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- Adeline Davis. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Admission of the representative from Colorado. January 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Agency of A.B. Steinberger in the Samoan Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives the report of the Secretary of State concerning the agency of A.B. Steinberger in the Samoan Islands. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Albert G. Peabody, Jr. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Albert H. Pfeiffer. February 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Alexander M. Vinnedge. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Alfred Rouland. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives, assigning reasons for withholding his approval of the Bill of the House (H.R. 3367) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Alfred Rouland. February 13, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Alonzo W. Baker. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Altamirah Bronson. December 14, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of A.N. Damrell, Captain of Engineers, U.S.A., upon the work of improving Mobile Bay for the years 1876 and 1877, and recommending an appropriation for the continuance of said work. December 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States., (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 1876., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1876., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1876., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1877., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Forty-fifth Congress of the United States. December 3, 1877., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Librarian of Congress for the year 1876. January 10, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. January 11, 1877. -- Resolution to print five hundred additional copies reported and agreed to., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Public Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1876, to June 30, 1877; and also a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States December 3, 1877. December 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1876., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1877., (electronic resource)
- Annual report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States, December 3, 1877. December 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Appointment of sail-makers in the United States Navy. January 3, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Appropriations for rivers and harbors. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives, in response to a resolution of the House, a statement from the Secretary of War concerning appropriations for the improvement of rivers and harbors, under the act approved August 14, 1876. January 12, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. II. Offices 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. December 1, 1877., (electronic resource)
- Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Forty-fourth Congress. II. Offices 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. March 3, 1877. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, in compliance with the sixth section of the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," approved July 4, 1836., (electronic resource)
- Assistant Surgeon W.J. Wilson, U.S.A. Letter from the Secretary of War, concerning a decoration conferred upon Assistant Surgeon Wilson, United States Army, by the Khedive of Egypt. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Balances to be re-appropriated. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the House of Representatives a statement of balances required to be re-appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and prior years. January 6, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Bankrupt law. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, asking for the repeal of the bankrupt law. January 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Barbara Miller, John S. Miller, and William H. Miller. January 5, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Bartholomew County Agricultural Society. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Benjamin C. Webster. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Benjamin Moore. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Benjamin Penny. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Betsy Ann Fry. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Breakwater in Mobile harbor. Joint resolution and memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for the passage of an act of Congress approving the act of the General Assembly of Alabama authorizing the construction of a breakwater in the bay and harbor of Mobile. January 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Bridget T. Hopper. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Brothertown Indian reservation. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Buildings at Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of cost of buildings at Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Testimony taken before the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, together with reports and correspondence., (electronic resource)
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Memorial of citizens of Council Bluffs, Iowa. January 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- C.E. Hedges. January 19, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Capt. William P. Berry et al. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Case of the recusant witness E.W. Barnes. January 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Catharine Brennan. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Catharine E. [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia L. German. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, concerning the destitute condition of the German children captured by Indians. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Certain Indian lands in the State of Kansas. March 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of appropriations for certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the Army. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Charles Edwards. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Charles W. Wood. December 4, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Chinese immigration. An address to the people of the United States upon the social, moral, and political effect of Chinese immigration. Prepared by a Committee of the Senate of California. November 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Choctaw claims. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, asking for the settlement of its claim arising under the treaty of 1855. November 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Christopher W. Robertson. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Claims on the part of citizens of the United States and Mexico under the convention of July 4, 1868, between the United States and Mexico. February 2, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Colorado Agricultural College. January 6, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Commissioners and the Board of Audit of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report concerning certain matters which occurred in the administration of the provisional government of the District of Columbia. January 19, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Commissions to examine certain Custom-houses of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, the report of certain commissioners appointed to examine Custom-houses, and recommending appropriations for their pay. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Commutation of quarters, fuel, and forage. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an amendment of the statutes in relation to commutation of quarters, fuel, and forage. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Congratulations from the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Pretoria, South Africa. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives assigning reasons for withholding his approval of House Resolutions 171 and 172. January 30, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Construction of Rules Nos. 79 and 94 of the House of Representatives. December 5, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. February 26, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations [and ordered to be] printed., (electronic resource)
