Subject.

K.

Kane, of the United States navy, and his companions, report of Lieutenant
Hartstene, in command of the expedition to the Arctic seas in search
of Doctor E. K
Kane in relation to the results of the second expedition in search of Sir
John Franklin, report of Doctor E. K.....
Kane, and the officers and men under his command, report of the Secretary
of the Navy in relation to the vessels fitted out and dispatched to
the Arctic seas and their success in rescuing and relieving Passed
Assistant Surgeon E. K...

Kansas, message from the President of the United States relative to the
disturbances in the Territory of...

Kansas, with a copy of the laws thereof, copies of papers and correspond-
ence with Governors Reeder and Shannon and others relating to the
Territory of....

Kansas, answer by the Secretary of State to a call for further documents
relating to the Territory of.......

L.

La Fourche, Louisiana, report relative to obstructions at the mouth of
Bayou...

Lakes, annual report on the survey of the northern and northwestern...
Lakes and rivers in Wisconsin and Michigan, survey by Lieutenant Colonel
Graham of the harbors

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Land office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1855, report of the opera-
tions of the general.....

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(For schedule of statements, &c., accompanying the above, see page
165 of same.)

Lands sold, amounts received therefor and other disposals thereof, &c.,
statement of...

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Land warrants, report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office res-
pecting the amount of scrip issued for the satisfaction of Virginia.... 13 75
Land law, report of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the effect of
the swamp
Lands sold at regular and graduated rates, amounts received therefor, inci-
dental expenses thereon, &c., in the first half of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1855, statement of public......

Lands sold, &c., as above, for the last half of the fiscal year ending June
30, 1855, statement of public.......
Lands advertised in 1855, the quantities, the plats of survey of which
have been returned to the general land office, the quantities pre-
pared for market not yet advertised, and the probable quantities
which will be prepared in 1856, exhibit of public.

Lands advertised for sale since date of last report, showing the quantity
under proclamation, exclusive of school lands, synoptical statement
of public....

Land office, offices of surveyors general, and for surveying the public lands
in the several States and Territories, estimate of appropriations for
the general.
Land office, bearing date November 30, 1855, abstract or compendium of
the annual report of the Commissioner of the General....
Land warrants issued, located, outstanding, &c., under the acts of 1847,
1850, 1852, and 1855, statement of the number of bounty.
Lands granted to the several States under acts of 1849 and 1850, statement
of selections made, &c., of swamp and overflowed.......
Land offices, except Utah, for 1855, reports of the surveyors general of the
several.

Light-house Board, with a statement exhibiting the number of light-houses
constructed, with the names of the several keepers thereof, report of
the
Long, on western river improvements, report of Lieutenant Colonel..

M.

Mails between Washington city and New Orleans, letters from the Presi-
dent and the Postmaster General in relation to a memorial of citizens
of New Orleans complaining of the irregularity of the......

Mail communication between New Orleans and Cairo, report of the Post-
master General in relation to the....

Mail, communication from the Postmaster General relative to the frequent
failures of the northern.....

Mall in the city of Washington and the selection of a site for an armory
thereon, report in relation to the......
Manufacturing and agricultural productions of each State and Territory in
1840 and 1850, with the amount said production would give to each
person in said states and Territories, &c., statement of the popula-
tion and.....
Manufactures and the arts, (part 1,) annual report of the Commissioner of
Patents relating to.....
Manufactures and the arts, (part 2,) annual report of the Commissioner of
Patents relating to....

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Marcy's exploration of the sources of the Brazos and Big Washita rivers,
report of Captain R. B..

Mather and their associates, report on the claims of William R. Glover and
Thomas W..

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Manufactures exported from 1845 to 1855, statement of the value of domestic 5
Map of Florida, illustrative of the recent surveys for a canal in that State,
report accompanied by a......

Marine hospitals, report of W. M. Gouge in relation to..

"Maury" on the complaint of the British consul at New York, on suspicion
of carrying arms, &c., to Russia, correspondence in relation to the
seizure of the American barque...

Medicine and Surgery of the navy showing the operations of his bureau
during the year 1855, report of the Chief of the Bureau of......
Meigs of the corps of engineers in charge of the Capitol extension, dome,
and Post Office Department, report of Captain......

Messages (See President.)

Messengers and other employés in the State Department other than clerks,
report in relation to the number of ...

Messengers and other employés in the War Department, statement of the
number and compensation of the.....

Messengers and employés other than clerks of the Navy Department, state-
ment of the number and compensation of the
Mexico, of June 30, 1853, message from the President of the United States
communicating a report of the Secretary of State relating to the
boundary line and the payment of the three millions under the treaty
with....

Mexico and the United States, (in several parts, quarto,) report of Captain
Emory, the commissioner appointed to run the boundary line between
the republic of......

