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Committee on Agriculture:

Committee on Claims:

by petitioner.

various subjects (23A-G1.1).

various subjects (23A-G2.1), arranged alphabetically

Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, lighthouses, and spindles (23A-G3.1); breakwaters and piers (23A-G3.2); claims (23A-G3.3), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; marine hospitals (23A-G3.4); ports of entry and collection districts (23A-G3.5); rivers and harbors (23A-G3.6); and various subjects (23A-G3.7).

Committee on the District of Columbia: banks in the District of Columbia (23A-G4.1); free schools (23A-G4.2); slavery (23A-G4.3); and various subjects (23A-G4.4).

Committee on Elections:

various subjects (23A-G5.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (23A-G6.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Indian Affairs: claims (23A-G7.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (23A-G7.2).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (23A-GE.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on the Judiciary:

claims (23A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by

petitioner; patent laws (23A-G9.2); and various subjects (23A-09.3). Committee on Manufactures: various subjects (23A-G10.1).

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (23A-Gl1.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (23A-G11.2).

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Committee on Naval Affairs: clains (23A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (23A-G12.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (23A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; franking privilege (23A-G13.2); and post routes (23A-G13.3).

Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (23A-G14.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Public Lands: claims (23A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land grants (23A-G15.2); land offices and land districts (23A-G15.3); sale and purchase of public lands (23A-G15.4); and various subjects (23A-G15.5).

Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (23A-G16.1).

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: various subjects (23A-G17.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

Committee on Roads and Canals: Chesapeake and Chio Canal (23A-G13.1); Louisville and Portland Canal (234-G18.2); other canals (234-G18.3); harbors (23A-G18.4); railroads (23A-G18.5); Allegheny River (23A-G18.6); other rivers (23A-G18.7); roads (234-G13.8); and various subjects (23AG18.9).

Committee on the Territories: petition of Judges Woodbridge and Chipman
for compensation for services as members of land board at Detroit (23A-
G19.1).
Committee on Ways and Means: claims (23A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically

by petitioner; renewing the charter and restoring public deposits to the Bank of the United States (23A-G20.2); and various subjects (23A-G20.3). Select committees: memorial of Philadelphia importing merchants, auctioneers, commission merchants, and dry goods merchants for the establishment of a

standard of weights and measures throughout the Union (23A-G21.1); patent laws (23A-G21.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; memorial of Benjamin Phillips, inventor of a mode of preventing the explosion of steam engines (23A-G21.3); petition of physicians of Washington regarding low and uncultivated land around the Capitol (23A-G21.4); publication of the works of Gen. George Washington (23A-G21.5); and petition requesting the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia (23A-G21.6). Committee of the Whole House: improvement of the Hudson River (23A-G22.1) and various subjects (23A-G22.2).

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE TABLED. 11 ft.

Grouped by subject as follows: renewing the charter and restoring public deposits to the Bank of the United States (23A-H1.1); slavery in the District of Columbia (23A-H1.2); and various subjects (23A-H1.3). Arranged chronologically within each group.

ELECTION RECORDS.

270

6 in.

271

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (23A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory.

OTHER RECORDS. 7 in.

272

Reports on condition of State banks (23A-Kl) and various papers (23A-K2). Arranged by subject.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

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

RECORD BOOKS. 9 vols. 8 in.

273

Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (230-A1); rough petition book (23C-A2); record of committee membership (23C-A3); record of reports made to the House together with a list of bills and resolutions reported, passed, and engrossed (23C-A4); record of reports of committees and resolutions ordered to be printed (23C-A5); record of reports from executive departments and memorials ordered to be printed (23C-A6); record of orders of the day (23C-A7); and account of printing done for the House (23C-A8). For petition book and for contingent accounts of the Clerk's Office, see entry 260.

RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 7 vols. 1 ft.

274

Transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 1st session (23C-B1); the Committee on the Judiciary, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 2d session (23C-B2); the Committee on Naval Affairs, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (23C-B3); the Committee on Private Land Claims, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 26th Congress, 1st session (23C-B4); the Committee on Public Lands, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (23C-B5); the Committee on Roads and Canals, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 26th Con

gress, 2d session (23C-B6); and the Committee on Ways and Means, 23d Congress, 1st session, to 25th Congress, 2d session (23C-B7). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports of the Committee on Ways and Means, see entry 217; the Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 232; and the Committee on Claims, entry 261. For reports of the Committee on the District of Columbia, see entry 94; the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, entry 145; the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Indian Affairs, entry 203; the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and the Committee on the Territories, entry 217; the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Manufactures, and the Committee on Military Affairs, entry 232; the Committee on Elections, entry 247; and the Committee on Invalid Pensions and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, entry 261.