- Cora. A. Slocumb and others. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Counting the electoral vote. January 18, 1877. Recommended to the Select Committee on Counting the Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Counting the electoral vote. Memorial of bankers, merchants, and others, of New York, in favor of an amicable adjustment of pending political differences. January 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Counting the Electoral Vote for President and Vice-President and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Creek orphan fund. March 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Cynthia A. Mizelle. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- David W. Cheeseman. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Dean vs. Field. Third District, Massachusetts. Papers in the case of Benjamin Dean vs. Walbridge A. Field. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Deficiencies in postmasters' salaries. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to deficiencies in the amounts appropriated for salaries of certain postmasters for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1876 and 1877. November 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Deficiency for the contingent expenses of the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, concerning deficiency for contingent expenses of the General Land Office. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Destruction of reef at Hallett's Point, (Hell Gate.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Newton upon the destruction of the reef at Hallett's Point. January 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Differential duty on Spanish vessels entering American ports. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports of the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury, in reference to the differential duty imposed upon Spanish vessels entering American ports. November 13, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Digest of the published opinions of the Attorneys-General, and of the leading decisions of the federal courts, with reference to international law, treaties, and kindred subjects., (electronic resource)
- Disposition of United States troops. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to House resolution calling for the number of enlisted men in the United States Army, and their present location; also, the number of men recruited under the act of August 15, 1876, the assignment of the same, and the amount of the find appropriated by said act expended. January 9, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 10, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Documents accompanying the report of the United States Monetary Commission organized under joint resolution of August 15, 1876. Volume II., (electronic resource)
- Donating condemned ordnance to Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, New Bedford, Mass. February 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Dr. George McCoy. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Dwight A. Barrett. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- E.B. Head. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Eagle & Phoenix Manufacturing Company. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Efficiency of seamen in the United States Navy. January 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Eldridge Weaver. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Eleanor N.T. Meeds. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Election in northern cities. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Electoral vote of certain states. Testimony taken before the sub-committee of the Committee on Privileges and Elections., (electronic resource)
- Eli Baskins. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Elizabeth D. Stone. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Elizabeth Fulks. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Employes [sic] in War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of clerks and employes [sic] in the War Department during the year 1876. January 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Enoch L. Folsom. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estate of John S. Miller. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estimates of appropriations for the various departments for the year ending June 30, 1877. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the House of Representatives estimates of appropriations required by the various departments for the year ending June 30, 1877, and prior years. January 6, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Estimates of salaries of additional watchmen and repairs of Interior Department building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of Secretary of the Interior for salaries of additional watchmen and repairs of Department building. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Expedition to the Arctic seas. February 22, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Expenditure of State Department contingent fund. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of expenditure of contingent fund for the Department. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Federal and state constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the United States. Part I., (electronic resource)
- Federal and state constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the United States. Part II., (electronic resource)
- Fees received by Customs officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the fees received by Customs officers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. January 23, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Finley vs. Bisbee. Papers in the case of Finley vs. Bisbee, Second Congressional District of Florida. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- First annual report on the internal commerce of the United States, by Joseph Nimmo, Jr., chief of the division of internal commerce, being part second of the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876., (electronic resource)
- Florida election, 1876. Report of the Senate Committee on privileges and elections, with the testimony and documentary evidence, on the election in the State of Florida in 1876., (electronic resource)
