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Inauguration Dates President Congresses Volumes 30 Apr. 1789 4 Mar. 1793 George Washington 1, 2, 3, 4 1 6
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84 Mar. 1797 John Adams 5, 6 1, 2 4 Mar. 1801 4 Mar. 1805 Thomas Jefferson 7, 8, 9, 10 2 4 Mar. 1809 4 Mar. 1813 James Madison 11, 12, 13, 14 2, 3 4 Mar. 1817 4 Mar. 1821 James Monroe 15, 16, 17, 18 3, 4 4 Mar. 1825 John Quincy Adams 19, 20 4 4 Mar. 1829 4 Mar. 1833 Andrew Jackson 21, 22, 23, 24 4, 5 4 Mar. 1837 Martin Van Buren 25, 26 5 4 Mar. 1841 William Henry Harrison (3) 27 5 6 Apr. 1841 John Tyler 27, 28 5 4 Mar. 1845 James K. Polk 29, 30 9 4 Mar. 1849 Zachary Taylor (1) (3) 31 9 10 July 1850 Millard Fillmore 31, 32 9, 10 4 Mar. 1853 Franklin Pierce 33, 34 10, 11 4 Mar. 1857 James Buchanan 35, 36 11, 12 4 Mar. 1861 4 Mar. 1865 Abraham Lincoln (3) 37, 38, 39 12, 13, 14 15 Apr. 1865 Andrew Johnson 39, 40 14, 15 4 Mar. 1869 4 Mar. 1873 Ulysses S. Grant 41, 42, 43, 44 16, 17, 18, 19 4 Mar. 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes (1) 45, 46 20, 21 4 Mar. 1881 James A. Garfield (3) 47 22 19 Sep. 1881 Chester A. Arthur (2) 47, 48 22, 23 4 Mar. 1885 Grover Cleveland 49, 50 24, 25 4 Mar. 1889 Benjamin Harrison 51, 52 26, 27 4 Mar. 1893 Grover Cleveland 53, 54 28, 29 4 Mar. 1897 4 Mar. 1901 William McKinley (3) 55, 56, 57 30, 31, 32 14 Sep. 1901 4 Mar. 1905 Theodore Roosevelt 57, 58, 59, 60 32, 33, 34, 35 etc.
(1) Mar. 4 being a Sunday, sworn in the following dayStates and Territories
(2) sworn in the following day
(3) died in office
The White House Historical Association, Presidents (brief biographies)
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States are noted here with the date when the Constitution was ratified (first 13) or when the state was admitted to the Union with representation in Congress. Some states were first admitted conditionally, while the Confederate states were readmitted conditionally. We list acts, resolutions and proclamations to enable and establish a state government, admit it to the Union, and extend the existing laws of the Union to the new state.
Territories are noted here with the date when their government became official. We list acts, resolutions and proclamations to organize a territorial government, with references to the initial purchase or annexation, and pre-territorial status.
Major boundary changes for states and territories after 1776 are included. For the District of Columbia, see 1 Stat. 130, 16 July 1790, etc. The various acts prescribe boundaries between the states and territories, which we quote or summarize here, but they often do not correspond to "the facts on the ground", due to imprecise geographic descriptions and knowledge, meandering rivers, and inaccurate surveys. When in doubt, consult Van Zandt (1976), cited below.
The phrase "from and after" is abbreviated "f/a".
Territory State Provenance Territory State Alabama Alabama (4), (7a) 25 Sep. 1817 14 Dec. 1819 Alaska Alaska (12) 24 Aug. 1912 3 Jan. 1959 Arizona Arizona (10), (11) 24 Feb. 1863 14 Feb. 1912 Arkansas Arkansas (5b) "f/a" 4 July 1819 15 June 1836 --- California (10) --- 9 Sep. 1850 Colorado Colorado (5b), (5c), (7d), (8b), (10) 28 Feb. 1861 1 Aug. 1876 --- Connecticut (1a) --- 9 Jan. 1788 --- Delaware (1a) --- 7 Dec. 1787 Florida Florida (7a), (7b) 30 Mar. 1822 3 Mar. 1845 --- Georgia (1a) --- 2 Jan. 1788 Hawaii Hawaii (13) 14 June 1900 21 Aug. 1959 Idaho Idaho (9) 3 Mar. 1863 3 July 1890 Illinois Illinois (2) "f/a" 1 Mar. 1809 3 Dec. 1818 Indiana Indiana (2) "f/a" 4 July 1800 11 Dec. 1816 Iowa Iowa (5b) "f/a" 3 July 1838 28 Dec. 1846 Kansas Kansas (5b), (5c), (8b) 30 May 1854 29 Jan. 1861 --- Kentucky (1c) --- 1 June 1792 Orleans Louisiana (5a), (7a), (7c) 1 Oct. 1804 30 Apr. 1812 --- Maine (1d) --- 15 Mar. 1820 --- Maryland (1a) --- 28 Apr. 1788 --- Massachusetts (1a) --- 6 Feb. 1788 Michigan Michigan (2) "f/a" 30 June 1805 26 Jan. 1837 Minnesota Minnesota (2), (5b), (6) "f/a" 3 Mar. 1849 11 May 1858 Mississippi Mississippi (4), (7a) 7 May 1798 10 Dec. 1817 Louisiana, Missouri Missouri (5b) 1 Oct. 1804 10 Aug. 1821 Montana Montana (5b), (9) 26 May 1864 8 Nov. 1889 Nebraska Nebraska (5b) 30 May 1854 1 Mar. 1867 Nevada Nevada (10) 2 Mar. 1861 31 Oct. 1864 --- New Hampshire (1a) --- 21 June 1788 --- New Jersey (1a) --- 18 Dec. 1787 New Mexico New Mexico (5b), (5c), (8b), (10), (11) 9 Sep. 1850 6 Jan. 1912 --- New York (1a) --- 26 July 1788 --- North Carolina (1a) --- 21 Nov. 1789 Dakota North Dakota (5b), (6) 2 Mar. 1861 2 Nov. 1889 Northwest Ohio (2) 13 July 1787 1 Mar. 1803 Oklahoma Oklahoma (5b), (5c), (8b), (8c) 2 May 1890 16 Nov. 1907 Oregon Oregon (9) 14 Aug. 1848 14 Feb. 1859 --- Pennsylvania (1a) --- 12 Dec. 1787 --- Rhode Island (1a) --- 29 May 1790 --- South Carolina (1a) --- 23 May 1788 Dakota South Dakota (5b), (6) 2 Mar. 1861 2 Nov. 1889 Southwest Tennessee (3) 26 May 1790 1 June 1796 Republic of Texas Texas (5b), (5c), (8a) --- 29 Dec. 1845 Utah Utah (10) 9 Sep. 1850 4 Jan. 1896 Vermont Republic Vermont (1b) --- 4 Mar. 1791 --- Virginia (1a) --- 25/26 June 1788 Washington Washington (9) 2 Mar. 1853 11 Nov. 1889 --- West Virginia (1e) --- 20 June 1863 Wisconsin Wisconsin (2) "f/a" 3 July 1836 29 May 1848 Wyoming Wyoming (5b), (5c), (8b), (9), (10) 25 July 1868 10 July 1890
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands are noted later. Various small island possessions are not described here, notably Palmyra, Wake, Midway, and Navassa. Likewise, the territorial waters ("3-mile limit"), and ownership of the river forming a boundary (usually split down the middle).
Provisional or extralegal states and territories, not recognized by the Federal Government, include Franklin or Frankland (1784-89) in the vicinity of Tennessee; Deseret (1849-51) in the vicinity of Utah; Jefferson (1859-61), in the vicinity of Colorado; and several smaller units not described here. More recent attempts at statehood include Sequoyah (1905), now part of Oklahoma; Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (both continuing).
To avoid confusion, two important points: Reference to "the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" does not imply that all lands between the Ohio River and Spanish Florida, and between the Atlantic-coast states and the Mississippi River, were included in this territory; it refers only to the land ceded by North Carolina, which became Tennessee. Reference to "the territory of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee" does not imply that there was an actual legally-constituted territory by this name; generally, it refers to lands ceded by Britain, Spain, Georgia, and South Carolina, which became Mississippi Territory.
The US administrations in Cuba (1898-1902) and the Philippines (1898-1946) are generally not noted, though they did offer postal services.
Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 1, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6. Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 1st -- 4 Mar. 1789 – 29 Sep. 1789
4 Jan. 1790 – 12 Aug. 1790
6 Dec. 1790 – 3 Mar. 1791p. 23-98
p. 99-187
p. 188-225p. 1
p. 2-5
---1st 2nd 4 Mar. 1791 24 Oct. 1791 – 8 May 1792
5 Nov. 1792 – 2 Mar. 1793p. 226-286
p. 287-340p. 6-10
p. 11-122nd 3rd 4 Mar. 1793 2 Dec. 1793 – 9 June 1794
3 Nov. 1794 – 3 Mar. 1795p. 341-402
p. 403-444p. 13-17
p. 18-213rd 4th 8 – 26 June 1795 7 Dec. 1795 – 1 June 1796
5 Dec. 1796 – 3 Mar. 1797p. 445-495
p. 496-519p. 22-28
p. 29-304th 5th 4 Mar. 1797
17 – 19 July 179815 May 1797 – 10 July 1797
13 Nov. 1797 – 16 July 1798
3 Dec. 1798 – 3 Mar. 1799p. 520-535
p. 536-612
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p. 31-36
p. 37-385th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress1845
House Journal, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
House Journal, reprinted 1977, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
House Journal, reprinted 1826, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
Senate Journal, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
Senate Journal, reprinted 1977, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/1, 2/2; 3/1, 3/2; 4/1, 4/2; 5/1, 5/2, 5/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 1, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3; 2/sp, 2/1, 2/2; 3/sp, 3/1, 3/2; 4/sp, 4/1, 4/2; 5/sp, 5/1, 5/2, 5/sp, 5/3
The Senate met entirely in closed session 4 Mar. 1789 to 3 Nov. 1794 (link). The legislative debates are thus not recorded.
As 3 Mar. 1793 was a Sunday, the House and Senate adjourned the previous day.
3 Mar. 1799 was a Sunday; the House and Senate met that day and adjourned.
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
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Dec. 1660 |
An Act for Erecting and Establishing a
Post Office. Post Office Act 1660, 12 Charles II c.35 (link). Transcribed, https://www.gbps.org.uk/... |
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25 Nov. 1710 16 May 1711 |
An Act for establishing a General Post
Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a
weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of
the War and other Her Majesty's Occasions. Post Office (Revenues) Act 1710, 9 Anne c.10 (link). Transcribed, https://www.gbps.org.uk/... |
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10 Oct. 1765 |
An act to alter certain Rates of Postage,
and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in
an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne,
and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post
Office. Postage Act 1765, 5 George III c.25 (link). Transcribed, https://www.gbps.org.uk/... Note. The three links above are to Pickering's edition of the Statutes, formerly in the library of Matthew Davenport Hill, older brother of Rowland Hill. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 16 Dec. 1773 | Wikipedia, Boston Tea Party. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1774 | Wikipedia, Intolerable Acts, enacted by Britain 31 Mar. 1774 to 22 June 1774, in reaction to events in Boston. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1774 | Wikipedia, Continental
Congress, First
Continental Congress (5 Sep. 1774 - 26 Oct. 1774). Commemorative postage stamps -- First Continental Congress, 4 July 1974 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM; NPMA; MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 Oct. 1774 | Wikipedia, Declaration
and Resolves of the First Continental Congress. Journals, vol. 1, p. 63-73. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1775-1781 | Wikipedia, Second
Continental Congress (10 May 1775 - 1 Mar. 1781). The Continental Army was organized 14-16 June 1775, with George Washington in command (ref). The Continental Navy, initiated 13 Oct. 1775 (ref), and Marines, initiated 10 Nov. 1775 (ref), were disbanded in 1783 and restarted in 1798. Declaration Setting Forth the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms, 6 July 1775. Journals, vol. 2, p. 127-157. Wikipedia, Continental Army, Continental Navy, Continental Marines. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 29 May 1775 | "As the present critical
situation of the colonies renders it highly necessary that
ways and means should be devised for the speedy and secure
conveyance of Intelligence from one end of the Continent to
the other, Resolved, That Mr. [Benjamin] Franklin,
Mr. [Thomas] Lynch, Mr. [Richard Henry] Lee, Mr. [Thomas]
Willing, Mr. S[amuel] Adams, and Mr. P[hilip] Livingston, be
a committee to consider the best means of establishing posts
for conveying letters and intelligence through this
continent." Journals, vol. 2, p. 71. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 26 July 1775 | Committee report delivered 25 July 1775,
approved 26 July 1775. Benjamin Franklin was thus
appointed Postmaster General for the United Colonies. Journals, vol. 2, p. 203, p. 208-209. Commemorative postage stamps -- Post Office bicentennial, 3 Sep. 1975 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM; NPMA, MSC); Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster, 1 June 1976 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 7 Apr. 2006 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM; NPMA; MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 30 Sep. 1775 17 Oct. 1777 16 Apr. 1779 28 Dec. 1779 5 May 1780 12 Dec. 1780 24 Feb. 1781 19 Oct. 1781 |
(1) Continental Congress, reintroducing the
postage rates of 1765 (ref). (2) Resolution, postage rates raised 50% (ref). (3) Resolution, postage rates doubled (ref). (4) Resolution, postage rates raised 20-fold over 1775 (ref). (5) Resolution, postage rates doubled (ref). (6) Resolution, postage rates reduced to 50% of the prewar rates (ref). (7) Resolution, postage rates reduced to double the 1775 rates (ref). (8) Resolution, postage rates reduced to the 1775 rates, etc. (ref). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 Nov. 1775 | Franking privilege granted to delegates to
the Continental Congress, "the members having engaged upon
their honour not to frank or enclose any letters but their
own". Journals, vol. 3, p. 342. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 Jan. 1776 | Resolution, "That no postage be paid for any
letters to or from private soldiers, while engaged in actual
service in the defence of the United Colonies ...". Journals, vol. 4, p. 43. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 Jan. 1776 | Thomas Paine, Common Sense, published
anonymously in Philadelphia. Second ed., 1776 (link), from the John Adams library. Sixth ed., 1776 (link). Wikipedia, Common Sense. |
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4 July 1776 | Declaration of Independence. No
mention of the Post Office, but perhaps we can infer
philately from "the pursuit of happiness". Vote for independence, 2 July 1776; Journals, vol. 5, p. 506-507. Declaration, 4 July 1776; Journals, vol. 5, p. 510-516. An early printed version, 1777, by Mary Katharine Goddard, Baltimore, postmaster.
Commemorative stamped envelope -- Sesquicentennial Exposition, 27 July 1926 (MSC, WC). |
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8 July 1776 8 Aug. 1776 |
(1) "Resolved, That the post masters, while
in office, be excused from all military duty." (2) "Resolved, That the post riders be exempted from military duty." Journals, vol. 5, p. 526, p. 638. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 May 1777 | "Resolved, That all post
masters, post riders, and persons immediately concerned in
conducting the business of the post office, ought to be
exempted from all military duties; and that it be
recommended to the legislatures of the different states, to
exempt such persons accordingly." Journals, vol. 7, p. 347. Broadside, 1777, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898031/ [LOC] By the Act of 20 Feb. 1792, 1 Stat. 232, § 27, it is a requirement. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 June 1777 | The flag design was approved. Journals, vol. 8, p. 464. |
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Postmaster General authorized to appoint
additional surveyors of the post office, and an inspector of
dead letters. Journals, vol. 9, p. 811, p. 816-817. |
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15 Nov. 1777 | Articles of Confederation, approved by
the Second Continental Congress (ref),
signed by most delegates 9 July 1778; fully effective 1 Mar.
1781. Dates of ratification by each state, and signing by their delegates (if other than 9 July 1778). Virginia, 15 Dec. 1777. South Carolina, 5 Feb. 1778. New York, 6 Feb. 1778. Connecticut, 12 Feb. 1778. Rhode Island, 18 Feb. 1778. Georgia, 26 Feb. 1778; 24 July 1778. New Hampshire, 4 Mar. 1778; 9 July 1778 and 8 Aug. 1778. Pennsylvania, 5 Mar. 1778; 9 July 1778 and 22 July 1778. Massachusetts, 10 Mar. 1778. North Carolina, 25 Apr. 1778; 21 July 1778. New Jersey, 20 Nov. 1778; 26 Nov. 1778. Delaware, 1 Feb. 1779; 22 Feb. 1779 and 5 May 1779. Maryland, 2 Feb. 1781; 1 Mar. 1781. Journals, vol. 9, p. 907-925; vol. 11, p. 661-670, p. 676-678, p. 709, p. 716; vol. 12, p. 1161-1164; vol. 13, p. 186-188, p. 236; vol. 14, p. 548; vol. 19, p. 138-140, p. 208-223. An early printed version, 1777, https://www.loc.gov/resource/bdsdcc.n001001/ [LOC] Art. 11 allowed for Canada to join the confederation. Commemorative postage stamp -- Drafting the Articles, 30 Sep. 1977 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 1 | 4-9 | -- | -- | 9 July 1778 | Articles of Confederation, Art. 9, Sec. 4, "The United States, in Congress assembled, shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of ... establishing and regulating post offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same, as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; ...". |
| 18.1 | 7-12 | -- | -- | 9 July 1778 | Articles of Confederation, Art. 9, p. 10, "The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of ... establishing and regulating post-offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro' the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office ... ". |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1781-1789 | Wikipedia, Congress
of the Confederation, United States in Congress
Assembled (1 Mar. 1781 - 4 Mar. 1789). Departments of Foreign Affairs (10 Jan. 1781), Finance, War, Marine (7 Feb. 1781). Bank of North America, approved 26 May 1781, chartered 31 Dec. 1781, opened 7 Jan. 1782. Journals, vol. 19, p. 42-44, p. 126-128; vol. 20, p. 545-548; vol. 21, p. 1186-1190. Wikipedia, Bank of North America. |
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5 May 1780 |
Requirements of masters of packets and other
vessels, to deposit letters upon arrival. Journals, vol. 16, p. 413. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 June 1782 | Great Seal of the United States, approved by
Congress. Journals, vol. 22, p. 338-340. Wikipedia, Great Seal of the United States. US State Dept., The Great Seal of the United States, 2003 (PDF). Commemorative stamped envelope -- 15 June 1982 (MSC). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 18 Oct. 1782 | An Ordinance for regulating
the Post-Office of the United States of America.
Postage rates for letters and packets, in pennyweights and
grains of silver; free franking, etc. Journals, vol. 23, p. 669-679. Amended, 28 Oct. 1782, p. 687-689; 24 Dec. 1782, p. 830. Way and Gideon edition, 1823, vol. 4, p. 93-95, p. 125. George Washington to Ebenezer Hazard, 18 May 1784, concerning his franking privilege, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-01-02-0264 |
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28 Feb. 1783 | Resolution, free franking. Journals, vol. 24, p. 156-157. |
| 8 | 80-83 | -- | -- | 3 Sep. 1783 | Treaty of Paris. Provisional Articles, 30 Nov. 1782, 8 Stat. 54; Separate Article, Florida boundary, 30 Nov. 1782, 8 Stat. 57. Armistice, 20 Jan. 1783, 8 Stat. 58. Ratifications exchanged 12 May 1784. Britain recognized US independence; this formally ended the British Post Office in America. The national boundaries were set at the north through the Great Lakes, west to the Mississippi River, and south to Spanish Florida. Wikipedia, Treaty of Paris (1783). Transcriptions, Wikisource, Avalon Project. |
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Resolution, extra posts. Journals, vol. 25, p. 839. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 Mar. 1784 | Ordinance of 1784, following
Virginia's conveyance of territory to the United
States. Largely written by Thomas Jefferson, it was a
predecessor to the Northwest Ordinance of 13 July
1787. A plan for surveying and selling land in the
territory was approved 20 May 1785. Journals, vol. 26, p. 112-120; vol. 28, p. 375-386, |
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30 June 1785 12 July 1785 7 Sep. 1785 |
Resolutions, mail contracts; inspection of the mails. Journals, vol. 28, p. 489; vol. 29, p. 525-529, p. 684-685. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 Sep. 1785 | Resolution, inspection of
letters. Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, vol. 1, p. 266. |
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21 June 1786 20 Sep. 1786 |
(1) Resolution, postmasters not to receive
the paper money of any state for postage of letters. (2) Resolution, postmasters to receive no other money than specie, in payment of postage. Journals, vol. 30, p. 346; vol. 31, p. 674. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 Feb. 1787 | [Draft] An Ordinance for
regulating the Post Office of the United States of
America. Journals, vol. 32, p. 45-56. Revision of the 18 Oct. 1782 Ordinance; discussion continued into 1788, but never acted upon. Broadside version, https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.21300300/ [LOC] (implausibly dated as 1790). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | May 1787 | Constitutional Convention,
Philadelphia, 25 May to 17 Sep. 1787. Wikipedia, Constitutional Convention (United States). Commemorative postal card -- Constitutional Convention, 25 May 1987 (MSC). |
| 18.1 | 13-16 | -- | -- | 13 July 1787 | An Ordinance for the
government of the territory of the United States northwest
of the river Ohio. Northwest Territory. Bounded on the west by the Mississippi River, on the south by the Ohio River, on the east by the Pennsylvania border, and on the north by the Great Lakes and overland to the Lake of the Woods. Art. V outlines potential state boundaries; later, these became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota east of the Mississippi. Art. VI outlawed slavery, but fugitive slaves were to be returned. Journals, vol. 32, p. 334-343. Renewed under the Constitution, 7 Aug. 1789, 1 Stat. 50. Britain added the territory to the Province of Quebec by the Act of 22 June 1774 (ref, 14 Geo. III c. 83), one of the Intolerable Acts precipitating the Revolution. Virginia claimed all of the territory north and west of the Ohio River, based on its 1609 charter, and extended its governance and military to parts of it in 1778 (ref) [see note below]. Massachusetts and Connecticut had competing claims, based on their "sea to sea" colonial charters. New York had further claims from Iroquois lands. British troops did not complete their withdrawal until 1796, under the Jay Treaty of 1794. Maryland's delay in signing the Articles was intended to force other states to give up their claims to western lands (ref, ref, ref). This was done by New York, 1 Mar. 1781 (ref); by Virginia, 1 Mar. 1784 (ref), confirmed 30 Dec. 1788 (ref); by Massachusetts, 19 Apr. 1785 (ref); and by Connecticut, 14 Sep. 1786 (ref, ref), though the Western Reserve claim continued to 30 May 1800 (ref, and 2 Stat. 56). Further claims were vacated by Massachusetts, 16 Dec. 1786 (ref), within New York State; by South Carolina, 9 Aug. 1787 (ref, ref), though this later proved to be void due to "inadequate geographic information" (ref, ref, ref); by North Carolina, in a long process ending 2 Apr. 1790 (to Southwest Territory, later Tennessee); and by Georgia, 24 Apr. 1802 (to Mississippi Territory). [note] In its 1776 constitution, Virginia gave up its colonial claims conflicting with those of Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina (ref). This did not affect Virginia's claim to the Northwest Territory; for that, see 1 Mar. 1784, above. Virginia reserved a large ill-defined tract of land to compensate its military officers and soldiers; see Acts of 10 Aug. 1790, 1 Stat. 182; 23 Mar. 1804, 2 Stat. 274; 26 June 1812, 2 Stat. 764; etc. Map, Historical diagram of Virginia [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Northwest Ordinance, Northwest Territory, Virginia Military District, United States Military District, Connecticut Western Reserve, State Cessions. Commemorative postage stamps -- Northwest Ordinance, 13 July 1937 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC); Northwest Territory [first settlement], 15 July 1938 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC). |
| 1 | 10-20 | -- | -- | 17 Sep. 1787 | Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 8, p. 12-14, "The Congress shall have power ... To establish post-offices and post-roads; ... And, To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, ...". |
| 18.1 | 17-28 | -- | -- | 17 Sep. 1787 | Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 8, p. 19-21, "The Congress shall have Power ... To establish Post Offices and post Roads; ... And To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, ...". |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 17 Sep. 1787 | Constitution, with Amendments 1 through 19, British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 120 (1924), p. 957-979. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 Oct. 1787 | Postage rates were reduced 25% by resolution
of 20 Oct. 1787, effective 5 Apr. 1788, based on a proposal
of 13 Mar. 1787. This was the last postal action of
the Continental Congress. The rates remained in effect
until 1 June 1792 by the Act of 20 Feb. 1792. Journals, vol. 32, p. 116; vol. 33, p. 694-695. Way and Gideon edition, 1823, vol. 4, p. 801. Note the statement of the PMG on 13 Mar. 1787, "That, should the Rates be reduced, he thinks it probable an Increase of Correspondence will prevent a Diminution of the Revenue." Rowland Hill used the same argument in Britain in 1837, leading to the British penny postage. |
| Ratification of the Constitution | Delaware, 7 Dec. 1787. Pennsylvania, 12 Dec. 1787. New Jersey, 18 Dec. 1787. Georgia, 2 Jan. 1788. Connecticut, 9 Jan. 1788. Massachusetts, 6 Feb. 1788. Maryland, 28 Apr. 1788. South Carolina, 23 May 1788. New Hampshire, 21 June 1788. Virginia, 26 June 1788. New York, 26 July 1788. By Art. VII, the Constitution became effective with the ninth ratification (New Hampshire). Commemorative postage stamps -- Drafting, Signing, Ratifying the Constitution, 17 Sep. 1937 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 21 June 1938 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 28 Aug. 1987 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC), 17 Sep. 1987 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). Commemorative postage stamps -- Bicentennial Statehood series, 1987-1988, Delaware, 4 July 1987 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Pennsylvania, 26 Aug. 1987 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); New Jersey, 11 Sep. 1987 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Georgia, 6 Jan. 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Connecticut, 9 Jan. 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Massachusetts, 6 Feb. 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Maryland, 15 Feb. 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); South Carolina, 23 May 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); New Hampshire, 21 June 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Virginia, 25 June 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); New York, 26 July 1988 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
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| -- | -- | -- | -- | 21 Jan. 1788 | Final session of the Continental Congress,
with the last day of business 10 Oct. 1788, formally ending
2 Mar. 1789. The Constitution was declared to be
ratified, 13 Sep. 1778. Journals, vol. 34, p. 1, p. 518-523, p. 599, p. 605. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 Mar. 1789 | First session of the Congress under the
Constitution. The date had been set as the first
Wednesday in March by the Continental Congress, 13 Sep. 1788
(ref).
The House first reached a quorum on 1 Apr. 1789, and then
elected a Speaker. The Senate first reached a quorum
on 6 Apr. 1789, and then elected a President (of the Senate)
to count the votes of the electors for President and
Vice-President of the United States. The first act was
approved 1 June 1789 (oath of office). Wikipedia, Constitution of the United States, United States Congress. Commemorative postage stamps -- House of Representatives, 4 Apr. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Senate, 6 Apr. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Executive Branch, 16 Apr. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Supreme Court, 2 Feb. 1990 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Inauguration of Pres. George Washington, 30 Apr. 1939 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC). |
| 1 | 50-53 | 1/1 | 8 | 7 Aug. 1789 | An
Act to provide for the Government of the Territory
Northwest of the river Ohio. The 1787 Northwest
Territory Ordinance is included as a footnote. Ohio statehood, 1 Mar. 1803, 2 Stat. 173, 2 Stat. 201. |
| 1 | 65-67 | 1/1 | 12 | 2 Sep. 1789 | An Act to establish the
Treasury Department. Duties of the Secretary,
Comptroller, Auditor, etc. Alterations not involving
the Post Office are not noted here. FRASER, An Act to Establish the Treasury Department, PDF. |
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"The House then proceeded to consider the
report of the committee, to whom was referred a letter from
the Postmaster-General, which lies on the table:
Whereupon, Resolved, That until further provision be
made by law, the General Post-Office of the United States
shall be conducted according to the rules and regulations
prescribed by the ordinances and resolutions of the late
Congress and that contracts be made for the conveyance of
the mail in conformity thereto." Annals of Congress,
vol. 1, col. 921-923 (link). |
| 1 | 67-68 | 1/1 | 13 | 11 Sep. 1789 | An Act for establishing the Salaries of the Executive Officers of Government, with their Assistants and Clerks. The Postmaster General is not mentioned, except as a footnote referencing 2 Mar. 1827, 4 Stat. 239. |
| 1 | 68-69 | 1/1 | 14 | 15 Sep. 1789 | An Act to provide for the safe-keeping of the Acts, Records and Seal of the United States, and for other purposes. Dept. of Foreign Affairs renamed Dept. of State, § 1. Laws to be published in public newspapers, § 2. |
| 1 | 70 | 1/1 | 16 | 22 Sep. 1789 | An Act for the temporary
establishment of the Post-Office. Until the end
of the next session of Congress [12 Aug. 1790]; extended by
Act of 4 Aug. 1790, 1 Stat. 178. Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17355 Introduced in the Senate, 11 Sep. 1789; passed the Senate, 15 Sep. 1789; passed the House, 17 Sep. 1789. The Osborne edition of the Acts (1790, link) and the Childs and Swaine editions (1791, link, link) give the approval date 18 Sep. 1789. The Brown edition (1791) and all since give the date 22 Sep. 1789 (link), which is correct (link). The Folwell edition (1796) omits the text, as the act had expired. Notes, Post Office Dept. acts, p. 70. For comparison, see the acts establishing the State Dept. [Dept. of Foreign Affairs], 27 July 1789 (p. 28-29) and 15 Sep. 1789 (p. 68-69); the War Dept., 7 Aug. 1789 (p. 49-50); the Treasury Dept., 2 Sep. 1789 (p. 65-67); the Judiciary and the office of the Attorney General, 24 Sep. 1789 (p. 73-93). Some further notes are at 1 Stat. 279. The first cabinet officers and their confirmation dates, were: Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, 11 Sep. 1789; Secretary of War, Henry Knox, 12 Sep. 1789; Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, 26 Sep. 1789; Attorney General, Edmund Randolph, 26 Sep. 1789; Postmaster General, Samuel Osgood, 26 Sep. 1789. |
| Ratification of the Constitution | North Carolina, 21 Nov. 1789;
previously considered, 2 Aug. 1788. See also, Acts of 8 Feb. 1790, p. 99; 4 June 1790, p. 126a. Rhode Island, 29 May 1790; previously rejected, 24 Mar. 1788. See also, Acts of 14 June 1790, p. 126c; 23 June 1790, p. 128; 5 July 1790, p. 129a. Commemorative postage stamps -- Bicentennial Statehood series, 1989-1990, North Carolina, 22 Aug. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Rhode Island, 29 May 1990 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
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| 1 | 97-98 | 1/1 | -- | 25 Sep. 1789 | Joint Resolution, proposing
twelve amendments to the Constitution.
Ratification of ten of these (the Bill of Rights) was
completed 15 Dec. 1791 (ref);
Massachusetts, Georgia, and Connecticut ratified in 1939. Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 321-390 (link). House Manual, Amendment I, Amendment II, Amendment III, Amendment IV, Amendment V, Amendment VI, Amendment VII, Amendment VIII, Amendment IX, Amendment X (PDFs). Constitution Annotated, First through Tenth Amendments (PDF), First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth (PDFs). Wikipedia, United States Bill of Rights. Commemorative postage stamps -- Bill of Rights, 1 July 1966 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 25 Sep. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). See also, Twenty-Seventh Amendment, 18 May 1992, 106 Stat. 5145. |
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29 Sep. 1789 |
An Act making Appropriations for the
Service of the present year. The first annual
appropriation act, $639,000 in total. |
| 1 | 101-103 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 Mar. 1790 | An Act providing for the enumeration of
the Inhabitants of the United States. The first
Federal Census, conducted by the marshals of the judicial
districts. The temporary central office, created for
each census, was made permanent in 1903. Additional, 5 July 1790, 1 Stat. 129a; 2 Mar. 1791, 1 Stat. 197; 8 Nov. 1791, 1 Stat. 226. Apportionment, 25 Feb. 1791, 1 Stat. 191; 14 Apr. 1792, 1 Stat. 253. Wikipedia, 1790 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1790 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 2 Aug. 1790. Wikipedia, United States Census, United States Census Bureau. Commemorative postal card -- Bureau of the Census, 21 Oct. 1965 (MSC). |
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106-109 123 |
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6 14 |
2 Apr. 1790 26 May 1790 |
(1) An Act to accept a
cession of the claims of the state of North Carolina to a
certain district of Western territory. North
Carolina acts of Apr. 1784 session (ceded, ref,
ref),
Oct. 1784 session (previous act repealed over the "state" of
Franklin, ref,
ref),
Nov. 1789 session (ceded, ref,
ref,
ref);
deed of 25 Feb. 1790 (ref). (2) An Act for the Government of the Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio. Southwest Territory, the extent of which was only the former North Carolina portion, later Tennessee. Wikipedia, Southwest Territory. Tennessee statehood, 1 June 1796, 1 Stat. 491. Commemorative postage stamp -- see the Northwest Ordinance stamp, 13 July 1937 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), showing a map section "Terr. Southwest of the Ohio". The cessions by the southern states to the United States were: from Virginia, 1 Mar. 1784, northwest of the Ohio River (while retaining Kentucky to 1 June 1792); from North Carolina, 25 Feb. 1790 (36° 30′ N to 35° N, which became Tennessee); from South Carolina, 9 Aug. 1787 (south from 35° N, about 12 miles, later proved to be vacuous); from Georgia, 24 Apr. 1802, south of the NC/SC claims to 31° N (part of which became Mississippi Territory in 1798, adding the rest in 1804); all west to the Mississippi River. |
| 1 | 112-119 | 1/2 | 9 | 30 Apr. 1790 | An Act for the Punishment of certain Crimes against the United States. Counterfeiting public securities, § 14, p. 115. |
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130 751-752 214-215 -- 55-56 103-108 195-197 |
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16 July 1790 24 Jan. 1791 3 Mar. 1791 30 Mar. 1791 24 Apr. 1800 27 Feb. 1801 3 May 1802 |
(1) An
Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of
the Government of the United States. Currently
in New York, the capital would be in Philadelphia from 6
Dec. 1790, then Washington, D.C., from 1 Dec. 1800, § 5,
6. Constitutional authority by Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause
17 (1
Stat. 14, 18.1
Stat. 21). (2) Proclamation, Defining the Boundaries of the District of Columbia. (3) An Act to amend "An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States." Location of the District. (4) Proclamation, boundaries. (5) An Act to make further provision for the removal and accommodation of the Government of the United States. First provision for the Library of Congress, § 5. (6) An Act concerning the District of Columbia. The local government. See also, Acts of 3 Mar. 1801, 2 Stat. 115; 3 May 1802, 2 Stat. 193. (7) An Act to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The local government. See next, Act of 21 Feb. 1871, 16 Stat. 419; etc. Land for the District of Columbia was ceded by Maryland (act of 23 Dec. 1788) and Virginia (act of 3 Dec. 1789). For the 1846 retrocession of Alexandria to Virginia, see 9 Stat. 35 and 9 Stat. 1000. Wikipedia, Residence Act, District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801. Library of Congress, Residence Act. Commemorative postage stamps -- National Capital Sesquicentennial, April-Nov. 1950 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM; NPMA; MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC); District of Columbia bicentennial, 7 Sep. 1991 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Library of Congress, 24 Apr. 2000 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 1 | 145-178 | 1/2 | 35 | 4 Aug. 1790 | An Act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels. Exemptions from reporting ship's contents, § 17, p. 159. Revenue cutters, § 62-65, p. 175. |
| 1 | 178 | 1/2 | 36 | 4 Aug. 1790 | An
Act to continue in force for a limited time, an act
intituled “An act for the temporary establishment of the
Post-Office”. Until the end of the next session
of Congress [3 Mar. 1791]; extended by Act of 3 Mar. 1791, 1 Stat. 218. original document, https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.2150020a/ original document, http://arago.si.edu/record_80912_img_1.html [archived] Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W15507, http://estc.bl.uk/W15501 ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17666, http://estc.bl.uk/W17674 |
| 1 | 189 | 1/3 | 4 | 4 Feb. 1791 | An Act declaring the consent
of Congress, that a new State be formed within the
jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and admitted
into this Union, by the name of the State of Kentucky.
Effective 1 June 1792. This followed the Virginia Act of 18 Dec. 1789 (ref, ref). A federal district court for Kentucky, under Virginia, was already established, Act of 24 Sep. 1789, 1 Stat. 73. A state district court was established effective 1 Aug. 1782 (ref). Apportionment, 25 Feb. 1791, 1 Stat. 191. Map, Historical diagram of Virginia [Van Zandt]. Commemorative postage stamps -- Kentucky statehood, 1 June 1942 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 1 June 1992 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
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18 Feb. 1791 2 Mar. 1791 |
(1) An Act for the admission
of the State of Vermont into this Union.
Effective 4 Mar. 1791. (2) An Act giving effect to the laws of the United States within the state of Vermont. Vermont, then known as the New Hampshire Grants, declared independence of Britain, New Hampshire and New York, 15 Jan. 1777 (ref, ref). It was considered for statehood in Aug. 1781 (ref), but land grant disputes with New York prevailed until Mar. 1790. Vermont employed a post rider in 1781 (ref), and operated five post offices, by act of 8 Mar. 1784 (ref). Apportionment, 25 Feb. 1791, 1 Stat. 191. Map, Historical diagram of New York [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Vermont Republic. Commemorative postage stamps -- Vermont independence, 3 Aug. 1927 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC); statehood, 4 Mar. 1941 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC), 1 Mar. 1991 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
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25 Feb. 1791 2 Mar. 1791 |
(1) An Act to incorporate the subscribers
to the Bank of the United States. Chartered for
20 years. (2) An Act supplementary to the act intituled "An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States". Reopened in 1812 as Girard Bank, Philadelphia. Wikipedia, First Bank of the United States. A.P.C. Griffin, A List of Works relating to the First and Second Banks of the United States, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1908, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001178849 |
| 1 | 218 | 1/3 | 23 | 3 Mar. 1791 | An
Act to continue in force for a limited time, an act
intituled “An act for the temporary establishment of the
Post-Office”. Until the end of the next session
of Congress [8 May 1792]; extended by Act of 20 Feb. 1792, 1 Stat. 232. Free franking, §
2; the only mention of postage in the Acts of the First
Congress. Mail route, Albany (New York) to Bennington
(Vermont), § 3. original document, http://arago.si.edu/record_183916_img_1.html [archived] https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1791Act.pdf Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17602 |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 22 Aug. 1791 | Revolution begins in Haiti (Saint-Domingue,
Santo Domingo, San Domingo), ending with independence from
France in 1804. Fear of a similar slave revolt in the
US had an impact on some postal operations; see the Act of 3
May 1802, 2 Stat. 189, and notes
on it. Napoleon was also influenced to dispose of
Louisiana in 1803. Wikipedia, Haitian Revolution, Saint-Domingue. |
| 1 | 229 | 2/1 | 4 | 3 Jan. 1792 | An Act for carrying into effect a Contract
between the United States and the State of Pennsylvania.
Sale of land to Pennsylvania, the Erie Triangle, previously
claimed by Massachusetts and New York, ceded to the US in
1781. Deed to the Erie Triangle, 3 Mar. 1792, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-10-02-0009. Pennsylvania's eastern boundary at the Delaware River, and southern boundary at the Twelve-Mile Circle (1750, with Delaware) and Mason-Dixon line (1767, 39° 43′ N, with Maryland and Virginia), were long-established. Virginia retained control of the Pittsburgh region until 1 Oct. 1780, ended by agreement of 31 Aug. 1779 (ref), setting the western boundary at 80° 31′ W. Land disputes with Connecticut over the northern part of Pennsylvania, starting in 1771, ended in Pennsylvania's favor by arbitration 30 Dec. 1782 (ref, ref); this established the northern boundary of the state at 42° N. The Erie Triangle purchase allowed access to Lake Erie. Wikipedia, History of Pennsylvania, Mason-Dixon line, Twelve-Mile Circle, Erie Triangle. |
| 1 | 232-239 | 2/1 | 7 | 20 Feb. 1792 | An
Act to establish the Post-Office and Post Roads within the
United States. Effective "from and after" 1 June
1792, § 1, 9. Post roads, § 1; contracts, § 2, 6;
postmaster general, § 3, 8; quarterly accounts, § 4;
penalties, § 5, 11, 14-17, 24-25; post office hours, § 7;
rates of postage, § 9-10 [now in dollars and cents]; robbing
the mail (with notes), § 17; advertised letters, § 18; free
franking, § 19-20; newspapers, § 21-22; compensation, § 23;
ship letters, § 12-13, 26. Authority for postal
conventions, § 26. Post Office employees exempt from
militia duty, § 27. Revenues previous to 1 June 1792,
§ 28. Previous act [3 Mar. 1791] valid until 1 June
1792, § 29. This act valid for a period of two years,
from 1 June 1792, § 30. Passed the House, 9 Jan. 1792; amended and passed the Senate, 30 Jan. 1792; amended by the House, 2 Feb. 1792; passed the Senate, 3 Feb. 1792. Notes on court cases, p. 237. original document, https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.21800300 original document, https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.21800500 original document, https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.2180050a original document, http://arago.si.edu/record_76704_img_1.html [archived] https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1792Act.pdf Transcribed, with links to LoC, https://njpostalhistory.org/media/pdf/postact1792.pdf Wikipedia, Postal Service Act Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17606, http://estc.bl.uk/W15502 ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17769, http://estc.bl.uk/W14838, http://estc.bl.uk/W15504 ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17777, http://estc.bl.uk/W15505 Message of the President to Congress, 6 Nov. 1792 (excerpt), "It is represented that some provisions in the law which establishes the post office, operate, in experiment, against the transmission of newspapers to distant parts of the country. Should this, upon due inquiry, be found to be the fact, a full conviction of the importance of facilitating the circulation of political intelligence and information, will, I doubt not, lead to the application of a remedy." "It was in February, 1792, in the course of a conference upon post-office affairs, that Jefferson disclosed to the President his intention to retire [as Secretary of State]. It was not yet clear whether the post-office belonged to the Department of State or to that of the Treasury, and Jefferson wished the question settled. He told the President that, in his opinion, it belonged, and ought to belong, to the State Department, because, among other reasons, the Treasury Department was already too powerful, wielding “such an influence as to swallow up the whole executive powers”; so that “even the future Presidents, not supported by the weight of character which himself possessed, would not be able to make head against it.” He disclaimed all personal interest in the matter. ... The President asked him to breakfast with him the next morning, in order that the subject might be resumed. They met accordingly, and when the post-office question had been duly considered, the President revived the topic of Jefferson’s intention to retire.". James Parton, The Quarrel of Jefferson and Hamilton, The Atlantic, March 1873 (link). Relevant to the postage rates, see Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 23 July 1792, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-12-02-0069. |
| 1 | 239-241 | 2/1 | 8 | 1 Mar. 1792 | An Act relative to the Election of a President and Vice President of the United States, and declaring the Officer who shall act as President in case of Vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice President. Electoral College certificates to be sent by mail, § 2. The term of office for the President and Vice President begins 4 March, § 12. |
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A bill introduced in the Senate, "An Act for
reducing the rates of postage on newspapers" (ref).
It was not further considered. |
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2 May 1792 8 May 1792 28 Feb. 1795 23 Apr. 1808 18 Apr. 1814 17 July 1862 3 Mar. 1863 21 Jan. 1903 |
(1) An Act to provide for calling forth
the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress
insurrections and repel invasions. The title is
derived from the Constitution, Art. 1, § 8, giving Congress
the power "To provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and
repel invasions." (2) An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defence by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States. "Each and every free able-bodied white male citizen" between ages 18 and 45 to be enrolled, § 1. Exempted from militia duty, "...; all post-officers, and stage drivers, who are employed in the care and conveyance of the mail of the post-office of the United States; all ferrymen employed at any ferry on the post road; ...", § 2. (3) An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions; and to repeal the Act now in force for those purposes. Replacing the 1792 acts; no mention of exemptions. (4) An Act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the Militia of the United States. Arms and armories. (5) An Act in addition to the act, entitled "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for those purposes.". Amending the 1795 act; no postal impact. (6) An Act to amend the Act calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions, approved February twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and for other Purposes. "All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five ...". (7) An Act for enrolling and calling out the national Forces, and for other purposes. No mention of exemptions related to the Post Office. (8) An Act To promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes. National Guard. Exempted from militia duty, "..., postmasters and persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mail, ferrymen employed at any ferry on a post road ...", § 2. For additional militia acts, 1792-1821, see the notes on 1 Stat. 271 and 2 Stat. 490. Wikipedia, Militia Acts of 1792, Militia Act of 1808, Militia Act of 1862, Enrollment Act (1862), Militia Act of 1903, National Guard. |
| 1 | 279-281 | 2/1 | 37 | 8 May 1792 | An
Act making alterations in the Treasury and War
Departments. Free franking, § 12. Commissioner of the Revenue, § 6; office discontinued, 6 Apr. 1802, 2 Stat. 148 § 2; reestablished, 24 July 1813, 3 Stat. 39; abolished, 23 Dec. 1817, 3 Stat. 401 § 2. |
| 1 | 285-286 | 2/1 | 42 | 8 May 1792 | An Act respecting the government of the territories of the United States northwest and south of the river Ohio. Administrative issues only. |
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Report on Newspaper Postage, Annals of
Congress, vol. 3, col. 1322-1324 (link).
Also, post roads. |
| -- | -- | 2/2 | -- | 1793 | Committee report. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W18010 |
| 1 | 302-305 | 2/2 | 7 | 12 Feb. 1793 | An Act respecting
fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the
service of their masters. Modified by Act of 18 Sep. 1850, 9 Stat. 462. Repealed in part, Act of 28 June 1864, 13 Stat. 200. Wikipedia, Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. |
| 1 | 341 | 3/1 | 1 | 13 Jan. 1794 | An Act making an alteration in the Flag of the United States. |
| 1 | 347-349 | 3/1 | 11 | 22 Mar. 1794 | An Act to prohibit the carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any foreign place or country. |
| 1 | 354-366 | 3/1 | 23 | 8 May 1794 | An
Act to establish the Post-office and Post-roads within the
United States. Effective "from and after" 1 June
1794, § 8; "from" 1 June 1794, § 29. Post roads, § 1;
contracts, § 2, 6; postmaster general, § 3, 8; quarterly
accounts, § 4; penalties, § 5, 11, 14, 16-17, 24-25 [fines,
imprisonment, or death]; post office hours, § 7; rates of
postage, § 9-10; postal monopoly, § 14; way letters, § 15;
advertised letters, Dead Letter Office, § 18; free franking,
§ 19-20; newspapers, § 21-22; compensation, § 23 [with
extensive notes on court decisions]; ship letters, § 12-13,
26; letter carriers, carrier fees, drop letters, § 28.
Post Office employees exempt from militia duty, § 27. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1796, vol. 3, p. 36-59 (link). https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1794Act.pdf Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W15503, http://estc.bl.uk/W15506 Postmaster General Timothy Pickering was reconfirmed by the Senate, 11 Dec. 1794, under this act (link). He was soon after nominated and confirmed as Secretary of War (link). A report on the execution of the Postal Law was given in Dec. 1794 (link), and proposed revisions in April 1796 (link), Jan. 1799 (link), etc. The effective date of 1 June 1794 was too soon for mail contracts to be concluded, so those were set for 1 Oct. 1794. Notes, Decisions of the courts of the United States on the duties and obligations of the Postmaster General, Postmasters, and the Post Office, p. 363-365. |
| 1 | 402 | 3/1 | 8 | 11 Mar. 1794 | Joint Resolution, proposing
the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution.
Ratification was completed 7 Feb. 1795, and certified by
Message of the President, 8 Jan. 1798 (ref,
link). Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 391-407 (link). House Manual, Amendment XI (PDF). Constitution Annotated, Eleventh Amendment (PDF). Wikipedia, Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| 1 | 403-404 | 3/2 | 2 | 3 Dec. 1794 | An Act extending the privilege of franking to James White, the delegate from the Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio; and making provision for his compensation. Southwest Territory, later Tennessee. White was the first non-voting delegate to Congress. |
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20 Jan. 1795 |
Postmaster General's Report, laid before the
House. Annals of Congress, vol. 2, col. 2161-2168 (link). |
| 1 | 419 | 3/2 | 27 | 23 Feb. 1795 | An Act to establish the Office of Purveyor of Public Supplies. Free franking, § 1. |
| 1 | 419-420 | 3/2 | 30 | 25 Feb. 1795 | An Act to amend the act
entitled “An act to establish the Post-Office and Post
Roads within the United States”. Changes to post
roads. Original document, https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.22200900/. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1796, vol. 3, p. 177-179 (link). Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W14572 |
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3 Mar. 1795 21 Dec. 1796 3 Mar. 1797 2 Mar. 1799 2 Mar. 1799 27 Mar. 1804 2 Jan. 1805 |
(1) An Act for the more general
promulgation of the laws of the United States.
The Folwell edition. (2) An Act to amend the act intituled "An act for the more general promulgation of the Laws of the United States." (3) Resolution, Mode of distributing laws of the United States. (4) An Act in addition to an act intituled "An Act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States.". Publication in newspapers; increased printing and wider distribution. (5) Resolution, A subscription to Folwell's edition of the Journals of Congress authorized. (6) An Act to provide for a more extensive distribution of the Laws of the United States. (7) An Act for the disposal of certain copies of the Laws of the United States. |
| 1 | 464-469 | 4/1 | 29 | 18 May 1796 | An Act providing for the Sale of the Lands
of the United States, in the territory northwest of the
river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river.
Navigable rivers declared public highways, § 9. Similar, 1 June 1796, 1 Stat. 490, § 6. These declarations applied only to the public lands to be sold. |
| 1 1 2 |
469-474 743-749 139-147 |
4/1 5/3 7/1 |
30 46 13 |
19 May 1796 3 Mar. 1799 30 Mar. 1802 |
(1) An Act to
regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and
to preserve Peace on the Frontiers. (2) An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. Extended, 17 Jan. 1800, 2 Stat. 6. Supplementary act, 22 Apr, 1800, 2 Stat. 39. (3) An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. Supplementary act, limiting trade to US citizens, 29 Apr. 1816, 3 Stat. 332. Boundary lines between the United States and Indian country. Earlier acts regulating trade did not define boundaries (22 July 1790, 1 Stat. 137; 1 Mar. 1793, 1 Stat. 329). Trading houses established under the Act of 18 Apr. 1796, 1 Stat. 452, and its continuations, were abolished 6 May 1822, 3 Stat. 679. See next, Act of 28 May 1830, 4 Stat. 411; 30 June 1834, 4 Stat. 729. |
| 1 | 474-475 | 4/1 | 32 | 27 May 1796 | An Act altering the Compensation of the Accountant of the War Department. Free franking, § 2. |
| 1 1 1 |
491-492 496-497 617-618 |
4/1 4/2 5/3 |
47 2 8 |
1 June 1796 31 Jan. 1797 19 Feb. 1799 |
(1) An
Act for the admission of the State of Tennessee into the
Union. Former Southwest Territory. (2) An Act giving effect to the Laws of the United States, within the State of Tennessee. (3) An Act to amend an act entitled "An act giving effect to the Laws of the United States within the district of Tennessee". Daniel Smith, A Short Description of the State of Tennassee, lately called The Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio, to accompany and explain a map of that country, Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 9 Mar. 1796 (link). Commemorative postage stamps -- Tennessee statehood, 1 June 1946 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC), 31 May 1996 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, MSC). |
| 1 | 509-512 | 4/2 | 19 | 3 Mar. 1797 | An Act in addition to the act
intituled “An act to establish the Post-Office and Post
Roads within the United States”. Post roads and
compensation, § 1-5, 8; newspapers, § 6; free franking for
George Washington, § 9. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1796, vol. 3, p. 414-420 (link). Wikisource, transcribed. 1796 Committee report, ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W21846 1796 bill, ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W14878 |
| 1 | 512-516 | 4/2 | 20 | 3 Mar. 1797 | An Act to provide more effectually for the Settlement of Accounts between the United States, and Receivers of public Money. Payments, § 5 (not specifically postal). |
| 1 | 547 | 5/2 | 24 | 28 Mar. 1798 | An Act to continue in force
the fifth section of an act intituled “An Act in addition
to the act intituled, An act to establish the Post-Office
and Post Roads within the United States”. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 85 (link). Wikisource, transcribed. |
| 1 2 2 2 |
549-550 229-235 303-306 734 |
5/2 7/2 8/1 12/1 |
28 27 61 84 |
7 Apr. 1798 3 Mar. 1803 27 Mar. 1804 14 May 1812 |
(1) An
Act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of
Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government
in the Mississippi territory. Between the mouth
of the Yazoo River (at the Mississippi River) on the west
and north, the Chattahoochee River on the east, and 31° N on
the south; this was the part of West Florida added by
Britain in 1764, though still disputed by Georgia.
Effective 7 May 1798, when the Governor was confirmed by the
Senate (ref).
Spanish claims had been relinquished by the Treaty of 27
Oct. 1795, effective 3 Aug. 1796, 8
Stat. 138; Spanish troops were fully evacuated in 1797
(see 2 Stat. 229 § 2). (2) An Act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee. Settlement of British and Spanish land warrants. (3) An Act supplementary to the act intituled "An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee". Mississippi Territory enlarged northward, now from Spanish Florida (31° N) to Tennessee (35° N), § 7, p. 305. Cession by Georgia, 24 Apr. 1802 (ref); Georgia was to be paid $1,250,000 from future land sales by the US. See also, Act of 2 Mar. 1805, 2 Stat. 323. (4) An Act to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi territory. Annexing part of West Florida, from the Pearl River to the Perdido River, south of 31° N. This portion was still claimed and partly controlled by Spain, settled in favor of the US by force of arms in 1813 and by treaty in 1819. See also, Act of 10 May 1800, 2 Stat. 69; Act of 9 Jan. 1808, 2 Stat. 455; Proclamation of 27 Oct. 1810, 11 Stat. 761; Act of 3 Mar. 1811, 6 Stat. 99b; Resolution of 17 June 1812, 2 Stat. 786; Act of 18 Apr. 1814, 6 Stat. 139a. West Florida, Mississippi River to Pearl River, see Louisiana, Act of 14 Apr. 1812, 2 Stat. 708. West Florida, Perdido River to Apalachicola River, remained in Spanish control. Georgia had made large grants to land speculators in 1789 and 1795, from the Alabama and Coosa Rivers on the east, to the Mississippi on the west, and from 31° N to 35° N. The 1789 grants were voided for non-payment, and the 1795 grants were rescinded in 1796. The speculators sued, and Congress settled the accounts with the Act of 31 Mar. 1814, 3 Stat. 116, with supplements 3 Stat. 192, 3 Stat. 235, 3 Stat. 294. [Paullin, p. 30-31, plate 45A] Map, Historical diagram of Georgia, Mississippi [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Mississippi Territory, Pinckney's Treaty (1795), Yazoo land scandal. Mississippi statehood, 10 Dec. 1817, 3 Stat. 348, 3 Stat. 472. Commemorative postage stamp -- Mississippi Territory, showing a map of the expansion, 7 Apr. 1948 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, WC). See also, the Northwest Ordinance stamp, 13 July 1937 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), showing a map section "claimed by Spain until 1795". |
| 1 1 |
553-554 569 |
5/2 5/2 |
35 56 |
30 Apr. 1798 22 June 1798 |
(1) An Act to establish an
Executive department, to be denominated the Department of
the Navy. Previously part of the War Dept. (2) An Act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packets to the Secretary of the Navy. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 140-141 (link). Wikisource, transcribed. Ships for the Navy were provided by the Act of 27 Mar. 1794, 1 Stat. 350, unless peace with Algiers was first established (it was not, until 1815). The first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, was confirmed 21 May 1798. |
| 1 | 580-591 | 5/2 | 70 | 9 July 1798 | An Act to provide for the
valuation of Lands and Dwelling-Houses, and the
enumeration of Slaves within the United States.
Free franking, § 28. This enumeration was for tax
purposes. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 168-191 (link). |
| 1 | 591-594 | 5/2 | 71 | 11 July 1798 | An Act to regulate and fix
the compensation of the officers employed in collecting
the internal revenues of the United States, and to insure
more effectually the settlement of their accounts.
Free franking, § 11. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 191-198 (link). |
| 1 | 594-596 | 5/2 | 72 | 11 July 1798 | An Act for the establishing and organizing a Marine Corps. |
| 1 | 610 | 5/2 | 85 | 16 July 1798 | An Act to alter and amend the
several acts for the establishment and regulation of the
Treasury, War and Navy Departments. Free
franking, § 1. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 233-235 (link). |
| 1 | 613 | 5/3 | 1 | 30 Jan. 1799 | An Act for the punishment of
certain Crimes therein specified. Correspondence
with foreign governments, by a private citizen, with the
intent to influence government action. Wikipedia, Logan Act. |
| 1 | 627-704 | 5/3 | 22 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage. Exemptions from reporting ship's contents, § 31, p. 651. |
| 1 | 709-717 | 5/3 | 24 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An Act for the Government of the Navy of the United States. Letters from the enemy, § 34-35, p. 712; similar clauses in later years for the Army or Navy are not listed here. |
| 1 | 717-720 | 5/3 | 25 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An Act making appropriations
for the support of Government for the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-nine. Postmaster
General's office, § 1, p. 720. The appropriations acts of 1789 through 1798 make no specific mention of the Post Office; see p. 95, 104, 185, 190, 226, 284, 325, 342, 394, 405, 445, 493, 498, 534, 536, 542, 611, 723. The Act of 5 Feb. 1796, p. 446, provided rent for the building shared by the War Dept. and the General Post Office. |
| 1 | 729-730 | 5/3 | 38 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An act to augment the
Salaries of the Officers therein mentioned.
Postmaster General, and Assistant, § 1. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 499 (link). |
| 1 | 730-731 | 5/3 | 40 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An Act to regulate and fix
the Compensation of Clerks. Postmaster General's
office, § 2; the clerks were to be paid quarterly out of the
revenues of the Post Office. See next, 2 Stat. 396, 21 Apr. 1806. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 500-502 (link). |
| 1 | 733-741 | 5/3 | 43 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An Act to establish the
Post-Office of the United States. Effective 1
May 1799, § 31. General Post Office and postmaster
general, § 1; oath of office, § 2; penalties and suits, § 3,
9, 14-15, 20, 23-24, 28-29 [fines, whipping, imprisonment,
or death]; contracts for carrying the mail, § 4; duties of
postmasters, § 5, 6; rates of postage, § 7; ship letters, §
8, 10-11, 25; postal monopoly, § 12; way letters, § 13;
advertised letters, dead letters, § 16; free franking, §
17-18; newspapers, § 19-20; compensation, § 21; quarterly
accounts, § 22; letter carriers, carrier fees, drop letters,
§ 27; unproductive post roads, § 30; repeal of former acts,
§ 31. Post Office employees exempt from militia duty
and jury duty, § 26. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1799, vol. 4, p. 505-523 (link). https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1799Act.pdf Wikisource, transcribed. ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W15500 ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W15019 (Evans 36476, 36489) For the oath of office taken by any elected or appointed officer of the United States, see Act of 1 June 1789, 1 Stat. 23, esp. § 4. For a discussion of delivery from the post office to address, see Nathan Dane, A General Abridgement and Digest of American Law, Boston, 1824, vol. 2, p. 436-438 (link). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1799 | Connecticut finally relinquished all its
claims to lands in Pennsylvania. Map, Historical diagram of Pennsylvania [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Pennamite-Yankee War. Founders Online, The Connecticut-Pennsylvania Territorial Dispute. Connecticut History, The Susquehanna Settlers. Connecticut State Library, Connecticut's Susquehanna Settlers. |
Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 2, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6. Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 6th -- 2 Dec. 1799 – 14 May 1800
17 Nov. 1800 – 3 Mar. 1801p. 3-87
p. 88-127p. 39-41
p. 42-446th 7th 4 – 5 Mar. 1801 7 Dec. 1801 – 3 May 1802
6 Dec. 1802 – 3 Mar. 1803p. 128-198
p. 199-244p. 45-48
p. 49-507th 8th -- 17 Oct. 1803 – 27 Mar. 1804
5 Nov. 1804 – 3 Mar. 1805p. 245-306
p. 307-347p. 51-55
p. 56-588th 9th 4 Mar. 1805 2 Dec. 1805 – 21 Apr. 1806
1 Dec. 1806 – 3 Mar. 1807p. 348-410
p. 411-449p. 59-62
p. 63-699th 10th -- 26 Oct. 1807 – 25 Apr. 1808
7 Nov. 1808 – 3 Mar. 1809p. 450-504
p. 505-546p. 70-78
p. 79-8510th 11th 4 – 7 Mar. 1809 22 May 1809 – 28 June 1809
27 Nov. 1809 – 1 May 1810
3 Dec. 1810 – 3 Mar. 1811p. 547-553
p. 554-613
p. 614-666p. 86
p. 87-95
p. 96-10211th 12th -- 4 Nov. 1811 – 6 July 1812
2 Nov. 1812 – 3 Mar. 1813p. 667-786
p. 787-832p. 103-115
p. 116-11912th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress1845
House Journal, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1 pt 1, 12/1 pt 2, 12/2
House Journal, reprinted 1977, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1 pt 1, 12/1 pt 2, 12/2
House Journal, reprinted 1826, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
Senate Journal, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
Senate Journal, reprinted 1977, 6/1, 6/2; 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 1, 6/1, 6/2; 7/sp, 7/1, 7/2; 8/1, 8/2; 9/sp, vol. 2, 9/1, 9/2; 10/1, 10/2; 11/sp, 11/1, 11/2, 11/3; 12/1, 12/2
3 Mar. 1805 was a Sunday; the House and Senate met that day and adjourned.
3 Mar. 1811 was a Sunday; the House and Senate met that day and adjourned.
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 2 | 4 | 6/1 | 2 | 2 Jan. 1800 | An Act extending the
privilege of franking to William Henry Harrison, the
delegate from the territory of the United States,
northwest of the [river] Ohio; and making provision for
his compensation. Northwest Territory. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1803, vol. 5, p. 4-5 (link). Wikisource, transcribed. |
| 2 | 11-14 | 6/1 | 12 | 28 Feb. 1800 | An Act providing for the second Census or
enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States. Additional, 12 Apr. 1800, 2 Stat. 37. Apportionment, 14 Jan. 1802, 2 Stat. 128. Wikipedia, 1800 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1800 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 4 Aug. 1800. |
| 2 | 19 | 6/1 | 18 | 3 Apr. 1800 | An Act to extend the
privilege of franking letters and packages to Martha
Washington. Widow of Pres. George Washington. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1803, vol. 5, p. 45 (link). |
| 2 | 40-42 | 6/1 | 31 | 23 Apr. 1800 | An Act to establish a general Stamp
Office. Stamped paper for revenue
purposes. Free franking, § 2. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1803, vol. 5, p. 95-100 (link). |
| 2 | 42-45 | 6/1 | 32 | 23 Apr. 1800 | An Act to alter and to
establish sundry Post Roads. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1803, vol. 5, p. 101-107 (link). |
| 2 | 56-57 | 6/1 | 38 | 28 Apr. 1800 | An Act to
authorize the President of the United States to accept,
for the United States, a cession of jurisdiction of the
territory west of Pennsylvania, commonly called the
Western Reserve of Connecticut. Between 41° N
and 42° 02′ N, extending 120 miles west from the
Pennsylvania boundary. This was the balance of the Connecticut claim relinquished in 1786. Offered by the Connecticut legislature, Oct. 1797; accepted by this act; confirmed by the legislature 30 May 1800. Assigned to the Northwest Territory, later part of Ohio. See also, Carter, Territorial Papers, vol. 2, p. 657-658 (ref); vol. 3, p. 84-86, footnote 40 (ref); vol. 3, p. 524 (ref). Wikipedia, Connecticut Western Reserve. |
| 2 | 58-59 | 6/1 | 41 | 7 May 1800 | An act to divide the
territory of the United States northwest of the [river]
Ohio, into two separate governments. Northwest
Territory, Indiana Territory. Divided along a line
from the Ohio River opposite the Kentucky River, to Fort
Recovery, then northward to the national boundary.
