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Contains 222 Results:
Report on the Expediency of Altering the Flag of the United States, 1817
Petition of Luther Bingham, 1816
In Senate of the United States. Report of the secretary of the Treasury on the petition of Luther Bingham. December 30, 1816 --read. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816]. 3 p. Shaw 39479.
Concerning the petitioner's prayer to be released from prison where he is confined for debt to the United States.
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Petition of Robert Kid, 1817
Memorial of the Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, 1817
In Senate of the United States. Memorial of the directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. January 9, 1817. Read and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1817]. 6 p. Shaw 42592.
Concerning the petitioners' prayer for federal aid in completing the canal. Signed in type on p. 6: Kensey Johns, president. Joshua Gilpin, James C. Fisher
Petition of Samuel Thompson and John Dailey, 1817
Report of a select committee, to whom were referred the petition of Samuel Thompson and John Dailey. January 14, 1817 read, and ordered to lie upon the table. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1817] 2 p. Shaw 42737.
Concerning the prayer of the petitioners, former residents of New-Ark in Upper Canada, for relief for the loss of thier property when they were compelled to flee Canada after having aided the United States Army in the War of 1812.
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Petition of Gabriel Winter and Others, 1817
Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Gabriel Winter and others, accompanying a bill "confirming certain lands in the county of Arkansas, in the Missouri Territory, to the heirs of Elisha Winter, and to the heirs of William Winter." December 30, 1817. Read and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. [Washington, D.C. Printed by E. De Krafft, 1817]
10 p. Shaw 42712.
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Petition of Renner and Heath, 1817
Report of the Committee of Claims upon the petition of Renner and Heath. January 17, 1817. Read and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1817]
3 p. Shaw 42692.
Concerning the petitioners' claim for compensation for yarn and cordage destroyed when their ropewalk was burnt by the British during the invasion of Washington.
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Memorial of a Convention of Delegates of Mississippi Territory, 1817
Petition of Sarah Deweas, 1817
Petition of Louis Charles de Blanc, 1817
In Senate of the United States. : January 15, 1817. : The Committee of Claims, on the petition of Louis Charles de Blanc, report.[Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1817]. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Shaw 42493.
Concerning the petitioner's claim for a grant of land for his wife, "the sister and sole lawful heiress of the late Chevalier Derneville, a captain of a company of French chasseurs in the Revolutionary War, who was killed in storming Savannah."
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