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- A.B. McCarty. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- A.F. Eastabrook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- A.W. Desmake. January 16, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Abraham King, administrator of John Mandeville. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Abraham Pitcher. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Abraham R. Wooley [i.e., Woolley]. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Abraham Stallings -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 686.) March 3, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Abram Van Buskirk. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Absecom and Great and Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, relative to an appropriation for Absecom and Great and Little Egg Harbor. February 3, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce., (electronic resource)
- Adam D. Gardner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 736.) January 17, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Additional compensation -- employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, upon the claim of the employes [sic] of the House for extra compensation. January 5, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Additional estimates -- Mint, San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the branch Mint at San Francisco. January 9, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Additional estimates for light-house purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for light-house purposes. February 23, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Additional mail facilities. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting increased mail facilities. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads., (electronic resource)
- Alexander H. Cook. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Alexandria, Loudon, and Hampshire Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 869.) March 3, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Alfred Atkins. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. 38.) February 2, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Alleged corrupt combinations of members of Congress. Reports submitted by the Select Committee Appointed to Investigate Certain Alleged Corrupt Combinations of Members of Congress. February 19, 1857. -- Ordered that their further consideration be postponed until Wednesday, the 25th of February next, and that the reports, with the evidence, be printed., (electronic resource)
- Allen Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Amendment of the patent laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 732.) January 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Amendment to act of March 3, 1855, granting bounty land. January 16, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns of registered American seamen for the year ending September 30, 1857. December 8, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Andrew R. Potts. January 10, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Ann Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 47.) February 23, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Ann W. Butler, adm'x of General Richard Butler. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Anna Parrot. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 52.) February 23, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, for the year 1856, and the proceedings of the Board up to January 28, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Anson Dart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 763.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Appropriations -- service of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations applicable to the Service of the War Department for 1855-'56. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 14, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Arizona -- organization of territory of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Arizona -- organization of territory of. January 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the official Army Register for the year ending the 30th of June, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register for 1857. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Arnold Harris, administrator of Robert Armstrong. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Assay of foreign coins. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the fineness and value of certain foreign coins. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Atkinson, Rollins & Co. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 31.) February 2, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Augustin Demers and others, administrators of Francis Chandonet. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Aurelia Fisk, widow of Nathaniel Stowell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Aymar & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. C.C. No. 32.) February 2, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of appropriations for that Department for the year 1855-'56, showing balances of appropriations, &c., &c. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Balances against disbursing officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of January 17, 1857, a list of the names of officers and other persons charged with the disbursement of public moneys, against whom there are unadjusted balances standing over for more than twelve months. December 19, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Balances of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the balances of the appropriations standing to the credit of the Interior Department on the 1st of July, 1857. December 15, 1857. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Balances outstanding more than three years prior to July 1, 1857. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the balances outstanding more than three years prior to July 1, 1857, on the books of the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors, and the Register of the Treasury. December 16, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Banks throughout the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting reports as to the condition of banks throughout the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Basil Mignault -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 770.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Benjamin L. McAtee and J.N. Eastham. December 15, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Benjamin Sayre. (To accompany Bill R.H. 651.) January 9, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Bird B. Chapman vs. Fenner Ferguson. Memorial of Bird B. Chapman, with accompanying papers and depositions, contesting the right of Fenner Ferguson to his seat as a delegate from the Territory of Nebraska. December 15, 1857. -- Depositions referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. December 16, 1857. -- Memorial and other papers referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Boundaries of the State of Iowa. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the enlargement of state boundaries. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories., (electronic resource)
- Bowling Green. February 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Brevet Major H.L. Kendrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) January 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Brevet Major John Jones. January 24, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Bridges across the Potomac, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports, plans, and estimates for permanent bridges across the Potomac, and for the improvement of the river. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Brooklyn Navy yard -- new sewer. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reference to the construction of a new sewer in Brooklyn, New York, &c. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Building for post office at Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House, making inquiry as to the building for a post office at Philadelphia. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Canada -- public documents. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the order of the Legislative Assembly of Canada for furnishing the United States with Canadian public documents. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library., (electronic resource)