Effective "from and after" 4 July 1800. Indiana Territory was increased with the balance of Northwest Territory after Ohio statehood (1803), and decreased by the formation of Michigan Territory (1805) and Illinois Territory (1809). After Indiana statehood (1816), the balance of Indiana Territory was added to Michigan Territory (1818). Map, Historical diagram of Indiana [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Indiana Territory. Indiana statehood, 11 Dec. 1816, 3 Stat. 289, 3 Stat. 399. Commemorative postage stamp -- Indiana Territory, 4 July 1950 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 2 | 62-66 | 6/1 | 47 | 7 May 1800 | An Act making appropriation for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 65. |
| -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
7 Nov. 1800 20 Jan. 1801 |
(1) The office of the War Dept. was destroyed
by fire. (2) A less-damaging fire occurred at the Treasury Dept. ASP Miscellaneous 1, no. 142, p. 232 (link); no. 144, p. 241-243 (link); no. 146, p. 247-252 (link). |
| 2 | 88 | 6/2 | 1 | 15 Dec. 1800 | An Act extending the privilege of franking letters to the Delegate from the Territory of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio, and making provision for his compensation. Northwest Territory. |
| 2 | 102 | 6/2 | 9 | 25 Feb. 1801 | An Act freeing from postage
all letters and packets to John Adams. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1803, vol. 5, p. 263 (link). Letters from John Adams, see 2 Stat. 125. |
| 2 | 103-108 | 6/2 | 15 | 27 Feb. 1801 | An Act concerning the District of Columbia. See 1 Stat. 130 for further details. |
| 2 | 117-121 | 6/2 | 27 | 3 Mar. 1801 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and one. Stamp-office, p. 118; post-office, p. 119, 120. |
| 2 | 125-127 | 6/2 | 35 | 3 Mar. 1801 | An
Act further to alter and to establish certain Post Roads.
Free franking, letters and packets from John Adams, § 3. Laws of the United States, Philadelphia, 1803, vol. 5, p. 313-316 (link). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 22 Dec. 1801 | An engrossed bill to extend the privilege of
franking letters to the Delegate from the Mississippi
Territory, and making provision for his compensation.
House Journal, vol. 4, p. 24 (link). |
| 2 | 128-129 | 7/1 | 2 | 26 Jan. 1802 | An Act concerning the Library for the use of both Houses of Congress. |
| 2 | 130-131 | 7/1 | 5 | 18 Feb. 1802 | An Act extending the
privilege of franking and receiving letters, free of
postage, to any person admitted, or to be admitted to take
a seat in Congress, as a delegate; and providing
compensation for such delegate. Laws of the United States, Washington, 1803, vol. 6, p. 10-11 (link); Philadelphia, 1804, vol. 6, p. 10-11 (link). |
| 2 | 132-137 | 7/1 | 9 | 16 Mar. 1802 | An Act fixing the military peace
establishment of the United States. US Military
Academy at West Point, § 26-28. Previous land purchase at West Point, 5 July 1790, 1 Stat. 129b. Commemorative postage stamp -- Military Academy, 16 Mar. 2002 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 2 | 152 | 7/1 | 25 | 14 Apr. 1802 | An Act to revive, and continue in force, an act, intituled “An act to augment the salaries of the officers therein mentioned," passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. |
| 2 67 2 2 |
173-175 407 201-202 350 |
7/1 83/1 7/2 9/1 |
40 337 7 8 |
30 Apr. 1802 7 Aug. 1953 19 Feb. 1803 21 Feb. 1806 |
(1) An Act to
enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory
northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and
state government, and for the admission of such state into
the Union, on an equal footing with the original States,
and for other purposes. Ohio. The boundary
with Indiana Territory was moved eastward to a line north
from the Ohio River at the Great Miami River, § 2. The
balance of the Northwest Territory was assigned to Indiana
Territory, § 3. The provision that "the said state,
when formed, shall be admitted into the Union", § 1, is
ambiguous. It might have been effective on adoption of
the state constitution, 29 Nov. 1802 (ref,
ref),
or when the General Assembly convened, 1 Mar. 1803 (ref),
or when the Governor took office, 3 Mar. 1803, or when
Congress recognized the action, 19 Feb. 1803 (3,
below). See also, Act of 3 Mar. 1803, 2 Stat. 225. (2) [67 Stat. 407] Joint Resolution For admitting the State of Ohio into the Union. Effective 1 Mar. 1803. (3) An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Ohio. This was the first act of Congress directly recognizing the State of Ohio, the constitution and government having been formed on 29 Nov. 1802, as noted in § 1, in accordance with the Act of 30 Apr. 1802 (1, above). (4) An Act for the relief of the Governor, Secretary, and Judges of the late territory of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio. Albert Gallatin, the Treasury Secretary, in Dec. 1804, asserted 29 Nov. 1802 as the end of the Territorial government in Ohio (ref), and would make no further payments. Under the new state constitution, the territorial officers had continued their duties until replaced by state officers (Schedule, sec. 3, ref). This act accepted 1 Mar. 1803, for the purpose of Federal compensation. (One of the Ohio judges was Return J. Meigs, jr., later Postmaster General.) The state constitution was delivered to the House 23 Dec. 1802 (ref); mention of the state of Ohio is noted on 28 Jan. 1803 (ref), 2 Feb. 1803 (ref), 3 Feb. 1803 (ref), 7 Feb. 1803 (ref), etc. The state constitution was delivered to the Senate 7 Jan. 1803 (ref, ref). It was clear from 19-21 Jan. 1803 that the Senate really did not know how to proceed (ref, ref), but they reported a bill on 27-28-31 Jan., delaying it until 3 Feb. (ref, ref), but actually 4 Feb. (ref, ref). The bill passed the Senate 7 Feb. (ref), the House 12 Feb. (ref), and was signed 19 Feb. 1803 (ref). The statement "Ohio was established as a State April 30, 1802" (footnote to the Northwest Ordinance at 2 Stat. 53) must be regarded as incorrect. Donaldson, The Public Domain, 1884, p. 28, 160 and 422, accepts 29 Nov. 1802 as the effective date (ref, ref, ref). I.W. Andrews, When was Ohio admitted into the Union?, Columbus, 1879 (ref), also 1887 (ref), notes the lack of a formal act of admission, and discusses seven claimed dates, settling between 29 Nov. 1802 and 19 Feb. 1803, and finally accepting 19 Feb. 1803. R.R. Sloane, When did Ohio in fact become a sovereign state of the Union?, Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, vol. 9, 1900-1901, p. 278-289 (ref), accepts 1 Mar. 1803 as the admission date. Shearer, 2004, vol. 2, p. 941-966, accepts 19 Feb. 1803, but places 1 Mar. 1803 in the chapter heading without explanation or citation. Historical summaries are here and here; no two accounts of the affair agree. Wikipedia, Enabling Act of 1802. National Archives, 200th Anniversary of Ohio Statehood. Commemorative postage stamps -- Ohio statehood, 2 Mar. 1953 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 1 Mar. 2003 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 2 | 184-188 | 7/1 | 47 | 1 May 1802 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and two. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 186. |
| 2 | 189-192 | 7/1 | 48 | 3 May 1802 | An
Act further to alter and establish certain Post Roads, and
for the more secure carriage of the Mail of the United
States. Only free white persons may carry the
mails, effective 1 Nov. 1802, § 4. Free franking, § 5. Laws of the United States, Washington, 1803, vol. 6, p. 164-172 (link); Philadelphia, 1804, vol. 6, p. 164-172 (link). National Postal Museum, The History and Experience of African Americans in America's Postal Service (link). The Postmaster General discussed the issue of mail carriers in March 1802, in letters to the Senate (link, link); the restriction of § 4 was plainly to make a slave revolt impossible. |
| 2 | 210-215 | 7/2 | 19 | 2 Mar. 1803 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year, one thousand eight hundred and three. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 212. |
| 2 | 227-228 | 7/2 | 24 | 3 Mar. 1803 | An Act making appropriations for the Military establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and three. Appropriations "for postage on letters on public service". |
| 2 | 245 | 8/1 | 1 | 31 Oct. 1803 | An
Act to enable the President of the United States to take
possession of the territories ceded by France to the
United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the
thirtieth of April last; and for the temporary government
thereof. Louisiana Territory. Treaty and
two conventions, signed 30 Apr. 1803, ratified 21 Oct. 1803,
8 Stat. 200 (here). Funding
by Acts of 10 Nov. 1803, 2 Stat. 245,
2 Stat. 247.
Formal transfer, 20 Dec. 1803 (ref).
Tax laws extended, 24 Feb. 1804, 2 Stat. 251. The full extent of the Louisiana territory was not well-understood. Despite US claims at the time and later, Oregon, the Red River basin, the Gulf Coast to the Rio Grande, and Florida were not included in the Louisiana Purchase. About West Florida, see the Proclamation of 27 Oct. 1810, 11 Stat. 761, and multiple following items. Wikipedia, Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Territory. Library of Congress, Louisiana Purchase: A Legislative Timeline (1802-1807). Library of Congress, A Question of Boundaries. State Papers and Correspondence bearing upon the Purchase of the Territory of Louisiana, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1903 (link). |
| 2 2 3 3 |
250 713 309-310 484 |
8/1 12/1 14/1 15/2 |
12 66 103 27 |
20 Feb. 1804 24 Apr. 1812 27 Apr. 1816 20 Feb. 1819 |
(1) An Act continuing for a
limited time, the salaries of the officers of government
therein mentioned. Postmaster-General and
Assistant Postmaster-General. (2) An Act to continue in force for a limited time, an act entituled "An act continuing for a limited time the salaries of the officers of government therein mentioned." Postmaster-General and first assistant postmaster general. (3) An Act continuing the salaries of certain officers of government. See also, American State Papers, Miscellaneous, vol. II, p. 299-300 (link). (4) An Act to increase the salaries of certain officers of government. Postmaster General and two assistants. Previous, see 1 Stat. 67, 1 Stat. 232 § 8, 1 Stat. 354 § 8. Disagreement of a joint committee of conference, 29 Dec. 1803, ASP, Miscellaneous 1, No. 170, p. 385 (link). PMG salary relative to other officers. |
| 2 | 264-269 | 8/1 | 21 | 14 Mar. 1804 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and four. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 266. |
| 2 | 272 | 8/1 | 27 | 19 Mar. 1804 | An Act providing for the expenses of the Civil Government of Louisiana. |
| 2 | 275-277 | 8/1 | 34 | 26 Mar. 1804 | An Act further to alter and establish certain post roads, and for other purposes. Free franking, § 3. |
| 2 | 277-283 | 8/1 | 35 | 26 Mar. 1804 | An Act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes. Indian country, boundary to be marked, § 1. Fees and postage, § 15. |
| 2 | 283-289 | 8/1 | 38 | 26 Mar. 1804 | An Act erecting Louisiana
into two territories, and providing for the temporary
government thereof. Territory of Orleans,
District of Louisiana; below and above 33° N. US laws,
including the postal laws, to apply, § 7. District of
Louisiana temporarily to be administered by Indiana
Territory, § 12-13. Indian country, land exchanges
from east to west, § 15. Effective 1 Oct. 1804, § 16. The Territory of Orleans by this act included land "south of the Mississippi Territory", which put it in conflict with Spain's claim to (and control of) West Florida. The District of Louisiana included the balance of the Louisiana Purchase. See also, Act of 27 Mar. 1804, 2 Stat. 299, § 7. Map, Historical diagram of Louisiana, Missouri [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Territory of Orleans, District of Louisiana. District of Louisiana, renamed Territory of Louisiana, 3 Mar. 1805, 2 Stat. 331; renamed Missouri Territory, 4 June 1812, 2 Stat. 743. Louisiana statehood, 30 Apr. 1812, 2 Stat. 641, 2 Stat. 701. Remonstrance of the People of Louisiana Against the Political System Adopted by Congress for Them, Communicated to the Senate, 31 Dec. 1804; in American State Papers, Miscellaneous, vol. 1, p. 396-399 (link). Similar documents in the same volume. |
| 2 | 306 | 8/1 | -- | 12 Dec. 1803 | Joint Resolution, proposing
the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.
Ratification was completed 15 June 1804, and certified by
proclamation of the Secretary of State, 25 Sep. 1804 (ref). See also, Act of 26 Mar. 1804, 2 Stat. 295. Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 408-451 (link). House Manual, Amendment XII (PDF). Constitution Annotated, Twelfth Amendment (PDF). Wikipedia, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| 2 | 309-310 | 8/2 | 5 | 11 Jan. 1805 | An Act to divide the Indiana
Territory into two separate governments.
Michigan Territory. Divided along an east-west line
through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, to Lake Erie,
and a north-south path through the middle of Lake Michigan
at the same extreme point. Effective "from and after"
30 June 1805. Michigan Territory was decreased at the southern border by a transfer to Indiana (1816); increased with the balance of Indiana Territory (1818), Illinois Territory (1818), and Missouri Territory (1834); and decreased by the formation of Wisconsin Territory (1836). The boundary with Ohio was not settled until 1836, just before statehood. Map, Historical diagram of Indiana, Michigan [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Michigan Territory. Michigan statehood, 26 Jan. 1837, 5 Stat. 49, 5 Stat. 144. |
| 2 | 315 | 8/2 | 16 | 14 Feb. 1805 | An Act authorizing the Postmaster-General to make a new contract for carrying the mail from Fayetteville, in North Carolina, to Charleston, in South Carolina. |
| 2 | 316-321 | 8/2 | 21 | 1 Mar. 1805 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and five. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 319. |
| 2 | 322-323 | 8/2 | 23 | 2 Mar. 1805 | An Act further providing for the government of the territory of Orleans. Effective "from and after" 4 July 1805. Preparation for Louisiana statehood. |
| 2 | 331-332 | 8/2 | 31 | 3 Mar. 1805 | An
Act further providing for the government of the district
[or, territory] of Louisiana. Territory of
Louisiana. Effective 4 July 1805. This ended the
administration by Indiana Territory. Wikipedia, Louisiana Territory. |
| 2 | 337-338 | 8/2 | 35 | 3 Mar. 1805 | An Act further to alter and establish certain post roads; and for other purposes. |
| 2 | 357-359 | 9/1 | 19 | 29 Mar. 1806 | An Act to regulate the laying out and
making a road from Cumberland, in the state of Maryland,
to the state of Ohio. Pres. Monroe discussed at length the need for repairs to the road, when he vetoed a bill to do so, 4 May 1822 (link). The road was later extended to Indiana and Illinois; for example, Acts of 3 Mar. 1837, 5 Stat. 195; 25 May 1838, 5 Stat. 228. On tolls for the mail service, see 4 Stat. 483, 4 Stat. 655. Wikipedia, National Road. |
| 2 | 384-389 | 9/1 | 33 | 18 Apr. 1806 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and six. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 386. |
| 2 | 396-397 | 9/1 | 41 | 21 Apr. 1806 | An Act to regulate and fix
the compensation of clerks, and to authorize the laying
out certain public roads; and for other purposes.
Postmaster General's office, § 2. The names and
compensation of the clerks were to be published annually, §
5. Reports for 1813: Treasury (link), Post Office (link), War Dept. (link), Customs (link). Reports for 1815: Customs (link). Reports for 1816: Treasury (link). |
| 2 | 408-410 | 9/1 | 55 | 21 Apr. 1806 | An Act further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for other purposes. |
| 2 | 432-436 | 9/2 | 29 | 3 Mar. 1807 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 434. |
| 2 | 444 | 9/2 | 43 | 3 Mar. 1807 | An Act to establish certain Post Roads; and for other purposes. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 17 Aug. 1807 | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat of
Clermont traveled the Hudson River from New York City
to Albany, 17 Aug. 1807, becoming the first commercially
successful steamboat. Rebuilt in 1808, it began
regular service on that route, carrying mail under the 1799
ship letter rate until retired in July 1814. Fulton's
company took the first steamboat mail contract with the Post
Office in April 1815 (ref,
ref). Commemorative postage stamps -- Fulton and the Clermont, 25 Sep. 1909 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC), 19 Aug. 1965 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, A Stamp a Day). Wikipedia, North River Steamboat. |
| 2 | 456-457 | 10/1 | 14 | 27 Jan. 1808 | An Act to continue in force for a limited time an act, intituled “An act continuing for a limited time the salaries of the officers of government therein mentioned”. |
| 2 | 462-466 | 10/1 | 17 | 10 Feb. 1808 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 464. |
| 2 | 483-484 | 10/1 | 44 | 13 Apr. 1808 | An Act to authorize the transportation of certain documents by mail, free of postage. Message of the President, 22 Mar. 1808. |
| 2 | 484-485 | 10/1 | 48 | 21 Apr. 1808 | An Act concerning public contracts. Members of Congress may not be government contractors. Postmaster-General to make annual reports, § 5. |
| 2 | 491 | 10/1 | 56 | 23 Apr. 1808 | An Act to establish certain post roads in the states of Georgia and Ohio. |
| -- | -- | 10/2 | -- | 9 Nov. 1808 | House Resolution, Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads, 17 members (one from each state). House Journal, 10th Congress, 2nd Session, 9 Nov. 1808, p. 20-21. Transferred to the Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service, 1946. |
| 2 | 505 | 10/2 | 1 | 18 Nov. 1808 | An Act to authorize the transportation of a certain Message of the President of the United States, and documents accompanying the same. |
| 2 | 514-516 | 10/2 | 13 | 3 Feb. 1809 | An Act for dividing the
Indiana Territory into two separate governments.
Illinois Territory. Divided along the Wabash River to
Post Vincennes, then northward to the national
boundary. Effective "from and after" 1 Mar. 1809. Western boundary, islands in the Mississippi River, Acts of 16 Apr. 1814, 3 Stat. 125; 27 Feb. 1815, 3 Stat. 218 § 1. Upon Indiana statehood (1816) the dividing line was changed to follow the Wabash River farther north, but otherwise unchanged. Upon Illinois statehood (1818), the balance of Illinois Territory was added to Michigan Territory. Map, Historical diagram of Indiana [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Illinois Territory. Illinois statehood, 3 Dec. 1818, 3 Stat. 428, 3 Stat. 536. |
| 2 | 520-525 | 10/2 | 18 | 17 Feb. 1809 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and nine. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 522. |
| 2 | 526 | 10/2 | 20 | 28 Feb. 1809 | An Act freeing from postage
all letters and packets to Thomas Jefferson. On this subject, in 1812, letter of Gideon Granger, Postmaster General (link). |
| 2 | 552 | 11/1 | 14 | 28 June 1809 | An Act freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson. |
| 2 | 554 | 11/2 | 1 | 9 Dec. 1809 | An Act to authorize the transportation of certain Documents free of postage. Message of the President, 29 Nov. 1809. |
| 2 | 557-562 | 11/2 | 13 | 26 Feb. 1810 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 559. |
| 2 | 564-568 | 11/2 | 17 | 26 Mar. 1810 | An Act providing for the third census or
enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States. Additional, 12 Apr. 1810, 2 Stat. 570; 1 May 1810, 2 Stat. 605; 2 Mar. 1811, 2 Stat. 658. Apportionment, 21 Dec. 1811, 2 Stat. 669. Wikipedia, 1810 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1810 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 6 Aug. 1810. |
| 2 | 579-589 | 11/2 | 30 | 28 Apr. 1810 | An Act to establish Post Roads. |
| 2 2 |
589-590 691-692 |
11/2 12/1 |
34 35 |
28 Apr. 1810 7 Mar. 1812 |
(1) An
Act providing for the better accommodation of the General
Post-office and Patent Office, and for other purposes.
Blodget's Hotel was purchased; see Report of 25 Jan. 1811 (link),
and 6 Stat. 347b. (2) An Act supplementary to “An act providing for the better accommodation of the General Post-office and Patent Office, and for other purposes”. Thomas Munroe, noted in § 3, was Postmaster of Washington City, 1799-1829 (ref). The patent system was established by the Acts of 10 Apr. 1790, 1 Stat. 109; 21 Feb. 1793, 1 Stat. 318; etc. |
| 2 | 592-604 | 11/2 | 37 | 30 Apr. 1810 | An Act regulating the
Post-office Establishment. Only free white
persons may carry the mails, § 4. Post Offices to be
open every day, § 9; including the Sabbath, which caused
objections. Ship letters, § 12, 14-15, 32. Way
letters, § 17. Free franking, § 24-26. Post
Office employees exempt from militia duty and jury duty, §
33. Effective 1 June 1810, § 42. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1810Act.pdf Comments by PMG Granger, Feb. 1810 (link). Notes, Previous acts for the regulation of the Post-office Department, 1789-1845, p. 592-593. Notes, Privilege of Franking, p. 599-600. Notes, Circuit Court decisions, postmasters accounts, p. 602. |
| 2 | 613 | 11/2 | 2 | 1 May 1810 | Resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States. Penalty for
accepting foreign titles or emoluments. Date from
Annals of Congress (ref). The most notorious error in the Bioren & Duane compilation of Laws was the inclusion of this unratified "Thirteenth Amendment" at vol. 1, p. 74 (ref), with a widely-overlooked disclaimer on p. ix (ref). See, for example, Wikipedia, Titles of Nobility Amendment, and the references therein, especially Jol A. Silversmith, The "Missing Thirteenth Amendment": Constitutional Nonsense and Titles of Nobility, 1999 (link). |
| 11 | 761-762 | -- | 12 | 27 Oct. 1810 | Proclamation
respecting taking possession of part of Louisiana.
West Florida, between the Mississippi and Perdido
rivers. Previously claimed by France and Spain, from
differing interpretations of treaties signed in 1763, 1783,
1795, 1800, 1803; held by Britain 1763-1783, by Spain since
1783. Claimed by the US on the (specious) ground that
West Florida had become part of Louisiana in 1800, and thus
had been purchased in 1803. Orleans Territory created
a county extending from the Mississippi River to the Perdido
River, 7 Dec. 1810. Annexed by parts to Louisiana (14
Apr. 1812, 2 Stat. 708) and
Mississippi Territory (14 May 1812, 2
Stat. 734); the balance of West Florida, from the
Perdido River to the Apalachicola River, remained in Spanish
control. East and West Florida were formally
transferred from Spain to the US by the Treaty of 22 Feb.
1819, 8
Stat. 252. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0752 https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/october-27-1810... https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/pages/Florida.html https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/pages/Louisiana.html Wikipedia, Republic of West Florida. |
| 2 | 614 | 11/3 | 1 | 17 Dec. 1810 | An Act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage. Message of the President, 5 Dec. 1810. |
| 2 3 2 3 |
666b 471-472 666a 472b |
11/3 11/3 11/3 12/2 |
-- -- 47 -- |
15 Jan. 1811 15 Jan. 1811 3 Mar. 1811 12 Feb. 1813 |
(1) Resolution relative to the occupation
of the Floridas by the United States of America.
Also, 3
Stat. 471a, with introduction. (2) An Act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession [from Spain] of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes. East Florida. This act was kept secret at the time, by the following act. (3) An Act concerning an act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes, and the declaration accompanying the same. East Florida. Also, 3 Stat. 472a. (4) An Act authorizing the President of the United States to take possession of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi territory and west of the river Perdido. West Florida. Not published until 1818; see the Act of 25 Apr. 1812, 2 Stat. 713. See also, Acts of 14 Apr. 1812 and 14 May 1812, 2 Stat. 708 and 2 Stat. 734; Private Act of 18 Apr. 1814, 6 Stat. 139a. See also, Senate Executive Journal, 3-18 Jan. and 3 Mar. 1811 (link), 26 June - 3 July 1812 (link), not published until 1828. David Hunter Miller, Secret Statutes of the United States, 1918 (link). Wikipedia, East Florida, West Florida, Republic of West Florida, Florida Parishes (of Louisiana). |
| 2 | 615 | 11/3 | 4 | 17 Jan. 1811 | An Act to fix the compensation of the additional assistant Postmaster-General. |
| 2 2 2 |
641-643 701-704 708-709 |
11/3 12/1 12/1 |
21 50 57 |
20 Feb. 1811 8 Apr. 1812 14 Apr. 1812 |
(1) An
Act to enable the people of the Territory of Orleans to
form a constitution and state government, and for the
admission of such state into the Union, on an equal
footing with the original states, and for other purposes.
Louisiana. West to the Sabine River, north to 33° N,
east to the Mississippi River and through Lake Pontchartrain
to the Gulf of Mexico. (2) An Act for the admission of the State of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state. Effective "from and after" 30 Apr. 1812. See also, letter of Albert Gallatin, Treasury Secretary, asserting statehood commenced on 1 May 1812 (link). Extent as for (1). See also, Act of 22 May 1812, 2 Stat. 743. (3) An Act to enlarge the limits of the state of Louisiana. Annexing part of West Florida, eastward to the Pearl River. Accepted by the Louisiana Legislature, 4 Aug. 1812 (ref). For West Florida from the Pearl River to the Perdido River, see Mississippi Territory, Act of 14 May 1812, 2 Stat. 734. The western boundary of Louisiana claimed in (1) and (2) was settled with Spain, by treaty, 22 Feb. 1819, 8 Stat. 252; this was later incumbent upon Mexico, 12 Jan. 1828, 8 Stat. 372 (continued 3 Apr. 1835, 8 Stat. 464), and Texas, 25 Apr. 1838, 8 Stat. 511 (Miller, Treaties, vol. 3, p. 405-420; vol. 3, p. 823-833; vol. 4, p. 133-143). Boundary with Texas, Act of 15 June 1844, 5 Stat. 674; Act of 5 July 1848, 9 Stat. 245; Texas Act of 24 Nov. 1849 (link). The extended eastern boundary was also settled by the 1819 treaty. National Archives, Louisiana Statehood, 1812. Commemorative postage stamps -- Louisiana statehood, 30 Apr. 1962 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, WC), 30 Apr. 2012 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 2 | 643-648 | 11/3 | 22 | 20 Feb. 1811 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 645. |
| 2 | 667 | 12/1 | 1 | 18 Nov. 1811 | An Act to authorize the
transportation of certain documents free of postage.
Message of the President, 5 Nov. 1811, 7 Nov. 1811. Session laws, link. |
| 2 | 686-691 | 12/1 | 33 | 26 Feb. 1812 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 688. |
| 2 | 696-699 | 12/1 | 46 | 28 Mar. 1812 | An Act to establish a Quartermaster's Department, and for other purposes. Free franking, § 10. |
| 2 | 713-716 | 12/1 | 67 | 25 Apr. 1812 | An Act for ascertaining the titles and claims to Lands in that part of the Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans. Divides West and East Florida as two land districts, at the Pearl River, up to the Perdido River, though the US claim was not (yet) accepted by Spain. |
| 2 | 716-718 | 12/1 | 68 | 25 Apr. 1812 | An Act for the establishment of a General Land-Office in the Department of the Treasury. Free franking, § 11. |
| 2 | 730-732 | 12/1 | 80 | 11 May 1812 | An Act to alter and establish certain Post Roads. |
| 2 | 734 | 12/1 | 84 | 14 May 1812 | Mississippi Territory, see 1 Stat. 549. |
| 2 | 741 | 12/1 | 88 | 20 May 1812 | An Act to authorize the President of the
United States to ascertain and designate certain
boundaries. To survey the western and northern
boundaries of Ohio; not undertaken until 1817 and 1818. See also, Acts of 14 July 1832, 4 Stat. 596; 15 June 1836, 5 Stat. 49. |
| 2 | 743-747 | 12/1 | 95 | 4 June 1812 | An
Act providing for the government of the territory of
Missouri. Louisiana Territory, renamed and
reorganized as Missouri Territory. Effective 7 Dec.
1812. Supplementary Act, 29 Apr. 1816, 3 Stat.
328. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Missouri Territory. Missouri statehood, 10 Aug. 1821, 3 Stat. 545, 3 Stat. 797. |
| 2 8 |
755 218-223 |
12/1 -- |
102 -- |
18 June 1812 24 Dec. 1814 |
(1) An Act declaring War between the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and
their territories. (2) Treaty of Peace and Amity, Between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Ratified 17 Feb. 1815. Wikipedia, War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent. |
| 2 | 778-781 | 12/1 | 129 | 6 July 1812 | An Act to prohibit American vessels from proceeding to or trading with the enemies of the United States, and for other purposes. British packets, § 5. |
| 2 | 784-785 | 12/1 | 137 | 6 July 1812 | An Act making further provision for the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. Free franking, § 3. |
| 2 | 787 | 12/2 | 1 | 12 Nov. 1812 | An Act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage. Message of the President, 4 Nov. 1812. |
| 2 | 790 | 12/2 | 9 | 14 Jan. 1813 | An Act authorizing the President of the United States to establish post routes, in certain cases. During wartime, for the army. |
| 2 | 805 | 12/2 | 34 | 27 Feb. 1813 | An Act in addition to an act regulating the Post-office establishment. Steamboats may carry the mail. |
| 2 | 806 | 12/2 | 36 | 27 Feb. 1813 | An Act to establish certain post roads in the State of Louisiana. |
| 2 | 806-807 | 12/2 | 37 | 27 Feb. 1813 | An Act to encourage Vaccination. Free franking, § 2. Repealed, 4 May 1822, 3 Stat. 677. |
| 2 | 816-818 | 12/2 | 48 | 3 Mar. 1813 | An Act the better to provide for the supplies of the Army of the United States, and for the accountability of persons entrusted with the same. Free franking, § 2. |
| 2 | 819-820 | 12/2 | 52 | 3 Mar. 1813 | An Act for the better organization of the general staff of the Army of the United States. Free franking, § 11. |
| 2 | 823-829 | 12/2 | 58 | 3 Mar. 1813 | An Act making appropriation for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 826. |
Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 3, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6. Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 13th -- 24 May 1813 – 2 Aug. 1813
6 Dec. 1813 – 18 Apr. 1814
19 Sep. 1814 – 3 Mar. 1815p. 1-87
p. 88-142
p. 143-250p. 120-126
p. 127-144
p. 145-15513th 14th -- 4 Dec. 1815 – 30 Apr. 1816
2 Dec. 1816 – 3 Mar. 1817p. 251-343
p. 344-400p. 156-182
p. 183-19614th 15th 4 – 6 Mar. 1817 1 Dec. 1817 – 20 Apr. 1818
16 Nov. 1818 – 3 Mar. 1819p. 401-476
p. 477-538p. 197-215
p. 216-23515th 16th -- 6 Dec. 1819 – 15 May 1820
13 Nov. 1820 – 3 Mar. 1821p. 539-609
p. 610-648p. 236-253
p. 254-26216th 17th -- 3 Dec. 1821 – 8 May 1822
2 Dec. 1822 – 3 Mar. 1823p. 649-719
p. 720-790p. 263-279
p. 280-28917th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress1846
Serial Set, House Journal, (15) 4, 16; (16) 30, 47; (17) 62, 75
Serial Set, Senate Journal, (15) 1, 13; (16) 25, 41; (17) 58, 72
House Journal, 13/1, 13/2, 13/3; 14/1, 14/2; 15/1, 15/2; 16/1, 16/2; 17/1, 17/2
House Journal, reprinted 1977, 13/1, 13/2, 13/3; 14/1, 14/2
Senate Journal, 13/1, 13/2, 13/3; 14/1, 14/2; 15/sp, 15/1, 15/2; 16/1, 16/2; 17/1, 17/2
Senate Journal, reprinted 1977, 13/1, 13/2, 13/3; 14/1, 14/2; 15/sp
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 2, 13/1, 13/2, 13/3; vol. 3, 14/1, 14/2; 15/sp, 15/1, 15/2; 16/1, 16/2; 17/1, 17/2
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 3 | 4 | 13/1 | 9 | 13 July 1813 | An Act freeing from postage all letters and packets to and from the superintendent general of military supplies. |
| 3 | 39 | 13/1 | 22 | 24 July 1813 | An
Act to establish the office of commissioner of the
revenue. Free franking, § 6. Office previously established, 8 May 1792, 1 Stat. 279 § 6; discontinued, 6 Apr. 1802, 2 Stat. 148 § 2. Office abolished, 23 Dec. 1817, 3 Stat. 401 § 2. |
| 3 | 48-49 | 13/1 | 33 | 28 July 1813 | An Act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage. Message of the President, 12 July 1813. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 Dec. 1813 | House Resolution, commencing the US Serial
Set. Journal of the House of Representatives, vol. 9, p. 166-167 (link). |
| 3 | 106-111 | 13/2 | 28 | 24 Mar. 1814 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 108-109. |
| 3 | 129-130 | 13/2 | 69 | 18 Apr. 1814 | An Act authorizing a subscription for the
laws of the United States, and for the distribution
thereof. The Bioren & Duane edition. Resolution, for distribution, 3 Mar. 1815, 3 Stat. 250. |
| 3 | 130-133 | 13/2 | 75 | 18 Apr. 1814 | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. Free franking, § 4. |
| 3 | 137-139 | 13/2 | 91 | 18 Apr. 1814 | An Act to amend the act laying duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors and foreign merchandise, and for other purposes. Free franking, Commissioner of the Revenue, § 10. |
| 3 | 140-141 | 13/2 | 1 | 27 Dec. 1813 | Resolution for the printing and distribution of an additional number of the journals of Congress, and of the documents published under their order. |
| 3 | 145-146 | 13/3 | 6 | 21 Nov. 1814 | An Act to authorize the publication of the laws of the United States within the territories of the United States. In newspapers. |
| 3 | 159-161 | 13/3 | 16 | 23 Dec. 1814 | An Act to provide additional
revenues for defraying the expenses of government, and
maintaining the public credit, by duties on sales at
auction, and on licenses to retail wines, spirituous
liquors, and foreign merchandise, and for increasing the
rates of postage. Rates of postage, § 2,
effective "from and after" 1 Feb. 1815; repealed, Act of 1
Feb. 1816, 3 Stat. 252. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1814Act.pdf See also, House Committee of Ways and Means, report, 10 Oct. 1814 (link). |
| 3 | 164-180 | 13/3 | 21 | 9 Jan. 1815 | An Act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government, ... . Deputy Postmasters to assume the role of tax assessor and collector when no other person is available, § 37, p. 178. |
| 3 | 195 | 13/3 | 27 | 30 Jan. 1815 | An Act to authorize the purchase of the
library of Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United
States. To replace the library of Congress
burned in 1814. See also, Resolution of 21 Oct. 1814, 3 Stat. 246; Act of 3 Mar. 1815, 3 Stat. 225. E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington : Library of Congress, 1952-1959, 5 vol., https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001166326. Reprinted, 1983. James Gilreath, Sowerby Revirescent and Revised, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 1984, vol. 78, p. 219-232, https://www.jstor.org/stable/24302785. Douglas L. Wilson, Sowerby Revisited: The Unfinished Catalogue of Thomas Jefferson's Library, The William and Mary Quarterly, Oct. 1984, vol. 41, p. 615-628, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919156. |
| 3 | 202-203 | 13/3 | 35 | 7 Feb. 1815 | An Act to alter and amend the several acts for establishing a Navy Department, by adding thereto a board of commissioners. Free franking, § 3. |
| 3 | 206-211 | 13/3 | 44 | 16 Feb. 1815 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 209. |
| 3 | 220-221 | 13/3 | 65 | 27 Feb. 1815 | An Act in addition to the act regulating the post-office establishment. Commissions and allowances for postmasters, § 1-2. Steamboat letters and fees, § 3-5. |
| 3 | 221-222 | 13/3 | 69 | 1 Mar. 1815 | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. |
| 3 | 239-244 | 13/3 | 100 | 3 Mar. 1815 | An Act to fix the compensations, and increase the responsibility of the collectors of the direct tax and internal duties; and for other purposes connected with the collection thereof. Free franking, § 7. |
| 3 | 252 | 14/1 | 7 | 1 Feb. 1816 | An
Act to repeal so much of an act, passed on the
twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and fourteen [3 Stat. 159], as imposes additional
duties on postage. Effective "from and after" 31
Mar. 1816. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1816RepealAct.pdf |
| 3 | 261-264 | 14/1 | 40 | 9 Apr. 1816 | An Act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes. Free franking, § 11, 13. |
| 3 | 264-266 | 14/1 | 43 | 9 Apr. 1816 | An Act in addition to an act
to regulate the Post-office establishment. Rates
of postage, effective "from and after" 1 May 1816, § 1; free
franking, § 3; balance of the act effective "from and after"
31 Mar. 1816, § 5. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1816Act.pdf Sec. 5 was unusual. Most acts take effect on or after passage, not before. |
| 3 | 266-277 | 14/1 | 44 | 10 Apr. 1816 | An Act to incorporate the subscribers to
the Bank of the United States. Second Bank of
the United States, chartered for 20 years. Opened 7
Jan. 1817. Pres. Jackson vetoed the recharter attempt in 1832 and withdrew the federal deposits in 1833; the bank was rechartered in Pennsylvania in Feb. 1836, and expired in Feb. 1841. Pres. Tyler vetoed the Fiscal Bank of the United States in 1841 (ref, ref), favored by the Whigs and Henry Clay; the entire cabinet (excepting Daniel Webster) resigned in protest. Wikipedia, Second Bank of the United States, Presidency of John Tyler. |
| 3 | 277-283 | 14/1 | 45 | 16 Apr. 1816 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 281. |
| 3 3 3 3 |
289-291 399-400 390-391 428-431 |
14/1 14/2 14/2 15/1 |
57 1 100 67 |
19 Apr. 1816 11 Dec. 1816 3 Mar. 1817 18 Apr. 1818 |
(1) An Act to
enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a
constitution and state government, and for the admission
of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the
original states. The northern boundary of
Indiana with Michigan Territory was moved 10 miles farther
north. The western boundary of Indiana with Illinois
Territory was changed to continue farther north along the
Wabash River. Accepted by the Indiana Convention, 29
June 1816 (ref). (2) Resolution for admitting the state of Indiana into the Union. (3) An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Indiana. (4) An Act to enable the people of the Illinois territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states. The balance of Indiana Territory, on the upper peninsula of Michigan, was added to Michigan Territory, § 7. Northern boundary of Indiana, surveyed by Act of 2 Mar. 1827, 4 Stat. 236. Commemorative postage stamps -- Indiana statehood, 16 Apr. 1966 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 7 June 2016 (MSC). |
| 3 | 302-306 | 14/1 | 82 | 26 Apr. 1816 | An Act supplementary to the act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for assessing and collecting the same. Free franking, § 13. |
| 3 | 322 | 14/1 | 140 | 29 Apr. 1816 | An Act supplementary to an act making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments, passed the eighth day of May, 1792. Free franking, § 1. |
| 3 | 334-338 | 14/1 | 171 | 30 Apr. 1816 | An Act to establish post-roads. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 Dec. 1816 | Senate Resolution (link), establishing the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads (ref). |
| 3 3 3 |
348-349 472-473 413 |
14/2 15/1 15/1 |
23 1 29 |
1 Mar. 1817 10 Dec. 1817 3 Apr. 1818 |
(1) An Act to
enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi
territory to form a constitution and state government, and
for the admission of such state into the union, on an
equal footing with the original states. (2) Resolution for the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union. (3) An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United states within the state of Mississippi. Commemorative postage stamps -- Mississippi statehood, 11 Dec. 1967 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 31 Mar. 2017 (NPM, MSC). |
| 3 | 350 | 14/2 | 25 | 1 Mar. 1817 | An Act freeing from postage all letters and packets to and from James Madison. |
| 3 | 352-358 | 14/2 | 33 | 3 Mar. 1817 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 355. |
| 3 | 363-366 | 14/2 | 44 | 3 Mar. 1817 | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. |
| 3 | 366-368 | 14/2 | 45 | 3 Mar. 1817 | An Act to provide for the
prompt settlement of public accounts. Fifth
Auditor of the Treasury, for the Post Office accounts, §
4. Free franking, § 16. Four additional auditors were authorized, and duties assigned, by § 3-4: First, for the Treasury Dept.; Second and Third, for the Army, and the War Dept.; Fourth, for the Navy Dept.; Fifth, for the State Dept., General Post Office, and Indian Affairs. The duties were modified by later acts. For the Sixth Auditor, see 5 Stat. 80. See also, American State Papers, Miscellaneous, vol. II, p. 396-399 (link), 466 (link). |
| 3 | 371-373 | 14/2 | 59 | 3 Mar. 1817 | An Act to establish a
separate territorial government for the eastern part of
the Mississippi territory. Alabama
Territory. By § 5, effective upon establishment of the
Mississippi state government, 15 Aug. 1817 (per 10 Dec.
1817, 3
Stat. 472); or, when the Alabama Governor was
commissioned, 25 Sep. 1817 (ref,
ref,
ref);
or, [incorrectly] on proclamation of Mississippi statehood,
10 Dec. 1817. Map, Historical diagram of Georgia, Mississippi [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Alabama Territory. Alabama statehood, 14 Dec. 1819, 3 Stat. 489, 3 Stat. 608. |
| 3 | 415 | 15/1 | 34 | 4 Apr. 1818 | An Act to establish the flag of the United States. |
| 3 | 418-423 | 15/1 | 45 | 9 Apr. 1818 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 421. |
| 3 | 426-427 | 15/1 | 61 | 14 Apr. 1818 | An Act regulating the staff of the army. Free franking, § 10. |
| 3 3 3 |
428-431 536 502-503 |
15/1 15/2 15/2 |
67 1 70 |
18 Apr. 1818 3 Dec. 1818 3 Mar. 1819 |
(1) An Act to
enable the people of the Illinois territory to form a
constitution and state government, and for the admission
of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the
original states. The northern boundary was set
at 42° 30′ N between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi
River. The balance of Indiana Territory and of
Illinois Territory together were assigned to Michigan
Territory, § 7. (2) Resolution declaring the admission of the state of Illinois into the Union. (3) An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Illinois. Northern boundary, Act of 2 Mar. 1831, 4 Stat. 479. Commemorative postage stamps -- Illinois statehood, 12 Feb. 1968 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 5 Mar. 2018 (MSC). |
| 3 | 439-440 | 15/1 | 80 | 20 Apr. 1818 | An Act to provide for the publication of
the laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
In newspapers, § 1-3. Editions to succeed those by
Bioren and Duane, § 4-6. An index for the session laws was authorized by Resolution of 3 Apr. 1818, 3 Stat. 475. Amended, 11 May 1820, 3 Stat. 576. |
| 3 | 445-447 | 15/1 | 87 | 20 Apr. 1818 | An Act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices. Postmaster General's office, § 7. |
| 3 | 453-457 | 15/1 | 92 | 20 Apr. 1818 | An Act to establish and alter certain post roads. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1819 | First Steamship to cross the Atlantic,
May-June 1819, the Savannah, by steam and sail,
without passengers or cargo. Commemorative postage stamp -- 22 May 1944 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC). Regular steamship crossings began in 1838, by British ships, and 1847, by American ships. Wikipedia, SS Savannah, SS Sirius, SS Great Western, Steamship. Smithsonian, Logbook for First Transatlantic Steamship Savannah, 1819. Smithsonian, National Postal Museum, Transatlantic Mail. |
| 3 | 488-489 | 15/2 | 46 | 2 Mar. 1819 | An Act regulating passenger ships and vessels. Passenger manifest now required for US arrivals. |
| 3 3 3 |
489-492 608 564-565 |
15/2 16/1 16/1 |
47 1 47 |
2 Mar. 1819 14 Dec. 1819 21 Apr. 1820 |
(1) An
Act to enable the people of the Alabama territory to form
a constitution and state government, and for the admission
of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the
original states. (2) Resolution declaring the admission of the state of Alabama into the Union. (3) An Act to establish a district court in the state of Alabama. Laws extended. Boundary with Florida, Act of 2 Mar. 1831, 4 Stat. 479. Encyclopedia of Alabama, Historic Origins of Alabama's Boundaries. Commemorative postage stamps -- Alabama statehood, 2 Aug. 1969 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 23 Feb. 2019 (MSC). |
| 3 | 493-496 | 15/2 | 49 | 2 Mar. 1819 | An Act establishing a
separate territorial government in the southern part of
the territory of Missouri. Arkansaw Territory;
Arkansas Territory since Apr. 1820. Effective "from
and after" 4 July 1819. The extent of present-day
Arkansas, plus Oklahoma without the panhandle.
Northern boundary, 36° 30′ N east to the St. Francis River,
then 36° N east to the Mississippi River. Western
boundary, 100° W, by the treaty with Spain, 22 Feb.
1819. Southern boundary, following the 1819 treaty
line (Red River) and the northern boundary of Louisiana (33°
N). Supplementary act, 21 Apr. 1820, 3 Stat. 565. Western boundary moved eastward, 26 May 1824, 4 Stat. 40, referring to the 18 Oct. 1820 treaty with Choctaw Nation, 7 Stat. 210; moved further eastward by treaty with Cherokee Nation, 6 May 1828, 7 Stat. 311. Boundary with Louisiana, 19 May 1828, 4 Stat. 276. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Arkansas [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Arkansas Territory. Arkansas statehood, 15 June 1836, 5 Stat. 50. |
| 3 | 496 | 15/2 | 52 | 2 Mar. 1819 | An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to contract, as in other cases, for carrying the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, and Louisville, in the state of Kentucky. |
| 3 | 496-502 | 15/2 | 54 | 3 Mar. 1819 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 499. |
| 3 | 503-508 | 15/2 | 72 | 3 Mar. 1819 | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. |
| 3 | 536 | 15/2 | 107 | 3 Mar. 1819 | An Act to repeal part of an act passed on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled “An act in addition to ʻAn act regulating the Post-office establishmentʼ ”. |
| 3 | 539 | 16/1 | 1 | 14 Dec. 1819 | An Act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. Any documents ordered to be printed by Congress. |
| 3 | 544 | 16/1 | 19 | 3 Mar. 1820 | An Act for the admission of the state of
Maine into the Union. Effective "from and after"
15 Mar. 1820. Maine had been a district of Massachusetts (last modified in the 1691 charter), so no further federal statehood legislation was necessary beyond reapportionment (7 Apr. 1820, 3 Stat. 555). The State of Maine officially recognizes Mar. 15 as Statehood Day (ref). Massachusetts Acts of 19 June 1819 (ref), 25 Feb. 1820 (ref). Boundary with Canada, Act of 17 Apr. 1828, 4 Stat. 262; 1831 arbitration, Van Zandt (1976), p. 15-17 (link); Act of 20 July 1840, 5 Stat. 402; Act of 27 Feb. 1841, 5 Stat. 413; Treaty of 9 Aug. 1842, 8 Stat. 572; Act of 3 Mar. 1843, 5 Stat. 623. Wikipedia, St. Croix River (Maine-New Brunswick). Commemorative postage stamps -- Maine statehood, 9 July 1970 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 15 Mar. 2020 (MSC). |
| 3 3 3 3 |
545-548 645 797 653-654 |
16/1 16/2 -- 17/1 |
22 1 -- 12 |
6 Mar. 1820 2 Mar. 1821 10 Aug. 1821 16 Mar. 1822 |
(1) An Act to
authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a
constitution and state government, and for the admission
of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the
original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain
territories. The southern boundary is mostly
along 36° 30′ N, plus a section south to 36° N between the
Mississippi and St. Francis Rivers (ref,
ref).
The western boundary is a north-south line through the mouth
of the Kansas River at the Missouri River, later extended
westward along the Missouri. The northern boundary
follows a parallel from the Missouri River to the Des Moines
River, then to the Mississippi River. Slavery clauses,
§ 8, p. 548. (2) Resolution providing for the admission of the state of Missouri into the Union, on a certain condition. (3) Proclamation respecting the Admission of the State of Missouri into the Union. The balance of Missouri Territory became unorganized; see Acts of 28 June 1834, 4 Stat. 701; 30 June 1834, 4 Stat. 729; 30 May 1854, 10 Stat. 277. (4) An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Missouri, and for the establishment of a district court therein. Boundary change, to the Missouri River, Act of 7 June 1836, 5 Stat. 34. Boundary with Arkansas, Act of 15 Feb. 1848, 9 Stat. 211. Wikipedia, Missouri Compromise, John Hardeman Walker. Commemorative postage stamp -- Missouri statehood, 8 May 1971 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 3 | 548 | 16/1 | 23 | 13 Mar. 1820 | An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act regulating the post-office establishment”. Free franking. |
| 3 | 548-553 | 16/1 | 24 | 14 Mar. 1820 | An Act to provide for taking the fourth
census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United
States, and for other purposes. Additional, 3 Mar. 1821, 3 Stat. 643. Resolutions, 4 Feb. 1822, 3 Stat. 719; 30 Mar. 1822, 3 Stat. 719. Apportionment, 7 Apr. 1820, 3 Stat. 555 (for Massachusetts and Maine); 7 Mar. 1822, 3 Stat. 651; 14 Jan. 1823, 3 Stat. 720 (for Alabama). Wikipedia, 1820 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1820 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 7 Aug. 1820. |
| 3 | 555-561 | 16/1 | 40 | 11 Apr. 1820 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 559. |
| 3 | 577-581 | 16/1 | 99 | 13 May 1820 | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. |
| 3 | 582 | 16/1 | 102 | 15 May 1820 | An Act to limit the term of office of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes. Beginning of the "spoils system"; the Post Office was not directly affected. |
| 3 | 606-607 | 16/1 | 133 | 15 May 1820 | An Act to provide for repairing the roof of the general post-office, and to procure an engine for the protection of said building. |
| 3 | 623-628 | 16/2 | 33 | 3 Mar. 1821 | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. |
| 3 | 628-633 | 16/2 | 34 | 3 Mar. 1821 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 631. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 27 Sep. 1821 | Mexico declares independence of Spain.
US recognition, 12 Dec. 1822. Constitution of the Republic of Mexico, 4 Oct. 1824 (ref). State Dept., United States relations with Mexico, Chiefs of Mission. Wikipedia, Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821), Treaty of Córdoba (24 Aug. 1821), Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire (28 Sep. 1821), First Mexican Empire (1821-1823), First Mexican Republic (1824-1835), Centralist Republic of Mexico (1835-1846). Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States, 1824, transcribed. Commemorative postage stamp, Mexican Independence (1810), 16 Sep. 1960 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 3 | 649 | 17/1 | 1 | 19 Dec. 1821 | An Act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. Any documents ordered to be printed by Congress. |
| 3 | 654-659 | 17/1 | 13 | 30 Mar. 1822 | An Act for the establishment
of a territorial government in Florida. Florida
Territory. US laws, including the postal laws, to
apply, § 9. East Florida and West Florida were ceded by Spain, treaty signed 22 Feb. 1819, ratified 19 Feb. 1821, 8 Stat. 252. West Florida had already been divided among Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, with the balance to this new Territory. See also, Treaty of 27 Oct. 1795, 8 Stat. 138, Wikipedia; Convention of 11 Aug. 1802, 8 Stat. 198; Resolution and Acts of 1811 and 1812, 2 Stat. 666, 3 Stat. 471; Act of 3 Mar. 1819, 3 Stat. 523; Act of 3 Mar. 1821, 3 Stat. 637; Act of 3 Mar. 1823, 3 Stat. 750; Act of 26 May 1824, 4 Stat. 47; Act of 4 May 1826, 4 Stat. 157 [boundary with Georgia]; Act of 2 Mar. 1831, 4 Stat. 479; Act of 13 Apr. 1860, 12 Stat. 11; Act of 9 Apr. 1872, 17 Stat. 52. See also, Carter, Territorial Papers, vol. 22, p. 5-8, etc. (link). Notes, Acts passed relating to the territory of Florida, p. 523, p. 654-655; court decisions, land claims in Florida, p. 709-717. Surrender of the Floridas by Spain, 10 and 17 July 1821, Laws of the United States of America, vol. 6, 1822, p. 638-641 (link); Donaldson, The Public Domain, 1884, p. 116-119 (link). Wikipedia, Florida Territory. Florida statehood, 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 742. |
| 3 | 668-673 | 17/1 | 41 | 30 Apr. 1822 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and for other purposes. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 671. Postage expenses, fourth census, § 3, p. 673. |
| 3 | 702-707 | 17/1 | 127 | 8 May 1822 | An Act to establish certain post-roads, and to discontinue others, and for other purposes. |
| 3 | 757-763 | 17/2 | 31 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 761. |
| 3 | 764-768 | 17/2 | 33 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act to discontinue certain post-roads and to establish others. Steamboat waterways considered post roads, § 3. |
| 3 | 779 | 17/2 | 54 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act for clearing, repairing, and improving, certain roads for the purpose of facilitating the transportation of the United States' Mail. Nashville to New Orleans. |
| 3 | 784 | 17/2 | 63 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to pay for certain repairs to the general post-office, and keep the engine house, the fire engine, and apparatus, in repair. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 3 | 248 | 13/3 | 7 | 1 Dec. 1814 | Resolution, for furnishing the American
Antiquarian Society with a copy of the journals of
Congress, and of the documents published under their
order. See also, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/govdocs.htm |
| -- | -- | 14/1 | -- | 30 Mar. 1816 | House Resolution, Committee on so much of the
Public Accounts and Expenditures as relate to the Post
Office, three members. House Journal, 14th Congress, 1st session, 30 Mar. 1816, p. 550-552. Continued to the 70th Congress, 1st session, dissolved by House Resolution 7, 5 Dec. 1927. |
| 3 6 |
342 181-182 |
14/1 | 6 | 27 Apr. 1816 | Resolution requiring the
Secretary of State to compile and print, once in every two
years, a register of all officers and agents, civil,
military and naval in the services of the United States. Often known as the Biennial Register, Blue Book, Official Register, or similar. For full details of the publication and its postal information, 1816 to 1959, see here. |
| -- | -- | 14/2 | -- | 10 Dec. 1816 | Senate Resolution, Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads, 5 members. Senate Journal, 14th Congress, 2nd Session, 10 Dec. 1816, p. 38-39. Transferred to the Committee on Civil Service, 1946. |
| 3 | 474-475 | 15/1 | 7 | 19 Mar. 1818 | Resolution authorizing the transportation of certain documents free of postage. Message of the President, 14 Mar. 1818. |
| 3 | 537 | 15/2 | 2 | 5 Dec. 1818 | Resolution authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. Documents transmitted by the President or heads of departments, printed for the use of Congress. |
| 3 | 537 | 15/2 | 5 | 15 Feb. 1819 | Resolution authorizing the transmission of the documents accompanying the report of the committee to examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the United [States] free of postage. |
| 3 |
538 |
15/2 |
6 |
3 Mar. 1819 |
Resolution directing the manner in which
the printing of Congress shall be executed, fixing the
prices thereof, and providing for the appointment of a
printer or printers. Each house elects its own
printer; each at first chose Gales & Seaton. This
eventually led to the Superintendent of Public Printing, and
the Government Printing Office. The prices for printing were modified by Act of 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 764 § 2. |
| 3 | 719 | 17/1 | 4 | 26 Apr. 1822 | Resolution providing for the security in the transmission of letters, etc., in the public mails. Imlay's copper cases for carrying letters to be tested. |
Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 4, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6. Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 18th -- 1 Dec. 1823 – 27 May 1824
6 Dec. 1824 – 3 Mar. 1825p. 1-78
p. 79-136p. 290-319
p. 320-33718th 19th 4 – 9 Mar. 1825 5 Dec. 1825 – 22 May 1826
4 Dec. 1826 – 3 Mar. 1827p. 137-196
p. 197-245p. 338-355
p. 356-36919th 20th -- 3 Dec. 1827 – 26 May 1828
1 Dec. 1828 – 3 Mar. 1829p. 246-322
p. 323-369p. 370-394
p. 395-40120th 21st 4 – 17 Mar. 1829 7 Dec. 1829 – 31 May 1830
6 Dec. 1830 – 3 Mar. 1831p. 370-430
p. 431-495p. 402-450
p. 451-47021st 22nd -- 5 Dec. 1831 – 16 July 1832
3 Dec. 1832 – 2 Mar. 1833p. 496-608
p. 609-669p. 471-527
p. 528-55222nd 23rd -- 2 Dec. 1833 – 30 June 1834
1 Dec. 1834 – 3 Mar. 1835p. 670-745
p. 746-792p. 553-603
p. 604-61923rd
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress (18th), Register of Debates, Congressional Globe (23rd)1846
Serial Set, House Journal, (18) 92, 112; (19) 130, 147; (20) 168, 183; (21) 194, 205; (22) 215, 232; (23) 253, 270
Serial Set, Senate Journal, (18) 88, 107; (19) 107, 124, 143; (20) 162, 180; (21) 180, 191, 202; (22) 211, 229; (23) 237, 265
House Journal, 18/1, 18/2; 19/1, 19/2; 20/1, 20/2; 21/1, 21/2; 22/1, 22/2; 23/1, 23/2
Senate Journal, 18/1, 18/2; 19/sp, 19/1, 19/2; 20/1, 20/2; 21/sp, 21/1, 21/2; 22/1, 22/2; 23/1, 23/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 3, 18/1, 18/2; 19/sp, 19/1, 19/2; 20/1, 20/2; vol. 4, 21/sp, 21/1, 21/2; 22/1, 22/2; 23/1, 23/2
The 22nd Congress ended on the legislative day 2 Mar. 1833, at 5 am on the calendar day Sunday 3 Mar. 1833 (ref, col. 1938). The discussion in the House at midnight of 3/4 Mar. 1835 is illuminating (ref, begin with Mr. Gilmer in col. 1658, and continue through col. 1663).
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 4 | 11-17 | 18/1 | 32 | 2 Apr. 1824 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 14, 16. |
| 4 | 22-23 | 18/1 | 46 | 30 Apr. 1824 | An Act to procure the
necessary surveys, plans and estimates, upon the subject
of roads and canals. "... or necessary for the
transportation of the public mail; ...". Wikipedia, General Survey Act. |
| 4 | 41-43 | 18/1 | 157 | 26 May 1824 | An Act authorizing the employment of additional clerks, and certain messengers and assistants, and other persons in the several departments. |
| 4 | 85-91 | 18/2 | 13 | 25 Feb. 1825 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 88. |
| 4 | 95-100 | 18/2 | 46 | 3 Mar. 1825 | An Act to establish certain post-roads, and to discontinue others. |
| 4 | 102-114 | 18/2 | 64 | 3 Mar. 1825 | An
Act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and
regulating the Post-office Department. Only free
white persons may carry the mails, § 7; repealed 3 Mar.
1865, 13
Stat. 515. Ship letters, § 5-6, 15, 17-18,
34. Free franking, § 27 (repealed 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 732 § 5), 28, 40.
Post Office employees exempt from militia duty and jury
duty, § 35. No stated effective date, but it is
presumed to have been 1 May 1825. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1825Act.pdf Notes, p. 102, 104, 108, 109. An advertisement for proposals for carrying the mails, issued 1 Jan. 1857, quoted § 7 as "that no other than a free white male person shall be employed in carrying the mail" (ref). Another advertisement, issued 15 Nov. 1864, quotes § 7 similarly, without "male". Both were for routes in New England. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 26 Oct. 1825 | The Erie Canal opened, from the Hudson River
to Lake Erie. Built by New York State, paid by tolls. Wikipedia, Erie Canal. |
| 4 | 139 | 19/1 | 8 | 3 Mar. 1826 | An Act concerning the transportation of the mail between Vincennes and St. Louis. Refers to the post road described in 3 Mar. 1821, 3 Stat. 627. |
| 4 | 142-149 | 19/1 | 13 | 14 Mar. 1826 | An Act making appropriations
for the support of government, for the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-six. Postmaster
General's office, § 1, p. 145-146. Note - LoC and LLoC substitute a second instance of p. 144 for p. 146. |
| 4 | 154 | 19/1 | 27 | 20 Apr. 1826 | An Act appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post-roads between Jackson and Columbus in the state of Mississippi. |
| 4 | 188 | 19/1 | 134 | 20 May 1826 | An Act to allow the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, to and from Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail-route. |
| 4 | 190 | 19/1 | 139 | 20 May 1826 | An Act appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post-road from the Chatahoochie to Line Creek, in the state of Alabama. |
| 4 | 208-214 | 19/2 | 23 | 2 Mar. 1827 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 212. |
| 4 | 221-226 | 19/2 | 37 | 2 Mar. 1827 | An Act to establish sundry post-roads. |
| 4 | 233-234 | 19/2 | 50 | 2 Mar. 1827 | An Act in addition to "An act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices”, passed [20] April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Postmaster General's office, § 5. |
| 4 | 238-239 | 19/2 | 61 | 2 Mar. 1827 | An Act amendatory of the act
regulating the Post-office Department. Free
franking, § 4. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1827Act.pdf |
| 4 | 239 | 19/2 | 62 | 2 Mar. 1827 | An Act to increase the salary of the Postmaster General. |
| 4 | 242 | 19/2 | 93 | 3 Mar. 1827 | An Act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky. No tolls to be charged to the mails. |
| 4 | 247-253 | 20/1 | 6 | 12 Feb. 1828 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 251; § 3, p. 253. |
| 4 | 303 | 20/1 | 99 | 24 May 1828 | An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to erect an additional building, and employ five additional clerks. |
| 4 | 315-320 | 20/1 | 125 | 24 May 1828 | An Act to establish sundry post-roads and to discontinue others. |
| 4 | 323-329 | 20/2 | 1 | 9 Jan. 1829 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 327. |
| 4 | 336-344 | 20/2 | 24 | 2 Mar. 1829 | An Act making additional appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 341. |
| 4 | 377-382 | 21/1 | 33 | 18 Mar. 1830 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 379. |
| 4 | 383-389 | 21/1 | 40 | 23 Mar. 1830 | An Act to provide for taking the fifth
census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United
States. Postage allowance (postage is
reimbursed, not free), § 12, p. 388. Additional, 3 Feb. 1831, 4 Stat. 439. Resolutions, 3 July 1832, 4 Stat. 606; 13 July 1832, 4 Stat. 607. Apportionment, 22 May 1832, 4 Stat. 516. Wikipedia, 1830 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1830 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 1 June 1830. |
| 4 | 407 | 21/1 | 107 | 26 May 1830 | An Act for the distribution of certain books therein mentioned. Free of postage, § 3. |
| 4 | 411-412 | 21/1 | 148 | 28 May 1830 | An Act to provide
for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any
of the states or territories, and for their removal west
of the river Mississippi. Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee [Creek], and Seminole nations relocated to present-day Oklahoma, 1830-1835, from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. Wikipedia, Indian Removal Act. Additional acts, 14 July 1832, 4 Stat. 595, etc. Commemorative postage stamp -- Indian Centennial [of relocation], 15 Oct. 1948 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 4 | 414-416 | 21/1 | 153 | 29 May 1830 | An Act to provide for the appointment of a solicitor of the treasury. Free franking, § 11. |
| 4 | 446-447 | 21/2 | 36 | 25 Feb. 1831 | An Act to provide for the
adjustment of claims of persons entitled to
indemnification under the convention between the United
States and his majesty the King of Denmark, of the
twenty-eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty, and for
the distribution among such claimants of the sums to be
paid by the Danish government to that of the United States
according to the stipulation of the said convention.