- Forestry. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a special report upon the subject of forestry by the Commissioner of Agriculture. December 14, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Francis B. Thompson. December 6, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Francis M. Strickland. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- G.A. Dennis. January 12, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- G.W. Penn. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George A. Armes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Adjutant General in the case of George A. Armes. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George C. Jenks. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George Fisher. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George H. Giddings. November 15, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George L. Maloury [i.e., Maloney]. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- George W. Calhoun. February 16, 1877. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, in reference to the amount of gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury. November 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Goloid coin. Memorial from William Wheeler Hubbell, in relation to goloid coin. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Government exhibits at the Centennial. February 1, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Granting condemned cannon for soldiers' monuments. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Haralson vs. Shelley. Papers in case of Haralson vs. Shelley, Fourth Congressional District of Alabama. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Harbor of refuge at Mill Creek, Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report on the harbor of refuge at Mill Creek, on the Ohio River. February 1, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Harrison Mitchell. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Heartt, Waite & Dodge. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Helen M. Stansbury. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry Freeman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry G. Healy. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Henry L. James. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Herman Colley. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Horace Woodman. February 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Hours of labor at Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to hours of labor at the Navy yards. October 31, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Hugh McGovern. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers upon the necessity for the improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 364) for the relief of Peasley & McClary, of Nashua, New Hampshire.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Peasley & McClary, for transporting the mails and mail agent from the depot of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad to that of the Wilton Railroad in the City of Nashua, N.H., having considered the same, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 365) for the relief of Francis Guilbeau.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Guilbeau, with the accompanying papers, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that James B. Eustis is lawfully entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States from the State of Louisiana, from the 12th day of January, 1876, for the term ending March 3, 1879..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submited [sic] the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of James B. Eustis, for a seat in the Senate of the United States from the State of Louisiana, for the term of six years commencing March 4, 1873, ask leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sue Partee, of Lauderdale County, Tennessee, praying compensation for the burning and destruction of her building in said County of Lauderdale by United States troops during the late Civil War, have considered said petition, and respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chaffee submitted the following as an amendment to the resolution submitted by Mr. Matthews December 6, 1877: Strike out all after the resolving clause of the resolution and insert..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas section 1625 of the Revised Statutes provides that "every able-bodied male citizen of the respective states, resident therein, who is the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years, shall be enrolled in the militia,"..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that it is of the highest importance that the financial credit of the government be maintained; and, in order to do so, the government itself, in all its departments, should in good faith keep all its contracts and obligations entered into with its own citizens., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Matthews submitted the following resolution: Whereas, by the act entitled "An Act To Strengthen the Public Credit," approved March 18, 1869, it was provided and declared that the faith of the United States was thereby solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 212.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 212) granting a pension to Charles H. Frederick, late lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, United States Infantry, beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Lawrence H. Broyle, praying that his name be placed on the pension roll, beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry E. Sizer, of Mississippi, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Archibald McDonald, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller submitted the following resolution: Whereas an agreement was made on the 13th day of September, 1873, between the United States and the confederate band of the Ute Nation for the cession of certain lands in Colorado..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 167.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 167, granting a pension to William S. Grow, having examined all the papers in the case, find that the applicant was an assistant provost marshal, who claims a pension on account of disease contracted in the service resulting in permanent injury to vision..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Smith, of Rush County, Kansas, late of Company L, Twelfth New York Cavalry, praying that he may be allowed a pension, have examined the papers and evidence in the case, and find that the affidavits filed to sustain the application originally made to the Pension Office were suspected to be forgeries..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Elias B. Bell, late private Company E, Third Regiment West Virginia Cavalry, praying for the removal of the charge of desertion, that he may receive pension, bounty, &c., have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Kansas, praying for a removal of the charge of desertion against David Allen, late private Company F, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1186.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1186) for the relief of Charles H. Moseley, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1224.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Martha J. Vaughn and Mrs. Louisa Jackman, praying to be allowed compensation for services rendered during the war of the rebellion, having considered the same, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3574.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3574) for the relief of Marshal P. Thatcher, have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1165.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1165) for the relief of Henry G. Healy, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 838.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 838) for the relief of William C. Spencer, have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 961.) The Committee Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 961) for the relief of J.A. Stephenson, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Lucas..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Lucas..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1250.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Willis L. Foulk, late captain Tenth Regiment United States Cavalry, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of F.G. Schwatka, Sr., with accompanying papers, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1045.