UNITED STATES CONGRESS - ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS (1820s-1840s)

UNITED STATES CONGRESS - ARCHIVE OF DOCUMENTS (1820s-1840s) An archive of House, Senate and other documents, all apparently originally the property of Rep. Jeromus Johnson of New York, as follows: 1.JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON DECEMBER 1, 1828. Washington, Duff Green, 1828. 104pp., unbound and uncut, covering the period ending Feb. 3, 1829. 2.JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the same period. 240pp., unbound and uncut, but apparently lacking a final page, as p. 240 ends in mid-sentence. 3.COMMITTEE REPORTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the period January 19 - February 12, 1829, numbers 49 - 77, but lacking numbers 72 and 75. These are reports relating to claims against the government, and other private requests, with recommended actions thereon. Included, inter alia are: a.#49. 6pp. Committee on Agriculture re Petition of Jacob Clarke for a grant of public land on which to cultivate mulberry trees in New York State preparatory to the culture of silk. The Report recounts the diminution of exports during the on-going depression and compares it to the contiuing, and increasing importation of silk during the same period, concluding that encouragement of the development of a domestic silk industry would be beneficial. b.#50. 22pp, plus tables. Committee on Commerce. Recommendations relative to trade with British colonies in the West Indies. c.#54. 10pp. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Recommendations regarding claims of estate of Samuel Sitgreaves for salary and expenses incurred in 1783 while he served as a Treaty Commissioner in England. d.#56. 1 page. Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Recommendation to pay to the surviving heirs of a Revolutionary War officer amounts in respect of two loan certificates paid to the officer but never negotiated. e.#58. Committee on Military Affairs. 40 pages. Recommendation to reject a petition of General Winfield Scott respecting his 1814 appointment by Brevet to the rank of Major General. f.#60. 12pp. Committee on the District of Columbia recommending that action not be taken to make the District a free a