Free franking, § 10. The Convention, 28 Mar. 1830, 8 Stat. 402; Miller, Treaties, vol. 3, p. 531-540; Bevans, Treaties, vol. 7, p. 7-10. Expired 28 Mar. 1833. |
| 4 | 452-459 | 21/2 | 55 | 2 Mar. 1831 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 453, 456. |
| 4 | 471 | 21/2 | 65 | 2 Mar. 1831 | An Act making provision for a
subscription to a compilation of Congressional documents. This act refers to the series American State Papers, published in 1832-34, and 1858-61, ultimately in 38 volumes. For the distribution and continuation, see the Resolutions of 10 July 1832, 4 Stat. 606, and 2 Mar. 1833, 4 Stat. 669, and the Act of 12 June 1858, 11 Stat. 319 § 19. For the individual volumes and some further notes, see here. |
| 4 | 483-486 | 21/2 | 97 | 2 Mar. 1831 | An act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, hereinafter recited. No tolls to be charged to the mails, along the Cumberland Road. |
| 4 | 505 | 22/1 | 70 | 20 Apr. 1832 | An Act authorizing the governor of the territory of Arkansas to lease the salt springs, in said territory, and for other purposes. Hot Springs aside as a federal reserve, § 3. |
| 4 | 506-514 | 22/1 | 74 | 5 May 1832 | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 507, 510. |
| 4 | 534-549 | 22/1 | 141 | 15 June 1832 | An Act to establish certain post-roads, and to alter and discontinue others; and for other purposes. |
| 4 | 564 | 22/1 | 174 | 9 July 1832 | An Act to provide for the appointment of a commissioner of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. Free franking, § 3. |
| 4 | 574-576 | 22/1 | 199 | 13 July 1832 | An Act to carry into effect
the convention between the United States and his majesty
the King of the French concluded at Paris on the fourth of
July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Free franking, § 8. Convention, 8 Stat. 430, signed 4 July 1831, proclamation 13 July 1832. |
| 4 | 579 | 22/1 | 221 | 14 July 1832 | An Act to increase and improve the law department of the library of Congress. |
| 4 | 618 | 22/2 | 41 | 20 Feb. 1833 | An Act to authorize the laying out and constructing a road from Line Creek to the Chatahooche, and for repairing the road on which the mail is now transported. |
| 4 | 619-629 | 22/2 | 54 | 2 Mar. 1833 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 619, 623. Free franking, § 1, p. 622 (Commissioner of Pensions); § 6, p. 629 (Congress). |
| 4 | 655-659 | 22/2 | 79 | 2 Mar. 1833 | An
Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the
General Assembly of the State of Virginia, hereinafter
recited. No tolls to be charged to the mails,
along the Cumberland Road. See also, Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1841 (link). |
| 4 | 666-667 | 22/2 | 96 | 2 Mar. 1833 | An Act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and his majesty the king of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Free franking, § 8. |
| 4 | 689-699 | 23/1 | 92 | 27 June 1834 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 689, 693. |
| 4 | 701 | 23/1 | 98 | 28 June 1834 | An Act to attach
the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi
river, and north of the state of Missouri, to the
territory of Michigan. Formerly part of Missouri
Territory, but now unorganized; later, Iowa, Minnesota,
Dakota east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers, north to
the US border. The balance of former Missouri Territory became Kansas and Nebraska Territories, Act of 30 May 1854, 10 Stat. 277. |
| 4 | 708-711 | 23/1 | 126 | 28 June 1834 | An Act giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the state of New York and the state of New Jersey, respecting the territorial limits and jurisdiction of said states. |
| 4 | 712 | 23/1 | 129 | 30 June 1834 | An Act to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the papers and books of General Washington. |
| 4 | 729-735 | 23/1 | 161 | 30 June 1834 | An
Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
"That all that part of the United States west of the
Mississippi, and not within the states of Missouri and
Louisiana, or the territory of Arkansas" is designated the
Indian country, by § 1. The term Indian Territory is
not used. This was now an unorganized unincorporated
territory, although judicial districts were assigned to
Missouri and Arkansas Territory by § 24. Later greatly
reduced in size, and incorporated into Oklahoma. Earlier boundary designations, see Act of 19 May 1796, 1 Stat. 469. Wikipedia, Nonintercourse Act. |
| 4 | 735-738 | 23/1 | 162 | 30 June 1834 | An Act to provide for the organization of the department of Indian affairs. Within the War Dept. A continuation of Ch. 161. |
| 4 | 740-741 | 23/1 | 168 | 30 June 1834 | An Act authorizing the governors of the several states to transmit, by mail, certain books and documents. Free franking. |
| 4 | 760-771 | 23/2 | 30 | 3 Mar. 1835 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 761, 764-765. |
| 4 | 779 | 23/2 | 46 | 3 Mar. 1835 | An Act to continue the office of commissioner of pensions. Free franking, § 3. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 4 | 194 | 19/1 | 1 | 4 May 1826 | Resolution directing a survey of certain routes between Baltimore and Philadelphia for a post-road. |
| 4 | 320 | 20/1 | 1 | 3 Apr. 1828 | Resolution authorizing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to frank letters and packages. |
| 4 | 320 | 20/1 | 3 | 23 May 1828 | Resolution in relation to Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. Free franking. The only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. |
| 4 | 322 | 20/1 | 6 | 24 May 1828 | Resolution in relation to the mail-route between the cities of New Orleans and Mobile. |
| 4 | 429 | 21/1 | 3 | 30 Apr. 1830 | A Resolution authorizing the transmission of papers, by mail, relating to the fifth census. Weight limit removed. |
| 4 | 430 | 21/1 | 4 | 28 May 1830 | Resolution for obtaining the aggregate returns of former enumerations of the population of the United States. Census, first through fourth. |
| 4 | 495 | 21/2 | 1 | 13 Jan. 1831 | Resolution in relation to the transmission [free of postage] of public documents printed by order of either House of Congress. The Act of 3 Mar. 1825 (4 Stat. 102) does not negate the Act of 19 Dec. 1821 (3 Stat. 649). |
| 4 | 606-607 | 22/1 | 6 | 10 July 1832 | Resolution directing the distribution of a compilation of congressional documents, and for other purposes. |
| 4 | 608 | 22/1 | 10 | 14 July 1832 | Resolution directing the transmission of the fifth census by mail. Free of postage. |
| 4 | 608 | 22/1 | 11 | 14 July 1832 | Resolution respecting the Biennial Register. |
| 4 | 744 | 23/1 | 2 | 19 June 1834 | Resolution for distributing returns of the last census. |
Public Acts and Resolutions in vol. 5, Private Acts and Resolutions in vol. 6. Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 24th -- 7 Dec. 1835 – 4 July 1836
5 Dec. 1836 – 3 Mar. 1837p. 1-134
p. 135-200p. 620-683
p. 684-70024th 25th 4 – 10 Mar. 1837 4 Sep. 1837 – 16 Oct. 1837
4 Dec. 1837 – 9 July 1838
3 Dec. 1838 – 3 Mar. 1839p. 201-207
p. 208-311
p. 312-366p. 701
p. 702-744
p. 745-79525th 26th -- 2 Dec. 1839 – 21 July 1840
7 Dec. 1840 – 3 Mar. 1841p. 367-409
p. 410-436p. 796-817
p. 818-82426th 27th 4 – 15 Mar. 1841 31 May 1841 – 13 Sep. 1841
6 Dec. 1841 – 31 Aug. 1842
5 Dec. 1842 – 3 Mar. 1843p. 437-468
p. 469-585
p. 586-650p. 825
p. 826-877
p. 878-90727th 28th -- 4 Dec. 1843 – 17 June 1844
2 Dec. 1844 – 3 Mar. 1845p. 651-720
p. 721-801p. 908-933
p. 934-94228th
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Serial Set, House Journal, (24) 285, 300; (25) 310, 320, 343; (26) 362, 381; (27) 391, 400, 417; (28) 438, 462
Serial Set, Senate Journal, (24) 278, 296; (25) 296, 308, 313, 337; (26) 353, 374; (27) 374, 389, 394, 412; (29) 430, 448
House Journal, 24/1, 24/2; 25/1, 25/2, 25/3; 26/1, 26/2; 27/1, 27/2, 27/3; 28/1, 28/2
Senate Journal, 24/1, 24/2; 25/sp, 25/1, 25/2, 25/3; 26/1, 26/2; 27/sp, 27/1, 27/2, 27/3; 28/1, 28/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 4, 24/1, 24/2; vol. 5, 25/sp, 25/1, 25/2, 25/3; 26/1, 26/2; 27/sp, 27/1, vol. 6, 27/2, 27/3; 28/1, 28/2
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 Mar. 1836 | Texas Declaration of Independence (ref). The Provisional Constitution of Texas, 13 Nov. 1835, Art. III, authorized a postal system (ref); the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, 17 Mar. 1836, similarly in Art. II Sec. 3 (ref). The boundaries of Texas were enacted 19 Dec. 1836 (link): from the Sabine River (and thus the 1819 treaty line agreed by Spain) to the Rio Grande, to the source of the Rio Grande, to 42° N (again, the 1819 treaty line). By the Constitution of the Mexican State of Coahuila and Texas, 11 Mar. 1827 (ref), slavery was prohibited. Mexico abolished slavery by decree in 1829 (ref), though it was not made effective in Texas (ref). Slavery was permitted under the Texas Constitution (ref). Wikipedia, History of slavery in Texas. Constitution of the State of Coahuila and Texas [Mexico], 1827, transcribed. Constitution of the Republic of Texas, 1836, transcribed. Commemorative postage stamp -- Texas independence, 2 Mar. 1936 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 9 May 1936 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC); Republic of Texas, 2 Mar. 1986 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 5 | 9 | 24/1 | 52 | 14 Apr. 1836 | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Payments to the Post Office, § 2; repealed, 13 Aug. 1841, 5 Stat. 439 § 4. |
| 5 | 10-16 | 24/1 | 54 | 20 Apr. 1836 | An Act establishing the
Territorial Government of Wisconsin. From
Michigan Territory, with part of the former Missouri
Territory, present Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and part of
North and South Dakota, as far west as the Missouri and
White Earth Rivers. Effective "from and after" 3 July
1836. Wisconsin Territory was decreased by the formation of Iowa Territory (1838), with the balance after statehood to Minnesota Territory (1849). Map, Historical diagram of Indiana, Michigan [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Wisconsin Territory. Wisconsin statehood, 29 May 1848, 9 Stat. 56, 9 Stat. 233. Commemorative postal card -- Wisconsin Territory, 3 July 1986 (MSC). |
| 5 | 17-25 | 24/1 | 59 | 9 May 1836 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Postmaster General's office, § 1, p. 17, 20. Annual report, § 2, p. 25. |
| 5 | 34 | 24/1 | 86 | 7 June 1836 | An Act to extend the western boundary of
the State of Missouri to the Missouri River. At
the northwest corner of the state, from Indian country by
purchase. Treaty with the Ioway, Sac and Fox, 17 Sep. 1836, 7 Stat. 511. Proclamation, 28 Mar. 1837, 5 Stat. 802. Wikipedia, Platte Purchase. |
| 5 | 34-36 | 24/1 | 87 | 7 June 1836 | An Act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain. Free franking, § 8. |
| 5 5 5 5 |
49-50 56-57 61-62 144 |
24/1 24/1 24/1 24/2 |
99 117 234 6 |
15 June 1836 23 June 1836 1 July 1836 26 Jan. 1837 |
(1) An Act to
establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio,
and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan
into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed.
The boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan Territory was
resolved in Ohio's favor. The upper peninsula, between
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, was added to Michigan
Territory in compensation; its boundary with Wisconsin
Territory to be marked, 5 Stat.
244. (2) An Act to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio. Northern boundary lines of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Supplementary act, 5 Stat. 59. (3) An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Michigan. (4) An Act to admit the State of Michigan into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original States. Wikipedia, Toledo War. Commemorative postage stamps -- Michigan statehood, 1 Nov. 1935 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST), 9 May 1936 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 26 Jan. 1987 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 5 | 50-52 | 24/1 | 100 | 15 June 1836 | An Act for the
admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to
provide for the due execution of the laws of the United
States, within the same, and for other purposes. Supplementary acts, 23 June 1836, 5 Stat. 58; 29 July 1846, 9 Stat. 42. Boundary with Texas, Act of 15 June 1844, 5 Stat. 674. Boundary with Missouri, Act of 15 Feb. 1848, 9 Stat. 211. Boundary with Indian country, Act of 3 Mar. 1875, 18 Stat. 476. Commemorative postage stamps -- Arkansas statehood, 15 June 1936 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 3 Jan. 1986 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 5 | 52-56 | 24/1 | 115 | 23 June 1836 | An Act to regulate the
deposites of the public money. Payments, § 5. Not having a national bank, the Secretary of the Treasury was to select at least one bank in each state and territory for deposit of US public funds. Wikipedia, Panic of 1837. |
| 5 6 9 9 |
64 892e 102-106 115 |
24/1 27/3 29/1 29/1 |
252 122 178 23 |
1 July 1836 3 Mar. 1843 10 Aug. 1846 10 Aug. 1846 |
(1) An Act to authorize and enable the
President to assert and prosecute with effect, the claim
of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by
James Smithson, late of London, deceased, to found at
Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution,
an establishment for the increase and diffusion of
knowledge among men. (2) An Act for the relief of Richard Rush. For transport of Smithsonian funds. (3) An Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge among Men. (4) A Resolution appointing Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Pres. Jackson, message to Congress, 17 Dec. 1835 (ref); Pres. Van Buren, message of 6 Dec. 1838 (ref). Commemorative postage stamps -- Smithsonian Institution, 10 Aug. 1946 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 7 Feb. 1996 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). The Smithsonian National Postal Museum opened 30 July 1993 (museum website, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPMA). |
| 5 | 80-90 | 24/1 | 270 | 2 July 1836 | An Act to change the
organization of the Post Office Department, and to provide
more effectually for the settlement of the accounts
thereof. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department [Sixth Auditor], § 8, 10, 14, etc.; see
also 16
Stat. 162 § 7. Third Asst. Postmaster General, §
20. Free franking, § 8, 20, 36. Penalty for
detaining letters, § 32. Post Office employees exempt
from militia duty and jury duty, § 34. Express mail, §
39. Letter carriers and fees, § 41. § 24-25, partly repealed by 13 Stat. 184 § 6. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1836Act.pdf § 32 was a response to the abolitionist mail being sent to Southern post offices. The Express Mail service from New York to New Orleans began 15 Nov. 1836. |
| 5 | 90-107 | 24/1 | 271 | 2 July 1836 | An Act to establish certain
post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for
other purposes. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1836Post.pdf |
| 5 | 107 | 24/1 | 290 | 2 July 1836 | An Act to extend the
privilege of franking letters and packages to Dolly P.
Madison. Widow of Pres. James Madison. See
also, Act of 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 732
§ 23. Commemorative postage stamp -- Dolley Madison, 20 May 1980 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 5 | 107-112 | 24/1 | 352 | 4 July 1836 | An Act to reorganize the General Land Office. Hours open, including the General Post Office, § 12, p. 112. |
| 5 | 112-115 | 24/1 | 353 | 4 July 1836 | An Act in addition to the act
entitled "An act making appropriations, in part, for the
support of Government, for the year eighteen hundred and
thirty-six", and for other purposes. Post Office
Dept. compensation, § 4. The act cited in the title is 11 Feb. 1836, 5 Stat. 2, which has no postal relevance. |
| 5 | 117-125 | 24/1 | 357 | 4 July 1836 | An Act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose. Patent Office, now in the State Dept. Free franking, § 1. |
| 5 | 163-176 | 24/2 | 33 | 3 Mar. 1837 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. Post Office, § 1, p. 163, 167, 171, 174, 175. |
| 5 | 187 | 24/2 | 43 | 3 Mar. 1837 | An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions. Free franking, § 3. |
| 5 | 216-223 | 25/2 | 54 | 6 Apr. 1838 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Post Office, § 1, p. 216, 219-220, 223. |
| 5 | 235-241 | 25/2 | 96 | 12 June 1838 | An Act to divide the
Territory of Wisconsin and to establish the Territorial
Government of Iowa. Iowa Territory; the part of
Wisconsin Territory west of the Mississippi River, to the
Missouri River, north to Canada, south to Missouri.
Effective "from and after" 3 July 1838. Eastern boundary of Iowa, 3 Mar. 1839, 5 Stat. 357. Southern boundary of Iowa (with Missouri), 18 June 1838, 5 Stat. 248; 4 Aug. 1846, 9 Stat. 52; 1837-1846, see Donaldson, The Public Domain, 1884, p. 437-439 (link). Eastern boundary of Wisconsin (with Michigan), 12 June 1838, 5 Stat. 244. After statehood (1846) the balance of Iowa Territory joined Minnesota Territory (1849). Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Michigan [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Iowa Territory. Iowa statehood, 28 Dec. 1846, 9 Stat. 52, 9 Stat. 117; the admission act of 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 742, did not take effect. Commemorative postage stamp -- Iowa Territory, 24 Aug. 1938 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC); postal card, 2 July 1988 (MSC). |
| 5 | 255 | 25/2 | 158 | 5 July 1838 | An Act to modify the last clause of the fifth section of the deposite act of the twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Payments. |
| 5 | 256-260 | 25/2 | 162 | 5 July 1838 | An Act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes. Free franking, § 21, p. 259. |
| 5 | 264-267 | 25/2 | 169 | 7 July 1838 | An Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and for other purposes. Post Office, § 4, p. 265. Mail route, § 5, p. 266. |
| 5 | 271-283 | 25/2 | 172 | 7 July 1838 | An Act to establish certain post routes and to discontinue others. Every railroad a post road, § 2, p. 283. |
| 5 | 314 | 25/3 | 4 | 25 Jan. 1839 | An Act further to regulate the transportation of the mail upon railroads. |
| 5 | 318-319 | 25/3 | 30 | 20 Feb. 1839 | An Act to prohibit the giving or
accepting, within the District of Columbia, of a challenge
to fight a duel, and for the punishment thereof. Following the fatal duel of two Congressmen in 1838 (ref). Wikipedia, Jonathan Cilley. |
| 5 | 331-337 | 25/3 | 80 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act to provide for taking
the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the
United States. Postage allowance (postage is
reimbursed, not free), § 12, p. 336. Additional, 26 Feb. 1840, 5 Stat. 368 (postage, § 7, p. 369); 14 Jan. 1841, 5 Stat. 411; 1 Sep. 1841, 5 Stat. 452; 1 Sep. 1841, 5 Stat. 467. Resolutions, 15 Apr. 1842, 5 Stat. 583; 24 Feb. 1843, 5 Stat. 648. Apportionment, 25 June 1842, 5 Stat. 491. Wikipedia, 1840 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1840 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 1 June 1840. |
| 5 | 339-349 | 25/3 | 82 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Post Office, § 1, p. 339, 342-343, 348. |
| 5 6 |
353 816 |
25/3 26/1 |
87 2 |
3 Mar. 1839 16 May 1840 |
(1) An Act providing for the
erection of a fire-proof building for the use of the
General Post Office Department. (2) Joint Resolution for the relief of Masterton and Smith, and for other purposes. Building contractors. |
| 5 | 369-370 | 26/1 | 4 | 4 Mar. 1840 | An Act to continue the office of commissioner of Pensions, and to transfer the pension business, heretofore transacted in the Navy Department, to that office. Free franking, § 3. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 May 1840 | Postage stamps valid for use in Britain, at uniform domestic rates. |
| 5 | 371-380 | 26/1 | 22 | 8 May 1840 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty. Post Office, § 1, p. 371, 374, 378, 379-380. |
| 5 | 383-384 | 26/1 | 34 | 12 June 1840 | An Act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic. Free franking, § 5. |
| 5 5 |
385-392 439-440 |
26/1 27/1 |
41 7 |
4 July 1840 13 Aug. 1841 |
(1) An Act to provide for
the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement
of the public revenue. Payments, § 9-11, p.
387-388; § 19-20, p. 390. (2) An Act to repeal the act entitled “An act to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue,” and to provide for the punishment of embezzlers of public money, and for other purposes. Post Office, § 2, 4. Wikipedia, Independent Treasury. |
| 5 | 421-433 | 26/2 | 35 | 3 Mar. 1841 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one. Post Office, § 1, p. 421, 424-425, 429, 430-431. |
| 5 | 453-458 | 27/1 | 16 | 4 Sep. 1841 | An Act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights. Mails on roads built with the proceeds, § 9, p. 455. |
| 5 | 461 | 27/1 | 19 | 9 Sep. 1841 | An Act authorizing the transmission of letters and packets to and from Mrs. Harrison, free of postage. Anna Harrison, widow of Pres. William Henry Harrison. See also, 30 June 1841, 5 Stat. 437; 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 732 § 23. |
| 5 | 461 | 27/1 | 20 | 9 Sep. 1841 | An Act to make appropriations for the Post Office Department. |
| 5 | 473 | 27/2 | 23 | 14 Apr. 1842 | An Act to establish certain post roads. |
| 5 | 475-488 | 27/2 | 29 | 18 May 1842 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two. Post Office, § 1, p. 478, 479, 487-488. |
| 5 | 498 | 27/2 | 107 | 30 July 1842 | An Act to provide for the permanent employment in the Post Office Department of certain clerks heretofore for several years temporarily employed in that Department. |
| 5 | 523-533 | 27/2 | 202 | 26 Aug. 1842 | An Act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually included in the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain incidental expenses of the Departments and offices of the Government, and for other purposes. Post Office, § 11, 17-18, 22, p. 525, 526-527, 531, 532. |
| 5 | 536-537 | 27/2 | 207 | 26 Aug. 1842 | An Act to define and establish the fiscal year of the Treasury of the United States. Commencing 1 July 1843. |
| 5 | 538 | 27/2 | 255 | 29 Aug. 1842 | An Act to provide for the publication of a new edition of the laws and regulations of the Post Office Department, and a perfect list of the post-offices in the United States. |
| 5 | 568-575 | 27/2 | 274 | 31 Aug. 1842 | An Act [to] establish certain post roads. § 2, effective 1 July 1843. |
| 5 | 579-581 | 27/2 | 286 | 31 Aug. 1842 | An Act to reorganize the Navy Department of the United States. Free franking, § 7. |
| 5 | 586-597 | 27/3 | 2 | 24 Dec. 1842 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the half calendar year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-three. Post Office, § 1, p. 590-591. |
| 5 | 597 | 27/3 | 4 | 20 Jan. 1843 | An Act to continue the office
of Commissioner of Pensions. Free franking, § 3. Office continued to 4 Mar. 1849, 14 Jan. 1846, 9 Stat. 3; further, 19 Jan. 1849, 9 Stat. 341. |
| 5 | 600 | 27/3 | 31 | 15 Feb. 1843 | An Act to authorize the chief clerk in the office of the Secretary of State to frank public and official documents sent from that office. |
| 5 | 618-619 | 27/3 | 84 | 3 Mar. 1843 | An Act to test the practicability of
establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs by
the United States. Appropriation to Samuel F.B.
Morse. Morse demonstrated his telegraph to Congress in Feb. 1838. This act funded a line from Washington to Baltimore; the first official messages were sent 1 May 1844, from Annapolis to Washington, and 24 May 1844, from Washington to Baltimore. (ref) |
| 5 | 630-645 | 27/3 | 100 | 3 Mar. 1843 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four. Transmission of letters between Chagres and Panama, § 1, p. 643. Post Office Department, § 1, p. 637, 643-644. |
| 5 | 668 | 28/1 | 62 | 15 June 1844 | An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the fiscal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. |
| 5 | 669 | 28/1 | 65 | 15 June 1844 | An Act to establish certain post roads in the Territory of Florida. |
| 5 | 681-696 | 28/1 | 105 | 17 June 1844 | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other purposes. Post Office, § 1, p. 687. |
| 5 | 732-739 | 28/2 | 43 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An
Act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and
correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the
prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office
Department. Postage rates and free franking, §
1; newspapers, § 2; printed matter, § 3; letter mail
transport, § 4; all previous acts regarding free franking,
repealed, § 5; accounting and free franking, § 6, 7, 8;
private express companies not permitted to carry letters on
post roads, § 9; or outside the mails, § 10, 11, 12;
steamboat mail, § 13, 14; "mailable matter" defined, § 15;
"newspaper" defined, § 16; penalties, § 17; contracts,
advertised letters, § 18; railroads, § 19; court
jurisdiction, § 20; appropriations to guard against
deficiencies in revenue, § 21, 22; free franking for
president, ex-presidents and the widows of Presidents
Madison and Harrison, § 23. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1845Act.pdf Transcribed, https://www.jcampbell.com/docs-ref/us/184503_law.pdf Effective 1 July 1845, by Resolution of same date, 5 Stat. 800. "By an oversight, some of the prohibitions and penalties had been left in the bill so stated as to go into effect immediately." [The Baltimore Directory, for 1845, Apr. 1845, p. 173 (link)] For example, § 1, "from and after the first day of July next", but § 6, "from and after the passage of this act". The resolution says "on and after the first day of July next, and not sooner". Summaries of the new law appeared in various newspapers and legal journals; for example, The Western Law Journal, July 1845 (ref). The summary from the New York Courier includes a section (16) actually from 5 Stat. 748 § 5, "Forging, or uttering stamps, provided for in this law, is declared to be felony, ...". This act put an end to the Independent Mails, private companies such as the American Letter Mail Co., and Hale & Co., who were in direct competition with the Post Office since Dec. 1843. |
| 5 | 739-740 | 28/2 | 44 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. |
| 5 5 5 |
742-743 788 789-790 |
28/2 28/2 28/2 |
48 75 76 |
3 Mar. 1845 3 Mar. 1845 3 Mar. 1845 |
(1) An Act for
the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the
Union. Boundaries of Iowa, § 2; contingent on
assent by vote, § 4, but it was defeated. Boundaries
of Florida, § 5. (2) An Act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes. US laws in effect in Florida. (3) An Act supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union. US laws in effect in Iowa. For Iowa statehood, see Acts of 4 Aug. 1846, 9 Stat. 52, and 28 Dec. 1846, 9 Stat. 117; the admission act of 3 Mar. 1845, 5 Stat. 742, did not take effect. Commemorative postage stamps. Florida statehood, 3 Mar. 1945 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 3 Mar. 1995 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 5 | 748-750 | 28/2 | 69 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An
Act to provide for the transportation of the mail between
the United States and foreign countries, and for other
purposes. Contracts, § 1, 2, 7, 8; rates of
postage, § 3; no private carriage of mail on contracted
ships, § 4; penalty for counterfeit stamps [postal
markings], § 5; postage paid by consuls, § 6. See also, appropriations, 2 Mar. 1847, 9 Stat. 152; 3 Mar. 1847, 9 Stat. 188 § 8; 10 July 1848, 9 Stat. 245. |
| 5 | 752-765 | 28/2 | 71 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An Act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government
for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred
and forty-six, and for other purposes. Post
Office, § 1, p. 757 (Post Office Dept. building; magnetic
telegraph from Washington to Baltimore); § 8, p. 765
(postage of the Executive Departments). Former Postmaster General Amos Kendall formed the Magnetic Telegraph Company; it opened a line from Washington to New York in 1846. |
| 5 | 778-787 | 28/2 | 74 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An Act to establish certain post routes. |
| 5 | 790-795 | 28/2 | 77 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Contract proposals [by any executive department or bureau] to be advertised, § 12. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 5 | 131 | 24/1 | 2 | 19 Mar. 1836 | Resolution to establish certain post roads in Missouri and Arkansas. |
| 5 | 132 | 24/1 | 4 | 14 May 1836 | A Resolution to change the time of making contracts for the transportation of the mail. Contracts to begin July 1 instead of Jan. 1. |
| 5 | 198-199 | 24/2 | 1 | 2 Mar. 1837 | A Resolution to enable the Postmaster General more readily to change the commencement of the contract year in the Post Office Department. |
| 5 | 207 | 25/1 | 1 | 12 Oct. 1837 | A Resolution directing the postage on letters sent by the Express Mail to be paid in advance. |
| 5 | 310 | 25/2 | 1 | 19 Mar. 1838 | Joint Resolution, authorizing the Commissioner of the Public Buildings to cause the removal of the walls of the late Post Office Building. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 23 June 1840 | House Resolutions, requesting
a detailed report on Post Roads. House Journal,
vol. 34, p. 1143 (link). Funding by Act of 21 July 1840, 6 Stat. 816, § 13. |
| 5 | 583 | 27/2 | 5 | 1 June 1842 | A Resolution to authorize the extension of the contract for carrying the mail on the route between Mobile and New Orleans. |
| 5 | 585 | 27/2 | 14 | 31 Aug. 1842 | A Resolution to authorize an extension of a contract for carrying the mail. |
| 5 | 718-719 | 28/1 | 14 | 15 June 1844 | A
Joint Resolution in relation to the transmission of the
British mail between Boston and Canada, and for other
purposes. Mails to France and Germany via Havre
and Bremen, to be arranged. |
| 5 | 796 | 28/2 | 4 | 20 Feb. 1845 | Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster General of the United States to contract with railroad companies, in certain cases, without advertising for proposals therefor. |
| 5 | 797-798 | 28/2 | 8 | 1 Mar. 1845 | Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the
United States. Conditions to be met by 1 Jan.
1846. Accepted by the Texas Convention, 4 July 1845 (ref).
Annexed and admitted 29 Dec. 1845, 9
Stat. 1, 9 Stat. 108; Mexico
took this as a hostile act, leading to war in 1846. Miller, Treaties, vol. 4, p. 689-739, with many more documents and extensive notes. The proposed treaty of 12 Apr. 1844, for the annexation of Texas, was not ratified by the Senate (ref, ref, ref). |
| 5 | 798-800 | 28/2 | 10 | 3 Mar. 1845 | A Resolution to authorize the Attorney General to contract for copies of a proposed edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States. Little & Brown. |
| 5 | 800 | 28/2 | 13 | 3 Mar. 1845 | Joint Resolution to fix the time when the act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department, passed at this session, shall go into effect. 1 July 1845. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1790 | Isaac Trowbridge, mail contract, New York to Hartford. Journal of the House, 12, 15 Feb. 1790; 17 Mar. 1790. Report of the Postmaster General, not printed. |
| 6 | 3a | 1/2 | 24 | 1 July 1790 | An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 40b | 6/1 | 18 | 3 Apr. 1800 | An Act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packages to Martha Washington. |
| 6 | 71a | 10/1 | 23 | 25 Feb. 1808 | An Act for the relief of
Samuel Whiting. Theft by postmaster. Report of the Postmaster General, 8 Jan. 1808, American State Papers, Part IX, Claims, vol. 36, p. 355 (link). |
| 6 | 103b | 12/1 | 7 | 12 Dec. 1811 | An Act for the relief of
Josiah H. Webb. Wounded mail carrier. See also, Act of 21 Apr. 1806, 2 Stat. 408 § 3. |
| 6 | 119a | 12/2 | 59 | 3 Mar. 1813 | An Act for the relief of Susannah Wiley. Widow of surveyor. |
| 6 | 144a | 13/2 | 90 | 18 Apr. 1814 | An Act for the relief of John D. Hay. Postmaster. |
| 6 | 184c | 14/2 | 11 | 8 Feb. 1817 | An Act for the relief of Henry Malcolm. Money lost in the mail. |
| 6 | 201c | 15/1 | 28 | 3 Apr. 1818 | An Act for the relief of Abraham Byington. Surety. |
| 6 | 245c | 16/1 | 71 | 8 May 1820 | An Act for the relief of the widow of John Heaps, deceased. Mail carrier, murdered by ruffians. |
| 6 | 272-273 | 17/1 | 85 | 7 May 1822 | An Act for the relief of John Post and Farly Fuller. Surety. |
| 6 | 285a | 17/2 | 86 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act for the discharge of John Burgin from imprisonment. Surety. |
| 6 | 290b | 18/1 | 5 | 7 Jan. 1824 | An Act for the relief of Thomas W. Bacot. Postmaster. |
| 6 | 300d | 18/1 | 76 | 17 May 1824 | An Act for the relief of Henry Lightner. Postmaster. |
| 6 | 301c | 18/1 | 81 | 17 May 1824 | An Act for the relief of Elliott Rucker. Surety. |
| 6 | 333b | 18/2 | 87 | 3 Mar. 1825 | An Act for the relief of James Porter and Tunstall Quarles. Surety. |
| 6 | 333-334 | 18/2 | 90 | 3 Mar. 1825 | An Act for the relief of John Heck. Surety. |
| 6 | 345b | 19/1 | 84 | 20 May 1826 | An Act for the relief of John
Donly. Mail carrier. See also, American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 60, 13 Mar. 1826, Extra Allowance made to a Mail Contractor (link). |
| 6 6 6 |
347b 378a 517c |
19/1 20/1 22/1 |
96 62 266 |
20 May 1826 19 May 1828 14 July 1832 |
(1) An Act for
the relief of Rebecca Blodget. (2) An Act granting compensation to Rebecca Blodget, for her right of dower in the property therein mentioned. (3) An Act for the relief of Rebecca Blodget, widow of Samuel Blodget, deceased. At issue was the land and building purchased in 1810 for the General Post Office and the Patent Office under 2 Stat. 589. Samuel Blodget purchased the land in 1792, and (partly) built a hotel using proceeds from a lottery; the lottery winner sued and claimed ownership, and later sold the still-unfinished building to the government. When completed in 1812, the building housed the General Post Office, the Patent Office, and the Washington City Post Office. Samuel Blodget's widow, Rebecca Blodget, claimed and won the right to payment from the Post Office. The building was destroyed by fire in 1836; see 5 Stat. 310, 5 Stat. 353. Samuel Blodget (1757-1814); Dictionary of American Biography, 1929, vol. 2, p. 380-381 (link). Rebecca Blodget (1772-1837); E.T. Sale, Old Time Belles and Cavaliers, 1912, p. 212-218 (link). Journal of the House, 20 Feb. 1826, p. 271 (link). House Report on the petition of Rebecca Blodget, 22 Feb. 1828 (link). Journal of the Senate, 19 Mar. 1832, p. 191 (link). Senate Report on the petition of Rebecca Blodget, 4 May 1832 (link, link). Library of Congress, Blodget's Hotel (link). Public Domain Archive (link). Library of Congress, Estate of Samuel Blodget (link). W.B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital, 1914, vol. 1, p. 187-189, 205-208, 229-231, 528, 554-555, 631, etc. (link). Allen Browne, Blodget's Hotel (link, link). Wikipedia, 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire. Ruins of the Post and Patent Offices, Burnt Dec. 15th 1836 (link). National Archives, Recalling the Devastating Patent Office Fire of 1836, 2018 (link). Conflagration - Post Office Building, 20 Jan. 1837, Serial Set 305, 24th Congress, 2nd Session, House Report no. 134 (link). |
| 6 | 348d | 19/1 | 102 | 20 May 1826 | An Act for the relief of Jarvis Jackson. Former postmaster. |
| 6 | 367a | 19/2 | 87 | 3 Mar. 1827 | An Act for the relief of Haley and Harris. Mail contractors. |
| 6 | 376b | 20/1 | 38 | 28 Apr. 1828 | An Act for the relief of Asa Herring. Surety. |
| 6 | 410a | 21/1 | 53 | 2 Apr. 1830 | An Act for the relief of the
legal representatives of Erastus Granger. [why?] Postmaster of Buffalo, NY, 1804-1818; cousin of Gideon Granger, Postmaster General, 1801-1814. |
| 6 | 437a | 21/1 | 158 | 29 May 1830 | An Act for the relief of Fielding L. White. Reward. |
| 6 | 439c | 21/1 | 171 | 29 May 1830 | An Act for the relief of Isaiah Townsend, Peter Dox, and Gerrit Le Grange, sureties of Gerrit L. Dox. Surety. |
| 6 | 455b | 21/2 | 44 | 2 Mar. 1831 | An Act for the relief of William Clower. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 514b | 22/1 | 258 | 14 July 1832 | An Act for the relief of Christopher Brooks. Reward. |
| 6 | 583c | 23/1 | 188 | 30 June 1834 | An Act for the relief of George Bowen. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 598a | 23/1 | 249 | 30 June 1834 | An Act for the relief of John Chandler and William Johnson. Surety. |
| 6 | 665-666 | 24/1 | 284 | 2 July 1836 | An Act for the relief of William B. Stokes, Richard C. Stockton, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore. Mail contractors. |
| 6 | 672b | 24/1 | 311 | 2 July 1836 | An Act for the relief of Seaborn Jones and Joel Crawford. Surety. |
| 6 | 705-706 | 25/2 | 24 | 7 Mar. 1838 | An Act for the relief of Thomas J. Lawler and Smith M. Miles. Expenses. |
| 6 | 709b | 25/2 | 44 | 28 Mar. 1838 | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas W. Bacot, late of Charleston, South Carolina, deceased. Post office construction. |
| 6 | 713a | 25/2 | 66 | 20 Apr. 1838 | An Act for the relief of D.W. Haley. Captured two mail robbers, slaves. |
| 6 | 715b | 25/2 | 76 | 20 Apr. 1838 | An Act for the relief of James McMahon. Expenses. |
| 6 | 716d | 25/2 | 83 | 21 May 1838 | An Act directing the Postmaster-General to settle the claim of Hard and Longstreet. Mail contractors. |
| 6 | 750a | 25/3 | 22 | 13 Feb. 1839 | An Act for the relief of William B. Ferguson and sureties. Special agent. |
| 6 | 754d | 25/3 | 49 | 2 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Mitchell. Payment. |
| 6 | 755e | 25/3 | 55 | 2 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of William Colt and William Donoldson. Expenses. |
| 6 | 770b | 25/3 | 141 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Richard Hendley. Payment. |
| 6 | 770c | 25/3 | 142 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Abel A. Pasko and others. Release. |
| 6 | 770d | 25/3 | 143 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of John Brown and Company. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 787c | 25/3 | 210 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Cornelius Taylor. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 789c | 25/3 | 219 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Patrick Green. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 792a | 25/3 | 232 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Jamison and Williamson. Mail contractors. |
| 6 | 801b | 26/1 | 31 | 27 May 1840 | An Act for the relief of A.G.S. Wight. Surety. |
| 6 | 813-816 | 26/1 | 99 | 21 July 1840 | An Act for the relief of Chastelain and Ponvert, and for other purposes. Funds for House Resolutions of 23 June 1840 (link), requesting a detailed report on Post Roads, § 13, p. 816. |
| 6 | 822b | 26/2 | 27 | 3 Mar. 1841 | An Act for the relief of Avery, Saltmarsh, and Company. Mail contractors. |
| 6 | 838b | 27/2 | 75 | 27 July 1842 | An Act for the relief of Jabez L. and Asa White, of the state of Connecticut. Mail contractors. |
| 6 6 |
843-844 863d |
27/2 27/2 |
100 197 |
27 July 1842 23 Aug. 1842 |
(1) An Act for the relief of
Nathaniel Mitchell. Payment. (2) An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Mitchell. Payment corrected. |
| 6 | 848a | 27/2 | 114 | 1 Aug. 1842 | An Act for the relief of John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. Payment. |
| 6 | 856b | 27/2 | 155 | 11 Aug. 1842 | An Act for the relief of Eli Wheat and Stephen White. Surety. |
| 6 | 861-862 | 27/2 | 175 | 16 Aug. 1842 | An Act for the relief of
Joseph F. Caldwell. Mail contractor. Claims, since the 23rd Congress (link). |
| 6 | 864c | 27/2 | 201 | 23 Aug. 1842 | An Act for the relief of Hezekiah Cunningham. Mail contractor. |
| 6 | 864d | 27/2 | 208 | 26 Aug. 1842 | An Act for the relief of Charles D. Hammond and Augustus H. Kenan. Surety. |
| 6 | 867-868 | 27/2 | 224 | 26 Aug. 1842 | An Act for the relief of Samuel R. Slaymaker. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 882b | 27/3 | 21 | 4 Feb. 1843 | An Act for the relief of the Steamboat Company of Nantucket. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 883a | 27/3 | 25 | 4 Feb. 1843 | An Act for the relief of Barent Stryker. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 884b | 27/3 | 37 | 18 Feb. 1843 | An Act for the relief of William De Buys, postmaster at New Orleans. Reimbursed for repairs to the New Orleans post office building. |
| 6 | 884d | 27/3 | 39 | 24 Feb. 1843 | An Act for the relief of Samuel D. Rose and others. Returning proceeds from a mail robbery. |
| 6 | 889a | 27/3 | 68 | 1 Mar. 1843 | An Act for the relief of John Wharry. Postmaster. |
| 6 | 890-891 | 27/3 | 112 | 3 Mar. 1843 | An Act for the relief of S. and M. Riche. Surety. |
| 6 | 900-901 | 27/3 | 157 | 3 Mar. 1843 | An Act for the relief of Peters, Moore, and Company. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 911b | 28/1 | 34 | 31 May 1844 | An Act for the relief of Adam L. Mills. Mail carrier. |
| 6 | 918d | 28/1 | 110 | 17 June 1844 | An Act for the relief of C.P. Sengstack. Glass for the new post office building. |
| 6 | 923a | 28/1 | 130 | 17 June 1844 | An Act for the relief of Manlius V. Thompson, sole executor of Milus W. Dickey, deceased. Mail contractor. |
| 6 | 937b | 28/2 | 30 | 27 Feb. 1845 | An Act for the relief of Walker, Kinkle, and Caruthers. Mail contractor. |
| 6 | 938d | 28/2 | 49 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An Act for the relief of Dunning R. McNair. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 6 | 816-817 | 26/1 | 2 | 16 May 1840 | Joint Resolution for the relief of Masterson and Smith, and for other purposes. Contractors for marble used in the new P.O. Dept. building. |
| 6 | 876b | 27/2 | 1 | 14 Apr. 1842 | A Resolution to authorize the settlement of the accounts of George Whitman. Mail contractor. |
| 6 | 877b | 27/2 | 11 | 31 Aug. 1842 | A Resolution to authorize the Postmaster General to settle the accounts of Patton Pilcher and Company. Mail contractor. |
| 6 | 907b | 27/3 | 9 | 3 Mar. 1843 | Joint Resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to settle with J. and P. Voorhies. Mail contractor. |
| 6 | 932b | 28/1 | 7 | 31 May 1844 | Joint Resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to re-examine certain claims, and to allow one month's extra pay to certain mail contractors. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 7 | 95-96 | 27 Oct. 1805 10 June 1806 |
Articles of a Treaty Between the United
States of America, by their commissioners, Return J. Meigs
and Daniel Smith, who are appointed to hold conferences with
the Cherokees for the purpose of arranging certain
interesting matters with the said Indians, of the one part,
and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokees, of
the other part. Done at Tellico. Art. 2, road from Tellico to Tombigbee, for the mail route from Knoxville to New Orleans. Meigs was later Postmaster General, 1814-1823. Previous to this treaty,
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| 5 Aug. 1815 |
Chickasaw ASP Misc 2, no 413, p. 401-402 |
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| 7 7 |
333-339 340-342 |
(1) 27 Sep.
1830 24 Feb. 1831 (2) 28 Sep. 1830 |
(1) A Treaty of Perpetual Friendship, Cession
and Limits, Entered into by John H. Eaton and John Coffee,
for and in behalf of the Government of the United States,
and the Mingoes, Chiefs, Captains and Warriors of the
Choctaw Nation, begun and held at Dancing Rabbit Creek, on
the fifteenth of September, in the year eighteen hundred and
thirty. (2) Supplementary Articles to the Preceding Treaty. (1) Art. 11, "It is agreed further that the U.S. shall establish one or more Post Offices in said Nation, and may establish such military post roads, and posts, as they may consider necessary." (2) Art. 4, land granted to John Donly of Alabama, "who for twenty years has carried the mail through the Choctaw Nation." Wikipedia, Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, Choctaw Trail of Tears. This was the first treaty following the Indian Removal Act of 28 May 1830, 4 Stat. 411. |
| 7 7 |
381-387 388-391 |
(1) 20 Oct.
1832 1 Mar. 1833 (2) 22 Oct. 1832 |
(1) Articles of a Treaty Made and entered
into between Genl. John Coffee, being duly authorized
thereto, by the President of the United States, and the
whole Chickasaw Nation, in General Council assembled, at the
Council House, on Pontitock Creek on the twentieth day of
October, 1832. (2) Articles Supplementary to, and explanatory of, a Treaty which was entered into on the 20th instant, between General John Coffee on the part of the United States, and the whole Chickasaw nation in General Council assembled. (1) Signed in the presence of John Donley, Tenn. (2) Signed in presence of John Donley. (2) "The Chickasaw nation request the Government to grant them a cross mail route through the nation as follows, ... ." (2) "John Donley has long been known in this nation, as a mail carrier; ... ." |
| 7 | 450-457 | 24 May 1834 1 July 1834 |
Articles of Convention and Agreement Proposed
by the Commissioners on the part of the United States, in
pursuance of the request made, by the Delegation
representing the Chickasaw nation of Indians, and which have
been agreed to. Art. 14, "Also so much of the supplemental treaty as relates ... to the establishment of mail routes through the Chickasaw country; and as it respects the privilege given to John Donely, be, and the same are declared to be in full force." |
| 7 7 |
478-487 488-777 |
(1) 29 Dec.
1835 23 May 1836 (2) 1 Mar. 1836 23 May 1836 |
(1) Articles of a treaty, concluded at New
Echota in the State of Georgia on the 29th day of Decr. 1835
by General William Carroll and John F. Schermerhorn
commissioners on the part of the United States and the
Chiefs Head Men and People of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. (2) Supplementary Articles to a Treaty Concluded at New Echota, Georgia, December 29, 1835, between the United States and the Cherokee people. Art. 3, "The United States shall always have the right to make and establish such post and military roads and forts in any part of the Cherokee country, ... ." Wikipedia, Treaty of New Echota, Cherokee removal. |
| 11 | 611-619 | 22 June 1855 21 Feb. 1856 4 Mar. 1856 |
Articles of agreement and convention between
the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of
Indians, made and concluded at the city of Washington, the
twenty-second day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five, by George W. Manypenny, commissioner on the
part of the United States, Peter P. Pitchlynn, Israel
Folsom, Samuel Garland, and Dixon W. Lewis, commissioners on
the part of the Choctaws; and Edmund Pickens and Sampson
Folsom, commissioners on the part of the Chickasaws. Art. 17, "The United States shall have the right to establish and maintain such military posts, post-roads, and Indian agencies, as may be deemed necessary within the Choctaw and Chickasaw country, ..." |
| 11 | 699-707 | 7 Aug. 1856 16 Aug. 1856 28 Aug. 1856 |
Articles of agreement and convention between
the United States, and the Creek and Seminole tribes of
Indians, made and concluded at the city of Washington the
seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-six, by George W. Manypenny, commissioner on the part
of the United States, Tuck-a-batchee-Micco, Echo-Harjo,
Chilly McIntosh, Benjamin Marshall, George W. Stidham, and
Daniel N. McIntosh, commissioners on the part of the Creeks;
and John Jumper, Tuste-nuc-o-chee, Pars-co-fer, and James
Factor, commissioners on the part of the Seminoles. Art. 19, "The United States shall have the right to establish and maintain such military posts, military and post-roads, and Indian agencies as may be deemed necessary within the Creek and Seminole country, ..." |
| 18 | 689-692 | 1 Oct. 1863 26 June 1866 21 Oct. 1869 |
Treaty of Peace and Friendship made at Ruby
Valley, in the Territory of Nevada, this first day of
October, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,
between the United States of America, represented by the
undersigned Commissioners, and the Western Bands of the
Shoshonee Nation of Indians, represented by their Chiefs and
Principal Men and Warriors. Art. 1, "... the said bands stipulate and agree that hostilities and all depredations upon the emigrant trains, the mail and telegraph lines, and upon the citizens of the United States within their country, shall cease." Art. 2, "... station houses may be erected and occupied at such points as may be necessary for the comfort and convenience of travellers or for the mail or telegraph companies." |
| 13 | 673-679 | 7 Oct. 1863 25 Mar. 1864 14 Dec. 1864 |
Treaty between the United States of America
and the Tabeguache Band of Utah Indians, concluded October
7, 1863. Art. 3, "And it is further agreed that the United States shall have ... the right to locate, construct, and maintain railroads and other roads and highways through the same, and along the routes of United States mail lines, at suitable points, to establish and maintain stations." |
| 13 | 681-684 | 12 Oct. 1863 7 Mar. 1864 17 Jan. 1865 |
Treaty between the United States of America
and the Shoshonee-Goship Bands of Indians, concluded at
Tuilla Valley, October 12, 1863. Art. 1, "... the said bands stipulate and agree that hostilities and all depredations upon the emigrant trains, the mail and telegraph lines, and upon the citizens of the United States, within their country, shall cease." Art. 2, "... and station-houses may be erected and occupied at such points as may be necessary for the comfort and convenience of travellers, or for the use of the mail or telegraph companies." |
| 14 | 769-784 | 28 Apr. 1866 28 June 1866 10 July 1866 |
Articles of Agreement and Convention between
the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations of
Indians ... Art. 44, "Post offices shall be established and maintained by the United States at convenient places in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, to and from which the mails shall be carried at reasonable intervals, at the rates of postage prevailing in the United States." |
| 15 | 505-511 | 19 Feb. 1867 15 Apr. 1867 2 May 1867 |
Treaty between the United States of America
and the Sissiton and Warpeton Bands of Dakota or Sioux
Indians; Concluded February 19, 1867. Art. 2, "The said bands hereby cede to the United States the right to construct wagon roads, railroads, mail stations, telegraph lines, ... ". Art. 10, "It is further agreed that the said bands, parties to this treaty, will guarantee the safety of travel, of the transportation of the mails, supplies, etc., the protection of mail stations and property connected therewith, ...". |
| 15 | 581-587 | 21 Oct. 1867 25 July 1868 25 Aug. 1868 |
Articles of a treaty and agreement made and
entered into at the Council Camp, on Medicine Lodge creek,
seventy miles south of Fort Larned, in the State of Kansas,
on the twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, by and between the United States of
America, represented by its commissioners duly appointed
thereto, to wit, Nathaniel G. Taylor, William S. Harney, C.
C. Augur, Alfred S.[H.] Terry, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F.
Tappan, and J. B. Henderson, of the one part, and the
confederated tribes of Kiowa and Comanche Indians,
represented by their chiefs and headmen, duly authorized and
empowered to act for the body of the people of said tribes,
(the names of said chiefs and head-men being hereto
subscribed,) of the other part. Art. 11, part 6, "... they [the said tribes] further expressly agree ... they will not, in future, object to the construction of railroads, wagon roads, mail stations, ...". |
| 15 | 593-599 | 28 Oct. 1867 25 July 1868 19 Aug. 1868 |
Articles of a treaty and agreement made and
entered into at the Council Camp on Medicine Lodge creek,
seventy miles south of Fort Larned, in the State of Kansas,
on the twenty-eighth day of October, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, by and between the United States of America,
represented by its commissioners duly appointed thereto, to
wit: Nathaniel G. Taylor, William S. Harney, C. C. Augur,
Alfred H. Terry, John B. Sanborn, Samuel F. Tappan and John
B. Henderson, of the one part, and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
tribes of Indians, represented by their chiefs and head-men
duly authorized and empowered to act for the body of the
people of said tribes—the names of said chiefs and head-men
being hereto subscribed—of the other part. Art. 11, part 6, "... they, the said tribes, further expressly agree ... they will not in future object to the construction of railroads, wagon roads, mail stations, ...". |
| 15 | 635-647 | 29 Apr. 1868 16 Feb. 1869 24 Feb. 1869 |
Articles of a treaty made and concluded by
and between Lieutenant-General William T. Sherman, General
William S. Harney, General Alfred H. Terry, General C. C.
Augur, J. B. Henderson, Nathaniel G. Taylor, John B.
Sanborn, and Samuel F. Tappan, duly appointed commissioners
on the part of the United States, and the different bands of
the Sioux Nation of Indians, by their chiefs and headmen,
whose names are hereto subscribed, they being duly
authorized to act in the premises. Art. 11, part 6, "... they, the said Indians, further expressly agree ... they will not in future object to the construction of railroads, wagon roads, mail stations, ...". |
| 15 | 667-672 | 1 June 1868 25 July 1868 12 Aug. 1868 |
Articles of a treaty and agreement made and
entered into at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on the first day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, by and
between the United States, represented by its commissioners,
Lieutenant-General W. T. Sherman and Colonel Samuel F.
Tappan, of the one part, and the Navajo nation or tribe of
Indians, represented by their chiefs and headmen, duly
authorized and empowered to act for the whole people of said
nation or tribe, (the names of said chiefs and headmen being
hereto subscribed,) of the other part. Art. 9, part 6, "... they, the said Indians, further expressly agree ... They will not in future oppose the construction of railroads, wagon roads, mail stations, ...". |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| -- | -- | 10 Feb. 1763 | Treaty of Paris. End of the
Seven Years' War (1756-1763) in Europe, and the French and
Indian War (1754-1763) in North America. Signed by
Britain, France, Spain, and agreed by Portugal. Canada
and all French claims east of the Mississippi were ceded to
Britain. Louisiana, west of the Mississippi, including
New Orleans, was ceded by France to Spain. Florida,
east of the Mississippi, was ceded by Spain to Britain; Cuba
was returned to Spain from British occupation. British
colonial claims were thus limited westward to the
Mississippi, ending the "sea-to-sea" claims of the original
charters. By the Royal Proclamation of 7 Oct. 1763, British colonial settlements were to be limited further, east of a line through the Appalachian Mountains, which was later modified by treaties with the Iroquois, Cherokee, etc. Wikipedia, Treaty_of_Fontainebleau_(1762), Seven Years' War, French and Indian War, French and Indian Wars, Treaty of Paris (1763), Royal Proclamation of 1763. Wikisource, Treaty of Paris (1763). US State Dept., https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/treaty-of-paris |
| -- | -- | 1765-1766 | British Stamp Act passed (royal assent 22
Mar. 1765, 5
Geo. III c. 12) and repealed (royal assent 18 Mar.
1766, 6
Geo. III c. 11). Wikipedia, Stamp Act 1765. Commemorative postage stamp -- Repeal of the Stamp Act, 29 May 2016 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| -- | -- | 1765-1783 | Wikipedia, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War. |
| 8 8 17 18.2 18.2 18.2 |
6-11 12-31 795-796 201-203 203-213 213 |
6 Feb. 1778 4 May 1778 |
Treaty of Alliance Between the United
States of America and His Most Christian Majesty
[France]. Treaty of Amity and Commerce ... . Additional Separate and Secret Article ... . Notes, Treaties and conventions between the United States and France, 1778-1831, p. 6-7. Journals of the Continental Congress, vol. 11, p. 418-458. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 468-483. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 3-47. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 7, p. 763-776, p. 777-780, p. 781-782. Repudiated, Act of 7 July 1798, 1 Stat. 578. Commemorative postage stamp -- French Alliance, 4 May 1978 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 8 18.2 |
54-57 261-264 |
30 Nov. 1782 15 Apr. 1783 |
Provisional Articles Between the United
States of America, and his Britannic Majesty.
Independence of the United States; northern, western,
southern and eastern boundaries; British armies to be
withdrawn; separate article concerning West Florida. Notes, Treaties and conventions between the United States and Britain, 1782-1842, p. 54. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 580-584. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 96-107; see the notes on p. 101-104, concerning overseas letters and copies of the treaty. Separate article, concerning West Florida, not ratified, p. 101, 105. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 1-5. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 1, p. 773-777. |
| 8 18.2 |
58-61 264-265 |
20 Jan. 1783 | Armistice Declaring a cessation of
hostilities between the United States and Great-Britain.
Britain yielded East and West Florida to Spain. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 584-585. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 108-114. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 6-7. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 1, p. 777-779. On the same date, preliminaries of peace between Great Britain and France, and between Great Britain and Spain. Commemorative postage stamp -- General George Washington's proclamation of peace, 19 Apr. 1933 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC). |
| 8 18.2 |
60-79 722-731 |
3 Apr. 1783 | Treaty of Amity and Commerce, Concluded
between his Majesty the King of Sweden and the United
States of America. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1725-1735. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 123-150. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 11, p. 710-722. Commemorative postage stamp -- Treaty with Sweden, 24 Mar. 1983 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 8 18.2 |
80-83 266-269 |
3 Sep. 1783 14 Jan. 1784 12 May 1784 |
Definitive Treaty of Peace Between the
United States of America and his Britannic Majesty.
The US was now bounded on the north and south by British
Canada and Spanish Florida, on the east and west by the
Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River. Spain was
then in control of the territory west of the Mississippi,
and disputed the placement of the Florida boundary. Journals of the Continental Congress, vol. 26, p. 22-31. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 586-590. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 151-157. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 8-12. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 1, p. 779-783. Wikipedia, Peace_of_Paris_(1783), Treaty_of_Paris_(1783). Commemorative postage stamp -- Treaty of Paris, 2 Sep. 1983 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 8 18.2 |
100-105 516-521 |
Jan. 1787 | Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between the
United States of America, and His Imperial Majesty the
Emperor of Morocco. Proclaimed 18 July 1787. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 1206-1212. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 185-227. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 9, p. 1278-1285. Commemorative postage stamp -- Friendship with Morocco, 17 July 1987 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 8 8 8 8 18.2 |
116-129 130-131 131-132 196-197 269-287 |
19 Nov. 1794 4 May 1796 15 Mar. 1798 8 Jan. 1802 all above |
Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation,
Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of
America. Withdrawal of British forces from the
Northwest Territory, 1794-1796. The northern borders
of present-day Maine and Minnesota were largely settled,
with further details in 1798 and 1818. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 590-612. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 245-274, p. 346-348, p. 427-429, p. 430-432 (25 Oct. 1798), p. 488-491. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 13-33, p. 34-35, p. 36-37, p. 38-40. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 1, p. 784-810. Wikipedia, Jay Treaty. |
| 8 18.2 |
138-153 704-711 |
27 Oct. 1795 2 Aug. 1796 |
Treaty of Friendship, Limits and
Navigation, Between the United States of America, and the
King of Spain. The northern boundary of Spanish
Florida was confirmed, with the Mississippi River as the
western boundary of the US, above 31° N. Notes, Treaties between the United States and Spain, 1795-1819, with court decisions, p. 138-139. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1640-1649. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 318-345. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 11, p. 516-525. Wikipedia, Pinckney's Treaty. Spain claimed Florida in 1513, but lost it to Britain in the Treaty of Paris, 10 Feb. 1763 (ref). By decree of 7 Oct. 1763 (ref, ref, ref), Britain divided Florida into East and West. West Florida then extended from the Mississippi River to the Apalachicola River, and northward to 31° N. East Florida then extended eastward from the Apalachicola, and northward along the Chattahoochee River to the Flint River, then to the St. Mary's River and the Atlantic. In July 1764, Britain enlarged West Florida northward to the Yazoo River, approx. 32° 28′ N, between the Mississippi and Chattahoochee Rivers; West Florida then included Pensacola and Natchez (ref, ref, ref, ref). By the Treaty of Paris, 3 Sep. 1783, Britain ceded West Florida between 31° N and 32° 28′ N to the US (the basis of Mississippi Territory in 1798), and the balance of West Florida below 31° N and all of East Florida to Spain. |
| 8 18.2 |
198-201 711-712 |
11 Aug. 1802 | A Convention Between his Catholic Majesty
[Spain] and the United States of America, ... Negotiated for Spain by "Don Pedro Cevallos, Counsellor of State, Gentleman of the Bed Chamber in employment, first Secretary of State and universal despatch, and Superintendent General of the Posts and Post Offices, in Spain and the Indies; ...". |
| 8 18.2 |
200-213 232-238 |
30 Apr. 1803 21 Oct. 1803 |
Treaty between
the United States of America and the French Republic.
The Louisiana Purchase. Two further conventions, same
date. Formal possession, 20 Dec. 1803. See also,
Act of 31 Oct. 1803, 2 Stat. 245. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 508-521. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 498-528. News of the treaty did not reach Washington until 14 July 1803 (ref). Bevans, Treaties, vol. 7, p. 812-815, p. 816-817, p. 818-821. Thorpe, p. 1359, p. 1364, has some historical notes. Wikipedia, Louisiana Purchase, François Barbé-Marbois (negotiator for France). Library of Congress, Louisiana Purchase, Legislative Timeline, 1802-1807. Library of Congress, A Question of Boundaries. François Barbé-Marbois, History of Louisiana and of Its Cession to the United States of Northern America; Preceded by a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States, 1830. (link). France claimed the Mississippi River basin (including its tributaries) since 1682. That territory was surrendered to Britain (east of the Mississippi) and Spain (west of the Mississippi), in 1763 (ref). Spain ceded Louisiana to France, by secret treaty, 1 Oct. 1800 (ref), with formal transfer 30 Nov. 1803 (ref). See also, notes on treaties with France, 8 Stat. 6, and Spain, 8 Stat. 138, 8 Stat. 252. The purchased territory consisted of the Mississippi River drainage basin, west of the Mississippi, excepting Spanish territory, but none of this was clearly defined; the borders with Spain/Mexico and Spain/Florida were not fully resolved until the treaty of 1819. Commemorative postage stamps -- Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 30 Apr. 1904 (five stamps, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC); the map on the 10c stamp (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC) includes West Florida with Louisiana, which was a point of dispute with Spain from 1803 to 1821. Commemorative postage stamps -- Louisiana Purchase, 30 Apr. 1953 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, WC), 30 Apr. 2003 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 8 18.2 |
218-223 287-292 |
24 Dec. 1814 17 Feb. 1815 |
Treaty of Peace and Amity, Between his
Britannic Majesty and the United States of America.
Further revisions of the northern border, but not complete
agreement until a decision of 18 June 1822, 8
Stat. 274. Further, 18.2 Stat. 296-297, 18.2 Stat. 300-302. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 612-624. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 574-584. Further, vol. 2, p. 655-657; vol. 3, p. 65-76. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 41-48. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 2, p. 378-386. Wikipedia, War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent. News of the treaty reached New York seven weeks later (12 Feb. 1815). |
| 8 18.2 |
248-251 297-300 |
20 Oct. 1818 30 Jan. 1819 |
Convention with Great Britain.
Joint control of the Oregon Country for ten years.
Northern boundary of the US east of the Rocky Mountains set
at 49° N. Oregon Country extended from 42° N to 54°
40′ N, between the Continental Divide and the Pacific; it
was divided in 1846 at 49° N. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 631-633. Miller, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 658-662. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 57-60. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 2, p. 392-395. Wikipedia, Treaty of 1818. Wikisource, Treaty of 1818. Treaty with Spain, 22 Feb. 1819, 8 Stat. 252, setting the southern limit of Oregon Country at 42° N. Convention with Russia, 5/17 Apr. 1824, 8 Stat. 302, 18.2 Stat. 664, setting the northern limit of Oregon Country at 54° 40′ N; Miller, Treaties, vol. 3, p. 151-162. Convention between Britain and Russia, 16/28 Feb. 1825, similar; British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 12, p. 38-43. Continued to 1846 by Convention of 6 Aug. 1827, 8 Stat. 360, Convention of 29 Sep. 1827, 8 Stat. 362. Joint Resolution concerning the Oregon Territory, 27 Apr. 1846, 9 Stat. 109, gave notice to abrogate the treaty. Miller, Treaties, vol. 3, p. 309-314, p. 319-385. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 74-75, p. 78-81. |
| 8 18.2 |
252-273 712-718 |
22 Feb. 1819 22 Feb. 1821 |
Treaty of Amity, Settlement and Limits,
Between the United States and his Catholic Majesty
[Spain]. Spain ceded Florida to the US,
eastward of the Mississippi River. The western
boundary of the US was defined, along the Sabine River (at
the Gulf of Mexico) to 32° N to the Red River to 100° W (of
London), or 23° W (of Washington), to the Arkansas River to
its source, then along 42° N to the Pacific Ocean.
