This lot is a group of 17 pages from January 1849 to April 1860 encompassing the 30th-36th Congressional Sessions. The pages, which cover both House of Representatives and Senate issues, were removed from books recording government proceedings and are approximately 8.75″ tall by 5.75″ wide. The group includes the following:

• January 24, 1849 – A report from Rep. Elisha Crowell (Republican, North Carolina) recommending the rejection of a claim by J. R. Callahan for reimbursement of expenses incurred while taking care of a sick soldier until he died (2 pages)
• January 24, 1849 – A report from Rep. Elisha Crowell (Republican, North Carolina) recommending the rejection of a claim by Lieutenant Colonel R. E. De Russey for reimbursement of expenses to purchase fuel during the construction of fortifications in the Gulf of Mexico from 1821-25 (2 pages)
• January 25, 1849 – A report from Rep. Moses H. Grinnell (Whig, New York) recommending payment to Henry Leef and John McKee for losses they sustained when the government seized one of their ships (2 pages)
• January 25, 1849 – A report from Rep. Horace Greeley (Democrat, New York) recommending a bill to clarify the sale of mineral lands in the Upper Peninsula (5 pages)
• January 31, 1849 – A report from Rep. Joseph R. Ingersoll (Democrat, Pennsylvania) recommended a reimbursement for the rental of a house to hold court records during the transition from Florida’s territorial courts to district courts (1 page)
• April 10, 1850 – A memorial from the Legislature of Mississippi to the U.S. Senate regarding the granting of bounty land to the officers and soldiers of the War of 1812 (2 pages)
• July 11, 1856 – A report from Sen. David Evans (Democrat, South Carolina) recommending the rejection of a claim by Ebenezer and Betsey Murch for pensions for their father’s service in the Revolutionary War (1 page)
• July 11, 1856 – A report from Sen. George Wallace Jones (Democrat, Iowa) recommending the rejection of a claim by John R. Tucker for a pension for his father’s service in the Revolutionary War (1 page)
• April 13, 1860 – A report from Rep. Francis Preston Blair (Democrat, Missouri) recommending the creation of a bill granting title to Charles Triche and Edward Rodrigue for land in Louisiana (1 page)

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