Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 1 |
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Page 15
... placing buoys , and for improving har- bors and directing surveys , " and the other , " An act to authorize a sub- scription for stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company , " were submitted for my approval . It was not possible ...
... placing buoys , and for improving har- bors and directing surveys , " and the other , " An act to authorize a sub- scription for stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company , " were submitted for my approval . It was not possible ...
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... placing Rufus Gibbs , Ithuel Hart , Thomas Wyllys , and Samuel Bliss , soldiers of the Revolution , on the pension roll of the United States . On motion of Mr. Lewis , 1. Resolved , That the Committee on the Public Lands inquire into ...
... placing Rufus Gibbs , Ithuel Hart , Thomas Wyllys , and Samuel Bliss , soldiers of the Revolution , on the pension roll of the United States . On motion of Mr. Lewis , 1. Resolved , That the Committee on the Public Lands inquire into ...
Page 41
... placing the name of Jacob Patrick on the pen- sion roll . On motion of Mr. Alston , Ordered , That when the House shall adjourn this day , it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next , the 13th instant . On motion of Mr. Pearce ...
... placing the name of Jacob Patrick on the pen- sion roll . On motion of Mr. Alston , Ordered , That when the House shall adjourn this day , it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next , the 13th instant . On motion of Mr. Pearce ...
Page 42
... placing the name of Ebenezer Whitney on the pension roll . On motion of Mr. Storrs , of Connecticut , Resolved , That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to in- quire into the expediency of placing Cornelius Higgins , a ...
... placing the name of Ebenezer Whitney on the pension roll . On motion of Mr. Storrs , of Connecticut , Resolved , That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to in- quire into the expediency of placing Cornelius Higgins , a ...
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... placing the name of Jonathan Pasco , a revo- lutionary soldier , on the pension roll of the United States . Mr. Ellsworth accompanied the foregoing resolution with a petition of said Jonathan Pasco . On motion of Mr. Lent , Resolved ...
... placing the name of Jonathan Pasco , a revo- lutionary soldier , on the pension roll of the United States . Mr. Ellsworth accompanied the foregoing resolution with a petition of said Jonathan Pasco . On motion of Mr. Lent , Resolved ...
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Abraham Bockee affirmative amendment Augustine H Benjamin Swift bill was read Cambreleng Campbell Charles committed Committee of Claims Committee on Commerce Committee on Military Daniel desired by one-fifth district Ebenezer engrossed entitled An act expediency further consideration George Loyall Horace Everett instructed to inquire Isaac Finch Isaac Pierson Jacob Crocheron James Findlay James Lent James Trezvant Jehiel H Jesse Speight Joel John Roane Jonah Sanford Jonas Earll Joseph Draper Joseph Lecompte laid Leonard Jarvis Messrs Military Pensions motion nays being desired Ohio Ordered Pensions be instructed Perkins King Peter Ihrie petition of inhabitants petition of John petition was referred praying presented a memorial presented a petition Pryor Lea Public Lands read a third relief resolution Resolved Richard Robert E. B. Baylor Rufus McIntire Secretary Senate Speaker Spencer Pettis Starling Tucker Sterigere Storrs Thomas Chilton Thomas H United Verplanck voted Whole House to-morrow Wickliffe William W
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Page 26 - What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and religion ? The present policy of the Government is but a continuation of the same progressive change by a milder process.
Page 49 - Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating thirty thousand dollars, to enable Professor Morse to establish a line of telegraph between Washington and Baltimore.