Formal possession 10 July 1821 (East Florida), 17 July 1821
(West Florida). Notes, Acts and court decisions relative to treaties with Spain, p. 252-255. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1651-1658. Miller, Treaties, vol. 3, p. 3-64. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 11, p. 528-536. Annals of Congress, vol. 37, col. 1337-1469. Correspondence relevant to the treaty. Wikipedia, Adams-Onís Treaty. Exposition of the Treaty with Spain of February 22, 1819, in relation to Spanish Grants of Land in Louisiana, between the Perdido and Mississippi Rivers, Senate Document, 14 Jan. 1835, republished in American State Papers, Public Lands, vol. 7, p. 564-580 (link). "The United States never had a legitimate claim to this territory until 1819.", p. 565-566 (link). |
| 8 18.2 |
572-577 315-320 |
9 Aug. 1842 10 Nov. 1842 |
A Treaty To settle and define the
boundaries between the territories of the United States
and the possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North
America; for the final suppression of the African slave
trade; and for the giving up of criminals fugitive from
justice, in certain cases. Northern boundaries
of Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 650-656. Miller, Treaties, vol. 4, p. 363-477. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 82-89. For marking the boundary, Act of 3 Mar. 1843, 5 Stat. 623. Wikipedia, Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Congress had been ready to go to war with Britain over the Maine boundary; Act of 3 Mar. 1839, 5 Stat. 355. |
| 8 | 584-589 | 6 Mar. 1844 22 Feb. 1845 |
Postal Convention Between the
United States of North America and the Republic of New
Granada [Colombia]. Mails across Panama,
etc. Effective 20 Dec. 1844, when ratifications were
exchanged. Miller, Treaties, vol. 4, p. 529-538, with extensive notes, p. 534-538. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 6, p. 865-867. |
| -- | -- | 28 Dec. 1844 14 Feb. 1845 |
Postal Convention, with Great Britain, for
closed mails between Boston and Canada. Authorized by the Resolution of 15 June 1844, 5 Stat. 718. Not published; for the text from the British Post Office archives, see Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 478-479. |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 29th 4 – 20 Mar. 1845 1 Dec. 1845 – 10 Aug. 1846
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p. 117-208p. 649-682
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p. 341-420p. 709-748
p. 749-79430th 31st 5 – 23 Mar. 1849 3 Dec. 1849 – 30 Sep. 1850
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 9 9 |
108 1-2 |
29/1 29/1 |
1 1 |
29 Dec. 1845 29 Dec. 1845 |
(1) Joint
Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into
the Union. (2) An Act to extend the Laws of the United States over the State of Texas, and for other Purposes. For boundary changes with Louisiana, see 2 Stat. 641, 9 Stat. 245; with Arkansas, see 5 Stat. 50; with the US, see 9 Stat. 446. Map, Historical diagram of Texas [Van Zandt]. Constitution of Texas, 1845, transcribed. Commemorative postage stamps -- Texas statehood, 29 Dec. 1945 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 16 June 1995 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 9 | 3 | 29/1 | 6 | 6 Feb. 1846 | An Act establishing certain Post Routes. Texas, etc. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 23 Apr. 1846 13 May 1846 |
Declarations of war by Mexico (23 Apr. 1846)
and US (13 May 1846, 9 Stat. 9,
9
Stat. 999), ended by treaty of 2 Feb. 1848, 9
Stat. 922. Wikipedia, Mexican-American War. |
| 9 | 6-9 | 29/1 | 14 | 8 May 1846 | An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for certain Objects made for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Superintendent of the post-office building. |
| 9 | 15-16 | 29/1 | 25 | 29 May 1846 | An Act establishing certain Post Routes, and for other Purposes. Texas. |
| 9 | 19 | 29/1 | 31 | 19 June 1846 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Magnetic telegraph, Washington to Baltimore. |
| 9 9 |
35-37 1000 |
29/1 -- |
35 3 |
9 July 1846 7 Sep. 1846 |
(1)
An Act to retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the
District of Columbia, to the state of Virginia.
Post Office, § 2. (2) Proclamation, Declaring Alexandria County to be retroceded to Virginia. Same, Proclamation 48. Virginia took possession by an act of the General Assembly, 13 Mar. 1847. About the Custom House in Alexandria, see the Treasury Report, 1853 (link). Supplemental, 5 July 1848, 9 Stat. 244. |
| 9 9 9 |
52-53 77-78 117 |
29/1 29/1 29/2 |
82 103 1 |
4 Aug. 1846 8 Aug. 1846 28 Dec. 1846 |
(1) An Act to
define the Boundaries of the State of Iowa, and to repeal
so much of the Act of the third of March, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-five [5 Stat. 742] as
relates to the Boundaries of Iowa. Between the
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, between Missouri and 43°
30′ N. (2) An Act granting certain Lands to the Territory of Iowa, to aid in the Improvement of the Navigation of the Des Moines River, in said Territory. (3) An Act for the Admission of the State of Iowa into the Union. Northern boundary (with Minnesota) to be surveyed, 3 Mar. 1849, 9 Stat. 410. Commemorative postage stamps -- Iowa statehood, 3 Aug. 1946 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 1 Aug. 1996 (NPM, NPMA, MSC), 1 Aug. 1996 (NPM, MSC). |
| 9 9 9 |
56-58 178-179 233-235 |
29/1 29/2 30/1 |
89 53 50 |
6 Aug. 1846 3 Mar. 1847 29 May 1848 |
(1) An Act to
enable the People of Wisconsin Territory to form a
Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission
of such State into the Union. (2) An Act for the Admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union. The proposed state constitution was rejected. (3) An Act for the Admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union. The status of the balance of Wisconsin Territory was unspecified, though Congress did admit a delegate for it on 15 Jan. 1849 (ref), before attaching it to Minnesota Territory, 3 Mar. 1849, 9 Stat. 403. Commemorative postage stamps -- Wisconsin statehood, 29 May 1948 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 29 May 1998 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 9 | 59-66 | 29/1 | 90 | 6 Aug. 1846 | An Act to provide for the better Organization of the Treasury, and for the Collection, Safe-Keeping, Transfer, and Disbursement of the public Revenue. Payments to the Post Office, § 9, 10; in gold or silver coin, § 19. |
| 9 | 68-70 | 29/1 | 95 | 8 Aug. 1846 | An Act making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army for the Year ending on the thirtieth
June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Incidental expenses, including "postage on letters and packets received by officers on public service", p. 68. |
| 9 | 75-76 | 29/1 | 100 | 8 Aug. 1846 | An Act to provide for the Distribution of
the Edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States
published by Little & Brown, under the Provisions of
the Resolution of Congress approved March third, eighteen
hundred and forty-five [5 Stat. 798], and for other
Purposes. Declared "competent evidence" in all
legal matters, § 2. "One copy each to the governments of Great Britain, France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sardinia, Greece, Turkey, Tuscany, The Ecclesiastical States, the Two Sicilies, China, Brazil, Mexico, New Granada, Venezuela, Chili, Peru, the Argentine Confederation, and the Sandwich Islands." The Bavaria set is still extant - vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (links). The Two Sicilies (Naples) set is still extant - vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (links). The set in Lyon came from some other US government source - vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (links). |
| 9 | 76-77 | 29/1 | 101 | 8 Aug. 1846 | An Act to provide for the more effectual Publication of the Laws of the United States. |
| 9 | 85-97 | 29/1 | 175 | 10 Aug. 1846 | An Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and for other Purposes. Post-Office Dept., p. 89-90. Magnetic telegraph, Washington to Baltimore. |
| 9 | 97-101 | 29/1 | 176 | 10 Aug. 1846 | An Act making Appropriations for the naval
Service for the Year ending on thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven. First appropriation for
the Naval School at Fort Severn, Annapolis, which had
already opened 10 Oct. 1845, § 4. Commemorative postage stamp -- Naval Academy, 10 Oct. 1995 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 9 | 122-123 | 29/2 | 6 | 2 Feb. 1847 | An Act to provide for the Establishment of additional Post Routes in the State of Texas. |
| 9 | 147-148 | 29/2 | 33 | 1 Mar. 1847 | An Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act to reduce the Rates of Postage, to limit the Use and correct the Abuse of the franking Privilege, and for the Prevention of Frauds on the Revenues of the Post-Office Department,” passed third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five. Free franking, § 3, 4, 5. |
| 9 | 149-152 | 29/2 | 35 | 2 Mar. 1847 | An Act making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army and of Volunteers for the Year ending
the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty
eight, and for other Purposes. Incidental expenses, including "postage on letters and packets received by officers on public service", p. 150. |
| 9 | 152-153 | 29/2 | 37 | 2 Mar. 1847 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Free franking for some postmasters, § 1. Drafts, involving James Reeside, § 4. |
| 9 | 155-168 | 29/2 | 47 | 3 Mar. 1847 | An Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and for other Purposes. Post-office Dept., p. 160. |
| 9 | 187-188 | 29/2 | 62 | 3 Mar. 1847 | An Act providing for the
Building and Equipment of four naval Steamships.
Mail contracts, § 2-5. Noted in the Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1849 (link). |
| 9 | 188-202 | 29/2 | 63 | 3 Mar. 1847 | An Act to establish certain
Post Routes and for other Purposes. Post roads,
§ 1, 2. Mail routes, § 3, 5, 6. Free franking, §
4, 5. Post office at Astoria, Oregon, § 7.
Postage rates, § 7. Steamship contracts, § 8.
Branch post offices, § 10. Postage stamps, § 11.
Accounts, § 12. Multiple letters in one, § 13. p. 188-200, https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1847Routes.pdf p. 200-202, https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1847Act.pdf An example of the free franking clause put to use - William Hickey, The Constitution of the United States, Philadelphia, 2nd ed., 1847, p. iv (link); 7th ed., 1854, p. iv (link). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 July 1847 | Postage stamps issued, for domestic
use. The Postmaster Provisional stamps, first issued
in 1845, were no longer permitted. Commemorative postage stamps -- US Postage Stamp Centenary, 17 May 1947 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 19 May 1947 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC). Commemorative stamped envelope -- same, 21 May 1947 (MSC). |
| 9 9 |
213 710c |
30/1 30/1 |
16 16 |
9 Mar. 1848 9 Mar. 1848 |
An Act granting the Franking Privilege to Louisa Catharine Adams. Widow of Pres. John Quincy Adams. |
| 9 | 230 | 30/1 | 43 | 17 May 1848 | An Act in Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act to reduce the Rates of Postage, to limit the Use and correct the Abuse of the Franking Privilege, and for the Prevention of Fraud on the Revenues of the Post-Office Department,” ” passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. |
| 9 | 231-232 | 30/1 | 47 | 27 May 1848 | An Act to provide additional Examiners in the Patent Office, and for other Purposes. Free franking, § 4. |
| 9 | 241-242 | 30/1 | 79 | 27 June 1848 | An Act to amend the Act to
provide for the Transportation of the Mail between the
United States and foreign Countries, and for other
Purposes. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1847misc.pdf "Retaliatory" rates, intended to force the British into a new postal convention; see 15 Dec. 1848. |
| 9 | 245-246 | 30/1 | 98 | 10 July 1848 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. |
| 9 | 266-273 | 30/1 | 121 | 3 Aug. 1848 | An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service, for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. Mail service by steamship, § 1, 10. Flogging, § 8. |
| 9 | 284-302 | 30/1 | 166 | 12 Aug. 1848 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and for other Purposes. Post-office Dept., p. 290-291. Post office construction, p. 296. |
| 9 | 304-306 | 30/1 | 173 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. Incidental expenses, "postage on letters and packets received and sent by officers on public service", p. 304. |
| 9 | 306-320 | 30/1 | 175 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act to establish certain
Post Routes. California offices and postage
rates, § 3. p. 320, https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1848postage.pdf Noted in the Message of the President, Dec. 1849 (link). |
| 9 | 323-331 | 30/1 | 177 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act to establish the Territorial
Government of Oregon. Effective "from and after
the passage of this act". The rights and privileges
extended by the Northwest Ordinance are applied to Oregon, §
14. The Oregon country had been jointly administered with Britain since 1818, then divided by treaty, 15 June 1846, 9 Stat. 869. Oregon Territory extended from 42° N to 49° N, from the Pacific to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. The extent was decreased by transfers to Washington Territory in 1853 and 1859. The Territorial governor took office 3 Mar. 1849. Wikipedia, Oregon Country, Oregon Territory, Oregon Territorial Legislature. Oregon, statehood, 14 Feb. 1859, 11 Stat. 383. Commemorative postage stamps -- Oregon Territory, 14 July 1936 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 14 Aug. 1948 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). The 1936 stamp shows the Oregon Trail on a map of the 1848 territory, and seems only to celebrate the first passage of a wagon train along the trail in 1836. The "Oregon Trail 1843-1993" stamp issued 12 Feb. 1993 (NPM, MSC) is unrelated to the Oregon Territory. The Oregon Provisional Government (1843-1849) organized a postal service in Dec. 1845, and closed it a year later.
|
| 9 | 346-347 | 30/2 | 61 | 22 Feb. 1849 | An Act for authenticating
certain Records. Post Office, § 3. Amended, 9 Stat. 350, 2 Mar. 1849, but nothing of postal interest. |
| 9 | 353 | 30/2 | 89 | 2 Mar. 1849 | An Act to define the Period of Disability imposed upon certain Bidders for Mail Contracts. |
| 9 | 354-370 | 30/2 | 100 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, and for other Purposes. Post-Office Dept., p. 359, 365. Post office construction, p. 364, 366. |
| 9 | 370-373 | 30/2 | 101 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Incidental expenses, "postage on letters and packets received and sent by officers on public service", p. 371. |
| 9 | 374-379 | 30/2 | 103 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Transportation of mail by steamers, § 1, p. 375. Collins mail contract, § 7, p. 378. |
| 9 | 379-380 | 30/2 | 104 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Rates of postage to Britain, etc. |
| 9 | 395-397 | 30/2 | 108 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act to establish the Home
Department ... . Dept. of the Interior.
Patent office and Census office transferred to Interior from
the State Dept., § 2, 7. Indian affairs, military and
naval pensions, from the War Dept. and Navy Dept., § 5,
6. General Land Office, etc., from Treasury, § 3, 4,
8, 9. The first Secretary of the Interior, Thomas Ewing, was confirmed 7 May 1849. |
| 9 | 398-399 | 30/2 | 110 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act requiring all Moneys receivable from Customs and from all other Sources to be paid immediately into the Treasury, without Abatement or Reduction, and for other Purposes. Not to affect the Post Office, § 1. |
| 9 | 400 | 30/2 | 112 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act to extend the Revenue Laws of the United States over the Territory and Waters of Upper California, and to create a Collection District therein. Effective "from and after" 10 Mar. 1849. |
| 9 | 402-403 | 30/2 | 115 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act to make Arrangements for taking the seventh Census. Census Board, including the Postmaster General. |
| 9 | 403-409 | 30/2 | 121 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act to establish the Territorial
Government of Minnesota. From the balance of the
former Wisconsin and Iowa Territories, east and west of the
Mississippi River, to the Missouri and White Earth
Rivers. Effective "from and after the passage of this
act". Southern boundary (with Iowa) to be surveyed, 3 Mar. 1849, 9 Stat. 410. The balance of Minnesota Territory after statehood (1858) was attached to Dakota Territory (1861). Map, Historical diagram of Indiana, Missouri, Michigan [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Minnesota Territory. Minnesota statehood, 11 May 1858, 11 Stat. 166, 11 Stat. 285. Commemorative postage stamp -- Minnesota Territory, 3 Mar. 1949 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, WC). |
| 9 | 421 | 31/1 | 1 | 10 Jan. 1850 | An Act to extend the Privilege of franking Letters and Packages to Sarah Polk. Widow of Pres. James K. Polk. |
| 9 | 423-428 | 31/1 | 10 | 15 May 1850 | An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Post Office Dept., p. 425, 426, § 2-3. |
| 9 | 428-436 | 31/1 | 11 | 23 May 1850 | An
Act providing for the taking of the seventh and subsequent
Censuses of the United States, and to fix the Number of
the Members of the House of Representatives, and provide
for their future Apportionment among the several States.
Postage expenses and free franking, § 17, 19.
Apportionment, if no other law is passed, § 23-26. Additional, 30 Aug. 1850, 9 Stat. 445. Apportionment, 30 July 1852, 10 Stat. 25. Resolutions, 7 Jan. 1853, 10 Stat. 261; 3 Mar. 1853, 10 Stat. 263. Wikipedia, 1850 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1850 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 1 June 1850. |
| 9 | 440 | 31/1 | 25 | 18 July 1850 | An Act to grant the Franking Privilege to Mrs. Margaret S. Taylor. Widow of Pres. Zachary Taylor, who had died 9 days earlier. |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | The next five items are the result of the
Compromise of 1850, concerning territory and slavery.
California was admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave
Act was strengthened, and the two new territories, Utah and
New Mexico, would decide on slavery by a future vote. Wikipedia, Compromise of 1850. Library of Congress, Compromise of 1850. |
| 9 9 11 |
446-452 1005-1006 310 |
31/1 31/2 35/1 |
49 10 92 |
9 Sep. 1850 13 Dec. 1850 5 June 1858 |
(1) An Act
proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her
Northern and Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment by the
said State of all Territory claimed by her exterior to
said Boundaries, and of all her Claims upon the United
States, and to establish a territorial Government for New
Mexico. Texas, § 1; New Mexico Territory, § 2. (2) Proclamation, Declaring Act of 1850, ch. 49, respecting the Boundaries of Texas, to be in force. (3) An Act to authorize the President of the United States, in Conjunction with the State of Texas, to run and mark the Boundary Lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas. The portion of the former Republic of Texas north and west of the lines 32° N, 103° W, 36° 30′ N, 100° W, and its claims, were assigned to the United States; agreed by the Texas Legislature, 25 Nov. 1850 (ref). Texas accepted $10,000,000 in consideration, as a 5% bond payable in 14 years (thus 1864 - was it paid then?). New Mexico Territory at first extended from the Colorado River at the Mexican border, east along the border to the Rio Grande, then to 32° N, east to 103° W, north to 38° N, west to the summit of the Sierra Madre, south along the summit to 37° N, west to the California border, and along it to the origin point. This covered most of present-day New Mexico and Arizona, with parts of Colorado and Nevada. The extent was increased by the Gadsden Purchase (1853/54, at the Mexican border), and decreased by transfers to Colorado Territory (1861, north of 37° N), and Arizona Territory (1863, west of 32° W of Washington). Map, Historical diagram of Texas, New Mexico [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Provisional government of New Mexico, New Mexico Territory. New Mexico statehood, 6 Jan. 1912, 34 Stat. 267, etc. Elwyn Doubleday with Richard Helbock, The Case of the Missing Post Office, La Posta, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 8-12 (PDF). Concerning the Texas-New Mexico boundary in 1852. |
| 9 9 12 |
452-453 521-523 22 |
31/1 31/1 36/1 |
50 86 62 |
9 Sep. 1850 28 Sep. 1850 26 May 1860 |
(1) An Act for the Admission of the State
of California into the Union. The boundaries of
the state are not described. The northern boundary,
42° N, and the southern boundary, roughly 35° N, were
determined by the 1848 treaty with Mexico; the eastern
boundary is defined in the California state constitution
(1849, Art. XII, link). (2) An Act to provide for extending the Laws and the Judicial System of the United States to the State of California. (3) An Act to authorize the President of the United States in Conjunction with the State of California, to run and mark the Boundary Lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of California. The eastern boundary follows 120° W from 42° N to 39° N, then southeasterly to the Colorado River at 35° N. The Nevada territorial act (2 Mar. 1861, 12 Stat. 209) gave a different boundary, subject to California's agreement. The news of statehood reached San Francisco on 18 Oct. 1850 (ref). Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of California. Wikipedia, California Republic (1846), California interim government, 1846-1850, California Gold Rush (1848-55). Commemorative postage stamps -- California statehood, 9 Sep. 1950 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 8 Sep. 2000 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 9 | 453-458 | 31/1 | 51 | 9 Sep. 1850 | An Act to establish a Territorial
Government for Utah. Utah Territory at first
extended from 37° N to 42° N, from California to the summit
of the Rocky Mountains. The extent was decreased by
transfers to Colorado Territory, 28 Feb. 1861, east of 32° W (of Washington); to Nebraska Territory, 2 Mar. 1861, north of 41° N, east of 33° W (of Washington); to Nevada Territory, 2 Mar. 1861, west of 39° W (of Washington); to Nevada Territory, 14 July 1862, west of 38° W (of Washington); to Nevada, 5 May 1866, west of 37° W (of Washington); to Wyoming Territory, 25 July 1868, north of 41° N, east of 34° W (of Washington). Proclamation, Respecting the Rebellion and Mormon Troubles in the Territory of Utah, 6 Apr. 1858, 11 Stat. 796. Attempts to form a state in 1849 (Deseret), 1860, 1872, and 1887, were rejected by Congress over the Mormon practice of polygamy. Anti-polygamy acts were passed in 1862 (12 Stat. 501), 1874 (18 Stat. 253), 1882 (22 Stat. 30), and 1887 (24 Stat. 635); the Mormon Church sued and lost in the Supreme Court (1890, 136 U.S. 1), after which polygamy was [officially] abandoned. Pardons were issued by Proclamations of 4 Jan. 1893 (27 Stat. 1058) and 25 Sep. 1894 (28 Stat. 1257). Map, Historical diagram of Utah [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, State of Deseret, Utah Territory, Utah War (1857-1858). Utah statehood, 4 Jan. 1896, 28 Stat. 117, 29 Stat. 876. |
| 9 | 462-465 | 31/1 | 60 | 18 Sep. 1850 | An Act to amend,
and supplementary to, the Act entitled "An Act respecting
Fugitives from Justice, and Persons escaping from the
Service of their Masters," approved February twelfth, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. The Fugitive Slave Act, 12 Feb. 1793, 1 Stat. 302. Repealed in part, 28 June 1864, 13 Stat. 200. Wikipedia, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. |
| 9 | 467-468 | 31/1 | 63 | 20 Sep. 1850 | An Act to suppress the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia. |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| 9 | 460-461 | 31/1 | 56 | 16 Sep. 1850 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department, during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. |
| 9 | 466-467 | 31/1 | 61 | 20 Sep. 1850 | An Act granting the Right of Way, and making a Grant of Land to the states of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, in Aid of the Construction of a Railroad from Chicago to Mobile. Mail transport, § 6. |
| 9 | 473-496 | 31/1 | 75 | 27 Sep. 1850 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the United States. Rates of postage in Utah and New Mexico, § 2. |
| 9 | 504-508 | 31/1 | 78 | 28 Sep. 1850 | An Act making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Incidental expenses, "postage on letters and packets received and sent by officers on public service", p. 505. |
| 9 | 513-517 | 31/1 | 80 | 28 Sep. 1850 | An Act making Appropriations
for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
Navy steamers could carry the mail, provided that flogging
is abolished, p. 514-5. See also, An Act for the better Government of the Navy of the United States, 17 July 1862, 12 Stat. 600, Article 8, p. 603. |
| 9 | 523-544 | 31/1 | 90 | 30 Sep. 1850 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other Purposes. Post-Office Dept., p. 530. Post office construction, p. 539, 540. |
| 9 | 570-574 | 31/2 | 12 | 27 Feb. 1851 | An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Post-Office Dept., p. 571. |
| 9 | 587-591 | 31/2 | 20 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An
Act to reduce and modify the Rates of Postage in the
United States, and for other Purposes. Effective
"from and after" 30 June 1851. Postage rates, letters,
§ 1. Postage rates, newspapers, circulars,
periodicals, printed matter, § 2. Postage stamps and
envelopes, § 3. Postmarks, § 4. Advertisements,
§ 5. Postmasters commissions, § 6. Post offices
not to be closed due to reduction of postage rates, §
7. Compensation for carrying free matter, § 8.
Appropriation, § 9. Letter carriers, § 10.
Three-cent coin, § 11. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1851Act.pdf About the effective date, see the Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 4 Dec. 1852 (link), "This diminution in our postages is attributable to the reduction in the rates of postage made by the act of March 3d, 1851, which reduction took effect at the commencement of the last fiscal year.", which was then 1 July 1851. Letter carriers were appointed in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and New Orleans (ref). House Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, Reduction of Rates of Postage, 24 July 1850, 31st Congress, 1st session, Rep. No. 411, 8 p.; Serial Set 585 (link). |
| 9 | 591-593 | 31/2 | 21 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An Act making Appropriations
for the service of the Post-Office Department during the
fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-two, and for other Purposes. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1851Act.pdf |
| 9 | 598-618 | 31/2 | 32 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and for other Purposes. Post-Office Dept., p. 606. Post office construction, p. 609, 617. |
| 9 | 618-621 | 31/2 | 33 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An Act making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army for the Year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Incidental expenses, "postage on letters and packets received and sent by officers on public service", p. 619. |
| 9 | 621-626 | 31/2 | 34 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Mail transportation, p. 623-624, § 2. |
| 9 | 637-645 | 31/2 | 48 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the United States, and the Territories thereof. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 9 | 657b | 29/1 | 70 | 29 July 1846 | An Act for the Relief of Amos Kendall. Former Postmaster-General. |
| 9 | 677b | 29/1 | 183 | 10 Aug. 1846 | An Act for the Relief of Abraham Horbach. Non-payment of draft, involving James Reeside. |
| 9 | 689-690 | 29/2 | 43 | 2 Mar. 1847 | An Act for the Relief of the Bank of the Metropolis. Drafts, involving James Reeside. |
| 9 | 717a | 30/1 | 63 | 13 June 1848 | An Act for the Relief of Jones and Boker. Stolen Treasury notes. |
| 9 | 726-727 | 30/1 | 113 | 25 July 1848 | An Act for the Relief of Alfred White. Mail transportation. |
| 9 | 736a | 30/1 | 170 | 12 Aug. 1848 | An Act for the Relief of B.O. Tayloe. Buildings rented by Tayloe to the Post Office. See 5 Stat. 478, no. 54. |
| 9 | 737c | 30/1 | 181 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act for the Relief of George V. Mitchell. Postmaster. |
| 9 | 738a | 30/1 | 183 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act for the Relief of Messrs. Cook, Anthony, Mahony, and others. Stolen Treasury notes. |
| 9 | 740d | 30/1 | 193 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act for the Relief of William B. Stokes. Mail contractor. |
| 9 | 745b | 30/1 | 210 | 14 Aug. 1848 | An Act for the Relief of John Lorimer Graham, late Postmaster in the City of New York. |
| 9 | 753c | 30/2 | 18 | 10 Jan. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of John B. Smith and Simeon Darden. Expenses, to arrest a mail thief. |
| 9 | 758-759 | 30/2 | 42 | 1 Feb. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of Creed Taylor. Surety. |
| 9 | 759b | 30/2 | 44 | 1 Feb. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of Joseph F. Caldwell. Mail contractor. |
| 9 | 761a | 30/2 | 49 | 10 Feb. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of William Fuller and Charles Savage. Mail contractors. |
| 9 | 761c | 30/2 | 51 | 10 Feb. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of William Fuller and Orlando Saltmarsh. Mail contractors. James Reeside. |
| 9 | 763b | 30/2 | 57 | 19 Feb. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of William De Buys, late Postmaster at New Orleans. |
| 9 | 772a | 30/2 | 117 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act to grant the Right of Way to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. Mail transport, § 2. |
| 9 | 780c | 30/2 | 147 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act for the Relief of Samuel A. Grier. Surety. |
| 9 | 796c | 31/1 | 8 | 19 Apr. 1850 | An Act for the Relief of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company. Duties on iron rails. |
| 9 | 797a | 31/1 | 9 | 6 May 1850 | An Act for the Relief of Brown and Tarbox. Mail service. |
| 9 | 800b | 31/1 | 37 | 10 Aug. 1850 | An Act for the Relief of William Maxwell, late Marshal for the District of Georgia. Court judgement discharged. |
| 9 | 810a | 31/2 | 15 | 27 Feb. 1851 | An Act for the Relief of Dunning R. McNair. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 9 | 108 | 29/1 | 1 | 29 Dec. 1845 | Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union. |
| 9 | 109-110 | 29/1 | 4 | 27 Apr. 1846 | Joint Resolution concerning the Oregon Territory. |
| 9 | 110 | 29/1 | 6 | 20 May 1846 | A resolution providing for temporary Mail Service in Texas. |
| 9 | 113-114 | 29/1 | 16 | 3 Aug. 1846 | Joint Resolution directing the Manner of
procuring the Printing for the two Houses of Congress.
Joint Committee on Printing. Replaced by Act of 26
Aug. 1852, 10 Stat. 30. |
| 9 |
417 |
30/2 |
10 |
2 Mar. 1849 |
Joint Resolution for the Distribution of
the Official Register, or Blue Book, among the several
States. |
| 9 | 564a | 31/1 | 17 | 26 Sep. 1850 | A Resolution relating to the Publication of the Laws of the United States. Contract with Little & Brown. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 9 | 681c | 29/1 | 19 | 6 Aug. 1846 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Seth M. Leavenworth. Mail contractor. |
| 9 | 681-682 | 29/1 | 21 | 8 Aug. 1846 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of John B. Denton and Curtis Humphreys. Post office contract. |
| 9 | 682a | 29/1 | 22 | 8 Aug. 1846 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Sheldon H. Hays. Mail services. |
| 9 | 707a | 29/2 | 1 | 18 Feb. 1847 | Joint Resolution authorizing and directing the Examination and Settlement of the Claims of Alexander M. Cumming. Mail contractor. |
| 9 | 708c | 29/2 | 14 | 3 Mar. 1847 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of William B. Stokes, surviving Partner of John N.C. Stockton and Company. Mail carrier. |
| 9 | 708d | 29/2 | 15 | 3 Mar. 1847 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of M.A. Pries and E.A. White. Mail transportation. |
| 9 | 747a | 30/1 | 10 | 26 June 1848 | A Resolution in Favor of David Shaw and Solomon T. Corser. Mail contractors. |
| 9 | 792b | 30/2 | 7 | 22 Feb. 1849 | A Joint Resolution for the Relief of H.M.
Barney. Postmaster. House Report, 9 Mar. 1848, petition of H.M. Barney, postmaster at Brimfield, Illinois. (link) |
| 9 | 794a | 30/2 | 22 | 3 Mar. 1849 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of George R. Smith. Mail carrier. |
| 9 10 |
814a 871b |
31/2 33/2 |
3 18 |
27 Feb. 1851 3 Mar. 1855 |
(1) A Resolution providing for an
Adjustment of the Accounts of John D. Colmesneil,
President of the Ohio and Mississippi Mail Line Company.
Mail transportation. (2) Joint Resolution for the Final Adjustment of the account of John D. Colmesnil. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 9 18.2 |
869-870 320-322 |
15 June 1846 5 Aug. 1846 |
Treaty with Great Britain, in regard to
limits westward of the Rocky Mountains. Oregon
country divided, 49° N confirmed as US northern boundary. Congress gave notice to abrogate the Treaty of 20 Oct. 1818, by the Joint Resolution concerning the Oregon Territory, 27 Apr. 1846, 9 Stat. 109. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 656-659; declaration of 1870 approving survey maps. Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 3-101. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 95-97. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 8, p. 930-932. Wikipedia, Oregon boundary dispute, Oregon Country, Oregon Treaty. For further small adjustments to the US northern boundary, see Van Zandt (1976), p. 18-21 (link). Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 109-110 (Horseshoe Reef, Lake Erie, 1850), p. 123-135 (San Juan Island, Vancouver Island, 1859), p. 190-193 (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Vancouver Island, 1873). |
| 9 18.2 |
881-901 550-559 |
12 Dec. 1846 12 June 1848 |
Treaty with New Granada [Colombia].
Art. XXXV, transit across Panama, with reference to
"passengers, correspondence, and merchandise". Early treaties of amity and commerce often mention "harmony and good correspondence", or "correspondence and commerce", which suggests diplomatic correspondence, probably by courier, and probably not by public mails. |
| 9 18.2 |
922-943 492-503 |
2 Feb. 1848 4 July 1848 |
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and
Settlement with the Republic of Mexico. Treaty
of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The new boundary line is given
in Art. V, to be marked within one year. Mexico ceded
land which became all of California, Nevada and Utah, most
of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and
Wyoming. An incorrect map led to disagreements over
the boundary, made moot by the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. Texas had previously claimed land eastward to Louisiana and Arkansas, south and west to the Rio Grande, including half of New Mexico, and north to parts of Oklahoma (the panhandle), Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 1107-1121. Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 207-428. Disturnell's map, from the back pocket (JPG, 37.5 MB), (ref, link, link). Bevans, Treaties, vol. 9, p. 791-806. Wikipedia, Mexican-American War, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican Cession. |
| 9 16 |
965-970 783-788 |
15 Dec. 1848 | Postal Convention with Great
Britain. Further notes and later conventions with vol. 16. |
| 9 18.2 |
977-983 406-411 |
20 Dec. 1849 9 Nov. 1850 |
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and
Navigation, between the United States of America and his
Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands. Steam
vessels carrying mails, Art. 6, p. 978. Mail
arrangements, Art. 15, p. 982. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 908-915. Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 591-628. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 8, p. 864-871. |
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Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 32nd 4 – 13 Mar. 1851 1 Dec. 1851 – 31 Aug. 1852
6 Dec. 1852 – 3 Mar. 1853p. 1-148
p. 149-264p. 725-740
p. 741-77232nd 33rd 4 Mar. – 11 Apr. 1853 5 Dec. 1853 – 7 Aug. 1854
4 Dec. 1854 – 3 Mar. 1855p. 265-596
p. 597-724p. 773-832
p. 833-87233rd
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-iv, i-xvi, 1-724, [2], i-xviii, 725-872, i-iv, 873-1244
Serial Set, House Journal, (32) 632, 672; (33) 709, 776
Serial Set, Senate Journal, (32) 586, 610, 657; (33) 657, 689, 745
House Journal, 32/1, 32/2; 33/1, 33/2
Senate Journal, 32/sp, 32/1, 32/2; 33/sp, 33/1, 33/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 8, 32/sp, 32/1, vol. 9, 32/2; 33/sp, 33/1, 33/2
Volume 10 pages Congress 32 Congress 33 all (84.5 MB), reduced (50.5 MB) session 1 session 2 session 1 session 2 title i-iv i-iv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions i-xvi i-xvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions [2], i-xviii i-xviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions i-iv i-iv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xvi xvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-724 --- 1-148 149-264 265-596 597-724 private acts and resolutions 725-872 [2] 725-740 741-772 773-832 833-872 treaties and conventions 873-1176 873-1176 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 1177-1180 1177-1180 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 10 1181-1244 1181-1244 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
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24 Dec. 1851 |
Fire at the Capitol, caused by a faulty
chimney flue. The Library of Congress lost about 2/3
of its books (ref). |
| 10 | 8-10 | 32/1 | 45 | 10 June 1852 | An Act granting the Right of Way to the State of Missouri, and a portion of the Public Lands, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State. Mail route, § 6, p. 10. |
| 10 | 30-35 | 32/1 | 91 | 26 Aug. 1852 | An Act to provide for executing the Public
Printing, and establishing the Prices thereof, and for
other Purposes. Superintendent of Public
Printing, nominally in the Interior Dept., essentially an
auditor. Post bills, § 11. |
| 10 | 38 | 32/1 | 97 | 30 Aug. 1852 | An Act to provide for a
tri-monthly Mail from New Orleans to Vera Cruz, via
Tampico, and back, in Steam-Vessels. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1852Act.pdf |
| 10 | 38-40 | 32/1 | 98 | 30 Aug. 1852 | An Act to amend the Act
entitled "An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of Postage
in the United States, and for other Purposes," passed
March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
Effective "from and after" 30 Sep. 1852. Printed
matter rates and procedures. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1852Act.pdf |
| 10 | 61 | 32/1 | 105 | 30 Aug. 1852 | An Act making Appropriations for the Transportation of the United States Mail by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. |
| 10 | 76-100 | 32/1 | 108 | 31 Aug. 1852 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and Fifty-three, and for other purposes. Auditor's Office of the Treasury for the Post Office Dept., p. 78. Post Office Dept., p. 82-83. Post office messengers, House of Representatives, p. 96. |
| 10 | 110-112 | 32/1 | 111 | 31 Aug. 1852 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and for other Purposes. Post roads, § 6, 7. |
| 10 | 121-142 | 32/1 | 113 | 31 Aug. 1852 | An Act to establish certain Post-roads, and for other Purposes. Stamped envelopes authorized, § 8, p. 141-142. |
| 10 | 155-156 | 32/2 | 59 | 9 Feb. 1853 | An Act Granting the Right of Way and Making a Grant of Land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad from a point on the Mississippi, opposite the mouth of the Ohio River, via Little Rock, to the Texas Boundary near Fulton, in Arkansas, with Branches to Fort Smith and the Mississippi River. Mail route, § 6, p. 156. |
| 10 | 172-179 | 32/2 | 90 | 2 Mar. 1853 | An Act to establish the Territorial
Government of Washington. Separated from Oregon
Territory at the Columbia River and 46° N, extending north
to 49° N and east to the summit of the Rocky
Mountains. The extent was increased by the balance of
Oregon Territory in 1859, and decreased by transfers to
Nebraska Territory (1861) and Idaho Territory (1863). Map, Historical diagram of Washington [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Washington Territory. Washington statehood, 11 Nov. 1889, 25 Stat. 676, 26 Stat. 1552. Commemorative postage stamp -- Washington Territory, 2 Mar. 1953 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 10 | 189-214 | 32/2 | 97 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Post Office, p. 196-197, 212. |
| 10 | 225 | 32/2 | 103 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. |
| 10 | 239-240 | 32/2 | 139 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act making Appropriations for the Transportation of the United States Mail by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. |
| 10 | 249-256 | 32/2 | 146 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act to establish certain Post-roads, and for other Purposes. Railroads declared post roads, § 3, p. 255. Assistant Postmasters-General to require Senate approval, § 4, p. 255. Counterfeit postage stamps, § 7, p. 256. Stamped envelopes, § 8, p. 256. |
| 10 | 266 | 33/1 | 8 | 2 Feb. 1854 | An Act granting the Franking Privilege to the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the Assistant in charge of the office of said Coast Survey. |
| 10 | 276 | 33/1 | 52 | 22 Apr. 1854 | An Act to amend the third section of the "Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty-four," and for other purposes. |
| 10 | 277-290 | 33/1 | 59 | 30 May 1854 | An Act to Organize the Territories of
Nebraska and Kansas. Created from unorganized
Indian country, a remnant of Missouri Territory since 1821
and 1834. No dual appointments, except postmasters, §
8, 26. Nebraska Territory (§ 1-18) extended from 40° N to 49° N (the northern US border), from the Missouri River (the Iowa and Missouri borders) to the summit of the Rocky Mountains (the Utah and Oregon territorial borders). Kansas Territory (§ 19-36) extended from 37° N to 40° N at the Missouri border to New Mexico Territory (103° W and 38° N) and Utah Territory (the summit of the Rocky Mountains from 38° N to 40° N). The territories were allowed to decide whether or not to accept slavery (§ 14, 32), which precipitated a local civil war; see, for example, the President's message to Congress, 24 Jan. 1856 (ref), and the Proclamation of 11 Feb. 1856, 11 Stat. 791. Note that both territories were north of the 36° 30′ N line from the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which would have precluded slavery. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Texas, Nebraska [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory. US Senate, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, "The Crime Against Kansas", The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner. Kansas statehood, 29 Jan. 1861, 12 Stat. 126. Nebraska statehood, 1 Mar. 1867, 13 Stat. 47, 14 Stat. 820. Commemorative postage stamps -- Nebraska Territory, 7 May 1954 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC); Kansas Territory, 31 May 1954 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 10 | 290-298 | 33/1 | 60 | 31 May 1854 | An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and for other purposes. Post Office, p. 295, 297-298. |
| 10 | 298-299 | 33/1 | 61 | 22 June 1854 | An Act regulating the Pay of Deputy-Postmasters. |
| 10 | 312-313 | 33/1 | 109 | 27 July 1854 | An Act making Provision for the Postal Service in the State of California and in the Territories of Oregon and Washington. |
| 10 | 349-546 | 33/1 | 230 | 3 Aug. 1854 | An Act to establish certain
Post-Roads. "That the following be established
as Post-Roads in lieu of those heretofore established ..." Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota Territory, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska Territory, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico Territory, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon Territory, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah Territory, Vermont, Virginia, Washington Territory, Wisconsin Washington, D.C., with Maryland and Virginia. |
| 10 | 546-574 | 33/1 | 242 | 4 Aug. 1854 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and for other purposes. Post offices, § 2, p. 571. |
| 10 | 575 | 33/1 | 245 | 4 Aug. 1854 | An Act declaring the Southern Boundary of New Mexico [Territory]. From the Gadsden Purchase. |
| 10 | 588-589 | 33/1 | 270 | 5 Aug. 1854 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. |
| 10 | 589 | 33/1 | 271 | 5 Aug. 1854 | An Act to establish certain Additional Post Roads. |
| 10 | 604 | 33/2 | 70 | 10 Feb. 1855 | An Act changing the Appropriation for the Erection of a Building in the City of Milwaukie, for a Custom-House, Post-Office, and the United States Courts. |
| 10 | 610 | 33/2 | 111 | 17 Feb. 1855 | An Act to provide for the Accommodation of the Courts of the United States in the District of Maryland, and for a Post-Office at Baltimore City, Maryland. |
| 10 12 |
610-611 41-42 |
33/2 36/1 |
112 137 |
17 Feb. 1855 16 June 1860 |
(1) An Act authorizing the Construction
of a Line of Telegraph from the Mississippi or Missouri
Rivers to the Pacific Ocean. To San Francisco,
at private expense, through public lands. (2) An Act to facilitate Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by Electric Telegraph. With government subsidy and land grants; government messages to be sent free. The first message from California to Washington was sent 24 Oct. 1861 (ref). Smithsonian, Guide to the Western Union Telegraph Company Records. |
| 10 | 641-642 | 33/2 | 173 | 3 Mar. 1855 | An Act further to amend the
Act entitled "An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of
Postages in the United States, and for other Purposes,"
passed March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
Prepayment by postage stamps required, effective "from and
after" 1 Jan. 1856. Registration of valuable letters,
but without indemnity, § 3. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1855Act.pdf On prepayment, and lack of it, see the Annual Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 1860 (link). |
| 10 | 683-685 | 33/2 | 201 | 3 Mar. 1855 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year, ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Free franking, § 4. Private actions, § 6-9. |
| 10 | 686-701 | 33/2 | 204 | 3 Mar. 1855 | An Act making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for Fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and for other Purposes. Laws punishing "depredations upon the mails" extended to Indian country, § 8, p. 700. |
| 10 | 704-714 | 33/2 | 211 | 3 Mar. 1855 | An Act to Establish certain Post-roads. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 10 | 145 | 32/1 | 3 | 13 Jan. 1852 | Joint Resolution to authorize the Postmaster-General to legalize certain contracts for the transportation of the Mail in California and Oregon. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 25 Mar. 1852 | Senate Resolution, requesting the Postmaster
General to provide additional information in the next annual
report. Journal of the Senate, 18 Mar. 1852, p. 287-288 (link); 25 Mar. 1852, p. 307 (link). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 1852, p. 650 (link). |
| 10 | 147 | 32/1 | 14 | 12 July 1852 | A Resolution to establish certain Post Routes. |
| 10 | 147-148 | 32/1 | 16 | 6 Aug. 1852 | Joint Resolution providing for the distribution of the Laws of Congress, and the Debates thereon. |
| 10 | 593 | 33/1 | 12 | 3 May 1854 | A Resolution for extending an existing contract for carrying the mail in Alabama. |
| 10 | 593-594 | 33/1 | 16 | 17 July 1854 | Joint Resolution explanatory of the second section of "a resolution to establish certain post routes," approved July twelve, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 10 | 742a | 32/2 | 13 | 13 Jan. 1853 | An Act for the Relief of John T. Sullivan. Book binder. |
| 10 | 744c | 32/2 | 26 | 22 Jan. 1853 | An Act for the Relief of John J. Sykes. Special agent. |
| 10 | 749b | 32/2 | 50 | 3 Feb. 1853 | An Act for the Relief of Guion and McLaughlin. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 763-764 | 32/2 | 120 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act for the Relief of James H. Jenkins. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 764c | 32/2 | 123 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act for the Relief of Cornelius Covert, of Michigan. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 782d | 33/1 | 74 | 29 June 1854 | An Act for the Relief of Zadoc C. Inghram. Postmaster. |
| 10 | 783b | 33/1 | 77 | 29 June 1854 | An Act for the Relief of Ira Day, of Vermont. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 783c | 33/1 | 78 | 29 June 1854 | An Act for the Relief of James Jeffries and Jeremiah M. Smith. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 788a | 33/1 | 100 | 20 July 1854 | An Act for the Relief of Thomas K. Glenn. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 791a | 33/1 | 114 | 27 July 1854 | An Act for the Relief of John W. Kelly. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 800c | 33/1 | 153 | 27 July 1854 | An Act for the Relief of James M. Goggin. Special agent. |
| 10 | 805c | 33/1 | 171 | 1 Aug. 1854 | An Act for the Relief of Levi Pierce and Andrew Hodge, Junior. Sureties. |
| 10 | 815c | 33/1 | 214 | 3 Aug. 1854 | An Act for the Relief of John Frink. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 819c | 33/1 | 233 | 4 Aug. 1854 | An Act for the Relief of J.C. Buckles, of Louisville, Kentucky. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 823d | 33/1 | 252 | 5 Aug. 1854 | An Act for the Relief of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, surety for a former Postmaster at Norfolk, Virginia. |
| 10 | 834b | 33/2 | 9 | 21 Dec. 1854 | An Act for the Relief of James S. Graham and Walter H. Finnall. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 859b | 33/2 | 151 | 2 Mar. 1855 | An Act for the Relief of Daniel Searle and Company, for Extra Service rendered the Post-Office Department of the United States. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 10 | 738a | 32/1 | 6 | 19 Mar. 1852 | A Resolution for the Relief of Elizabeth Prewitt, Widow and Executrix of Robert C. Prewitt, deceased. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 739 | 32/1 | 15 | 17 July 1852 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Elizabeth F. Thurston, of the Territory of Oregon. Congressional franking refused. |
| 10 | 769-770 | 32/2 | 10 | 5 Feb. 1853 | Joint Resolution granting the Petition of William and Matthew Moss. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 770a | 32/2 | 11 | 26 Feb. 1853 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of J.P. Converse, of Ohio. Special agent. |
| 10 | 771a | 32/2 | 18 | 3 Mar. 1853 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Thompson Barnett. Mail contractor. |
| 10 | 771b | 32/2 | 19 | 3 Mar. 1853 | A Resolution for the Relief of the Estate of Isaac L. Battle. Guarantor. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 10 18.2 |
916-925 159-163 |
10 July 1851 | Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and
Navigation, between the United States of America and the
Republic of Costa Rica. Post Office packets,
Art. 2, p. 917. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 341-346. Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 985-1004. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 6, p. 1013-1018. |
| 10 18.2 |
926-948 612-623 |
26 July 1851 | Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and
Navigation, between the United States of America and the
Republic of Peru. Post Office packets, Art. 10,
p. 930. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1388-1401. Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 1005-1053. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 10, p. 1002-1016. |
| 10 18.2 |
1005-1012 16-20 |
27 July 1853 | Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and
Navigation, between the United States of America and the
Argentine Confederation. Post Office packets,
Art. 2, p. 1006. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 20-24. Miller, Treaties, vol. 6, p. 269-280. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 61-66. |
| 10 18.2 |
1031-1037 503-506 |
30 Dec. 1853 30 June 1854 |
Treaty between the United
States of America and the Mexican Republic. Gadsden Purchase, Art. 1-3; incorporated into New Mexico Territory by Act of 4 Aug. 1854, 10 Stat. 575. Mails through Mexico by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with port of entry at Vera Cruz, Art. 8, p. 1036. Boundary survey confirmed, Proclamation, 2 June 1856, 11 Stat. 793. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 1121-1125. Miller, Treaties, vol. 6, p. 293-437. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 9, p. 812-816. Avalon Project, transcribed. Wikipedia, Gadsden Purchase. Commemorative postage stamp -- Gadsden Purchase, 30 Dec. 1953 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, WC). |
| -- | -- | 10 July 1851 | Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and
Navigation, between Great Britain and the Sandwich Islands
[Hawaii]. Art. XV, mail packets. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 9, p. 685-692. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 34th -- 3 Dec. 1855 – 18 Aug. 1856
21 Aug. 1856 – 30 Aug. 1856
1 Dec. 1856 – 3 Mar. 1857p. 1-146
p. 147-152
p. 153-256p. 445-476
p. 477-484
p. 485-52634th 35th 4 – 14 Mar. 1857
15 – 16 June 18587 Dec. 1857 – 14 June 1858
6 Dec. 1858 – 3 Mar. 1859p. 257-372
p. 373-444p. 527-554
p. 555-57235th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-iv, iii-xviii, 1-444, [2], i-xviii, 445-572, i-iv, 573-880
Serial Set, House Journal, (34) 838/839, 839, 892; (35) 940, 995
Serial Set, Senate Journal, (34) 809, 809, 873; (35) 873, 917, 917, 973
House Journal, 34/1, 34/2, 34/3; 35/1, 35/2
Senate Journal, 34/1, 34/2, 34/3; 35/sp, 35/1, 35/sp, 35/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 10, 34/1, 34/2, 34/3; 35/sp, 35/1, 35/sp, vol. 11, 35/2
Volume 11 pages Congress 34 Congress 35 all (57 MB), reduced (31.7 MB) session 1 session 2 session 3 session 1 session 2 title i-iv i-iv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xvi iii-xviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions i-xviii i-xviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions i-iv i-iv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xvi-xviii xvi-xviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-444 --- 1-146 147-152 153-256 257-372 373-444 private acts and resolutions [2], 445-572 [2] 445-476 477-484 485-526 527-554 555-572 treaties and conventions 573-750 573-750 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 751-800 751-800 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 11 801-880 801-880 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 11 | 9-10 | 34/1 | 28 | 15 May 1856 | An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 15-16 | 34/1 | 31 | 17 May 1856 | An Act granting Public Lands, in alternate Sections, to the States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said States. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 17-18 | 34/1 | 41 | 3 June 1856 | An Act granting Public Lands, in alternate Sections, to the State of Alabama, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 18-19 | 34/1 | 42 | 3 June 1856 | An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Louisiana, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 20-21 | 34/1 | 43 | 3 June 1856 | An Act granting Public Lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 21-22 | 34/1 | 44 | 3 June 1856 | An Act making a Grant of alternate Sections of the Public Lands, to the State of Michigan, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 30-32 | 34/1 | 83 | 11 Aug. 1856 | An Act granting Public Lands in alternate Sections to the State of Mississippi to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State, and for other Purposes. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 81-94 | 34/1 | 129 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act making Appropriations for certain Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Post office construction, p. 83-84, 85, 86, 88, 92-94. Post Office Dept., § 4, p. 90-91. |
| 11 | 94-95 | 34/1 | 130 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. |
| 11 | 101-102 | 34/1 | 161 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act making Appropriations for the Transportation of the United States Mail by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred fifty-seven. |
| 11 | 119-120 | 34/1 | 164 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act to authorize Protection to be given
to Citizens of the United States who may discover Deposits
of Guano. Amended, 3 Mar. 1863, 12 Stat. 742; 3 Mar. 1865, 13 Stat. 491 § 8; 28 July 1866, 14 Stat. 328 § 3; 2 Apr. 1872, 17 Stat. 48; Revised Statutes, Title LXXII; 15 Mar. 1878, 20 Stat. 30; 18 Apr. 1884, 23 Stat. 11. Swains Island, 4 Mar. 1925, 43 Stat. 1357. |
| 11 | 122-138 | 34/1 | 168 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 11 | 147-150 | 34/2 | 29 | 30 Aug. 1856 | An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the army for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. "For the Post-Office extension, three hundred thousand dollars." |
| 11 | 153 | 34/3 | 2 | 2 Jan. 1857 | An Act providing for the
compulsory Prepayment of Postage on all transient printed
Matter. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1857Act.pdf |
| 11 11 |
166-167 285 |
34/3 35/1 |
60 31 |
26 Feb. 1857 11 May 1858 |
(1) An Act to authorize the People of the
Territory of Minnesota to form a Constitution and State
Government, preparatory to their Admission in the Union on
an equal Footing with the original States. (2) An Act for the Admission of the State of Minnesota into the Union. Commemorative postage stamps -- Minnesota statehood, 11 May 1958 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC, WC), 17 May 2008 (NPM, NPMA [defunct], MSC). |
| 11 | 187-188 | 34/3 | 95 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act to expedite Telegraphic Communication for the Uses of the Government in its Foreign Intercourse. Transatlantic cable, costs shared with Gt. Britain. |
| 11 | 188-190 | 34/3 | 96 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. |
| 11 | 195-197 | 34/3 | 99 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act making a Grant of Land to the Territory of Minnesota, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads in said Territory, and granting Public Lands in alternate Sections to the State of Alabama, to aid in the Construction of a certain Railroad in said State. Post route, § 5. |
| 11 | 206-221 | 34/3 | 107 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department (p. 215). |
| 11 | 221-230 | 34/3 | 108 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act making appropriations for certain Civil Expenditures of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. Post Office buildings, Petersburg, Virginia; Buffalo, New York; etc. "For extension of the General Post-Office, two hundred thousand dollars." |
| 11 | 230-240 | 34/3 | 109 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the United States and the Territories thereof. |
| 11 | 248-249 | 34/3 | 113 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act making Appropriation for the Transportation of the United States Mail, by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. |
| 11 | 251 | 34/3 | 118 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act to construct a Building for a Custom-House and Post-Office at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. |
| 11 | 269-272 | 35/1 | 26 | 4 May 1858 | An Act for the Admission of the State of
Kansas into the Union. The conditions for
admission were not met; see next, 29 Jan. 1861, 12 Stat.
126. Wikipedia, Lecompton Constitution, English Bill (1858), Bleeding Kansas. |
| 11 | 293 | 35/1 | 46 | 24 May 1858 | An Act to prevent the inconvenient Accumulation in the Post-Office Department of Postmasters' Quarterly Returns. |
| 11 | 319-328 | 35/1 | 154 | 12 June 1858 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Post Office building, p. 323. Publication of Post Office contracts, § 12. Post office construction, § 17. |
| 11 | 337-362 | 35/1 | 162 | 14 June 1858 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 11 | 364-365 | 35/1 | 164 | 14 June 1858 | An Act making Appropriations for the Transportation of the United States Mail by Ocean Steamers and otherwise, during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. |
| 11 | 366 | 35/1 | 167 | 14 June 1858 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. |
| 11 12 |
379-381 244-246 |
35/2 36/2 |
22 87 |
5 Feb. 1859 2 Mar. 1861 |
(1) An Act providing for keeping and
distributing all Public Documents. In charge of
the Secretary of the Interior. Statutes at Large, §
11. (2) An Act to amend an Act, approved February fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An Act providing for keeping and distributing all Public Documents, and for other Purposes.". |
| 11 | 382-383 | 35/2 | 28 | 9 Feb. 1859 | An Act to authorize the Attorney-General
to represent the United States in the Proceeding in
Equity, now pending in the Supreme Court between the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations. The boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island had been in dispute since colonial times; it went to the Supreme Court in 1838-46 and 1861-62 (Van Zandt (1976), p. 66-69, link). |
| 11 11 |
383-384 437-438 |
35/2 35/2 |
33 85 |
14 Feb. 1859 3 Mar. 1859 |
(1) An Act for the Admission of Oregon
into the Union. The balance of Oregon Territory
was attached to Washington Territory. (2) An Act to provide for extending the Laws and Judicial System of the United States to the State of Oregon and for other Purposes. The news of statehood reached Salem, the capitol, on 15 Mar. 1859 (ref). Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Oregon. Commemorative postage stamps -- Oregon statehood, 14 Feb. 1959 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 14 Jan. 2009 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| -- | -- | 35/2 | -- | 3 Mar. 1859 | Congress adjourned without passing an appropriations bill for the Post Office Department. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 11 | 142 | 34/1 | 3 | 13 Mar. 1856 | A Resolution providing for the final adjustment of certain cases of appeal from the decisions made by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department. |
| 11 | 142-143 | 34/1 | 4 | 5 Apr. 1856 | Joint Resolution, for enlarging the Custom-House, Post-Office, and Court-House at Buffalo, New York. |
| 11 | 143-144 | 34/1 | 7 | 9 May 1856 | Joint Resolution for enlarging the Custom-House, Post-Office, and Court-House at Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 11 | 144 | 34/1 | 10 | 15 May 1856 | Joint Resolution for enlarging the Custom-House, Post-Office, and Court-House at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| 11 | 145-146 | 34/1 | 18 | 18 Aug. 1856 | Joint Resolution giving an increased Compensation to all Laborers in the Employment of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government in the City of Washington. Messengers. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 11 | 448c | 34/1 | 34 | 29 May 1856 | An Act for the Relief of William M.F. Magraw. Mail contractor. |
| 11 | 461-462 | 34/1 | 97 | 13 Aug. 1856 | An Act to construe the Act entitled "An Act for the Relief of James M. Goggin", approved twenty-seventh July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Special agent. |
| 11 | 462b | 34/1 | 99 | 13 Aug. 1856 | An Act for the Relief of J.R. Powell. Mail contractor. |
| 11 | 468-469 | 34/1 | 138 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt. Mail carriers. |
| 11 | 472 | 34/1 | 154 | 18 Aug. 1856 | An Act for the Relief of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, Owners of the Steamer "Major Tompkins". For saving the mails. |
| 11 | 486d | 34/3 | 8 | 13 Jan. 1857 | An Act to authorize the Postmaster-General to execute a Contract with Messrs. Garman, Wigle, and Benford, for carrying the Mail from Cumberland, Maryland to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 11 | 489a | 34/3 | 22 | 26 Jan. 1857 | An act for the Relief of James P. Fleming, of Augusta, Georgia. Mail contractor. |
| 11 | 500a | 34/3 | 51 | 17 Feb. 1857 | An Act providing for the regular Transmission of the Mail on Route six thousand eight hundred and forty-two. |
| 11 | 521a | 34/3 | 176 | 3 Mar. 1857 | An Act for the Relief of
George Chorpenning, Jr. Mail contractor, on the
Utah-California segment of the overland route, 1851-1860. See also, 14 Stat. 609, 16 Stat. 519, 16 Stat. 572, 16 Stat. 673, 16 Stat. 702, 17 Stat. 82. |
| 11 | 539a | 35/1 | 88 | 3 June 1858 | An Act for the Relief of Samuel W. Turner and Alvin A. Turner. Mail carrier. |
| 11 | 540a | 35/1 | 96 | 5 June 1858 | An Act for the Relief of Lewis W. Broadwell. Mail carrier. |
| 11 | 540c | 35/1 | 98 | 5 June 1858 | An Act for the Relief of Benjamin L. McAtee and Isaac N. Eastham, of Louisville, Kentucky. Mail carrier. |
| 11 | 544-545 | 35/1 | 118 | 7 June 1858 | An Act for the Relief of John Dearmit. Mail contractor. |
| 11 | 545b | 35/1 | 120 | 7 June 1858 | An Act for the Relief of Stuckey and Rogers. Mail contractor. |
| 11 | 547c | 35/1 | 131 | 8 June 1858 | An Act for the Relief of John B. Roper. Mail contractor. |
| 11 12 |
552a 869-870 |
35/1 36/1 |
172 199 |
14 June 1858 22 June 1860 |
(1) An Act for the Relief of Sherlock and
Shirley. Mail contractor. (2) An Act amendatory of an Act approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, for the Relief of Sherlock and Shirley. |
| 11 | 562-563 | 35/2 | 48 | 23 Feb. 1859 | An Act for the Relief of Samuel A. Fairchilds. For arresting mail robbers. |
| 11 | 564-565 | 35/2 | 57 | 23 Feb. 1859 | An Act for the Relief of John F. Cannon. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 11 | 475a | 34/1 | 6 | 9 May 1856 | A Resolution for the Relief of the Southwestern and Muscogee Railroad Companies. Mail contractor. |
| 11 | 476b | 34/1 | 16 | 18 Aug. 1856 | A Resolution for the Settlement of the Accounts of Charles M. Strader and Edward P. Johnson, Mail Contractors. |
| 11 | 526b | 34/3 | 19 | 3 Mar. 1857 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of W.W. Wimmer, late Postmaster of West Zanesville, Ohio. |
| 11 | 554 | 35/1 | 22 | 7 June 1858 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry Orndorf. Mail service. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 11 | 611-619 | 22 June 1855 | Articles of agreement and convention
between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tribes of Indians. The right to establish post-roads, Art. 17. |
| 11 | 699-707 | 7 Aug. 1856 | Articles of agreement and convention
between the United States, and the Creek and Seminole
tribes of Indians. The right to establish post-roads, Art. 19. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 11 | 761-762 | 12 | 27 Oct. 1810 | Proclamation respecting taking possession of part of Louisiana. West Florida. Listed with vol. 2 (here). |
| 11 | 763-764 | 15 | 6 Feb. 1815 | Pardon to certain Offenders off Louisiana. The pirates of Barrataria, who helped defend New Orleans. |
| 11 | 765 | 17 | 1 Sep. 1815 | Respecting an apprehended Invasion of the Spanish Dominions. West Florida, from Louisiana. |
| 11 | 771-781 | 26 | 10 Dec. 1832 | Respecting the Nullifying Laws of South Carolina. A dispute over tariffs. |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 36th 4 – 10 Mar. 1859
26 – 28 June 18605 Dec. 1859 – 25 June 1860
3 Dec. 1860 – 2 Mar. 1861p. 1-120
p. 121-254p. 833-876
p. 877-89636th 37th 4 – 28 Mar. 1861 4 July 1861 – 6 Aug. 1861
2 Dec. 1861 – 17 July 1862
1 Dec. 1862 – 3 Mar. 1863p. 255-328
p. 329-630
p. 631-832p. 897-900
p. 901-912
p. 913-92637th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-xxx, 1-832, i-xvi, 833-926, [2], i-iv, 927-1444
Serial Set, House Journal, (36) 1041, 1042, 1091; (37) 1113, 1126, 1155
Serial Set, Senate Journal, (36) 973, 1022, 1022, 1077; (37) 1077, 1111, 1116, 1148
House Journal, 36/1 pt 1, 36/1 pt 2, 36/2; 37/1, 37/2, 37/3
Senate Journal, 36/sp, 36/1, 36/sp, 36/2; 37/sp, 37/1, 37/2, 37/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 11, 36/sp, 36/1, 36/sp, 36/2; 37/sp, 37/1, vol. 12, 37/2, vol. 13, 37/3
As 3 Mar. 1861 was a Sunday, the House recessed Saturday evening and resumed Monday morning, adjourning before noon (ref, ref, ref, ref); actions taken on 4 Mar. 1861 were credited to 2 Mar. 1861. The Senate recessed Saturday evening and resumed Sunday evening, considering a proposed Constitutional amendment explicitly allowing slavery without recourse to abolish it (ref), then recessing until Monday morning and adjourning before noon, still nominally on 2 Mar. 1861 (ref).
