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Committee on Foreign Affairs: a copy of acts of the British Parliament of 1822 (17A-C11.1) and various subjects (17A-C11.2), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Indian Affairs: trade with the Indians (17A-C12.1) and various subjects (17A-C12.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (17A-C13.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (17A-C13.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Library:

logically.

various subjects (17A-C14.1), arranged chrono

Committee on Manufactures: a report on the part of the President's message relating to the subject of manufactures (17A-C15.1).

Committee on Military Affairs: armories and fortifications (17A-C16.1); claims (17A-C16.2); loans of gunpowder and lead to private individuals by officers of the United States Army (17A-C16.3); and various subjects (17A-C16.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 17A-C16.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (17A-C17.1), arranged alphabetically;
and various subjects (17A-C17.2), arranged chronologically.
Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (17A-
C18.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (17A-C19.1); post roads (17A-C19.2); postage receipts at the principal post offices in the United States (17A-C19.3); and various subjects (17A-C19.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 17A-C19.1, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (17A-C20.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Public Buildings, Select: accommodations for the House of Representatives (17A-C21.1) and various subjects (17A-C21.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Public Expenditures: various subjects (17A-C22.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Public Lands:

logically.

various subjects (17A-C23.1), arranged chrono

Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business:

arranged chronologically.

various subjects (17A-C24.1),

Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: various subjects (17A-C25.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Ways and Means:

correspondence relating to paintings of John Trumbull (17A-C26.1); extinguishment of Indian title to lands in Alabama and Georgia (17A-C26.2); revenue and financing (17A-C26.3); and various subjects (17A-C26.4). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Other select committees: Army and the militia (17A-C27.1); banking and currency (17A-C27.2); retrenchment in Government expenditures (17AC27.3); suppression of the slave trade (17A-C27.4); vaccination (174C27.5); and various subjects (17A-C27.6). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES.

3 vols. 1 ft.

180

Annual message, with pertinent documents, 1822; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (17AD1). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 10 vols. 2 ft.

181

Reports and communications from the Secretary of State and the Postmaster General, 1 volume (17A-E1); the Secretary of the Treasury (17A-E2); the Treasurer of the United States (17A-E3); the Secretary of War (17AE4); and the Secretary of the Navy (17A-E5). Arranged chronologically within each group.

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

182

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

Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (17A-F1.1).
Committee on Claims:

by petitioner.

various subjects (17A-F2.1), arranged alphabetically

Committee on Commerce: claims (17A-F3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; lighthouses and light-vessels (17A-F3.2); ports of entry and collection districts (17A-F3.3); repeal of acts imposing restrictions on the commerce between the United States and the British colonies in America (17A-F3.4); and various subjects (17A-F3.5). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (17A-F4.1). Committee on Elections: various subjects (17A-F5.1).

Committee on Indian Affairs: trade with the Indians (17A-F6.1) and various subjects (17A-F6.2).

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (17A-F7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (17A-F7.2).

Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (17A-F8.1).

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (17A-F9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (17A-F9.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (17A-F10.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (17A-F10.2).

Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (17A-
F11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads:

claims (17A-F12.1), arranged

alphabetically by petitioner; mail routes (17A-F12.2); and various subjects (17A-F12.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (17A-F13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Lands: claims (17A-F14.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land grants (17A-F14.2); and various subjects (17A-F14.3). Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (17A-F15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: and various subjects (17A-F16.2).

construction of roads (17A-F16.1)

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Committee on Ways and Means: claims (17A-F17.1) and various subjects (17AF17.2).

Other select committees: "flying machine" of James Bennett (17A-F18.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; suppression of the slave trade (17A-F18.2); and various subjects (17A-F18.3).

Committee of the Whole House: pensions for service in the Revolutionary War (17A-F19.1); protective tariff on certain domestic manufactures (17A-F19.2); uniform system of bankruptcy (17A-F19.3); and various subjects (17A-F19.4).

183

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 4 in.
Grouped by subject as follows: claims (17A-G1.1), arranged alpha-
betically; and various subjects (17A-G1.2), arranged chronologically.

ELECTION RECORDS.

10 in.

184

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (17A-H1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 5 in.

