Box 1
Contains 222 Results:
Petition of Rebecca Hodgson, 1814
Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Rebecca Hodgson, administratrix of Joseph Hodgson. October 31, 1814. Read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. Washington City [D.C.]: Printed by Roger C. Weightman., 1814. 6 p Shaw 33419.
Concerning the petitioner's prayer for remuneration for the loss of the house burned in 1800 during the time it was leased by her late husband to the government and occupied by the secretary of war.
Petition of Isaac Smith, 1815
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Isaac Smith; : accompanying a bill for the relief of Isaac Smith and Bratton Caldwell. January 14, 1815. Read and ordered to be printed. Washington City [D.C.]: Printed by Roger C. Weightman., 1815. [4] p.
Shaw 36374.
Concerning the petitioners' claim to relief from a judgment against them as securities of Matthew Wilson, collector of the direct tax and internal revenue in Pennsylvania.
Petitions to Prohibit Transportation and Opening of Mail on the Sabbath, 1815
Report of the committee to whom was referred the petitions of numerous citizens of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Ohio, praying the Congress to prohibit the transportation and opening of the mail on the Sabbath. January 27, 1815. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington City [D.C.]: Printed by Roger C. Weightman. 1815. 4 p. Shaw 36398.
An unsuccessfull attempt to stop postal functions on Sundays.
Petition of Gould Hoyt, 1815
Petition of Capt. Charles Stewart, 1816
Petition of the Legislature of Indiana, 1816
Report of the committee to which was referred the petition of the legislature of Indiana, for admission into the Union. : Made January 5th, 1816. Accompanied by a bill to enable the people of Indiana, &c. &c. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816][2] p. Shaw 39620
Petition to admit Indiana as a state.
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Memorial of the Legislature of Kentucky, 1816
Memorial of the legislature of Kentucky, praying compensation for horses lost and destroyed, when in the service of the United States. January 9, 1816. Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Washington [D.C.]: Printed by William A. Davis., 1816. 8 p. Shaw 39545.
Signed in type on p. 8: John J. Crittenden, speaker of the House of Representatives. R. Hickman, speaker of the Senate.
Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, 1816
Memorial of the legislature of the state of Kentucky relative to compensation to be made for horses lost in the service of the United Statbs [sic]. January 9, 1816. Ordered to lie on the table. Washington [D.C.]: Printed by William A. Davis., 1816. 8 p. Shaw 39547.
Signed in type on p. 8: John J. Crittenden, speaker of the House of Representatives. R. Hickman, speaker of the Senate.
Petition of Moses Turner, 1816
Report on the petition of Moses Turner. January 23, 1816. Read and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816] 2 p. Shaw 39637.
Concerning the petitioner's prayer to be discharged from both prison and the payment due the United States on a judgement against him as surety for Nathaniel Taft in a claim on goods seized by the United States for nonpayment of import duties.
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Petition of Matthew and Elizabeth Roxburgh, 1816
Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Matthew and Elizabeth Roxburgh. : January 23d, 1816. Read and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816] 2 p. Shaw 39610
Concerning the petitioners' prayer for renewal of a final settlement certificate issued to their father, Alexander Roxburgh, for service in the Maryland line and subsequently lost.
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