Subject.

INTERIOR. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE-

In relation to the right of the State of Kansas to certain lands sold
to the United States by the Osage Indians, under the treaty of
September 29, 1855

In relation to clerks employed in the Interior Department.
Internal Revenue, Commissioner of. In relation to the collection of
taxes on tobacco manufactured in the Indian country
International Steamship Company for constructing and placing iron
steamships in transatlantic service. Proposals of

Iron steamships in transatlantic service. Message of the President of
the United States, communicating proposals of the International Steam-
ship Company for constructing and placing..
Iron-clad ships of the Navy of the United States. Message of the Pres-
ident of the United States in relation to the .
Israelites in Roumania. Message of the President of the United States
relative to the reported massacre of..

J.

Japan. Message of the President of the United States, communicating
correspondeuce relating to American interests in...
Japan. Message of the President of the United States, communicating
information as to what legislation is necessary to insure the adminis-
tration of justice and to protect American interests in China and .....

K.

Kansas. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the sale
of certain lands in Kansas known as the lands of the Black Bob band of
Shawnees

Kansas. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the right
of the State of, to certain lands sold to the United States by the Osage
Indians, under the treaty of September 29, 1865....
Knox, John Jay and H. R. Linderman. Report upon refining and part-
ing the precious metals at the assay office, New York.

L.

Land claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department in Florida
Land claimed, held, or occupied as military reservations in the State of
Florida..

Lands in California previously withdrawn for the uses of the Southern
Pacific railroad. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to
orders restoring the..

Lands claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department for naval or
other purposes in the State of Louisiana. Letter of the Secretary of
the Navy..

Land office at Indianapolis, expense of maintaining the. Letter of the
Secretary of the Interior.

Lands sold for taxes in the late insurrectionary States, opinion of the
Attorney General and letter of L. E. Chittenden relative to the evic-
tion by State courts of certain purchasers of. Letter of the Secretary
of the Treasury..

Light-house at the mouth of Aquina Bay, Oregon. Report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury in relation to constructing a harbor.
Linderman, H. R., special agent Treasury Department, report of, upon
branch mint in San Francisco..

Little Rock, Arkansas, arsenal buildings and grounds at. Letter of
the Secretary of War.

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Louisiana. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the lands
claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department for naval or other
purposes in the State of..

Louisiana. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to public
lands in..

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McDougall, Hon. William, presence of, at Pembina, in Dakota Territory,
and the opposition by the inhabitants of Selkirk Settlement to his
assumption of the office of governor of the Northwest Territory.
Message of the President of the United States.....

McIntyre, H. H., special agent of the Treasury Department, report of, on
Alaska. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury..
Marine hospital establishment. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
to meet the current expenses of the......

Marine hospital and grounds in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the present con-
dition of the..

Marine hospital building at New Orleans. Letter of the Secretary of
the Treasury in relation to the.

Michler, N., officer acting as Commissioner of Public Buildings and
Grounds, report of, relative to the new Navy Yard bridge across the
Anacostia River...

Military reservations. Letter of the Secretary of War, submitting a
draught of a bill to provide for the disposition of useless...
Military stores lost on the Missouri River by the destruction of steamers.
Letter of the Secretary of War...

Minnesota. Fort Ridgely military reservation in.
tary of War....

Minnesota.

Report of the Secre-

Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the Fort
Ripley military reservation in....

Mint from the city of New Orleans to the city of New York, in relation
to removing the United States branch. Letter of the Secretary of the
Treasury...

Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
in relation to the present condition of the United States branch..........
Mint property in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Letter of the
Secretary of the Treasury respecting the title of the United States to
the branch......

Mississippi, action of the legislature of, in reference to the proposed
fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Mes-
sage of the President of the United States...
Mississippi River. Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to obstruc-
tions to navigation at the Southwest Pass of the...
Montano, Esteban G. Message of the President of the United States,
communicating proceedings under the convention between the United
States and Peru in relation to the claim of......

N.

National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter of the Secre-
tary of War in relation to a transfer of fund for sick and wounded
soldiers to the...

National cemeteries. Letter of Attorney General, copy of opinion re-
lating to our...

