THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, 1813-15 First Session, May 24-August 2, 1813 Second Session, December 6, 1813-April 18, 1814 Records of Legislative Proceedings MINUTE BOOK AND JOURNALS. 4 vols. 9 in. 120 Legislative journal and a secret journal, 1st session (13A-Al) and 2d session (13A-A2); minute book, 3d session (13A-A3); and legislative journal and a secret journal, 3d session (13A-A4). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 2 ft. 121 Original House bills and House bills upon which further action was taken (13A-B1); original House joint resolutions (13A-B2); a simple resolution relating to expediency of establishing certain post roads (13A-B3); and a volume of engrossed House bills and several loose engrossed bills upon which the Senate did not take favorable action (13A-B4). Arranged numerically within each group, except 13A-B2, which is arranged chronologically. BILIS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE. 1 in. 122 House amendments to Senate bills (13A-Cl); conference reports on Senate bills (13A-C2); and Senate joint resolutions (13A-C3). Arranged numerically within each group, except 13A-C3, which is arranged chronologically. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 4 ft. 123 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specifieds Committee on Accounts: various subjects (13A-D1.1), arranged chronologi cally. Committee on Claims: various subjects (13A-D2.1), arranged alphabetically. various subjects (13A-D3.1), ar Committee on Commerce and Manufactures: ranged chronologically. Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (13A-D4.1), ar ranged chronologically. Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Burwell Bassett v. Thomas M. Bayley, Virginia (13A-D5.1); B. B. Blydenburgh and Peter Jay v. John Lefferts and Ebenezer Sage, New York (13A-D5.2); William Kelly v. Thomas K. Harris, Tennessee (13A-D5.3); John Taliaferro v. John P. Hungerford, Virginia (13A-D5.4); and Isaac Williams v. John M. Bowers, New York (13A-D5.5). Arranged by subject. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: relations with Great Britain and Committee on the Judiciary: salary of district judges (13A-D7.1) and various subjects (13A-D7.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Military Affairs, Select: militia and militia laws (13A-D8.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Naval Establishment, Select: privateers and prizes (13AD9.1) and various subjects (13A-D9.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. There is also a volume entitled Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United States (13A-D9.3). Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (13AD10.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post roads (13A-D11.1) and various subjects (13A-D11.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Public Expenditures: a report relating to examinations into expenditures of public money (13A-D12.1). Committee on Public Lands: communications from General Land Office (13AD13.1) and various subjects (13A-D13.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Ways and Means: completion of the Post Office Building (13AD14.1); distillers (13A-D14.2); military establishment (13A-D14.3); and various subjects (13A-D14.4). Arranged chronologically within each. group. Other select committees: business of the House of Representatives (13AD15.1); circumstances attending the destruction, by the enemy, of the office of Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives (13AD15.2); inquiry into the success of the enemy against Washington and Alexandria and into the destruction of public buildings and property (13A-D15.3); and various subjects (13A-D15.4). Arranged by subject. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 2 vols. 5 in. 124 Annual messages, 1813 and 1814; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (13A-El). Arranged chronologically. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 1 ft. 125 Reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, including 1 volume (13A-F1); the Treasurer of the United States, 1 volume (13A-F2); and the Secretaries of war and the Navy, including 1 volume (13A-F3); and a communication, enclosing sundry documents, from Gen. Alexander Smyth, regarding operations at Niagara, 1812-13 (13A-F4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, see entry 40; and the Secretary of State, entry 49. 5 ft. 126 PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED Committee on Claims: by petitioner. various subjects (13A-G1.1), arranged alphabetically Committee on Commerce and Manufactures: duties on imports (13A-G2.1); the embargo (13A-G2.2); patent rights of Oliver Evans (13A-G2.3); Great Egg Harbor, N. J. (13A-G2.4); and various subjects (13A-G2.5). Committee on the District of Columbia: Alexandria, D. C. (13A-G3.1); roads (13A-G3.2); and various subjects (13A-G3.3). Committee on Elections: various subjects (13A-G4.1). Committee on Foreign Affairs, Select: a petition from aliens in Fishkill, N. Y., for permission to pursue their usual avocations (13A-G5.1). Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (13A-G6.1). Committee on Military Affairs, Select: various subjects (13A-G7.1). Committee on the Naval Establishment, Select: various subjects (13A-G8.1). Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (13A G9.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post offices (13A-G10.1); post roads (13A-G10.2); and Sunday mails (13A-G10.3). Committee on Public Lands: claims involving bounty land, location of land warrants, and preemption rights (13A-G11.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner; and various subjects (13A-Gll.2). Committee on Ways and Means: apportionment of direct taxes (13A-G12.1); claims (13A-G12.2); duties (13A-G12.3); the embargo (13A-G12.4); imprisonment for debt (13A-G12.5); tax on stills (13A-G12.6); and various subjects (13A-G12.7). 13A-G12.2 and 13A-G12.5 are arranged alphabetically by petitioner. Other select committees: various subjects (13A-G13.1). Committee of the Whole House: bankruptcy law (13A-G14.1); patent rights of Oliver Evans (13A-G14.2); and various subjects (13A-G14.3). PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED 2 in. Various subjects (13A-H1.1), arranged chronologically. ELECTION RECORDS. 