185

Roll calls (17A-J1) and various papers (17A-J2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

IMPEACHMENT OF CHARLES TAIT. 1 in.

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Charles Tait, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Alabama (17B-Al).

Records of the Office of the Clerk

For index to transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 27.

RECORD BOOKS. 5 vols. 7 in.

186

187

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (17C-A1); rough petition book (17C-A2); petition book, 17th Congress, 2d session, to 20th Congress, 1st session (17C-A3); contingent accounts of the Clerk's Office, 17th Congress, 1st session, to 21st Congress, 2d session (17C-A4); and Clerk's record of orders of the day (17C-A5). For petition book, 1st session, see entry 160; and for newspaper book, see entry 173.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 1 vol. 3 in.

188

Transcribed reports of select committees (17C-B1), arranged chronologically. 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; the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on Private

Land Claims, and the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, entry 145; and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Claims, entry 174.

189

RECORDS OF REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 1 vol. 2 in. Transcribed reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury (17C-C1), arranged chronologically. For reports from the Secretary of

the Navy, see entry 175.

OTHER RECORDS. Less than 1/4 in.

Receipts for records withdrawn (17C-D1), arranged alphabetically by subject.

190

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS, 1823-25

First Session, December 1, 1823-May 27, 1824
Second Session, December 6, 1824-March 3, 1825

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 6 vols. 1 ft.

191

Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (18A-Al); rough legislative journal, 1st session (18A-A2); legislative journal, 1st session (18A-A3); rough legislative journal, 2d session (18A-A4); and legislative journal, 2d session (18A-A5).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 5 ft.

192

Original House bills and House bills upon which further action was taken (18A-B1); original House joint resolutions (18A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (18A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (18A-B4); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (18A-35). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 18A-B1 and 18A-B5, which are arranged numerically.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 8 ft.

193

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Claims: various subjects (18A-C1.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Commerce: buoys and lighthouses (18A-C2.1) and various subjects (18A-C2.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (18A-C3.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Parmenio Adams v. Isaac Wilson, New York (19A-C4.1), John Biddle v. Father Gabriel Richard, Michigan Territory (18A-C4.2), Alfred H. Powell v. Jared williams, Virginia (18A-C4.3), and sundry electors v. John Bailey, Massachusetts (18A-C4.4); and the right of John Forsythe of Georgia to a seat in the House (13A-C4.5). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: various subjects (18A-C5.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Foreign Affairs: piracy (18A-C6.1) and various subjects (18A-C6.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (18A-C7.1), arranged

chronologically.

Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (18A-C3.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (18A-C9.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Military Affairs: forts and fortifications around Mobile Bay (18A-C10.1); militia and militia claims (18A-C10.2); and various subjects (18A-C10.3). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Naval Affairs: piracy and privateers (18A-C11.1) and various subjects (18A-C11.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (18AC12.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: various subjects (18A-C13.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Private Land Claims:

alphabetically.

various subjects (18A-C14.1), arranged

Committee on Public Buildings, Select: various subjects (18A-C15.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (18A-C16.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions:

ranged alphabetically.

various subjects (18A-C17.1), ar

Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: various subjects (18A-C18.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Ways and Means: appropriations (18A-C19.1) and various

subjects (18A-C19.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Other select committees: address of Ninian Edwards, late a United States Senator from Illinois, "complaining that injustice has been done him in a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the correspondence between the Treasury Department and the Banks in the different states upon the deposites of public moneys in said banks... and also preferring charges against the Secretary," and a volume of committee minutes (18A-C20.1); business of the House of tepresentatives (18A-C20.2); Cumberland Road and adjustment of Moses Shepherd's accounts growing out of his contract for work on the National Turnpike (18AC20.3); President Monroe's public accounts with special reference to furnishing the President's House and the settlement of accounts of foreign ministers (18A-C20.4); public lands (18A-C20.5); and various subjects (18A-C20.6). Arranged by subject.

Committee of the Whole House: a volume of minutes, 18th Congress, 1st session, to 26th Congress, 1st session (18A-C21.1).

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES.

13 vols. 3 ft.

194

Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1823 and 1824; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and

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