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

20 ft.

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

Committee on Accounts: procurement of paper for printing (21A-G1.1).
Committee on Agriculture: culture of hemp (21A-G2.1).

Committee on Claims:

tioner.

claims (21A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by peti

Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and lighthouses (21A-G4.1); drawbacks (21A-G4.2); harbors (21A-G4.3); mackerel fisheries (21A-G4.4); marine hospitals (21A-G4.5); navigational aids (21A-G4.6); ports of entry (21A-G4.7); and various subjects (21A-G4.8).

Committee on the District of Columbia: slavery in the District (21A-G5.1) and various subjects (21A-G5.2).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (21A-G6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs:

ous subjects (21A-G7.2).

Committee on Indian Affairs:

claims against Denmark (21A-G7.1) and vari

claims (21A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically

by petitioner; removal of Indians (21A-G8.2); and various subjects (21AG8.3).

Committee on Internal Improvements, Select:

canals (21A-G9.1); creeks and

rivers (21A-G9.2); railroads (21A-G9.3); roads (21A-G9.4); turnpikes (21A-G9.5); and various subjects (21A-G9.6). Committee on the Judiciary: case of Samuel Buel (21A-G10.1); claims (21AG10.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; insolvent debtors (21A– G10.3); patents (21A-G10.4); judgments (21A-G10.5); and various subjects (21A-G10.6).

Committee on Manufactures: drawbacks (21A-G11.1); duty on iron (21A-G11.2); and various subjects (21A-G11.3).

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (21A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (21A-G12.2).

Committee on Military Pensions: claims (21A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Naval Affairs:

claims (21A-G14.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; case of Farnifold Green (21A-G14.2); and various subjects (21A-G14.3).

Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads: post offices (21A-G15.1); post routes (21A-G15.2); Sunday mail (21A-G15.3); and various subjects (21A-G15.4).

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (21A-G16.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Buildings, Select: various subjects (21A-G17.1). Committee on Public Lands: granted lands--permission to dispose, relinquish, or sell (21A-G18.1); forfeited lands--permission to repurchase or retain (21A-G18.2); land grants for various purposes (21A-G18.3); land offices (21A-G18.4); preemption in the purchase of public lands (21A-G18.5); relief of purchasers of public lands (21A-G18.6); saline lands (21A-G18.7); titles and claims to public lands (21A-G18.8); and various subjects (21A-G18.9).

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (21A-C19.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Territories:
Committee on Ways and Means:

various subjects (21A-G20.1). auction system (21A-G21.1); claims (21AG21.2); salary increases for Government clerks (21A-G21.3); and various subjects (21A-G21.4). Other select committees: the petition of Elisha Begelow (21A-G22.1) and the President's message upon the subject of the 5th Census (21A-G22.2). Committee of the Whole House: improvement of navigation of Back Creek, connecting link between the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and Chesapeake Bay (21A-G23.1); preservation and repair of the Cumberland Road (21AG23.2); removal of Indians (21A-G23.3); Sunday mail (21A-G23.4); and various subjects (21A-G23.5).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 8 in.

241 Grouped by subject as follows: Indian matters (21A-H1.1) and various subjects (21A-H1.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS.

8 in.

242

Credentials of Representatives (21A-J1), arranged alphabetically by

State.

OTHER RECORDS. 1 in.

243

Various papers (21A-K1), arranged chronologically.

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

IMPEACHMENT OF ALFRED CONKLING. 1/4 in.

244

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Alfred Conkling, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (218-A1). For other papers relating to the impeachment of Judge Conkling, see entries 230 and 3146 See also Mclean 35 (1839-71)

245

IMPEACHMENT OF JAMES H. PECK. 5 in.
Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against James H. Peck,
Judge of the U. S. District Court for the District of Missouri (21B-B1).

Records of the Office of the Clerk

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

RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 6 in.

246

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (21C-Al); rough' petition book (21C-A2); record of committee membership (21C-A3); record of reports made to the House together with a list of bills and resolutions reported (21C-A4); record of orders of the day (21C-A5); account of printing for the House (21C-A6); and a list of references to documents mentioned

in printed House and Senate Journals (21C-A7). For contingent accounts of the Clerk's Office, see entry 187; and for petition book, see entry 231.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 3 vols. 9 in.