- Cape Fear River. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, asking further appropriation for the improvement of Cape Fear River. February 6, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Capt. Wm. Black's company, Florida volunteers. January 24, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Captain James Mugford -- heirs of. January 16, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Captain Thomas R. White -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 670.) January 10, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Carson Valley, Utah -- annexation to State of California -- and eastern boundary of California. January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Charles Olcott. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Charles W. Cutter -- sureties of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 82.) December 15, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Cherokee reservations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Chickasaw trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Chickasaw trust funds. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Children of Nathaniel Emerson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 860.) March 3, 1857., (electronic resource)
- China -- fees for judicial services at the several consulates. Letter from the Commissioner of the United States to China, transmitting accounts of the fees for judicial services and the expenditures at the several consulates during the year 1856. December 10, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- China -- regulations for the Consular Courts. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the regulations adopted by the United States Commissioner for the government of the Consular Courts in China. December 15, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Christiana Dener, widow of George Frederick Dener. December 15, 1857. -- Committee to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Christopher Neale. January 9, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Claims of citizens of New Mexico against the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in regard to the claims of citizens of that territory against the United States. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories., (electronic resource)
- Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks, &c., employed in that Department. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Clerks War Department -- compensation of. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to the salaries of the clerks of that Department. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Clerks and other employes [sic] -- House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of the clerks and others employed in his Office. January 24, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Clerks and others -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. January 13, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Clerks, &c., in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks of that Department. January 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Clinton guards -- Michigan. (To accompany Bill S. No. 404.) January 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Cod fishing bounty. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in reference to the proposed repeal of the cod fishing bounty. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Col. Benjamin Wilson -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) January 30, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Collier H. Minge, Philip T. Ellicott, and Lucretia A. Brodie, administratrix. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 29.) February 2, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Commerce, tonnage, &c., of the Ohio, and other western rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the value of the commerce, &c., of the western rivers, &c. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Communication from Pliny Miles, of New York, in favor of a reform of the postal system, accompanied by a bill. February 23, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)
- Compensation of members of Congress. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Compensation of the bureau and clerical forces of the Executive departments. Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means to the several heads of Executive departments, and their responses thereto, in regard to the compensation of the bureau officers and clerks of said departments. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Conditional contracts for purchase of lots in Baltimore, for United States courts and post office. March 3, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Consular returns on shipping, ship building, &c., in foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the consular returns on shipping, ship building, &c., in foreign countries. February 9, 1857. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingencies for issue of loans and Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation for contingencies under act for the issue of loans and Treasury notes. February 11, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior. January 7, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the contingent fund for that Department for 1856. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses -- branch Mint at California. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to an appropriation for the contingent expenses of the branch Mint at San Francisco. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. December 8, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the year ending December 1, 1857. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to a select committee of five, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the State Department. December 8, 1857. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contracts -- War Department -- for 1856. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts for that Department for the year 1856. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Cornelius Boyle, administrator of John Boyle. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 24.) January 19, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Corpus Christi. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, as to the necessity of making Corpus Christi a port of entry. January 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce., (electronic resource)
- Cortlandt Palmer. February 16, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow., (electronic resource)
- Custom-house -- Petersburg, Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 843.) February 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Custom-house and post office at Vicksburg. February 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Custom-house, &c., at Burlington. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, asking an appropriation to aid in the construction of a Custom-house, &c., at Burlington, Iowa. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce., (electronic resource)
- Custom-house, Buffalo, New York. February 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Custom-house, Point Isabel. February 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Daniel Coit -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) January 10, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Daniel Drain. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) January 10, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Daniel Mallory -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) January 30, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Daniel Treadwell. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Daniel Vanwinkle. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Daniel Whitney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- David Gordon. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- David Myerle. February 23, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow., (electronic resource)
