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Payment for Impressed Property, 1814

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 50
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Letter from the secretary of war to the chairman of the Committee of Claims, accompanying a bill to provide for the payment of persons whose property shall be impressed into the U. States' service. February 28, 1814. Read, and ordered to be printed. Washington [D.C.]: A. & G. Way, printers. 1814. [4] p. Shaw 33283 Signed in print J. Armstrong.

The Secretary of War suggests steps to validate impressment claims.

Dates: 1814
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of John Chalmers, Jun., 1814

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of John Chalmers, Jun. ropemaker in Baltimore. November 7, 1814. Read and committed to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. Washington City [D.C.]: : Printed by Roger C. Weightman. 1814. 4p. Shaw 33413.Concerning the petitioner's claim to reimbursement for out of pocket expenses paid by him in the manufacture of cordage for the Navy after the undelivered rope and ropewalk were deliberately destroyed during the...
Dates: 1814
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Inhabitants of Knox County, Kentucky, 1814

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
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Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of Knox County, in the state of Kentucky. November 5, 1814. Read, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Wednesday next. Washington [D.C.]: A. & G. Way, printers. 1814. 6p Shaw 33421.

Concerning the petitioners' prayer for compensation for homes and crops destroyed under authority of the War Dept. for being settled on Indian territory.

Dates: 1814
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Rebecca Hodgson, 1814

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
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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.

Dates: 1814
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Isaac Smith, 1815

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1815
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petitions to Prohibit Transportation and Opening of Mail on the Sabbath, 1815

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
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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.

Dates: 1815
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Gould Hoyt, 1815

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the petition of Gould [i.e., Goold] Hoyt. February 17, 1815. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington City [D.C.]: Printed by Roger C. Weightman., 1815. 10 p. Shaw 36298.Concerning Hoyt's claim for damages sustained when the ship American Eagle, suspected of being illicitedly outfitted for one of the rival chiefs claiming sovereignty over the island of St. Domingo, was seized and libelled...
Dates: 1815
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of Capt. Charles Stewart, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents Petition of Capt. Charles Stewart, on behalf of himself, the officers, and crew of the United States ship Constitution. January 3d, 1816. Referred to the Naval Committee. February 5th, 1816. Report made, accompanied with a bill rewarding, &c. no. 67. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816] 4 p. Shaw 39581.Concerning the petitioner's claim for prize money for the British ship of war Levant, captured by the Constitution and later retaken by a British squadron in a neutral...
Dates: 1816
Found in: Watkinson Library - Archival Collections / Collection of Petitions to the United States Congress

Petition of the Legislature of Indiana, 1816

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 58
Scope and Contents

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

Memorial of the Legislature of Kentucky, 1816

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 59
Scope and Contents

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.

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

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