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United States of America; founded on official documents, commencing March 4, 1789, and ending April 20, 1818: by Adam Seybert.

CLASS No. 20.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

The library provided for Congress, after the removal of the Government to Washington, having been destroyed in the burning of the Capitol by the enemy, in 1814, the valuable library of Thomas Jefferson, which, with the best opportunities and his well-known ability, it had taken that eminent statesman a long series of years to accumulate, was purchased for Congress, under a joint resolution of October 21, 1814, and an act of January 30, 1815, and now constitutes the basis of the Congressional or National Library. Upon this foundation Congress have, by a moderate but regular process, been adding to the volume of literature, science, and the fine arts, which, in the acquisition of the library of that republican patriarch, had already adorned the Capitol of the republic; and by the operation of this regular annual provision, managed, as it has been, and will continue to be, by the united judgment of the joint committee of the two Houses of Congress, aided in their active measures by their literary agents, and by the zeal and experience of the worthy librarian and his assistants, is destined to become an ample source of useful knowledge, which, through the able minds and eloquent voices of the distinguished representatives of the States and of the people, as well as of those of other citizens who have free access to this perennial source, will be diffused through the country for the public benefit, elevating its literary taste and character, purifying its moral sentiment, and increasing its power; for true knowledge, communicated through pure channels, is the solid source of these and other national blessings.

The limited space to which we are here necessarily confined will only admit of a reference to the general heads or chapters embraced in this collection, and to a few particulars which the political history and public transactions of our own country may render more immediately interesting.

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5. Ecclesiastical History.

6. Natural Philosophy. 7. Agriculture.

8. Chemistry. 9. Surgery. 10. Medicine. 11. Anatomy. 12. Zoology.

13. Botany.

14. Mineralogy and Conchology.

15. Occupations of Man-Technical

Arts.

16. Ethics:

1. Moral Philosophy.

2. Law of Nature and Nations.

17. Religion.

18. Common Law:

1. Commentaries, Treatises, Entries, Conveyancing, &c.

2. Criminal Law and Trials.

3. Military Law, Courts-Martial, &c.

19. Common Law:

British Reports

American Reports, viz.:
Supreme Court United States.
Circuit Courts United States.
General Digests of Reports.
Courts of Maine.

New Hampshire.
Vermont.

Massachusetts.

Connecticut.

New York.

New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
Delaware.
Maryland.

Virginia.

North Carolina.

South Carolina.

Georgia.

Alabama

Tennessee.

Kentucky. Ohio.

Indiana.

19. Common Law:

American Reports, viz.:

Courts of Illinois.

Louisiana.

Mississippi.

20. Equity-Treatises and Reports. 21. Law, Ecclesiastical-Treatises and Reports.

22. Law, Merchant and MaritimeTreatises and Reports.

23. Law:

1. Civil Law, Codes, &c.

2. British Statutes.

3. Laws of the U. S. and of the several States, &c., viz.: The United States.

State of Maine.

New Hampshire. Vermont.

Massachusetts.

Rhode Island.

Connecticut.

New York.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
Delaware.
Maryland.
Virginia.

North Carolina.
South Carolina.

Georgia.

Alabama.

Arkansas.

Kentucky. Tennessee.

Ohio.

Indiana.

Illinois.

Michigan.

Missouri.

Louisiana.

Mississippi.

Florida.

District of Columbia.

24. Politics.

25. Mathematics, Pure-Arithmetic. 26. Mathematics, Pure-Geometry.

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Allen, Paul. History of the American Revolution. Printed in 1822.
Bancroft, Aaron. Life of George Washington: 1826.

Bancroft, George. History of the United States from discovery of the American
Continent to 1837.

Blount, Joseph. Historical Sketch of the formation of the Confederacy, Provincial Limits, and the Jurisdiction of the General Government over Indian Tribes and Public Territory: 1825.

Carpenter, T. C.

Davis, Paris M.

Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson: 1809.

Authentic History of the late War between the United States and Great Britain; with a full Account of every Battle by Sea and by Land. 1836.

Hamilton, John C. Life of Alexander Hamilton: 1834.

Jefferson. Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, in 4 volumes. By Thomas Jefferson Randolph: 1830.

Madison. The Madison Papers; being James Madison's Correspondence and Reports of Debates during the Congress of the Confederation, and his Reports of Debates in the Federal Convention from the Original Manuscript purchased by order of Congress. Published by direction of the Joint Library Committee, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin, in three volumes: 1841.

Marshal, John. Life of George Washington; with an Atlas: 1832.
Tucker, George. Life of Thomas Jefferson; with parts of his Correspondence
never before published, and Notices of his Opinions on Questions of Civil
Government, National Policy, and Constitutional Law: 1837.

Washington. Writings of George Washington; being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Papers, Official and Private, selected and published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, by Jared Sparks : 1837.

NEWSPAPERS.

Bache's General Advertiser, 1795-6-7.

