Parker, Isaiah. (See bill H. R. 162.)

Parmeter, Welcome, petition of

report and bill (see bill S. 218)

Parnell, Wiley B. (See bill H. R. 142.)

Paris, citizens of United States in, memorial, purchase of Catlin's
collection

Pascagoula river, improvement of, memorial of Mississippi
Pass Christien, erection of barracks at, documents referred
Passaic river, resolution of New Jersey for the removal of ob-
structions in

Pasteur, Charles. (See Sally Bass.)

Patapsco river, light-boat at the mouth of, resolution of Mary-

Page.

108

374

355

192

63

61

222

226

246

powers of the chief clerk of. (See bill H. R. 217.)
` yeas and nays

Patents, Commissioner of, annual report of

383

164

motion to print additional copies 168, 179, 191, 230,

yeas and nays -

Patents, suspended, establishment of a board to determine cases

of, resolution

Pattison, Godfrey, and others, petition

Patton, Captain John. (See bill H. R. 245.)

Paulding county, Ohio, citizens petition for a reduction of the
price of public lands in that county

Peace, adoption of measures for the perpetuation of, memorial
Peale, Titian R., petition of

leave to withdraw

Pea Patch island, expediency of a fortification on, resolution
Pearce, Philip, petition

publication of additional copies of the works of the ex-
ploring expedition
distribution to the army of public property captured
furnishing the Senators with the Congressional debates

Pearl river, appropriation of lands for the improvement of. (See

additional documents

adverse report

Pennsylvania, memorials and petitions of citizens, &c.-
against the admission of Texas as a slave State

165, 176

37, 50, 56,
61, 62, 70

47

western Pennsylvania and Ohio, for a steamboat
canal round the falls of St. Mary
erection of a light-house on Brandywine shoals 80, 81, 85,

93, 138
abolition of slavery 149, 191, 206, 230, 234, 298, 301, 387
construction of harbors at Reedy Island and Bomba
108, 114, 116, 119, 144, 149

hook

admission of steel duty free

190

203

142

191

192

477

245

257

344

353

182

290, 301

establishment of a national foundry in that State

Pennsylvania legislature, resolutions of—

against an increase in the rates of postage
construction of a road from the United States arse-
nal at Pittsburg to Erie harbor

repair of the piers at Marcus Hook
improvement of the Allegheny, Ohio, and Missis-
sippi rivers

establishment of a naval depot at Erie

in favor of the tariff of 1842, opposed to a national
bank and to the distribution of the proceeds of
the public lands, and in favor of the indepen-
dent treasury

Pennybacker, Hon Isaac S., credentials presented, and oath ad-

Page.

Pennybacker, Hon. Isaac S. resolutions submitted by, viz:

amendment of the act of June 19, 1840, relative

to the payment of pensions

102

death of the Hon. William Taylor, a representa-
tive from Virginia

107

amendment of an act for the relief of Mary Ann

Linton.

Pensacola, dry dock at, resolutions

report of the Secretary of the Navy

referred

mail communication between Key West and, reso-

lution

Pension laws, printing of the, resolution

Pension agents, compensation to. (See bill S. 139.)

Pensions, Commissioner of, continuation of the office of, resolu-

465

335, 339

223, 340

Pensions, report of the Secretary of War on

to soldiers in the last war with Great Britain, petition
committee discharged

amendment of the act of June 19, 1840, relative to the

committee discharged, and again referred

report -

report of the Secretary of the Navy

appropriations for the payment of. (See bill H. R. 65.)

Pensions, navy. (See Navy pensions.)

Peoples & Co. (See Catlin, Peoples, & Co.)

Peoria, Illinois, rights of the ancient French inhabitants of, to
lands or lots at that place, resolution -

Periodical works, publishers of American reprints of foreign, pe-
tition

Perkins, Angier M., petition

tion

(See bill S. 26.)
report of

66

107

38

62

480

102

150

257, 264

107

Perkins, Hector, petition of

adverse report

201

236

93

98

155, 166

180

Peru, transportation of the mail to Callao in, resolution

to carry into effect a convention with. (See bill H. R.