Midshipmen, in relation to the late cruise of the practice ship, report of
the commandant of.....

Military Academy at West Point, synoptical report, with tabular statements,
of the condition of the national.....

Military Academy at West Point, report of the Board of Visitors to the..........
Military establishment during the year 1855, statement of contingent ex-
penses of the.

Military purposes, recommendation of a special appropriation of three mil-
lions of dollars, by the President, for.....
Military reservation in Iowa for Fort Crawford, report of the Secretary of
War, relative to the sale of the.....

Military officers in Kansas, report relative to instructions sent to......
Militia of all the States and Territories, with their arms, accoutrements,

and ammunition, abstract of the general annual returns of the.....
Mint and its branches, including the assay office, for the year 1855, report
of the Director of the United States Mint, showing the operations
of the United States...

Mint and its branches from their establishment to June 30, 1855, statement
of the coinage at the United States...

Mint and its branches, for the year ending June 30, 1855, and the imports
and exports of the precious metals for the same period, statement of
receipts of gold and silver at the United States....

Missouri and Platte rivers and the Rocky mountains, report of Lieutenant
Warren's explorations of the country between the.....

Mobile to New Orleans, report in relation to the necessary defences of the
coast from......

Mortality of the army of the United States, report on the sickness and
Mountains, report of an exploration by Lieutenant Warren of the country
between the Missouri and Platte rivers and the Rocky.....

National armories. (See Armories.)

N.

Nautical Almanac, in relation to its progress, &c, report of the superin-

tendent of the......

Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., report of the board of examiners in rela-
tion to the organization and condition of the....

Naval squadron at home, in Brazil, Africa, and the Pacific, during the year
1855, report of the duties performed by the.......

Naval supplies at the navy yards at Kittery, Maine, Charlestown, Mass.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Washington, D. C., Norfolk,
Va., and Pensacola, Fla., scale of offers made to furnish.....
Naval contracts. (See Contracts.)
Naval officers, appointed under act of February 28, 1855, report of the
board of...
Navy, exhibiting the duties performed by the several United States squad-
rons during the year 1855, with his views of the present condition,
future prospects, and further legislation required for the naval ser-
vice, report of the Secretary of the
Navy, communicating an "abstract of offers," and "list of contracts,"
for furnishing articles under cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks for the year ending June 30, 1856, and a list of contracts for
the year ending June 30, 1855, letter of the Secretary of the.......
Navy, communicating a copy of the report of the Board of Naval Officers

.....

appointed under the act of Feb. 28, 1855, report of the Secretary of the
Navy, communicating copies of correspondence with Captain Boarman,
relative to the inspection of the United States steamer San Jacinto,
report of the Secretary of the....
Navy, communicating a statement of the number and compensation of the
messengers and employés, other than clerks, in the Navy Depart-
ment, report of the Secretary of the ....

Navy, communicating copies of the charges, &c., preferred against Com-
mander G. J. Pendergrast, and certain other naval officers, and the
proceedings, if any, had thereupon, report of the Secretary of the...
Navy, in relation to the self-styled Vigilance Committee in California, report
of the Secretary of the

Navy, report of the board convened under the act of February 28, 1855, to
promote the efficiency of the

Navy, and his companions, report of Lieutenant Hartstene, in command of
the expedition to the Arctic seas in search of Dr. E. K. Kane of the
United States...

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Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Yards and docks of the

Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Ordnance and Hydrography of the......

Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Construction, Equipment, and Repairs of the... . .. .

Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing of the.....

Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery of the....

New Orleans, report in relation to the necessary defences of the coast from
Mobile to..

New York and Brooklyn, report in relation to the fortifications necessary
for the proper defence of.......

New York, report and correspondence respecting the site to be selected for
a post office and court-house in the city of

Neutral rights, proceedings, with correspondence relating to the congress of
European powers, held at Paris, respecting

Newspapers in the city of Washington, under executive orders, since March
4, 1853, statements of the amount paid for advertising, &c., in the
several...

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Mosquito Indians, correspondence relative
to the republics of....

Nicaragua, and information that the new Nicaraguan minister had been
accredited by the government of the United States, documents and
correspondence relating to affairs with the government of.......
Northern mail. (See Mail.)

0.

Ordnance and Hydrography of the Navy of the operations of his depart-
ment during the year 1855, report of the Chief of the Bureau of.... 3 11
Ordnance in relation to fortifications, ordnance, ordnance stores, supplies,
armories, arming the militia and arsenals, compendium of the report
of the Colonel of...

Ordnance, annual report of the Colonel of...

Oregon and Washington Territories, correspondence in relation to Indian
disturbances in..

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P.

Pacific railroad explorations and surveys, report of Captain Humphreys,
topographical engineer, upon the progress of the......

Paris, under the convention of April 30, 1803, journal of the proceedings
of the commissioners at.......