National cemeteries of the United States for 1869. Letter of the Secre-
tary of War, communicating the report of the inspector of the...........
NAVY. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE-

Lands claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department in Louis-
iana..........

Land claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department in Florida.
In regard to officers of the navy residing permanently or temporarily
in Washington City; of officers of the navy on duty in Washing-
ton at the date of the meeting of the present Congress; of officers
of the navy who have been ordered to report for special duty in
Washington since that date; and of officers and members of the
senior class of midshipmen attached to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis who have visited Washington under orders or leave of
absence since the date aforesaid ...
In relation to the iron-clad ships belonging to the navy of the United
States....

NAVY.

Subject.

LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE-

In relation to a settlement with the Corliss Steam-Engine Company
for naval engines manufactured for the government
Communicating information in regard to officers of the navy residing
permanently or temporarily in Washington City; of officers of
the navy on duty in Washington at the date of the meeting of
the present Congress; of officers of the navy who have been
ordered to report for special duty in Washington since that date; !
and of officers and members of the senior class of midshipmen at-
tached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis who have visited
Washington under orders or leave of absence since the date afore-
said...

Navy Yard bridge across the Anacostia River, report and survey relative
to the new. Letter of the Secretary of War..

New Orleans, Louisiana. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in re-
lation to the present condition of the United States Marine Hospital
and grounds in the city of..

Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the present
condition of the United States branch mint at.

Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the title of the
United States to the branch mint property in....

New Orleans. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to re-
moving the United States branch mint from, to the city of New York,
and in relation to the condition thereof..

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Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the Marine
Hospital building at.

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Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the present
condition of, and expenditures upon the...

2

Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Letter of the Secretary of the In-
terior, communicating reports made by the...
Northwest Territory. Message of the President of the United States,
communicating information relating to the presence of Hon. William
McDougall at Pembina, in Dakota Territory, and the opposition
by the inhabitants of Selkirk Settlement to his assumption of the
office of governor of the....

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0.

Officers of the navy. (See Navy.)

Officers commissioned by the Department of State, the compensation
allowed to each of said appointments, and the State from where ap-
pointed. Message of the President of the United States
Ordnance Department during the year 1869, contracts and purchases of
the. Letter of the Secretary of War..

Oregon. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to con-
structing a harbor light-house at the mouth of Aquina Bay, in the
State of...

Oregon. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating infor-
mation in relation to the Indians of Southeastern..

Osage Indians. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the
right of the State of Kansas to certain lands sold to the United States
by the, under the treaty of September 29, 1865..

P.

Pacific railroad companies, statement of the bonds issued to the various.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury

1

Pacific Railroad Company. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior com-
municating reports made by the Northern...

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Pacific railroad. Report on the final completion of the.

Peru. Message of the President of the United States in relation to the
claim of Esteban G. Montano

Piegan Indians in Montana. Message of the President of the United
States communicating information concerning the recent engagement
of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, with the....

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Political questions in Germany, correspondence relating to. Message
of the President of the United States....

Postage statistics. Letter of the Postmaster General in relation to
Postal convention with France of March 2, 1857. Letter of the Post-
master General, correspondence with the French government rela-
tive to a modification of the

POSTMASTER GENERAL. LETTERS OF the—

Correspondence with the French government relative to a modifica-
tion of the postal convention with France of March 2, 1857....
Papers relating to the claim of Foster Blodgett, as late postmaster
at Augusta, Georgia

Information relative to blank petitions sent from that department
for the abolition of the franking privilege

In relation to postage statistics.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. MESSAGES FROM THE-

Reports in regard to the political and civil condition of Georgia.
Progress of the revolution in Cuba, and the political and civil con-
dition of the island.....

Correspondence between the United States and Great Britain con-
cerning questions pending between the two countries since the
rejection of the claims convention by the Senate
Relating to the action which has been had in the district of Virginia
under the act "authorizing the submission of the constitutions of
Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas to a vote of the people, and
authorizing the election of State officers provided by the said
constitutions and members of Congress".

