Box 1
Contains 222 Results:
Memorial of the Heirs of John Jackson, 1848
Memorial of Judges and Members of the Bar of New Orleans, 1848
Memoral of Judges and Members of the Bar of New Orleans with a Report of a Committee of the Louisiana Bar, praying that the practice in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, in the State of Louisiana, in all civil cases, may be made to conform to that of the Distric Courts of that State. [Washington, D.C.] Tippin & Streeper. 16 p.
Singned in print by 125 petitioners
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Memorial of Henry Simpson Caption title, 1847
Report of the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Simpson, administrator of George Simpson, deceased. [Washington, D.C.] 4 p.
Seeking compensation for services provided in obtaining subscriptions to a loan of $16 million authorized in 1813. This is the 13th time the petitioner has requested compensation, and all were previously denied.
Spolier alert: This claim was denied too!
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Memorial of Henry Simpson, 1848
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Memorial of Henry Simpson, surviving administrator of George Simpson, decceased. [Washington, D.C.] 2 p.
The administrator presents "new and important evidence" which results in yet another claim which is once again rejected, the committee asking "to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject."
Signed in type by Albert Gallatin
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Petition of the Heirs of Abner L. Duncan, 1848
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Abner L. Duncan. [Washington, D.C.] 5 p.
Ostensibly new material is presented regarding a case that was passed upon unfavorably in 1830; however the original material is not re-presented.
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Memorial of Joseph Burchard, 1848
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Memorial of Joseph Burchard, of New York. [Washington, D.C.] 3 p.
Regarding payment for bonds by the U.S. payed in 1816 by the claimant on behalf of another party as well as spoliation claims against the French.
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Memorial of Mary Ann W. Van Ness, 1848
Memorial of Mary Ann W. Van Ness, praying an extension of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, so as to allow her an appeal from the decision of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. [Washington, D.C.] Tippin & Streeper. 4 p.
A dispute over who has rights to the estate of John P. Van Ness, who died intestate. The court ruled that Mary Ann lacked evidence of a legal marriage to John P.
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Petition of Frederick Dawson, James Schott and Elisha Dana Whitney, 1848
Petition of Frederick Dawson, James Schott, and Elisha Dana Whitney praying Payment for certain vessels, etc., furnished Texas, and given by Texas to the United States on the annexation of Texas. {Washington D.C] Tippin & Streeper. 6 p.
A claim for payment by the US government for naval assets assumed by them upon annexation, and not paid by Texas.
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Petition of Leslie Combs, 1847
Petition of Leslie Combs, praying the payment of certain securities issued by the late republic of Texas. [Washington, D.C.] Tippin & Streeper. 3 p.
Request that U.S. Congress make payment on bonds issued by the republic of Texas and purchased by the petitioner in the winter of 1838-39.
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