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1045) introduced August 12, 1876, for the relief of George A. Edes, late collector of Customs at Sitka, Alaska, have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of William H. Babcock, late private in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy Seventh Regiment New York Volunteers, was referred, find that the petitioner applies for an increase of pension from $4 per month, now allowed, to $8 per month, and for arrears at the same rate from the -- day of September, 1863..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane Dulaney [i.e., Dulany], widow of the late Col. William Dulaney [i.e., Dulany], United States Marine Corps..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hannibal Rowe, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 7.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred Bill H.R. No. 7, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 989.) The bill provides the payment to Capt. John G. Tod, late of the Texas Navy, the amount of pay allowed a captain of the United States Navy awaiting orders for five years, &c..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 197.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 197) granting a pension to Julia Schutt, having examined the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2472.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2472,) granting a pension to John Frey, having had the same under consideration, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3280.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 3280) granting a pension to James Johnston having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3580.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3580) granting a pension to Rachel A. Cullison, widow of Richard W. Cullison, late a private of Company D, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3583.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3583) granting a pension to Frederick W. Smith, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1086.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1086) granting a pension to Isaac Herring, have considered the same, and report as follows..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1129.) This pensioner was placed on the roll by a special act, approved June 16, 1876, and now asks for arrears from February 14, 1871..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1183) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1183) granting a pension to Harriet Moss, having had the same under consideration, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1259.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Houlihan, late a private of Company I, Eighty-second New York Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 856.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 856) granting a pension to Daniel Hunsinger, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany S. 1154.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Webster, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1116, granting a pension to Sarah A. Chamberlain, guardian of the minor heirs of James Eagle, Company F, Second Regiment Kansas State Militia, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1178.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1178) granting an increase of pension to Francis A. Leibschutz, late private in Company K, Ninth Regiment Kansas Cavalry..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1200.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (No. 1200) granting a pension to Margaret Hunter Hardie..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1260.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Edmund H. Cobb, late private in Company B, First Regiment New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, praying that he may be allowed a pension have carefully examined the same, and all the records and papers connected therewith..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted the petition of John D. Thorne..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Beal, Jr., to be restored to the Naval Academy, from which he was dismissed by sentence of court-martial, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, memorializing Congress for the payment of losses sustained by citizens of said state by the invasion of guerrilla bands..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3681.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 3681) entitled "An Act for the Relief of B.B. Connor & Brother," have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1909.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1909) for the relief of John W. Chickering, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3483.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 3483) to restore John Pulford, lieutenant-colonel United States Army, (retired,) to his former rank on the retired list, with the accompanying papers, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1268.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas A. Walker, late register of the United States land-office at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, with accompanying papers, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hereford submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4301.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4301) for the relief of A.W. Plymale, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections beg leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2847.) The Committee on Pensions have had under consideration House Bill No. 2847, granting a pension to Lucinda Starnes..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 605.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 605) for relief and re-appointment of Capt. Thomas B. Hunt, assistant quartermaster in the United States Army, have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3186.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3186) for the relief of Margaret Jane Burleson, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Brooks, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3319.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 3319) granting a pension to Lemuel L. Lawrence, late second lieutenant Company B, Sixth Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 298.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catherine [i.e., Catharine] S. Edmondson, mother of William C. Edmondson, deceased, late private Company I, Eighty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 969.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 969) entitled "An Act for the Relief of Charles H. Johnson, Late First Lieutenant of the Fifteenth Michigan Infantry," having considered the same, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1003.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to restore Benjamin P. Runkle to the retired list of the Army, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1286.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James O. Thompson, late captain Company I, Seventeenth Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers, having had the case under consideration, respectfully submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 2019.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2019) for the relief of Edwin Morgan, late captain Company G, Seventy-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, have duly considered the same, and submitted the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1255.) This bill grants to Henry Voelter the right to apply for a further extension of his patent for an improvement in the mode of reducing wood to paper-pulp..