Peyton, Hon. Joseph H., a representative from Tennessee, death

of announced, and the proceedings thereon

Phelps, Mary. (See bill H. R. 336.)

restoring the inspector general and office

printing of the President's message of September 13th,
1841, relative to the late convention with Sardinia

Phelps, Hon. Samuel S., resolutions submitted by, viz:

commissioners appointed under act 20th February, 1812,
to inquire into and take bail for offences committed in
dockyards, arsenals, and other places under the ex-
clusive jurisdiction of the United States
Philadelphia Board of Trade, memorial for the survey of the

Ohio
Philadelphia city and.county, petitions of citizens of—
for the amendment of the naturalization laws
for a national foundry in Pennsylvania
proceedings of a meeting of citizens of, relative to the
establishment of a national foundry at Port Rich-
mond, Pa.

Page.

184

47

130

290, 301

257, 262, 305

proceedings of a meeting of citizens of, in relation to Or-
egon and the national defences

shippers and importers, memorial against bill H. R. 384
against any change in the mode of collecting duties

yeas and nays -

ordered to be printed

Philadelphia, citizens of

committee discharged

150

proceedings of a board of commissioners of Kensington,
relative to the construction of a dry dock

137

merchants and others, petition for harbors at Reedy Isl-
and and Bomba Hook

memorial, peaceful adjustment of international difficulties

association of Friends in, petition for the abolition of
slavery, and against the admission of Texas as a slave
State

memorial and proceedings adopted at a meeting in, rela-
tive to a dry dock at that place, and fortifications on
the Delaware

memorial of the select and common councils of, medical
attendance on board emigrant ships

226

memorial of the select and common councils of, relative
to a dry dock at that place

425

memorial of citizens of, for a modification of the patent
laws

246

shipowners, shipmasters, and others, petition against the
repeal of the pilot law

257

proceedings of a meeting, relative to Oregon and the na-
tional defences

proceedings of a meeting, relative to war with Mexico
board of trade, memorial, prevention of the introduction

of infectious diseases by emigrant vessels
importers of wines and liquors, petition for specific duties
female inhabitants, petition for the abolition of slavery
importers of watches, jewelry, and precious stones, peti-
tion against an increase of duties on those articles

262

295

273

290

301

317

Philadelphia-

library, committee of, memorial, duty on books, maps,
and scientific and literary apparatus -
manufacturers of glass and soap, memorial, duty on soda
ash

memorial of the board of wardens of the port of, relative

to a dry dock -

coal merchants, memorial, duty on coal

yeas and nays

Page.

373

407

425

434

435

ordered to be printed

445

Phillips, Nathaniel, petition referred

85

report and bill (see bill S. 54)

110

Pierie, John G. (See bill H. R. 56.)

Pike county, Missouri. (See Lincoln county.)

Pike, Zebulon M. (See Clara H. Pike.)

Pike, Clara H., widow of Zebulon M. Pike, petitions -

Pike's island, contract with J. B. & P. Ferribault for the pur-
chase of, resolution

335

documents

335

Pilots, relative to the appointment of, by the States, resolutions
of New York

Pilot law of March 2, 1837, petitions for the repeal of
resolutions of Maryland for the repeal of
petitions against the repeal of 104, 111, 236, 245, 257, 258, 262,
273, 289, 295, 303, 308, 321, 455
resolution of New Jersey, against the repeal of

Pistole, Elizabeth, widow of Charles Pistole, resolution

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, memorial of citizens of, in relation to

the admission of States into the Union

memorial of the members of the bar at

United States arsenal at, construction of a road from,
to Erie, resolutions of Pennsylvania

port of entry, and collector at, memorials

Pittsford, N. Y., memorial of citizens for fortifications at Roch-

Placy, Joseph. (See bill S. 6.)

Polk county, Iowa, land for a seat of justice of. (See bill H.

98

206

126, 138

301, 328

200