Box 1
Contains 222 Results:
Petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, 1816
Petition of Gabriel Winters, 1816
Report of the Committee on the Public Lands on the petition of Gabriel Winters and others. March 8, 1816. Read, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816] 3 p. Shaw 39614.
Concerning the petitioner's claim for title to land in Arkansas granted to him, his father, Elisha Winter, and his brother, William Winter, in 1797 by the Spanish governor of Louisiana.
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Petition of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer, 1816
Petitions Respecting the Plaster and West-India Trade, 1816
Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, on sundry petitions respecting the plaster and West-India trade. April 16th, 1816. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816]. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Shaw 39604
Proposed resolution mandating use of U.S. ships to transport all goods to and from the U.S.
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Memorial of the Commissioners of the State of New-York, 1816
Petition of James Humes, 1816
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of James Humes. December 23, 1816. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816] 14 p. Shaw 39602.
Concerning the petitioner's claim for commissions for internal duties collected by him and paid to the Treasury but not accounted for in the year 1814.
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Petition of John Delafield, 1816
Report of the committee on the petition of John Delafield. Made December 26, 1816. Accompanied with a bill for his relief.[Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816]. 21 p. Shaw 39612.
Concerning the petitioner's prayer for the funding with interest of 43 loan office certificates issued in 1777.
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Petition of William Haslett, 1816
Report of the Committee of Claims upon the report of the secretary of state on the petition of William Haslett. : Made December 16, 1816. Accompanied with a bill for his relief. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816]. 14 p. Shaw 39595
Concerning the petitioner's claim for indemnity for relinquishing his claim on the ship Liberty at the instance of the agent of the United States at Tunis. Message signed in type by Jas. Monroe.
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Petition of Anna Welsh, 1816
Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Anna Welsh. : December 23, 1816. Read, and the consideration thereof postponed until Monday next. [Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1816]. 5 p. Shaw 39607
Concerning the petitioner's claim for the commutation of five years' pay due for the service of her brother, George Hurlbut, in the Revolutionary War.
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Petition of Thomas I. Allen and Others, 1816
Report of the Naval Committee on the petition of Thomas I. Allen [i.e., Thomas J. Allen] and others. December 30, 1816. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. [Washington, D.C. : William A. Davis, 1816]. 4 p. Shaw 39629
Concerning the petitioner's claim on behalf of the estate of his brother, William Henry Allen, for prize money for vessels captured by the brig Argus but destroyed at sea under orders from the Navy Dept.
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