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COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PAPERS. 10 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 Accounts: various subjects (22A-D1.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Agriculture:

cultivation of tropical plants in the United

States (22A-D2.1) and various subjects (22A-D2.2). Arranged chronologically within each group.

Committee on Claims: allowance of interest to States (22A-D3.1), arranged chronologically; and various subjects (22A-D3.2), arranged alphabetically. There are also 2 docket volumes (22A-D3.3). For letter book, see entry 237.

Committee on Commerce:

claims (22A-D4.1); commercial regulations (22A-D4.2); and various subjects (22A-D4.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 22A-D4.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on the District of Columbia: public improvements in the District (22A-D5.1) and various subjects (22A-D5.2). Arranged chronologically within each group. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Elections: contested election cases of James Gadsden v. Joseph W. White, Florida Territory (22A-D6.1); Joseph Draper v. Charles C. Johnston, Virginia (22A-D6.2); and David Crockett v. Wm. Fitzgerald, Tennessee (22A-D6.3). Arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department:

a report of expenditures

on account of contingencies in that Department (22A-D7.1). Committee on Expenditures in the State Department: various papers relating to expenditures (22A-D8.1), arranged by subject.

Committee on Expenditures in the War Department: a report on the contingent expenses of the war Department and the military establishment for the year 1831 (22A-D9.1).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: claims (22A-D10.1); cholera disease (22AD10.2); and various subjects (22A-D10.3). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 22A-D10.3, which is arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Indian Affairs: clains (22A-D11.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D11.2), arranged by subject.

Committee on Internal Improvements, Select: various subjects (22A-D12.1), arranged by subject. There is also a docket volume (22A-D12.2).

Committee on Invalid Pensions: claims (22A-D13.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 27th Congress, 3d session (22A-D13.2).

Committee on the Judiciary: claims (22A-D14.1); printing of a stereotype edition of the laws and treaties of the United States (22A-D14.2); and various subjects (22A-D14.3). Arranged by subject, except 22A-D14.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 223. Committee on Manufactures: tariffs and domestic manufactures (22A-D15.1), arranged chronologically.

Committee on Military Affairs: claims (22A-D16.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D16.2), arranged by subject. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Naval Affairs: claims (22A-D17.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D17.2), arranged by subject.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: claims (22A-D18.1), arranged alphabetically; and various subjects (22A-D18.2), arranged chronologically.

For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Private Land Claims: claims (22A-D19.1), arranged alphabetically.

Committee on Public Expenditures:

Members of Congress (22A-D20.1).

a report relative to the mileage of

Committee on Public Lands: claims (22A-D21.1); investigation of the General Land Office (22A-D21.2); lease of Chickasaw Indian Reservation (22A-D21.3); and various subjects (22A-D21.4). Arranged by subject, except 22A-D21.1, which is arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208. Committee on Revolutionary Claims: claims (22A-D22.1), arranged alphabetically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Revolutionary Pensions: claims (22A-D23.1), arranged alphabetically. There is also a docket volume, 22d Congress, 1st session, to 24th Congress, 2d session (22A-D23.2).

Committee on the Territories: various subjects (22A-D24.1), arranged chraolɔgically. For docket, see entry 208.

Committee on Ways and Means: Bank of the United States (22A-D25.1); claims (22A-D25.2); correspondence relating to estimates and appropriations for various executive departments (22A-D25.3); reduction of duties on imports (22A-D25.4); and various subjects (22A-D25.5). Arranged by subject, except 22A-D25.2, which is arranged alphabetically.

Other select committees: various subjects (22A-D26.1), arranged by subject. Committee of the hole House: For minutes, see entry 193.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES. 5 vols. 1 ft.

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Annual messages, with pertinent documents, 1831 and 1832; messages suggesting legislation or submitting specific information or documents; and messages transmitting reports and communications from executive departments (22A-El). Arranged chronologically.

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE. 14 vols. 6 ft.

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Reports and communications from the Secretary of State (22A-F1), the Secretary of the Treasury (22A-F2), the Treasurer of the United States (22A-F3), the Secretary of War (22A-F4), the Secretary of the Navy (22A-F5), the Postmaster General (22A-F6), and others (22A-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. 21 ft.
Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject.
Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise
indicated.

Committee on Accounts:

Committee on Agriculture:

various subjects (22A-C1.1).

culture and manufacture of silk (22A-G2.1). Committee on Claims: various subjects (22A-G3.1), arranged alphabetically by petitioner.

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: petitio. uf 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. O. 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.

256 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.

OTHER RECORDS. 9 in.

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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

1/4 in.

IMPEACHMENT OF BENJAMIN JOHNSON.

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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.

OTHER RECORDS. 9 in.

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.

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.

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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). ranged numerically within each group, except 23A-B3 and 23A-B4, which are arranged chronologically.

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