Volume 12 pages Congress 36 Congress 37 all (101.1 MB), reduced (60.7 MB) session 1 session 2 session 1 session 2 session 3 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xxix iii-xxx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions i-xvi iii-xvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions [2], i-iv [2], i-iv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxix-xxx xxix-xxx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-832 --- 1-120 121-254 255-328 329-630 631-832 private acts and resolutions 833-926 i-ii 833-876 877-896 897-900 901-912 913-926 treaties and conventions 927-1256 927-1256 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 1257-1270 1257-1270 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 12 1271-1444 1271-1444 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 Dec. 1859 19 Dec. 1859 1 Dec. 1860 3 Dec. 1860 |
(1) Annual Report of the Postmaster General,
noting the failure of the 35th Congress to pass an
appropriations bill for the Post Office Department. (link). (2) Annual Message of the President to the new Congress, same. (link) (3) Annual Report of the Postmaster General, on the consequences for the Post Office Department. (link). (4) Annual Message of the President, same. (link). |
| 12 | 1-2 | 36/1 | 1 | 15 Feb. 1860 | An act making appropriations to defray the deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending 30th of June, 1859, and in part for the support of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1860. |
| 12 | 4 | 36/1 | 9 | 27 Mar. 1860 | An act to establish mail routes in the Territory of Kansas. Post roads. |
| 12 | 11 | 36/1 | 11 | 3 Apr. 1860 | An act authorizing Publishers
to print on their Papers the Date when Subscriptions
expire, and in Relation to the Postage on drop Letters. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1860Act.pdf |
| 12 | 11 | 36/1 | 13 | 6 Apr. 1860 | An act in relation to the
return of undelivered letters in the Post-Office. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1860Act.pdf |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | The Eighth Census (1860) was conducted under
the Act of 23 May 1850, 9 Stat. 428. Additional, 5 May 1860, 12 Stat. 14. Apportionment, 4 Mar. 1862, 12 Stat. 353; 2 June 1862, 12 Stat. 411 (for California). Wikipedia, 1860 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1860 Census, Overview, Publications. The census reference date was 1 June 1860. |
| 12 | 16 | 36/1 | 49 | 16 May 1860 | An act to furnish additional mail facilities. |
| 12 | 37-39 | 36/1 | 131 | 15 June 1860 | An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Carrier fees, post-office boxes in city suburbs, § 2. |
| 12 | 69-70 | 36/1 | 165 | 21 June 1860 | An act to establish a mail six times a week from Sacramento, in California, to Olympia, in the Territory of Washington. |
| 12 | 70-71 | 36/1 | 166 | 21 June 1860 | An act confirming certain land entries under the third [proviso to the first] section of the act of third March eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty-six. |
| 12 | 89-90 | 36/1 | 200 | 23 June 1860 | An act providing for the erection of a post-office in the City of Philadelphia. |
| 12 | 91-104 | 36/1 | 205 | 23 June 1860 | An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department (p. 100). |
| 12 | 112-113 | 36/1 | 212 | 25 June 1860 | An act making further appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. |
| -- | -- | 36/2 | -- | 10 Dec. 1860 | Mr. Powell [Senator from Kentucky] gave notice of his intention to ask leave to introduce a bill to abolish the franking privilege. Congressional Globe. |
| -- | -- | 36/2 | -- | 12 Dec. 1860 17 Dec. 1860 20 Dec. 1860 |
(1) The citizens of Louisiana petitioned for
a mail route from Mount Pleasant to Louisville. House
Journal. (2) The Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads was instructed by resolution to inquire into a tri-weekly mail route from Monroe, Louisiana, to Rondo, Arkansas. Senate Journal. (3) The citizens of Louisiana petitioned for a mail route from Lake Charles to Sugar Town. House Journal. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 20 Dec. 1860 | South Carolina seceded from the union. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 Jan. 1861 | The Star of the West, chartered by
the War Dept. to resupply Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor,
was fired upon by cadets from The Citadel. Wikipedia, Star of the West. |
| 12 | 126-128 | 36/2 | 20 | 29 Jan. 1861 | An Act for the Admission of Kansas into
the Union. The balance of Kansas Territory was
later incorporated into Colorado Territory. National Archives, Kansas Statehood, January 29, 1861. Commemorative postage stamps -- Kansas statehood, 10 May 1961 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 27 Jan. 2011 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
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4 Feb. 1861 | By this date, six states had seceded from the
union, their Senators and Representatives had all withdrawn,
and the Congress of the Confederate States opened.
Pres. Lincoln had not yet been inaugurated. |
| 12 |
133-144 |
36/2 |
44 |
20 Feb. 1861 |
An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department (p. 141). |
| 12 | 151-170 | 36/2 | 57 | 27 Feb. 1861 | An Act establishing certain
Post Routes. Letter sheets and stamped wrappers
authorized, § 2. Postal stationery cutouts not
authorized, § 3. Postage due on dead letters returned,
§ 8. Overland mail to California, § 15. p. 167-170, https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1861Act.pdf |
| 12 | 172-177 | 36/2 | 59 | 28 Feb. 1861 | An Act to provide a temporary Government
for the Territory of Colorado. Colorado
Territory. No dual appointments, except postmasters, §
8. Colorado Territory extended from 37° N to 41° N, and from 25° W to 32° W (of Washington), with parts from four other territories. West of the Continental Divide, from Utah Territory, 37° N to 41° N. East of the Continental Divide, from Nebraska Territory, 40° N to 41° N; from New Mexico Territory, 37° N to 38° N, west of 103° W; from the balance of Kansas Territory, 37° N (east of 103° W) or 38° N (west of 103° W) to 40° N. The proposal for Jefferson Territory, 1859, reached from 37° N to 43° N, and from 102° W to 110° W. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nebraska [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Colorado Territory, Jefferson Territory. Colorado statehood, 1 Aug. 1876, 13 Stat. 32, 18 Stat. 474, 19 Stat. 665. |
| 12 | 177-178 | 36/2 | 61 | 28 Feb. 1861 | An Act in Relation to the
Postal Service. Authorizing discontinuance of
postal service in seceding states; this was ordered 24 May
1861 by the US Postmaster General, effective 28 May 1861 (NY
Times, 25 May 1861, ref). For discussion in the Senate, 21-22 Jan. 1861, see the Congressional Globe (p. 498, 509-510). On free franking, see p. 510. See also, Reeside v. United States, 75 U.S. 38 (1868) (ref, ref). |
| 12 | 204-207 | 36/2 | 73 | 2 Mar. 1861 | An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. |
| 12 12 |
209-214 575 |
36/2 37/2 |
83 173 |
2 Mar. 1861 14 July 1862 |
(1) An Act to organize the Territory of
Nevada. From Utah Territory; 37° N to 42° N,
eastward to 39° W (of Washington), westward to
California. No dual appointments, except postmasters,
§ 8. California ultimately did not agree with the
boundary described in this act, and Nevada was compensated
by the following act. (2) An Act to extend the territorial Limits of the Territory of Nevada. From Utah Territory; eastward to 38° W (of Washington). Map, Historical diagram of New Mexico, Utah [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Comstock Lode (silver, 1859), Nevada Territory. Nevada statehood, 31 Oct. 1864, 13 Stat. 30, 13 Stat. 749. |
| 12 | 239-244 | 36/2 | 86 | 2 Mar. 1861 | An act to provide a temporary Government
for the Territory of Dakota, and to create the Office of
Surveyor General therein. Dakota Territory at
first extended from 43° N to 49° N, west of Minnesota, east
of Washington Territory (that is, to the summit of the Rocky
Mountains), taken from Nebraska Territory and the
unorganized balance of Minnesota Territory. No dual
appointments, except postmasters, § 8. Separately, by
§ 21, p. 244, a portion of Utah Territory and Washington
Territory was attached to Nebraska Territory (41° N to 43°
N, east of 33° W (of Washington)); this is now in Wyoming. Boundary with Nebraska, Acts of 28 Apr. 1870, 16 Stat. 93; 28 Mar. 1882, 22 Stat. 35. Boundary with Montana Territory, Act of 17 Feb. 1873, 17 Stat. 464. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, Dakota [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Dakota Territory. North and South Dakota statehood, 2 Nov. 1889, 25 Stat. 676, 26 Stat. 1548, 26 Stat. 1549. |
| -- | -- | 37/sp | -- | 4 Mar. 1861 | "The mails, unless repelled, will continue to
be furnished in all parts of the Union." Pres. Lincoln's inaugural address to Congress, Senate Journal, Serial Set 1077, p. 405 (link). |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 Apr. 1861 | The South Carolina militia attacks Fort
Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, in the first battle of the
Civil War. Secret Resolution of the CSA Congress, demanding Fort Sumter (Charleston) and Fort Pickens (Pensacola), 15 Feb. 1861 (link). Wikipedia, Battle of Fort Sumter. Commemorative postage stamp -- Civil War Centennial, 12 Apr. 1961 (NPMA). |
| 12 | 268-271 | 37/1 | 9 | 22 July 1861 | An Act to authorize the Employment of Volunteers to aid in enforcing the Laws and protecting Public Property. Soldiers' mail, § 11. |
| 12 | 272 | 37/1 | 12 | 24 July 1861 | An Act in Relation to forwarding Soldiers' Letters. |
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18 Jan. 1862 |
Former Pres. John Tyler died.
Ordinarily, his widow would have been granted a franking
privilege, but she was not, as Tyler had gone over to the
Confederate side in 1861. |
| 12 | 332 | 37/2 | 8 | 21 Jan. 1862 | An Act to promote the efficiency of the dead-letter office. |
| 12 | 332 | 37/2 | 9 | 21 Jan. 1862 | An Act in Relation to the Letters of Sailors and Marines in the Service of the United States. |
| 12 | 376-378 | 37/2 | 54 | 16 Apr. 1862 | An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia. Slavery abolished in the District. |
| 12 | 379-380 | 37/2 | 56 | 16 Apr. 1862 | An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to establish Branch Post Offices in Cities. |
| 12 | 381-382 | 37/2 | 58 | 17 Apr. 1862 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. |
| 12 | 387-388 | 37/2 | 72 | 15 May 1862 | An Act to establish a
Department of Agriculture. Free franking, § 3. The Dept. achieved Cabinet rank by Act of 9 Feb. 1889, 25 Stat. 659. |
| 12 | 392-393 | 37/2 | 75 | 20 May 1862 | An Act to secure Homesteads to actual
Settlers on the Public Domain. Commemorative postage stamp -- The Homestead Act, 20 May 1962 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 12 | 408-409 | 37/2 | 85 | 26 May 1862 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. |
| 12 | 413-421 | 37/2 | 95 | 2 June 1862 | An Act to establish certain Post-Routes, and for other Purposes. |
| 12 | 431-432 | 37/2 | 110 | 18 June 1862 | An Act making Appropriations for Postal Service on Post Routes established at the present Session of Congress. |
| 12 | 432 | 37/2 | 111 | 19 June 1862 | An Act to secure Freedom to all Persons within the Territories of the United States. Slavery no longer permitted in the Territories. |
| 12 | 432-489 | 37/2 | 119 | 1 July 1862 | An Act to provide Internal Revenue to
support the Government and to pay Interest on the Public
Debt. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with
free franking, § 1. Joint resolution, 17 July 1862, 12 Stat. 627, dates modified. |
| 12 12 13 13 14 |
489-498 538 356-365 504 79-80 |
37/2 37/2 38/1 38/2 39/1 |
120 154 216 88 159 |
1 July 1862 12 July 1862 2 July 1864 3 Mar. 1865 3 July 1866 |
(1) An Act to aid in the
Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the
Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the
Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and
Other Purposes. Establishing the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, to connect with the Central Pacific
Railroad Company of California. (2) An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes," approved July 2 (sic), 1862. No postal importance. (3) An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Post road, § 10, p. 360. (4) An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to amend an Act amendatory thereof, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (5) An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes,' approved July 1, 1862," approved July 2, 1864. Pamphlet by the Central Pacific Railroad, 1866, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl4nul [Harvard] The junction between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific was marked by the "Golden Spike" ceremony in Utah on 10 May 1869. Wikipedia, First Transcontinental Railroad, Golden spike. Commemorative postage stamps -- Transcontinental Railroad, 10 May 1944 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 10 May 2019 (MSC, MSC, MSC). |
| 12 | 501-502 | 37/2 | 126 | 1 July 1862 | An Act to punish and prevent the Practice of Polygamy in the Territories of the United States and other Places, and disapproving and annulling certain Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah. § 2 takes note of "the provisional government of the State of Deseret". |
| 12 | 502-503 | 37/2 | 128 | 2 July 1862 | An Act to prescribe an Oath of Office, and for other Purposes. |
| 12 | 503-505 | 37/2 | 130 | 2 July 1862 | An Act donating Public Lands
to the several States and Territories which may provide
Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts. Annual reports free of postage, § 5. Wikipedia, Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Commemorative postage stamp -- Land-Grant Colleges, 12 Feb. 1955 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). The design features Michigan State College [now University] and Pennsylvania State University, both founded in 1855. |
| 12 | 510-512 | 37/2 | 134 | 5 July 1862 | An Act to reorganize the Navy Department of the United States. Bureau chiefs, free franking, § 5. |
| 12 | 530-531 | 37/2 | 139 | 11 July 1862 | An Act in Relation to the Post-office Department. |
| 12 | 569-571 | 37/2 | 167 | 14 July 1862 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 12 | 572-574 | 37/2 | 171 | 14 July 1862 | An Act to establish additional Post Routes. |
| 12 | 588 | 37/2 | 188 | 16 July 1862 | An Act to punish the fraudulent Sale or Use of Postage Stamps. |
| 12 | 592 | 37/2 | 196 | 17 July 1862 | An Act to authorize Payments
in Stamps, and to prohibit Circulation of Notes of less
Denomination than One Dollar. Postage stamps authorized as currency in amounts up to $5, § 1. Private notes below $1 prohibited, § 2. For more, see the Legal Tender section below. |
| 12 | 597-600 | 37/2 | 201 | 17 July 1862 | An Act to amend the Act calling forth the
Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress
Insurrections, and repel Invasions, approved February
twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the
Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes. Earlier and later Militia acts are listed with 1 Stat. 264. |
| 12 13 14 |
633-634 731-732 350 |
37/3 -- 39/1 |
6 3 12 |
31 Dec. 1862 20 Apr. 1863 10 Mar. 1866 |
(1) An Act for the Admission of the State
of "West Virginia" into the Union and for other Purposes.
48 counties from Virginia. Conditioned on changes to
the state constitution. (2) Proclamation, West Virginia statehood. Effective "from and after sixty days from the date hereof", thus 20 June 1863, though some sources say 19 June 1863. (3) Joint Resolution giving the Consent of Congress to the Transfer of the Counties of Berkeley and Jefferson to the State of West Virginia. Admitted by (Reorganized Government of) Virginia acts of 31 Jan. 1863 (ref) and 4 Feb. 1863 (ref), West Virginia acts of 5 Aug. 1863 (ref) and 2 Nov. 1863 (ref). Map, Historical diagram of Virginia [Van Zandt]. National Archives, West Virginia Statehood, June 20, 1863. Commemorative postage stamps -- West Virginia statehood, 20 June 1963 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 20 June 2013 (MSC, MSC). |
| 12 | 646-647 | 37/3 | 26 | 9 Feb. 1863 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. |
| 12 | 662-664 | 37/3 | 55 | 24 Feb. 1863 | An Act to establish certain Post Roads. Overland Mail Company, § 3. |
| 12 | 664-665 | 37/3 | 56 | 24 Feb. 1863 | An Act to provide a temporary Government
for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes.
Arizona Territory. From New Mexico Territory, west of
32° W (of Washington). The Governor took office 29
Dec. 1863. The extent was decreased by a transfer to
Nevada (1866), east of California, south of 37° N, west of
the Colorado River and 37° W (of Washington). Slavery
not permitted, § 3. Map, Historical diagram of New Mexico [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Arizona Organic Act, Arizona Territory. Arizona statehood, 14 Feb. 1912, 34 Stat. 267, etc. |
| 12 | 701-709 | 37/3 | 71 | 3 Mar. 1863 | An Act to amend the Laws
relating to the Post-Office Department. Franking
privilege, § 42. Effective 1 July 1863, § 44. https://books.google.com/books?id=kGUkAQAAMAAJ [Illinois] same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106975268 https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1863Act.pdf https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1863Instructions.pdf APRL, Government Document, in process (2017). Commemorative postage stamp -- City Mail Delivery, 26 Oct. 1963 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). The Newspaper and Periodicals stamps issued in Sep. 1863 cite § 38 of this act, though it does not directly require their use. Three classes of mail. |
| 12 | 772-774 | 37/3 | 98 | 3 Mar. 1863 | An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of certain Railroads and Telegraphs in said State. Post route, § 5. |
| 12 | 808-814 | 37/3 | 117 | 3 Mar. 1863 | An Act to provide a temporary Government
for the Territory of Idaho. Idaho
Territory. Formed from parts of Washington, Dakota,
and Nebraska Territories; [1864, lost part to Dakota Territory, 13 Stat. 85 § 18] Amended, Act of 2 Mar. 1867, 14 Stat. 427. Map, Historical diagram of Washington, Dakota, Idaho [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Idaho Territory. Idaho statehood, 3 July 1890, 26 Stat. 215. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 12 | 114 | 36/1 | 4 | 28 Mar. 1860 | Joint Resolution for the relief of the contractors of the Post-Office Department. |
| 12 | 117-120 | 36/1 | 25 | 23 June 1860 | Joint Resolution in Relation to the Public Printing. Origin of the Government Printing Office, which began 4 Mar. 1861. |
| 12 | 120 | 36/1 | 27 | 25 June 1860 | Joint Resolution to reduce the Price of Public Printing. Excepting Post Office blanks, governed by prior law. |
| 12 | 251 | 36/2 | 13 | 2 Mar. 1861 | Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution
of the United States. Congress not to abolish or
interfere with state laws regarding labor or service [i.e.,
slavery]. Passed by 2/3 of the House and Senate, then
ratified by only 5 states. At this date, seven states had already seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy, but war had not yet begun. See also, Pres. Lincoln's inaugural address to Congress, 4 Mar. 1861, Senate Journal, Serial Set 1077, p. 408 (link), and the Act of 19 June 1862, 12 Stat. 432, concerning slavery in the territories. Wikipedia, Crittenden Compromise, Corwin Amendment. |
| 12 | 616 | 37/2 | 20 | 15 Mar. 1862 | A Resolution providing for the custody of the letter and gifts from the King of Siam. |
| 12 | 830 | 37/3 | 35 | 3 Mar. 1863 | A Resolution authorizing the
collection in coin of postages due on unpaid mail matter
from foreign countries. Paper currency had
depreciated, and the Post Office could not afford to accept
it for this purpose, as the foreign post offices were to be
paid in coin. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 12 | 834b | 36/1 | 15 | 6 Apr. 1860 | An Act for the Relief of legal Representatives of Robert H. Morris, late Postmaster of the City of New York. |
| 12 | 846b | 36/1 | 81 | 7 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of John Scott, Hill W. House, and Samuel O. House. Sureties. |
| 12 | 851c | 36/1 | 107 | 9 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of James Phelan. For assistance in prosecuting a mail thief. |
| 12 | 862c | 36/1 | 156 | 18 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of Thomas R. Livingston. Mail carrier. |
| 12 | 862-863 | 36/1 | 160 | 19 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of Josiah Atkins, of Ohio. Land warrant lost in the mails. |
| 12 | 865a | 36/1 | 174 | 21 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of Peay and Ayliffe. Mail contractor. |
| 12 | 867b | 36/1 | 191 | 22 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of the California Stage Company. Mail contractor. |
| 12 | 870b | 36/1 | 207 | 23 June 1860 | An Act for the Relief of Sheldon McKnight. Mail carrier. |
| 12 | 879b | 36/2 | 14 | 23 Jan. 1861 | An Act for the Relief of O.F.D. Fairbanks, Frederick Dodge, and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. |
| 12 | 885-886 | 36/2 | 50 | 23 Feb. 1861 | An Act for the Relief of Samuel S. Green. Mail contractor. |
| 12 | 889a | 36/2 | 93 | 2 Mar. 1861 | An Act for the Relief of John Y. Sewell. For services in recovering lost mail. |
| 12 | 892b | 36/2 | 106 | 2 Mar. 1861 | An Act for the Relief of Daniel B. Hibbard. Mail carrier. |
| 12 | 893 | 36/2 | 109 | (note 1) | An Act for the relief of Hockaday and Ligget. Mail route. |
| 12 | 901-902 | 37/2 | 26 | 13 Feb. 1862 | An Act for the Relief of Philip Speyer & Co., of the City of New York. Documents lost in the mail. |
| 12 | 907c | 37/2 | 136 | 5 July 1862 | An Act for the Relief of J.W. Nye. Services for the Postmaster of the House of Representatives. |
| 12 | 917b | 37/3 | 39 | 18 Feb. 1863 | An Act for the Relief of Cyrus Clapp and his Guarantors or Sureties. Mail contractor. |
| 12 | 917-918 | 37/3 | 42 | 19 Feb. 1863 | An Act for the Relief of Ignatius C. Mattingly, Postmaster at Bardstown, Kentucky. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 12 | 874a | 36/1 | 16 | 9 June 1860 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry Woods. Construction superintendent. |
| 12 | 875a | 36/1 | 23 | 22 June 1860 | A Resolution for the Relief of Arthur Edwards and his Associates. Mail carrier. |
| 12 | 895 | 36/2 | 20 | (note 1) | Joint Resolution for the Benefit of George H. Giddings. Mail carrier. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 12 18.2 |
1051-1068 449-457 |
29 July 1858 | Treaty between the United States of
America and the Empire of Japan. (Amity and Commerce.) Regulations under which American trade is to be conducted in Japan. Mail Steamships, p. 1066 (p. 456). |
| 12 16 |
1117-1123 899-917 |
21 Dec. 1859 | [Postal] Convention between
the United States of America and His Majesty the King of
the Belgians. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 12 16 |
1205-1211 1099-1102 |
11 Dec. 1861 | Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Republic of Mexico. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 12 | 1258 | 3 | 15 Apr. 1861 | [Seven states in rebellion, the militia is called out, and Congress is called into session.] |
| 12 | 1262 | 9 | 16 Aug. 1861 | [Eleven states in rebellion, commercial intercourse prohibited.] |
| 12 | 1267-1268 | 16 | 22 Sep. 1862 | [Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation] |
| 12 | 1268-1269 | 17 | 1 Jan. 1863 | [Emancipation Proclamation] The states (or portions of states) not in rebellion were exempted (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri). Commemorative postage stamps -- Emancipation Proclamation, 16 Aug. 1963 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 1 Jan. 2013 (MSC). |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 38th 4 – 14 Mar. 1863 7 Dec. 1863 – 4 July 1864
5 Dec. 1864 – 3 Mar. 1865p. 1-418
p. 419-574p. 575-592
p. 593-60438th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-xxviii, 1-866
Serial Set, House Journal, 1179, 1215; Senate Journal, 1148, 1175, 1208
House Journal, 38/1, 38/2
Senate Journal, 38/sp, 38/1, 38/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 13, 38/sp, 38/1, vol. 14 pt 1, 38/2
Volume 13 pages Congress 38 all (58.2 MB), reduced (31.6 MB) session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xx iii-xx ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xxi-xxiv xxi-xxiv ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxv xxv ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxvi-xxviii xxvi-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-574 --- 1-418 419-574 private acts and resolutions 575-604 --- 575-592 593-604 treaties and conventions 605-729 605-729 ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 730-778 730-778 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 13 779-866 779-866 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 13 | 2 | 38/1 | 4 | 22 Jan. 1864 | An Act to amend the Law
prescribing the Articles to be admitted into the Mails of
the United States. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1864Acts.pdf |
| 13 | 22-28 | 38/1 | 30 | 14 Mar. 1864 | An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and for other Purposes. Postage expenses in various agencies, p. 23; post office buildings, p. 25; payment of letter carriers, p. 27. |
| 13 | 29-30 | 38/1 | 34 | 16 Mar. 1864 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. |
| 13 | 30 | 38/1 | 35 | 16 Mar. 1864 | An Act in Addition to an Act to amend the Laws relating to the Post-Office Department, approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Free franking. |
| 13 13 14 |
30-32 749-750 43 |
38/1 -- 39/1 |
36 22 73 |
21 Mar. 1864 31 Oct. 1864 5 May 1866 |
(1) An Act to enable the People of Nevada
to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the
Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing
with the original States. 37° N to 42° N,
eastward to 38° W (of Washington), westward to California at
43° W (of Washington). Amended election date, Act of
21 May 1864, 13 Stat. 85. (2) Proclamation, Nevada statehood. (3) An Act concerning the Boundaries of the State of Nevada. Extended eastward to 37° W (of Washington), then southward to the Colorado River and the California border; from Utah Territory (above 37° N) and Arizona Territory (below 37°N). Note the discrepancy in the California/Nevada boundary between 39° N and 42° N: 120° W (of Greenwich), by 26 May 1860, 12 Stat. 22, vs. 43° W (of Washington) by 21 Mar. 1864, 13 Stat. 30. The California state constitution (1849) uses 120° W (link). The Nevada state constitution (1864) uses 43° W (of Washington), unless California disagrees (link). California disagreed. Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Nevada. Commemorative postage stamps -- Nevada statehood, 22 July 1964 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 29 May 2014 (MSC, MSC). |
| 13 | 32-35 | 38/1 | 37 | 21 Mar. 1864 | An Act to enable the People of Colorado to
form a Constitution and State Government, and for the
Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing
with the original States. The accompanying statehood bill was vetoed by Pres. Andrew Johnson, 12 Jan. 1866 (ref), 15 May 1866 (ref), and again 28 Jan. 1867 (ref, ref). See also, Acts of 18 June 1864, 13 Stat. 137; 3 Mar. 1875, 18 Stat. 474. |
| 13 13 15 |
36-37 421-422 79 |
38/1 38/2 40/2 |
40 16 76 |
25 Mar. 1864 20 Jan. 1865 25 June 1868 |
(1) An Act to provide for
carrying the Mails from the United States to foreign Ports
and for other Purposes. (2) An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for carrying the Mails from the United States to Foreign Ports, and for other Purposes," approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. (3) An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for carrying the Mails from the United States to foreign Ports, and for other Purposes." approved March twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1864Acts.pdf |
| 13 14 14 |
47-50 391-392 820-821 |
38/1 39/2 -- |
59 36 9 |
19 Apr. 1864 9 Feb. 1867 1 Mar. 1867 |
(1) An Act to enable the People of
Nebraska to form a Constitution and State Government, and
for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal
Footing with the original States. Constitution
rejected by vote, then rewritten and approved. A new
bill was passed 27 July 1866, but not signed before the
session ended, and thus vetoed. (2) An Act for the Admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union. The bill passed the House and Senate 15 and 16 Jan. 1867, was vetoed by Pres. Johnson 29 Jan. 1867 (ref), then passed over the veto. (3) Proclamation, Nebraska statehood. Boundary with Dakota Territory, Acts of 28 Apr. 1870, 16 Stat. 93; 28 Mar. 1882, 22 Stat. 35. Commemorative postage stamps -- Nebraska statehood, 29 July 1967 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, MSC, WC), 1 Mar. 2017 (MSC). |
| 13 | 62 | 38/1 | 73 | 29 Apr. 1864 | An Act for the Relief of
Postmasters who have been robbed by confederate Forces or
Rebel Guerillas. See also, 3 Mar. 1865, ch. 89, § 2, p. 505. |
| 13 | 64-65 | 38/1 | 79 | 5 May 1864 | An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the Construction of the Railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior. Post road, § 7. |
| 13 | 72-74 | 38/1 | 84 | 12 May 1864 | An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of a Railroad in said State. Post road, § 6. |
| 13 | 76-79 | 38/1 | 87 | 17 May 1864 | An Act to establish a Postal
Money-Order System. Effective 1 Nov. 1864
(though not stated in the act). https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1864Acts.pdf National Archives, Post Office Department, Office of the Postmaster General, Postal Money Order System, 1 Nov. 1864 - 16 July 1892, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10543840. The first Superintendent of the Money-Order System, Dr. Charles F. Macdonald, held the position until 7 July 1893. |
| 13 | 85-92 | 38/1 | 95 | 26 May 1864 | An Act to provide a temporary
Government for the Territory of Montana. Dual
appointments prohibited, except for postmasters, § 8, p.
88. Separately, by § 18, p. 92, part of Idaho
Territory is attached to Dakota Territory; most of this
passed to Wyoming in 1868. Amended, Act of 2 Mar. 1867, 14 Stat. 426. Boundary with Dakota Territory, Act of 17 Feb. 1873, 17 Stat. 464. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Washington, Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Montana Territory. Montana statehood, 8 Nov. 1889, 25 Stat. 676, 26 Stat. 1551. "The parallel of 44° 30′ cuts the meridian of 34° west of Washington south of the crest of the Rocky Mountains and not north, as was believed by Congress when the boundaries of Montana were defined in 1864 [13 Stat. 86]. Still laboring under this misconception, Congress in 1873 passed a law attaching to Montana a small area that did not exist." [Paullin, p. 44, note 3] |
| 13 | 93-94 | 38/1 | 98 | 28 May 1864 | An Act authorizing the Establishment of Ocean Mail Steamship Service between the United States and Brazil. |
| 13 | 95 | 38/1 | 102 | 1 June 1864 | An Act in Relation to Franked Matter. |
| 13 | 140-141 | 38/1 | 137 | 20 June 1864 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Michigan for the Construction of certain Wagon-Roads for Military and Postal Purposes. |
| 13 | 145-161 | 38/1 | 147 | 25 June 1864 | An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and for other Purposes. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department. |
| 13 | 183-184 | 38/1 | 153 | 25 June 1864 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Wisconsin to build a Military Road to Lake Superior. Post road, § 2. |
| 13 | 184-186 | 38/1 | 155 | 25 June 1864 | An Act to expedite and regulate the Printing of Public Documents, and for other Purposes. Postmaster-General's annual report of contracts, § 6. |
| 13 | 223-306 | 38/1 | 173 | 30 June 1864 | An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes. Free franking, § 1, 3. Postage expenses, § 22, 25. Mail transport not charged duty, § 103. |
| 13 | 316-322 | 38/1 | 175 | 30 June 1864 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 13 | 324-325 | 38/1 | 182 | 30 June 1864 | An Act in Relation to the Village of Deposit, Delaware County, New York. The village, with parts in two counties, is assigned to one, for postal laws, etc. |
| 13 | 335-339 | 38/1 | 197 | 1 July 1864 | An Act to establish Salaries for Postmasters, and for other Purposes. |
| 13 | 339-340 | 38/1 | 198 | 1 July 1864 | An Act making an additional Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the Construction of Railroad and Telegraph Lines. Not postal, but see 12 Stat. 772. |
| 13 | 340-341 | 38/1 | 199 | 1 July 1864 | An Act to encourage and facilitate Telegraphic Communication between the Eastern and Western Continents. Available for postal use, § 4. "Net neutrality", § 5. |
| 13 | 355 | 38/1 | 213 | 2 July 1864 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the Construction of a Military Road from Eugene City to the Eastern Boundary of said State. Post road. |
| 13 | 365-372 | 38/1 | 217 | 2 July 1864 | An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from Lake Superior to Puget's Sound, on the Pacific Coast, by the Northern Route. Northern Pacific Railroad, a post road, § 3, p. 367; § 11, p. 370; § 20, p. 372. |
| 13 | 382 | 38/1 | 241 | 4 July 1864 | An Act to correct a clerical Error in the Law of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, relating to the Post-Office Department. |
| 13 | 425-426 | 38/2 | 23 | 28 Jan. 1865 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. |
| 13 | 430 | 38/2 | 37 | 17 Feb. 1865 | An Act to authorize the Establishment of Ocean Mail-Steamship Service between the United States and China. |
| 13 | 431 | 38/2 | 38 | 17 Feb. 1865 | An Act supplementary to an Act approved July fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An Act to establish certain Post-Roads." |
| 13 | 431 | 38/2 | 39 | 17 Feb. 1865 | An Act to establish a Bridge across the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, a Post-Road. |
| 13 | 432-434 | 38/2 | 47 | 23 Feb. 1865 | An Act to facilitate the Collection of certain Debts due the United States. |
| 13 | 445-462 | 38/2 | 73 | 2 Mar. 1865 | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and additional Appropriations for the current fiscal Year. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department. |
| 13 | 469-487 | 38/2 | 78 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Free franking, § 20, p. 487. |
| 13 | 504-507 | 38/2 | 89 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act relating to the postal
Laws. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1865Act.pdf |
| 13 14 15 15 17 |
507-509 173-177 83-84 193-194 347-369 |
38/2 39/1 40/2 40/2 42/2 |
90 200 135 245 415 |
3 Mar. 1865 16 July 1866 6 July 1868 25 July 1868 10 June 1872 |
(1) An Act to establish a Bureau for the
Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. Within the War
Dept., to continue one year past the war. (2) An Act to continue in force and to amend "An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees", and for other purposes. For another two years. (3) An Act to continue the Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees, and for other Purposes. For one more year. (4) An Act relating to the Freedmen's Bureau and providing for its Discontinuance. (5) An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes. Freedmen's Bureau, p. 366. |
| 13 | 515 | 38/2 | 96 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act to remove all Disqualification of Color in carrying the Mails. Repealing 4 Stat. 102 § 7. |
| 13 | 515-516 | 38/2 | 97 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act related to the Clerkships in the Post-Office Department. |
| 13 | 522-526 | 38/2 | 104 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 13 | 526-528 | 38/2 | 105 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act extending the Time for the Completion of certain Land-grant Rail roads in the States of Minnesota and Iowa, and for other Purposes. Post road, § 8. |
| 13 | 540-541 | 38/2 | 126 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to amend the several Acts respecting Copyright," approved February third, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to the Acts in Addition thereto and Amendment thereof. Free franking, § 2. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 13 | 411-412 | 38/1 | 53 | 30 June 1864 | Joint Resolution to authorize
the Postmaster-General to extend the Contract with the
Overland Mail Company. Commemorative postage stamps -- Overland Mail Centenary, 10 Oct. 1958 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC); Legends of the West, Overland Mail, 18 Oct. 1994 (NPM, NPMA, MSC), also a commemorative postal card (MSC). Wikipedia, Butterfield Overland Mail. |
| 13 | 567 | 38/2 | 11 | 1 Feb. 1865 | A
[Joint] Resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the
several States a Proposition to amend the Constitution of
the United States. Thirteenth Amendment to the
Constitution (ref,
ref).
Ratification was completed 6 Dec. 1865, and certified by
proclamation of the Secretary of State, 18 Dec. 1865, 13
Stat. 774 (link, link). Slavery was abolished, extending Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1 Jan. 1863. By the time of certification, only Delaware and Kentucky had not abolished slavery at the state level. Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 520-636 (link). House Manual, Amendment XIII (PDF). Constitution Annotated, Thirteenth Amendment (PDF). Wikipedia, Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Governor of California, on 21 Dec. 1865, sent the state's ratification to the Secretary of State. "To guard against delay or loss by reason of possible interruption of the mails on the overland route, a duplicate copy will be sent you by the Steamer Mail via Panama on the 30th inst." Apparently, both arrived (ref, ref). Commemorative postage stamp -- Thirteenth Amendment, 20 Oct. 1940 (NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC). |
| 13 | 574 | 38/2 | 37 | 3 Mar. 1865 | A Resolution to purchase mail-pouches or boxes of Marshall Smith's patent, for the postal service, and for other purposes. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 13 | 576a | 38/1 | 25 | 8 Mar. 1864 | An Act for the Relief of John H. Sheperd and Walter K. Caldwell, of Missouri. Mail contractors. |
| 13 | 583a | 38/1 | 207 | 1 July 1864 | An Act for the Relief of George F. Nesbitt. Stamped envelope contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 13 | 590a | 38/1 | 65 | 1 July 1864 | A Resolution for the Relief of Carlisle Doble. Mail carrier. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 13 | 623-630 | 28 June 1862 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians. Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad, Art. 5-6. |
| 13 | 673-679 | 7 Oct. 1863 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Tabeguache Band of Utah Indians. Mail lines, Art. 3. |
| 13 | 681-684 | 12 Oct. 1863 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Shoshonee-Goship Bands of Indians. Mail lines, Art. 1, 2. |
| 13 18.2 |
699-710 426-431 |
4 July 1864 | Treaty between the United
States of America and the Republic of Honduras.
Post Office packets, Art. 2, p. 700. No tolls on US
mails using the Honduras Inter-oceanic Railway Company, Art.
14, § 1, p. 707-708. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 952-958. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 8, p. 880-887. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 13 | 731-732 | 3 | 20 Apr. 1863 | [West Virginia statehood] |
| 13 | 749-750 | 22 | 31 Oct. 1864 | [Nevada statehood] |
| 13 | 758-760 | 37 | 29 May 1865 | [Granting pardon, amnesty, etc.] |
Appointment of Provisional Governor, including reestablishment of post offices and post routes (sec. 4).
Executive Orders Proclamations Vol. Pages No. Date State Vol. Pages No. Date State 13 777-778 4 9 May 1865 Virginia 13 760-761
761-762
764-765
765-767
767-768
769-771
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13 July 1865North Carolina
Mississippi
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Conditions for reinstatement were outlined in Proc. 11, 8 Dec. 1863, p. 737-739; and Proc. 18, 8 July 1864, p. 744-747. Arkansas and Louisiana, see Proc. 18, 8 July 1864, p. 744-747. Tennessee, see Proc. 40, 13 June 1865, p. 763-764. Ports were reopened and restrictions on trade were removed as local conditions permitted; see the lists of proclamations at 12 Stat. xxix and 13 Stat. xxvi.
Military Governors had been appointed in 1862 for Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, but these were all subject to the Secretary of War, and held military rank. There was no statutory basis for this.
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 39th 4 – 11 Mar. 1865 4 Dec. 1865 – 28 July 1866
3 Dec. 1866 – 2 Mar. 1867p. 1-372
p. 373-576p. 577-614
p. 615-64639th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-xxx, 1-970
Serial Set, House Journal, 1243, 1280; Senate Journal, 1208, 1236, 1275
House Journal, 39/1, 39/2
Senate Journal, 39/sp, 39/1, 39/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 14 pt 1, 39/sp, 39/1, vol. 14 pt 2, 39/1, vol. 15 pt 1, 39/2
The legislative day Saturday 2 Mar. 1867 ended at noon Monday 4 Mar. 1867.
Volume 14 pages Congress 39 all (64.7 MB), reduced (38.5 MB) session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xix iii-xix ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xx-xxvii xx-xxvii ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxviii-xxix xxviii-xxix ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxx xxx ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-576 --- 1-372 373-576 private acts and resolutions 577-646 --- 577-614 615-646 treaties and conventions 647-810 647-810 ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 811-822 811-822 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 14 823-970 823-970 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 14 | 3 | 39/1 | 9 | 10 Feb. 1866 | An Act granting the franking
Privilege to Mary Lincoln. Widow of Pres.
Abraham Lincoln. See also, Act of 8 June 1872, § 185, 17 Stat. 307. |
| 14 | 3 | 39/1 | 10 | 16 Feb. 1866 | An Act authorizing an Increase of the clerical Force in the Post Office Department. |
| 14 | 5-8 | 39/1 | 16 | 14 Mar. 1866 | An Act to establish certain Post Roads. |
| 14 | 12-13 | 39/1 | 24 | 5 Apr. 1866 | An Act more effectually to provide for the Punishment of certain Crimes against the United States. Penalty for counterfeiting, but no mention of postage or revenue stamps. |
| 14 | 14-26 | 39/1 | 28 | 7 Apr. 1866 | An Act making additional Appropriations, and to supply the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other Purposes. Completion, alteration or repairs of post offices, p. 17, 22 (2), 26. No living person's portrait on currency, § 12. |
| 14 | 40 | 39/1 | 48 | 17 Apr. 1866 | An Act to provide that the "Soldier's Individual Memorial" shall be carried through the Mails at the usual Rate of Printed Matter. |
| 14 | 48-50 | 39/1 | 85 | 18 May 1866 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes. |
| 14 | 51 | 39/1 | 87 | 21 May 1866 | An Act to establish a Post Route from West Alburgh, Vermont, to Champlain, in the State of New York, and for other Purposes. |
| 14 | 59-61 | 39/1 | 114 | 12 June 1866 | An Act to amend the Postal
Laws. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1866Act.pdf |
| 14 | 66 | 39/1 | 124 | 15 June 1866 | An Act to facilitate commercial, postal, and military Communication among the several States. |
| 14 16 16 17 |
74-75 96 592 2 |
39/1 41/2 41/3 42/1 |
140 72 17 4 |
27 June 1866 4 May 1870 26 Jan. 1871 24 Mar. 1871 |
(1) An Act to provide for the Revision
and Consolidation of the Statute Laws of the United
States. Revised Statutes. Commissioners to
be appointed. (2) An Act to provide for the Revision and Consolidation of the Statutes of the United States. Commissioners again to be appointed. (3) Joint Resolution extending the Use of the Library of Congress to the Commissioners appointed to revise and consolidate the Laws of the United States. (4) An Act to authorize the Commissioners to revise the Statutes to print their Reports. |
| 14 | 86-87 | 39/1 | 167 | 4 July 1866 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the Construction of a Military Road from Corvallis to the Acquinna Bay. Post route, § 2. |
| 14 | 87-88 | 39/1 | 168 | 4 July 1866 | An Act making an additional Grant of Lands to the State of Minnesota, in alternate Sections, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State. Post route, § 6. |
| 14 | 89 | 39/1 | 174 | 5 July 1866 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon, to aid in the Construction of a Military Road from Albany, Oregon, to the Eastern Boundary of said State. Post route, § 2. |
| 14 | 94-97 | 39/1 | 182 | 13 July 1866 | An Act granting Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Town of Folsom to the Town of Placerville, in the State of California. Post route, § 2. |
| 14 | 98-173 | 39/1 | 184 | 13 July 1866 | An Act to reduce Internal Taxation and to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and Acts amendatory thereof. Free franking, § 65-66. |
| 14 | 189-191 | 39/1 | 202 | 18 July 1866 | An Act to establish certain Post Roads. |
| 14 | 191-208 | 39/1 | 208 | 23 July 1866 | An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expense of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and for other Purposes. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department. Post Office Dept., topographer, p. 201; female clerks, § 6. |
| 14 | 208-209 | 39/1 | 209 | 23 July 1866 | An Act to amend the fifth Section of an Act entitled "An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," approved July 2, 1862, so as to extend the Time within which the Provisions of said Act shall be accepted and such Colleges established. |
| 14 | 210-212 | 39/1 | 212 | 23 July 1866 | An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the Construction of the Northern Kansas Railroad and Telegraph. Post route, § 5. |
| 14 | 221-222 | 39/1 | 230 | 24 July 1866 | An Act to aid in the Construction of Telegraph Lines, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for postal, military, and other Purposes. The Postmaster-General set rates for telegrams between government agencies, § 2; see also 16 Stat. 507, 17 Stat. 219, 17 Stat. 367. |
| 14 | 236-239 | 39/1 | 241 | 25 July 1866 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the Construction of the Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad and its Extension to Red River. Post route, § 5. |
| 14 | 239-242 | 39/1 | 242 | 25 July 1866 | An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific Railroad, in California, to Portland, in Oregon. California and Oregon Railroad Co. Post route, § 2, § 5. |
| 14 | 244-246 | 39/1 | 246 | 25 July 1866 | An Act to authorize the
Construction of certain Bridges, and to establish them as
Post Roads. The Eads Bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Louis and East St. Louis, § 11-12; opened 4 July 1874. Commemorative postage stamp -- Mississippi River Bridge, 17 June 1898 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC). |
| 14 | 280-288 | 39/1 | 267 | 26 July 1866 | An Act to establish certain Post Roads. |
| 14 | 289-291 | 39/1 | 270 | 26 July 1866 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the Construction of a southern Branch of the Union Pacific Railway and Telegraph, from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Post route, § 5. |
| 14 | 292-299 | 39/1 | 278 | 27 July 1866 | An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the States of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific Coast. Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co. Post route, § 3, § 11, § 20. |
| 14 | 301 | 39/1 | 281 | 27 July 1866 | An Act to authorize the Use in Post Offices of Weights of the Denomination of Grams. One half ounce = 15 grams, for postal purposes. |
| 14 | 310-323 | 39/1 | 296 | 28 July 1866 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes. Post offices, construction and repairs, § 1, p. 310, 311, 316, 318, 319. Post Office, § 4. |
| 14 | 324-327 | 39/1 | 297 | 28 July 1866 | An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other Purposes. Post Office Dept., p. 324. |
| 14 | 328-331 | 39/1 | 298 | 28 July 1866 | An Act to protect the Revenue, and for other Purposes. Free franking, § 13. |
| 14 | 339-340 | 39/1 | 301 | 28 July 1866 | An Act to authorize the Use of the Metric
System of Weights and Measures. With tables of
equivalents. Resolution to furnish each state with a standard set of metric weights and measures, 27 July 1866, 14 Stat. 369. Wikipedia, Metric Act of 1866. Postal conventions for letters were typically rated at 15 gr. for a single rate; the US Post Office accepted 1/2 ounce (14.18 gr.) as equivalent. |
| 14 | 342-343 | 39/1 | 306 | 28 July 1866 | An Act supplemental to the Act to appropriate Money for the Postal Services. |
| 14 | 373-374 | 39/2 | 4 | 20 Dec. 1866 | An Act making Appropriations and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes. Post Office, p. 373. |
| 14 | 378 | 39/2 | 11 | 22 Jan. 1867 | An Act in Regard to the Compensation of Route Agents in the Post-Office Department. |
| 14 | 383-385 | 39/2 | 26 | 5 Feb. 1867 | An Act to punish certain Crimes in Relation to the Public Securities and Currency, and for other Purposes. Penalty for counterfeiting, etc. |
| 14 | 387-389 | 39/2 | 29 | 5 Feb. 1867 | An Act to authorize the Extension, Construction, and Use of a lateral Branch of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad into and within the District of Columbia. Post route, § 5. |
| 14 | 393-394 | 39/2 | 41 | 18 Feb. 1867 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes. |
| 14 | 395 | 39/2 | 43 | 18 Feb. 1867 | An Act amendatory of the several Acts respecting Copyrights. "Copyright matter" free of postage to the librarian of Congress. |
| 14 |
398-399 |
39/2 |
59 |
22 Feb. 1867 |
An Act providing for the Election of a Congressional Printer. A Senate officer, replacing the Superintendent of Public Printing, to be in charge of the Government Printing Office. |
| 14 | 408-409 | 39/2 | 76 | 25 Feb. 1867 | An Act to authorize the
Construction of a submerged Tubular Bridge across the
Mississippi River at the City of Saint Louis.
Post route, § 3. A tunnel, eventually not built. |
| 14 | 409 | 39/2 | 77 | 25 Feb. 1867 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the Construction of a military Wagon Road from Dalles City, on the Columbia River, to Fort Boise, on the Snake River. Post route. |
| 14 | 412 | 39/2 | 98 | 27 Feb. 1867 | An Act declaring Clinton Bridge, across the Mississippi River, at Clinton, in the State of Iowa, a Post-Route. |
| 14 | 428-430 | 39/2 | 153 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act to provide for the
more efficient Government of the Rebel States.
First of the Reconstruction Acts. Includes conditions
for readmission with representation in Congress, §
5-6. Passed over Pres. Johnson's veto. Further reconstruction acts, 1867-1868, 15 Stat. 2, 15 Stat. 14, 15 Stat. 29, 15 Stat. 30, 15 Stat. 41. See also, Secession and Readmission. Wikipedia, Reconstruction Acts. |
| 14 | 430-432 | 39/2 | 154 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act regulating the Tenure
of certain Civil Offices.
Postmaster-General. Passed over Pres. Johnson's veto. Amended 5 Apr. 1869, 16 Stat. 6; repealed 3 Mar. 1887, 24 Stat. 500. Wikipedia, Tenure of Office Act (1867). |
| 14 | 440-457 | 39/2 | 166 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty eight and for other Purposes. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department. |
| 14 | 457-468 | 39/2 | 167 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other Purposes. Post office construction and repairs, p. 461. |
| 14 | 543-544 | 39/2 | 182 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act to authorize the Establishment of Ocean Mail Steamship Service between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. |
| 14 | 548-550 | 39/2 | 189 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act granting Lands to aid in the Construction of a Railroad from the City of Stockton to the Town of Copperopolis, in the State of California. Post route, § 8. |
| 14 | 551-556 | 39/2 | 191 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act to establish certain Post Roads. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 14 | 352 | 39/1 | 17 | 31 Mar. 1866 | A Resolution in Relation to the Publication of the Laws of the United States. Little, Brown and Co., contract renewed. |
| 14 | 354 | 39/1 | 29 | 25 Apr. 1866 | A Resolution for the Transfer of Funds appropriated for the Payment of Salaries in the Post Office Department to the General Salary Account of that Department. |
| 14 | 356 | 39/1 | 38 | 16 May 1866 | Joint Resolution relative to the Courts and Post Office of New York city. |
| 14 | 356 | 39/1 | 41 | 26 May 1866 | A Resolution to authorize certain Medals to be distributed to Veteran Soldiers free of Postage. |
| 14 | 357 | 39/1 | 45 | 6 June 1866 | Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to pay additional Salary to Letter-Carriers in San Francisco. |
| 14 | 358 | 39/1 | 48 | 16 June 1866 | Joint
Resolution proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution (ref,
ref).
Ratification was completed 9 July 1868, and certified by
proclamations of 20 July 1868 (15
Stat. 706) and 28 July 1868 (15
Stat. 708). The concurrent resolution of 21 July
1868 (ref,
ref,
ref)
does not appear in the Statutes; but, see the Revised
Statutes, 18.1
Stat. 31. Birthright citizenship was established, reversing the Dred Scott decision of 1857. The Act of 9 Apr. 1866, 14 Stat. 27, granted similar rights, but needed Constitutional protection. The Enforcement Acts of 31 May 1870, 16 Stat. 140, 28 Feb. 1871, 16 Stat. 433, and 20 Apr. 1871, 17 Stat. 13, provided additional support (ref); these were repealed 8 Feb. 1894, 28 Stat. 36. Most penalties related to elected office were removed by the Amnesty Act of 22 May 1872, 17 Stat. 142. Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 638-794 (link). House Manual, Amendment XIV (PDF). Constitution Annotated, Fourteenth Amendment (PDF). Wikipedia, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Ku Klux Klan Act, Amnesty Act. |
| 14 | 371 | 39/1 | 100 | 28 July 1866 | Joint Resolution authorizing the transmission through the mails, free of postage, of certain certificates by the adjutant-general of New Jersey. |
| 14 | 563 | 39/2 | 4 | 14 Jan. 1867 | Joint Resolution authorizing certain medals to be distributed to honorably discharged soldiers, free of postage. |
| 14 | 563-564 | 39/2 | 5 | 22 Jan. 1867 | Joint Resolution to procure a site for a building to accommodate the post-office and United States courts in New York City. |
| 14 | 566 | 39/2 | 15 | 18 Feb. 1867 | A Resolution in relation to
ocean mail service between San Francisco, in California,
and Portland, in Oregon. On the contract, see Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 4 (link). |
| 14 | 569 | 39/2 | 30 | 28 Feb. 1867 | Joint Resolution giving additional Compensation to certain Employees in the Civil Service of the Government at Washington. |
| 14 | 573 | 39/2 | 53 | 2 Mar. 1867 | A Resolution relative to the post-office and sub-treasury of the city of Boston. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 14 | 597-598 | 39/1 | 203 | 18 July 1866 | An Act for the Relief of A.T. Spencer and Gordon S. Hubbard. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 14 | 608c | 39/1 | 54 | 21 June 1866 | A Resolution referring the Petition and Papers in the Case of Joseph Nock to the Court of Claims. Contractor, locks and keys. |
| 14 | 609c | 39/1 | 61 | 29 June 1866 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Ambrose L. Goodrich and Nathan Cornish, for carrying the United States Mail from Boise City to Idaho City, in the Territory of Idaho, and of David Wellington and J.C. Dorsey, for Extra Services in carrying the Mails. Mail contractors. |
| 14 | 640-641 | 39/2 | 24 | 22 Feb. 1867 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Ober, Nanson, and Company, Merchants, of New York. Lost valuable parcel. |
| 14 | 643d | 39/2 | 43 | 1 Mar. 1867 | Joint Resolution to audit and pay the Claim of Tuller and Fisher of Missouri. Mail contractor. |
| 14 | 644a | 39/2 | 62 | 2 Mar. 1867 | A Resolution for the Relief of Dempsey Reece, of Indiana. Mail contractor. |
| 14 | 644-645 | 39/2 | 66 | 2 Mar. 1867 | Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and pay the Claim of John R. Beckley. Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 14 | 769-784 | 28 Apr. 1866 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Post offices, Art. 44. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 14 | 811-813 | 1 | 2 Apr. 1866 | [The insurrection is declared ended, in ten states, Texas excepted.] |
| 14 | 814-817 | 4 | 20 Aug. 1866 | [The insurrection is declared ended, in all eleven states.] |
| 14 | 820-821 | 9 | 1 Mar. 1867 | [Nebraska statehood] |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 40th 1 – 20 Apr. 1867 4 Mar. 1867 // 2 Dec. 1867
2 Dec. 1867 // 10 Nov. 1868
7 Dec. 1868 – 3 Mar. 1869p. 1-32
p. 33-264
p. 265-350p. 351-354
p. 355-434
p. 435-46640th
The first session was 4-30 Mar., 3-20 July, 21 Nov. - 2 Dec., 1867. The second session was 2 Dec. 1867 - 27 July 1868, 21 Sep., 16 Oct., and 10 Nov. 1868. The impeachment and trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson extended from 24 Feb. to 26 May 1868.Contents, p. i-xxxii, 1-828
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional Globe
Serial Set, House Journal, 1310, 1321, 1363; Senate Journal, 1307, 1307, 1315, 1359
House Journal, 40/1, 40/2, 40/3
Senate Journal, 40/1, 40/sp, 40/2, 40/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 15 pt 1, 40/1, vol. 15 pt 2, 40/1, 40/sp, 40/1, 40/1, vol. 16, 40/2, 40/3
Volume 15 pages Congress 40 all (53.8 MB), reduced (35.5 MB) session 1 session 2 session 3 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xvi iii-xvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xvii-xxviii xvii-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxix-xxx xxix-xxx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxxi-xxxii xxxi-xxxii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-350 --- 1-32 33-264 265-350 private acts and resolutions 351-466 --- 351-354 355-434 435-466 treaties and conventions 467-696 467-696 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 697-712 697-712 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 15 713-828 713-828 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 15 | 10 | 40/1 | 15 | 29 Mar. 1867 | An Act to grant to the American Atlantic Cable Telegraph Company, of New York, the Right of Way and Privilege to lay, land, and operate a Submarine Telegraph Cable on the Atlantic Coast of the United States, and establish Telegraph Communication between the United States and Europe, via the Bermudas and Azores Islands. Post Office use, § 3. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 July 1867 | Dominion of Canada, consisting of the
provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova
Scotia. Later joined by Manitoba (15 July 1870),
British Columbia (20 July 1871), Prince Edward Island (1
July 1873). Ontario and Quebec were formerly Canada
West and Canada East in the Province of Canada.
Manitoba and the Northwest Territories were acquired from
the Hudson's Bay Company, 15 July 1870. For earlier history and later changes, see Wikipedia, Canadian Confederation. Commemorative postage stamp -- Canada centenary, 25 May 1967 (NPM, MSC). |
| 15 | 14 | 40/1 | 29 | 19 July 1867 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. Maine. |
| 15 | 37 | 40/2 | 10 | 21 Feb. 1868 | An Act to authorize the Southern Minnesota Railroad Company to construct and maintain a Bridge across the Mississippi River and establish a Post Route. |
| 15 | 38 | 40/2 | 15 | 2 Mar. 1868 | An Act to establish and declare the Railroad and Bridges of the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Company, as hereafter constructed, a Post-Road, and for other Purposes. |
| 15 | 40-41 | 40/2 | 22 | 9 Mar. 1868 | An Act in relation to the promulgation of the laws of the United States. Free franking, § 3. Treaties and postal conventions, § 4. |
| 15 | 45-54 | 40/2 | 35 | 30 Mar. 1868 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 15 | 55-56 | 40/2 | 37 | 30 Mar. 1868 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. |
| 15 | 92-110 | 40/2 | 176 | 20 July 1868 | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department (p. 105). |
| 15 | 110-120 | 40/2 | 177 | 20 July 1868 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 114. |
| 15 | 121-122 | 40/2 | 179 | 20 July 1868 | An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River, upon the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Post road, § 4. |
| 15 | 123 | 40/2 | 182 | 20 July 1868 | An Act amendatory of an Act approved July twenty-six [five], eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An Act to authorize the Construction of certain Bridges, and to establish them as Post-Roads." |
| 15 | 171-177 | 40/2 | 233 | 25 July 1868 | An Act making Appropriations and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. Post office construction, p. 173-174. Post-Office Dept., p. 175. |
| 15 | 178-183 | 40/2 | 235 | 25 July 1868 | An Act to provide a temporary
Government for the Territory of Wyoming. Extent,
41° N to 45° N , 27° W to 34° W (of Washington), with parts
from Dakota Territory, Idaho Territory, Utah
Territory. Dual appointments prohibited, except for
postmasters, § 8, p. 180. Effective upon appointment
of executive and judicial officers, § 17, p. 183.
Nominations for Governor and Secretary were made promptly (ref),
but rejected by the Senate (ref),
so Wyoming was administered as part of the Dakota Territory
until April 1869, when a second pair of nominees was
confirmed (ref). Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Texas, Utah, Washington, Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Wyoming Territory. Wyoming statehood, 10 July 1890, 26 Stat. 222. |
| 15 | 188-193 | 40/2 | 244 | 25 July 1868 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 15 | 194-197 | 40/2 | 246 | 27 July 1868 | An Act to further amend the
postal Laws. Return address, § 1. Money
orders, § 2, 4, 5. Mail steamers to Japan and China, §
6. Shanghai agency, § 7. Superintendent of
Foreign Mails, § 8. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1868Act.pdf |
| 15 | 229-231 | 40/2 | 260 | 27 July 1868 | An Act to provide for an American Line of Mail and Emigrant Passenger Steamships between New York and one or more European Ports. United States Mail Steamship Line. |
| 15 | 238-239 | 40/2 | 269 | 27 July 1868 | An Act donating a Portion of the Fort Leavenworth military Reservation for the exclusive Use of a public Road. Post route. |
| 15 | 240-242 | 40/2 | 273 | 27 July 1868 | An Act to extend the Laws of the United States relating to Customs, Commerce, and Navigation over the Territory ceded to the United States by Russia, to establish a Collection District therein, and for other Purposes. Alaska, otherwise treated as an unorganized territory. The District Court of Washington Territory had jurisdiction. |
| 15 | 272 | 40/3 | 37 | 19 Feb. 1869 | An Act to establish a certain Post-Road in the State of Connecticut. |
| 15 | 273 | 40/3 | 38 | 19 Feb. 1869 | An Act to establish a certain Post-Road in the State of Connecticut. |
| 15 | 280-281 | 40/3 | 49 | 1 Mar. 1869 | An Act to restrict and regulate the Franking Privilege. |
| 15 | 283-301 | 40/3 | 121 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department (p. 297). |
| 15 | 301-311 | 40/3 | 122 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 305-307. Knoxville, see also 16 Stat. 291 § 8. |
| 15 | 311-315 | 40/3 | 123 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 313-314. Post-Office Dept., p. 314. |
| 15 | 323 | 40/3 | 126 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. |
| 15 | 327-334 | 40/3 | 131 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 15 | 336-337 | 40/3 | 139 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act to establish a Bridge across the East River, between the Cities of Brooklyn and New York, in the State of New York, a Post-Road. |
| 15 | 340-341 | 40/3 | 150 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act granting Lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the Construction of a military Wagon Road from the navigable Waters of Coos Bay to Roseburg in said State. Post route. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 15 | 22-23 | 40/1 | 12 | 26 Mar. 1867 | A Resolution to terminate a
contract of a member of Congress with the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America. On the contract, see Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 4 (link). |
| 15 | 30-31 | 40/1 | 40 | 20 July 1867 | Joint Resolution authorizing extensions of the Mail Steamship Service between the United States and China and Japan. |
| 15 | 245 | 40/2 | 1 | 20 Dec. 1867 | Joint Resolution in relation to the printing of the report of the Postmaster-General. |
| 15 | 246 | 40/2 | 8 | 31 Jan. 1868 | A Resolution limiting
contracts for stationery and other supplies in the
executive departments to one year. See next, Resolution of 24 Mar. 1874, 18 Stat. 286. |
| 15 | 248 | 40/2 | 14 | 2 Mar. 1868 | Joint Resolution authorizing the transmission through the mails, free of postage, of certain testimonials by the adjutant-generals of the several States. |
| 15 | 250 | 40/2 | 20 | 12 Mar. 1868 | Joint Resolution relative to the post-office and sub-treasury of city of Boston. |
| 15 | 254 | 40/2 | 39 | 25 June 1868 | A Resolution authorizing a change of mail service between Fort Abercrombie and Helena. |
| 15 | 258-259 | 40/2 | 60 | 20 July 1868 | Joint Resolution in Relation to the Rock Island Bridge. Post road. |
| 15 | 344 | 40/3 | 7 | 18 Feb. 1869 | A Resolution relative to the recent Contract for Stationery for the Department of the Interior. Cancelling the contract with Dempsey & O'Toole, which the Post Office seems to have ignored in awarding them the printing contract for stamped envelopes in 1870. |
| 15 | 346 | 40/3 | 14 | 27 Feb. 1869 | A
[Joint] Resolution proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States. Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution (ref,
ref).