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 481.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 481) with the petition and accompanying papers for the relief of Israel Yount, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1052.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1052) for the relief of A.W. Greely, have considered the same, and respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1110.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1110) for the relief of Capt. Edwin R. Clarke [i.e., Clark], have considered the same, and respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1111.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1111) for the relief of Thomas E. Maley, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 605.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. No. 605) for relief and re-appointment of Capt. Thomas B. Hunt, assistant quartermaster in the United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Windom submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4540.) The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 4540) appropriating $500,000 to pay the requisition of the Secretary of War, in favor of James B. Eads, on account of the improvement of the bar at the South Pass of the Mississippi River, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 497.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 497) for the relief of Nathaniel McKay, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 932.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a claim of Captain David De Haven, of the State of Missouri, for the loss of the steamer Alonzo Child, beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, who were instructed by resolution of the Senate to inquire into the facts as to the eligibility of certain electors, beg leave to report to the Senate that Frederick C. Humphreys was duly summoned as a witness the 7th instant..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2833.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2833) for the relief of Susan P. Vance, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boutwell submitted the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that during the session of the commission appointed under the act "To Provide for and Regulate the Counting of Votes for President and Vice-President, and the Decision of Questions Arising Thereon, for the Term Commencing March Fourth, Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-seven," each calendar day..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Booth submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4261.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred House Bill No. 4261, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 1064 and 1065.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bills (S. 1064 and S. 1065) for the relief of L.H. & G.C. Schneider and Wm. T. Duvall, respectively, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John D. Foster, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 286.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 286) for the relief of W.S. McComb, submit the following report thereon..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Hall's heirs, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of S.P. Holt, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3281.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3281) granting a pension to Hannah A. Wood, widow of Samuel A. Wood, late second lieutenant First Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Joint Select Committee to Frame a Government for the District of Columbia, submitted the following as the views of the minority. The minority of the Joint Select Committee appointed to frame a government for the District of Columbia, dissenting from the principles of government and the views of public policy upon which the bill proposed by the majority is founded, respectfully submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Crown, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1071.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1071) for the relief of H.E. Woodhouse and Company, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Catherine D. Hunt, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 822.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 822) for the relief of Samuel A. Wilkins, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3367.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3367) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Alfred Rowland, have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Edwards, Jr., late captain Third United States Artillery, asking his restoration to the rank previously held by him in said regiment, having considered the same, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Theodore Higgins, claimant for pay as captain Twentieth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, have considered the same, and make the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2229.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2229) for the relief of Chancy J. Poore, late a private in Battery G, First New York Artillery, have considered the same, and respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of F.W.E. Lohman, Walter H. Ruth, and Charles M. Carter, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1142.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea tribes of Indians, asking for the repayment to them of certain sums of money claimed to have been wrongfully diverted from their trust-funds, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones of Florida, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1145.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Warren Mitchell, of the State of Kentucky, praying to be refunded the proceeds of seven hundred and thirty bales of cotton seized by officers of the United States at Savannah, Ga., and covered into the Treasury, having considered the same, report as follows..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1144.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin Holladay, having had the same under consideration, beg to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 429.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted the Bill (H.R. 429) for the relief of Charles C. Campbell, having reconsidered the same, submit the following report thereon..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1052.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred application No. 83828, of Amasa J. Finch, major Twelfth United States Colored Troops, for increase of pension, have had the same under consideration, and report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1066.) Your committee, to whom was referred the claim of George W. Fitch, (No. 88925,) first lieutenant Company E, Twelfth United States Colored Troops, for increase of pension..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the application, No. 216,372, of Redmond Walsh, insane, by Mary Walsh..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1153.) The committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed under the following several resolutions..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2519.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2519) granting a pension to James M. Bailey, have had the same under examination, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3038.) Mills enlisted as a private in Company K, Twenty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, November 10, 1861..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3511.) The nature of Colonel Kingsley's injuries is fully described in the House report, which is corroborated by the evidence submitted to the committee..