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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎A list of reports to be made to Congress at the second session of the twenty-ninth Congress by public officers. Prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House by the clerk of the House of Representatives U. S. December 7 1846.‎

‎Washington: Ritchie & Heiss printers 1846. 8vo. 29 pp. <br><br>Government document: 29th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 1. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral top margin of p. 1. Dog-eared. Ritchie & Heiss, printers unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎An estimate for the contingent expences of the House of Representatives of the United States for the year 1801. Also a statement of disbursements for the House of Representatives of the United States made by the clerk of the said House for contingent expences incurred in the year 1798.‎

‎Washington 1802. 8vo. 4 1 pp. <br><br>Published by an Order of the House of the 24th April 1802. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 3281. Removed from a nonce volume. Pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎Correspondence between the American and British plenipotentiaries relative to the commercial convention concluded on the 3d of July 1815. January 16 1816. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.‎

‎Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 50 pp.; 1 fold. table. <br><br>Correspondence and drafts of treaty articles exchanged at a Commercial Convention between the US and Britain in 1815. Correspondents include American diplomats Henry Clay Albert Gallatin and John Quincy Adams and British diplomats F. J. Robinson Henry Goulbourn William Adams and Anthony St. John Baker. With a folding table entitled "Abstract of duties of customs paid in Great Britain in 1797 and 1815." Among the goods cited as dutiable are whale fins tar turpentine cotton wool rice timber snuff etc. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 27. "27" printed at head of title. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 39362. Removed from a nonce volume; rubber-stamped on the title-page by the War Department Library. Toning light foxing in some margins. Good condition. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books‎

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‎drop title Boyd Reilly. To accompany bill H. R. No. 534. February 7 1838.‎

‎Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 21 pp. <br><br>The House Select Committee recommends the purchase of Boyd Reilly's sulphur steam bath apparatus for use in the hospitals of the the U.S. Army and Navy. Testimonials abound. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Rep. No. 543. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume with pp. 1–14 separated from pp 15–21; two small holes in inner margin costing a couple of letters on some pages. First leaf detached and with shallow tear in inner margin not touching text. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Light foxing to first and last pages. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books‎

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‎drop-title Contracts. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings transmitting copies of contracts &c.‎

‎Washington 1852. 8vo 22 cm; 8.625". 40 pp. <br><br>A collection of all the contracts made by the Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings in 1851 including arrangements for numerous activities from supplying natural gas to painting government buildings to paving streets.<br>    House document United States. Congress. House 32nd Congress 1st session miscellaneous no. 66. Removed from a nonce volume. Light age-toning with the occasional spot. The number 3 and some loops pencilled on upper margin. unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title James H. Peck. April 29 1830. Read and laid upon the table. Mr. Buchanan from the committee to which the subject had been referred exhibited to the House the following article of impeachment against James H. Peck Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Missouri.".‎

‎Washington 1830. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Reprint of the article of impeachment against District Judge James H. Peck. Government document: 21st Congress 1st Session. Rep. No. 385. Ho. of Reps. Peck was charged with exceeding his contempt powers by imprisoning and causing the suspension of a lawyer who had written an article critical of the judge. Senate failed to convict on a vote of 21 to 22. Removed from a nonce volume; small stitch hole in inner margin not touching text. Light foxing. Ink notation on p. 1. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 5th 1816. Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the state of the union.‎

‎Washington 1816. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Providing for popular election of members of the House of Representatives and of electors and for regulating the drawing of election districts. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 10. "10" printed at head of title. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 39483. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular. Darkened and very small chips along outer edge. Rubber-stamp of the War Department Library on first page. unknown books‎

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‎drop-title Office-holders. The evidence of the Select Committee on the resolution offered by Mr. Stanly of North Carolina to inquire into the conduct of office-holders under Mr. Polk. September 30 1850. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.‎

‎Washington: no publisher/printer 1850. 8vo. 32 pp. <br><br>Congressional investigation into what persons working for the Polk administration were correspondents for newspapers and whether they "absented themselves from . their official duties . to make speeches and public addresses against the election of General Taylor . or were required to pay money for an electioneering fund against General Taylor." Government document: 31st Congress 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. Miscellaneous no. 56. Removed from a nonce volume. Small sewing hole in inner margin not touching text. Pencilled numeral in top right corner of first page. Very good. no publisher/printer unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Report of the committee appointed on the 11th of March last to inquire into the state of the accounts rendered and settled of James Thomas a deputy quarter master general of the United States; also to examine all accounts therewith. April 24th 1816. Read and ordered to lie on the table.‎

