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Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and lighthouses (22A-G4.1); customhouses (22A-G4.2); construction of marine hospitals (22A-G4.3); ports of delivery and entry (22A-G4.4); private claims (22A-G4.5), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; rivers and harbors (22A-G4.6); and various subjects (22A-G4.7).

Committee on the District of Columbia: construction of a free bridge across the Potomac River (22A-G5.1); slavery in the District of Columbia (22AG5.2); and various subjects (22A-G5.3).

Committee on Elections: various subjects (22A-G6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (22A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (22A-G7.2).

Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (22A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (22A-G8.2).

Committee on Internal Improvements, Select: bridges (22A-G9.1); breakwaters (22A-G9.2); canals (22A-G9.3); creeks and rivers (22A-G9.4); harbors (22A-G9.5); railroads (22A-G9.6); roads (22A-G9.7); and various subjects (22A-G9.8). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (22A-G10.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (22A-G11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; release from the effects of previous judgments (22AG11.2); patents (22A-G11.3); and various subjects (22A-G11.4). Committee on Manufactures: duty on coal (22A-G12.1); duty on leather, boots, and shoes (22A-G12.2); duty on wool (22A-G12.3); protection of domestic manufactures (22A-G12.4); and various subjects (22A-G12.5). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (22A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (22A-G13.2).

Committee on the Militia, Select: various subjects (22A-G14.1).

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (22A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (22A-G15.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (22A-G16.1); establishment of various post routes (22A-G16.2); reduction of postage on newspapers and periodicals (22A-G16.3); and Sunday mail (22A-G16.4). Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (22A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Buildings, Select: petitia. of John Foy, gardener of the Capitol Square (22A-G18.1).

Committee on Public Lands: land grants for various purposes (22A-G19.1);
land offices (22A-G19.2); errors in the entry or relinquishment of
public lands (22A-G19.3); preemption in the purchase of public lands
(22A-G19.4); private claims (22A-G19.5), arranged alphabetically by
petitioner; and various subjects (22A-G19.6).

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (22A-C20.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions:

ranged alphabetically by petitioner.

various subjects (22A-G21.1), ar

Committee on Roads and Canals: canals (22A-G22.1); rivers and harbors (22A-G22.2); roads (22A-G22.3); and various subjects (22A-G22.4). Committee on the Territories: various subjects (22A-23.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: charter of the Bank of the United States (22A-G24.1); claims (22A-G24.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; reduction of the duty on tea (22A-G24.3); and various subjects (22AG24.4).

Other select committees: memorial of J. 0. Blair and report of the General Assembly of Louisiana on prevention of explosion of steam boilers (22AG25.1); memorial of Virginia concerning revolutionary claims (22A-G25.2); memorial of the New England Asylum for the Blind (22A-G25.3); memorial of the officers of the Revolutionary Army who served prior to Mar. 1780 (22A-G25.4); patents and patent laws (22A-G25.5); and the Rhode Island Brigade (22A-G25.6).

Committee of the Whole House: charter of the Bank of the United States (22A-G26.1); treaty rights of Indians (22A-G26.2); tariffs (22A-G26.3); and various subjects (22A-G26.4).

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

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Grouped, by subject as follows: claims (22A-H1.1); treaty rights of the Cherokee Indians and other tribes (22A-H1.2); tariffs--reduction and otherwise altering duties on imports (22A-H1.3); tariff and nullification (22AH1.4); and various subjects (22A-H1.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 22A-H1.1, which is arranged alphabetically by petitioner. ELECTION RECORDS. 5 in. 257

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (22A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

258

OTHER RECORDS. 9 in.

Two volumes of roll calls (22A-K1) and various papers (22A-K2), arranged chronologically within each group; and a few papers relating to the reprimand of Samuel Houston by the House "for assaulting and beating a member of the House" (22A-K3).

Records of Impeachment Proceedings

IMPEACHMENT OF BENJAMIN JOHNSON. 1/4 in.

259

Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Benjamin Johnson, Judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas (22B-A1).

Records of the Office of the Clerk

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

RECORD BOOKS. 11 vols. 1 ft.

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Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (22C-A1); rough petition book (22C-A2); petition book, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 1st session (22C-A3); record of reports made to the House together with a list of bills and resolutions reported, passed, and engrossed

(22C-A4); record of orders of the day (22C-A5); record of committee membership (22C-A6); list of references to documents mentioned in printed House and Senate Journals (22C-A7); and contingent accounts of the Clerk's Office, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 25th Congress, 1st session (22C-A8). For another petition book, 1st session, see entry 231.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 4 vols. 9 in.