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3581.) Jesse Williams enlisted as a private in Company H, Third Regiment Tennessee Mounted Volunteers, September 25, 1864, for one hundred day's service, and was killed by guerrillas in November of that year..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1106.) The name of Willcox does not appear on the rolls of the Tenth Illinois Volunteers, of which he claims to have been a member in 1863, nor is there any record of his hospital treatment in the office of the Surgeon-General..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2461.) It appears that a fire originated from a defective flue in one of the casemates of Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, March 3, 1875..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3579.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 3579, granting an increase of pension to Eugene O'Sullivan, late sergeant Company K, Eighteenth Missouri Volunteers, find, on examination of the papers submitted, that the soldier was enlisted on the 6th day of January, 1862..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1102.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom Senate Bill No. 1102 was referred, granting a pension to Michael Griffith, Company H, Twenty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, find that the applicant filed his application before the Commissioner of Pensions in February, 1876..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of T. Worthington, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2702.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2702) granting a pension to Bridget T. Hopper, widow of Edward A. Hopper, late captain of Company G, Fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3499.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3499) granting a pension to William Buckley, sometime private in Company C, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 231.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 231) for the relief of Heartt, Waite, and Dodge, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 717.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 717) for the relief of Nelson Taylor, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 587.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 587) for the relief of Jacob Theiren, with accompanying papers, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Leopold Karpeless, Fifty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, praying passage of a law granting him a bounty alleged to be due, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2606.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2606) for the relief of Catherine [i.e., Catharine] Harris, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4258.) This is an act authorizing the Secretary of War to convene a board of Army officers for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon the claim of W.J. Allred and Alonzo A. Moon, arising from certain improvements alleged by them to have been made upon lands now embraced within the military reservation at Fort Cameron, Utah..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1175.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Maj. Peter P.G. Hall..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 85.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 85) for the relief of J.W. Pearman, with accompanying papers, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William O. Newman, praying payment of certain claims purchased by him for supplies and stores furnished the United States, have considered the same, and present the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that Rule 43 be so amended as to read, after the word "arranged," in line 13, as follows: "Motions to adjourn, to take a recess, to proceed to executive business, and to lie on the table, shall be decided without debate."., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1103.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1103) for the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Francois Cazeau, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 912.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 912) for the relief of Thomas W. Halsey, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Macondray & Co. and others, merchants, of San Francisco, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers, relating to the claim of Martha A. Ashburn, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Cole, Sizer, and Brink, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Mrs. Clementine J. Lake, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, who were instructed by resolution of the Senate to inquire into the facts attending the casting of the electoral vote of the State of Oregon, beg leave to report to the Senate..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin F. Brockett, late of Company I, Eighty-seventh Illinois Volunteers, asking certain allowances of pay, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Edmund F. Prentiss, late first lieutenant Second Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, praying for a bounty, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William D. Dorris, praying compensation for service rendered the Army during the late war, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Kelly, praying an additional bounty in land under act of March 3, 1855, for services rendered in the Seminole War of 1840-'41, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 189.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution placing the name of C.G. Freudenberg upon the retired list of the United States Army, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2696.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2696) entitled "An Act for the Relief of L.M. Blackford, Late Regimental Quartermaster Fourth Tennessee Cavalry," submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3509.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3509) for the relief of the legal representatives of R.H. Murrell, deceased, late commissary of the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 4248.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 4248) for the relief of Emanuel Klauser, late corporal of Company H, Fifty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1001.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was recommitted the Bill (S. 1001) to provide for the disposition of Fort Dalles military reservation and accompanying report heretofore made from this committee, have duly reconsidered the same and the additional facts, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1092.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1092) for the relief of Jerome Kunkel, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1202.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Darling, late captain Second Artillery, praying for reinstatement in the Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Harriett [i.e., Harriet] de la Palm Baker, praying compensation for certain services rendered by their ancestor, in the Revolutionary War..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3489.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (H.R. 3489) for the relief of Capt. Samuel Adams, and the accompanying voluminous documents and papers, have duly considered the same as far and as thoroughly as time would permit, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1127.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1127) for the relief of J.B. McCullough, Mrs. L.S. Fountain, and John Howze, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 492.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition of William G. Ford, administrator of John G. Robinson, deceased, and the Bill (H.R. 492) for the relief of said Ford as said administrator, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary M. Berry for increase of pension..