Tables of and Annotated Index to the Congressional Series of United States Public Documents: Prepared in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office |
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Page 8 - ... royal octavo form, the size of the pages to be the same as those of the late edition of the laws of the United States ; and that when any tables will not admit, with the use of a...
Page 9 - In a speech on that date, in reply to a scathing opposing tirade on the part of Mr Jesse Speight, of North Carolina, Mr William Drayton, of South Carolina, said: "The documents referred to comprehend those state papers of the Executive and its departments, and those reports of both branches of Congress, which are of peculiar importance, from their throwing light upon the principles of the interior and exterior policy of our Government during the long interval which elapsed from the adoption of the...
Page 9 - American state papers", in 38 volumes, which were the outcome of this and subsequent legislation, are doubtless among the most valuable public documents ever provided for by Congress. This compilation can be found in nearly all the large libraries, and when it is realized that it contains reprints of the more important documents of all classes from 1789 to 1833, and of some classes up to 1838, also many others which had never before been printed; when their convenient form, excellent...
Page 9 - ... House of representatives, and the limited editions thus ordered account for the scarcity of the original prints. Even as early as 1829, when an attempt was made to reprint the more important of these early papers, it was reported to Representative Barringer, by the Clerk of the House, that from 1793 to 1803 not a vestige of manuscript, and only a scattered few printed copies, were extant. (See Congressional debates, v. 5, p. 376). The destruction of the Capitol in 1814 cost most of the remaining...
Page 8 - ... a regular series in the order of time in which they shall be directed to be printed: The number of each document to be distinctly marked on the top of the title-page and every subsequent page, in addition to the number of each page of such document . Although this act ion was taken at.
Page 6 - ... complete list of the publications of the United States government, known to have been printed," to be published in three parts and then consolidated into one volume with a general index. pt 2 covers the documents of the 15th-52d Congresses; pt 1 is to cover those of the...
Page 136 - Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures for Public Buildings, Rivers and Harbors, Forts, Arsenals, Armories, and Other Public Works from March 4, 1789 to June SO, 1882, US Senate Ex.
Page 9 - Capitol in 1814 cost most of the remaining surplus of the documents, and heightened the interest in a reprint of them in a more accessible form. Year after year attempts were made to accomplish this end; but political feuds and personal animosities created much dissension and spirited debate, and it was not until March 2, 1831, that the following bill was presented for the third reading and passed: "Be it enacted, etc., That the Clerk of the House of representatives hereby is authorized and directed...
Page 10 - ... are doubtless among the most valuable public documents ever provided for by Congress. This compilation can be found in nearly all the large libraries, and when it is realized that it contains reprints of the more important documents of all classes from 1789 to 1833, and of some classes up to 1838, also many others which had never before been printed; when their convenient form, excellent execution, and liberal indexing are taken into account, the questions of "how many...
Page 12 - extricate the more important documents from the scattered mass of worthless matter which composes nearly one-half of the Congressional set; "2^ those items not indexed because considered unimportant included appropriations (Indians or minor), condemned cannon, contested elections, 18Handlin, p.