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Item #8836 [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1847. Submitted, and Ordered...

[Native American] United States. Congress. Committee on Indian Affairs

[drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1847. Submitted, and Ordered to be Printed. Mr. Bagby Made the Following Report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were Referred Sundry Petitions and Memorial from Citizens of New York, and Others, Praying that the Tonawanda Band of the Seneca Tribe of Indians may be Exempted from he Operations of the Treaty of the 20th May, 1842, Report

[Washington]: Ritchie & Heiss, printers, 1847. Disbound. Octavo. 127, [1] pp. Removed from volume. First page with ink numeral in the upper margin; tear and early mend to the final leaf, touching a small amount of text, but not affecting legibility. The report begins, "the object of the petitioners is.....

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Item #8835 [Native American Removal] [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. January 9,...

[Native American] United States. Congress. Committee on the Public Lands

[Native American Removal] [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1817. The Committee on the Public Lands who Were Instructed, by a Resolution of the 25th ult., "to inquire into the expediency of authorizing, by law, an exchange of territory with any of the Indian tribes," Report.

[Washington: William A. Davis], 1817. Disbound. Octavo. 5, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Scattered foxing/spotting; institutional rubber stamp to the title. The beginning of the United States government's Native American removal policy. This resolution provides an appropriation of money to enable the President to carry out his authority to negotiate.....

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Item #10557 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States; Being the First Session...

United States Congress

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States; Being the First Session of he Twenty-Sixth Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839

Washington: Blair and Rives, 1840. Full Leather. Octavo. 1549, [1] pp. First edition. In original sheep with morocco title label on the spine; binding is generally rubbed with some minor discoloration to the spine; additionally, an inked "862" on the top of the spine; despite this, it remains a presentable.....

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Item #10175 [drop-title] Memorial of Citizens of Philadelphia, Engaged in the Manufacture of Iron...

United States. Congress

[drop-title] Memorial of Citizens of Philadelphia, Engaged in the Manufacture of Iron (21st Congress, 2nd Session, no. 109)

[Washington]: 1831. Disbound. Octavo. 18 pp. First edition. Removed from binding. Light age toning; faint tideline to the bottom half of the outer edges of the leaves; previous owner name of H. D. Gilpin and inked "28" in his hand at the top of the first page. Gilpin served as.....

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Item #7713 [drop-title] Report on Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States....

United States. Congress

[drop-title] Report on Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States. February 11, 1817 ([14th Congress, 2nd session] No. 78)

[Washington]: [William A. Davis], [1817]. Disbound. Octavo. 5, [3 (blank)] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Leaves are detached; light toning and soiling; pencil note at the top of the first page. An early document of the "back to Africa" movement. The Society for the Colonizing of Free People of Colour.....

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Item #7769 Report, From the Committee of Claims, to whom were Referred the Representation and...

United States. Congress. Committee on Claims

Report, From the Committee of Claims, to whom were Referred the Representation and Memorials of Sundry Citizens of Massachusetts, Purchasers Under the Georgia Company, of the Agents for Persons Composing the New England Land Company, Purchasers Under the Georgia and Mississippi Company, and the Agent for Sundry Citizens of South Carolina, Purchasers Under the Upper Mississippi Company. 18th January, 1805

Washington City: William Duane & Son, 1805. Disbound. Octavo. 20 pp. Removed from nonce volume. Pencil note at the top of the title page else clean. Congress's continued attempts to address the mess created and left by the Yazoo Land Fraud and claims involving the Georgia Company, the New England.....

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Item #8033 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE OF THE...

United States. Congress. Committee on Foreign Relations

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE NINTH INSTANT, COVERING COPIES OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATED TO HIM BY JOHN HENRY, A SECRET AGENT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING A SEPARATION OF THE UNITED STATES. March 19th, 1812

Washington City: R. C. Weightman, 1812. Disbound. Octavo. 11, [1] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Light stains in the inner margins. Generally toned; one page corner chipped without touching text. "John Henry, Canadian adventurer in British employ, met with some success in fomenting New England dissatisfaction towards the war" (Howes.....

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Item #9028 Report of the Committee to Whom was Committed, on the Twenty-Seventh ultimo, the Bill...

United States. Congress. House

Report of the Committee to Whom was Committed, on the Twenty-Seventh ultimo, the Bill Sent from the Senate, Entitled "An Act Establishing Circuit Courts and Abridging the Jurisdiction, of the District Courts in the Districts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio." February 4, 1807

Washington: A. & G. Way, 1807. Disbound. Octavo. 4 pp. Removed from binding. Concerns the establishment of a Seventh Circuit, responding to the increasing number of caseloads of district courts in the West. Shaw & Shoemaker 14073.