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Transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, 22d Congress, 2d session, to 23d Congress, 1st session (22C-B1); the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 23d Congress, 2d session (22C-B2); the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 1st session (22C-B3); and select committees (22C-B4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 247. 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, and the Committee on Indian Affairs, entry 203; the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, the Committee on the Territories, and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 217; the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Manufactures, the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on Public Lands, and the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 232; and the Committee on Elections, entry 247. 262 Letters to the Clerk, chiefly from colleges, libraries, and Congressmen about sharing in the distribution of printed House documents (22C-Cl), arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

OTHER RECORDS. 9 in.

TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1833-35

First Session, December 2, 1833-June 30, 1834
Second Session, December 1, 1834-March 3, 1835

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINUTE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 5 vols. 1 ft.

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Minute book, 1st session (23A-Al); rough legislative journal, 1st session (23A-A2); minute book, 2d session (23A-A3); and rough legislative journal, 2d session (23A-A4).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 12 ft.

264

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (23ABl); original House joint resolutions (23A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (23A-B3); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (23AB4); and 3 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (23A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 23A-B3 and 23A-B4, which are arranged chronologically.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 6 in.

Senate bills, 1st session (23-C1) anu 2d session (23A-C2), arranged numerically within each group; and a joint resolution relating to the purchase of certain volumes for the Library of Congress (23A-C3).

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 12 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: a report on the culture and manufacture of silk in the United States (23A-D1.1).

Committee on Claims: various subjects (23A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (23A-D2.2). For letter book, see entry 237.

Committee on Commerce: claims (23A-D3.1); customhouse bill (23A-D3.2); and various subjects (23A-D3.3). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D3.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: Alexandria Canal Co. (23A-D4.1); corporate notes in circulation in the District (23A-D4.2); claims (23AD4.3); free schools (23A-D4.4); paving Pennsylvania Avenue from the President's Square to Georgetown (23A-D4.5); prisons (23A-D4.6); Tiber Bridge (23A-D4.7); and various subjects (23A-D4.8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 23A-D4.3, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Robert P. Letcher v. Thomas P. Moore, Kentucky (23A-D5.1), and Duncan McArthur v. William Allen, Ohio (23A-D5.2); and a report authorizing a compilation of contested election cases (23A-D5.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department: a report of expenditures on account of contingencies in that Department (23A-D6.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (23A-D7.1); political relations with other nations (23A-D7.2); and various subjects (23A-D7.3). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D7.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Indian Affairs: Cherokee Indian claims (23A-D8.1); claims (23A-D8.2); regulation of the Indian Department (23A-D8.3); and various subjects (23A-D8.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 23A-D8.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (23A-D9.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252.

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (23A-D10.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (23A-D10.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see

entry 223.

Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (23A-D11.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a combination docket and minute book, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 28th Congress, 1st session (23A-D11.2). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (234-D12.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (23A-D12.2), arranged by subject.

There is also

a docket volume, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d sessio (23A-D12.3).

Committee on Naval Affairs:

claims (23A-D13.1), arranged alphabetically; Navy pensions (23A-D13.2), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (23A-D13.3), arranged by subject.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (23A-D14.1), arranged alphabetically; contracts for carrying the mails (23A-D14.2), arranged numerically by route number; and various subjects (23A-D14.3), arranged by subject.

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (23A-D15.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Public Buildings, Select:

ranged chronologically.

various subjects (23A-D16.1), ar

Committee on Public Lands: claims (23A-D17.1); land grants for educational purposes and for internal improvements (23A-D17.2); and various subjects (23A-D17.3). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D17.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (23A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (23A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252.

Committee on Roads and Canals: bridge across the Potomac at Washington (23A-D20.1); list of memorials referred to the committee (23A-D20.2); and various subjects (23A-D20.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on the Territories: various subjects (23A-D21.1), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Ways and Means: Bank of the United States and the public deposits (23A-D22.1); claims (23A-D22.2); correspondence relating to estimates and appropriations for various executive departments (23AD22.3); pension payments (23A-D22.4); and various subjects (23A-D22.5). Arranged by subject, except 23A-D22.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Other select committees: various subjects (23A-D23.1), arranged by subject.

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

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 4 vols. 1 ft.

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Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1833 and 1834; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (23A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 13 vols. 3 ft.

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Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (23A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (23A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (23A-F3), the Secretary of War (23A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (23AF5), the Postmaster General (23A-F6), and others (23A-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. 17 ft.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise

indicated.

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