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 MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 6 vols. 320 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-34); and the enrolled bill H. R. 14, for a Fiscal Corporation of the United States, vetoed by the President (27A-35). Arranged numerically within each group, except 27A-B3, which is arranged chronologically. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE 10 in. 322 Senate bills, 1st session (274-Cl), 2d session (27A-C2), and 3d session (27A-C3); and Senate joint resolutions (27A-C4). Arranged numerically within each group. COMMITTEE REFORTS 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-D4.2); customhouses (27A-D4.3); marine hospitals (27A-D4.4); ports of entry and delivery (27A-D4.5); and various subjects (27A-D4.6). 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 War Department: a report on extra pay to Gen. Winfield Scott (27A-D7.1). 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-D2.1, which is arranged alphabetically. There is also a combination docket and minute book (27A-D8.4). Committee on Indian Affairs: alleged frauds in 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-D9.4). 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 (27A-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 (27A-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. docket, see entry 279. For 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. ebb for fraud and speculation (27A-D18.2); case of Lieutenant Colonel Brant for improper practices in his transactions as deputy quartermaster general (27A-D18.3); claim of Charles J. Catlett (27A-D18.4); contracts for mailbags (274D18.5); repairs, alterations, and improvement of the White House (27A-D18.6); various subjects (27A-D18.7); and the New York Customhouse investigation (27A-D18.8). Arranged by subject. Committee on Public Lands: claims (27A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (27A-D19.2), arranged chronologically. For docket, see entry 208. Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (27A-D20.1), arranged alphabetically; and lists of claims reported unfavorably by the committee (27AD20.2), arranged chronologically. There is also a docket volume. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (27A-D21.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 293. Committee on Roads and Canals: various subjects (274-D22.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Territories: chronologically. various subjects (27A-D23.1), arranged There is also a docket volume (27A-D23.2). Committee on Ways and Means: civil and diplomatic appropriations (27AD24.1); claims (27A-D24.2); clerks and other officers in the Government (27A-D24.3); plan of an exchequer (27A-D24.4); and various subjects (27A-D24.5). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 274D24.2, which is arranged alphabetically. Select committees: amendments to the Constitution of the United States (27A-D25.1); coast survey (27A-D25.2); finance and the currency (27AD25.3); finishing and furnishing the New York Customhouse (27A-D25.4). national foundry (27A-D25.5); removal of H. H. Sylvester from his clerk ship in the Pension Office (27A-D25.6); retrenchment (27A-D25.7); steam engines (27A-D25.8); Virginia bounty land claims (27A-D25.9); and various subjects (27A-D25.10). Arranged by subject. Committee of the whole House: For minutes, see entry 307. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 13 vols. 5 ft. 324 Annual messages, with pertinent docurents, 1841 and 1842; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (27A-E1). Arranged chronologically. 325 REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 26 vols. 9 ft. Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (27A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (27A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (27A-F3), the Secretary of War (27A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (27A-F5), the Postmaster General (27A-F6), and others (27A-F7). Arranged chronologically within each group. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISL TURES, AND RELATED 326 Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated. Committee on Accounts: relief of the widow of Representative Dimock (27AG1.1). Committee on Agriculture: various subjects (27A-G2.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (27A-03.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Commerce: beacons, buoys, lighthouses, and spindles (27AG4.1); breakwaters and piers (27A-G4.2); claims (27A-G4.3), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; customhouses (27A-G4.4); harbors and bays (274-G4.5); marine hospitals (27A-G4.6); duty on tonnage (27A-G4.7); ports of entry and collection districts (27A-G4.8); rivers and creeks (27A-G4.9); and various subjects (27A-G4.10). Committee on the District of Columbia: banks (27A-G5.1); bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac (27A-G5.2); and various subjects (27A-G5.3). Committee on Elections: various subjects (27A-G6.