Committee of the Whole House: a minute book, 26th Congress, 2d session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (26A-D31.1). For minutes of the 1st session, see entry 193. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 12 vols. 4 ft. 308 Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1839 and 1840; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (26A-E1). Arranged chronologically. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 19 vols. 6 ft. 309 Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (26A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of the General Land Office (26AF2), the Treasurer of the United States (26A-F3), the Secretary of War (26AF4), the Secretary of the Navy (26A-F5), the Postmaster General (26A-F6), and others (26A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group. 22 ft. 310 PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED Committee on Claims: silk culture (26A-G1.1) and various subjects various subjects (26A-G2.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and lighthouses (26A-G3.1); claims (26A-G3.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; customhouses and collection districts (26A-G3.3); harbors (26A-G3.4); marine hospitals (26AG3.5); pilot law of 1837 (26A-G3.6); ports of entry (26A-G3.7); rivers and creeks (26A-G3.8); slave trade (26A-G3.9); steam revenue cutters (26AG3.10); and various subjects (26A-G3.11). Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (26A-G4.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (26A-G6.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; recognition of Haiti (26A-G6.2); and various subjects (26AG6.3). Committee on Indian Affairs: Cherokee Indians (26A-G7.1); claims (26A-G7.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (26A-G7.3). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (26A-G8.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (26A-G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; general bankruptcy law (26A-G9.2); naturalization laws (26AG9.3); and various subjects (26A-G9.4). Committee on Manufactures: duty on silk (26A-G10.1); protective tariff (26AG10.2); revision of the revenue laws to prevent frauds, especially on woolen goods (26A-G10.3); and various subjects (26A-G10.4). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (26A-G11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; use of bloodhounds in the Florida war against the Seminole Indians (26-G11.2); national armory (26A-G11.3); intoxicating liquor in the armed forces (26A-G11.4); and various subjects (26A-G11.5). Committee on the Militia: various subjects (26A-G12.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (26A-G13.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; construction of a drydock at Brooklyn, N. Y. (26A-G13.2); intoxicating liquors in the armed services (26A-G13.3); and various subjects (26A-G13.4). Committee on Patents: various subjects (26A-G14.1). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (26A-G15.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; mail routes (26A-G15.2); reduction of postage (26A-G15.3); and various subjects (26A-G15.4). Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (26A-G16.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. various subjects (26A-G17.1). establishment of an asylum for the deaf Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: Committee on Public Lands: claims (26A-G19.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; distribution of the proceeds from the sales of public lands (26A-G19.2); extension of the preemption law (26A-G19.3); land grants for various purposes (26A-G19.4); land offices and land districts (26A-G19.5); and various subjects (26A-G19.6). Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business: alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: alphabetically by petitioner. various subjects (26A-G20.1). various subjects (26A-G21.1), arranged various subjects (26A-G22.1), arranged Committee on Roads and Canals: canals (26A-G23.1); rivers (26A-G23.2); roads (26A-G23.3); and various subjects (26A-G23.4). Committee on the Territories: various subjects (26A-G24.1). Committee on Ways and Means: claims (26A-G25.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; improvement of rivers and harbors (26A-G25.2); and various subjects (26A-G25.3). Committee of the Whole House: various subjects (26A-G26.1). Select committees: a national foundry (26A-G27.1) and various subjects (26A-G27.2). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED 6 ft. 311 Grouped by subject as follows: abolition of the slave trade (26A-H1.1); abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia (26A-H1.2); abridgement of the right of petition (26A-H1.3); admission of slave States into the Union (26A-H1.4); annexation of Texas (26A-H1.5); general bankruptcy law (26AH1.6); recognition of Haiti (26A-H1.7); release of W. L. Mackenzie of Canada from imprisonment (26A-H1.8); and various subjects (26A-H1.9). Arranged chronologically within each group. ELECTION RECORDS. 8 in. 312 Credentials of Representatives (26A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State. OTHER RECORDS. 2 vols. 3 in. Roll calls (26A-K1), arranged chronologically. 313 Records of Impeachment Proceedings IMPEACHMENT OF ALFRED CONKLING. 2 in. 314 Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against Alfred Conkling, Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (268-A1). For other papers relating to the impeachment of Judge Conkling, see entries 230 and 244. IMPEACHMENT OF JOHN MCLEAN. 1 in. 315 Papers pertaining to impeachment proceedings against John McLean, one of the Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court and Judge of the U. S. Seventh Circuit (26B-B1). Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 13 vols. 1 ft. 316 Bill books of House and Senate bills and resolutions (26C-Al); rough petition book (260-A2); petition book (26C-A3); record of petitions on post routes which were sent to the Postmaster General by order of the House (260A4); record of orders of the day (26C-A5); register of committee reports (26C-A6); register of reports made to the House (26C-A7); register of documents ordered printed (26C-A8); supplement to the bill book, including "bill enrolled but not passed" and bills engrossed and enrolled (26C-A9); a list of appropriations made, 26th Congress, 2d session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (260-A10); and accounts of expenditures of the Clerk's Office, 26th and 27th Congresses (26C-All). For a list of appropriations made, 1st session, for membership of committees, and for record of private bills "enrolled but not passed," see entry 301. RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 5 vols. 1 ft. 317 For Transcribed and