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Item #9034 Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Richard Taylor, Senr., of...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims

Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Richard Taylor, Senr., of Kentucky. December 27th, 1810

Washington City: R. C. Weightman, 1810. Disbound. Octavo. [4] pp. Removed from binding. Moderate toning/foxing. Petition requests compensation for services rendered during the American Revolution and disabilities incurred. Taylor was the father of Zachary Taylor. Shaw & Shoemaker 21825.

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Item #9036 Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Petition of Sundry Citizens of Vincennes and...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims

Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Petition of Sundry Citizens of Vincennes and of Knox County in the Indiana Territory. December 23, 1813

Washington City: Roger C. Weightman, 1813. Disbound. Octavo. [4] pp. Removed from volumes. Leaves separating; foxing and toning. Concerning the petitioners' claims to remuneration "for the depredations which were committed on their crops by a part ... of the Kentucky militia." Shaw & Shoemaker 30336.

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Item #9017 [drop-title] Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Made February 4th, 1817, and...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs

[drop-title] Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Made February 4th, 1817, and Committed with the Bill "To Regulate Trade and Intercourse with Indian Tribes," &c. to Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.

[Washington: William A. Davis], 1817. Disbound. Octavo. 4 pp. Removed from volume. Leaves separated; institutional rubber stamp on the title page as well as a pencil notation. Reporting on the legal measures taken "for the support and encouragement of Indian trade," among them the eight trading posts established earlier in.....

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Item #8881 [drop-title] In Senate of the United States, May 25, 1830. Ordered, that the Following...

United States. Congress. Senate

[drop-title] In Senate of the United States, May 25, 1830. Ordered, that the Following Article, with the Answer, and Exhibits A and B, be Printed for Use of the Senate

[Washington]: 1830. Disbound. Octavo. 80 pp. Removed from volume, the document proper is preceded by three blank leaves (one with extensive writing by an early hand). Ink numeral in the top margin of the title page; foxed and dog-eared. Consists of the article of impeachment exhibited against District Judge James.....

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Item #9005 [Potomac Bridge] In Senate of the United States, January 5th, 1807: Ordered that Mr....

United States. Congress. Senate

[Potomac Bridge] In Senate of the United States, January 5th, 1807: Ordered that Mr. White, Mr. Smith, of Vermont, and Mr. Gaillard be a Committee to Examine the Papers Relative to the Contemplated Bridge Across the Potomac, and Direct such as they may Think Proper to be Printed.

Washington City: Duane & Son, 1807. Disbound. Octavo. 49, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Light toning throughout, but generally quite clean. Uncommon document related to early Washington infrastructure. Shaw & Shoemaker 13910.

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Item #9031 Report of the Committee to Whom was Referred the Memorial of Isaac Wayne, Son and...

United States. Congress. Senate

Report of the Committee to Whom was Referred the Memorial of Isaac Wayne, Son and Executor of Major General Wayne

Washington City: Roger C. Weightman, 1811. Disbound. Octavo. 10, [2] pp. Removed from binding. Title page is evenly toned else clean and generally quite nice. This memorial requests relief in settlement of the late "Mad" Anthony Wayne's accounts with the United States. Shaw & Shoemaker 24032.

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Item #8863 Resolutions reported by the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 13, 1815. United...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs

Resolutions reported by the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 13, 1815

Washington City: Roger C. Weightman, 1815. Disbound. Octavo. [4] pp. Removed from volume. Inner margin a little irregular. High praise for Commodore D. T. Patterson, Major Daniel Carmick, and for the officers, seamen, and marines under their respective commands, for the gallant and successful defense of New Orleans during the.....

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Item #8862 [Transportation] [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 6th, 1816. The...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Roads and Canals

[Transportation] [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 6th, 1816. The Committee, to Whom Was Referred so much of the President's Message as Relates to Roads and Canals, Having, in their General Report, Recommended to Congress the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal as an Object of First Importance, Requiring the Aid of the General Government, Beg Leave to Make a Separate Report Concerning the Same.

[Washington]: [William A. Davis?], 1816. Disbound. Octavo. 39, [1] pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Toning throughout with occasional early tidelines in a few margins. Generally, a reasonable copy. "Presumably printed by William A. Davis, printer to the Senate during the first session of the Fourteenth Congress. Includes, on p......

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Item #8839 Report of the Committee to Whom was Referred the Bill From the Senate, Entitled "An...

[Yazoo Fraud] United States. Congress. House of Representatives

Report of the Committee to Whom was Referred the Bill From the Senate, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Indemnification of Certain Public Claimants of Public Lands in the Mississippi Territory." March 15, 1814. . . .

Washington: A. and G. Way, printers, 1814. Disbound. Octavo. 29, [1] pp. Removed from volume. Light toning, but generally, a very nice copy. The committee believes that "it is expedient for the government of the United States to enter into a compromise with the persons claiming lands in the Mississippi.....

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