Ratification was completed in Feb. 1870, and certified by
proclamation of the Secretary of State, 30 Mar. 1870 (16
Stat. 1131). Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 795-897 (link). House Manual, Amendment XV (PDF). Constitution Annotated, Fifteenth Amendment (PDF). Wikipedia, Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| 15 | 347 | 40/3 | 17 | 1 Mar. 1869 | Joint Resolution in regard to the publication of postal conventions made with foreign countries. |
| 15 | 347-348 | 40/3 | 21 | 3 Mar. 1869 | A Resolution giving the Assent of the United States to the Construction of the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge. Post road. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 15 | 357b | 40/2 | 39 | 30 Mar. 1868 | An Act for the Relief of Henry Greathouse and Samuel Kelly. Mail contractors. |
| 15 | 357c | 40/2 | 40 | 30 Mar. 1868 | An Act for the Relief of William Shunk. Postmaster. |
| 15 | 369e | 40/2 | 94 | 25 June 1868 | An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Jessup, Postmaster at York, Pennsylvania. |
| 15 | 409c | 40/2 | 309 | 27 July 1868 | An Act for the Relief of Palemon John. Revenue stamp agent. |
| 15 | 439e | 40/3 | 40 | 19 Feb. 1869 | An Act for the Relief of William Grant Powers. Hospitalization. |
| 15 | 454d | 40/3 | 119 | 1 Mar. 1869 | An Act for the Relief of Edwin B. Hoag. Mail contractor. |
| 15 | 461b | 40/3 | 174 | 8 Mar. 1869 | An Act for the Relief of Reverend D. Hillhouse Buel. Mail losses. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 15 | 434a | 40/2 | 86 | 27 July 1868 | A Resolution for the Relief of Jonathan S. Turner. Inadvertent omission of one 5-cent revenue stamp. |
| 15 | 464-465 | 40/3 | 30 | 3 Mar. 1869 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of Henry S. Gibbons, Luther McNeal, and Seth M. Gates. Postmasters. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 15 | 505-511 | 19 Feb. 1867 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Sissiton and Warpeton Bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians. Mail stations, Art. 2, 10. |
| 15 | 581-587 | 21 Oct. 1867 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Kiowa and Comanche Tribes of Indians. Mail stations, Art. 11 part 6. |
| 15 | 593-599 | 28 Oct. 1867 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians. Mail stations, Art. 11 part 6. |
| 15 | 635-647 | 29 Apr. 1868 | Treaty between the United States of America and different Tribes of Sioux Indians. Mail stations, Art. 11 part 6. |
| 15 | 667-672 | 1 June 1868 | Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians. Mail stations, Art. 9 part 6. |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 15 18.2 |
539-544 671-673 |
30 Mar. 1867 20 June 1867 |
Treaty concerning the Cession of the
Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the
Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of
America. Alaska. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1521-1524. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 11, p. 1216-1219. Wikipedia, Department of Alaska. Commemorative postage stamp -- Alaska Purchase, 30 Mar. 1967 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 15 16 |
545-548 833-836 |
18 June 1867 | Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 18.2 |
549-562 566-572 |
21 June 1867 | Treaty of Friendship,
Commerce, and Navigation, between the United States of
America and the Republic of Nicaragua. Post
Office packets, Art. 2, p. 550. US mails across
Nicaragua, Art. 15, p. 559; Art. 17, p. 560. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1279-1287. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 10, p. 337-346. |
| 15 16 |
563-564 1107-1108 |
10 Aug. 1867 12 Nov. 1867 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Colonial Government of
Hong Kong. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 16 |
565-568 923-926 |
21 Aug. 1867 | Convention for the Regulation
of the Postal Intercourse between the United States of
America and Belgium. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 16 |
569-572 1063-1066 |
26 Sep. 1867 | Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the Netherlands. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 16 |
573-576 1031-1034 |
11 Oct. 1867 | Convention for the
Amelioration of the Postal Intercourse between the United
States of America and the Swiss Confederation. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 16 |
577-580 979-982 |
21 Oct. 1867 | Convention agreed upon
between the Post Departments of the United States of
America and of the North German Union for the Amelioration
of the Postal Service between the two Countries. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 16 |
601-604 1009-1012 |
8 Nov. 1867 | Articles agreed upon between
the Post Department of the United States of America ...
and the Postal Administration of the Kingdom of Italy, ... Further notes with vol. 16. |
| 15 16 |
691-692 849-850 |
28 July 1868 | Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. Further notes with vol. 16. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 15 | 699-700 | 3 | 7 Sep. 1867 | Offering and extending full pardon to all persons participating in the late rebellion, and restoration of rights to all, excepting three classes. |
| 15 | 702-703 | 6 | 4 July 1868 | Declaring a full pardon to all persons participating in the late rebellion, those under indictment for treason or felony excepted. |
| 15 | 711-712 | 15 | 25 Dec. 1868 | Granting full pardon and amnesty to all persons engaged in the late rebellion. |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 41st
12 – 22 Apr. 18694 Mar. 1869 – 10 Apr. 1869
6 Dec. 1869 – 15 July 1870
5 Dec. 1870 – 3 Mar. 1871p. 1-58
p. 59-394
p. 395-602p. 603-606
p. 607-674
p. 675-70641st
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-xxxiv, 1-1314
Serial Set, House Journal, 1400, 1410, 1444; Senate Journal, 1392, 1392, 1404, 1439
House Journal, 41/1, 41/2, 41/3
Senate Journal, 41/1, 41/sp, 41/2, 41/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 17, 41/1, 41/sp, 41/2, 41/3
Volume 16 pages Congress 41 all (83.5 MB), reduced (54.2 MB) session 1 session 2 session 3 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xx iii-xx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xxi-xxix xxi-xxix ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxx-xxxiii xxx-xxxiii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxxiv xxxiv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-602 --- 1-58 59-394 395-602 private acts and resolutions 603-706 --- 603-606 607-674 675-706 treaties and conventions 707-1124 707-1124 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 1125-1138 1125-1138 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 16 1139-1314 1139-1314 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 16 | 9-13 | 41/1 | 15 | 10 Apr. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations to supply deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes. Post-Office Dept., p. 9, 11. |
| 16 | 48-50 | 41/1 | 30 | 10 Apr. 1869 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 16 | 69-75 | 41/2 | 22 | 5 Mar. 1870 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 16 | 78-79 | 41/2 | 33 | 25 Mar. 1870 | An Act to incorporate the Washington Mail Steamboat Company. |
| 16 16 |
81-82 168 |
41/2 41/2 |
46 166 |
6 Apr. 1870 28 June 1870 |
(1) An Act giving the
Consent of the United States to the Erection of a Bridge
across the Delaware River, between Philadelphia and
Camden. (2) An Act declaring the Bridge between Philadelphia and Camden a Post-Route. |
| 16 | 83-90 | 41/2 | 56 | 20 Apr. 1870 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes. Post-Office Dept., p. 84, 89. Post office construction and repairs, p. 84, 85. Expenses of House committee on the Post Office and post roads, p. 86. |
| 16 | 98-116 | 41/2 | 80 | 5 May 1870 | An Act to provide for the Creation of Corporations in the District of Columbia by General Law. Mail transport, § 30, p. 115. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | The Ninth Census (1870) was conducted under
the Act of 23 May 1850, 9 Stat. 428. Resolution, 22 Dec. 1869, 16 Stat. 367. Additional, 6 May 1870, 16 Stat. 118. Apportionment, 2 Feb. 1872, 17 Stat. 28 (population required for statehood, § 5); 30 May 1872, 17 Stat. 192. Wikipedia, 1870 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1870 Census, Overview, Publications, Bulletins. The census reference date was 1 June 1870. |
| 16 | 149 | 41/2 | 125 | 8 June 1870 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads in the State of Alabama, and for other Purposes. |
| 16 | 162-165 | 41/2 | 150 | 22 June 1870 | An Act to establish the Department of Justice. Auditor of the Post Office, § 7, p. 163. |
| 16 | 173 | 41/2 | 176 | 30 June 1870 | An Act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge across the Niagara river. Post road. |
| 16 | 185-186 | 41/2 | 195 | 1 July 1870 | An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas river at Little Rock, Arkansas. Post road, § 3, 4. |
| 16 | 198-217 | 41/2 | 230 | 8 July 1870 | An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to Patents and Copyrights. Free franking, § 8, p. 199. Copyright registration by mail, § 90-96, p. 213-214 |
| 16 | 227-228 | 41/2 | 241 | 11 July 1870 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. |
| 16 | 230-251 | 41/2 | 251 | 12 July 1870 | An Act making Appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of
the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Postmaster to
the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public
printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept.,
Post-Office Department (p. 246-247). p. 233, "no envelopes, letter or note sheets, for the use of Congress or any department or officer, shall be printed from steel or copper-plate, or by lithographing."; compare to p. 571. |
| 16 | 274 | 41/2 | 258 | 14 July 1870 | An Act for the Relief of the United States and Brazil Steamship Company. Mail carrier. |
| 16 | 275 | 41/2 | 260 | 14 July 1870 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River upon the military Reservation at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." |
| 16 | 279-291 | 41/2 | 273 | 14 July 1870 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 16 | 291-310 | 41/2 | 292 | 15 July 1870 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes. Post office construction and repairs, p. 295-296, 303, 310. Post Office contractor, p. 307. |
| 16 | 311-315 | 41/2 | 293 | 15 July 1870 | An Act making additional Appropriations and to supply the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Years ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 312. |
| 16 | 364 | 41/2 | 300 | 15 July 1870 | An Act to provide for Inventories and Accounts of the Property of the United States in the public Buildings and Grounds belonging to the United States in the District of Columbia. |
| 16 | 365 | 41/2 | 302 | 15 July 1870 | An Act to provide for the Reports of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, and for other Purposes. Postmasters of the House and Senate. |
| 16 | 395-396 | 41/3 | 2 | 15 Dec. 1870 | An Act granting to the Utah Central Railroad Company a Right of Way through the public Lands for the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph. Post route, § 3. |
| 16 18 20 |
419-429 116-121 102-108 |
41/3 43/1 45/2 |
62 337 180 |
21 Feb. 1871 20 June 1874 11 June 1878 |
(1) An Act to provide a Government for
the District of Columbia. Essentially a
territorial government, effective 1 June 1871. A
Delegate to the House of Representatives was allowed, § 34. (2) An act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (1), repealed and replaced. The Delegate to the House was withdrawn at the end of the current Congress. (3) An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia. Wikipedia, District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871. |
| 16 | 430 | 41/3 | 67 | 24 Feb. 1871 | An Act to authorize the Union Pacific Railroad Company to issue its Bonds to construct a Bridge across the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Post road. |
| 16 | 460-470 | 41/3 | 101 | 28 Feb. 1871 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 16 | 473-474 | 41/3 | 110 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi river at Louisiana, Missouri, and also a bridge over the Missouri river at Glasgow, in said State. Post route. |
| 16 | 475-495 | 41/3 | 113 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer, Auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Dept., Post-Office Department (p. 490-491). |
| 16 | 495-515 | 41/3 | 114 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations
for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and
for other Purposes. Telegrams, p. 507.
Post office construction, p. 509; § 6, 514. Census, §
8, p. 514. Civil Service Commission, § 9, p. 514 (not
renewed). |
| 16 | 515-521 | 41/3 | 115 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Years ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and for former Years, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 515-516. Post-Office Dept., p. 518-519. |
| 16 | 544-571 | 41/3 | 120 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations for the
current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department,
and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian
Tribes, for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, and for other Purposes. Following a long list of appropriations according to treaty obligations, on p. 566, "... Provided, That hereafter no Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty : Provided, further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to invalidate or impair the obligation of any tribe heretofore lawfully made and ratified with any such Indian nation or tribe." See also, § 2, 3, p. 570-571. Agreements were thus used in place of treaties, giving the House a role in their formulation. |
| 16 | 571-573 | 41/3 | 121 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other Purposes. Post route, § 5. |
| 16 | 573-579 | 41/3 | 122 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid in the Construction of its Road, and for other Purposes. Post road, § 19, p. 578-579. |
| 16 | 587-588 | 41/3 | 141 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act to provide for a Building suited to the Use of the Post-Office, the Pension and Revenue Officers, and the judicial Officers of the United States, in the City of Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 16 | 53 | 41/1 | 10 | 7 Apr. 1869 | Joint Resolution authorizing the Building of a Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky. Post road. |
| 16 | 370 | 41/2 | 22 | 16 Mar. 1870 | Joint Resolution making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for contingent Expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Mail carriers. |
| 16 | 372 | 41/2 | 33 | 7 Apr. 1870 | Joint Resolution directing an Inquiry into the Loss of the United States Steamer "Oneida". Collision with a mail steamer. |
| 16 | 374-375 | 41/2 | 47 | 5 May 1870 | A Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to prescribe an earlier Time for the Execution of Contracts by accepted Bidders, and for other Purposes. |
| 16 | 388 | 41/2 | 111 | 14 July 1870 | Joint Resolution granting the Evansville and Southern Illinois Railroad Company the Right to build a Bridge across the Big Wabash River. Post road. |
| 16 | 598-599 | 41/3 | 42 | 24 Feb. 1871 | Joint Resolution for the Relief of John E. Hagerty, of St. Louis, Missouri. Mail contractor. |
| 16 | 599-600 | 41/3 | 48 | 3 Mar. 1871 | Joint Resolution granting the Chicago and Illinois Southern Railroad Company the right to build a bridge across the Wabash river and declaring the same a post-road. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 16 | 634b | 41/2 | 52 | 12 Apr. 1870 | An Act for the Relief of Samuel F. Butterworth and Others. Sureties. |
| 16 | 642c | 41/2 | 154 | 23 June 1870 | An Act for the Relief of William H. Murphy, of Farmington, Missouri. Mail contractor. |
| 16 | 652a | 41/2 | 249 | 11 July 1870 | An act to relieve the estate held by Louis M. Edge from succession tax and stamp tax. |
| 16 | 654a | 41/2 | 279 | 14 July 1870 | An Act for the Relief of J. Alden Rathbun, Postmaster of Mystic Bridge, Connecticut. |
| 16 | 655-656 | 41/2 | 288 | 14 July 1870 | An Act for the Relief of the Trustees of Albert G. Sloo. Mail contractor. |
| 16 | 656d | 41/2 | 306 | 15 July 1870 | An Act for the Relief of Rittenhouse P. Finck. Postal agent. |
| 16 | 657d | 41/2 | 310 | 15 July 1870 | An Act for the Relief of L.F. Larkin, of Weldon, North Carolina. Postmaster. |
| 16 | 675a | 41/3 | 4 | 20 Dec. 1870 | An Act for the Relief of Alfred E. Brooks, Postmaster at Ilion, New York. |
| 16 | 676-677 | 41/3 | 13 | 22 Dec. 1870 | An Act for the Relief of Richard P. Spencer. Lost mail. |
| 16 | 699a | 41/3 | 192 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act for the Relief of A.A. Vance, Postmaster at Morristown, New Jersey. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 16 | 668d | 41/2 | 85 | 24 June 1870 | A Resolution for the Relief of Lewis D. Smith. Postmaster. |
| 16 | 670a | 41/2 | 122 | 14 July 1870 | A Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to continue to use in the postal Service a certain Invention and Device for the Post-marking of Mail Packages and for the more permanent Cancellation of Postage-Stamps, and to make a just and equitable Compensation for the past and future Use of the same by the Post-Office Department. |
| 16 | 673b | 41/2 | 142 | 15 July 1870 | Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning. Mail contractor. |
| 16 | 702c | 41/3 | 26 | 9 Feb. 1871 | Joint Resolution repealing the Joint Resolution approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled a "Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to adjust the Accounts of George Chorpenning." |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 16 | 783-788 783-870 |
15 Dec. 1848 1848-1869 |
Convention
between the United States of America and her Majesty the
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
for the Improvement of the Communication by Post between
their respective Territories. Effective 15 Feb.
1849. Originally printed as 9 Stat. 965. Miller, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 461-506, with extensive notes, p. 468-506. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 12, p. 98-104. British Parliamentary Papers, 1849 [1012] LI.39. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 36, p. 443-449. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 8, p. 937-944. Avalon Project, transcribed. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1848Act.pdf |
| 16 | 788-806 | 14 May 1849 | Articles Agreed upon ... Effective 1 July 1849. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 37, p. 46-64. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 8, p. 951-964. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1849, p. 802-841 (link). |
| 16 | 807-809 | 3 Dec. 1852 27 Dec. 1852 |
Additional Articles ...
[mail for the West Indies] Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1853, p. 746-750 (link). |
| 16 | 810 | 19 May 1853 3 June 1853 |
Additional Articles ... Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 9, p. 770-771. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1853, p. 751 (link). 110 CTS 319. |
| 16 | 811-813 | 10 Aug. 1853 7 Sep. 1853 |
Additional Articles ... Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 12, p. 927-929. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1853, p. 752-755 (link). |
| 16 | 814-815 | 25 Nov. 1853 12 Dec. 1853 |
Additional Articles ... Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 12, p. 930-931. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1854, p. 663-664 (link). |
| 16 | 815-822 | 20 Mar. 1856 9 Apr. 1856 |
Additional Articles ... British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 46, p. 5-8. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 10, p. 663-666. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1856, p. 790-802 (link). |
| 16 | 823-824 | 25 May 1858 17 June 1858 |
Additional Articles ... |
| 16 | 824-825 | 11 Jan. 1859 3 Feb. 1859 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1859, p. 1436 (link). |
| 16 | 825 | 25 Nov. 1859 14 Dec. 1859 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 453-454 (link). |
| 16 | 826 | 28 June 1860 21 July 1860 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 484 (link). |
| 16 | 827 | 13 Aug. 1860 1 Sep. 1860 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 485 (link). |
| 16 | 828 | 7 July 1862 30 July 1862 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1862, p. 165 (link) |
| 16 | 829 | 26 Dec. 1862 12 Mar. 1863 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1863, p. 32-33 (link). |
| 16 | 830 | 26 Sep. 1863 19 Oct. 1863 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1863, p. 31-32 (link). |
| 16 | 831 | 6 Aug. 1864 10 Sep. 1864 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1864, p. 55-56 (link). |
| 16 | 832 | 25 Oct. 1865 11 Nov. 1865 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1865, p. 57 (link). |
| 16 | 833-836 | 18 June 1867 | Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. Effective 1 Oct. 1867 and 1
Jan. 1868 (Art. 20). Originally printed as 15 Stat. 545. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 57, p. 152-157. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 914-918. British version, https://archive.org/details/cihm_23401 same, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t6f19jm5b Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1866, p. 6-7 (ref); 1867, p. 18-20 (link), 97-100 (link); 1868, p. 17-18 (ref). |
| 16 | 837-848 | 9 Aug. 1867 5 Sep. 1867 |
Detailed Regulations ... British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 57, p. 157-169. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 918-930. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 100-111 (link). |
| 16 | 849-850 | 28 July 1868 14 Aug. 1868 |
Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. Mails to the Straits
Settlements and British East Indies. Originally printed as 15 Stat. 691. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 58, p. 72-74. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 932-933. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 239-240 (link). |
| 16 | 851-855 | 7 Nov. 1868 24 Nov. 1868 |
Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. Effective 1 Jan. 1869. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 58, p. 74-79. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 933-939. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 240-245 (link). |
| 16 | 855-868 | 7 Nov. 1868 24 Nov. 1868 |
Detailed Regulations ... British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 58, p. 80-94. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 939-953. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 245-259 (link). |
| 16 | 869-870 | 3 Dec. 1869 14 Dec. 1869 |
Additional Convention ...
Effective 1 Jan. 1870. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 59, p. 375-376. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 955-956. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 97-98 (link), p. 105-106 (link). |
| -- | -- | 11 Aug. 1869 4 Sep. 1869 |
Convention between the General Post Office
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
General Post Office of the United States of America.
Mails to British Honduras. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 59, p. 374-375. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 954-955. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 94-95 (link). |
| 16 | 871-889 871-898 |
2 Mar. 1857 1857-1861 |
Postal Convention between the
United States and France. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1857, p. 1022-1046 (link). About attempts to replace this convention, see the Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 18-19 (ref); 1869, p. 20-23 (ref); 1870, p. 21 (ref); 1871, p. xxii (ref); 1872, p. 18 (ref); 1873, p. xviii-xix (ref). Also, letter of the Postmaster General to the Senate, 10 Jan. 1870 (link). |
| 16 | 890-898 | 22 Feb. 1861 8 Mar. 1861 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1861, p. 40-49 (link). |
| 16 | 899-917 899-952 |
21 Dec. 1859 1859-1870 |
[Postal] Convention between
the United States of America and His Majesty the King of
the Belgians. Effective 1 Mar. 1860. Originally printed as 12 Stat. 1117. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 5, p. 459-467. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 4, p. 16-26 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 454-483 (link). George E. Hargest, Mails Between Belgium and the United States, Chronicle, Feb. 1968, vol. 20, no. 1, whole no. 57, p. 32-37. |
| 16 | 918-922 | 31 July 1863 | Articles Additional ... |
| 16 | 923-926 | 21 Aug. 1867 | Convention for the Regulation
of the Postal Intercourse between the United States of
America and Belgium. Effective 1 Jan.
1868. Remained in force until 1937 (ref). Originally printed as 15 Stat. 565. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 7, p. 177-184 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 111-115 (link). |
| 16 | 927-950 | 25 Nov. 1867 26 Nov. 1867 |
Detailed Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 98-128 (link). |
| 16 | 951-952 | 1 Mar. 1870 | Additional Convention to the
Convention for the Regulation of the Postal Intercourse
between the United States of America and Belgium, signed
at Brussels the twenty-first day of August, A.D. eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven. Effective 15 Mar. 1870. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 8, p. 243-245 (link), in French and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 100-101 (link), p. 108-109 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
29 Mar. 1847 26 June 1847 13 Sep. 1847 |
Arrangement between the Post Office
Department of the United States and the Post Office
Department of the Hanseatic republic of Bremen, ... Regulations for the international postal arrangements agreed upon between the United States and Bremen. Report of the Postmaster General, communicating The particulars of the postal arrangement with Bremen, 6 Feb. 1849 (link). The first American mail steamer line to Europe departed 1 June 1847, from New York to Southampton to Bremerhaven. |
| 16 | 953-955 953-957 |
4 Aug. 1853 1853-1864 |
Postal Convention between the
United States and Bremen. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1853, p. 756-758 (link). |
| 16 | 955-956 | 17 May 1855 | Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1855, p. 369-370 (link). |
| 16 | 956 | 23 Aug. 1860 | Additional Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 486 (link). |
| 16 | 957 | 23 Nov. 1860 | Additional Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 487 (link). |
| 16 | 957 | 28 Mar. 1864 | Additional Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1864, p. 56 (link). |
| 16 | 958-960 958-962 |
12 June 1857 30 June 1857 1857-1864 |
Postal Convention between the
United States and Hamburg. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1857, p. 1047-1050 (link). |
| 16 | 960-961 | 23 Aug. 1860 | Additional Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1860, p. 486-487 (link). |
| 16 | 961-962 | 11 Nov. 1863 | Additional Articles ... |
| 16 | 962 | 28 Mar. 1864 | Additional Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1864, p. 56 (link). |
| 16 | 963-975 963-978 |
17 July 1852 26 Aug. 1852 1852-1860 |
Postal Convention between the
United States and Prussia. Noted, Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1852, p. 644-645 (link). |
| 16 | 976-977 | 29 Aug. 1855 14 Oct. 1855 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1855, p. 371-372 (link). |
| 16 | 978 | 28 Dec. 1860 24 Apr. 1861 |
Additional Articles ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1861, p. 50 (link). |
| 16 | 979-982 979-1004 |
21 Oct. 1867 1867-1870 |
Convention agreed upon
between the Post Departments of the United States of
America and of the North German Union for the Amelioration
of the Postal Service between the two Countries. Effective
1 Jan. 1868. Originally printed as 15 Stat. 577. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 118-122 (link). |
| 16 | 983-1002 | 30 June 1868 22 July 1868 |
Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 207-238 (link). |
| 16 | 1003-1004 | 7 Apr. 1870 23 Apr. 1870 |
Additional Convention ...
Effective 1 July 1870. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 105-106 (link), p. 113-114 (link). |
| -- | -- | 10 June 1870 28 June 1870 |
Regulations ... Effective 1 July 1870. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 106-131 (link), p. 114-139 (link). |
| 16 | 1005-1008 1005-1030 |
8 July 1863 1863-1870 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and Italy. Ratifications exchanged 14 June 1866. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1866, p. 6 (ref), 57-61 (link). |
| 16 | 1009-1012 | 8 Nov. 1867 | Articles agreed upon ... Effective 1 Apr. 1868. Originally printed as 15 Stat. 601. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 125-129 (link). |
| 16 | 1013-1026 | 19 Mar. 1868 2 May 1868 |
Detailed Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 189-206 (link). |
| 16 | 1027-1028 | 1 May 1869 25 May 1869 |
Amended Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 95-96 (link). |
| 16 | 1029-1030 | 16 Jan. 1870 8 Feb. 1870 |
Additional Convention ...
Effective 15 Feb. 1870. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 99-100 (link), p. 107-108 (link). |
| 16 | 1031-1034 1031-1062 |
11 Oct. 1867 1867-1870 |
Convention for the
Amelioration of the Postal Intercourse between the United
States of America and the Swiss Confederation. Effective
1 Apr. 1868. Originally printed as 15 Stat. 573. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 122-125 (link). See also, Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 17 (ref); 1869, p. 30 (ref). |
| 16 | 1035-1054 | 28 Nov. 1867 | Regulations Agreed upon ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 161-188 (link). |
| 16 | 1055-1058 | 12 Oct. 1867 | Convention for the further
Amelioration of the Postal Intercourse between the United
States of America and the Swiss Confederation, by means of
International Money-Orders issued by their respective
Postal Administrations. Exchanges initiated 1 Sep. 1869. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 30 (ref), 97-99 (link). |
| -- | -- | 2 July 1869 26 July 1869 |
Detailed regulations ... .
Money orders. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 99-101 (link). |
| -- | -- | 1 Sep. 1869 | Instructions to postmasters ... . Money
orders. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 101-104 (link). |
| 16 | 1059-1060 | 6 Mar. 1869 26 Mar. 1869 |
Additional Article To the Regulation of
Detail and Order ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 95 (link). |
| 16 | 1061-1062 | 7 Feb. 1870 13 Apr. 1870 |
Additional Convention ...
Effective 1 May 1870. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 101 (link), p. 109 (link). |
| 16 | 1063-1066 1063-1094 |
26 Sep. 1867 1867-1870 |
Convention between the
General Post-Office of the United States of America and
the General Post-Office of the Netherlands. Effective
1 Jan. 1868. Originally printed as 15 Stat. 569. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 6, p. 67-75 (link), in Dutch and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 115-118 (link). |
| 16 | 1067-1092 | 26 Nov. 1867 | Detailed Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 129-160 (link). |
| -- | -- | 10 Jan. 1870 29 Jan. 1870 |
Additional convention ... Effective 1 Feb. 1871. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 6, p. 288-289 (link), in Dutch and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 99 (link), p. 107 (link). |
| 16 | 1093-1094 | 23 May 1870 15 June 1870 |
Amended Article ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 133 (link), p. 141 (link). |
| 16 | 1095-1097 1095-1098 |
25 Mar. 1851 1851-1856 |
Postal Convention between the
United States and Canada. Effective 6 Apr. 1851. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1164-1167. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 435-438. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1851, p. 466-468 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 40-42 (link). |
| 16 | 1097-1098 | 25 Aug. 1856 28 Aug. 1856 |
Additional Articles ... British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1167-1169. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 438-439. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1856, p. 803-804 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 43-44 (link). |
| -- | -- | ??? | Canada and Prince Edward Island, rate
modified, effective 1 Apr. 1868. See, Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, p. 19 (ref). |
| 16 | 1099-1102 | 11 Dec. 1861 | Postal Convention between the
United States and Mexico. Originally printed as 12 Stat. 1205. Arizona Territory Legislation, 1865, Appendix, p. 488-491 (link). Miller, Treaties, vol. 8, p. 661-679. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 9, p. 821-825. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1861, p. 8-9 (link). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1862, p. 159-162 (link). Avalon Project, transcribed. An earlier convention, 31 July 1861, was submitted to the Senate, but not approved (ref, ref, ref). For the text, see Miller, Treaties, vol. 8, p. 674-677. |
| 16 | 1102 | 4 July 1862 | Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1862, p. 162-163 (link). |
| 16 | 1103-1104 | 4 June 1862 16 July 1862 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Republic of Guatemala. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1862, p. 163-164 (link). |
| -- | -- | 9 June 1862 | Postal convention with Costa Rica, submitted to the Senate 12 July 1862 (ref, ref); did not take effect. |
| 16 | 1105-1106 | 19 July 1865 26 June 1866 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and Venezuela. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1866, p. 61-63 (link). |
| 16 | 1107-1108 | 10 Aug. 1867 12 Nov. 1867 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Colonial Government of
Hong Kong, China. Effective 1 Nov. 1867. Originally printed as 15 Stat. 563. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 65, p. 1280-1282. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 1227-1229. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, p. 129-130 (link). See also, Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, p. 22 (ref). |
| 16 | 1109-1112 | 14 Mar. 1870 | Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Empire of Brazil. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 102-105 (link), p. 110-113 (link). |
| 16 | 1113-1114 | 4 May 1870 | Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Effective 1 July 1870. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 132-133 (link), p. 140-141 (link). |
| 16 | 1115-1118 | 9 June 1870 25 July 1870 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Provinces of Vancouver's
Island and British Columbia. Effective 1 July
1870. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 68, p. 63-66. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 442-445. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 133-136 (link), p. 141-144 (link). |
| 16 | 1119-1120 | 20 July 1870 5 Oct. 1870 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Republic of Salvador. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 136-137 (link), p. 144-145 (link). |
| 16 | 1121-1124 | 3 Aug. 1870 5 Oct. 1870 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Colonial Government of
New Zealand. Effective 1 Dec. 1870. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 68, p. 60-63. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 445-447. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1870, p. 137-139 (link), p. 145-147 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 50-52 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 42nd
10 – 27 May 18714 Mar. 1871 – 20 Apr. 1871
4 Dec. 1871 – 10 June 1872
2 Dec. 1872 – 3 Mar. 1873p. 1-22
p. 23-396
p. 397-640p. 641-644
p. 645-708
p. 709-79442nd
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Congressional GlobeContents, p. i-xl, 1-1132
Serial Set, House Journal, 1469, 1501, 1501; Senate Journal, 1465, 1465, 1473, 1544
House Journal, 42/1, 42/2, 42/3
Senate Journal, 42/1, 42/sp, 42/2, 42/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 18, 42/1, 42/sp, 42/2, 42/3
Volume 17 pages Congress 42 all (75.6 MB), reduced (44.1 MB) session 1 session 2 session 3 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xxiii iii-xxiii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xxiv-xxxvi xxiv-xxxvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions [xxxviii]-[xxxix] [xxxviii]-[xxxix] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations [xxxvii] [xxxvii] ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions 1-640 --- 1-22 23-396 397-640 private acts and resolutions 641-794 --- 641-644 645-708 709-794 treaties and conventions 795-948 795-948 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ appendix - proclamations 949-958 949-958 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 17 959-1132 959-1132 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 17 | 5-12 | 42/1 | 21 | 20 Apr. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for additional Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other Purposes. Mail carrier, p. 7-8. Post office construction, p. 8. |
| 17 | 17 | 42/1 | 27 | 20 Apr. 1871 | An Act to establish certain Post-Roads. |
| 17 | 17-18 | 42/1 | 28 | 20 Apr. 1871 | An Act to establish Post-Routes. |
| 17 | 24-25 | 42/2 | 5 | 21 Dec. 1871 | An Act for the Construction of a public Building at Chicago, Illinois. Post-office. |
| 17 | 25-27 | 42/2 | 6 | 16 Jan. 1872 | An Act to establish Post-roads. |
| 17 | 27 | 42/2 | 7 | 16 Jan. 1872 | An Act to establish Post-roads. |
| 17 | 30 | 42/2 | 14 | 2 Feb. 1872 | An Act to establish certain Post-Routes in the State of Iowa. |
| 17 | 30 | 42/2 | 18 | 12 Feb. 1872 | An Act establishing certain Post-roads in Vermont. |
| 17 | 31 | 42/2 | 20 | 20 Feb. 1872 | An Act making Appropriations to supply a Deficiency in the Appropriations for Salaries and contingent Expenses of the Post-office Department for the current fiscal Year. |
| 17 | 32-33 | 42/2 | 24 | 1 Mar. 1872 | An Act to set apart a certain Tract of
Land lying near the Head-waters of the Yellowstone River
as a public Park. Yellowstone National Park. Consolidated Index, vol. 4, p. 4462-4463 (link). Commemorative postage stamp -- National Parks Centennial, 1 Mar. 1972 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). Land had previously been granted to California in the Yosemite Valley "for public use, resort, and recreation" (30 June 1864, 13 Stat. 325). The Hot Springs in Arkansas had previously been set aside as a federal reserve (20 Apr. 1832, 4 Stat. 505). |
| 17 | 33-34 | 42/2 | 28 | 5 Mar. 1872 | An Act to authorize the
Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River at or
near St. Joseph, Missouri. Post-route, § 3. Amended, 1 May 1872, 17 Stat. 58. |
| 17 | 39 | 42/2 | 45 | 12 Mar. 1872 | An Act to authorize the Purchase of a Site for a public Building at Cincinnati, Ohio. Post office. |
| 17 | 39 | 42/2 | 46 | 12 Mar. 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a fire-proof Building at Albany, New York. Post office. |
| 17 | 41-42 | 42/2 | 58 | 18 Mar. 1872 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for a Building suited to the Use of the Post-office, the Pension and Revenue Officers, and the judicial Officers of the United States, in the City of Trenton, New Jersey," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. |
| 17 | 42 | 42/2 | 59 | 18 Mar. 1872 | An Act for the Construction of an Addition to the United States Courthouse and Post-office Building in Indianapolis, Indiana, and for the Purchase of additional Ground adjourning the Site of said Building. |
| 17 | 42-43 | 42/2 | 60 | 18 Mar. 1872 | An Act to provide for a Building for the Use of the Post-office, Custom-house, Pension-office, United States Circuit and District Courts, and internal Revenue Offices, at Hartford, Connecticut. |
| 17 | 43-44 | 42/2 | 65 | 27 Mar. 1872 | An Act appropriating Money
for the Purchase of a suitable Site, and erecting a
Building thereon, in the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, to
be used for the Purposes of a Custom-house, Post-office,
and other federal Offices. See previous, 16 Stat. 297, 17 Stat. 11-12. See next, 18 Stat. 304, 19 Stat. 7. Wikipedia, United States Custom House and Post Office (St. Louis, Missouri). The Old Post Office - St. Louis. Commemorative postal card -- Old Post Office, St. Louis, 14 Oct. 1982 (MSC). |
| 17 | 44-46 | 42/2 | 73 | 1 Apr. 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the Town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, and other Bridges across said River, and to establish them as Post-roads. Post routes, § 3, 6, 7, 8. Amended, 6 June 1874, 18.3 Stat. 62 § 4. |
| 17 | 56-57 | 42/2 | 125 | 27 Apr. 1872 | An Act relating to Proposals and Contracts for Transportation of the Mails, and for other Purposes. |
| 17 | 61-85 | 42/2 | 140 | 8 May 1872 | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes. Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage for the public printer (p. 64), Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Dept. (p. 68), Post-Office Department (p. 78). |
| 17 | 99-100 | 42/2 | 158 | 11 May 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River, at Boonville, Missouri. Post route, § 3. |
| 17 | 100-116 | 42/2 | 159 | 14 May 1872 | An Act to Establish certain Post-roads. |
| 17 | 118 | 42/2 | 163 | 15 May 1872 | An Act to authorize the West Wisconsin Railway Company to keep up and maintain a Bridge for Railway Purposes across Lake Saint Croix, at the City of Hudson, in the State of Wisconsin. Post road. |
| 17 | 120-121 | 42/2 | 170 | 17 May 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of certain Bridges across the Mississippi River, and to establish the same as Post-roads. Post route, § 3. |
| 17 | 121-122 | 42/2 | 171 | 17 May 1872 | An Act authorizing the Erection of a public Building in Rockland, Maine. Post office. |
| 17 | 122-134 | 42/2 | 172 | 18 May 1872 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for former Years, and for other Purposes. Post offices, p. 126. Payments to Post Office employee, contractor, p. 127. |
| 17 | 140 | 42/2 | 188 | 21 May 1872 | An Act authorizing the Construction of a public Building at Fall River, in the State of Massachusetts. Post office. |
| 17 | 142 | 42/2 | 193 | 22 May 1872 | An Act to remove political Disabilities
imposed by the fourteenth Article of the Amendments of the
Constitution of the United States. For the case of John H. Reagan, see 27 Dec. 1873, 18 Stat. 529a. |
| 17 | 160-162 | 42/2 | 213 | 25 May 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge, and to establish the same as a Post-road. Mississippi River at Fort Madison, Iowa. Post route, § 3. |
| 17 | 193-194 | 42/2 | 242 | 31 May 1872 | An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Arkansas River, at Little Rock, Arkansas. Post route, § 3. |
| 17 | 194 | 42/2 | 243 | 31 May 1872 | An Act to provide for a Building for the Use of the Post-office, United States circuit and district Courts, and internal Revenue Offices, at Utica, New York. |
| 17 | 199-202 | 42/2 | 256 | 1 June 1872 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-office Department for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Married women as postmasters, p. 201. |
| 17 | 215 | 42/2 | 281 | 4 June 1872 | An Act further regulating the Construction of Bridges across the Mississippi River. Refers to 17 Stat. 44; no apparent postal import. |
| 17 | 219 | 42/2 | 285 | 4 June 1872 | An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to aid in the Construction of Telegraph Lines, and to secure to the Government the Use of the same for postal, military, and other Purposes," approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. International Ocean Telegraph Co. |
| 17 | 222-223 | 42/2 | 291 | 4 June 1872 | An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River opposite to or within the corporate Limits of Nebraska City, Nebraska. Post route, § 4. |
| 17 | 223-224 | 42/2 | 292 | 4 June 1872 | An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River at Brownville, Nebraska. Post route, § 3. |
| 17 | 224-225 | 42/2 | 293 | 4 June 1872 | An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands for the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph in Florida. Post route, § 2. |
| 17 | 280 | 42/2 | 323 | 7 June 1872 | An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Jacksonville and Saint Augustine Railroad Company. Post road. |
| 17 | 280-281 | 42/2 | 324 | 7 June 1872 | An Act to provide for a Building for the Use of the federal Courts, Post-office, internal Revenue, and other civil Offices, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| 17 | 283-330 | 42/2 | 335 | 8 June 1872 | An
Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes
relating to the Post-office Department. § 20, p. 287, postal conventions, to be printed. § 167, p. 304, authority for postal conventions. § 170, p. 305, postal cards authorized. § 184, p. 306-307, free mail matter. § 301, p. 323, the first US Mail Fraud statute. § 327, p. 326-330, "The following acts and parts of acts ... are repealed ...". https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1872Act.pdf Transcribed, https://www.jcampbell.com/docs-ref/us/187206_code.pdf Wikipedia, Post Office Act (1872) Organized by topic, see Postal Laws and Regulations, 1873, p. 3, 5-140 (link). Preliminary version, The Statutes Relating to the Postal Service, ..., Washington, 1869, 6 + 76 p. (ref). The Post Office was established as an Executive Department, giving the Postmaster General formal Cabinet status. |
| 17 | 340-341 | 42/2 | 359 | 8 June 1872 | An Act granting the Right of Way through the public Lands to the Pensacola and Louisville Railroad Company of Alabama. Post road. |
| 17 | 342 | 42/2 | 362 | 8 June 1872 | An Act authorizing the Construction of a public Building at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Use of the Post-office and United States Courts in said City. |
| 17 | 347-369 | 42/2 | 415 | 10 June 1872 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes. Mail contractors, p. 350-352; post offices, p. 352-353; railroad, p. 358. |
| 17 | 378 | 42/2 | 420 | 10 June 1872 | An Act to prevent and punish the Obstruction of the Administration of Justice in the Courts of the United States. Threatening letters. |
| 17 | 379-380 | 42/2 | 422 | 10 June 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the City of Red Wing, in the State of Minnesota, and to establish it as a Post-road. Post route, § 3. |
| 17 | 382-387 | 42/2 | 427 | 10 June 1872 | An Act to establish certain Post-roads. |
| 17 | 387 | 42/2 | 428 | 10 June 1872 | An Act for the Construction of a Custom-house, bonded Warehouse, and Post-office at Port Huron, Michigan. The post office is mentioned only in the title. |
| 17 | 390 | 42/2 | 433 | 10 June 1872 | An Act to provide for the Erection of a Building suitable for the Use of the United States Courts, Post-office, and other necessary Government Offices, at Raleigh, North Carolina. |
| 17 | 397 | 42/3 | 1 | 10 Dec. 1872 | An Act making an Appropriation for the Repairs, Furnishing, and Ornamentation of the United States Custom-house and Post-office in Bath, Maine. |
| 17 | 398-400 | 42/3 | 4 | 17 Dec. 1872 | An Act to authorize the Construction of Bridges across the Ohio River, and to prescribe the Dimensions of the same. Post route, § 6. |
| 17 | 400-401 | 42/3 | 12 | 24 Dec. 1872 | An Act authorizing the Construction of Railroad-bridges across the Mobile River and other navigable Streams tributary to Mobile Bay, in Accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, and to establish them as Post-roads. |
| 17 | 405-406 | 42/3 | 18 | 8 Jan. 1873 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes. Postal cards, p. 405. |
| 17 | 406-407 | 42/3 | 21 | 9 Jan. 1873 | An Act to amend the one
hundred and thirty-third Section of an Act approved June
eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An Act
to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to
the Post-office Department." Third-class mail to
be prepaid by postage stamps. |
| 17 | 411 | 42/3 | 38 | 16 Jan. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Erection of a public Building at Evansville, Indiana. |
| 17 | 413-415 | 42/3 | 46 | 22 Jan. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad Company to extend a Railroad into and within the District of Columbia. Mails, § 6. |
| 17 | 416 | 42/3 | 49 | 23 Jan. 1873 | An Act establishing Post-routes in the State of Maine. |
| 17 | 419 | 42/3 | 65 | 24 Jan. 1873 | An Act to provide for the Erection of a public Building at Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 17 | 419 | 42/3 | 66 | 24 Jan. 1873 | An Act to pay the County of Ontario, in the State of New York, the Sum of eighteen thousand Dollars. Payment for use of Post Office building. |
| 17 | 421 | 42/3 | 82 | 31 Jan. 1873 | An Act to abolish the franking privilege. Effective 1 July 1873. |
| 17 | 422 | 42/3 | 105 | 5 Feb. 1873 | An Act making an Appropriation to defray the Expenses of the American and British Claims Commission, and for other Purposes. New York Post Office, § 2. |
| 17 | 436 | 42/3 | 132 | 12 Feb. 1873 | An Act for a public Building at Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 17 | 465 | 42/3 | 150 | 17 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Erection of a public Building for the Use of the United States in Covington, Kentucky. |
| 17 | 469-470 | 42/3 | 176 | 21 Feb. 1873 | An Act for authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to cause Plans and Estimates to be made and a suitable Site provided for a public Building at Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 17 | 470 | 42/3 | 177 | 21 Feb. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Fire-proof Building at Lincoln, the Capital of Nebraska. |
| 17 | 470 | 42/3 | 178 | 21 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Construction of a Court-house, Post-office, and other Government Offices at Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| 17 | 471 | 42/3 | 179 | 21 Feb. 1873 | An Act to provide for the Erection of a Post-office Building at Dover, in the State of Delaware. |
| 17 | 477-479 | 42/3 | 207 | 27 Feb. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to construct and maintain a Bridge across the Saint Louis River. Post route, § 5. |
| 17 | 485-509 | 42/3 | 226 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act making Appropriations
for the legislative, executive and judicial Expenses of
the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other Purposes.
Postmaster to the Senate, postmaster to the House, postage
for the public printer, Auditor of the Treasury for the
Post-Office Dept. (p. 493), Post-Office Department (p.
505-506), assistant attorney-general of the Post Office
Dept. (p. 508), assistant postmaster general, etc. (p.
508-509). Salary increases repealed, 20 Jan. 1874, 18 Stat. 4; see also, 18.1 Stat. 1093. |
| 17 | 510-530 | 42/3 | 227 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 523-524. |
| 17 | 530-543 | 42/3 | 228 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes. Post office construction, p. 541. Post Office Dept., § 3, p. 542. Postage expenses, official stamps and stamped envelopes, § 4, p. 542. |
| 17 | 556-559 | 42/3 | 231 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-office Department for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Free franking repealed, § 3. |
| 17 | 579-580 | 42/3 | 241 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to provide for the Preparation and Presentation to Congress of the Revision of the Laws of the United States, consolidating the Laws relating to the Post-roads, and a Code relating to military Offenses, and the Revision of Treaties with the Indian Tribes now in Force. Revised Statutes, in progress. |
| 17 | 586-598 | 42/3 | 255 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to establish certain Post-roads. |
| 17 | 598-600 | 42/3 | 258 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act for the Suppression of
Trade in, and Circulation of, obscene Literature and
Articles of immoral Use. § 2 amends § 148 of the
Post Office Act of 8 June 1872. This is the (in)famous Comstock Act. See, for example,
See later, 12 July 1876, 19 Stat. 90. Three days after enactment, Anthony Comstock was commissioned a Special Agent of the US Post Office, uniquely without compensation (1875, 1877), or with minimal compensation (1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905). By 1901, Comstock and his colleague Robert W. McAfee had senior status among the Postal Inspectors, even though they were not regular employees. Comstock was eventually paid a regular salary (1907, 1909, 1911); he died in 1915. Portions of the Act remain in force, and have been extended beyond the Post Office to the Internet (Communications Decency Act of 1996, Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 56, excepting parts declared unconstitutional). The original phrase "of an immoral nature" (p. 598) was misprinted as "of an immortal nature" in some instances of the Revised Statutes, 2nd ed. (Sec. 5389, p. 1044; ref, ref). |
| 17 | 604 | 42/3 | 272 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to authorize certain Postmasters to deposit public Moneys in national Banks. |
| 17 | 610 | 42/3 | 286 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Railroad and Drawbridge across the Genesee River, in Monroe County, New York. Post road. |
| 17 | 610-611 | 42/3 | 288 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of the old Post-office Property in Chicago. |
| 17 | 611 | 42/3 | 289 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to provide for a Building suitable for a Post-office, for the Accommodation of the Revenue Officers, and the United States Courts and their Officers, in the City of Parkersburgh, West Virginia. |
| 17 | 613-614 | 42/3 | 295 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to provide for the Erection of a public Building for Post-office and other U.S. Offices at Jersey City, New Jersey. |
| 17 | 615 | 42/3 | 301 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act authorizing the Transfer of Safes from the War Department to the Post-office Department for Use in the Transportation of registered Mails. |
| 17 | 616-617 | 42/3 | 302 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act authorizing the Construction of a Bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Louis in the State of Missouri. Post road, § 5. |
| 17 | 621 | 42/3 | 311 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to purchase a Site for a public Building in Pittsburgh. Post Office. |
| 17 | 627-629 | 42/3 | 325 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Construction of a Bridge across the Missouri River at or near the City of Lexington, in the State of Missouri, and to establish it as a Post-road. |
| 17 | 630-631 | 42/3 | 329 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to authorize the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Arkadelphia Southwestern Railroad Company to construct a Bridge over the Ouachita River at or near Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Post-route, § 3. |
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| 17 | 646c | 42/2 | 48 | 12 Mar. 1872 | An Act for the Relief of Francis A. Eastman, Postmaster at Chicago, Illinois. |
| 17 | 651d | 42/2 | 101 | 16 Apr. 1872 | An Act for the Relief of F.B. Brayton. Postmaster, robbed of stamps. |
| 17 | 652b | 42/2 | 107 | 17 Apr. 1872 | An Act for the Relief of George H. Rupp. Stolen mail item. |
| 17 | 654a | 42/2 | 120 | 25 Apr. 1872 | An Act for the Relief of Augustine Bacon. Route agent. |
| 17 | 662c | 42/2 | 208 | 23 May 1872 | An Act for the Relief of William Nixon, of West Virginia. Mail contractor. |
| 17 | 669a | 42/2 | 248 | 31 May 1872 | An Act for the Relief of Albert Wieland. Mail contractor. |
| 17 | 680e | 42/2 | 380 | 8 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of Albert D. Pierce, Postmaster at Sumnerville, Ottawa County, Kansas. Stolen stamps and stamped envelopes. |
| 17 | 684-685 | 42/2 | 397 | 8 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of Charles Hipp. of St. Mary's, Auglaize County, Ohio. Postmaster. |
| 17 | 688c | 42/2 | 411 | 8 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of John Milone, Postmaster at Uhricksville, Ohio. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 17 | 688d | 42/2 | 412 | 8 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of S.F. Marks, former Postmaster at New Orleans. |
| 17 | 698b | 42/2 | 448 | 10 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of W.T. Bowers. Postmaster. |
| 17 | 702a | 42/2 | 462 | 10 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of William F. Barker, Postmaster at Northville, Fulton County, New York. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 17 | 704b | 42/2 | 472 | 10 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of T.P. Robb, of Savannah, Georgia. Services rendered. |
| 17 | 706a | 42/2 | 480 | 10 June 1872 | An Act for the Relief of Henry N. Galpin, Postmaster at Berlin, Connecticut. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 17 | 716d | 42/3 | 59 | 23 Jan. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of W.H. Kirk. Postmaster. |
| 17 | 722c | 42/3 | 98 | 1 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of Daniel O. Cleveland, Postmaster at Broadalbin, in the State of New York. |
| 17 | 723-724 | 42/3 | 103 | 4 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of Captain Brice X. Blair, Postmaster at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. |
| 17 | 724a | 42/3 | 104 | 4 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of H.H. Meredith, late Postmaster at Wade, Bedford County, Virginia. |
| 17 | 729b | 42/3 | 139 | 14 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of Lizzie Gilmer, Postmaster at Pittsfield, Illinois. |
| 17 | 729c | 42/3 | 140 | 14 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of Frederick Boehmler, of the State of Iowa. Postmaster. |
| 17 | 732e | 42/3 | 162 | 18 Feb. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of John Miller. Postmaster. |
| 17 | 766d | 42/3 | 351 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of Jonathan Diehl and George Blymer, Sureties on the Bond of Josiah S. Diehl, late Contractor for carrying the United States Mails on Post-route No. 4249. |
| 17 | 769-770 | 42/3 | 362 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of George F. Tracy, Postmaster at Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
| 17 | 789c | 42/3 | 458 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act for the Relief of Thomas Hollis, of Morgan County, Georgia. Mail carrier. |
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| 17 | 859 | 31 Mar. 1871 14 May 1871 |
Additional Article to the
Convention for the Amelioration of the Postal Service,
concluded on the 21st October, 1867, between the Post
Departments of the United States of America and the North
German Union, as well as to the additional Convention of
the 7-23 April, 1870. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1871, p. xxi (ref), 84 (link). [The summary on p. xxi incorrectly gives the date as 3 Mar. 1871, and mentions an additional arrangement effective 1 Oct. 1871, reducing the postage on letters sent by closed mail to Germany via Britain.] |
| 17 | 879-886 | 9 May 1871 | Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 218-225 (link). |
| 17 | 887-901 | 30 June 1871 27 July 1871 |
Convention between the
General Post-office of the United States of America and
the General Post-office of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. Money orders.
Effective 1 Oct. 1871. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 62, p. 338-347. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 13, p. 988-998. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1871, p. 89-105 (link). |
| -- | -- | 22 July 1871 | Convention between the Post Department of
the United States of America and the Post Department of
the German Empire. Money Orders. Effective
1 Oct. 1872. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 151-168 (link). |
| -- | -- | 27 July 1871 | Postal Convention between the United
States of America and the Argentine Republic. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 226-230 (link). |
| 17 | 903-907 | 7 Nov. 1871 1 Dec. 1871 |
Convention for the Regulation
of the Postal Intercourse between the United States of
America and the Kingdom of Denmark. Effective 1
Jan. 1872. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 203-207 (link). |
| 17 | 908-916 | 7 Nov. 1871 1 Dec. 1871 |
Detailed Regulations arranged ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 207-216 (link). |
| 17 | 935-936 | 23 Feb. 1872 | Additional Articles to the
Postal Convention between the Swiss Confederation and the
United States of America of the 12th of October, 1867,
relative to the Exchange of International Postal Orders. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 25 (link), 169 (link). |
| 17 | 937-938 | 23 Feb. 1872 | Supplement to the Detailed Regulations ...
. Money Orders. Effective 1 Apr. 1872. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 169-170 (link). |
| 17 | 939-940 | 6 May 1872 31 May 1872 |
Second Additional Convention
to the Convention relative to the Amelioration of the
Postal Intercourse, concluded between the United States of
America and the Swiss Confederation, signed at Berne,
October 11, 1867. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 217-218 (link). |
| 17 | 945-946 | 13 Nov. 1872 20 Nov. 1872 |
Postal Convention between the
United States and Newfoundland. Effective 1 Dec.
1872. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1088-1090. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 447-449. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, p. 230-232 (link). |
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Public and Private Acts in Vol. 18 Part 3. Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 43rd 4 – 26 Mar. 1873 1 Dec. 1873 – 23 June 1874
7 Dec. 1874 – 3 Mar. 1875p. 1-290
p. 291-526p. 529-620
p. 621-68243rd
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive JournalThe Revised Statutes form one general and two specific Acts, approved 22 June 1874.
Serial Set, House Journal, 1593, 1633; Senate Journal, 1544, 1579, 1628
House Journal, 43/1, 43/2
Senate Journal, 43/sp, 43/1, 43/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 19, 43/sp, 43/1, 43/2
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
Volume 18 part 3 pages Congress 43 all (75.6 MB), reduced (50.8 MB) session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xvi iii-xvi ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xvii-xxvi xvii-xxvi ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxvii-xxviii xxvii-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxix-xxx xxix-xxx ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xxxi-xxxii, 1-526 xxxi-xxxii 1-290 291-526 private acts and resolutions 527-682 527-528 529-620 621-682 treaties and conventions 683-838 683-838 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 839-856 839-856 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 18 part 3 857-1032 857-1032 ⋅ ⋅
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| 18 | 2 | 43/1 | 5 | 5 Jan. 1874 | An act to establish a post route from the village of L'Anse, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, to Huron Bay, in said county and State. |
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5 |
43/1 |
15 |
23 Jan. 1874 |
An act in relation to the printing of the
Biennial Register commonly called the Blue Book. |
| 18 | 7-14 | 43/1 | 21 | 4 Feb. 1874 | An act to establish certain post-routes. |
| 18 | 18 | 43/1 | 40 | 27 Feb. 1874 | An act to establish certain post-routes in the State of Arkansas. |
| 18 | 19-20 | 43/1 | 46 | 5 Mar. 1874 | An act to amend the fifteenth section of an act approved June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to the Post-Office Department." |
| 18 | 23 | 43/1 | 57 | 18 Mar. 1874 | An act to provide for the issuing and recording of commissions to postmasters appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. |
| 18 | 62-63 | 43/1 | 224 | 6 June 1874 | An act to legalize and establish a
pontoon-railway bridge across the Mississippi River at
Prairie du Chien, and to authorize the construction of a
similar bridge at or near Clinton, Iowa. Allowed to be relocated, 30 Mar. 1898, 30 Stat. 350. Not a post route, but the same requirements for mail transport. |
| 18 | 85-111 | 43/1 | 328 | 20 June 1874 | An act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of
the Government for the year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. Congressional Printer now the Public Printer, subject to confirmation by the Senate, p. 88. Post Office Department, p. 106-107. |
| 18 | 111-112 | 43/1 | 331 | 20 June 1874 | An act making additions to the fifteenth section of the act approved July 2, 1864, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,' approved July 1, 1862." |
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113-114 115 -- 293 293-294 316-321 329 565-566 |
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333 334 -- 7 9 80 84 131 |
20 June 1874 20 June 1874 22 June 1874 24 Dec. 1874 28 Dec. 1874 18 Feb. 1875 18 Feb. 1875 3 Mar. 1883 |
(1) An Act providing for
publication of the revised statutes and the laws of the
United States. Now to be printed by the
Government Printing Office; parts 1 and 2 of vol. 18
authorized. (2) An act prohibiting the publication of the Revised Statutes of the United States in the newspapers at the expense of the United States. See also, 23 June 1874, 18 Stat. 231, § 4. (3) Revised Statutes, in vol. 18 parts 1 and 2. Previous acts repealed if revised, R.S. § 5596, p. 1085 (1878). (4) An act reserving for the use of Congress one hundred and fifty copies of the Revised Statutes authorized to be printed by the act of June twentieth eighteen hundred and seventy-four. (5) An act providing for the authentication of the revised statutes of the United States and for preserving the originals of all laws in the Department of State. (6) An act to correct errors and to supply omissions in the Revised Statutes of the United States. Also as an appendix in the Revised Statutes, 1st ed., 1875. (7) An act providing for the distribution of the Revised Statutes of the United States. (8) An act to amend sections six and seven of the act providing for the publication of the Revised Statutes and the laws of the United States, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. This should refer to 20 June 1874, 18 Stat. 113. |
| 18 | 133-146 | 43/1 | 388 | 20 June 1874 | An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three and eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 143-144. |
| 18 | 197 | 43/1 | 405 | 22 June 1874 | An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin. |
| 18 | 204-230 | 43/1 | 455 | 23 June 1874 | An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. Post Office, p. 208. |
| 18 | 231-237 | 43/1 | 456 | 23 June 1874 | An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. Newspapers, § 5; newspaper stamps, § 6. Postage on public documents, § 13. Effective 1 Jan. 1875, § 10. |
| 18 | 256-272 | 43/1 | 470 | 23 June 1874 | An act to establish certain post-routes. |
| 18 | 275 | 43/1 | 475 | 23 June 1874 | An act to declare the bridge across the Niagara River, authorized by the act of Congress, approved, June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, a post route. |
| 18 | 291 | 43/2 | 1 | 15 Dec. 1874 | An act making an appropriation to enable the Postmaster General to carry into effect the law requiring the prepayment of postage on newspapers, approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. |
| 18 | 304 | 43/2 | 27 | 28 Jan. 1875 | An act to provide an appropriation for continuing the construction of the post office and custom house at Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| 18 | 340-343 | 43/2 | 128 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act making appropriations
for the service of the Post-Office Department for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-six, and for other purposes. Free
franking, § 5, 7. |
| 18 | 343-370 | 43/2 | 129 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 366-367. |
| 18 | 371-402 | 43/2 | 130 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 377, 394-395, 397, 400. |
| 18 | 402-420 | 43/2 | 131 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, prior years, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 413-414. Free franking, p. 405. |
| 18 | 452-455 | 43/2 | 133 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes. Postage expenses, p. 452. |
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474-476 61-62 665-666 |
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139 147 6 |
3 Mar. 1875 26 June 1876 1 Aug. 1876 |
(1) An act to enable the people of
Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and
for the admission of the said State into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States. (2) An act to further the administration of justice in the State of Colorado. Laws extended. (3) Proclamation. Colorado statehood. Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Colorado. Commemorative postage stamps -- Colorado statehood, 1 Aug. 1951 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 21 May 1977 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC). |
| 18 | 479 | 43/2 | 144 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act to punish certain larcenies, and the receivers of stolen goods. Property of the United States. |
| 18 | 486-496 | 43/2 | 158 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act to establish certain post-roads. |
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| 18 | 286 | 43/1 | 6 | 24 Mar. 1874 | Joint Resolution explanatory of resolution approved January 31, 1868, entitled "A resolution limiting contracts for stationery and other supplies in the Executive Departments to one year." |
| 18 | 288 | 43/1 | 12 | 20 June 1874 | Joint Resolution directing the Public Printer to keep an account of all expenditures for printing, mailing, and binding the Congressional Record, &c. |
| 18 | 288-289 | 43/1 | 15 | 22 June 1874 | Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster-General to perfect title to certain real estate obtained from John W. Norton, a defaulter to the Postal Money Order Bureau. |
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| 18 | 529a | 43/1 | 2 | 27 Dec. 1873 | An act to remove the disabilities of
Thomas S. Bocock, E.J. Harvie, and Daniel Trigg, of
Virginia; and John H. Reagan, of Texas. John H. Reagan, former US Congressman and Confederate Postmaster General, was not eligible for Federal office under the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Amnesty Act of 22 May 1872, 17 Stat. 142, did not apply to him. As a result of this act, he was elected to Congress in 1874 and the Senate in 1887. Reagan's term as US Congressman began 7 Dec. 1857 (he was a member of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department in the 35th Congress, ref), and ended 3 Mar. 1861 (36th Congress). He last spoke in the House on 15 Jan. 1861, explaining at length why he would not remain (ref). He attended the Texas secession convention in Austin from 30 Jan. 1861 to 4 Feb. 1861 (ref, ref), and the Confederate Congress in Montgomery starting 2 Mar. 1861 (ref). He was appointed CSA Postmaster General on 6 Mar. 1861 (ref). When Reagan reentered Congress on 6 Dec. 1875, he was again appointed to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (44th Congress, ref). U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory. |
| 18 | 534a | 43/1 | 66 | 24 Mar. 1874 | An act to exempt George M. Richard, of Pittston, in the State of Pennsylvania, from the payment of eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents for postage stamps stolen from his office while postmaster. |
| 18 | 534b | 43/1 | 67 | 24 Mar. 1874 | An act for the relief of Reuel B. Fuller, of Wilton, Maine. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 534c | 43/1 | 68 | 24 Mar. 1874 | An act for the relief of Willard Howe, of Massachusetts. Reimbursement. |
| 18 | 538b | 43/1 | 101 | 15 Apr. 1874 | An act for the relief of Richard H. Dutton, postmaster at Cavendish, Vermont. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 538c | 43/1 | 102 | 15 Apr. 1874 | An act for the relief of George W. Keyes. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 538d | 43/1 | 103 | 15 Apr. 1874 | An act for the relief of Sarah F. Lincoln, postmaster at Spencerport, Monroe county, New York. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 539a | 43/1 | 104 | 15 Apr. 1874 | An act for the relief of Joseph R. Blackwell, postmaster at Litchfield, Illinois. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 545b | 43/1 | 146 | 6 May 1874 | An act for the relief of C.E. Rogers. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 545d | 43/1 | 148 | 6 May 1874 | An act for the relief of James R. Young. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 546a | 43/1 | 150 | 7 May 1874 | An act for the relief of James W. Glover, postmaster at Oxford, in the State of New York. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 549d | 43/1 | 174 | 14 May 1874 | An act for the relief of R.W. Clarke, postmaster at Brattleborough, Vermont. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 562-563 | 43/1 | 265 | 9 June 1874 | An act for the relief of J.L. Tedrow, of Clarke county, Iowa. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 579d | 43/1 | 387 | 20 June 1874 | An act for the relief of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell. Mail contractors. |
| 18 | 602-603 | 43/1 | 433 | 22 June 1874 | An act for the relief of Mrs. Louisa P. Molloy. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 605c | 43/1 | 443 | 22 June 1874 | An act making an appropriation to pay Emauel Small and James Tate, of Atchison county, Missoouri, for carrying the mails. |
| 18 | 606-607 | 43/1 | 449 | 22 June 1874 | An act for the relief of Peter S. Patton. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 612a | 43/1 | 506 | 23 June 1874 | An act making an appropriation for the payment of seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty-six cents due the late James. L. Day of Connecticut, for transporting the mails over post-route numbered eight thousand one hundred and fifty-one. |
| 18 | 614a | 43/1 | 513 | 23 June 1874 | An act for the relief of James Lillie, postmaster at Lisbonville, Ray County. Missouri. Postage stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 18 | 617a | 43/1 | 527 | 23 June 1874 | An act for the relief of J.E. Ingalls, postmaster at Denmark, Lee County, Iowa. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 622d | 43/2 | 24 | 22 Jan. 1875 | An act to provide for the payment of D.B. Allen and Company for services in carrying the United States mails. |
| 18 | 623e | 43/2 | 44 | 11 Feb. 1875 | An act for the relief of John Brennan. Janitors, post office, Indianapolis. |
| 18 | 661a | 43/2 | 210 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act for the relief of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company. Mail transport. |
| 18 | 661b | 43/2 | 211 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act for the relief of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company, successor of the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana. Mail transport. |
| 18 | 667d | 43/2 | 237 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act for the relief of William Chester. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 18 | 669b | 43/2 | 245 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An act for the relief of Nelson Green. Mail contractor. |
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| 18 | 685-688 | 2 July 1863 | Treaty between the United States of
America and the Eastern Bands of Shoshonee Indians. Telegraph and overland stage lines, Art. 3. |
| 18 | 689-692 | 1 Oct. 1863 | Treaty between the United States of
America and the Western Bands of Shoshonee Indians. Attacks on mail and telegraph lines to end, Art. 1. Station houses, Art. 2. Telegraph and overland stage lines, Art. 3. |
| 18 | 762-767 | 15 Mar. 1873 | Postal convention between the
United States of America and the United Kingdoms of Sweden
and Norway. Effective 1 July 1873. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 375-382 (link). 145 CTS 251, 277 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 129-135 (link). |
| 18 | 767-781 | 30 May 1873 24 June 1873 |
Detailed regulations [Sweden] ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 135-157 (link). |
| 18 | 782-794 | 31 May 1873 26 June 1873 |
Detailed regulations [Norway] ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 158-180 (link). |
| 18 | 795 | 9 May 1873 12 May 1873 |
Second additional convention
to the postal convention of Aug. 21, 1867, between the
United States of America and Belgium. Effective
1 July 1873 (ref). Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 9, p. 290-291 (link), in French and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 128-129 (link). |
| 18 | 800 | 19 June 1873 26 June 1873 |
Additional articles of
agreement between the Post-Office Departments of the
United States of America and of the Dominion of Canada,
establishing an exchange of postal cards between the two
countries. Effective 1 July 1873. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1169-1170. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 449-450. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 181 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 44 (link). |
| 18 | 801 | 21 Aug. 1873 15 Sep. 1873 |
Additional articles of
agreement between the Post-Office Departments of the
United States of America and of Newfoundland, establishing
an exchange of postal cards between the two countries.
Effective 1 Oct. 1873. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1090-1091. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 450-451. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 182 (link). |
| 18 | 802-803 | 31 Oct. 1873 18 Nov. 1873 |
Additional articles of
agreement between the Post Department of the United States
of America and the Post Department of the German Empire,
establishing an exchange of postal cards between the two
countries. Effective 1 Dec. 1873. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 183-184 (link). Britain declined a similar arrangement (ref). |
| 18 | 809 | 31 Mar. 1874 21 Apr. 1874 |
Additional articles of
agreement between the Post-Office Department of the United
States of America and the Postal Administration of
Switzerland for an exchange of postal cards between the
two countries. Effective 1 May 1874. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 220-221 (link). |
| 18 | 810-816 | 28 Apr. 1874 | Postal convention between the
United States of America and the Republic of France.
Effective 1 Aug. 1874. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 221-228 (link). |
| 18 | 816-827 | 28 Apr. 1874 | Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 228-249 (link). |
| 18 | 831 | 19 June 1874 14 Sep. 1874 |
Additional article between
the General Post-Office of the United States of America
and the General Post-Office of the Netherlands.
