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Submissions from 1820 1820

Message from the President of the United States to both houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Seventeenth Congress, December 5, 1821

Message from the President of the United States to both houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Seventeenth Congress, December 5, 1821

Submissions from 1821 1821

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances

Submissions from 1822 1822

[CommunIcation from Thomas L. M'Kenney]

Message from the President of the United States transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th inst., information of the annual disposition which has been made of the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, appropriated by an act of Congress, of the year 1802, to promote civilization among friendly Indian tribes; shewing to what tribes that evidence of the national bounty has been extended, the names of the agents who have been entrusted with the application of the money, the several amounts by them received, and the manner in which they have severally applied it to accomplish the objects of the act.

[Report : Petition of Holden W. Prout]

[Report : Petition of Nicholas Ware and Wm. A. Carr

[Report : Petition of Noble Osborne and William Doake]

[Report : Petition of Samuel Walker]

Submissions from 1823 1823

[Report by Mr. Benton]

Submissions from 1826 1826

Message from the President of the United States to both houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Nineteenth Congress, December 5 1826.

Message from the President of the United States to both houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Nineteenth Congress, December 5 1826.

[Resolution offered my Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana]

Submissions from 1831 1831

Document relating to blankets for the Indian trade; being questions to, and answers by, Adam D. Steuart, collector of the port of Mackinaw.

Letter from John J. Astor to Honorable Mr. Benton in relation to blankets for the Indian trade.

Memorial of a number of citizens of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, praying that the treaties with the Indians may be preserved inviolable, and that they be protected in their rights.

Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, that the N. and N. W. boundary may be enlarged, and a mounted force granted for the protection of the frontier of the state, and its trade with Mexico and the Indians.

Memorial of the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of Massachusetts, praying that all treaty stipulations with the Indians within the United States may be faithfully observed, &c.

Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the execution of the act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, passed the 30th March, 1802.

Submissions from 1832 1832

In Senate of the United States.

Memorial from sundry citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that the Cherokee Indians may be protected in their rights, &c.

Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, on behalf of sundry individuals belonging to the Creek Indians, praying for assistance from the government.

Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate concerning the fur trade and inland trade to Mexico.

Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate concerning the public lands, &c.

Message from the President of the United States, with a report from the Secretary of War in relation to the employment of agents among the Indians for their removal, &c., &c.

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to an examination with a view of connecting Lake Michigan with the Wabash River in Indiana.

[Resolution of Mr. Frelinghyusen]

Submissions from 1833 1833

Message from the President of the United States, returning with his objections, the bill entitled "An Act to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, and for granting land to certain States."

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress of the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-third Congress, December 3, 1833

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress of the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-third Congress, December 3, 1833

Report : Mr. Tipton

Report : Mr. Wright

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the finances.

Report of the Secretary of War, 1833

Report of the Secretary of War, 1833

Submissions from 1834 1834

Correspondence on the subject of the emigration of Indians, between the 30th November, 1831, and 27th December, 1833, with abstracts of expenditures by disbursing agents, in the removal and subsistence of Indians, &c. &c.

Memorial of a delegation from the Cherokees, praying protection and relief from the government.

Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, praying that a territorial government be established for the western part of said territory, or Wisconsin, &c

Report : Mr. Naudain

Report : Mr. Preston

Report : Mr. Tipton

Report : Mr. Tipton

Report : Mr. White

Submissions from 1835 1835

In Senate of the United States. Report from The Secretary of War, with a report of the mineralogical and geological investigations made by G. W. Featherstonhaugh.

Memorial and resolution of Indiana for the benefit of Madison Collins.

Resolution of Senator Poindexter

Submissions from 1836 1836

Memorial of the general assembly of the State of Tennessee, praying remuneration for the losses sustained by the volunteers of that state, in equipping themselves for the service of the United States during the year 1836.

Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting documents relating to frauds, &c., in the sale of Indian reservations of land.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress [and other documents] December 6, 1836

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress [and other documents] December 6, 1836

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statements of the unexpended balances of appropriations on the 1st of January, 1837, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant.

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the amount of appropriations made by acts passed at the last session of Congress, &c.

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of payments on contracts and advances to disbursing officers, &c., in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 1st July last.

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

Report from the Secretary of War, with statements from the Second and Third Auditors of payments on contracts and advances to disbursing officers, &c., in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st of July, 1836.

Report : Mr. Tipton

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the investments made for the benefit of the Chickasaws, in obedience to the act of the 20th April, 1836.

Submissions from 1837 1837

Report : Mr. Sevier

Submissions from 1838 1838

Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Indians in 1832

Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835

Documents relating to the bill (S. 1) "Providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands."

Documents relating to the bill (S. 239) "to establish a foundry; an armory in the West; arsenals in the states in which none have yet been established; and depots for arms in certain states and territories".

Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the payment of Indian annuities, and the necessity of imposing further restrictions upon Indian traders.

Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the subject of compensating the militia who attended the payment of the annuity to the Pottawatamie Indians in 1836

Memorial of a number of citizens of Mississippi, settlers in the Choctaw Purchase, praying to be allowed the benefit of a preemption law.

Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the re-consideration of the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota, in December, 1835

Memorial of a number of citizens of Washington County, Arkansas, praying the erection of a fort at or near the town of Fayetteville, in said county

Memorial of Sylvanus Fansher, praying the establishment of a permanent vaccine institution, for the benefit of the Army, Navy, and Indian Department

Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, that the settlers on the Choctaw Purchase, within the limits of that State, may be allowed the right of pre-emption

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress.

Petition of a number of citizens of the County of Coahoma, in the Choctaw Purchase, State of Mississippi, praying the passage of a pre-emption law.

Report : Claim of A. Westfall

Report : Claim of J. Hanks

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, with statements of grants of land to the State of Indiana

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances.

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that department during the year 1837, and part of the year 1838.

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, in relation to the payment of Indian annuities in goods, &c

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the Cherokee treaty of 1835

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting the official report of the action of the 25th December, 1837, with the Seminole Indians.

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, in relation to the claims of George Duval

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th January, 1838, in reference to the number of Greek Indians engaged in hostilities against the United States, during the years 1836 and 1837.

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th December, 1837, with statements of the number of troops employed in the war with the Seminole Indians.

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th ultimo, in relation to the occurrences at the payment of the annuity to the Pottawatamie Indians, in 1836

Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence with the Governor of Alabama, in reference to hostilities with the Creek Indians

Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of that department, for the year 1837

Report : Memorial of J. Paxton

Report : Mr. Fulton

Report : Mr. Linn

Report : Mr. White

Report : Mr. White

Report : Mr. White

Report on Issue of Certain Land Patents

Report on Location of Indian Reservations

Report : Petition of Heirs of F. Contraman

Resolutions a number of citizens of Washington County, Arkansas, in relation to the defence of the western frontier

Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the right of pre-emption to the "Miami Reserve" in that state.

Statement of the officers of the Missouri volunteers, in relation to the action with the Indians on the 25th December, 1837, in Florida, with a correspondence between said officers and Col. Taylor, and with Major Brant, of the Quartermaster's Department

Submissions from 1839 1839

Document in relation to the subjugation of the hostile Indians in Florida

Document relating to the bill (S. 160) "to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of that part of Florida which is now overrun and infested by marauding bands of hostile Indians."

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