Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ..., Volume 2; Volume 13; Volume 69Gales & Seaton, 1837 - Law |
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Page 1423
... petition presented on Monday last , by the gentleman from Massachusetts , [ Mr. CUSHING , ] from the merchants of Boston , praying the interference of the Government of the United States in relation to unne- cessary quarantine imposed ...
... petition presented on Monday last , by the gentleman from Massachusetts , [ Mr. CUSHING , ] from the merchants of Boston , praying the interference of the Government of the United States in relation to unne- cessary quarantine imposed ...
Page 1425
... petition had been disposed of . It had been laid on the table by a resolution adopted since the petition was pre- sented . Mr. ADAMS inquired whether the Speaker consider- ed that the question pending on the petition had been decided ...
... petition had been disposed of . It had been laid on the table by a resolution adopted since the petition was pre- sented . Mr. ADAMS inquired whether the Speaker consider- ed that the question pending on the petition had been decided ...
Page 1427
... petition should be received . Immediately afterwards , on the same day , he had presented another petition , ( alluding to the petition before the House ; ) he ques- tion on reception was raised , and upon that question three gentlemen ...
... petition should be received . Immediately afterwards , on the same day , he had presented another petition , ( alluding to the petition before the House ; ) he ques- tion on reception was raised , and upon that question three gentlemen ...
Page 1429
... petitions referred to in the preceding debate : First , this petition of Lydia Lewis and one hundred and fifty women of Dorchester . When I presented it and sent it to the Clerk's table , an objection was made to its being received ...
... petitions referred to in the preceding debate : First , this petition of Lydia Lewis and one hundred and fifty women of Dorchester . When I presented it and sent it to the Clerk's table , an objection was made to its being received ...
Page 1431
... petition to the Chair . The Speaker had decided heretofore that the petition was not in the possession of the House . Mr. A. now wished for a decision on the question of receiving the petition , which , on the jour- nal , appeared to ...
... petition to the Chair . The Speaker had decided heretofore that the petition was not in the possession of the House . Mr. A. now wished for a decision on the question of receiving the petition , which , on the jour- nal , appeared to ...
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