127 1 ft. 128 Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (13A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory. OTHER RECORDS. 2 in. 129 One volume of roll calls, 3d session (13A-K1), and various papers (13AK2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Records of the Office of the Clerk For index to transcribed reports of the Committee on Claims, see entry 27; and for index to other committee reports and to reports and communications from executive departments, see entry 9. RECORD BOOKS. 2 vols. 3 in. 130 Bill book of House and Senate bills and resolutions, 3d session (13C-AI); and newspaper book, 13th Congress, 3d session, to 14th Congress, 2d session (13C-A2). For petition book, see entry 93. RECORDS OF COMMITTEE REPORTS. 3 vols. 9 in. 131 Transcribed reports of the Committee on the Judiciary, 13th Congress, 2d session, to 22d Congress, 2d session (13C-B1); the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, 13th Congress, 2d session, to 18th Congress, 1st session (13C-B2); and the Committee on Public Expenditures, 13th Congress, 3d session, to 22d Congress, 1st session (13C-B3). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports of the Committee on Ways and Means, see entry 71; the Committee on Public Lands, entry 82; the Committee on the District of Columbia, entry 94; and the Committee on Claims, and select committees, entry 117. RECORDS OF REPORTS FROM EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. 2 vols. 6 in. 132 Transcribed reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury (13C-C1); and the Secretary of War, 13th Congress, 2d session, to 15th Congress, 1st session (13C-C2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For other reports from the Secretary of War, see entry 52; and for reports from the Secretary of State, see entry 118. OTHER RECORDS. 1/2 in. 133 Receipts for records withdrawn (13C-D1), arranged alphabetically by sub Minute book, 1st session (14A-A1); and legislative journal, 1st session (14A-A2) and 2d session (14A-A3). BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 3 ft. 135 Original House bills and bills upon which further action was taken, 1st session (14A-B1), and 2d session (14A-B2); amendments to bills (14A-B3); a volume of engrossed House bills and resolutions, 1st session (14A-B4); and a volume of engrossed House bills and resolutions, 2d session (14A-B5). Arranged numerically within each group, except 14A-B3, which is arranged chronologically. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 3 ft. 136 Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified: Committee on Claims: various subjects (14A-C1.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Commerce and Manufactures: ports of entry (14A-C2.1) and various subjects (14A-C2.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on the District of Columbia: various subjects (14A-C3.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Elections: contested election cases of Robert Porterfield v. William McCoy, Virginia (14A-C4.1), Erastres Root v. John Adams, New York (14A-C4.2), and Westel Willoughby v. William Smith, New York (14A-C4.3); and various subjects (14A-C4.4). Arranged by subject. Committee on Indian Affairs, Select: various subjects (14A-C5.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on the Judiciary: various subjects (14A-C6.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Military Affairs, Select: various subjects (14A-C7.1), ar ranged chronologically. Committee on Naval Affairs, Select: various subjects (14A-C8.1), arranged chronologically. Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims: various subjects (14A- Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: post offices and postmasters (14A-C10.1); post roads (14A-C10.2); and various subjects (14A-C10.3). Arranged chronologically witnin each group. Committee on Private Land Claims: various subjects (14A-C11.1), arranged alphabetically. Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings: a report, with pertinent documents, on the progress of the work on the Capitol, the President's House, and other public buildings in Washington (14A-C12.1); and a report, with accompanying documents, on Daniel Pettibone's plan for "warming" the public buildings (14A-C12.2). Arranged by subject. Committee on Public Expenditures: inquiry into the military conduct of Gen. William Henry Harrison (14A-C13.1) and various subjects (14A-C13.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Public Lands: land claims in Illinois and Louisiana (14AC14.1) and various subjects (14A-C14.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. Committee on Roads and Canals, Select: a report on the petition of John Adams for losses sustained in constructing part of the Cumberland Road (14A-C15.1). Committee on Ways and Means: duties (14A-C16.1); correspondence between the chairman of the committee and the War Department relating to the expenditures and appropriation for the Ordnance and Quartermaster General's Departments (14A-C16.2); direct tax in Delaware and Georgia (144-C15.3); and various subjects (14A-C16.4). Arranged chronologically within each group. Other select committees: business of the House of Representatives (14AC17.1); postal matters (14A-C17.2); settlements of accounts and related matters (14A-C17.3); slave trade (14A-C17.4); and various subjects (14AC17.5). Arranged chronologically within each group. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 2 vols. 4 in. 137 Annual messages, 1815 and 1816; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (14A-D1). Arranged chronologically. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 1 ft. 138 Reports and communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, including 2 volumes (14A-El); the Treasurer of the United States, 2 volumes (14A-E2); the Secretary of War, 1 volume (14A-E3); and the Secretary of the Navy, 1 volume (14A-E4). Arranged chronologically within each group. For reports from the Secretary of State, see entry 49. |