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(20A-F3), the Secretary of War (20A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (20AF5), and the Postmaster General (20A-F6); and several unbound reports from the Clerk of the House and other sources (20A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 15 ft.

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

a memorial of the printers of the city of Wash

Committee on Accounts:
ington on congressional printing (20A-Gl.1).

Committee on Agriculture: culture of the mulberry tree (20A-G2.1), and various subjects (20A-G2.2).

Committee on Claims: various subjects (20A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Commerce: beacons, bells, buoys, and lighthouses (20A-G4.1); claims (20A-G4.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; harbors (20A-G4.3); inlets and channels (20A-G4.4); marine hospitals (20A-G4.5); piers and breakwaters (20A-G4.6); ports of entry and collection districts (20A-G4.7); rivers (20A-G4.8); and various subjects (20A-G4.9). Committee on the District of Columbia: slavery (20A-G5.1) and various subjects (20A-G5.2).

Committee on Elections:

various subjects (20A-G6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs:

various subjects (20A-G7.1).

Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (20A-G8.1).

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (20A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; patents (20A-G9.2); and various subjects (20A-G9.3). Committee on Manufactures: protective tariff on wool and other products

(20A-G10.1) and various subjects (20A-G10.2).

Committee on Military Affairs: various subjects (20A-G11.1).
Committee on Military Pensions: various subjects (20A-G12.1).

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (20A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically

by petitioner; and various subjects (20A-G13.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: mail routes (20A-G14.1);
Sunday mail (20A-G14.2); and various subjects (20A-G14.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (20A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Buildings, Select: various subjects (20A-G16.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (20A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land grants (20A-G17.2); relief of purchasers of public lands (20A-G17.3); removal of the land office and the post office from the old to the new town of Franklin, Mo. (20A-G17.4); and various subjects (20A-G17.5).

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (20A-G18.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: survey and construction of canals (20A-G19.1); roads (20A-G19.2); and various subjects (20A-G19.3). Committee on the Territories: various subjects (20A-G20.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: claims (20A-G21.1); sales at auction (20AG21.2); and various subjects (20A-G21.3).

Other select committees: colonization of free peoples of color in Africa (20A-G22.1); land grants for institutions for the deaf and dumb (20AG22.2); and various subjects (20A-G22.3).

Committee of the Whole House: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (20A-G23.1); duties on imports (20A-G23.2); slavery in the District of Columbia (20AG23.3); Sunday mail (20A-G23.4); and various subjects (20A-G23.5).

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

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Grouped by subject as follows: duties on imports (20A-H1.1) and various subjects (20A-H1.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS. 8 in.

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Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (20A-J), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 in.

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Various papers (20A-K1), arranged chronologically.

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

IMPEACHMENT OF ALFRED CONKLING. Less than 1/4 in.

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Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Alfred Conkling, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (20B-A1). For other papers relating to the impeachment of Judge Conkling, see entries 244 and 314.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

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

RECORD BOOKS. 6 vols. 10 in.

231 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (20C-Al); rough petition book (20C-A2); petition book, 20th Congress, 2d session, to 22d Congress, 1st session (20C-A3); and a register of reports made to the House (200-A4). For petition book, 1st session, and for contingent accounts of the Clerk's Office, see entry 137.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 8 vols. 2 ft.

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Transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, 20th Congress, 2d session, to 21st Congress, 1st session (20C-B1); the Committee on Commerce, 20th Congress, 2d session, to 25th Congress, 2d session (20C-B2); the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, 20th Congress, 1st session, 21st Congress, 1st session, and 25th Congress, 2d session (20083); the Committee on Manufactures, 20th Congress, 1st session, to 25th Congress, 3d session (20C-B4); the Committee on Military Affairs, 20th Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 1st session (20C-B5); the Com

mittee on Public Lands, 20th Congress, 1st session, to 22d Congress, 2d session (20C-B6); the Committee on Roads and Canals, standing and select, 20th Congress, 1st session, to 23d Congress, 1st session (20C-B7); and select committees (20C-B8); arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of the Committee on Claims and the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, see entry 217. For reports of the Committee on the District of Columbia, see entry 94; the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Public Expenditures, entry 131; the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings and the Committee on Private Land Claims, entry 145; the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, entry 203; and the Committee on Military Pensions, the Committee on the Territories, and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 217.

OTHER RECORDS. 1/4 in.

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Papers pertaining to purchase of newspapers and books for House Members (20C-C1), arranged chronologically.

TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1829-31

First Session, December 7, 1829-May 31, 1830
Second Session, December 6, 1830-March 3, 1831

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 8 in.

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Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (21A-A1); and rough legislative journal, 1st session (21A-A2) and 2d session (21A-A3).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 9 ft.