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs: a congress of nations to settle international disputes (27A-G7.1); American prisoners at Van Diemen's Land, South Australia (27A-G7.2); annexation of Texas (27A-G7.3); claims (27A-G7.4), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; recognition of Haiti (27A-G7.5); and various subjects (27A-G7.6). Committee on Indian Affairs: Seneca treaty for the sale of their lands (27A-G8.1) and various subjects (27A-G8.2). Committee on Invalid Pensions: various subjects (27A-C9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Judiciary: claims (27A-G10.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; establishment of new judicial districts (27A-G10.2); general bankruptcy law (27A-G10.3); holding both terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for Ohio at Columbus (27AG10.4); increasing salaries of district judges (27A-G10.5); removal of the district court of the United States from Wytheville to Abingdon, Va. (27A-G10.6); slavery (27A-G10.7); and various subjects (27A-G10.8). Committee on Manufactures: duty on boots, shoes, and leather (27A-G11.1); duty on iron (27A-G11.2); duty on jewelry (27A-G11.3); duty on other items (27A-G11.4); tariff, general (27A-Gl1.5). Committee on Military Affairs: claims (27A-G12.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; defense and fortifications (27A-G12.2); and various subjects (27A-G12.3). Committee on the Militia: various subjects (27A-G13.1). Committee on Naval Affairs: abolition of liquor ration in the Army and Navy (27A-G14.1); claims (27A-G14.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (27A-G14.3). Committee on Patents: various subjects (27A-G15.1). Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: abolition of the franking privilege and reduction of postage (27A-G16.1); claims (27A-G16.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; mail routes (27A-G16.3); Sunday mails (27A-G16.4); and various subjects (27A-G16.5). Committee on Private Land Claims: alphabetically by petitioner. various subjects (27A-G17.1), arranged Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (27A-G18.1). Committee on Public Expenditures: various subjects (27A-G19.1). Committee on Public Lands: claims (27A-G20.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; land grants for various purposes (27A-G20.2); land offices and land districts (27A-G20.3); and various subjects (27A-G20.4). Committee on Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (27A-G21.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on Revolutionery Pensions: various subjects (27A-G22.1), ar ranged alphabetically by cetitioner. various subjects (274-023.1). various subjects (27A-G24.1). breakwaters, lighthouses, and piers (27AG25.1); claims (27A-G25.2), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; currency (27A-G25.3); duties on various commodities (274-G25.4); harbors (27A-G25.5); and various subjects (27A-G25.5). Select committees: currency (274-G26.1); issuance of $200,000,000 Government stocks to relieve indebted States (27A-G26.2); longitude (27AG26.3); retrenchment and reform (27A-G26.4); steam boilers and steamboats (274-G26.5); and various subjects (27A-G26.6). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED 4 ft. 327 Grouped by subject as follows: admission of Florida and Texas into the Union (27A-H1.1); claims (27A-H1.2); general bankruptcy law (27A-H1.3); national bank (27A-H1.4); protective tariff (27A-H1.5); repeal of House standing rule 21 forbidding the receipt of petitions, memorials, resolutions, or other papers, asking for the abolition of slavery, etc. (27AH1.6); slavery (27A-H1.7); various subjects (274-H1.8); and petitions "not presented" (274-H1.9). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 274-H1.2, which is arranged alphabetically, and 27A-H1.9, which is arranged by State. ELECTION RECORDS. 6 in. 328 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (27A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. OTHER RECORDS. 6 in. 329 Three volumes of roll calls (27A-K1), arranged chronologically; and various other papers (27A-K2), arranged alphabetically. Records of the Office of the Clerk RECORD BOOKS. 12 vols. 1 ft. 330 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions (27C-Al); rough petition book (270-A2); record of "petitions and other papers delivered from the Office of the Clerk," 27th Congress, 1st session, to 29th Congress, 1st session (27C-A3); record of orders of the day (270-A4); membership of House committees, 27th and 28th Congresses (270-45); register of committee reports (270-46); record of reports, by origin, made to the House (27C-A7); register of reports and communications from the executive departments (27C-A8); record of engrossment of House bills and resolutions (27C-49); and partial list of Members of the House, 1789-1841 (270-A10). For record of private bills "enrolled but not passed," see entry 301; and for a list of appropriations made, and accounts of expenditures of the Clerk's Office, see entry 316. RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 1 vol. 3 in. 331 Transcribed and printed reports of the Committee on Claims, 27th Congress, |