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From: "Denise Rason" <>
Subject: [Fessenden] Fw: PML Search Result matching Fessenden 1856
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:26:56 -0000


Hello all

There are 7 of these messages that I arrive today which I will forward to
you so hope you won't be too overwhelmed.
Denise

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From: "Dianne" <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:41 PM

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> Senate Journal--TUESDAY, March 18, 1856.
>
> TUESDAY, March 18, 1856.
>
> The following message was received from the President of the United
> States by Mr. Webster, his Secretary:
> To the Senate and House of Representatives:
> I transmit to Congress the copy of a correspondence which has
> recently taken place between her Britannic Majesty's minister,
> accredited to this government, and the Secretary of State, in order
> that the expediency of sanctioning the acceptance by the officers of
> the United States, who were in the American expedition in search of
> Sir John Franklin, of such token of thankfulness as may be offered to
> them on the part of her Majesty's government for their services on
> the occasion referred to, may be taken into consideration.
> FRANKLIN PIERCE.
> Washington, March 17, 1856.
> The message was read.
> Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
> Mr. Dodge presented a petition of citizens of Wisconsin, praying the
> establishment of a mall route from Sparta to Montaville in that
> State; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and
> Post Roads.
> Mr. Sumner presented the memorial of the Boston Board of Trade,
>
> Page 189 |
> praying the adoption of measures for the protection of American
> commerce against piracies in the shallow bays and waters along the
> China coast; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
> Mr. Sumner presented a petition of the Pennsylvania yearly meeting of
> Progressive Friends, praying the adoption of measures for the
> amicable settlement of all international difficulties; which was
> referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
> Mr. Sumner presented resolutions of the Boston Society of Natural
> History, testifying their high estimation of the services of those
> officers of the navy who have of late years been charged with
> important scientific duties, and in favor of the establishment of a
> permanent scientific board of naval officers; which were referred to
> the Committee on Naval Affairs.
> Mr. Sumner presented a petition of a committee, appointed at a
> meeting of citizens of Truro, Massachusetts, praying the adoption of
> measures for the protection of Cape Cod harbor, which was referred to
> the Committee on Commerce.
> Mr. Sumner presented a memorial of the Indiana yearly meeting of the
> Society of Friends, held at Newport, Indiana, praying the prohibition
> of the slave trade between the States, and the abolition of slavery
> in the District of Columbia; that slavery may be prohibited in the
> Territories of the United States, and especially in the Territories
> of Kansas and Nebraska, and also the repeal of the fugitive slave
> law.
> Ordered, That it lie on the table.
> Mr. Sumner presented the petition of Castner Hanway, praying
> indemnity for his imprisonment upon a charge of high treason against
> the United States, of which he was acquitted, and reimbursement of
> the expenses incurred by him in his trial; which was referred to the
> Committee of Claims.
> Mr. Fish presented the petition of Shepherd Knapp, praying
> compensation for services as pension agent for the city of New York;
> which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.
> Mr. Fessenden presented the petition of the surviving children of
> Ebenezer Murch, a lieutenant in the revolutionary army, praying
> compensation for his losses and military services in the
> revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on
> Revolutionary Claims.
> Mr. Fessenden presented the petition of Sophia Mason, heir of James
> Means, an officer in the revolutionary, praying to be allowed
> commutation pay; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary
> Claims.
> On motion by Mr. Fessenden,
> Ordered, That the petition of William R. Nevins, on the files of the
> Senate, be referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent
> Office.
> Mr. Fessenden presented a petition of citizens of Windham, Maine,
> praying that provision may be made for compensating, from the
> treasury of the United States, the owners of slaves in such States as
> shall, within a given period, abolish slavery or involuntary
> servitude, except as a punishment for crime, within their limits.
>
> Page 190 |
> Ordered, That it lie on the table.
> Mr. Sumner presented additional papers in relation to the petition of
> Sarah B. Hobbins: which were referred to the Committee on
> Revolutionary Claims.
> Mr. Foster presented the petition of professors of mathematics in the
> navy stationed at Washington, praying an increase of compensation;
> which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
> Mr. Durkee presented the petition of Effie Van Ness, widow of Gant
> Van Ness, a revolutionary officer, praying to be allowed a pension;
> which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
> Mr. Durkee presented the petition of Prudence Couch, widow of John
> Couch, a revolutionary soldier, praying to be allowed a pension;
> which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.
> Mr. Durkee presented the petition of William Patterson, a soldier in
> the last war with Great Britain, praying to be allowed a pension;
> which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.
> Mr. Collamer presented the petition of Reuben Clough, praying to be
> allowed arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on
> Pensions.
> Mr. Pratt presented a petition of merchants and importers of the city
> of Baltimore, praying a reduction of the duties on undyed and
> unfinished woollen goods; which was referred to the Committee on
> Finance.
> Mr. Mallory presented the petition of James R. Hanham, military
> storekeeper at St. Augustine, Florida, praying compensation for
> services rendered by him in the Engineer, Subsistence, and
> Quartermaster's Departments of the army; which was referred to the
> Committee on Military Affairs.
> Mr. Mallory presented a petition of the clerk and messenger in the
> office of the assistant quartermaster of the marine corps at New
> York, praying to be allowed the twenty per cent. on their pay that
> was allowed to other employees of the government; which was referred
> to the Committee on Military Affairs.
> Mr. Sebastian presented a memorial of the delegates and
> representatives of the Choctaw nation of Indians, praying that
> provision may be made for the final settlement of their claims under
> the treaty of 1830 and all subsequent treaties; which was referred to
> the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
> Mr. Jones, of Iowa, presented two petitions of citizens of Iowa,
> praying the establishment of a mail route from Clarksville to Nevada,
> in that State; which were referred to the Committee on the Post
> Office and Post Roads.
> On motion by Mr. Jones, of Iowa,
> Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the
> further consideration of the petition of John McDonald and others,
> and that it be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
> Mr. Weller presented a memorial of D. E. Twiggs and other officers of
> the army, praying an increase of the commutation price of the army
> ration; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
>
> Page 191 |
> Mr. Jones, of Iowa, submitted the following resolution; which was
> considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That
> the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to
> enquire into the expediency of establishing mail routes from
> Dunleith, Illinois, via Potosi, Wisconsin, to Lancaster. Also from
> Sioux city, Iowa, via the Vermillion river, in Minnesota. Territory,
> to Fort Pierre, in Nebraska Territory, and from said Sioux city via
> L'Eau qui Cours river, in Nebraska Territory, to the South Pass.
> Mr. Johnson submitted the following resolution; which was considered
> by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
> Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
> enquire into the expediency of creating a post route from Danville up
> Dutch creek to Waldron, in the State of Arkansas.
> Mr. Hamlin asked, and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring
> in a bill (S. 175) to regulate appraisement of imported merchandise;
> which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent,
> referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
> Mr. Rusk, agreeably to notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a
> bill (S. 176) to establish a separate judicial district south of the
> Gila, and to create the office of surveyor general therein, to
> provide for the adjudication of certain land claims, to grant
> donations to actual settlers, to convey certain lands, and for other
> purposes: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous
> consent, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be
> printed.
> Mr. Houston presented a paper, signed by certain members of the
> legislature of Maryland, disapproving the action of the late Naval
> Board; and,
> After debate,
> On motion by Mr. Clayton,
> The Senate adjourned.

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