Box 1
Contains 222 Results:
Memorial of Farmers and Graziers of Philadelphia, 1830
Handwritten Table of Contents, 1830
Handwritten Table of Contents to a formerly bound sammelband of government documents, most from 1828-1830. 8 p, of which 2 are written upon. First page is presumably FFEP of the bound volume, signed by H.D. Gilpin. Gilpin was Attorney General under President Van Buren.
Most of the titles are represented in this collection of Petitions.
Memorial of the Estellville Convention, 1831
Memorial of the Estellville convention, upon subject of a road from mouth Shelby Creek, Kentucky, to a point south of Lynville Mountain, North Carolina. December 13, 1831. Referred to the Committee on Internal Improvement [Washington, D.C.,] 1831. 7 p.
Representatives of 4 Southern Appalachian states seeking federal funding for an new interstate road.
Signed in print: Alexander Lackey, President.
Petition of Journeymen Tailors of Philadelphia, 1832
Petition of the Journeymen Tailors of Philadelphia, 1832
Petition of the Journeymen Tailors of Philadelphia, Complaining of the oppressive operation of the present Tariff of Duties and praying for a reduction of the duties on Woolens. January 30, 1832. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 4 p.
Request to roll back tariffs to where they were in 1816 on woolens imported into the United States.
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Memorial of Citizens of Pennsylvania on Import Duties, 1832
Pennsylvania -- Modify Tariff. Memorial of Citizens of Pennsylvania, Praying for a Reduction of the Duties on Imports. March 6, 1832. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 1 sheet (1 p.).
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Resolves from Maine Legislature to Reduce Tariffs, 1832
Maine--Legislature of the State of. Reduce Tariff. March 26, 1832. Resolves respecting the Tariff. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 1 sheet (2 p.)
Signed in type by various officers of the State of Maine
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Memorial from Sundry Inhabitants of Philadelphia, 1832
Memorial from Sundry Inhabitants of Philadelphia, Praying that the duties be equalized on Silks from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and elsewhere, etc. May 30, 1832. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 1 sheet (2 p.)
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Petition of Merchants of the City of New York, 1832
New York -- Duty on Linens. Petition of Sundry Merchants of the City of New York, Praying for a Reduction of Duty on the Fabrics of Linen. June 18, 1832. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 1 sheet (2 p.)
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Memorial of Manufacturers of Iron, of Philadelphia , 1832
Memorial of Manufacturers of Iron, of Philadelphia, praying for a reduction of duties on Iron, etc. July 2, 1832. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.] 1832. 1 sheet (2 p.)
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