247

Transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, 21st Congress, 2d session, to 22d Congress, 1st session (21C-B1); the Committee on Elections, 21st Congress, 1st session, to 28th Congress, 1st session (21C-B2); and select committees (21C-B3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 232. 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; the Committee on Military Pensions, the Committee on the Territories, and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 217; and the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, the Committee on Manufactures, the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on Public Lands and the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 232.

OTHER RECORDS. 4 in.

248

Letters to the Clerk, chiefly from colleges, libraries, and Congressmen about sharing in the distribution of printed House documents (21C-C1), arranged chronologically.

TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS, 1831-33

First Session, December 5, 1831-July 16, 1832
Second Session, December 3, 1832-March 2, 1833

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 5 vols.
5 vols. 1 ft.

249

Minute book, 1st and 2d sessions (22A-A1); and rough legislative jour nal, 1st session (22A-A2) and 2d session (22A-A3).

BILIS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 9 ft.

250

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (22A-B1); original House joint resolutions (22A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (22A-B3); and 3 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (22A-B4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 22A-B3, which is arranged chronologically.

BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE.
Senate bills, 1st session (22A-C1), arranged numerically.

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COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 10 ft.

252

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

Committee on Accounts: various subjects (22A-D1.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Agriculture: cultivation of tropical plants in the United States (22A-D2.1) and various subjects (22A-D2.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Claims: allowance of interest to States (22A-D3.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (22A-D3.2), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (22A-D3.3). For letter book, see entry 237.

Committee on Commerce:

claims (22A-D4.1); commercial regulations (22A-D4.2);

and various subjects (22A-D4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 22A-D4.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on the District of Columbia: public improvements in the District (22A-D5.1) and various subjects (22A-D5.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of James Gadsden v. Joseph W. White, Florida Territory (22A-D6.1); Joseph Draper v. Charles C. Johnston, Virginia (22A-D6.2); and David Crockett v. wm. Fitzgerald, Tennessee (22A-D6.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department:

a report of expenditures

on account of contingencies in that Department (22A-D7.1). Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: various papers relating to expenditures (22A-D8.1), arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: a report on the contingent expenses of the war Department and the military establishment for the year 1831 (22A-D9.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (22A-D10.1); cholera disease (22AD10.2); and various subjects (22A-D10.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 22A-D10.3, which is arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Indian Affairs: clains (22A-D11.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D11.2), arranged by subject.

Committee on Internal Improvements, Select: various subjects (22A-D12.1), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (22A-D12.2).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (22A-D13.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (22A-D13.2).

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (22A-D14.1); printing of a stereotype edition of the laws and treaties of the United States (22A-D14.2); and ป various subjects (22A-D14.3). Arranged by subject, except 22A-D14.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 223. Committee on Manufactures: tariffs and domestic manufactures (22A-D15.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (22A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D16.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (22A-D17.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D17.2), arranged by subject.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (22A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D18.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (22A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Public Expenditures:

a report relative to the mileage of

Members of Congress (22A-D20.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (22A-D21.1); investigation of the General Land Office (22A-D21.2); lease of Chickasaw Indian Reservation (22A-D21.3); and various subjects (22A-D21.4). Arranged by subject, except 22A-D21.1,

which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims:

claims (22A-D22.1), arranged alphabeti

cally. For docket, see entry 208. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (22A-D23.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 2d session (22A-D23.2).

Committee on the Territories: various subjects (22A-D24.1), arranged chranologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Ways and Means: Bank of the United States (22A-D25.1); claims (22A-D25.2); correspondence relating to estimates and appropriations for various executive departments (22A-D25.3); reduction of duties on imports (22A-D25.4); and various subjects (22A-D25.5). Arranged by subject, except 22A-D25.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Other select committees: various subjects (22A-D26.1), arranged by subject. Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 193.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 5 vols. 1 ft.

253

Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1831 and 1832; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (22A-E1). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 14 vols. 6 ft.

254

Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (22A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (22A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (22A-F3), the Secretary of War (22A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (22A-F5), the Postmaster General (22A-F6), and others (22A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group.

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PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 21 ft.
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:

various subjects (22A-C1.1).

culture and manufacture of silk (22A-G2.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (22A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

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