- David Noble. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- David Wood, John Michel, Atkinson, Rollins & Co., Aymar & Co., Wolfe & Co., Stanwood & Reid [i.e., Reed], Samuel A. Way, J.D. & M. Williams, Udolpho Wolfe, Alfred Atkins, George W. Wales, T.B. Wales & Co. (To accompany Bills C.C. 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- David Wood. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 28.) February 2, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Dawson Phenix. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Deficiencies -- contingent fund House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, submitting estimates for deficiencies in the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Disbursements for the benefit of the Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts by persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, goods, &c., for the benefit of the Indians. January 7, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Duty on railroad iron. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, memorializing Congress to repeal the duty on railroad iron. February 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Duty on railroad iron. Resolutions of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in regard to the repeal of duties on railroad iron. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- E.B. Chamberlain and others, heirs of Captain Joshua Chamberlain. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- E.G. & L.F. Rogers. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Edward Mattingly. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Egleston & Battell. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 43.) February 16, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Eleanor Gardiner. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Elijah Dailey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 779.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Eliza Shaffer, widow of Jonathan Shaffer. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Elizabeth Bausman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 828.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Elizabeth E.V. Field. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 729.) January 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Elizabeth Monroe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 730.) January 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Elkanah English. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Ellen Martin, heir at law of Francis Martin. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Elnathan Sears -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 834.)., (electronic resource)
- Employes [sic] -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of persons employed in the State Department. January 7, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Employes [sic] of the House of Representatives -- additional compensation. (To accompany Ex. Doc. No. 27.) Correspondence between the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and the Secretary of the Treasury, growing out of the communication of the latter of the 5th instant, in regard to the claim of the employes [sic] of the House for additional compensation. January 14, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Equalize grants of land to the several states. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) March 3, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Esther Stevens. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 49.) February 23, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Esther Wilson, widow of Reuben Garlick. January 16, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting an estimate for the purchase of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- Diplomatic Correspondence. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking for an appropriation for the purchase of five hundred copies of the Diplomatic Correspondence from 1776 to 1783, for the use of his Department. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- additional watchman at the Capitol. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting an estimate for the pay of an additional watchman at the Capitol. January 17, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- defence of suits vs. United States at harbor of San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, suggesting that provision be made for the defence of suits against the United States for lands occupied by marine hospitals, &c., &c., at the harbor of San Francisco. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- disposition of the public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of amount required to enable the Department to furnish a tabular statement of the disposition of the public lands. February 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- experiments on gun metal. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting estimate for testing gun metal. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- repairs of long bridge. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate for repairs on the long bridge across the Potomac. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- stipulations entered into with Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, calling attention to the necessity of an appropriation, in order to execute stipulations entered into with the Sioux Indians. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- taking testimony in Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to an additional appropriation for taking testimony in cases pending in the Court of Claims. January 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- temporary clerks Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, asking an appropriation for the payment of temporary clerks. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate -- temporary clerks in the Office of the Quartermaster General. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for payment of temporary clerks employed in the Office of the Quartermaster General. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimate for increased pay of officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting additional estimates for pay, &c. of the officers of the Army. February 24, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- additional pay to officers of the Army who were sent to Europe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for additional compensation to Army officers for collecting military information in Europe. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Commerce of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- arrears of pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates for arrears of pensions, &c. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- barracks at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for rebuilding the barracks at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- deficiencies for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates for deficiencies in the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- diplomatic mission to Persia. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking appropriations for the diplomatic mission to Persia. February 23, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- government bridge at Old Point Comfort. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for repairs of government bridge over Mill Creek, Virginia. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Estimates -- public printing. Letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the printing of the 34th Congress. January 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Expenditures for agricultural purposes. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting a report showing the manner in which the appropriation for the purchase of seeds was expended. February 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Expenditures, etc., in Kansas Territory. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports in regard to expenditures and liabilities of persons called into the service of the United States in the Territory of Kansas. January 13, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Expenses of national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses, &c., of the national armories for the year ending June 30, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Extending provisions of the Pre-emption Act of 1841. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 34.) January 20, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Extra compensation -- employes [sic] of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a further report from the Comptroller of the Treasury on the subject of additional compensation. February 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- Ezra T. Marnay and others, heirs of Louis Marnay. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Fines and deductions. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the annual report of fines and deductions. January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Francis Dainese. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of papers relating to the claim of F. Dainese. February 26, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs., (electronic resource)
- Francis De P. Leonard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) February 13, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Francis Nadeau, heir of Basil Nadeau. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for tomorrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Francis Picard, administrator of Pierre Ayott. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Frederick Griffing, December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Frederick Stephens. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- French spoliation. Resolves of the Legislature of the State of Maine, respecting French spoliations. December 21, 1857. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Furniture, &c. -- President's house. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in regard to furniture, &c., for the President's house. February 19, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means., (electronic resource)