Bache & Duane's Aurora, from 1798 to 1814

Brown's Philadelphia Gazette, from 1794 to 1800.

Carey's United States Recorder, from 1798 to 1800.

Delaware Gazette, Political Mirror, &c., from 1798 to 1800.
Denniston's Republican Watch Tower, from 1800 to 1809.
Duane's Weekly Aurora, from 1810 to 1821.

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, from 1791 to 1793.
Dunlap & Claypole's American Daily Advertiser, 1794-5.

Dunlap & Claypole's Pennsylvania Packet, &c., from 1785 to 1789.
Fenno's Gazette of the United States, from 1789 to 1798.

Globe, Daily, City of Washington, from 1832 to 1845.

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National Journal, Daily, from 1826 to 1831.

Philadelphia Gazette, &c., 1795 to 1797.

Richmond Enquirer, 1809 to 1814.

United States Telegraph, Daily, 1828 to 1837.

Universal Gazette, by Samuel Harrison Smith, Philadelphia and Washington

City, 1798 to 1808.

Virginia Argus and Enquirer, (bound together,) 1804 to 1808

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Washington City Gazette, from 1815 to 1826.

1797 to 1803, and 1809 to 1813.

POLITICS.

ADAMS, JOHN. Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States: 1787.

ADAMS, JOHN. History of the Dispute with America, from its Origin in 1754, to 1794.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Duplicate Letters; The Fisheries and the Mississippi; Documents relating to the transactions at the Negotiations of Ghent: 1822.

ADAMS & SEWALL. Novanglus and Massachusettensis, or Political Essays: 1774-5.

AMERICAN REMEMBRANCER; or, an Impartial Collection of Essays, Re-
solves, Speeches, &c., relative to "Jay's Treaty" with Great Britain: 1795.
AMERICAN GUIDE. Constitutions of the several States: 1833.
AMES, FISHER. Works; with his Life and Character: 1809.
ARISTOTLE. Treatise on Government. Translated from the Greek. Lond. 1778.
BECCARIA, B. C., Marquis. Meditazioni sulla Economia Politica. Genoa, 1771.
CARPENTER, THOMAS. American Senator; or, Report of the Debates in the
Congress of the United States in 1796-7.

DEBATES in first House of Representatives of the United States from 1789 to 1791; by Thomas Lloyd.

DEBATES and Proceedings in Congress of the United States, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791: by Joseph Gales, sen.

DEBATES in the House of Representatives of the United States, on "Jay's Treaty" with Great Britain: 1796.

DEBATES in Congress of the United States on the bill for repealing the law "for

the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States:" 1802. DEBATE in House of Representatives on the Seminole War, in 1819. DEBATES in Congress on passage of Bill for removal of the Indians in 1830. DICKINSON, JOHN. Political Writings: 1801.

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE of the United States from September 10, 1783, to March 4, 1789; by Jared Sparks: 1834.

DUER, WILLIAM A. Outlines of the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: 1833.

DU PONCEAU, PETER S. Brief View of the Constitution of the United States: 1834.

FEDERALIST, on the New Constitution, written in the year 1788, by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay; with the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793: 1818.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces: 1779.

GALES & SEATON. Register of Debates in Congress from 1824 to 1837. GALLATIN, ALBERT. Considerations on the Currency and Banking System of the United States: 1831.

GALLATIN, ALBERT. Sketch of the Finances of the United States: 1796. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. Works; comprising his most important Official Reports; The Federalist; Pacificus, &c.: 1810.

HATSELL, JOHN. Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons; with observations. New edition; with additions: 1918.

JACKSON, ANDREW. Annual Messages, Veto Messages, Proclamations, &C., from 1329 to 1834.

JEFFERSON, THOMAS. Manual of Parliamentary Practice, for the use of the Senate of the United States, with the Rules of the Senate and of the House of Representatives; Constitution of the United States, &c.: 1828.

JOURNAL of Convention that formed the Constitution of the United States: 1787. JOURNAL of Convention of Virginia for ratifying same: 1789.

JOURNAL of the House of Burgesses of Virginia from 1740 to 1774.

JOURNAL of the House of Delegates of Virginia from 1774 to 1790.

JOURNAL of the Convention of Massachusetts for framing a Constitution, in 1779-1780.

JOURNAL of the Convention of the people of South Carolina in 1832-3.
JOURNAL of the Convention of New York in 1821.

JOURNAL of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania from 1806 to 1816.
JOURNAL of the Senate and Assembly of New York from 1820 to 1838.
JOURNALS of the American Congress from 1774 to 1788.

JOURNALS of the House of Representatives of the United States, from 1789 to 1847.

JOURNALS of the Senate of the United States, from 1789 to 1847.

KEY to both Houses of Parliament; consisting of Alphabetical Notices of the Lords and Commons; the Regulations and Standing Orders of both Houses; with every other species of Information respecting the Constitution, History, and Usages of Parliament. London: 1832.

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