OTHER RECORDS. 3 in.

275

Letters to the Clerk, principally relating to printing and supplies for the House and requests for information (23C-C1), arranged chronologically; and records relating to the disposition of public documents (23C-C2), arranged alphabetically by recipient.

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Minute book, fragmentary for 1st session and 2d session (24A-Al); rough legislative journal, lst` session (24A-A2); legislative journal, 1st session (24A-A3); rough legislative journal, 2d session (24A-A4); and legislative journal, 2d session (24A-A5).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 11 ft.

277

Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (24ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (24A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (24A-B3); and 2 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (24AB4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 24A-B3, which is arranged chronologically.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 5 in. 278

Senate bills, 1st session (24A-C1) and 2d session (24A-C2); and Senate joint resolutions (24A-C3). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 16 ft.

279

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

Committee on Accounts:

a volume showing the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, 24th Congress, 1st session, to 25th Congress, 2d session (24A-D1.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (24A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (24A-D2.2); and an index to the outgoing letter book, 24th Congress, 2d session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (24A-D2.3). For letter book, see entry 237.

Committee on Commerce: claims (24A-D3.1); correspondence of the chairman of the committee (24A-D3.2); compensation of customhouse officials (24AD3.3); customhouses (24A-D3.4); reorganization of the Treasury Department (24A-D3.5); and various subjects (24A-D3.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24A-D3.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: claims (24A-D4.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (24A-D4.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Elections: contested election case of David Newland v. James Graham, North Carolina (24A-D5.1), and documents relating to the Michigan election (24A-D5.2). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: various subjects (24A26.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Expenditures in the State Department:

a volume containing an

account of the contingent and incidental expenses of the Department of State, including expenses for publishing and distributing the laws, 1835 (24A-D7.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (24A-D8.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (24A-D8.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Indian Affairs: Choctaw Indians (24A-D9.1); claims (24A-D9.2); correspondence and other papers relating to Indian affairs (24A-D9.3); and various subjects (24A-D9.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24A-D9.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (24A-D10.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252.

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (24A-D11.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (24A-D11.2), arranged by subiect. For docket, see entry 223.

Committee on Manufactures: a report on the culture and manufacture of silk in the United States (24A-D12.1). For docket and minutes, see entry 266. Committee on Military Affairs: claims (24A-D13.1); fortifications, arsenals, and better protection of frontiers (24A-D13.2); employment of clerks, messengers, paymasters, and storekeepers in the War Department (24A-D13.3); salaries in the War Department (24A-D13.4); and various subjects (24AD13.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24A-D13.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 266. Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (24A-D14.1); compensation of certain personnel of the Navy (24A-D14.2); miscellaneous correspondence (24AD14.3); and various subjects (24A-D14.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24A-D14.1, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (24A-D15.1); investigation of the causes of the conflagration of the Post Office Building

on the morning of Dec. 15, 1836 (24A-D15.2); and various subjects (24AD15.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24A-D15.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume (24AD15.4).

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (24A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 24th Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (24A-D16.2).

Committee on Public Buildings, Select: various subjects (24A-D17.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Public Lands: claims (24A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (24A-D18.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208. Committee on Revolutionary Claims: clains (24A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 24th Congress, 1st session, to 26th Congress, 2d session (24A-D19.2).

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (24A-D20.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252.

Committee on Roads and Canals: abstract of all bills reported by the House Committee on Roads and Canals and the Senate Select Committee on Internal Improvements, 1815-35, with estimates of the cost of the several works therein mentioned (24A-D21.1); construction of the Niagara Ship Canal and the Muscle and Colbert Shoals Canals (24A-D21.2); and various subjects (24A-D21.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24AD21.1, which is arranged by Congress, thereunder by bill number. Committee on the Territories: various subjects (24A-D22.1), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Ways and Means: claims (24A-D23.1); increased compensation for Government clerks (24A-D23.2); papers relating to the general appropriation bill (24A-D23.3) and Indian appropriation bill (24A-D23.4); taxation of U. S. arsenals in Pennsylvania (24A-D23.5); improvement of rivers and harbors (24A-D23.6); estimates and specifications for improvement of the public property at Staten Island (24A-D23.7); and various subjects (24AD23.8). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 24A-D23.1, which is arranged alphabetically.

Other select committees: various subjects (24A-D24.1), arranged by subject. Committee of the Whole House: For minutes, see entry 193.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 6 vols. 2 ft.

280

Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1835 and 1836; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (24A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 15 vols. 3 ft.

281

Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (24A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (24A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (24A-F3), the Secretary of War (24A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (24A-F5), the Postmaster General (24A-F6), and others (24A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group.

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