1). Committee on Indian Affairs, Select: rehabilitation of the Indians (16AG8.1).

Committee on the Judiciary: digest of the laws of the United States (16AG9.1); enactment of a bankruptcy law (16A-G9.2); establishment of a first meridian for the United States at Washington--proposal of William Lambert (16A-G9.3); Federal courts (16A-G9.4); and various subjects (16A-G9.5).

Committee on Manufactures: auction sales (16A-G10.1); encouragement and protection of manufactures (16A-G10.2); and various subjects (16A-G10.3).

Committee on Military Affairs, Select: abuses against cadets at the West
Point Military Academy (16A-G11.1); chaplains in the United States
Army (16A-G11.2); claims (16A-G11.3); and exemption of Gloucester fish-
ermen from militia duty (16A-G11.4).

Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: claims (16A-G12.1); hospitals for sea-
men (16A-G12.2); John Kendrick's invention for opening channels of con-
venient depth and width by submarine steamboat plowing and harrowing
(16A-G12.3); and United States Naval Fraternal Association (16A-G12.4).
Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: claims (16A-G13.1), ar-
ranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads:

establishment of postal

routes (16A-G14.1); increase in the compensation of postmasters (16AG14.2); and various subjects (16A-G14.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (16A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

memorial of Charles P. Graze

Committee on Public Buildings, Select:
concerning a monument to Washington (16A-G16.1).
Committee on Public Lands:

subjects (16A-G17.2).

Ohio public lands (16A-G17.1) and various

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions:

various subjects (16A-G18.1), ar

ranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Co. (16A-G19.1); construction of a canal connecting the Illinois River with Lake Michigan (16A-G19.2); Erie harbor (16A-G19.3); internal improvements in Ohio (16A-G19.4); Milford and Owego Turnpike Road Co. (16AG19.5); and various subjects (16A-G19.6).

Committee on Ways and Means: collectors of revenue (16A-G20.1); distilleries (16A-G20.2); duties (16A-G20.3); fishing trade (16A-G20.4); and various subjects (16A-G20.5).

Other select committees: slavery (16A-G21.1) and various subjects (16AG21.2).

Committee of the Whole House:

auction sales (16A-G22.1); case of the Danish brigantine Henrick (16A-G22.2); final adjustment of land claims in Louisiana and Missouri Territory (16A-G22.3); general bankruptcy law (16A-G22.4); Missouri State bill (16A-G22.5); payment of debts due from purchasers of public lands (16A-G22.6); redemption of land sold for failure to pay direct taxes (16A-G22.7); regulation of the payment of duties on imported merchandise (16A-G22.8); and various subjects (16A-G22.9).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 2 in.

170

Grouped by subject as follows: boundary line between Kentucky and Tennessee (16A-H1.1); British land grants in Mississippi (16A-H1.2); French spoliations (16A-H1.3); representations of the Members of the House of Representatives from that part of Massachusetts known as the District of Maine on the bill for the admission of Maine into the Union (16A-H1.4); Washington Canal Co. (16A-H1.5); and various subjects (16AH1.6). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS.

8 in.

171

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (16A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 4 in.

172

Material relating to the slave trade (16A-Kl) and various papers (16AK2). 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.

RECORD BOOKS. 4 vols. 4 in.

173

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (16C-Al); rough petition book (16C-A2); and newspaper book, see entry 160.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS.

3 vols. 8 in.

174

Transcribed reports of the Committee on Agriculture, 16th Congress, 2d session, to 17th Congress, 1st session, and the Committee on Manufactures, 16th Congress, 2d session (16C-B1); the Committee on Claims, 16th Congress, 2d session, to 19th Congress, 1st session (16C-B2); and select committees (16C-B3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of the Committee on Claims, 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 the Judiciary, the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, and the Committee on Public Expenditures, entry 131;) and the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on Private Land Claims, and the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, entry 145.

RECORDS OF REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

6 vols. 1 ft.

175

Transcribed reports and communications from the Secretary of State (16C-C1); the Secretary of the Treasury (16C-C2); the Secretary of War (16C-C3); and the Secretary of the Navy, 16th Congress, 2d session, to 17th Congress, 2d session (16C-C4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports from the Secretary of State, see entry 146.

OTHER RECORDS. 2 in.

Receipts for records withdrawn (160-01), arranged alphabetically by subject.

176

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS, 1821-23

First Session, December 3, 1821-May 8, 1822

Second Session, December 2, 1822-March 3, 1823

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 8 in.

Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (17A-Al); legislative journal, 1st session (17A-A2); rough legislative journal, 2d session (17A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (17A-A4).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 3 ft.

177

178

Original House bills and House bills upon which further action was taken (17A-B1); original House joint resolutions (17A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (17A-B3); and a volume of engrossed House bills, 2d session, and resolutions for the 1st and 2d sessions (17A-B4). 17A-B1 and 17A-B4 are arranged numerically, the other two groups are arranged chronologically.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 4 ft.

179

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (17A-C1.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Agriculture: a report on the petition of Dey and Macdonald asking an extension of the exclusive rights to manufacture a machine to clean and bleach hemp and flax (17A-C2.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (17A-C3.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Commerce: aids to navigation (17A-C4.1); claims (17A-C4.2); commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations (17AC4.3); effect of the act of Mar. 2, 1319, changing the regulations of the coasting trade (17A-C4.4); and various subjects (17A-C4.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 17A-C4.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the District of Columbia:

improvement of the navigation of Arranged

the Potomac (17A-C5.1) and various subjects (17A-C5.2).
chronologically within each group.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of C. D. Colden v. Peter
Sharpe, New York (17A-C6.1); Matthew Lyon v. James W. Bates, Arkansas
Territory (17A-C6.2); and Philip Reed v. Jeremiah Cosden, Maryland
(17A-C6.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department: various subjects (17A-C7.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: various subjects (17AC8.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: various subjects (17A-
C9.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures in the war Department:
C10.1), arranged chronologically.

various subjects (17A

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