Albert Gallatin Brown

A. McWillie and others

Major Alexander Bradford

Captain D. H. Cooper

Lieutenant Carnot Posey

Captain John Willis .

Lieutenant Daniel R. Russell

Lieutenant Daniel R. Russell

Captain J. L. McManus

Lieutenant R. N. Downing

Lieutenant S. A. D. Greaves

Capt. James H. R. Taylor

Captain W. P. Rogers

Lieutenant H. H. Patterson

Sergeant Major C. T. Harlan

Major Alexander Bradford

Lieutenant Amos B. Corwin

Captain D. H. Cooper

COMMUNICATIONS TO PAPERS, BY JEFFERSON Davis:

Editor of the Vicksburg Sentinel
Editor of the Washington Union

Washington Union

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REPORTS CONCERNING THE WAR WITH MEXICO:

Memoranda of transactions in connexion with capitulation of
Monterey, capital of Nueva Leon, Mexico

178

183

183

208

308

319

322

596

597

89

90

91

Memoranda of events connected with the Mississippi Riflemen

during the siege of Monterey

139

PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS:

State Democratic Convention, Jackson, Mississippi, January 3,

1844.

To the People of Mississippi, July 21, 1846

Honor to Our Volunteers

Reception in honor of the First Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,
War with Mexico, Natchez, Mississippi, June 15, 1847
Democratic State Convention, Columbus, Mississippi, 1849

SPEECHES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES:

Native Americanism and the Naturalization Laws, December 19,

1845 . .

Bill to raise regiment of mounted riflemen, March 8, 1846

Bill to raise two regiments of riflemen, March 27, 1846

Oregon question, April 17, 1846

Substitute bill on the Oregon question, offered by Jefferson
Davis, April 22, 1846 .

Resolutions of thanks to General Taylor

36

39

40

46

46

Bill to pay the California Claims

Bill making alterations in the pay department of the army, May

30, 1846

SPEECHES OF JEFFERSON DAVIS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE:

Bill to increase army, January 3, 1848

Resolution of thanks to General Taylor, February 17, 1848

Mexican War, bill, March 21, 1848

Bill to establish territorial government in Oregon

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181

189

Petition on the subject of colonizing free negroes, January 12,

1849 .

217

Bill to aid construction of proposed railroad across Isthmus of

Panama.

221

Report from committee to announce to General Taylor his election

as President of the United States, February 27, 1849

Bill to establish the Department of the Interior

Opinions of Father Mathew, on resolution to admit him to a

privileged seat, December 20, 1849

Vermont resolutions on the subject of slavery, January 10, 1850 250

Bill limiting expense of collecting revenue from customs, Janu-
ary 14, 1850

224

Resolution of inquiry relative to appointments by the President

in California, January 17, 1850

Petition against the extension of slavery in the Territories, Feb-
ruary 12, 1850

Slavery in the Territories, February 13 and 14, 1850

Compromise Resolutions concerning slavery, March 8, 1850

In defense of Mr. Buchanan's position on the slavery question,

March 18, 1850

Appropriation for Mexican Boundary Commission, April 16, 1850 323

Bill granting land to Illinois to construct the Central Railroad,

April 30, 1850

326 and 328

Joint Resolution providing aid to search for Sir John Franklin,

May 1, 1850

On presenting the report of the Legislature of Mississippi on the

slavery question, and the Nashville Convention, May 8, 1850

Bill to establish a branch mint in New York

Eulogy on the life and character of Senator F. H. Elmore

Report of Committee on Military Affairs, June 4, 1850

Increase of the army, June 6, 1850

Bill to increase the rank and file of the army, June 11, 1850

Bill granting to Arkansas the swamp lands of said state, June

13, 1850 .

Bill granting land to Mississippi to construct the Brandon and

Resolution offered by Jefferson Davis, July 3, 1850

Compromise Bill, July 18, 24, 25, 1850

Resolutions offered by Jefferson Davis, July 24 and 26, 1850

Compromise Bill, July 31, 1850

Bill to admit California as a State into the Union, August 3, 1850

In defense of General Taylor, on resolution of Mr. Cass on exer-

cise of civil power by military officers, August 5, 1850

Texas Boundary Question, August 9, 1850

Admission of California, August 10, 1850

Military Reconnaissance, Resolution offered by Jefferson Davis,

August 10, 1850

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403

422

423

435

436

474

480

501

Protest of Certain Senators against admission of California,

August 15, 1850 . .

Recapture of Fugitive Slaves, August 19 and 23, 1850

Military Academy Bill, August 29, 1850

Report of Committee on Military Affairs, September 3, 1850

Credentials of Senators from California, September 10, 1850

Slave trade in District of Columbia, September 10, 1850

Pension Bill, September 14, 1850 .

Report of Committee on Military Affairs, August 27, 1850

Resolution offered by Jefferson Davis, Survey of the Rio Grande,

August 27 and 28, 1850

524

524

Slave trade in District of Columbia, September 16, 1850

Report of Committee on Military Affairs, September 16, 1850

Bill to create office of surveyor general in Oregon and donating

land to settlers, September 17, 1850

Appropriations for certain custom-houses, September 19, 1850

Civil and Diplomatic Bill

Bill granting lands to States for indigent insane, September 26,

1850

Bounty Land Bill, September 2, 1850

557

560

Indian Appropriation Bill, September 26 and 27, 1850

Committee Report on Portraits of Presidents, September 27, 1850 567

Military Appropriation Bill, September 28, 1850
Naval Appropriation Bill, September 28, 1850 .
Resolutions of Mississippi commending conduct of Senator Davis
and censuring conduct of Senator Foote, December 19, 1850 600

Decree of the 13th July, 1824, prohibition by Congress of the

traffic in slaves

15th day of April, 1829, Decree of the Government, in virtue of

Extraordinary Powers. Abolition of Slavery in the Republic

5th day, April, 1837, Law (Slavery abolished)

Constitution of United States, Articles VIII and IX

Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, approved March 6,

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Protest against the California bill, by ten Senators, September,
1850

Petition to Jefferson Davis, signed by State Senator T. Jones

Stewart and 317 other citizens of Wilkinson County

Resolutions of Mississippi Legislature commending the conduct of

Senator Davis and censuring the conduct of Senator Foote,

December 19, 1850

Preamble and Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of

Mississippi in relation to our Senators and Representatives in

Congress

502

589

600

601