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 4, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3035.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 3035) granting a pension to Smith Bell, late sergeant Company I, Twenty-sixth Regiment Colored Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Carter Wilkey, of Hamilton County, Illinois, praying that a pension be granted him for services as a private in the War of 1812, have had the same under consideration, and report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2587.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2587) granting a pension to Malvina [i.e., Melvina] Ingle, have had the same under consideration, and beg to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1814.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1814) granting a pension to Samuel Sheaffer, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 2120.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2120) granting a pension to Thomas W. Hewitt, late private in Company D, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Gottlieb Neidhart, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.W. Norris, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Booth submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that in counting the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States whose terms are to begin on the 4th of March, 1877, the following rules be observed..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1521.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1521) granting a pension to Louis A. McLaughlin, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1123.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Marsilvia F. Woodard, having examined the same, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 1743.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2842) granting a pension to Robert S. Toland, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, who were instructed by resolution of the Senate to inquire into the facts attending the casting of the electoral vote of the State of Oregon, beg leave to report to the Senate..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wallace submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Special Committee on Counting the Electoral Vote be instructed to inquire and report to the Senate upon the following propositions..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2242.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2242) granting a pension to George McColly..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3500.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom House Bill No. 3500 was referred, granting a pension to Nelson Ainslee, private Company I, Fourteenth Michigan Volunteers, find that this claim was rejected by the Commissioner of Pensions because debarred by the provisions of section 4717, Revised Statutes..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1118.) The Pension Committee, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 1099, granting a pension to Mary King, widow of James King, a soldier of the War of 1812, find, on examination of the papers, that her claim was rejected by the Commissioner of Pensions because of defective proof of marriage prior to February, 1815..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 565.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 565) for the relief of the heirs of Matthew Allison, together with the accompanying petition of said heirs, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was recommitted the petition of John Y. Worthington, with additional papers, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles C. Harris, having considered the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1877. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jesse Ward, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1173.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1173) for the relief of Frederick R. Smith, of the United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Nevada, from the Monetary Commission created under the joint resolution of August 15, 1876, submitted the following report: The commission created under the joint resolution of August 15, 1876, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 401.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 401) for the relief of Mrs. Flora A. Darling, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1038.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 1038) for the relief of George E. Hasie, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims. (To accompany Bill S. 858.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 858) for the relief of William C. Edmondson [i.e., Edmonston], submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Stevenson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1192.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Bill No. 1192, entitled "An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean," &c., have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Barnum, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1290.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Hubbard and William E. Conant, for the extension of their patent, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The subcommittee of the Committee on Privileges and Elections to inquire and report whether in any of the elections in the State of Alabama in the elections of 1874, 1875, and 1876 the right of male inhabitants of said state, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, to vote had been denied or abridged, &c., respectfully submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Military Affairs is hereby instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of a system of defensive works on the Rio Grande frontier of the United States..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 149.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 149) for the relief of Charles B. Varney, with accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and find that for more than two years, in 1867, 1868, and 1869, the superintendent in charge of the construction of the Custom-house and post-office buildings in Portland, Me..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 91.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 91) for the relief of Gallus Kerchner, respectfully report as follows..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 290.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James D. Holman, of Portland, Oreg., praying compensation for improvements made by him as a settler upon the public lands, and included within the military reservation of Fort Canby, at Cape Disappointment, (now known as Cape Hancock,) then Oregon, now Washington, Territory..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legatees of Asbury Dickins, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by him as Acting Secretary of the Treasury and Acting Secretary of State, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the memorial of Mary Jane Pyle, widow of Jesse F. Pyle, late private in Company D, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 19, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 145.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 145) for the relief of Edwin A. Clifford, having considered the same, unanimously report thereon..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 32.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 32) for the relief of J.M. Micow and others, have duly considered the same so far as it relates to J.M. Micow, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 127, granting a pension to Silas [i.e., Selar] B. Decker.