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Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

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Identifier: Collection of Petitions-to the United States Congress
Scope and Contents A collection of 221 government documents issued as pamphlets by the Congress of the United States between 1800 and 1852. The collection consists of petitions by mostly by individuals, and sometimes by groups, requesting financial or legal compensation for losses, or relief from debt or federal regulation. Other topics include settlement of land disputes and even requests for statehood! Particularly notable are requests for compensation for service during the American Revolution,...
Dates: 1800
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections

Petition of Samuel Glass, 1800

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Report of the committee, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Glass, and others. In the Senate of the United States January 23rd, 1800. [Philadelphia, 1800] p.[5]-8. This copy lacks p5-6.

Evans 38893

Concerning compensation for the theft of a Negro man and two horses by the Cherokee Indians.

Dates: 1800
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Hugh Alexander, 1803

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Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred, on the fifth inst. the petition of Hugh Alexander, and others. 10th January, 1803. Committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. [Washington, D.C. 1803] 4 p. Shaw 5452.

Concerning monies paid by Alexander and others to John Jameson, deputy of Samuel M'Dowell, late marshal of the district of Kentucky, after M'Dowell had been removed from office.

Dates: 1803
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Report on President's Message on Navy Yards, 1803

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Report of the committee appointed on the 17th ultimo, to whom was referred so much of the message of the president of the United States, as relates to our Navy yards, and the building of docks. 10th January, 1803. Committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.[Washington, D.C. 1803] 4 p. Shaw 5406

Concerning the construction of storage buildings at the various Navy yards, and a dry dock in Washington.

Dates: 1803
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Charles D'Wolfe, 1803

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, on the petition of Charles D'Wolfe. : 25th November, 1803. Read, and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. [Washington, D.C. 1803] 10 p. Shaw 5432

Concerning the discharge of bonds on shipments of domestic distilled spirits exported by the petitioner from Newport, R.I.

Dates: 1803
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Benjamin Wells, 1803

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred on the seventeenth instant, the petition of Benjamin Wells, presented the 22d November, 1797; : and a report of the Committee of Claims to whom was referred on the 24th of December Last...together with a report of the Secretary of the Treasury : 1st February, 1803. Read and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. 17th November, 1803 referred to the committee on claims. [Washington, D.C. 1803] 6 [i.e.,...
Dates: 1803
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of John M'Fadon and Francis Johonnot, 1803

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred on the sixth December last, the petition of John M'Fadon and Francis Johonnot, of the city of Baltimore. : February 11, 1806. Read, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Friday next. City of Washington [D.C.]: A. & G. Way, printers., 1806.5,[1]p Shaw 11709.

Concerning the liabilities of the petitioners as sureties for Richard Caton

Dates: 1803
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Francis Amory, 1806

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the eighth ultimo, the petition of Francis Amory, of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts. 3d February, 1806, read, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Thursday next. City of Washington [D.C.]: A. & G. Way, printers. 1806. 7 pages. Shaw 11706Concerning Amory's petition to have remitted to him the "alien or foreign duty" which he was charged when his cargo entered the United States...
Dates: 1806
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Memorial of Edward Toppan, George Jenkins and William Currier, 1807

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents Report from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred, on the tenth December, 1805, the memorial of Edward Toppan, George Jenkins, and William Currier, of the state of Massachusetts. : Accompanying a bill for the relief of Edward Toppan, William Currier, and George Jenkins, presented 3d February 1807. City of Washington [D.C.]: : A. & G. Way, printers. 1807.4p Shaw 14061. Concerning drawback entitled on merchadise shipped in 1803 between Newburyport, Mass., and...
Dates: 1807
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Joseph Farley, 1807

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred, on the 12th of December last, the petition of Joseph Farley, of the state of Massachusetts. : February 25, 1807. Ordered to lie on the table. City of Washington [D.C.]: : A. & G. Way, printers. 1807.4 p. Shaw 14068.

Concerning Farley's salary as collector at Waldoboro, Maine

Dates: 1807
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

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