Patents relating to arts and manufactures, with index, for the year 1855,
(part 1,) annual report of the Commissioner of.....
Patents relating to arts and manufactures, with index, for the year 1855,
with illustrations, (part 2,) annual report of the Commissioner of...
Patents relating to agriculture, with index, for the year 1855, with illustra-
tions, (part 3,) annual report of the Commissioner of..
Pea Patch island, letter of General Totten, chief engineer, relative to the
fortifications on the.....

Pendergrast, and certain other naval officers, copies of charges, &c., pre-
ferred against Commander...

Penitentiary in the District of Columbia for 1855, report of the warden of
the United States....

Pension Office, during the year ending June 30, 1855, report of the opera-
tions of the...

Philadelphia, report of the Postmaster General relative to a building for
the accommodation of the post office in the city of....
Platte rivers and the Rocky mountains, report of Lieutenant Warren's ex-
ploration of the country between the Missouri and...
Population of the several States and Territories of the United States, with

statistical information taken from the census of 1790, 1800, 1810,
1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850, statements of the....
Population of each State and Territory according to the census of 1840 and
1850, amount of agricultural and manufacturing productions of each,
and exhibiting the amount said production would give to each per-
son in said States and Territories, statement of the..

Postmaster General, accompanying the President's annual message, show-

ing the number of post offices established, the amount of mail ser-
vice performed at home and abroad, with the receipts and expenses
thereof, together with postal conventions made with the govern-
ments of Bremen, Prussia, &c., report of the.......

Postmaster General in relation to the memorial of citizens of New Orleans

complaining of the irregularity of the mail service between Wash-
ington city and that place, letter of the ......
Postmaster General, communicating information relative to the mail com-
munication between New Orleans and Cairo, report of the.......
Postmaster General, communicating information relative to the frequent
failures of the northern mail, report of the.......

Postmaster general relative to the postal arrangements between the Atlan-
tic and Pacific, report of the...

Postmaster General relative to a building for the accommodation of the
post office in the city of Philadelphia, report of the

Post office at Baltimore, contracts for sites with buildings thereon for the
accommodation of the United States courts of Maryland and the.... 14 84
Post office at Philadelphia, report relative to a building for the accommo-
dation of the..

Post office at New York, report and correspondence respecting the site to
be selected for a court-house and..
Potomac river. (See River.)
President of the United States on the state of the Union, with accompany-
ing documents, (in three parts,) message from the....

(For list of accompanying documents see subjoined table of documents.)'
President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from Lord
John Russell to the British minister, Mr. Crampton, dated January
19, 1853, in relation to Central America, message from the......
President of the United States, relative to the disturbances in Kansas, mes-
sage from the....
President of the United States, transmitting the memorial of citizens of
New Orleans complaining of the irregularity of the mail service be-
tween Washington and New Orleans, together with his note and a
letter from the Postmaster General to the memorialists, message
from the......

President of the United States, communicating correspondence between the
President, Secretary of State, and Governors Reecer and Shannon,
Mr. Woodson, J. H. Lane, C. Robinson, and Mr. Calhoun, in rela-
tion to Kansas, together with a copy of the laws of said Territory,
message from the.
President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary

of State, with correspondence and other papers relative to the Re-
publics of Nicaraugua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Indians, and the
convention between the United States and Great Britain of April 19,
1850, message from the......

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President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to
the Indian disturbances in California, message from the.....
President of the United States, communicating correspondence between the
legation of the United States and the government of Chilé, relative
to the abduction of seamen from the American whale ship Addison,
at Valparaiso, and the imprisonment of William N. Stewart, an
American citizen, by the authorities of Chilé, message from the..... 10
President of the United States, communicating a report and correspondence
relative to the regulations with China, in conformity with the 6th
section of the act of August 11, 1848, message from the....
President of the United States, recommending a special appropriation of
three millions of dollars for military purposes, message from the..
President of the United States, communicating correspondence with Great
Britain relative to the enlistment of soldiers by the agents of that
government within the territory of the United States, message from the 10
President of the United States, communicating information relative to a
proposition submitted to the United States government by that of
Great Britain to refer the difference between the two governments
of the construction of the treaty of July 4, 1850, to arbitration, mes-
sage from the........

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President of the United States, communicating correspondence and other
information relative to the transmission of the mails and munitions
of war over the Illinois Central Railroad, message from the......... 10 39
President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of
the Interior relative to the Indian disturbances in the Territories of
Washington and Oregon, message from the........

President of the United States, communicating information relating to the
site selected for the preservation of ordnance, arms, &c., in Wash-
ington, message from the

President of the United States, communicating correspondence and other
information relative to the transmission of the mail and munitions of
war over the Illinois Central Railroad, message from the .......
President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of
the mint and its branches, including the assay office, for the year
1855, message from the....