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 127) granting a pension to Silas [i.e., Selar] B. Decker, late contract-nurse, United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill (S. 346) referring the claim of Benjamin Holladay..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney-General be, and he hereby is, directed to communicate to the Senate, as soon as may be, a list of all criminal prosecutions commenced in the courts of the United States in the District of South Carolina..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the New Orleans Gas-Light Company, praying that certain moneys now in the Treasury of the United States may be paid over to them, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of William Pitt Kellogg and the credentials of Henry M. Spofford, for the same seat in the Senate of the United States, ask leave to submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 363) granting a pension to James Newcomb.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Newcomb, a citizen of the United States residing at Carmel, County of Penobscot, in the State of Maine, asking that his name be placed on the pension roll, beg leave to report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 10) for the relief of James Glover, of Pennsylvania.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of James Glover, praying compensation for the destruction of certain property owned by him and situated in Catahoula Parish, in the State of Louisiana, present the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 135) for the relief of Edwin Fairfax Gray.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 135) for the relief of Edwin Fairfax Gray, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report as follows..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad Company and its branch companies have heretofore neglected and still do neglect and refuse to operate their roads in accordance with the acts of Congress under which their construction was authorized..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 225.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred Bill S. 225, report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be, and he is hereby, requested to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with public interest, any facts in his possession touching on alleged unlawful and forcible rescue, by an armed band organized in the Republic of Mexico..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to communicate to the Senate a statement of the number of miles of railroad completed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company under and in pursuance of the acts and resolutions of Congress making grants of land to such company..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 53.) That on the night of the 25th of October, A.D. 1869, the post office building at Beatrice, Nebr., was entered by burglars, and United States postage-stamps to the amount of $175 and other property were stolen therefrom..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Christian C. Bowers, administratrix of the estate of Giles Bowers, deceased, of Euchee Anna, Walton County, Florida, have considered the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chaffee submitted the following resolution: Whereas Congress did provide in the act of July 1, 1862, being an act entitled "An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes;"..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 99.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 99) for the relief of the estate of Amos Ireland, deceased, have duly examined the same, and submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 83.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Edwin Rogers, postmaster at North Adams, Mass., for relief, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a claim of Augustin Gachot, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. November 9, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior cause to be prepared and reported to the Senate a statement, arranged in alphabetical order, showing..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. October 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas there appear to be material differences, alterations, and discrepancies in the official finance reports of the Treasury Department as to the annual expenditures..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. October 22, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. November 1, 1877. -- Reported without amendment. November 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed with amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. Mr. Morrill submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate be, and he hereby is, instructed and directed to cause the proper officers under him,..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill No. S. 171.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Totten, administrator of William A. Lloyd, deceased, with accompanying papers, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of T. Worthington, having carefully examined the same, submit the following report..., (electronic resource)
- In the Senate of the United States. Petition of John T. Pickett and Joseph J. Stewart, attorneys for the heirs of James H. Causten and others, asking that the unappropriated balance of the Geneva Award Fund be devoted to the payment of the French spoliation claims. January 26, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Increase of cavalry force upon Texas frontier. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War in reference to the increase of cavalry force upon the frontier of Texas. January 30, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- International exhibition at Paris. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. Thomas Swann, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the French exhibition to be held at Paris in 1878. November 9, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Isaac R. Sutton. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Isabella Cassidy. March 3, 1877. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- J.H. Acklen vs. C.B. Darral. Papers in the case of Acklen vs. Darrall, Third Congressional District of Louisiana. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- J.H. Duncan. December 7, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Jackson Roberts. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Jacob B. Power. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- Jacob C. Hartman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- James H. Linn. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- James J. Waring. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- James L. Nutting vs. James B. Reilly. Papers in the case of Nutting vs. Reilly. Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania. November 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- James M. Lee. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- James Smith. December 4, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- James T. Leary. March 3, 1877. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John Bowles. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John C. Fenscke. January 12, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John Chandler. January 19, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John Clinton. February 15, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John Etzell. January 9, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John H. Ferry. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John H. Ruff. January 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John H. Wisdom. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John Heater. December 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)
- John Hoffman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)