- General Robert Young -- representatives of. January 9, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Geological survey of Oregon and Washington. January 31, 1857., (electronic resource)
- George Ashley, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Holgate. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 42.) February 16, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims., (electronic resource)
- George W. Biscoe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- George W. Biscoe. January 9, 1857. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George W. Dow and John H. Ditmas. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George W. Smith. January 16, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George W. Wales. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 39.) February 2, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Government architect. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House asking by what authority a government architect is employed, &c. January 22, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds., (electronic resource)
- Hall of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, stating that the new hall of the House of Representatives is ready for occupation. December 10, 1857. -- Referred to the select committee heretofore appointed on the subject of the new hall of the House of Representatives., (electronic resource)
- Hannah Weaver. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 66.) February 23, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims., (electronic resource)
- Hannah Wilcox -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 724.) January 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Harrison Hough. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Hayti and Liberia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, asking this government to recognize the independence of Hayti and Liberia. December 18, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Heirs of Hugh Hughes. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Heirs of Moses Elmer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Heirs of Philip Lightfoot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 733.) January 17, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry G. Carson, administrator of Curtis Grubb. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to [be] printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry Miller. December 15, 1857. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry P. Brooks vs. H. Winter Davis. Memorial of Henry P. Brooks, contesting the right of H. Winter Davis to his seat as a representative from the Fourth Congressional District of the State of Maryland. December 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry Sanford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 661.) January 10, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Henry Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) January 24, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Henry and Frederick W. Meyer. (To accompany Bill C.C. No. 22.) January 30, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Hermitage. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Executive of Tennessee, tendering a portion of the "Hermitage" to the general government, on certain terms and conditions. January 20, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Horatio Groomes. January 16, 1857. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Hospital buildings at Fort Howard, Wisconsin. February 16, 1857., (electronic resource)
- Impeachment of John C. Watrous, United States District Judge for the District of Texas. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) March 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 598, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Amos Oney, a Revolutionary Soldier," beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that the land laws be extended east of the Cascade Mountaine [sic], in Oregon and Washington Territories. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 492.) Letters from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reference to certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 550.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the claim of David Ogden and others, to be refunded moneys illegally exacted of them by collectors of the Customs. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 561.) Petition of Cranstoun Laurie, a clerk in the Post Office Department, praying compensation for extra services. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 562.) Letter from the Postmaster General, enclosing a letter from the president of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, in relation to the difficulties they experienced in carrying the mails in the winter of 1855-'56. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 607.) Letter from T.J. Bowen, Esq., to provide for the exploration of the River Niger, in Africa. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bills S. 610 and 611.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, as to the propriety of establishing ports of delivery at Council Bluffs and Sioux City, in the State of Iowa. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 56.) Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing despatches from Mr. Dallas on the subject of the presentation by the British government of certain tokens of acknowledgment to Commander Hartstene, Lieutenant Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty officers and crew of the steamer "Vixen." February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. April 17, 1856. -- Committee discharged and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Cyrus H. McCormick vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Letitia Humphreys, adm'x vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 10, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Mary Pierce vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committe [sic] of Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Mary Grant vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker, deceased, vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report. To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled...in the case of Neal Smith, administrator of Wm. Turvin..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Almira Reniff vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Ann B. Johnson vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Anna Hill vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Elizabeth King vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Elizabeth Morgan vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Ferdinand Coxe vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Hannah Menzies vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Jane Martin vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Lydia Clapp vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Mary Ann Hooper vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Melinda Durkee vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Nancy Ittig vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Phebe Polly vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Polly Booth vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Rebecca P. Nourse vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Sarah Eaton vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Sarah Loomis vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Sarah Weed vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Temperance Childress vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...William H. Russell vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December, 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...James Mc. McIntosh vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Eliza Shaffer vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Robert Harrison vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. June 14, 1858. -- Committee discharged. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Alexander H. Cook vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Abraham R. Wooley [i.e., Woolley] vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... David Noble vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... E.B. Chamberlain and others vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Francis Nadeau vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Henry G. Carson, administrator of Curtis Grubb, vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Joseph Stokely and others vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Nathaniel Williams vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Philip Lamoy and others vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Stephen C. Phillips vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1857. -- Received. December 18, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report....T.S.J. Johnson vs. the United States..., (electronic resource)