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Kearney, S. W., General, report of his march to California..

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Lally. Major F. T., report of march to Puebla.....

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Land Office, report of Commissioner, territories north and south of 36° 30′ 8

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Lane, Joseph, General, report of his operations...

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Lefever, P. P., report of...

2

Leggett, Aaron, claim of, report from State Department..

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Light-house establishment.

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Logan, James, report of, as agent for Creeks.

Long, S. H., Colonel, report of

Lowry, D., report of..

Lyda, S., report of, as Iowa farmer..

Marcy, W. L., Secretary of War, annual report..
Marine revenue service

Marron, John, Third Assistant Postmaster General, report of
Mason, John Y., Secretary of the Navy, annual report of...
Matlock, G. E., report of, as agent at Upper Missouri..
Matthews, Wood, & Hall, report on claim

Maury, M. F., Lieut, report of.....

Measures. standard weights and..

McCalla, J. M., Second Auditor, annual report.

McCoy, E., report of.......

McKisick, report of, as agent for Cherokees...

Medill, W., Commissioner of Indian Affairs, annual report

Message of the President of the United States at the commencement of

$146,545,638 00

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8,111,158 00 2
158,648,622 00 2
150,637,464 00 2

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receipts into the treasury during fiscal year
ending June 30, 1847...

expenditures for the same period.

26,346,790 37 2
59,451,177 65 2

estimated receipts for fiscal year ending June
30, 1848, with balance in the treasury

public debt, including treasury notes on 1st De-
cember, 1847...

farther loan required of..

45,659,659 40 2
18,500,000 00 2

further loan required should the war continue
until June 30, 1849

20,500,000 00 2

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Message recommending duty on tea and coffee

sinking fund...

warehousing system.

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act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, &c." 2
coinage at the mint..

public lands....

recommends modification of existing pre-emption laws.

territorial government in Oregon..

surveyor general for Oregon.

grant of lands in Oregon to settlers.

reference to report of the Secretary of War.

pacific relations with the Indians..

Cherokee treaty of 1846..

reference to report of the Secretary of the Navy.

Postmaster General..

mail arrangements with Bremen...

negotiations with Great Britain with regard to mails.
danger of geographical discriminations...

reference to farewell address of Washington..

DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THE MESSAGE.

Mr. Buchanan to the Minister of Foreign Relations of the Mexi-

can republic.

Minister of Foreign Relations to Mr. Buchanan

Mr. Buchanan to the Minister of Foreign Relations

Minister of Foreign Relations to Mr. Buchanan.

General Herrera to Mr. Pacheco...

Mr. Pacheco to General Herrera

report of the Secretary of War, W. L. Marcy.
list of papers accompanying the same..
index to despatches.

report of the Adjutant General.

report aud sub-reports of the battle of Buena Vista
report of the investment and bombardment of Vera Cruz
report and sub-reports of the battle of Cerro Gordo.

of the battles of Contreras & Churubusco 2
of the battle of El Molino del Rey...... 2
of the storming and capture of Chapul-
tepec, and the subjugation of the city
of Mexico...

report of the siege of Puebla, Colonel Childs.
report of the operations under General Lane

of Major Lally and his officers, of af-
fairs with the guerillas...

reports and sub-reports of the battles at Brazito and pass of the
Sacramento, and occupation of Chihuahua....

orders and instructions regulating contributions in Mexican ports 2
report of General Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence..

report of General Towson, Paymaster General....

report of Colonel Totten, Chief Engineer.....

report of the Board of Visters to the Military Academy..

report of Colonel Abert, Chief of Topographical Bureau.

report of J. Barney, U. S. agent, accompanying the same..
report of Colonel Lon, accompanying the same..
report of Colonel Talcott, Chief of Ordnance Bureau..
report of Dr. Heiskell, acting Surgeon General....
report of J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
balances in the hands of Pension agents.
military lands warrants issued...

report of W. Medill, Commissioner of Indian Affairs..

List of documents and reports accompanying the

same

report of John M. McCalla, Second Auditor.

report of Peter Hagner, Third Auditor...

Message, decuments and papers accompanying the--Continaed.
report of John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy

List of papers accompanying the same.

List of deaths..

List of resignations..

List of dismissic

report of Commodore C. W. Skinner, Chief of the Bureau of
Construction, &c...

List of contracts under cognizance of the Bureau of
Construction, &c. ...

report of Commodore Lewis Warrington, Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance, &c....

List of papers accompanying the same..

report of Commodore Joseph Smith, Chief of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks

List of papers accompanying the same..

List of contracts under cognizance of the bureau...
report of Gideon Wells, Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing.

List of contracts made by Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing

report of Dr. Thomas Harris, Chief of the Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery...