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Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (21A-B1); drafts of House bills that failed to pass (21A-B2); original House joint resolutions (21A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (21A-B4); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (21A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 21A-B3 and 21AB4, which are arranged chronologically.

BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 1 in. 236 Senate bills (21A-C1), arranged by session, thereunder numerically.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 8 ft.

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Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Agriculture: cultivation of mulberry trees for raising silkworms (21A-D1.1) and flag of American silk and manufacture presented to the House by Peter S. DuPonceau (21A-D1.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Claims: various subjects (21A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also a letter book, 21st Congress, 2d session, to 25th Congress, 2d session (21A-D2.2); and a docket volume (21A-D2.3).

Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and lighthouses (21A-D3.1); claims (21A-D3.2); commercial intercourse with foreign nations (21A-D3.3); construction of a marine hospital at Charleston, S. C. (21A-D3.4); survey reports (21A-D3.5); and various subjects (21A-D3.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 21A-D3.2, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on the District of Columbia: improvement of the avenue leading from the Capitol to the executive offices (21A-D4.1); civil and criminal code of the District (21A-D4.2); Columbian College (21A-D4.3); Georgetown (21A-D4.4); and various subjects (21A-D4.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Thomas Arnold v. Pryor Lea, Tennessee (21A-D5.1); George Loyall v. Thomas Newton, Virginia (21A-D5.2); Revel Washburn v. James W. Ripley, Maine (21A-D5.3); and Silas Wright v. George Fisher, New York (21A-D5.4). Arranged by subject. Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: contingent expenditures in the Navy Department for 1329 and 1830 (21A-D6.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department: a report on the contingent expenses of the Post Office Department for 1830 (21A-D7.1). Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: a report on expenditures of the State Department for 1828 and 1829 (21A-D8.1). Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: reports of examinations of contingent expenditures of the Treasury Department for 1829 and 1830 (21A-D9.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (21A-D10.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (21A-D10.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

CoLunittee on Indian Affairs: claims (21A-Dll.1), arranged alphabetically; and removal of Indians (21A-D11.2), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Internal Improvements, Select: rivers and canals (21A-D12.1)

and various subjects (21A-D12.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on the Judiciary:

claims (21A-D13.1); extending power of judges

of the Superior Court of Arkansas Territory (21A-D13.2); repeal of section 25 of the act of 1789, establishing the judiciary system, relating to direct appeal from a State court to the Supreme Court of the United States (21A-D13.3); and various subjects (21A-D13.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 21A-D13.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 223.

Committee on Manufactures: duty on imported salt (21A-D14.1) and tariff and manufactures (21A-D14.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (21A-D15.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (21A-D15.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Military Pensions: claims (21A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically; and lists of military pensioners (21A-D16.2). For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (21A-D17.1); cutting or removing live oak and other trees in Florida for naval use (21A-D17.2); Navy and privateer pension funds (21A-D17.3); pay and personnel (21A-D17.4); and various subjects (21A-D17.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 21A-D17.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (21A-D18.1); additional clerks for the Post Office Department (21A-D18.2); personal correspondence of R. M. Johnson, chairman of the committee (21A-D1Ɛ.3); post roads (21A-D18.4); and Sunday mail (21A-D18.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 21A-D18.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a register of petitions for and against Sunday mail (21A-D18.6). For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Private Land Claims:

cally.

claims (21A-D19.1), arranged alphabeti

Committee on Public Expenditures: mileage and pay of Members of Congress (21A-D20.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Public Lands: bounty lands for military service (21A-D21.1); claims (21A-D21.2); canal between Lake Michigan and the Illinois River (21A-D21.3); free school in Alexandria, Va. (21A-D21.4); land grant for buildings and hospital in Michigan Territory (21A-D21.5); sale of lands in Chio and the Vermillion salt springs in Illinois (21A-D21.6); and various subjects (21A-D21.7). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 21A-D21.2, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (21A-D22.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on the Territories: various subjects (21A-D23.1), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Ways and Means: Bank of the United States (21A-D24.1); claims (21A-D24.2); depreciated Treasury notes (21A-D24.3); estimates for the Navy Department (21A-D24.4), the State Department (21A-D24.5), the Treasury Department (21A-D24.6), and the War Department (21A-D24.7); mint of the United States (21A-D24.8); and weight and quality of salt used in curing and packing fish (21A-D24.9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 21A-D24.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Other select committees: various subjects (21A-D25.1), arranged by

subject.

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

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 4 vols. 1 ft.

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Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1829 and 1830; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (21A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 18 vols. 4 ft.

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Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (21A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (21A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (21A-F3), the Secretary of War (21A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (21AF5), the Postmaster General (21A-F6), and others (21A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group.

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