Effective 1 Oct. 1874. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 7, p. 40-41 (link), in Dutch and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 250 (link). |
| 18 | 832 | 5 Sep. 1874 29 Sep. 1874 |
Additional articles of
agreement between the Post-Office Department of the United
States and the Danish Post Department, modifying certain
provisions of the convention for the regulation of the
postal intercourse between the United States of America
and the kingdom of Denmark, and of the detailed
regulations and forms for the execution thereof, signed at
Washington on the 1st of December, and at Copenhagen on
the 7th of November, A.D. 1871. Effective 1 Jan.
1875. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 251-252 (link). |
| 18 | 837-838 | 27 Jan. 1875 1 Feb. 1875 |
Postal arrangement between
the United States and the Dominion of Canada.
Effective 1 Jan. 1875 and 1 Feb. 1875. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 976-977. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 454-455. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1875, p. 202-203 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 45-46 (link). |
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4 Dec. 1876 – 3 Mar. 1877p. 1-218
p. 219-412p. 415-498
p. 499-55444th
House Journal (session 1, session 2), Senate Journal (special, session 1, session 2), Senate Executive JournalContents, p. i-xxvi, 1-794
Serial Set, House Journal, 1671, 1740; Senate Journal, 1628, 1663, 1717
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 19 | 1 | 44/1 | 2 | 18 Jan. 1876 | An act to declare the road leading from Concordia Kentucky to Mooleyville Kentucky a post road. |
| 19 | 7 | 44/1 | 27 | 15 Mar. 1876 | An act to provide for the purchase of material and for the continuation of the work on the building for custom-house and post office, at Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| 19 | 8 | 44/1 | 29 | 16 Mar. 1876 | An act to establish certain post-routes in the State of Texas. |
| 19 | 12-25 | 44/1 | 42 | 3 Apr. 1876 | An act establishing post-roads. |
| 19 | 27 | 44/1 | 46 | 6 Apr. 1876 | An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the manufacture of postal-cards for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 May 1876 | Centennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia, for five months. |
| 19 | 55-56 | 44/1 | 106 | 23 May 1876 | An act to further provide for the building of a custom house, post office, court-rooms, and so forth, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 19 | 72-73 | 44/1 | 163 | 3 July 1876 | An act making a further appropriation for the erection of Government buildings in Dover, Delaware. Post-office building. |
| 19 | 78-82 | 44/1 | 179 | 12 July 1876 | An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes. |
| 19 | 90 | 44/1 | 186 | 12 July 1876 | An act to amend sections 3893 and 3894 of the Revised Statutes providing a penalty for mailing obscene books and other matters therein contained, and prohibiting lottery-circulars passing though the mails. |
| 19 | 102-122 | 44/1 | 246 | 31 July 1876 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes. Postal Guide, p. 109. Post Office buildings, p. 110-111. |
| 19 | 129-131 | 44/1 | 260 | 11 Aug. 1876 | An act to amend sub-sections two hundred and forty-six and two hundred and fifty-one of section twelve, of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes" approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes, and section thirty-nine hundred and fifty-four of the Revised Statutes. |
| 19 | 132 | 44/1 | 265 | 14 Aug. 1876 | An act to provide for the payment of certain indebtedness incurred in the construction of the New York Court-House and Post-office building. |
| 19 | 140 | 44/1 | 271 | 14 Aug. 1876 | An act allowing the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to carry the mails in their new iron steamships. |
| 19 | 143-170 | 44/1 | 287 | 15 Aug. 1876 | An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office (Sixth Auditor's Office), p. 150. Post Office Department, p. 166. Departmental postage stamps, § 9, p. 169-170. |
| 19 19 20 20 20 20 |
240-254 268-269 27 36-37 251-252 487 |
44/2 44/2 45/2 45/2 45/2 45/3 |
69 82 26 61 22 1 |
27 Feb. 1877 2 Mar. 1877 9 Mar. 1878 19 Apr. 1878 22 May 1878 21 Dec. 1878 |
(1) An act to perfect the revision of the
statutes of the United States, and of the statutes
relating to the District of Columbia. (2) An act to provide for the preparation and publication of a new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States. "... shall be legal and conclusive evidence ...", § 4. (3) An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the preparation and publication of a new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States", approved March second, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. "... shall be legal (4) An act requiring the Commissioner for preparing and publishing a new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States to revise and perfect the index to the first volume of the same. (5) Joint resolution providing for the distribution and sale of the new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States. (6) Joint resolution providing for the distribution of the Revised Statutes of the United States to the Post Office Department. Supplement, Resolution of 7 June 1880, 21 Stat. 308. |
| 19 | 270 | 44/2 | 99 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act to provide a building for the use of the United States district and circuit courts, the post office, and internal revenue officers at Austin, Texas. |
| 19 | 294-319 | 44/2 | 102 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight and for other purposes. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office (Sixth Auditor's Office), p. 301. Post Office Department, p. 316. Departmental postage stamps, § 2, p. 319. |
| 19 | 319-343 | 44/2 | 103 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act establishing post-roads and for other purposes. Penalty envelopes, § 5, p. 335. Free franking was mostly restored for official business, but without provision for paying the Post Office for the service. |
| 19 | 344-362 | 44/2 | 105 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other purposes. Post Office buildings, p. 350-352. Morgan Envelope Co., p. 357. Mail contractors, p. 362. |
| 19 | 363-376 | 44/2 | 106 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and prior years, and for other purposes. Postal cards, p. 370. Post Office building, p. 370. |
| 19 | 383-385 | 44/2 | 110 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other purposes. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 19 | 215-216 | 44/1 | 18 | 25 July 1876 | Joint resolution to correct
an error in the enrolment of the Post-Office appropriation
act. Correcting 12 July 1876, 19 Stat. 78, § 7. |
| 19 | 410 | 44/2 | 6 | 3 Mar. 1877 | Joint resolution authorizing the President
to designate and set apart a site for the colossal statue
of "Liberty enlightening the world" and to provide for the
permanent maintenance and preservation thereof. Commemorative postage stamp -- Statue of Liberty, 4 July 1986 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 19 | 416c | 44/1 | 24 | 14 Mar. 1876 | An act for the relief of Ezra B. Barnett, postmaster at Norwich, New York. |
| 19 | 436c | 44/1 | 121 | 7 June 1876 | An act for the relief of John M. English of North Carolina. Check lost in the mail. |
| 19 | 437a | 44/1 | 125 | 14 June 1876 | An act for the relief of Jackson T. Sorrells. Mail carrier. |
| 19 | 444a | 44/1 | 155 | 29 June 1876 | An act for the relief of William Rule, postmaster at Knoxville, Tennessee. |
| 19 | 446a | 44/1 | 173 | 8 July 1876 | An act to reimburse B.F. West and Company of Martin's Ferry, Ohio, for internal-revenue stamps stolen from Cambridge, Ohio, post office. |
| 19 | 447a | 44/1 | 176 | 8 July 1876 | An act for the relief of the mail-contractors on route No. 19319, in Tennessee. |
| 19 | 471-472 | 44/1 | 244 | 29 July 1876 | An act for the relief of James W. Love, postmaster at Patriot Indiana. |
| 19 | 515b | 44/2 | 136 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act for the relief of A.W. Plymale, of West Virginia. Check lost in the mail. |
| 19 | 540d | 44/2 | 160 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act for the relief of James A. Jackson and others securities of G.R. Horton late Post Master at Monticello Arkansas. |
| 19 | 546d | 44/2 | 186 | 3 Mar. 1877 | An act for the benefit of the Louisville Baptist Orphans' Home. Registered letter, destroyed. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
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| 19 | 557-562 | 6 Aug. 1873 15 July 1874 |
Postal convention between the
Empire of Japan and the United States of America.
Effective 1 Jan. 1875, per Art. 21 and 22. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, p. 123-128 (link). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 17 (link), 252-257 (link). |
| 19 | 562-568 | 15 July 1874 | Detailed regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 258-263 (link). |
| 19 | 569-571 | 15 Jan. 1874 | Postal convention between the
United States of America and the colonial government of
New South Wales. Effective 1 Feb. 1874. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 65, p. 1312-1315. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 1234-1236. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1874, p. 217-219 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 53-55 (link). |
| -- | -- | 10 Mar. 1874 30 Apr. 1874 |
Postal Convention between the Hawaiian
Islands and the Colonial Government of New South Wales. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 65, p. 1315-1317. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 339-341. |
| 19 | 577-592 | 9 Oct. 1874 | Treaty concerning the
formation of a General Postal Union, signed at Berne, Oct.
9, 1874. Universal Postal Union. Effective
1 July 1875; in France, effective 1 Jan. 1876. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 29-38. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 65, p. 13-22, in French. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 67-74, in French. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 9, p. 471-485 (link), in French. Also, 1 Apr. 1879, vol. 11, p. 108-117 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 7, p. 70-78 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 470-480 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 415-426 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1875, p. 144-161 (link). Avalon Project, transcribed. Commemorative postage stamps -- Universal Postal Union, Oct. - Nov. 1949 (NPM, NPM, NPM; NPMA, NPMA, NPMA; MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC), 3 May 1963 (NPM, NPMA, MSC), 6 June 1974 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM, NPM; NPMA; MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC, MSC), 25 Aug. 1999 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). Commemorative air letter sheet -- Paris Conference of 1863, 20 Nov. 1989 (MSC). |
| 19 | 592-624 | 9 Oct. 1874 | General Postal Union,
Detailed regulations ... British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 65, p. 23-43, in French. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 74-94, in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 7, p. 78-89 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 481-500 (link), in French; with an addendum from 3 May 1875. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1875, p. 162-200 (link). |
| 19 | 635 | 26 Apr. 1875 | Agreement between the United
States of America and the Empire of Japan, for the
prepayment in full to destination of the postage on
newspapers and other articles of printed matter, patterns
and samples of merchandise exchanged in the mails between
the two countries. Effective 1 July 1875. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1875, p. 204 (link). |
| 19 | 636 | 1 June 1875 20 July 1875 |
Amended article to replace
Article Three of the postal convention between the United
States of America and the colonial government of New South
Wales, signed at Washington the 15th day of January, A.D.
1874. Effective 1 July 1875. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 66, p. 561-562. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 1236-1238. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1875, p. 201-202 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 55-56 (link). |
| 19 | 637-639 | 8 Dec. 1875 2 Feb. 1876 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Colonial Government of
Queensland. Effective 1 Jan. 1876. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1105-1108. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 460-463. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1876, p. 172-174 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 56-58 (link). |
| 19 | 640-641 | 8 Feb. 1876 | Additional agreement between
the United States of America and the Empire of Japan,
modifying the provisions of the Postal Convention of the
6th August, 1873, and also of the agreement of April 26th,
1875, between the two countries. Effective 1
Apr. 1876. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1876, p. 175-176 (link). |
| 19 | 645-648 | 9 Aug. 1876 29 Aug. 1876 |
Postal Convention between the United
States of America and Bermuda. Effective 1 Oct.
1876. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1125-1129. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 463-467. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1876, p. 176-179 (link). |
| 19 | 649 | 22 Sep. 1876 6 Oct. 1876 |
Additional article of agreement between
the Post-Office Departments of the United States of
America and Newfoundland. Effective immediately.
British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1091-1092. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 467-468. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1876, p. 180 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 19 | 665-666 | 6 | 1 Aug. 1876 | [Colorado statehood] |
Contents, p. i-xxvi, 1-956
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 45th 5 – 17 Mar. 1877 15 Oct. 1877 – 3 Dec. 1877
3 Dec. 1877 – 20 June 1878
2 Dec. 1878 – 3 Mar. 1879p. 1-6
p. 7-256
p. 257-490p. 493-496
p. 497-588
p. 589-67045th
House Journal (session 1, session 2, session 3), Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 1772, 1792, 1841; Senate Journal, 1717, 1771, 1779, 1827
House Journal, 45/1, 45/2, 45/3
Senate Journal, 45/sp, 45/1, 45/2, 45/3
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 20 | 7-13 | 45/2 | 3 | 15 Dec. 1877 | An act to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 9-10. |
| 20 |
13 |
45/2 |
4 |
15 Dec. 1877 |
An act providing for the printing and
distribution of the Biennial Register. |
| 20 | 14-21 | 45/2 | 7 | 14 Jan. 1878 | An act to establish post-roads. |
| 20 | 29-30 | 45/2 | 32 | 13 Mar. 1878 | An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Glasgow, Missouri. Post road, § 2. |
| 20 | 39 | 45/2 | 67 | 29 Apr. 1878 | An act to provide for the erection of a public building in the City of Kansas in the State of Missouri. Post office, etc. |
| 20 | 41-46 | 45/2 | 75 | 30 Apr. 1878 | An act to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for prior years, for subsistence of the Army, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 45-46. |
| 20 | 46-47 | 45/2 | 76 | 30 Apr. 1878 | An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary clerks, and making an appropriation for the same; also making appropriations for detecting trespass on public lands, and for bringing into market public lands in certain States, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, § 3. |
| 20 | 56-61 | 45/2 | 96 | 7 May 1878 | An act to alter and amend the act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes", approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and also to alter and amend the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, in amendment of said first-named act. |
| 20 | 61-63 | 45/2 | 107 | 17 May 1878 | An act to regulate the advertising of mail lettings, and for other purposes. |
| 20 | 115-130 | 45/2 | 191 | 14 June 1878 | An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and prior years, and for those heretofore treated as permanent, for reappropriations, and for other purposes. Post-Office Department, p. 124. |
| 20 | 140-143 | 45/2 | 259 | 17 June 1878 | An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. |
| 20 | 178-206 | 45/2 | 329 | 19 June 1878 | An act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of
the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes.
Post Office Department, p. 201-203. Departmental
postage stamps, § 2, p. 206. See also, Resolution 42, 20 June 1878. |
| 20 | 206-240 | 45/2 | 359 | 20 June 1878 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. Post office buildings, p. 209-211. Various, p. 239-240. |
| 20 | 259 | 45/3 | 10 | 21 Dec. 1878 | An act to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for transportation of mails by railroads for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. |
| 20 | 281 | 45/3 | 45 | 4 Feb. 1879 | An act to amend section thirty-eight hundred and thirty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to deficiency in postmasters accounts. |
| 20 | 284-292 | 45/3 | 68 | 14 Feb. 1879 | An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. Foreign postage, p. 285. |
| 20 | 317 | 45/3 | 95 | 21 Feb. 1879 | An act to fix the pay of letter-carriers. |
| 20 | 355-363 | 45/3 | 180 | 3 Mar. 1879 | An act making appropriations
for the service of the Post Office Department for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
eighty, and for other purposes. Postal Laws and Regulations, § 1, p. 356. Free franking, p. 356, 361, 362. Postage due stamps, § 26-27. Penalty envelopes, § 29. Four classes of mail. |
| 20 | 363-377 | 45/3 | 181 | 3 Mar. 1879 | An act making appropriations for the construction, repair, preservation, and completion of certain works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Post routes, § 6, p. 375. |
| 20 | 377-410 | 45/3 | 182 | 3 Mar. 1879 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. Public buildings, including post offices, p. 377-378, 384. Official postage stamps, p. 389. Post Office Department, p. 397. |
| 20 | 410-426 | 45/3 | 183 | 3 Mar. 1879 | An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for prior years, and for those heretofore treated as permanent, and for other purposes. Post Office Department, p. 420, 424-426. |
| 20 | 427-467 | 45/3 | 184 | 3 Mar. 1879 | An act to establish post-routes. |
| 20 21 |
473-481 75-76 |
45/3 46/2 |
195 57 |
3 Mar. 1879 20 Apr. 1880 |
(1) An act to provide for
taking the tenth and subsequent censuses. Free
franking for census documents, § 16, p. 477. (2) An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for taking the tenth and subsequent censuses", approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. All census-related mail free of postage, § 1. Additional, 7 Aug. 1882, 22 Stat. 344; 17 Feb. 1883, 22 Stat. 637; 18 Dec. 1884, 23 Stat. 516; 3 Mar. 1885, 23 Stat. 462. Apportionment, 25 Feb. 1882, 22 Stat. 5. Wikipedia, 1880 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1880 Census, Overview, Publications, Bulletins. The census reference date was 1 June 1880. |
| 20 | 481-483 | 45/3 | 196 | 3 Mar. 1879 | An act giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the States of Virginia and Maryland respecting the boundary between said States. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 20 | 251-252 | 45/2 | 22 | 22 May 1878 | Joint resolution providing for the distribution and sale of the new edition of the Revised Statutes of the United States. |
| 20 | 256 | 45/2 | 42 | 20 June 1878 | Joint resolution to amend the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes". |
| 20 | 487 | 45/3 | 1 | 21 Dec. 1878 | Joint resolution providing for the distribution of the Revised Statutes of the United States to the Post Office Department. |
| 20 | 488 | 45/3 | 9 | 27 Feb. 1879 | Joint resolution authorizing sale of public property in Cincinnati. Post office building. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 20 | 499a | 45/2 | 21 | 2 Mar. 1878 | An act for the relief of James W. Glover, postmaster at Oxford, in the State of New York. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 20 | 510a | 45/2 | 31 | 11 Mar. 1878 | An act for the relief of Edwin A. Clifford. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 20 | 514b | 45/2 | 70 | 29 Apr. 1878 | An act for the relief of Thomas W. Collier. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 20 | 514c | 45/2 | 71 | 29 Apr. 1878 | An act for the relief of W.C. Snyder, of Illinois. Postmaster, postage stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 526a | 45/2 | 86 | 2 May 1878 | An act for the relief of Samuel H. Canfield, postmaster at Seymour, Connecticut. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 20 | 527a | 45/2 | 93 | 4 May 1878 | An act for the relief of Silas M. Norton, postmaster at Bristol, Connecticut. Postage stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 537-538 | 45/2 | 158 | 6 June 1878 | An act for the relief of John Clinton, postmaster at Brownsville, Tennessee. Stolen money order funds. |
| 20 | 543c | 45/2 | 203 | 14 June 1878 | An act for the relief of John I. Thomas. Postmaster, money order funds destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 543-544 | 45/2 | 205 | 14 June 1878 | An act for the relief of Samuel R. Atwell, late postmaster at Winchester, Virginia. Money order funds destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 544b | 45/2 | 207 | 14 June 1878 | An act for the relief of C.H. Walker, postmaster at Frostburgh, in Alleghany County, Maryland. Money order funds destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 544b | 45/2 | 208 | 14 June 1878 | An act for the relief of William McIndoe, postmaster at Lonaconing, in Alleghany County, Maryland. Money order funds destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 570b | 45/2 | 272 | 18 June 1878 | An act for the relief of John F. Andrews, postmaster at Washington, Georgia. Money order funds destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 572d | 45/2 | 282 | 18 June 1878 | An act for the relief of J.H. Duncan, postmaster at Elberton, Georgia. Money order funds destroyed by fire. |
| 20 | 580c | 45/2 | 341 | 19 June 1878 | An act for the relief of H.G. Boardman, postmaster at Milton, Vermont. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 20 | 582c | 45/2 | 351 | 19 June 1878 | An act for the relief of E.B. Head, postmaster at Harrodsburgh, Kentucky. Stolen postage stamps. |
| 20 | 584b | 45/2 | 368 | 20 June 1878 | An act for the relief of George H. Giddings. Mail service. Committee report, 15 Dec. 1876, link. |
| 20 | 601a | 45/3 | 93 | 19 Feb. 1879 | An act for the relief of Peasley and McClary, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Mail transport. |
| 20 | 601b | 45/3 | 94 | 19 Feb. 1879 | An act for the relief of Ebenezer Walker. Late postmaster. |
| 20 | 602c | 45/3 | 113 | 28 Feb. 1879 | An act for the relief of the Commercial Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee. Mail car fire. |
| 20 | 605c | 45/3 | 137 | 1 Mar. 1879 | An act for the relief of Josephine C. Owen, postmaster at Randolph, New York. Stolen postage stamps. |
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| 20 | 673-682 | 8 June 1875 23 June 1875 |
Convention between the Postal
Department of the United States of America and the Postal
Department of the Dominion of Canada. Money
orders. Effective 2 Aug. 1875. Modified, 21
Stat. 661. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 1170-1179. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 455-460. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1875, p. 211-222 (link). |
| 20 | 683-698 | 31 Mar. 1877 20 Apr. 1877 |
Convention between the Post
Office Department of the United States of America and the
Post Office Department of the Kingdom of Italy.
Money orders. Effective 2 July 1887. Modified,
21 Stat. 788. VI It. Tr. 151; 151 CTS 191, 195. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1877, p. 225-239 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 90-96 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 142-147 (link). |
| 20 | 699 | 6 Oct. 1876 | Special arrangement between
the General Post Offices of the United States and the
United Kingdom, fixing rates of Territorial transit
charges on British closed mails conveyed across the
American continent between Boston or New York and San
Francisco. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 67, p. 49-50. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 688-689. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1876, p. 180-181 (link). |
| 20 | 699-700 | 28 Aug. 1877 11 Oct. 1877 |
Amended article to replace
article three of the postal convention between the United
States of America and the colonial government of New
Zealand, signed at Wellington, August 3, 1870, and at
Washington, October 5, 1870. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 68, p. 118-119. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 468-469. 151 CTS 181, 218. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1878, p. 374-375 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 52-53 (link). |
| 20 | 701 | 22 Oct. 1877 26 Oct. 1877 |
Additional article of
agreement between the Post Office Department of the United
States of America and the Dominion of Canada.
Money orders. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 68, p. 117-118. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 470. 151 CTS 181, 220. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1877, p. 224 (link). |
| 20 | 702 | 23 Oct. 1877 6 Nov. 1877 |
Additional article of
agreement between the Post Office Departments of the
United States of America and Newfoundland. Money
orders. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 68, p. 119-120. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 470-471. 151 CTS 182, 227. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1877, p. 225 (link). |
| 20 | 706-708 | 28 Jan. 1878 | Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Colonial Government of
Victoria. Effective 1 July 1878. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 69, p. 190-193. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 471-474. 152 CTS 205, 209. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1878, p. 375-377 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 58-60 (link). |
| 20 | 734-750 | 1 June 1878 | Convention for the formation
of a Universal Postal Union. Signed at
Paris. Effective 1 Apr. 1879. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 51-62. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 69, p. 210-220, in French. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 14, p. 1007-1017. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 11, p. 16-31 (link), p. 108-117 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 8, p. 16-26 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 26-38 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 493-507 (link), in French. 152 CTS 206, 235. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1878, p. 297-317 (link). |
| 20 | 750-796 | 1 June 1878 | Universal Postal Union, Regulations of
detail and order for the execution of the Convention ... British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 69, p. 220-245, in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 8, p. 27-52 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1878, p. 319-370 (link). |
| -- | -- | June 1878 | Further UPU arrangements, that the US was not
party to: Letters with Declared Value, 1 June 1878 British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 69, p. 245-260, in French. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 11, p. 32-38 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 8, p. 53-68 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 39-45 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 507-514 (link), in French. 152 CTS 206, 270 Exchange of Money Orders (Mandats de poste), 4 June 1878 British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 69, p. 261-275, in French. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 11, p. 39-43 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 8, p. 69-84 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 45-49 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 514-519 (link), in French. 152 CTS 206, 286 |
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Contents, p. i-xxx, 1-906
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public Private Profiles 46th -- 18 Mar. 1879 – 1 July 1879
1 Dec. 1879 – 16 June 1880
6 Dec. 1880 – 3 Mar. 1881p. 1-58
p. 59-310
p. 311-522p. 525-530
p. 531-600
p. 601-65646th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 1874, 1901, 1950; Senate Journal, 1868, 1881, 1940
House Journal, 46/1, 46/2, 46/3
Senate Journal, 46/1, 46/2, 46/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 22, 46/1, 46/2, 46/3
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
Volume 21 pages Congress 46 all (61.6 MB), reduced (35.7 MB) session 1 session 2 session 3 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xvi iii-xvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xvii-xxiv xvii-xxiv ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxv-xxvi xxv-xxvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxvii-xxviii xxvii-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xxix-xxx, 1-522 xxix-xxx 1-58 59-310 311-522 private acts and resolutions 523-656 523-524 525-530 531-600 601-656 treaties and conventions 657-794 657-794 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 795-800 795-800 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 21 801-906 801-906 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 21 | 11 | 46/1 | 20 | 12 June 1879 | An act to extend the time of special postal service until service can be obtained by advertisement. |
| 21 | 11-20 | 46/1 | 21 | 12 June 1879 | An act to establish post routes. |
| 21 | 21 | 46/1 | 26 | 18 June 1879 | An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate for the purchase at private sale, or, if necessary, procure by condemnation, a site for a post-office in the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland. |
| 21 | 21-22 | 46/1 | 27 | 18 June 1879 | An act supplemental to "An act to establish
post-routes". |
| 21 | 23-30 | 46/1 | 34 | 21 June 1879 | An act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. |
| 21 |
38-40 |
46/1 |
44 | 28 June 1879 | An act to establish post-roads in certain
States therein named. |
| 21 |
40-41 |
46/1 |
45 | 28 June 1879 | An act making additional appropriations for
the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal
years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-nine, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
eighty, and for other purposes. |
| 43 |
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| 51 |
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| 21 |
66-67 |
46/2 | 34 | 5 Mar. 1880 | An act to provide for the purchase of a site
for a Post Office and other government buildings in the city
of Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 21 |
71-72 |
46/2 | 48 | 7 Apr. 1880 | An act to provide for a deficiency in the
appropriations for the transportation of the mails on Star
routes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. |
| 21 |
72 |
46/2 |
49 |
7 Apr. 1880 |
An act giving the consent of Congress to an
agreement or compact entered into between the States of New
York and Vermont respecting the boundary between said
States. |
| 21 |
73 |
46/2 | 50 | 9 Apr. 1880 | An act to provide for a building suitable for
a post-office, for the accommodation of the revenue
officers, and the United States courts and their officers,
in the city of Charleston, West Virginia. |
| 21 |
90-108 |
46/2 | 74 | 3 May 1880 | An act to establish post-routes. |
| 133 |
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| 21 |
142 |
46/2 | 101 | 24 May 1880 | An act to provide a building for the use of
the United States circuit and district courts, custom-house,
and post-office at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 21 |
168-169 |
46/2 | 162 | 9 June 1880 | An act to authorize the Saint Paul and
Chicago Shore Line Railway Company to construct a bridge
across Lake Saint Croix, and to establish it as a post-road. |
| 21 |
170 |
46/2 | 167 | 9 June 1880 | An act providing for the transportation of
the mails between East Saint Louis, in the State of
Illinois, and Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri. |
| 21 |
177-179 |
46/2 | 206 | 11 June 1880 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for
other purposes. |
| 21 |
205-210 |
46/2 | 224 | 15 June 1880 | An act to establish Post Roads. |
| 21 |
210-237 |
46/2 |
225 |
15 June 1880 |
An act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes. |
| 21 |
259-281 |
46/2 |
235 |
16 June 1880 |
An act making appropriations for the sundry
civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for
other purposes. |
| 339 |
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| 21 |
351-352 |
46/3 |
81 |
26 Feb. 1881 |
An act concerning settlement of boundary
lines between New York and Connecticut. |
| 21 |
352-373 |
46/3 | 90 | 28 Feb. 1881 | An act to establish post-routes. |
| 21 |
374-377 |
46/3 |
96 | 1 Mar. 1881 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for
other purposes. |
| 21 | 385-413 | 46/3 | 130 | 3 Mar. 1881 | An act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes. Post Office, p. 410-412. Postmaster General authorized to sell waste paper, p. 412. |
| 435 |
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| multi |
p. 53, 260, Washington, D.C., post office p. 228, 237, 413, appropriations for departmental postage stamps p. 259, 436, Utica, NY, post office p. 71, 170, 178, 179, 249, appropriations |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 21 |
53 |
46/1 |
14 |
27 June 1879 |
Joint resolution authorizing the appointment
of a commission to lease a building for a city post-office
in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. |
| 21 |
308 |
46/2 |
44 |
7 June 1880 |
Joint resolution to provide
for the publication and distribution of a supplement to
the Revised Statutes. See next, 9 Apr. 1890, 26 Stat. 50. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 21 |
526d |
46/1 |
36 |
24 June 1879 |
An act for the relief of the Farmers and
Merchants' Bank, Paris, Texas. Lost mail. |
| 21 |
532b |
46/2 |
7 |
16 Jan. 1880 |
An act for the relief of Doddridge and
Davis. Check, lost in the mail. |
| 21 |
535c |
46/2 |
31 |
24 Feb. 1880 |
An act for the relief of J.P. Zimmerman
and H.P. Snow, of Clinton County, Kentucky.
Forfeited mail-route bond. |
| 21 |
540a |
46/2 |
90 |
14 May 1880 |
An act directing the issue of a duplicate check to Elizabeth D. Thomas, a pensioner of the United States. Check, lost in the mail. |
| 21 |
546c |
46/2 |
142 |
8 June 1880 |
An act granting relief to William Turman, guardian of William W. Brewer. Check, lost in the mail. |
| 21 |
554c |
46/2 |
192 |
10 June 1880 |
An act for the relief of L.C. Cantwell.
Postmaster, funds lost in a cyclone. |
| 21 |
589b |
46/2 |
262 |
16 June 1880 |
An act for the relief of E.K. Snead,
deceased, and his sureties, for the loss of certain books
of special stamps and coupons. Revenue stamps,
lost in the mail. |
| 21 |
589-590 |
46/2 |
264 |
16 June 1880 |
An act for the relief of Rachael Martin.
Postmaster, stolen registered letter. |
| 21 |
603-604 |
46/3 |
32 |
31 Jan. 1881 |
An act authorizing the persons therein
named to accept of certain decorations and presents
therein named, from foreign governments, and for other
purposes. Lt. Z.L. Tanner, US Navy, commanding a
mail steamer. |
| 21 |
609a |
46/3 |
74 |
23 Feb. 1881 |
An act for the relief of William R.
Wilmer. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 21 |
636a |
46/3 |
113 |
2 Mar. 1881 |
An act for the relief of Philemon B.
Hawkins. Post Office building, Raleigh, North
Carolina. |
| 21 |
637a |
46/3 |
115 |
2 Mar. 1881 |
An act for the relief of James E. Montell.
Revenue stamps. |
| 21 |
640b |
46/3 |
127 |
2 Mar. 1881 |
An act for the relief of Samuel Harper.
Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 21 |
648a |
46/3 |
177 |
3 Mar. 1881 |
An act for the relief of David W. Bell.
Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 21 |
654b |
46/3 |
202 |
3 Mar. 1881 | An act for the relief of John
H. Templeton. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
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| 21 |
661 |
21 May 1879 31 May 1879 |
Modification of Article I of
the "Convention between the Postal Department of the
United States of America and the Postal Department of the
Dominion of Canada, signed on the 8th and 23d of June,
1875, and approved by the President of the United States
on the 7th of July 1875". Money orders.
See, 20 Stat. 673. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 70, p. 151-152. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 475. 154 CTS 150, 243 |
| 21 |
680-701 |
9 Oct. 1879 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the
Post-Office Department of the German Empire concerning the
exchange of post-office money-orders. Effective
1 Apr. 1880. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 487-513 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 71-80 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 124-132 (link). |
| 21 |
702-719 | 2 Dec. 1879 18 Dec. 1879 |
Amended Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the General
Post-Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland for modifying the system of exchange of money
orders. Effective 1 Apr. 1880. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 70, p. 13-24. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 476-479. 154 CTS 152, 343 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 411-429 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 68-71 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 121-124 (link). |
| 21 |
720-724 | 29 Dec. 1879 |
Convention for the exchange of postal
money-orders between the United States and France.
Effective 1 Apr. 1880. XII De Clercq 512; 154 CTS 152, 357 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 453-459 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 99-103 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 150-154 (link). |
| 21 |
724-749 |
29 Dec. 1879 3 Feb. 1880 |
Detailed Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 460-485 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 103-110 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 154-160 (link). |
| 21 |
750-767 | 29 May 1880 4 June 1880 |
Amended Convention between the Post Office
Department of the United States of America and the Post
Office Department of the Dominion of Canada, for amending
the system of exchange of money orders.
Effective 1 July 1880. See, 30 Sep. 1901, 32 Stat.
1875. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 71, p. 242-262. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 480-486. 156 CTS 3, 44 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 431-451 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 64-68 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 117-121 (link). |
| 21 |
768 | 18 June 1880 |
Agreement, to increase the limit of weight
and size of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged
through the mails, between the United States and Great
Britain and Ireland. Effective 1 July 1880. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 71, p. 32-33. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 486-487. 156 CTS 3, 67 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 519 (link). |
| 21 |
785 | 28 Apr. 1881 3 May 1881 |
Additional articles of agreement between
the Post Office Department of the United States of America
and the Post Office Department of the Dominion of Canada. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 72, p. 659-660. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 487-488. 157 CTS 303, 322 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1881, p. 447-450 (link). |
| 21 |
786-787 | 13 Nov. 1880 |
Agreement to increase the limit of weight
and size of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged
through the post, between the United States and the
Republic of France. Effective 1 Jan. 1881. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 520-521 (link). |
| 21 |
788-794 | 9 Aug. 1880 24 Aug. 1880 |
Additional Convention to the Convention of
the 31st of March and the 20th of April 1877, between the
Post Office Department of the United States of America and
the Post Office Department of the Kingdom of Italy.
Money orders. Effective 1 Oct. 1880. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1881, p. 427-435 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 96-99 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 148-150 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
3 Nov. 1880 |
Further UPU arrangements, that the US was not
party to: Parcels Post (Colis postaux), 3 Nov. 1880 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 11, p. 429-437 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 10, p. 246-262 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 137-145 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 40-52 (link), in French. |
| -- |
-- |
30 Aug. 1881 | Accession of the Hawaiian Islands to the
Universal Postal Union. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 15, p. 1052. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 21 |
797 |
1 |
26 Apr. 1879 |
Warning all persons from
removing into, or settling upon lands in, the Indian
Territory. West of Arkansas. |
| 21 |
798-799 |
3 |
12 Feb. 1880 |
Warning all persons from removing into, or settling upon lands in, the Indian Territory. |
Contents, p. i-xxx, 1-1148
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 47th 4 Mar. – 20 May 1881
10 – 29 Oct. 1881
5 Dec. 1881 – 8 Aug. 1882
4 Dec. 1882 – 3 Mar. 1883
p. 1-396
p. 397-644p. 647-748
p. 749-812
47th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 2008, 2089; Senate Journal, 1940, 1984, 1984, 2072
House Journal, 47/1, 47/2
Senate Journal, 47/sp, 47/sp, 47/1, 47/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 23, 47/sp, 47/sp, 47/1, 47/2
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
Volume 22 pages Congress 47 all (84.2 MB), reduced (56.7 MB) session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xvi iii-xvi ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xvii-xxiv xvii-xxiv ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxv-xxvi xxv-xxvi ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxvii-xxviii xxvii-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xxix-xxx, 1-644 xxix-xxx 1-396 397-644 private acts and resolutions 645-812 645-646
647-748
749-812
treaties and conventions 813-1030 813-1030 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1031-1036 1031-1036 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 22
1037-1148 1037-1148 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 22 |
1 |
47/1 |
1 |
20 Dec. 1881 | An act granting the franking privilege to
Lucretia R. Garfield. Widow of Pres. James A. Garfield |
| 4 |
16 |
25 Feb. 1882 | An act to enable the Postmaster-General to
delegate authority to sign warrants. |
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| 27 |
6 Mar. 1882 | An act to establish post-routes. |
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| 29 |
41 |
17 Mar. 1882 | An act authorizing the Postmaster-General to
adjust certain claims of Postmasters for loss by Burglary,
Fire, or other unavoidable casualty. |
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34-35 |
47/1 |
51 |
28 Mar. 1882 |
An act to establish a railway bridge across
the Mississippi River extending from a point between Wabasha
and Read's Landing, in Minnesota, to a point below the mouth
of the Chippewa River in Wisconsin. Post route, postal
telegraph, § 3. |
| 22 |
35-36 |
47/1 |
52 |
28 Mar. 1882 |
An act to extend the northern boundary of the
State of Nebraska. From Dakota Territory, south of 43°
N, west of the Missouri River. |
| 75 |
11 Apr. 1882 | An act appropriating money for the purchase
of a site and the erection of a suitable building for a
post-office and other government offices in the city of
Minneapolis, State of Minnesota. |
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| 110 |
26 Apr. 1882 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg in
the State of Illinois and to establish it as a post-road. |
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| 22 |
52, 53 |
116 |
4 May 1882 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for
other purposes. |
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| 239 |
27 June 1882 | An act to provide a building for the use of
the United States circuit and district courts and
post-office at Erie Pennsylvania. |
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| 274 |
7 July 1882 | An act to provide for the erection of a
public building for the use of the post office and
government offices at the city of Terre Haute, Indiana. |
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| 313 |
21 July 1882 | An act authorizing the sale of land and
premises formerly occupied as a site for the post-office in
the city of New York. |
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| 353 |
27 July 1882 | An act to authorize the purchase of a site
and the erection of a suitable building for a post-office
and other government offices in the city of Scranton,
Pennsylvania. |
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| 22 |
180 |
361 |
31 July 1882 | An act to designate, classify, and fix the
salaries of persons in the railway mail service. |
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| 185 |
373 |
2 Aug. 1882 | An act to amend sections three and four of
the act of February twenty-first eighteen hundred and
seventy-nine, to fix the pay of letter-carriers, and for
other purposes. |
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| 216 |
379 |
3 Aug. 1882 | An act to authorize the postmaster-general to
extend the mail service in certain cases and for other
purposes. |
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| 381 |
3 Aug. 1882 | An act to authorize the purchase of a site
and the erection of a suitable building for the United
States district court, post-office, and other government
offices at the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. |
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| 219 |
389 |
5 Aug. 1882 |
sec 4 p. 228, disposal of useless documents by Secretary of the Treasury p. 253, Postal Guide |
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| 448 |
7 Aug. 1882 | An act to establish post-routes. |
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| 47/2 |
14 |
9 Jan. 1883 | An act to provide for the payment of the
amount due the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Company for transportation of United States mails. |
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403-407 |
47/2 |
27 |
16 Jan. 1883 |
An act to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States. The first two lines on p. 406 (Duties of the Postmaster General) are in reverse order. Wikipedia, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, United States Civil Service Commission. Commemorative postage stamp -- Civil Service Commission, 9 Sep. 1983 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). The Civil Service Commission was replaced in 1978 by the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board. |
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yyy 833 |
47/2 -- |
yyy 1 |
10 Feb. 1883 10 Sep. 1883 |
(1) An act to encourage the holding of a
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in the
year eighteen hundred and eighty-four. (2) Proclamation, World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans. Setting the dates 1 Dec. 1884 to 31 May 1885. |
| 52 |
22 Feb. 1883 | An act to authorize the construction of
certain bridges, and to establish them as post-roads. |
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| 455 |
92 |
3 Mar. 1883 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for
other purposes. |
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| 94 |
3 Mar. 1883 | An act "to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Thames River, near New London in the State
of Connecticut, and declare it a post-route". |
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| 119 |
3 Mar. 1883 | An act authorizing and directing the
Postmaster General to readjust the salaries of certain
Postmasters in accordance with the provision of section
eight of the act of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty
six. |
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| 527 |
123 |
3 Mar. 1883 | An act to modify the postal money-order
system, and for other purposes. For cost estimates associated with the postal notes, see Annual Report of the Public Printer for 1882, p. 11-12 (ref). |
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3 Mar. 1883 |
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572-581 |
47/2 |
139 |
3 Mar. 1883 | An act to establish certain post-routes. |
| 22 |
600 |
142 |
3 Mar. 1883 | An act to adjust the salaries of postmasters. |
|
| 602 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
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| multi | p. 22, 53, 454, 455, appropriations p. 255 (ch. 389, sec. 2), 563 (ch. 128, p. 563), appropriations for departmental postage stamps |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 22 |
644 |
47/2 |
30 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
Joint resolution validating
certain contracts executed by the Postmaster General. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 22 |
648-649 |
47/1 |
34 |
15 Mar. 1882 |
An act for the relief of Charles Collins.
Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 22 | 649a |
47/1 | 35 |
15 Mar. 1882 |
An act for the relief of S. Rosenfeld and
Company. Revenue stamps. |
| 22 | 649c |
47/1 | 37 |
15 Mar. 1882 |
An act directing the issue of a duplicate
check to William J. Anthony, a pensioner of the United
States. Check, lost in the mail. |
| 22 | 651-652 |
47/1 | 50 |
23 Mar. 1882 |
An act directing the issue of a check to
the Pequonnock National Bank in place of one heretofore
issued to Juliaett Prescott, a pensioner of the United
States, and lost. Check, lost in the mail. |
| 22 | 697b |
47/1 | 121 |
4 May 1882 |
An act for the relief of Joseph L.
Stevens. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 22 | 704-705 |
47/1 | 196 |
7 June 1882 |
An act authorizing a duplicate check in
payment of pension to William A. Gardner, of Frederick
County, Maryland, in lieu of one lost. Check,
lost in the mail. |
| 22 | 708a |
47/1 | 217 |
13 June 1882 |
An act for the relief of Josephus Hawley.
Check, lost in the mail. |
| 22 | 714a |
47/1 | 292 |
12 July 1882 |
An act for the relief of William J.
Pollock. Revenue stamps, lost in the mail. |
| 22 | 737c |
47/1 | 463 |
7 Aug. 1882 |
An act for the relief of John G.
Abercrombie. Failed bidder on mail route. |
| 22 |
750-751 |
47/2 |
18 |
9 Jan. 1883 |
An act for the relief of John T. Hennaman,
of Baltimore, Maryland. Revenue stamps. |
| 22 |
805-806 |
47/2 |
146 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
An act for the relief of the German
National Bank of Louisville, Kentucky.
Registered letter, destroyed. |
| 22 |
809a |
47/2 | 159 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
An act for the relief of Robert L.
McConnaughey. Mail carrier. |
| 22 |
809b |
47/2 | 160 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
An act for the relief of Charles
Kortzenborn. Revenue stamps. |
| 22 |
809c |
47/2 |
161 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
An act for the relief of E.S. Montell,
executrix of the estate of James E. Montell.
Revenue stamps. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 22 |
834-846 |
5 Oct. 1881 9 Dec. 1881 |
Convention between the Post Office
Department of the United States of America and the General
Post Office of the Colony of Victoria, Australia,
concerning the exchange of money orders.
Effective 1 Jan. 1882. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 72, p. 661-673. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1051-1052. 157 CTS 305, 436 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 461-476 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 123-126 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 174-177 (link). |
| 22 |
847-859 |
8 Oct. 1881 6 Dec. 1881 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the
Post-Office Department of the Colony of New Zealand,
concerning the exchange of money orders. Effective
1 Jan. 1882. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 72, p. 674-686. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1046-1050. 157 CTS 305, 410 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 477-492 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 117-120 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 167-170 (link). |
| 22 |
860-873 |
11 Oct. 1881 26 Oct. 1881 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the General
Post-Office of the Island of Jamaica, concerning an
Exchange of money orders. Effective 1 Jan. 1882. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 72, p. 687-700. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1043-1045. 157 CTS 305, 389 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 429-444 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 141-144 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 191-193 (link). |
| 22 |
874-878 |
18 Oct. 1881 30 Nov. 1881 |
Convention for the Exchange of Postal
Money Orders between the United States of America and
Switzerland. Effective 1 Jan. 1882. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 399-406 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 80-84 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 133-136 (link). |
| 22 |
879-899 |
18 Oct. 1881 30 Nov. 1881 |
Regulations of Detail ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 406-427 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 84-90 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 137-142 (link). |
| 22 |
900-912 |
29 Oct. 1881 6 Dec. 1881 |
Convention between the Post Office
Department of the United States of America and the General
Post Office of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia,
concerning the exchange of money orders.
Effective 1 Jan. 1882. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 72, p. 701-713. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1050-1051. 157 CTS 305, 423 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 445-460 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 120-123 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 171-174 (link). |
| 22 |
913 |
7 Feb. 1882 |
Agreement between the United States and
Belgium for increasing the limits of weight and the
dimensions of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged
through the post between the two countries.
Effective 1 Apr. 1882. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 12, p. 374-375 (link), in French. 159 CTS 365, 379 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 530-531 (link). |
| 22 |
914 |
10 Feb. 1882 16 Feb. 1882 |
Amended Article to replace Article 2 of
the Additional Articles of Agreement of April 28 and May
3, 1881, between the United States of America and the
Dominion of Canada. Effective immediately. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 73, p. 114. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1052-1053. 159 CTS 365, 381 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 529 (link). |
| 22 |
918-920 |
15 July 1882 |
Convention for the exchange of sums of
money by means of postal orders between the United States
and Portugal. Money orders. Effective 1
Jan. 1883. 159 CTS 366, 392 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 493-498 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 135-137 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 185-187 (link). |
| 22 |
921-933 |
15 July 1882 | Regulations of Detail ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 498-510 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 138-139 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 188-189 (link). |
| 22 |
937-938 |
31 Aug. 1882 19 Sep. 1882 |
Agreement between the United States and
Switzerland for increasing the limits of weight and the
dimensions of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged
through the post between the two countries.
Effective 1 Oct, 1882. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1882, p. 529 (link). |
| 22 |
981-982 |
14 Dec. 1882 |
Agreement with reference to the Convention
for the exchange of money by means of postal-orders
between the United States and Portugal. Money
orders. Effective 1 July 1883. 159 CTS 368, 465 Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 140 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 190 (link). |
| 22 |
986-990 |
29 July 1882 |
Convention between the United States of
America and the United States of Mexico, providing for an
international boundary survey to relocate the existing
frontier line between the two countries west of the Rio
Grande. Continued by further conventions, etc., 29 June 1883, 23 Stat. 734; 12 Nov. 1884, 24 Stat. 1011; 5 Dec. 1885, 25 Stat. 1390; 18 Feb. 1889, 26 Stat. 1493; 1 Mar. 1889, 26 Stat. 1512; 24 Aug. 1894, 28 Stat. 1213; 1 Oct. 1895, 29 Stat. 841; 6 Nov. 1896, 29 Stat. 857; 29 Oct. 1897, 30 Stat. 1625; 12 Dec. 1898, 30 Stat. 1744; 21 Nov. 1900, 31 Stat. 1936; 20 Mar. 1905, 35 Stat. 1863; 24 June 1910, 36 Stat. 2481; 5 Dec. 1910, 36 Stat. 2487; 1 Feb. 1933, 48 Stat. 1621. Boundary crossings by US and Mexican troops were subject to Agreements of 29 July 1882, 22 Stat. 934; 21 Sep. 1882, 22 Stat. 939; 31 Oct. 1884, 23 Stat. 806; |
| 22 |
996-1008 |
5 July 1882 20 Nov. 1882 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America, and the
General Post-Office of the Colony of Tasmania, concerning
the exchange of money-orders. Effective 1 Jan.
1883. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 73, p. 101-113. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1053-1054. 159 CTS 367, 424 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1883, p. 677-690 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 144-147 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 194-197 (link). |
| 22 |
1009-1013 |
20 Nov. 1882 |
Convention between the United States of
America and Belgium, concerning the exchange of
postal-orders. Money orders. Effective 1
Jan. 1883. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 12, p. 432-436 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1883, p. 656-661 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 127-131 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 177-181 (link). |
| 22 |
1014-1029 |
20 Nov. 1882 12 Dec. 1882 |
Detailed Regulations ... Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1883, p. 662-677 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 131-135 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 181-185 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
Contents, p. i-xxx, 1-942
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 48th -- 3 Dec. 1883 – 7 July 1884
1 Dec. 1884 – 3 Mar. 1885
p. 1-278
p. 279-522p. 525-614
p. 615-70848th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 2180, 2275; Senate Journal, 2161, 2260
House Journal, 48/1, 48/2
Senate Journal, 48/1, 48/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 24, 48/1, 48/2
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
Volume 23
pages
Congress 48
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session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xii iii-xii ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xiii-xxiv xiii-xxiv ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxv-xxvi xxv-xxvi ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxvii-xxviii xxvii-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xxix-xxx, 1-522 xxix-xxx 1-278 279-522 private acts and resolutions 523-708 523-524
525-614
615-708
treaties and conventions 709-830 709-830 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 831-846 831-846 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 23
847-942 847-942 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 23 |
3 |
48/1 |
9 |
1 Mar. 1884 | An act making all public roads
and highways post routes. |
| 23 |
11 |
26 |
18 Apr. 1884 |
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13 May 1884 |
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| 23 |
22-24 |
48/1 |
52 |
16 May 1884 |
[counterfeiting] Postage stamps are not mentioned. |
| 23 |
24-28 |
48/1 |
53 |
17 May 1884 |
An act providing a civil government for
Alaska. Civil and judicial district, and a land
district, continuing as an unorganized territory.
Capital at Sitka. Wikipedia, District of Alaska. |
| 72 |
7 June 1884 | An act to declare the Cantilever Bridge
constructed by the Niagara River Bridge Company across the
Niagara River a Post Route. |
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| 40 |
73 |
9 June 1884 | An act fixing the rate of postage to be paid
upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons
other than the publisher or news agent. |
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| 82 |
12 June 1884 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected
between the north and the south line of the county of
Douglas, State of Nebraska, and to make the same a
post-route. |
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| 119 |
24 June 1884 | An act to authorize the Oregon Pacific
Railroad Company to construct one or more bridges across the
Willamette River, in the State of Oregon, and to establish
them as post-roads. |
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| 60 |
126 |
27 June 1884 | An act to grant letter-carriers at
free-delivery offices fifteen days' leave of absence in each
year. |
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| 156 |
234 |
5 July 1884 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for
other purposes. |
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| 158 |
5 July 1884 |
special delivery stamps declared obsolete |
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| 194 |
332 |
7 July 1884 |
[appropriations, p. 227] |
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| 236 |
334 |
7 July 1884 |
[appropriations, p. 247-248, 254; claims, p.
259] |
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| 48/2 |
19 |
13 Jan. 1885 | An act to provide for the erection of a
public building for the use of the United States courts,
post-office, and other Government offices in the city of
Carson City, in the State of Nevada. |
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| 52 |
10 Feb. 1885 | An act to authorize the purchase of
additional grounds for the United States court house and
post-office building at Springfield, Illinois. |
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| 124 |
17 Feb. 1885 | An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
provide a building for the use of the United States circuit
and district courts of the United States, the post-office,
internal-revenue offices, and other Government offices at
Erie, Pennsylvania," and making an additional appropriation
therefor. |
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| 325 |
3 Mar. 1885 | An act to provide for the erection of a
public building at Aberdeen, Mississippi, for use as a
post-office, United States court, and for United States
internal-revenue officials, and for other Government
purposes. |
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| 327 |
3 Mar. 1885 | An act to provide for the construction of a
court-house and post-office at Clarksburg, West Virginia. |
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| 23 |
385-388 |
48/2 |
342 |
3 Mar. 1885 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for
other purposes. Special delivery service, § 3-6. |
| 356 |
3 Mar. 1885 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi River at Rock Island,
Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and to establish it as a
post-route. |
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| 150 |
Washington, D.C., branch post office |
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| 157 |
appropriations for UPU Congress, Lisbon |
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| 196 |
Utica, NY, post office |
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| multi |
p. 58, appropriations p. 191, 423, topographer |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 23 |
535b |
48/1 |
108 |
20 June 1884 |
An act for the relief of Z.M. Pettigrew.
Postmaster. |
| 23 |
540b |
48/1 |
144 |
2 July 1884 |
An act for the relief of the Atlantic
Alcohol Company, of Atlantic, State of Iowa.
Revenue stamps. |
| 23 |
675c |
48/2 |
393 |
3 Mar. 1885 |
An act for the relief of O.L. Cochran,
late postmaster at Houston, Texas, reimbursing him for
money erroneously collected from him by the Post Office
Department. |
| 23 |
676-677 |
48/2 | 397 |
3 Mar. 1885 |
An act for the relief of John F.
Severance. Postmaster, loss by robbery. |
| 23 |
678 |
48/2 | 404 |
3 Mar. 1885 |
An act for the relief of John W. Martin.
Postmaster. |
| 23 |
682 |
48/2 | 423 |
3 Mar. 1885 |
An act for the relief of John B. Davis.
Mail contractor. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 23 |
736-747 |
11 Sep. 1883 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America, concerning the
exchange of money-orders. Effective 1 Jan. 1884. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1884, p. 584-595 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 157-160 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 207-210 (link). |
| 23 |
748-749 |
2 Jan. 1884 |
Agreement between the United States and
the Argentine Republic for Increasing the Limits of Weight
and the Dimensions of Packets of Patterns of Merchandise
exchanged through the Post between the two Countries.
Effective 1 Feb. 1884. 163 CTS 237, 239 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1884, p. 646-647 (link). |
| 23 |
754-765 |
26 Mar. 1884 28 May 1884 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the Post
and Telegraph Department of the Colony of Queensland,
Australia, concerning the exchange of money-orders.
Effective 1 July 1884. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 75, p. 391-396. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1054-1055. 163 CTS 237, 254 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1884, p. 596-607 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 161-164 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 210-213 (link). |
| 23 |
768-780 |
9 Apr. 1884 9 June 1884 |
Convention between the Governor of the
colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the President of the
United States of America concerning the exchange of
Money-Orders. Effective 1 July 1884. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 75, p. 371-375. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1055-1057. 163 CTS 237, 260 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1884, p. 608-620 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 154-157 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 204-206 (link). |
| 23 |
791-805 |
24 Apr. 1884 2 July 1884 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America, and the
Post-Offices of the several Islands at present
constituting the Government-in-Chief of the Windward
Islands, consisting of the Islands of Barbadoes, Grenada,
St. Vincent, Tobago and St. Lucia, concerning an exchange
of Money-Orders. Effective 1 Oct. 1884. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 75, p. 384-389. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1059-1062. 163 CTS 238, 272 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1884, p. 621-633 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 147-150 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 197-200 (link). |
| 23 |
815-829 |
27 Dec. 1884 17 Feb. 1885 |
Convention for an exchange of Money-Orders
between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of the
United States of America. Effective 1 Apr. 1885. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 305-322 (link), in Swedish and English. 165 CTS 77, 83 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1885, p. 787-801 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 110-117 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 161-167 (link). 11 Nov. 1890 / 3 Dec. 1890, Supplementary Agreement, see Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 640 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 23 |
835-836 |
5 |
1 July 1884 |
Warning to invaders of Indian Territory.
Oklahoma not to be settled. |
| 23 |
843-844 |
12 |
13 Mar. 1885 |
Warning to invaders of Oklahoma lands, Indian Territory. |
Contents, p. i-xl, 1-1190
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 49th 4 Mar. – 2 Apr. 1885
7 Dec. 1885 – 5 Aug. 1886
6 Dec. 1886 – 3 Mar. 1887
p. 1-350
p. 351-650p. 653-880
p. 881-972
49th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 2366, 2367, 2459; Senate Journal, 2260, 2332, 2447
House Journal, 49/1 pt 1, 49/1 pt 2, 49/2
Senate Journal, 49/sp, 49/1, 49/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 25, 49/sp, 49/1, 49/2
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
Volume 24
pages
Congress 49
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session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xviii iii-xviii ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xix-xxxiv xix-xxxiv ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxxv-xxxvi xxxv-xxxvi ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxxvii-xxxviii xxxvii-xxxviii ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xxxix-xl, 1-650 xxxix-xl 1-350 351-650 private acts and resolutions 651-972 651-652
653-880
881-972
treaties and conventions 973-1020 973-1020 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1021-1032 1021-1032 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 24
1033-1190 1033-1190 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 24 |
49/1 |
20 |
16 Mar. 1886 | An act to provide for a building for the use
of the Federal courts, post-office, and internal-revenue and
other civil offices, and a United States jail, in the city
of Fort Smith, Arkansas. |
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| 9 |
49/1 |
40 |
30 Mar. 1886 | An act to authorize the publication of a new
edition of the Postal Laws and Regulations. The Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887 (link). $17,475 allocated to the Government Printing Office. |
|
| 12-14 |
15 Apr. 1886 |
[new Library of Congress building] |
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| 349 |
17 May 1886 | An act to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to purchase an additional strip of ground on the
east side of the United States court-house and post-office
building at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be paid for out of the
appropriation already made. |
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| 350 |
17 May 1886 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at a point to be selected
either in the counties of Clay and Jackson, in the State of
Missouri, or in the county of Clay or Platte, in said State,
and the county of Wyandotte, in the State of Kansas, and to
make the same a post-route. |
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| 417 |
16 June 1886 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Staten Island Sound, known as Arthur Kill,
and to establish the same as a post-road. |
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| 86 |
568 |
29 June 1886 |
[domestic money orders] |
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| 87 |
569 |
29 June 1886 | An act to make the allowances for clerk-hire,
to postmasters of the first and second class post-offices
cover the cost of clerical labor in the money-order
business, and for other purposes. |
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| 91 |
573 |
30 June 1886 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. |
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| 582 |
30 June 1886 | An act making an appropriation for the
repairs and enlargement of the post-office and court-house
at Des Moines, Iowa, and fixing a limit therefor. |
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| 24 |
122 |
611 |
2 July 1886 |
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| 759 |
10 July 1886 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of
Saint Joseph, in the State of Missouri, and to establish it
as a post-road. |
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| 761 |
10 July 1886 | An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
provide a building for the use of the United States circuit
and district courts of the United States, the post-office,
and other Government offices at Williamsport, Pennsylvania,"
and making a additional appropriation therefor. |
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| 172 |
827 |
31 July 1886 |
[appropriations, p. 205-207] |
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| 220 |
900 |
4 Aug. 1886 | An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to
allow compensation to railroad companies in certain cases
for apartment service heretofore furnished pursuant to
agreement. |
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| 220-221 |
901 |
4 Aug. 1886 | An act to extend the system for the immediate
delivery of letters, and amendatory of sections three, four,
and five of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred
and eighty-five, entitled "An act making appropriations for
the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six,
and for other purposes." Special delivery service. |
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| 272 |
[appropriations] |
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| 273 |
United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company | ||||
| 354 |
49/2 |
13 |
3 Jan. 1887 | An act to amend the act entitled "An act to
modify the postal money-order system, and for other
purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and
eighty-three. |
|
| 14 |
3 Jan. 1887 | An act to extend the free-delivery system of
the Post-Office Department, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 |
17 Jan. 1887 | An act to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell and convey the United States custom-house
and post-office property at Eastport, in the State of Maine,
lately destroyed by fire, the proceeds thereof to be
invested in the purchase of a new site for and to provide
for the erection of a new public building at that place. |
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| 131 |
16 Feb. 1887 | An act for the purchase of suitable grounds
in the city of Owensborough, in the State of Kentucky, and
the erection thereon of a public building for the
post-office, United States collector's office, United States
commissioner's office, and for the use of other United
States officers in said city, and appropriating money for
said purposes. |
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| 249 |
24 Feb. 1887 | An act authorizing the construction of a
public building for a post-office in the city of Houston,
Texas. |
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| 440 |
314 |
2 Mar. 1887 |
[agricultural stations] Free franking,
§ 4, p. 441. |
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| 24 |
468 |
3 Mar. 1887 |
bridge, East River Time extended, 9 Mar. 1900, 31 Stat. 42. |
||
| 492 |
346 |
3 Mar. 1887 | An act authorizing the employment of
mail-messengers in the postal service. |
||
| 354 |
3 Mar. 1887 | An act to authorize the purchase of a site
for a building for a post-office, court-house, and other
offices in San Francisco, California. |
|||
| 569 |
388 |
3 Mar. 1887 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. |
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| 392 |
3 Mar. 1887 |
[appropriations, p. 628-630] |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 24 |
687c |
49/1 | 46 |
5 Apr. 1886 |
An act for the relief of David W. Jones.
Check, lost in the mail. |
| 24 |
690b |
49/1 |
78 |
1 May 1886 |
An act for the relief of Miss Rosa
Wallace. Postmaster, stolen postal funds. |
| 24 |
690c |
49/1 | 79 |
1 May 1886 |
An act for the relief of John A. Morris.
Post Office draft. |
| 24 |
787c |
49/1 |
400 |
1 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of E.P. Thompson.
Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 24 | 791a |
49/1 | 420 |
16 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of H.H. Faulkner and
Mary Woodlee. Revenue stamps. |
| 24 | 801a |
49/1 | 469 |
22 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of H.J.T. Moss.
Postmaster, money order funds lost in transit. |
| 24 | 819a |
49/1 | 561 |
28 June 1886 |
An act granting a franking privilege to Julia D. Grant. Widow of Pres. U.S. Grant. |
| 24 | 820b |
49/1 | 571 |
29 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of T.H. Triplett.
Postmaster, postal funds destroyed by fire. |
| 24 | 821b |
49/1 | 589 |
30 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of V.F. Gorrissen.
Postmaster, stolen postal funds. |
| 24 | 822b |
49/1 | 592 |
30 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of Susan A. Wamack,
administratrix of the estate of Stephen M. Farish,
deceased. Mail contractor. |
| 24 | 822c |
49/1 | 593 |
30 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of Ann B. Hubbard,
administratrix. Mail carrier. |
| 24 | 822d |
49/1 | 594 |
30 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of John Taggart.
Postmaster, stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 24 | 823b |
49/1 | 596 |
30 June 1886 |
An act for the relief of E.J. Phillips.
Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 24 | 830b |
49/1 | 638 |
6 July 1886 |
An act for the relief of Elias B. Moore.
Postmaster, postage stamps taken by the Army, 1862. |
| 24 | 875a |
49/1 | 919 |
4 Aug. 1886 |
An act for the relief of the legal
representatives of John Wightman, deceased. Mail
carrier. |
| 24 |
883-884 |
49/2 |
19 |
3 Jan. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Grafton Monroe. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 24 |
884b |
49/2 | 27 |
17 Jan. 1887 |
An act for the relief of William H. Randle, of Nashville, Tennessee. Lost registered letter. |
| 24 | 899c |
49/2 | 140 |
17 Feb. 1887 |
An act to pay B.S. James for transporting
the United States mails. |
| 24 | 903c |
49/2 | 160 |
21 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of J.R. McGoldrick. Postmaster, stolen money order funds. |
| 24 | 904b |
49/2 | 164 |
21 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Samuel H.
Flemming. Mail carrier. |
| 24 | 904c |
49/2 | 165 |
21 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Harry Fisk. Postmaster, post office burglary. |
| 24 | 906b |
49/2 | 172 |
21 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of James R. Marrs. Postmaster, stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 916b |
49/2 | 236 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of J.R. Martin. Postmaster, stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 917a |
49/2 | 239 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Lysander H.