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estimates from the paymaster and quartermaster of the marine
corps
report of J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, with lists 2
of invalid, widow, and privateer pensioners and estimates 2
report of A. O. Dayton, Fourth Auditor, on the receipts and
expenditures of the navy pension fund and privateer pension
fund....
report of Lieutenant M. F. Maury. National Observatory.
communication to the commander of Pacific squadron.
extract from a letter to Commodore T. Ap Catesby Jones..

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report of board of officers respecting Mr. U. Brown's liquid fire. 2
communication from Mr. U. Brown.

report of C. Johnson, P. M. General..

table of mail service....

comparative statement of the extent and cost of mail ser-
vice..

railroad service..

steamboat service..

number of mail contractors and new routes.

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report of W. J. Brown, Second Assistant Postmaster General..
despatch from George Bancroft, postal arrangement with Great
Britain...

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report of John Marron, Third Assistant Postmaster General... 2
report of P. G. Washington, Auditor of the Post Office Depart-

ment.

Stockton case ....

Appendix accompanying the message, being a report of the Sec-
retary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate," call-
ing for such military reports as have been received since the
transmission of his annual report.....

of the President of the U. S., report of the Secretary of the
Navy on floating dry docks.

transmitting report of Secretary of War with correspondence
with General Taylor and others....

transmitting documents in relation to the return of Santa Anna
and Paredes to Mexico, and refusing to furnish instructions
given to Mr. Slidell...

list of papers accompanying the same..

transmitting report of the inspectors of the penitentiary of the
District of Columbia...

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transmitting copy of General Taylor's answer to the letter of
Secretary of ar, dated January 27, 1847....

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transmitting correspondence not already published concerning
rough rice and paddy.....

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list of papers accompanying the same.......

Message of the President of the United States-

in relation to propositions from the Mexican authorities for a
treaty of peace..

list of papers accompanying the same..
returning the bill entitled " An act to provide for continuing cer-
tain works in the Territory of Wisconsin, &c.," with his ob
jections to its becoming a law....

transmitting copy of the constitution of Wisconsin

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transmitting reports from the Secretary of State and Secretary
of War, with correspondence between the same and Generals
Scott and Taylor, and between General Scott and Mr. Trist 5 56
list of papers transmitted by the Secretary of State......
communications with General Scott...
communications with General Taylor..

index to the documents transmitted by Secretary of War...
transmitting letter of Secretary of State and documents relating
to reciprocity in trade and shipping..

transmitting correspondence between the Secretary of War and
General Scott...

list of papers accompanying the same.

transmitting communication from the Secretary of War, with
report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to
the Cherokee Indians..

transmitting copy of the treaty of peace with Mexico..
list of documents with the same....

transmitting reports of the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War,
and Navy in relation to New Mexico and California..
refusing to furnish instructions given to Messrs. Sevier and Clif-
ford.
transmitting a report in relation to the number of Indians in Ore-
gon, California, and New Mexico; number of military posts;
number of troops required in each, and the force which
should constitute the peace establishment.

in relation to Lieutenants Pendee and Singletary.
in relation to National Assembly of France....

transmitting report of extra compensation to Generals Cass and
Taylor...

with correspondence between various public officers, on the sub-
ject of the Mexican war...

Miller, John, report of, as agent at Council Bluffs..

Mitchell, R. B., report of, as sub-agent at Council Bluffs.

Mexican war, messages of the President and correspondence relative to..

Mexico, report of the occupation of the city of..

return of Santa Anna and Paredes to.

treaty of peace with the republic of.

terms of treaty with, proposed by the President.

proposed by the Mexican authorities.

withdrawal of the army from..

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Neighbors, Robert S., special Indian agent, Texas, report of..............

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Ordnance, report of the Chief of Bureau...

examination of, at foundries by Lieuts. Walbach and Talcott...

P.

Payments for support of the civil list
Paymaster General, report of....
Peace, propositions for ......

establishment, military
treaty of, with Mexico

Pendee and Singletary, Lieutenants
Penitentiary, District of Columbia..
Pensions, report of Commissioner of..
Pensions, navy claims, rejected...

balances in the hands of agents.

Picket, John, and others, claim of.

Ports, Mexican, orders and instructions regulating contributions in.
Postage on steamboats

Postmaster General, report of..

Post Office Department, additional allowance to mail contractors.

clerks and others employed in.....

cost of transportation, and receipts of postage..

estimates for fiscal year commencing July 1,
1848...

foreign mail service..

mail service of..

mail from Charleston to Chagres.

mail from New York to Bremen.

postage on steamboats

railroad service....

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Propositions for peace..

steamboat service.

Public Buildings and Grounds, annual report of Commissioner of
Public debt....

Puebla, report of siege of

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Railroad service for the Post Office Department..

Reciprocity in trade and shipping.....

Receipts and expenditures for the year ending 30th June, 1847..

payments for the support of the civil list..
miscellaneous....

intercourse with foreign nations..