Relative to a reciprocity treaty on the subject of trade and com-
merce between the United States and the Dominion of Canada
Returning bill (S. 273) entitled "An act for the relief of Rollin
White," with his objections

Report of the Secretary of State made in compliance with the
requirements of an act entitled “An act to regulate the diplomatic
and consular systems of the United States," approved August 18,
1856, relative to fees collected by consular officers.
Action of the legislature of Mississippi in reference to the proposed
fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States..
Relating to the presence of Hon. William McDougall, at Pem-
bina, in Dakota Territory, and the opposition by the inhabitants
of Selkirk Settlement to his assumption of the office of governor
of the Northwest Territory..

In relation to the proceedings had in the State of Georgia in pursu-
ance of the act of Congress entitled "An act to promote the recon-
struction of Georgia," and in relation to the organization of the
legislature of that State since the passage of that act

In relation to the claims of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company to continue and extend its road, and to receive
in aid of the construction thereof lands and bonds from the
United States.

List of officers commissioned by the Department of State, the com-
pensation allowed to each of said appointments, and the State
from where appointed

In relation to the appropriations heretofore made to provide for the
defense of certain suits now pending in the Court of Claims known
as the cotton cases..

In relation to the enforcement or attempt to enforce the payment of
taxes by Cherokees on products manufactured in the Cherokee
nation and sold within the Indian Territory

Concerning the recent engagement of Brevet Colonel Baker, United
States Army, with the Piegan Indians in Montana .
Correspondence relating to American interests in Japan.

Correspondence relating to the imprisonment of Davis Hatch by the
Dominican government.

Dispatches of J. Somers Smith in relation to the imprisonment of
Davis Hatch by the Dominican government

Relative to the obligations of Congress to make the necessary appro-
priations to carry out the Indian treaties made by what is known
as the Peace Commission of 1867

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. MESSAGES FROM THE-
Legislation necessary to insure the administration of justice and
to protect American interests in China and Japan.

Correspondence in regard to the so-called "Transcontinental, Mem-
phis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad Company".

Information as to what States have ratified the amendment known
as the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United
States..

Recommending early legislative action toward an increase of the
commerce of the United States

In relation to the iron-clad ships belonging to the navy of the
United States
Communicating the proclamation of the Secretary of State of the
ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, and recommending the adoption of means to pro-
mote education throughout the country

In relation to the claim of Esteban G. Montano

In relation to the passage of an English or Canadian steamer through
the canal of the Sault Ste. Marie

In relation to an organized band of persons at Cheyenne, in the
Territory of Wyoming, or vicinity, the number and designs of
such persons.

Copy of a dispatch of Henry T. Blow, United States minister to
Brazil, dated December 18, 1869, in relation to the commercial
interests of the United States with South America.
Correspondence relating to political questions in Germany.
Relative to the massacre of Israelites in Roumania..

Making certain recommendations in relation to the existing insur-
rection in Cuba..

Proposals of the International Steamship Company for constructing
and placing iron steamships in transatlantic service.

In relation to the seizure of American vessels and injuries to Ameri-
can citizens during the hostitilies in Cuba..

Returning with his objections the bill (S. 476) entitled "An act to fix
the status of certain federal soldiers enlisting in the Union army
from the States of Alabama and Florida"

In relation to the condition of the commercial relations between
the United States and the Spanish-American States on this conti-
nent, and between those countries and other nations

In relation to the emancipation of slaves in Cuba.
Correspondence between the United States and Great Britain con-
cerning questions pending between the two countries

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Calling the attention of Congress to the necessity of the passage of
certain measures before the adjournment of the session..

In relation to the importation of Chinese coolies into the United
States...

Proclamation of the Secretary of State of the ratification of the fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United States

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Q.

Quartermaster's Department of the army. Letter of the Secretary of
War relative to the number, location, and rent of buildings occupied
by the.....

R.

Reciprocity treaty on the subject of trade and commerce between the
United States and the Dominion of Canada. Message of the President
of the United States...

Revenue marine service. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury com-
municating a report of the special commission appointed to consider
and report upon the character of vessels best adapted for the...
Revenue marine service. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury com-
municating statements regarding the..