‎Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 19 pp. <br><br>Concerns allegations that Thomas improperly employed Michael T. Simpson to purchase supplies for the Army at inflated prices during the War of 1812. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 90. Printed at head of title: 90. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 39588. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on p. 1. Rubber-stamp of the War Dept. Library on p. 1 and last page. Some spotting light staining and browning. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Report of the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals. Made February 7 1817 and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.‎

‎Washington: William A. Davis 1817. Small 8vo. 18 pp. <br><br>72" printed at top of title-page. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 72. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 42715. Removed from a nonce volume. First page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. Very good. William A. Davis unknown books‎

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‎drop-title Report of the committee to which was referred on the 6th instant the memorial of the legislature of the Mississippi territory praying for admission into the Union as an independent state. December 29 1815. Read and ordered to be printed.‎

‎Washington: William A. Davis 1815. 8vo. 6 pp. <br><br>Government document: House document United States. Congress. House ; 14th Congress 1st session no. 9. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 36393. Removed from a nonce volume. Some minor offsetting. Rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. William A. Davis unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Report of the committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to the subject of a National University. December 11 1816. Read and with an accompanying bill for the establishment of a National University committed to a committee of the whole House tomorrow.‎

‎Washington 1816. 8vo. 5 pp. <br><br>Includes p. 5 estimates of the cost of land and buildings. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 4. Printed at head of title: 4. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 39621. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation at top margin of title-page. Age-toned. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Report of the Committee to whom was referred the memorial of Commodore Rodgers. February 7 1816. Read and committed to a committee of the whole House on Friday next.‎

‎Washington: William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 39 1 pp. <br><br>Report recommends that Commodore Rodgers be indemnified against any judgments in the case brought against him by John Donnell for the actions of officers under his command while boarding the schooner Eleanor actions that may have caused the sinking of that ship. Includes the "Letter from Commodore John Rodgers of the Navy of the United States addressed to the speaker soliciting the interference of Congress in an action of law between John Donnell and himself arising out of the discharge of his duties as an officer of the Navy." Also includes copies of the decree rendered by the Massachusetts District Court in October 1815 and supporting documents. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st Session no. 43. Printed at head of title: 43. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 39623. Removed from a nonce volume; stitch hole in inner margin not touching text. A librarian's lightly pencilled notation and War Dept. library rubber-stamp on title-page. Title-page browned at outer margin. Toned. William A. Davis unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Report of the select committee appointed on the 5th instant to take into consideration the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States in respect to the election of a president and vice president of the United States; accompanied with a joint resolution to effect that object. December 22 1823. Read and with the said resolution committed to a committee of the whole House on the state of the Union.‎

‎Washington: Pr. by Gales & Seaton 1823. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>Government document: House document: United States. Congress. House; 18th Congress 1st session no. 8. <br>    <br>    Shoemaker 14729. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numerals and the signature of a contemporary owner on p. 1. Shallow tear at lower inner corner of p. 1. Foxing and waterstaining throughout. Pr. by Gales & Seaton unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Report on the petition of Moses Turner. January 23 1816. Read and ordered to be printed.‎

‎Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Concerning the petitioner's prayer to be discharged from both prison and the payment due the United States on a judgement against him as surety for Nathaniel Taft in a claim on goods seized by the United States for nonpayment of import duties. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 28. Printed at head of title: 21. Printed at head of p. 2: 28. House document no. 28. Number is misprinted on p. 1 but printed correctly on p. 2. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 39637. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation and War Dept. rubber-stamp on the title-page. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books‎

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‎drop-title Steamboats. May 18 1832. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.‎

‎Washington 1832. 8vo. 192 pp. 1 f.; fold plt. <br><br>On steamboat boiler explosions. Stated on first page: "Mr. Wickliffe . made the following report: The Select Committee to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury and the documents accompanying the same upon the subject of the explosions of boilers in boats propelled by steam have had the same under consideration and devoted as much of their time to its investigation as was compatible with the discharge of their other duties as members of this House." Illustrated with a full-page engraving and folding plate with one leaf of explanations not included in pagination. Government document: 22d Congress 1st Session. Rep. No. 478. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; three small holes in inner margin touching a few letters of text from a couple of pages only. Short tear in upper margin of one page final leaf with folded bottom left corner. Some pages browned and spotted. First page with inked numeral in upper margin. Outer margin of pp. 52 100 102 closely trimmed with several letters and page numbers shaved without affecting overall sense of text. Some pages unopened. Folding plate with tears along folds and chip at bottom just touching illustration. unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎drop-title Tariff slavery Mexican war &c. Resolutions of the general assembly of Rhode Island relative to the tariff slavery Mexican war &c.‎

