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Petition of John A. Thomas, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 63
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In Senate of the United States. January 25th, 1816. The committee to whom was referred the petition of John A. Thomas ... beg leave to submit the following report and resolution ...[Washington, D.C. Printed by William A. Davis, 1816] 1 sheet ([1] p.) Shaw 39385

Rejecting Thomas' petition to be exonerated from responsibility for money allegedly stolen from him in his capacity as an army recruiting officer at New Haven, Conn.

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Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Elizabeth Morgan, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 64
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Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Elizabeth Morgan, widow of Zaquille Morgan, in behalf of herself and children. : January 26, 1816. Read, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816] 2 p. Shaw 39609

Concerning the petitioner's claim for compensation for the death of her husband from heat exhaustion while serving as a captain in the Army during the defence of Washington in 1814.

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Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Samuel Dick, Asa Kitchel, and William Bruce, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 65
Scope and Contents Report on the petition of Samuel Dick, Asa Kitchel, and William Bruce. : January 29, 1816. Accompanying a bill for the relief of Samuel Dick, &c. : The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Dick, William Bruce, and Asa Kitchel report. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816] 2 p. Shaw 39638Concerning the petitioners' prayer that their final certificates for purchase of lands in the Cincinnati district be accepted without the additional...
Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Andrew Law, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 66
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Petition of Andrew Law. February 1st, 1816. Referred to a select committee. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816] 4 p. This copy lacks pp.3-4.

Concerning the petitioner's prayer that his patent for a new plan of printing music be renewed for a term of 20 years.

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Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Sarah Goelet, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 67
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In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1816. : The Committee on Naval Affairs to whom has been referred the petition of Sarah Goelet ... submit for the consideration of the Senate the following resolution. [Washington, D.C. : Printed by William A. Davis, 1816] 1 sheet ([1] p.) Shaw 39400

"That it would be inexpedient to grant the prayer of the petitioner, and that she have leave to withdraw her petition."

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Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Act for the Relief of George S. Wise, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 68
Scope and Contents In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1816. : The Committee on Naval Affairs to whom has been re-committed the "Act for the relief of George S. Wise," "with instructions to inquire into the expediency of making some general provisions by law for similar cases" ... submit the following resolution. [Washington, D.C. : Printed by William A. Davis, 1816] 1 sheet ([1] p.) Shaw 39399"That it is inexpedient to make any general provision on the subject."Caption...
Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Memorial of the Legislature of Kentucky, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents In Senate of the United States. February 13th, 1816. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred, the memorial of the legislature of Kentucky, relative to the widows and orphans of the militia ... beg leave to submit the following report.[Washington, D.C. Printed by William A. Davis, 1816] 1 sheet (2 p.) Shaw 39398Concerning the extension of survivors' benefits to "the widow and orphans of a private, as well as of an officer," and to those "who have not only died of...
Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Claims of Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Line, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 70
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In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1816. The committee to whom was referred the resolution relating to the claims of the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on state and continental establishment for bounty lands report. [Washington, D.C. Printed by William A. Davis, 1816] 5 p. Shaw 39401

Concerning bounty lands, located in ceded territory northwest of the Ohio River, promised to Revolutionary soldiers by the commonwealth of Virginia.

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Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Nicholas Boilevin, John De Lassize and Jumonville de Villiers, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 71
Scope and Contents In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1816. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of Nicholas Boilevin, of John de Lassize, and of Jumonville de Villiers, and others, praying compensation for losses sustained by the depredations of the enemy in the late war ... submit the following report. [Washington, D.C. Printed by William A. Davis, 1816]. 1 sheet (2 p.) Shaw 39404Resolving that "losses produced by the conduct of the enemy are to be...
Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Daniel Renner and Nathaniel H. Heath, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 72
Scope and Contents In Senate of the United States. February 14th, 1816. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Renner and Nathaniel H. Heath, praying compensation for losses sustained by the depredation of the enemy during their barbarous irruption into the District of Columbia ... submit the following report. [Washington, D.C. Printed by William A. Davis, 1816]. 1 sheet (2 p.) Shaw 39403.Resolving that the petition ought not to be granted on the general...
Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

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