printed reports of the Committee on Claims, 26th Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (26C-B1); the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, 26th Congress, and the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 28th Congress, 1st session, to 32d Congress, 1st session (260-B2); the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 26th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (26C-93); the Committee on Private Land Clains, 26th Congress, 2d session, to 32d Congress, 1st session (260-B4); and the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, 26th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (26C-B5). Arranged chronologically within each group. other reports of the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, see entry 145; the Committee on Private Land Claims, entry 274; the Committee on Invalid Pensions, entry 288; and the Committee on Claims, entry 302. For reports of the Committee on the District of Columbia, see entry 94; the Committee on Agriculture, entry 203; the Committee on the Territories, entry 217; the Committee on Elections, entry 247; the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Naval Affairs, the Committee on Public Lands, and the Committee on Roads and Canals, entry 274; the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, entry 288; and the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Ways and Means, entry 302. OTHER RECORDS. 2 ft. 318 Letters addressed to the Clerk (26C-C1), arranged chronologically; papers relating to the withdrawal of petitions and documents (26C-C2), arranged alphabetically by subject; and canceled checks of the Clerk (26C-C3), arranged numerically. For letter book of the Clerk's outgoing correspondence, see entry 239. INDEX. 1 in. Index to parties afforded legislative relief (26C-D1). TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1841-43 First Session, May 31-September 13, 1841 319 Records of Legislative Proceedings 320 AINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 6 vols. 2 ft. Minute book, 1st, 2d, and 3d sessions (27A-Al); and legislative journal, 1st session (27A-A2), 2d session (27A-A3), and 3d session (27A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 11 ft. 321 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken (27ABl); original House joint resolutions and joint resolutions upon which further action was taken (27A-B2); House simple resolutions, motions, and orders (27A-B3); 3 volumes of engrossed House bills and resolutions (27A-B4); and the enrolled bill H. R. 14, for a Fiscal Corporation of the United States, vetoed by the President (27A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 27A-B3, which is arranged chronologically. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 322 Senate bills, 1st session (27A-Cl), 2d session (27A-C2), and 3d session (27A-C3); and Senate joint resolutions (27A-C4). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 15 ft. 323 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Accounts: various subjects (27A-D1.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a volume of minutes, 27th Congress, 1st session, to 30th Congress, 2d session (27A-D1.2). Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (27A-D2.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Claims: claims (27A-D3.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 27th Congress, 1st session, to 28th Congress, 1st session (27A-D3.2). For letter book, see entry 293; and index to letter book, entry 279. Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, and lighthouses (27A-D4.1); claims (27A-4.2); customhouses (27A-D4.3); marine hospitals (27A-D4.4); ports of entry and delivery (27A-D4.5); and various subjects (274-04.6). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 27A-D4.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (27A-D5.1), arranged chronologically. There is also a volume of minutes, 27th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 2d session (27A-D5.2). Committee on Elections: apportionment of Representatives (27A-D6.1); contested election cases of David Dunham v. David Levy, Florida Territory (27A-D6.2), and William Smith v. Linn Banks, Virginia (27A-D6.3); and the case of Joshua A. Lowell, Maine (27A-D6.4). Arranged by subject. Committee on Expenditures in the lar Department: a report on extra pay to Gen. Winfield Scott (27A-D7.]). Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (27A-D8.1); trade with British colonies in the West Indies (27A-D8.2); and various subjects (27A-D8.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 27A-DE.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a combination docket, and minute book (27A-D8.4). Committee on Indian Affairs: alleged frauds ir negotiating the treaty of July 1, 1835, with the Caddo Indians (27A-D9.1); claims (27A-D9.2); removal of the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi River (27A-D9.3); and various subjects (27A-19.4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 274-D9.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (27-D10.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 252. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (27-D11.1); general bankruptcy law (27A-D11.2); and various subjects (27A-D11.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 27A-D11.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 233. Committee on Manufactures: protection of American industry (274-D12.1), arranged chronologically. For docket and minutes, see entry 266. Committee on Military Affairs: claims (27A-D13.1); establishment of military posts (27A-D13.2); and various subjects (27A-D13.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 27A-D13.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 266. Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (274-D14.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (27A-D14.2), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (27A-D15.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (27A-D15.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 307. Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (27A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (27A-D16.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 279. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (27A-D17.1), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 307. Committee on Public Expenditures: case of Capt. R. D. C. Collins for default (27A-D18.1); case of Capt. Stephen H. Webb for fraud and speculation (27A-018.2); case of Lieutenant Colonel 3rant for improper practices in his transactions as deputy quartermaster general (27A-D18.3); claim of Charles J. Catlett (27A-D18.4); contracts for mailbags (27AD18.5); repairs, alterations, and improvement of the White House |