‎Washington: Ritchie & Heiss print. 1847. 8vo 22.5 cm; 8.875". 3 pp. <br><br>Resolutions dated 10 February 1847 that the Rhode Island general assembly wants to enact a harsher tariff does not support slavery in new territories and hopes for "gradual extinguishment whenever public sentiment will permit it" and wishes for peace with Mexico as quickly as possible as it is "a contest waged to no valuable end."<br>    House document United States. Congress. House 29th Congress 2nd session doc. no. 85. Removed from a nonce volume; light age-toning with small chipping along top margins. The number 34 inked in upper margin of first page. Ritchie & Heiss, print. unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎Farther report in part of the committee appointed on the 22d of November last who were directed by a resolution of the House of the 24th of the same month "To enquire into the expediency of amending the several acts providing for the sale of the public lands of the United States.".‎

‎Washington 1804. 8vo. 15 pp. <br><br>27th January 1804. Read and referred to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next." Includes correspondence of Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 7497. Removed from a nonce volume. Pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎Petition and documents of Gabriel Winter. Ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives.‎

‎Washington D.C.: Pr. by E. De Krafft 1818. 8vo. 28 pp. <br><br>Winter’s memorial addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives is dated Dec. 19 1815. The memorial and supporting documents the latest dated Dec. 17 1817 were considered by the Committee on Private Land Claims which issued a report on Dec. 30 1817. Concerns 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. Caption title. At head of title in square brackets: 36. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 46454. Removed from a nonce volume. Pr. by E. De Krafft] unknown books‎

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‎Post Office Department—rates of postage &c. May 15 1844. Read and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.‎

‎Washington: Blair & Rives 1844. 8vo. 21 pp. <br><br>Report of George Washington Hopkins D-Va from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads on the readjustment of postage rates. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 28th Congress 1st session no. 477. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral at top of title-page and notation at bottom of p. 21. Blair & Rives unknown books‎

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‎United States. Congress. House.‎

‎Report from the committee appointed on the 23d ultimo to enquire into the expediency of extending the time for claimants to lands under the state of Georgia lying south of the state of Tennessee to register the evidences of their title with the Secretary of State. 4th December 1804. Read and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next.‎

‎Washington City: Pr. by William Duane & Son 1804. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>The committee is of the opinion that the current period of 10 months the time allowed for registering claims under the law is so short that there is high probability of its elapsing before the claimants could avail themselves its provision. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 7585. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Moderate foxing. Pr. by William Duane & Son unknown books‎

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‎Report from the committee to whom was referred on the 5th of February last a motion in the form of two resolutions of the House "Respecting the ajdustment of the existing disputes between the commissioners of the city of Washington and other persons who may conceive themselves injured by the several alterations made in the plan of the said city: also relative to a plan of the said city of Washington conformably as nearly as may be to the original design thereof with certain exceptions." 8th April 1802.‎

‎Washington 1802. 8vo. 32 pp. <br><br>Relates to changes in the original L'Enfant and Ellicott plans of Washington D.C. "Read and ordered to be referred to a committee of the white house on Monday next. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 3389. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎Report in part from the committee to whom were referred on the 22d of November last and 4th instant the petitions of sundry residents and purchasers of land in the state of Ohio.‎

‎Washington 1804. 8vo. 18 pp. <br><br>13 proposed resolutions on land titles in Ohio. Includes also the "Letter from the Chairman of the Committee appointed to enquire into the expediency of amending the several acts providing for the sale of the public lands of the United States" dated December 1 1803. "23d January 1804. Read and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 7588. Removed from a nonce volume. Pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Fore-edge of two leaves a little ragged with some loss of paper. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎Report in part of the Committee to whom was referred on the twenty-ninth ultimo so much of the message of the President of the United States as relates to aggressions committed within our ports and waters by foreign armed vessels; to violations of our jurisdiction and to measures necessary for the protection of our ports and harbours. November 17 1807. Read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.‎

‎City of Washington: A & G. Way prs. 1807. 8vo. 72 pp. <br><br>On U.S. coast defenses and British agression in the Chesapeake. <br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 14047. Removed from a nonce volume; two stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. A little pencilling in top right corner of p. 1. A & G. Way, prs. unknown books‎

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‎Report of the committee appointed on so much of the message of the President as relates to the manufacture of cannon and small arms and the providing the munitions of war. December 16th 1811. Read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Friday next.‎

‎Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1811. 8vo. 6 pp. <br><br><br>    <br>    Shaw & Shoemaker 24266. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation on title-page. Very good. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books‎

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