Carroll. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 24 | 917c |
49/2 | 241 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Francis M. Bell. Postmaster, for clerk hire. |
| 24 | 918b |
49/2 | 244 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of E.B. Dawson. Postmaster, stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 918c |
49/2 | 245 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of David W. Low. Stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 919a |
49/2 | 247 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of H.C. Wilkey. Postmaster, stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 919b |
49/2 | 248 |
23 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Frank Shutt. Postmaster, stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 923a |
49/2 | 295 |
28 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of the estate of
Edwin T. Pilkerton, deceased. Revenue stamps,
destroyed by fire. |
| 24 | 923e |
49/2 | 299 |
28 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of James W. Goodrich. Stolen Post Office funds. |
| 24 | 924b |
49/2 | 301 |
28 Feb. 1887 |
An act for the relief of James M. Grigsby. Postmaster, money order funds lost in the mail. |
| 24 | 968b |
49/2 | 440 |
3 Mar. 1887 |
An act for the relief of Miss Eula E. Henry. Postmaster, mail robbery. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
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| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 24 |
1008-1010 |
31 May 1886 30 July 1886 |
Postal Convention between the
United States of America and the Colonial Government of
Tasmania. Effective 1 July 1886. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 78, p. 806-808. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1167-1170. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1886, p. 838-840 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 61-63 (link). |
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18 Apr. 1885 23 May 1885 |
Convention for the exchange of money
orders between the Post Office Department of the United
States of America and the general Post Office of the
Empire of Japan. Effective 1 Oct. 1885. Treaties and Conventions [Japan], 1908, p. 338-353 (link). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1885, p. 802-814 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 151-154 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 200-203 (link). The amount paid to the corresponding post office was 3/4 % in the original (1885), but it was reduced to 1/2 % by 1908; see Article 6. Although this change should have required an amendment to the Convention, we have not found it yet. For more countries impacted by this change, see the PMG Report for 1888, p. 793 (ref). |
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28 Nov. 1885 17 Dec. 1885 |
Convention between the Post Office
Department of the United States of America and the
Governor of the Leeward Islands concerning an Exchange of
Money Orders. Effective 1 Jan. 1886. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1886, p. 790-804 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 164-167 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 214-217 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
30 Nov. 1886 5 Feb. 1887 |
Norway, Convention, Exchange of Money
Orders. Effective 1 Apr. 1887. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 524-536 (link), in Swedish and English. 168 CTS 387, 391 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1887, p. 979-990 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 168-174 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 217-223 (link). 14 Nov. 1890 / 3 Dec. 1890, Supplementary Agreement, see Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 640 (link). |
| -- |
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30 Nov. 1886 21 Dec. 1886 |
Convention for an exchange of money-orders
between the United States of America and the Kingdom of
the Netherlands. Effective 1 Apr. 1887. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 10, p. 4-15 (link), in Dutch and English. 167 CTS 180, 281. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1887, p. 991-999 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 174-178 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 223-227 (link). |
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Contents, p. i-l, 1-1640
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 50th -- 5 Dec. 1887 – 20 Oct. 1888
3 Dec. 1888 – 2 Mar. 1889
p. 1-634
p. 635-1022p. 1025-1250
p. 1251-1336
50th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 2529, 2530, 2531, 2625; Senate Journal, 2503, 2609
House Journal, 50/1 pt 1, 50/1 pt 2, 50/1 pt 3 (index), 50/2
Senate Journal, 50/1, 50/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 26, 50/1, 50/2
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
The 50th Congress ended on the legislative day 2 Mar. 1889, at noon on the calendar day 4 Mar. 1889.
Volume 25
pages
Congress 50
all (122 MB), reduced (60.1 MB)
session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xxii iii-xxii ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xxiii-xliv xxiii-xliv ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xlv-xlvi xlv-xlvi ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xlvii-xlviii xlvii-xlviii ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xlix-l, 1-1022 xlix-l 1-634 635-1022 private acts and resolutions 1023-1336 1023-1024
1025-1250
1251-1336
treaties and conventions 1337-1478 1337-1478 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1479-1488 1479-1488 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 25
1489-1640 1489-1640 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 25 |
1 |
50/1 |
2 |
20 Jan. 1888 | An act relating to permissible marks,
printing or writing, upon second, third, and fourth-class
matter, and to amend the twenty-second and twenty-third
sections of an act entitled "An act making appropriations
for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and
for other purposes". |
| 43 |
18 |
29 Feb. 1888 | An act authorizing the appointment of two
additional division superintendents of Railway Mail Service. |
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| 19 |
1 Mar. 1888 | An act to authorize the purchase of
additional ground in Newark, New Jersey, adjoining the
custom-house and post-office building, and for the
improvement of the building thereon, and the erection of
additions thereto. |
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| 43 |
26 Mar. 1888 | An act to provide for the leasing of premises
for the Washington City post-office. |
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| 135 |
231 |
9 May 1888 | To amend an act entitled 'An act authorizing
the Postmaster-General to adjust certain claims of
postmasters for loss by burglary, fire, or other unavoidable
casualty,' approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
eighty-two. |
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| 252 |
14 May 1888 | An act providing for the purchase of
additional ground in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana,
adjoining the post-office site, and for the improvement of
the building thereon, and appropriating one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars therefor. |
|||
| 308 |
24 May 1888 | An act to limit the hours that
letter-carriers in cities shall be employed per day. |
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| 361 |
6 June 1888 | An act to provide a building for the use of
the United States courts, post-office, custom-office, and
internal-revenue office at Vicksburg, Mississippi. |
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| 365 |
6 June 1888 | An act to enlarge, improve, and make repairs
upon the United States court-house and post-office building
in Atlanta, Georgia, and to appropriate money therefor. |
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| 25 |
182-184 |
50/1 |
389 |
13 June 1888 |
An act to establish a department of Labor. Bureau of Labor, in the Dept. of the Interior, 27 June 1884, 23 Stat. 60-61. Dept. of Labor, 13 June 1888, 25 Stat. 182-184, but without Cabinet rank. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, 14 Feb. 1903, 32 Stat. 825-830, Cabinet rank. Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of Labor, 4 Mar. 1913, 37 Stat. 736-738. FRASER, An Act to Establish a Department of Labor, PDF. |
| 187, 188 |
394 |
18 June 1888 | An act relating to postal crimes, and
amendatory of the statutes therein mentioned. |
||
| 397 |
18 June 1888 | An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to
cancel mail contract on route number thirty thousand one
hundred, and for other purposes. |
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| 622 |
16 July 1888 | An act to authorize the Columbia River Bridge
Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the
Columbia River between the State of Oregon and the Territory
of Washington, and to establish it as a post-road. |
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| 624 |
16 July 1888 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi River at or near the city of
Oquawka, in the State of Illinois, and to establish it as a
post-road. |
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| 666 |
17 July 1888 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River and to establish it as a
post-road. |
|||
| 347 |
702 |
24 July 1888 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. |
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| 382 |
772 |
7 Aug. 1888 | An act supplementary to the act of July
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to
aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure
to the Government the use of the same for postal, military,
and other purposes," and also of the act of July second,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and other acts amendatory
of said first-named act. |
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| 773 |
7 Aug. 1888 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River and to establish it as a
post-road. |
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| 25 |
387 |
50/1 |
787 |
8 Aug. 1888 |
An act requiring notice of deficiency in
accounts of principals to be given to sureties upon bonds of
United States officials, and fixing a limitation of time
within which suits shall be brought against said sureties
upon said bonds. |
| 496 |
1039 |
26 Sep. 1888 | An act amendatory of "An act relating to
postal crimes and amendatory of the statutes therein
mentioned," approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and
eighty-eight, and for other purposes. |
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| 1065 |
1 Oct. 1888 | An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to
advertise for and purchase improved registered mail locks
and keys therefor. |
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| 25 |
553 |
50/1 |
1094 |
12 Oct. 1888 |
An act concerning the settlement of the
boundary-lines between Connecticut and Rhode Island. |
| 1223 |
19 Oct. 1888 | An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to
rent a suitable building in the city of Washington to be
used as a mail Bag Repair Shop, and for other purposes. |
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| 650 |
50/2 |
50 |
16 Jan. 1889 | An act to amend the postal laws of the United
States in reference to letters bearing special delivery
stamps. |
|
| 93 |
21 Jan. 1889 | An act to increase the appropriation for the
purchase of a site for a building for a post-office,
court-house, and other offices in San Francisco, California. |
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| 654 |
100 |
30 Jan. 1889 |
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| 25 |
659 |
50/2 |
122 |
9 Feb. 1889 | An act to enlarge the powers and duties of
the Department of Agriculture and to create an Executive
Department to be known as the Department of Agriculture. The first Secretary of Agriculture, Norman J. Colman, was confirmed 13 Feb. 1889; the second, Jeremiah M. Rusk, was confirmed 5 Mar. 1889, upon the new presidential administration. |
| 672 |
171 |
16 Feb. 1889 |
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| 25 26 26 26 26 |
676-684 1548-1549 1549-1551 1551-1552 1552-1553 |
50/2 -- -- -- -- |
180 5 6 7 8 |
22 Feb. 1889 2 Nov. 1889 2 Nov. 1889 8 Nov. 1889 11 Nov. 1889 |
(1) An act to provide for the division of
Dakota into two States and to enable the people of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form
constitutions and State governments and to be admitted
into the Union on an equal footing with the original
States, and to make donations of public lands to such
States. (2-5) Proclamations, statehood, 2 Nov. 1889 (North and South Dakota), 8 Nov. 1889 (Montana), 11 Nov. 1889 (Washington). About the North Dakota state boundaries, and the difficulties of defining and marking them, see John P. Bluemle, North Dakota's Boundaries, 2002 (link). Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Montana, of North Dakota, of South Dakota, of Washington. Commemorative postage stamps -- statehood, 2 Nov. 1939 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC); Montana, 15 Jan. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); North Dakota, 21 Feb. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); South Dakota. 3 May 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC); Washington, 22 Feb. 1989 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 25 |
760 |
50/2 |
318 |
1 Mar. 1889 |
An act to authorize the Kentucky Union
Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Kentucky
River and its tributaries. Post route, § 2. |
| 25 |
760-767 |
50/2 |
319 |
1 Mar. 1889 |
An act to provide for taking the eleventh
and subsequent censuses. All census-related mail
to be sent free, § 7, p. 763; see next, Act of 21 May 1890,
26 Stat. 116. Additional, 22 Feb. 1890, 26 Stat. 13; 14 Aug. 1890, 26 Stat. 313; 3 Mar. 1891, 26 Stat. 888; 6 July 1892, 27 Stat. 86; 23 Feb. 1893, 27 Stat. 473; 3 Mar. 1893, 27 Stat. 658; 3 Oct. 1893, 28 Stat. 3; 21 Dec. 1893, 28 Stat. 18; 21 Apr. 1894, 28 Stat. 60; 22 Aug. 1894, 28 Stat. 439; 2 Mar. 1895, 28 Stat. 857; 19 Mar. 1896, 29 Stat. 468. Apportionment, 7 Feb. 1891, 26 Stat. 735. Wikipedia, 1890 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1890 Census, Overview, Publications, Bulletins. The census reference date was 1 June 1890. |
| 25 |
779 |
50/2 |
1 Mar. 1889 |
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| 25 |
783-788 |
50/2 |
333 |
1 Mar. 1889 |
An act to establish a United States court in
the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. The Indian Territory is bounded to the north by Kansas, east by Missouri and Arkansas, south by Texas, west by Texas and New Mexico Territory. See next, Act of 2 May 1890, 26 Stat. 81 § 29. |
| 841 |
374 |
2 Mar. 1889 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety. |
||
| 873 |
393 |
2 Mar. 1889 | An act to punish dealers and pretended
dealers in counterfeit money and other fraudulent devices
for using the United States mails. |
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| multi |
p. 14, 46, 524, Washington, D.C., post office |
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| multi |
p. 346, 844, appropriations p. 292, 741, topographer |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 25 |
1026b |
50/1 |
11 |
15 Feb. 1888 |
An act for the relief of John Snoddy.
Postmaster, train robbery. |
| 25 |
1026c |
50/1 |
24 |
5 Mar. 1888 |
An act for the relief of R.R. Tinsley.
Postmaster, mail robbery. |
| 25 |
1028a |
50/1 |
33 |
20 Mar. 1888 |
An act for the relief of A.B. Norton.
Postmaster. |
| 25 |
1032b |
50/1 |
73 |
9 Apr. 1888 |
An act for the relief of John K. Le Baron.
Postmaster. |
| 25 |
1046a |
50/1 |
152 |
20 Apr. 1888 |
An act for the relief of R.S. Stanley,
postmaster at Booneville, Mississippi.
Registered envelope, burned. |
| 25 |
1058c |
50/1 |
228 |
2 May 1888 |
An act for the relief of George F.
Chilton. Mail contractor. |
| 25 |
1059d |
50/1 |
238 |
9 May 1888 |
An act for the relief of J.A. Wilson.
Mail robbery. |
| 25 |
1070-1071 |
50/1 |
313 |
24 May 1888 |
An act for the relief of the First
National Bank of Marion, Iowa. Lost bonds. |
| 25 |
1071a |
50/1 |
314 |
24 May 1888 |
An act for the relief of the heirs of John
S. Fillmore, deceased. Post office site. |
| 25 |
1074c |
50/1 |
333 |
28 May 1888 |
An act for the relief of Thomas C. Dickey.
Postmaster. |
| 25 |
1081d |
50/1 |
403 |
18 June 1888 |
An act for the relief of Charles V.
Mesler. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 25 |
1146a |
50/1 |
796 |
8 Aug. 1888 |
An act for the relief of Carline T.
Cockle. Postmaster. |
| 25 |
1146c |
50/1 |
798 |
8 Aug. 1888 |
An act for the relief of C.L. Wilson.
Postmaster. |
| 25 |
1169b |
50/1 |
932 |
27 Aug. 1888 |
An act for the relief of Lowman and
Company. Revenue stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 25 |
1179b |
50/1 |
982 |
6 Sep. 1888 |
An act for the relief of Mathew H. Fulton.
Postmaster, stolen registered letters. |
| 25 |
1180a |
50/1 |
986 |
6 Sep. 1888 |
An act for the relief of M.M. Gibson.
Postmaster, postage stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 25 |
1194c |
50/1 |
1072 |
9 Oct. 1888 |
An act for the relief of John D. Adams.
Mail contractor. |
| 25 |
1200d |
50/1 |
1109 |
12 Oct. 1888 |
An act for the relief of John J. Crooke.
Revenue stamps, printer. |
| 25 |
1200-1201 |
50/1 |
1110 |
12 Oct. 1888 |
An act for the relief of the American
Grocer Association of the city of New York. |
| 25 |
1221b |
50/1 |
1225 |
19 Oct. 1888 |
An act for the relief of G.W. McAdams.
Postmaster, stolen funds. |
| 25 |
1270c |
50/2 |
112 |
5 Feb. 1889 |
An act for the relief of W.W. Welch.
Mail agent. |
| 25 | 1277c |
50/2 | 164 |
13 Feb. 1889 |
An act for the relief of David A. Haywood.
Post office building. |
| 25 | 1278c |
50/2 | 173 |
16 Feb. 1889 |
An act for the relief of William H.
Robertson and Edward L. Hedden, late collector of customs
for the district of the city of New York. Postal
funds. |
| 25 | 1290a |
50/2 | 244 |
25 Feb. 1889 |
An act for the relief of J. Harry Adams.
Revenue stamps. |
| 25 | 1299b |
50/2 | 289 |
26 Feb. 1889 |
An act for the relief of Milo McCrillis.
Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 25 | 1311b |
50/2 | 433 |
2 Mar. 1889 |
An act for the relief of S. Dillinger and
Sons. Revenue stamps. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 25 |
1339-1351 |
21 Mar. 1885 |
Universal Postal Union, The Additional Act
of Lisbon. Effective 1 Apr. 1886. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 97-106. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 235-243. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 13, p. 432-440 (link), 460-463 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 9, p. 135-144 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 343-353 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 219-230 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1885, p. 835-844 (link), 864-871 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 1-13 (link). |
| 25 |
1352-1369 |
21 Mar. 1885 |
Universal Postal Union, The
Additional Act of Lisbon modifying the Detailed
Regulations ... Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 243-247. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 9, p. 144-163 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 230-241 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1885, p. 844-864 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 13-40 (link). |
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21 Mar. 1885 |
Further UPU arrangements, that the US was
not party to: Letters with Declared Value, 21 Mar. 1885 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 13, p. 441-443 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 9, p. 132-134 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 354-356 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 241-245 (link), in French. Exchange of Money Orders (Mandats de poste), 21 Mar. 1885 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 13, p. 444-446 (link), in French. Also, vol. 14, p. 443 (link). Also, vol. 15, p. 66 (link). Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 9, p. 124-131 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 357-360 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 246-252 (link), in French. Parcels Post (Colis postaux), 21 Mar. 1885 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 13, p. 447-454 (link), p. 574 (link), in French. Also, vol. 15, p. 81-82 (link). Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 9, p. 111-123 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 360-367 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 253-266 (link), in French. Collection Service (Recouvrements), 21 Mar. 1885 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 13, p. 455-459 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 542-548 (link), in French. |
| 25 |
1385-1389 |
4 Apr. 1887 21 June 1887 |
Postal Convention between the United
States of America and the United Mexican States.
Effective 1 July 1887. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1884, discussed, p. 28 (ref), 641-642 (ref). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1885, discussed, p. 832 (ref). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1886, discussed, p. 815 (ref). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1887, p. 1027-1030 (link); discussed, p. 60, 1014. Postal Laws and Regulations, 1887, Appendix, p. 46-49 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 62-65 (link). |
| 25 |
1393-1398 |
22 July 1887 3 Sep. 1887 |
Postal Convention between Jamaica and the
United States of America. Parcels post.
Effective 1 Oct. 1887. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 78, p. 365-369. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 17, p. 1072-1076. 168 CTS 388, 431 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1887, p. 247-252 (link). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 846-850 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 65-68 (link). This was the first parcel post convention signed by the US. |
| 25 |
1401-1406 |
29 Oct. 1887 10 Nov. 1887 |
Postal Convention between the United
States of America and Barbados. Parcels
post. Effective 1 Dec. 1887. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 78, p. 954-958. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1170-1174. 168 CTS 388, 450 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1887, p. 253-258 (link). Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 851-855 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 68-71 (link). |
| 25 |
1407-1412 |
20 Dec. 1887 9 Jan. 1888 |
Postal Convention between the United
States of America and the Bahamas. Parcels
post. Effective 1 Feb. 1888. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 79, p. 314-318. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1174-1176. 170 CTS 257, 260 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 856-860 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 71-73 (link). |
| 25 |
1413-1416 |
12 Jan. 1888 19 Jan. 1888 |
Postal Convention between the United
States of America and the Dominion of Canada.
Effective 1 Mar. 1888. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 79, p. 863-867. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1176-1180. 170 CTS 257, 265 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 842-844 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 59-61 (link). |
| 25 |
1417-1422 |
23 Jan. 1888 10 Feb. 1888 |
Postal Convention between the United
States of America and British Honduras. Parcels
post. Effective 1 Mar. 1888. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 79, p. 310-314. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1180-1181. 170 CTS 257, 270 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 861-865 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 74-76 (link). |
| 25 |
1423 |
25 Apr. 1888 27 Apr. 1888 |
Amendment to the Postal Convention of
January 12, 1888, between the United States of America and
Canada. Effective 1 May 1888. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 79, p. 1053-1054. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1184-1185. 170 CTS 257, 281 Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 845 (link). |
| 25 |
1428-1437 |
28 Apr. 1888 |
Parcels post convention between the United
States of America and Mexico. Effective 1 July
1888. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 866-874 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 77-82 (link). |
| 25 |
1472-1477 |
19 Dec. 1888 |
Parcels post convention between the United
States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Effective 1 Mar. 1889. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1889, p. 922-928 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 88-91 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
11 Nov. 1887 29 Nov. 1887 |
Convention for an Exchange of Money Orders
between the United States of North America and Denmark.
Effective 1 Jan. 1888. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 378-389 (link), in Danish and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1888, p. 801-812 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 227-234 (link). 14 Nov. 1890 / 28 Nov. 1890, Additional Convention, see Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 504-507 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
28 Jan. 1888 15 Feb. 1888 |
Additional Articles to the Money Order
Convention between the General Post Office of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Post Office
Department of the United States of America, of December 2,
18, 1879. Money orders. Rate reduction,
effective 1 Apr. 1888. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 79, p. 4-5. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1182. Consolidated Treaty Series, vol. 170, p. 257, 275. |
| -- |
-- |
23 May 1888 13 June 1888 |
Additional Articles to the Money-Order
Convention between the Postal Administration of the
Kingdom of Sweden and the Post-Office Department of the
United States of America, dated December 27, 1884 -
February 17, 1885. Rate reduction, effective 1
July 1888. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 13, p. 552-553 (link). Consolidated Treaty Series, vol. 170, p. 258, 284. |
| -- |
-- |
6 June 1888 |
Additional convention to the convention of
20 November 1882 [with Belgium], for the exchange
of money orders. Rate reduction, effective 1
Oct. 1888. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 14, p. 401-402 (link), in French and English. Consolidated Treaty Series, vol. 170, p. 258, 283. |
| -- |
-- |
28 Aug. 1888 |
Convention pour l'échange des
mandats-poste, additionnelle à la Convention conclue entre
la France et les États-Unis, le 29 décembre 1879, signée à
Washington, le 28 août 1888. Money Orders.
Rate reduction. Consolidated Treaty Series, vol. 170, p. 258, 289, from De Clercq, Recueil des Traités de la France, vol. XVIII, p. 88, and Archives Diplomatiques, 1889, vol. XXX, p. 274. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
Contents, p. i-lviii, 1-1766
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 51st 4 Mar. – 2 Apr. 1889
2 Dec. 1889 – 1 Oct. 1890
1 Dec. 1890 – 3 Mar. 1891
p. 1-686
p. 687-1118p. 1121-1326
p. 1327-1478
51st
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 2713, 2829; Senate Journal, 2609, 2677, 2817
House Journal, 51/1, 51/2
Senate Journal, 51/sp, 51/1, 51/2
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private acts and resolutions 1119-1478 1119-1120
1121-1326
1327-1478
treaties and conventions 1479-1540 1479-1540 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1541-1566 1541-1566 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 26
1567-1766 1567-1766 ⋅ ⋅
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| 26 Stat. 268 |
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51/1 |
17 |
21 Feb. 1890 | An act to authorize the construction and
maintenance of a bridge across the Missouri River at a point
to be selected in the county of Douglas, or in the county of
Sarpy, in the State of Nebraska, and the county of
Pottawattamie, in the State of Iowa, and to make the same a
post-route. |
|
| 28 |
46 |
24 Mar. 1890 | An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington
Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the
Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of
Washington, and to establish it as a post-road. Time extended, 10 Jan. 1899, 30 Stat. 783. |
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| 26 27 |
50 477-478 |
51/1 52/2 |
73 167 |
9 Apr. 1890 27 Feb. 1893 |
(1) An act to continue the publication of the
Supplement to the Revised Statutes. (2) An act for the further continuance of the publication of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States. See next, 4 June 1897, 30 Stat. 30. |
| 56 |
85 |
16 Apr. 1890 | An act providing for the appointment of an
assistant General Superintendent and a chief clerk, Railway
Mail Service. |
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| 26 26 |
62-66 1562-1563 |
51/1 -- |
156 15 |
25 Apr. 1890 24 Dec. 1890 |
(1) An act to provide for celebrating the
four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus by holding an international exhibition
of arts, industries, manufactures, and the product of the
soil, mine, and sea in the city of Chicago, in the State of
Illinois. (2) Proclamation, Announcing the opening and closing dates of the World's Columbian Exposition. 1 May 1893 to 26 Oct. 1893, in Chicago. Actually closed 30 Oct. 1893. Stamps issued, 1 Jan. 1893. Wikipedia, World's Columbian Exposition. |
| 26 |
72 |
51/1 |
166 |
26 Apr. 1890 | An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
authorize the purchase of a site and the erection of a
suitable building for a post-office and other Government
offices in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania," approved
July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. |
| 26 |
80-81 |
51/1 |
181 |
1 May 1890 |
An act authorizing the Brazos Terminal
Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos
River in the State of Texas. Post route. |
| 26 26 26 27 28 29 |
1544-1546 1557 81-100 612-646 1222-1239 113-114 |
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2 10 182 209 5 155 |
23 Mar. 1889 1 Feb. 1890 2 May 1890 3 Mar. 1893 19 Aug. 1893 4 May 1896 |
(1) Proclamation, opening to
settlement, lands of the Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole in
Indian Territory, commencing at noon on 22 Apr. 1889, and
not sooner. (2) Proclamation, grazing of cattle forbidden on Cherokee Strip [or Outlet]. (3) An act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the United States Court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Including the Public Land Strip (Oklahoma Panhandle), but not the lands of the five civilized tribes or the Quapaw Indian Agency, or the Cherokee Outlet; with provisions for adding those lands in the future. Indian Territory defined, § 29. (4) An act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Cherokee Outlet purchased, § 10, p. 640. (5) Proclamation, Agreement with the Cherokee Nation ceding the Cherokee Outlet, etc. From 96° W to 100° W, from the Kansas border (37° N) south to the Creek Nation (in Indian Territory) and the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation (in Oklahoma Territory). Open to settlement 16 Sep. 1893. Further, Proclamation of 27 July 1898, 30 Stat. 1779. (6) An Act To establish and provide for the government of Greer County, Oklahoma, and for other purposes. East of 100° W, between the north and south forks of the Red River, transferred from Texas. See also, Supreme Court decisions of 29 Feb. 1892, 143 U.S. 621; 16 Mar. 1896, 162 U.S. 1; 11 Apr. 1921, 256 U.S. 70. Previous, Proclamation of 30 Dec. 1887, 25 Stat. 1483; Act of 2 May 1890, § 25, 26 Stat. 92. Map, Historical diagram of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma [Van Zandt]. Wikipedia, Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma Panhandle, Oklahoma Organic Act. Wikipedia, Cherokee Outlet. Wikipedia, Greer County, Texas. Oklahoma statehood, 16 Nov. 1907, 34 Stat. 137, etc. Commemorative postal card -- Settling of Oklahoma [land rush], 22 Apr. 1989 (MSC). Commemorative postage stamps -- Cherokee Strip [land rush], 15 Oct. 1968 (NPM, NPMA, MSC, WC), 17 Apr. 1993 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 26 |
116 |
51/1 |
234 |
21 May 1890 | An act authorizing the registration of
census mail-matter. Free of postage and
registry. |
| 26 |
174-175 |
51/1 |
613 |
25 June 1890 | An act to authorize the acquisition of
certain parcels of real estate embraced in square numbered
three hundred and twenty-three of the city of Washington, to
provide an eligible site for a city post office. Wikipedia, Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.). Commemorative postal card -- Old Post Office, Washington, D.C., 19 Apr. 1983 (MSC). |
| 641 |
30 June 1890 | An act making appropriations for the Service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. |
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| 26 |
215-219 |
51/1 |
656 |
3 July 1890 |
An act to provide for the admission of the
State of Idaho into the Union. Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Idaho. Commemorative postage stamps -- Idaho statehood, 3 July 1940 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC, WC), 6 Jan. 1990 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 26 |
222-226 |
51/1 |
664 |
10 July 1890 |
An act to provide for the admission of the
State of Wyoming into the Union, and for other
purposes. Provisions for Yellowstone National Park, §
2. Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Wyoming. Commemorative postage stamps -- Wyoming statehood, 10 July 1940 (NPM, NPM, NPM, NPMA, MSC, ST, WC), 23 Feb. 1990 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
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sec 2 |
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669 |
11 July 1890 | An act to incorporate the North River Bridge
Company and to authorize the construction of a bridge and
approaches at New York City across the Hudson River, to
regulate commerce in and over such bridge between the States
of New York and New Jersey, and to establish such bridge a
military and post road. Time extended, 8 Feb. 1901, 31 Stat. 762. |
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820 |
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841 |
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| 465 |
908 |
19 Sep. 1890 |
sec 1, 2, 3 |
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| 1046 |
29 Sep. 1890 | An act amending an act of Congress passed
July twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, relative to
fire limit of site of post-office and Federal building,
Brooklyn, New York. |
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| 511 |
1131 |
30 Sep. 1890 | An act to authorize the Canaveral and South
Florida Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge
across the Indian River and one across the Banana River,
both in the State of Florida, and to establish the same, in
each case, as a post-road. |
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| 648 |
1260 |
1 Oct. 1890 | An act granting leaves of absence to clerks
and employees in first and second class post-offices, and to
employees of the Post-Office Department employed in the
mail-bag repair shops connected with said Department. |
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| 51/2 |
164 |
13 Feb. 1891 | An act to authorize the construction of a
tunnel under the waters of the bay of New York, between the
town of Middletown, in the county of Richmond, and the town
of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings, in the State of New
York, and to establish the same as a post-road. |
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| 762 |
An Act authorizing the construction of a
railway, street-railway, motor, wagon, and pedestrian bridge
over the Missouri River, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
Omaha, Nebraska. Amended, 28 Jan. 1893, 27 Stat. 427. Time extended, 21 Apr. 1898, 30 Stat. 360. |
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| 26 |
830 |
519 |
3 Mar. 1891 | An act to provide for ocean mail service
between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote
commerce. |
|
| 833 |
3 Mar. 1891 |
An Act giving the consent of the United
States to the erection of a bridge across Portage Lake,
Houghton County, Michigan, between the villages of Houghton
and Hancock. Amended, 25 Apr. 1898, 30 Stat. 363. |
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| 26 |
908-948 |
51/2 |
541 |
3 Mar. 1891 |
An act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. Senate, Post Office, p. 910; House, Office of Postmaster, p. 913-914; Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Dept., p. 920; Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 922; Office of the Director of the Mint, p. 923; United States Mints and Assay Offices, p. 927-929; Post Office Dept., p. 943-945. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. |
| 26 |
948-989 |
51/2 |
542 |
3 Mar. 1891 |
An act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,
and for other purposes. Post Office buildings, etc., p. 948-953; Engraving and Printing, p. 958-959, 966-967; counterfeiting, p. 968. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars", p. 963. |
| 26 |
1079-1081 |
51/2 |
547 |
3 Mar. 1891 | An act making appropriations for the
service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Free franking, p. 1081. |
| multi |
p. 174, 413, 414, 925, 952, Washington, D.C.,
post office p. 264, 944, topographer |
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| 26 |
1126e |
51/1 |
102 |
19 Apr. 1890 |
An act for the relief of Daniel V.
O'Leary. Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| 26 |
1216c |
51/1 |
659 |
3 July 1890 |
An act for the relief of Asa Ellis,
collector of internal revenue for the first collection
district of California. Revenue stamps,
destroyed by fire. |
| 26 |
1268c |
51/1 |
994 |
26 Sep. 1890 |
An act for the relief of James B. Guthrie.
Postmaster, stolen package. |
| 26 |
1269b |
51/1 |
1004 |
27 Sep. 1890 |
An act for the relief of Jeremiah Darling.
Mail carrier. |
| 26 |
1334a |
51/2 |
68 |
12 Jan. 1891 |
An act directing the issue of a duplicate
of a lost check drawn by A.W. Beard, collector of customs
at the port of Boston, Massachusetts, in favor of De Blois
and Company. Check, lost in the mail. |
| 26 |
1340c |
51/2 |
132 |
11 Feb. 1891 |
An act for the relief of James H. Smith,
late postmaster at Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 26 |
1346-1347 |
51/2 |
169 |
13 Feb. 1891 |
An act for the relief of Andrew Schneider.
Revenue stamps. |
| 26 |
1364a |
51/2 |
247 |
20 Feb. 1891 |
An act for the relief of T.A. Kendig.
Mail contractor. |
| 26 |
1365b |
51/2 |
255 |
21 Feb. 1891 |
An act for the relief of Nathan Kimball,
postmaster at Ogden, Utah. Stolen postal funds. |
| 26 |
1392a |
51/2 |
381 |
27 Feb. 1891 |
An act for the relief of H.J. Cheney.
Stolen registered letters. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 26 |
1497-1507 |
14 June 1889 21 May 1890 |
General act by and between the United
States of America, the Empire of Germany, and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, providing for the
neutrality and autonomous government of the Samoan
Islands. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1068-1082. |
| -- |
-- |
30 Mar. 1889 10 Apr. 1889 |
Convention between the
Post-Office Department of the United States of America and
the Post-Office Department of the Colony of Newfoundland.
Money orders. Effective 1 July 1889. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1889, p. 884-899 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 234-238 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 26 | 1544-1546 | 2 | 23 Mar. 1889 | Opening Oklahoma to
settlement. |
| 26 | 1548-1549 | 5 | 2 Nov. 1889 | Announcing the admission of the State of
North Dakota as a State of the Union. |
| 26 | 1549-1551 | 6 | 2 Nov. 1889 | Announcing the admission of the State of South Dakota as a State of the Union. |
| 26 | 1551-1552 | 7 | 8 Nov. 1889 | Announcing the admission of the State of Montana as a State of the Union. |
| 26 | 1552-1553 | 8 | 11 Nov. 1889 | Announcing the admission of the State of Washington as a State of the Union. |
Contents, p. i-xxx, 1-1178
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 52nd -- 7 Dec. 1891 – 5 Aug. 1892
5 Dec. 1892 – 3 Mar. 1893
p. 1-404
p. 405-758p. 761-808
p. 809-83852nd
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 2919, 3075; Senate Journal, 2891, 3054
House Journal, 52/1, 52/2
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809-838
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| 27 |
52/1 |
49 |
18 Apr. 1892 | An act to amend an act entitled
"An act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge
Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the
Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of
Washington, and to establish it as a post road." |
|
| 27 |
27 |
10 May 1892 |
Ocean Mail Act |
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| 68 |
12 May 1892 | An act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at De Witt, Carroll County,
Missouri, and to establish it as a post road. |
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| 27 |
54-56 |
124 |
22 June 1892 |
[bridge, Missouri River at Yankton, South
Dakota]. Post route. Time extended, 28 May 1894, 28 Stat. 78; 1 July 1898, 30 Stat. 651. |
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| 82 |
147 |
5 July 1892 |
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| 157 |
13 July 1892 | An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to
construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River,
between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and
to establish it as a post road." |
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| 145 |
165 |
13 July 1892 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. |
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| 148 |
13 July 1892 |
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| 268 |
249 |
26 July 1892 | An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to
provide mail service, and for other purposes. |
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41 |
23 Jan. 1893 |
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| 440 |
9 Feb. 1893 |
[bridge across Saint Lawrence River] Amended, 15 Feb. 1896, 29 Stat. 7. Time extended, 29 Apr. 1898, 30 Stat. 366. |
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52/2 |
211 |
3 Mar. 1893 |
appropriations |
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| 27 |
732-734 |
52/2 |
213 |
3 Mar. 1893 | An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
First experiments with Rural Free Delivery. Wikipedia, Rural Free Delivery. USPS, Rural Free Delivery, 2013 (link). RFDTV, Rural Free Delivery Act - 1893 (link). Lena B. Hecker, The History of the Rural Free Mail Delivery in the United States, Univ. of Iowa MA thesis, 1920 (link). Commemorative postage stamp -- Rural Free Delivery centennial, 7 Aug. 1996 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| multi |
p. 9, 351, 573, Washington, D.C., post office p. 219, 711, topographer |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 27 |
761b |
52/1 |
13 |
8 Mar. 1892 |
An act for the relief of Aquilla Jones,
senior. Postmaster, stolen postal funds. |
| 27 |
778b |
52/1 |
204 |
18 July 1892 |
An act to refund certain revenue taxes to
Benner and Merriman. Revenue stamps. |
| 27 |
778c |
52/1 |
207 |
19 July 1892 |
An act for the relief of W.H. Howard.
Postmaster, stamps destroyed by fire. |
| 27 |
779c |
52/1 |
213 |
20 July 1892 |
An act for the relief of Mrs. E. Trask.
Postmaster, stolen registered letters. |
| 27 |
785a |
52/1 |
261 |
26 July 1892 |
An act for the relief of J.D. King.
Post Office inspector. |
| 27 |
787a |
52/1 |
282 |
27 July 1892 |
An act for the relief of D.P. Abbott, A.S.
Keeves, and T.E. Smith. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 27 |
809-810 |
52/2 |
4 |
16 Dec. 1892 |
An act for the relief of R.B. Woodson.
Postmaster. |
| 27 |
813b |
52/2 |
45 |
24 Jan. 1893 |
An act for the relief of R.L. Jennings,
late postmaster at Marshall, Texas. |
| 27 |
825c |
52/2 |
152 |
21 Feb. 1893 |
An act for the relief of B.F. Rockafellow.
Postmaster. |
| 27 |
829b |
52/2 |
194 |
1 Mar. 1893 |
An act for the relief of L.M. Garrett.
Postmaster. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 27 |
841-850 |
26 Nov. 1888 21 June 1889 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Salvador.
Effective 30 June 1889. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1889, p. 946-956 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 82-88 (link). |
| 27 |
851-859 |
18 Jan. 1889 30 Mar. 1889 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Colombia.
Effective 1 June 1889. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1889, p. 936-945 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 91-96 (link). |
| 27 |
860-865 |
3 Apr. 1889 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Leeward Islands.
Effective 1 June 1889. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 81, p. 541-545. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 18, p. 1187-1188. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1889, p. 929-935 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 96-99 (link). |
| 27 |
866-875 |
4 Jan. 1890 27 Mar. 1890 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and Costa Rica. Effective 1
May 1890. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1890, p. 1005-1015 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 99-105 (link). |
| 27 |
876-885 |
7 May 1890 23 July 1890 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Danish West India Islands.
Effective 5 Jan. 1891. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 435-445 (link), in Danish and English. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1890, p. 1016-1026 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 105-110 (link). |
| 27 |
935-940 |
3 Feb. 1892 4 Feb. 1892 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and British Guiana. Effective
1 Apr. 1892. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 84, p. 38-42. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 884-889. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1892, p. 877-882 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 111-113 (link). |
| 27 |
941-946 |
24 Feb. 1892 |
Parcels Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Windward Islands.
Effective 1 Apr. 1892. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 84, p. 43-47. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 889-890. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1892, p. 882-887 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 114-116 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
28 Mar. 1891 8 Apr. 1891 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the Postal
Administration of the Colony of the Bahamas concerning an
Exchange of Money Orders. Effective 1 July 1891. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 83, p. 113-117. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 864-868. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1891, p. 1014-1023 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 238-241 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
18 Sep. 1891 23 Oct. 1891 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the
Governor of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago concerning
an Exchange of Money Orders. Effective 1 Jan.
1892. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 83, p. 118-122. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 871-875. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1891, p. 1024-1036 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 241-244 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
13 Feb. 1892 17 Feb. 1892 11 Mar. 1892 |
Convention for the Exchange of Money
Orders, between the Ministries of Commerce of Austria and
Hungary on the one hand, and the Post-Office Department of
the United States of America on the other.
Effective 1 Apr. 1892. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1892, p. 242-249 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 244-248 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
25 May 1892 |
Convention for the Exchange of Money
Orders between the United States of America and the Colony
of British Guiana. Effective 1 Oct. 1892. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 85, p. 719-724. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 20, p. 925-929. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1892, p. 250-257 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 248-251 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
13 Aug. 1892 29 Aug. 1892 |
Convention between the United States of
America and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg concerning the
Exchange of Postal Orders. Money orders.
Effective 1 Jan. 1893. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1893, p. 94-103 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 252-256 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
1 Oct. 1892 24 Nov. 1892 |
Convention between the Post-Office
Department of the United States of America and the General
Post-Office of the Colony of South Australia concerning
the Exchange of Money Orders. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1893, p. 104-113 (link). Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 257-259 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
7 Dec. 1892 22 Dec. 1892 |
Convention for the Exchange of Money
Orders between the United States of America and the
Islands of Bermuda. Effective 1 Jan. 1893. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1893, p. 114-123 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
7 Apr. 1893 22 Feb. 1893 |
Convention for the Exchange of Money
Orders between the Post-Office Department of the United
States of America and the Postal Administration of the
Republic of Salvador. Effective 1 July 1893. Annual Report of the Postmaster General, 1893, p. 124-131 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
Contents, p. i-xxxii, 1-1430, 1-22
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 53rd 4 Mar. – 15 Apr. 1893
7 Aug. 1893 – 3 Nov. 1893
4 Dec. 1893 – 28 Aug. 1894
3 Dec. 1894 – 2 Mar. 1895
p. 1-14
p. 15-592
p. 593-976p. 979-980
p. 981-1020
p. 1021-105053rd
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal (special; sessions 1, 2; session 3)
Serial Set, House Journal, 3149, 3196, 3291; Senate Journal, 3054, 3143, 3159, 3274
House Journal, 53/1, 53/2, 53/3
Senate Journal, 53/sp, 53/1, 53/2, 53/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 28, 53/sp, vol. 29 pt 1, vol 29 pt 2, 53/1, 53/2, 53/3
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
The 53rd Congress ended on the legislative day 2 Mar. 1895, at noon on the calendar day 4 Mar. 1895.
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title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xx iii-xx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xxi-xxvi xxi-xxvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxvii-xxviii xxvii-xxviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxix-xxx xxix-xxx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of concurrent resolutions appendix p. 3-4 app. 3-4 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xxxi-xxxii, 1-976 xxxi-xxxii 1-14 15-592
593-976 private acts and resolutions 977-1050 977-978
979-980
981-1020
1021-1050
treaties and conventions 1051-1216 1051-1216 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1217-1260 1217-1260 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ concurrent resolutions appendix p. 1-2, 5-22 app. 1-2, 5-22 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 28
1261-1430 1261-1430 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 28 |
21 |
53/2 |
6 |
21 Dec. 1893 | An Act Authorizing the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster-General to approve postmasters' bonds. |
| 28 |
17 |
22 Jan. 1894 | An Act To amend section four hundred and
seven of the Revised Statutes so as to require original
receipts for deposits of postmasters to be sent to the
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department. |
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| 30 |
21 |
27 Jan. 1894 | An Act To improve the methods of accounting
in the Post-Office Department, and for other purposes. |
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| 33 |
22 |
27 Jan. 1894 |
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| 62 |
61 |
21 Apr. 1894 |
sec 2 |
||
| 65 |
24 Apr. 1894 |
An Act to authorize the construction of a
steel bridge over the Saint Louis River between the States
of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Amended, 4 Aug. 1894, 28 Stat. 228. Amended and time extended, 18 June 1897, 30 Stat. 104. |
|||
| 28 |
96 |
28 June 1894 |
Labor Day |
||
| 129 |
11 July 1894 | An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to
authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to
construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia River,
between the State of Oregon and the State of Washington, and
to establish it as a post road." |
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| 28 |
104-107 |
137 |
16 July 1894 | An Act Making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. |
|
| 28 29 |
107-112 876-877 |
53/2 -- |
138 9 |
16 July 1894 4 Jan. 1896 |
(1) An Act To enable the people of Utah
to form a constitution and State government, and to be
admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the
original States. The current boundary of Utah
Territory was preserved. See also, Resolution of 13
July 1894, 28
Stat. appendix 14. (2) Proclamation, Utah Statehood. Wikipedia, Territorial evolution of Utah. Commemorative postage stamp -- Utah statehood, 4 Jan. 1996 (NPM, NPMA, MSC). |
| 28 |
205 |
174 |
31 July 1894 |
Auditors of the Treasury, sec 3 |
|
| 279 |
13 Aug. 1894 |
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| 372 |
301 |
18 Aug. 1894 |
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| 412 |
18 Aug. 1894 |
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| 499 |
23 Aug. 1894 |
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| 312 |
23 Aug. 1894 | An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Contentnea Creek at Grifton, Lenoir
county, North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road. |
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| 319 |
23 Aug. 1894 | An Act Empowering fourth-class postmasters to
administer oaths to pensioners. |
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| 28 |
506 |
53/2 |
344 |
27 Aug. 1894 | An Act To provide for the improvement of the
building and grounds of the United States court and
post-office at Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| 28 |
506-507 |
53/2 |
345 |
27 Aug. 1894 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Saint Croix River between Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Mails, sec 3. |
| 28 |
573-574 |
53/2 |
352 |
27 Aug. 1894 | An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at De Witt, Carroll County,
Missouri, and to establish it as a post road. |
| 53/3 |
11 |
26 Dec. 1894 | An Act To amend section eight of the Act
entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge
across the Contentnea Creek, at Grifton, Lenoir County,
North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road,"
approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four. |
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| 28 |
601-624 |
53/3 |
23 |
12 Jan. 1895 |
An Act Providing for the public printing and
binding and the distribution of public documents. Franking privilege restored, etc., sec 65, 73, 74, 85, 86, 89, 94, 96. Wikipedia, Printing Act of 1895. |
| 28 |
664 |
53/3 |
88 |
13 Feb. 1895 |
An Act To provide for the erection of a
Government building at Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Post Office building to be replaced. |
| 671-672 |
53/3 |
101 |
19 Feb. 1895 | An Act To readjust the salaries and
allowances of the postmasters at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and
Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory. |
|
| 691 |
140 |
28 Feb. 1895 | An Act Making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. |
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| 702 |
2 Mar. 1895 |
bridge, Monongahela River Time extended, 19 Mar. 1898, 30 Stat. 330. Time extended, 1 Mar. 1901, 31 Stat. 846. |
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| 803 |
177 |
2 Mar. 1895 |
sec 1, 5 |
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| 28 |
963-964 |
53/3 |
191 |
2 Mar. 1895 | An Act For the suppression of lottery traffic
through national and interstate commerce and the postal
service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the United
States. |
| multi |
p. 373, 913, Washington, D.C., post office p. 200, 802, topographer |
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| 1250 |
disrupting mails in Utah, Wyoming |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 28 |
979 |
53/1 |
17 |
3 Nov. 1893 |
An Act For relief of W.W. Rollins, late
collector, fifth district, North Carolina, for value of
stamps destroyed by fire at Winston, North Carolina, on
November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Revenue stamps. |
| 28 |
1016a |
53/2 |
353 |
27 Aug. 1894 |
An Act Authorizing and directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the heirs or legal
representatives of C.P. Gooch certain money due him for
carrying the mail. |
| 28 |
1016b |
53/2 |
354 |
27 Aug. 1894 |
An Act Directing the issue of a duplicate
of a lost check drawn by Captain W.H. Bixby, Engineers
United States Army, at Newport, Rhode Island, in favor of
Messrs. Hughes Brothers and Bangs. Check, lost
in the mail. |
| 28 |
1035d |
53/3 |
141 |
28 Feb. 1895 |
An Act For the relief of Charles A.
Edwards. Postmaster. |
| 28 |
1035-1036 |
53/3 |
142 |
28 Feb. 1895 |
An Act For the relief of Dennis McIntyre.
Postmaster. |
| 28 |
1038b |
53/3 |
157 |
1 Mar. 1895 |
An Act For the relief of Glenmore
Distilling Company, of Daviess County, Kentucky.
Revenue stamps. |
| 28 |
1047d |
53/3 |
237 |
2 Mar. 1895 |
An Act For the relief of James Curran.
Postmaster, stolen postage stamps. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 28 |
1078-1102 |
4 July 1891 |
Universal Postal Union, Universal Postal
Convention. Signed at Vienna. Effective 1
July 1892. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 188-205. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 83, p. 513-544. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 325-340. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 16, p. 83-104 (link), 274 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 30-46 (link), in French. Further, vol. 12, p. 346 (link). Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 16-36 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 9-30 (link), in French. Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 5-24 (link). |
| 28 |
1102-1182 |
4 July 1891 |
Universal Postal Union, Regulations of
Detail and Order. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 83, p. 762-796, in French. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 341-345. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 46-86 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 31-59 (link), in French. Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893, Appendix, p. 24-59 (link). |
| -- |
-- |
4 July 1891 |
Further UPU arrangements, that the US was
not party to: Letters and Boxes with Declared Value, 4 July 1891 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 16, p. 104-112 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 87-101 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 36-46 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 60-78 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1895, p. 467-477 (link). Exchange of Money Orders (Mandats de poste), 4 July 1891 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 16, p. 113-119 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 102-117 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 46-53 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 78-93 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1895, p. 478-487 (link). Parcels Post (Colis postaux), 4 July 1891 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 16, p. 130-142 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 118-145 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 53-64 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 93-115 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1895, p. 488-503 (link). Collection Service (Recouvrements), 4 July 1891 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 16, p. 124-130 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 146-158 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 70-76 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1895, p. 504-509 (link). Identity Booklets, 4 July 1891 Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1895, p. 510-514 (link). Newspaper Subscriptions (Abonnements), 4 July 1891 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 16, p. 119-124 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 11, p. 159-168 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 65-70 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 115-125 (link), in French. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1895, p. 515-520 (link). |
| 28 |
1194-1199 |
8 Jan. 1894 25 Jan. 1894 |
Parcels-Post Convention between the United
States of America and Newfoundland. Effective 1
Apr. 1894. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 86, p. 69-73. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 19, p. 920-924. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1894, p. 55-60 (link), p. 457-462 (link). https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnnz9a [Harvard] (ex- C.W. Ernst) |
| -- |
-- |
3 Mar. 1894 20 Jan. 1894 |
Convention for the Exchange of Money
Orders between the Post-Office Department of the United
States of America and the Post-Office of the Colony of
Hongkong. Effective 1 July 1894. Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1894, p. 152-159 (link). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 28 |
1249 |
11 |
8 July 1894 |
Commanding unlawful assemblages in
Illinois to disperse. "... obstructions to the
United States mails ..." |
| 28 |
1250 |
12 |
9 July 1894 |
Commanding unlawful assemblages
obstructing mails and interstate commerce to disperse. Wikipedia, Pullman Strike. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 28 |
14 |
53/2 |
-- |
13 July 1894 |
Admission of Utah.
Correcting a small flaw in the enabling act. |
Contents, p. i-xxxiv, 1-1018, 1-18
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 54th -- 2 Dec. 1895 – 11 June 1896
7 Dec. 1896 – 3 Mar. 1897
p. 1-476
p. 477-704
p. 707-760
p. 761-83854th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 3367a, 3476a; Senate Journal, 3346a, 3466a
House Journal, 54/1, 54/2
Senate Journal, 54/1, 54/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 30, 54/1, 54/2
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| 29 |
25 |
33 |
26 Feb. 1896 |
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| 84 |
31 Mar. 1896 |
[repealed the prohibition of former
Confederates from holding a position in the US army or navy] |
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| 108 |
25 Apr. 1896 |
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| 111 |
4 May 1896 |
An Act authorizing the Aransas Harbor
Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across the
Corpus Christi Channel, known as the Morris and Cummings
Ship Channel, in Aransas County, Texas. Time extended, 21 Feb. 1899, 30 Stat. 840. |
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| 29 |
54/1 |
150 |
4 May 1896 | An Act to amend an Act entitled
"An Act to authorize the Oregon and Washington Bridge
Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the
Columbia River, between the State of Oregon and the State of
Washington, and to establish it as a post road." |
|
| 29 |
136-yyy |
54/1 |
242 |
25 May 1896 |
An act making it unlawful to shoot at or into
any railway locomotive or car, or at any person thereon, or
to throw any rock or other missile at or into any locomotive
or car in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Postal cars included. |
| 139 |
25 May 1896 |
[bridge across the Missouri River at
Boonville] Time extended, 9 Feb. 1899, 30 Stat. 823. |
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| 176 |
252 |
28 May 1896 |
An Act declaring a certain bridge across the
Tallahatchie River, in Tallahatchie County, State of
Mississippi, a lawful structure, and for other purposes, Time extended, 15 Feb. 1898, 30 Stat. 245. |
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| 195-197 |
311 |
3 June 1896 | [bridge across the Missouri River at Saint
Charles]. Post route. Time extended, 28 May 1898, 30 Stat. 421. Time extended, 27 Jan. 1900, 31 Stat. 2. |
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| 29 |
262 |
370 |
8 June 1896 | An Act to regulate mail matter of the fourth
class. |
|
| 29 |
267-313 | 54/1 |
373 |
8 June 1896 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six,
and for prior years, and for other purposes. Post Office Dept., p. 294-295; claims allowed by the auditor, p. 310, 313. |
| 29 |
313-316 |
54/1 |
386 |
9 June 1896 | An Act making appropriations for the
service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. |
| 29 |
382-384 |
54/1 |
402 |
10 June 1896 |
An Act To authorize and encourage the holding
of a transmississippi and international exposition at the
city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Open 1 June 1898 -
1 Nov. 1898. Stamps issued, 17 June 1898. Wikipedia, Trans-Mississippi Exposition. |
| 29 |
413-455 | 54/1 |
420 |
11 June 1896 |
An Act Making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
and for other purposes. Post Office buildings, etc., p. 413-415. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars", p. 425. |
| 456 |
11 June 1896 |
An Act to authorize the county of Saint
Louis, in the State of Minnesota, to build, or authorize the
building of, a foot and wagon bridge across the Saint Louis
River between Minnesota and Wisconsin, at a point near Fond
du Lac, in said State of Minnesota. Time extended, 7 July 1898, 30 Stat. 720. |
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| 29 |
458 |
54/1 |
424 |
11 June 1896 | An Act to amend section one of "An Act to
amend an Act entitled 'An Act authorizing the
Postmaster-General to adjust certain claims of postmasters
for loss by burglary, fire or other unavoidable casualty,'"
approved May ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. |
| 512 |
172 |
8 Feb. 1897 |
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| 516 |
8 Feb. 1897 |
An Act to authorize the mayor and city
council of Monroe, and the police jury of the parish of
Ouachita, Louisiana, to construct a traffic bridge across
the Ouachita River, opposite said city. Time extended, 3 Feb. 1898, 30 Stat. 240. |
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| 590 |
268 |
20 Feb. 1897 |
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| 54/2 |
340 |
27 Feb. 1897 | An Act to amend the postal laws, providing
limited indemnity for loss of registered mail matter. |
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| 628 |
3 Mar. 1897 |
An Act to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Yazoo River at or near the city of
Greenwood, in Leflore County, in the State of Mississippi. Time extended, 29 Apr. 1898, 30 Stat. 367. |
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| 644 |
385 |
3 Mar. 1897 | An Act making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. |
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| 415 |
Washington, D.C., post office | ||||
| multi |
p. 175, 574, topographer |
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| 685 |
3 Mar. 1897 |
An Act authorizing the construction of a
bridge over the Mississippi River to the city of Saint
Louis, in the State of Missouri, from some suitable point
between the north line of Saint Clair County, Illinois, and
the southwest line of said county. Amended, 27 Feb. 1901, 31 Stat. 812. |
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| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 29 |
707 |
54/1 |
13 |
7 Feb. 1896 |
An Act For the relief of the Independence
National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Check, lost in the mail. |
| 29 |
710c |
54/1 |
70 |
23 Mar. 1896 |
An Act For the relief of Frances R. Jack.
Elizabeth J. Jack, and Matilda W. Jack. Post
Office building. |
| 29 |
711a |
54/1 |
71 |
23 Mar. 1896 |
An Act For the relief of George H. Lott.
Mail contractor. |
| 29 |
711b |
54/1 |
72 |
25 Mar. 1896 |
An Act To reimburse W.W. Rockhill for
moneys erroneously paid United States.
Postmaster. |
| 29 |
714e |
54/1 |
116 |
18 Apr. 1896 |
An Act For the relief of Clifton R.
Anderson. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 29 |
721d |
54/1 |
159 |
4 May 1896 |
An Act For the relief of E.R. Shipley.
Stolen registered packages. |
| 29 |
726c |
54/1 |
198 |
18 May 1896 |
An Act For the relief of A.P. Brown, late
postmaster at Le Mars, Iowa. |
| 29 |
735d |
54/1 |
286 |
30 May 1896 |
An Act For the relief of John S. Burwell,
administrator of the estate of A.L. Burwell, deceased.
Tobacco stamps. |
| 29 |
756b |
54/1 |
426 |
11 June 1896 |
An Act For the relief of William H.
Scofield, Jacob Brady, James Ketcham, Annie Booth, as
administratrix of the goods, chattels, and credits of
George W. Booth, deceased; Wilson P. Billar, Ezra L.
Waterhouse, Moses C. Bell, George W. Byles, and George A.
Scofield. Sureties. |
| 29 |
779-780 |
54/2 |
105 |
27 Jan. 1897 |
An Act For the relief of John Keefe.
Engineer, Post Office building. |
| 29 |
804b |
54/2 |
246 |
17 Feb. 1897 |
An Act For the relief of H.C. Herndon.
Stolen registered package. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| 29 29 |
870-871 881-882 |
4 14 |
12 June 1895 27 July 1896 |
(1) Announcing civil disturbances in Cuba
and warning citizens not to violate neutrality laws. (2) Announcing continued civil disturbance in Cuba, and warning all persons in the United States not to violate neutrality laws. |
| 29 |
876-877 |
9 |
4 Jan. 1896 |
Announcing the admission of Utah as a
State. |
| 29 |
878 |
11 |
16 Mar. 1896 |
Withdrawing lands in Greer County,
Oklahoma, from entry. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 29 |
8 |
54/1 |
-- |
30 Jan. 1896 |
Postal Laws and Regulations, 1893.
Printing ordered. |
Contents, p. i-xliv, 1-2026
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 55th 4 – 10 Mar. 1897
15 Mar. 1897 – 24 July 1897
6 Dec. 1897 – 8 July 1898
5 Dec. 1898 – 3 Mar. 1899
p. 1-224
p. 225-754
p. 755-1392---
p. 1395-1496
p. 1497-1590
55th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal (special; part 1, part 2)
Serial Set, House Journal, 3570a, 3628, 3742; Senate Journal, 3466a, 3557a, 3589, 3724
House Journal, 55/1, 55/2, 55/3
Senate Journal, 55/sp, 55/1, 55/2, 55/3
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 30, 55/sp, vol. 31 pt 1, 55/1, 55/2, 55/3, vol. 31 pt 2, 55/3
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
House Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads
Senate Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads
Volume 30
pages
Congress 55
all (150.7 MB), reduced (80.3 MB)
session 1 session 2
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title
i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions
iii-xx iii-xx ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions
xxi-xxxvi xxi-xxxvi ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xxxvii-xxxviii xxxvii-xxxviii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xxxix-xl xxxix-xl ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ list of concurrent resolutions xli-xlii xli-xlii ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions xliii-xliv, 1-1392 xliii-xliv
1-224 225-754 755-1392 private acts and resolutions 1393-1590 1393-1394 ---
1395-1496 1497-1590 treaties and conventions 1591-1762 1591-1762 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1763-1792 1763-1792 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ concurrent resolutions 1793-1808 1793-1808 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 30 1809-2026 1809-2026 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 30 |
11-62 |
55/1 |
2 |
4 June 1897 |
An Act Making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
and for other purposes. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 11-13. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 17-18. New Post Office building, Washington, D.C., p. 28. Post Office Dept., p. 59, 61. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars.", p. 22. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp paper, p. 26; custody of dies, etc., p. 27; suppressing counterfeiting, p. 28-29. Transportation of silver coin, p. 26. Recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 27. Supplement to the Revised Statutes, p. 30, 58 (authority later expanded, 3 Mar. 1901, 31 Stat. 1181). |
| 30 |
103-104 |
55/1 |
5 |
9 June 1897 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Clinch River, Kingston, Tennessee.
Post route. |
| 30 |
105-150 |
55/1 |
9 |
19 July 1897 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
and for prior years, and for other purposes. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 109. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 112-113. Post Office Dept., p. 133-134. Claims, p. 145-146, 147-148, 150. For the relief of George Z. French, former postmaster, p. 111-112. Transportation of silver coin, p. 110. Recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 109-110; suppressing counterfeiting, p. 110, 140, 146. Mints and assay offices, p. 113-114, 142, 148. |
| 30 |
151-213 |
55/1 |
11 |
24 July 1897 |
An Act To provide revenue for the
Government and to encourage the industries of the United
States. "Stamps; foreign postage or revenue stamps, canceled or uncanceled" are exempt from import duties, p. 201. Obscene publications by mail, § 16-17, p. 208-209. Index, p. 1973-2007. In effect until 1909. Wikipedia, Dingley Act (Tariff of 1897). |
| 30 |
214 |
55/1 |
12 |
24 July 1897 |
An Act To give the consent of Congress to
a compact entered into between the States of South Dakota
and Nebraska respecting the boundary between said States. |
| 30 | 225 |
55/2 |
1 |
16 Dec. 1897 |
An Act Making appropriations to provide
for certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the
service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Seven messengers for the House Postmaster. |
| 30 | 234-239 |
55/2 |
11 |
28 Jan. 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes.
Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 235. New Post Office building, Washington, D.C., p. 235. Post Office Dept., p. 239. |
| 30 | 245-246 |
55/2 |
24 |
15 Feb. 1898 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
steel bridge over the Snake River between the States of
Washington and Idaho. Post route. |
| 30 30 |
262-273 823-833 |
55/2 55/3 |
55 128 |
9 Mar. 1898 9 Feb. 1899 |
(1) An Act Making appropriations for the
diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. (2) An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. Dispatch agents, p. 264, 825; London, New York, San Francisco. Expenses for the New York agent were shared with the Agriculture Dept.; see p. 8, 337, 955. |
| 30 | 273-274 |
55/2 |
56 |
9 Mar. 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for prior years, and for other purposes. |
| 30 |
275-276 |
55/2 |
59 |
12 Mar. 1898 |
An Act Authorizing the Mississippi River,
Hamburg and Western Railway Company to construct and
maintain a bridge across the Bayou Bartholomew, in
Arkansas. Post route. |
| 30 |
277-318 |
55/2 |
68 |
15 Mar. 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes. Asst. Attorney General, p. 311, 313. Senate Post Office, p. 279. House, Office of Postmaster, p. 282. Auditor, p. 289, 293, 312, 313. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 219. General Post Office building, p. yyy. Post Office Dept., p. 311-313; § 9, p. 317. Destruction of Post Office records authorized, § 10, p. 317-318. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp agent, p. yyy. Director of the Mint, p. 291. Mints and Assay Offices, p. yyy. Transportation of silver coin, p. 292. Recoinage of gold coins, p. yyy. Supplement to the Revised Statutes, § 4, p. 316. |
| 30 |
318-327 |
55/2 |
69 |
15 Mar. 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations for the
support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.
Concerning post routes, p. 324. |
| 30 |
351 |
55/2 |
113 |
4 Apr. 1898 |
An Act To authorize the Monroe Railway and
Construction Company to construct a bridge across Red
River, at or near Grand Ecore, Louisiana. Post
route. |
| 30 |
352-353 |
55/2 |
118 |
11 Apr. 1898 |
An Act Authorizing the Shreveport and Red
River Valley Railway Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across the Loggy Bayou, in Louisiana.
Post route. |
| 30 |
354 |
55/2 |
119 |
11 Apr. 1898 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across Saint Francis River, in the State of
Arkansas. Post route. |
| 30 |
355-357 |
55/2 |
121 |
11 Apr. 1898 |
An Act To authorize the Shreveport Bridge
and Terminal Company to construct and maintain a bridge
across Red River in the State of Louisiana, at or near
Shreveport. Post route. |
| 30 |
359-360 |
55/2 |
183 |
21 Apr. 1898 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge over the Black River, at or near Pocahontas,
Arkansas. Post route. |
| 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 |
361-363 1770 364 1770-1771 364-366 1772-1773 1780 |
55/2 -- 55/2 -- 55/2 -- -- |
187 7 189 8 191 10 17 |
22 Apr. 1898 23 Apr. 1898 25 Apr. 1898 26 Apr. 1898 26 Apr. 1898 25 May 1898 12 Aug. 1898 |
(1) An Act To provide for temporarily
increasing the military establishment of the United States
in time of war, and for other purposes. (2) Proclamation, requesting volunteers for the Army. (3) An Act Declaring that war exists between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. Since 21 Apr. 1898. (4) Proclamation, principles of war. (5) An Act For the better organization of the line of the Army of the United States. (6) Proclamation, requesting further volunteers for the Army. (7) Proclamation, suspension of hostilities. |
| 30 30 |
366-367 716-717 |
55/2 55/2 |
227 575 |
29 Apr. 1898 7 July 1898 |
(1) An Act Providing for the construction
of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore
and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi.
Post route. (2) An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the construction of a bridge across the Yalobusha River, between Leflore and Carroll counties, in the State of Mississippi," approved April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Post route. |
| 30 | 390-397 |
55/2 |
235 |
4 May 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for support of the Army for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. Concerning post routes, p. 395. |
| 30 | 407-408 |
55/2 |
298 |
14 May 1898 |
An Act Authorizing the Campbell-Lynch
Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Arkansas
River at or near Webbers Falls, Indian Territory.
Post route. |
| 30 |
419 |
55/2 |
347 |
19 May 1898 | An Act To amend the postal
laws relating to use of postal cards. Private
mailing cards authorized. |
| 30 |
432 |
55/2 |
388 |
6 June 1898 | An Act To authorize the establishment of
post-offices at military posts or camps. |
| 30 |
437-440 |
55/2 |
395 |
8 June 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the support of
the Military and Naval establishments for the fiscal year
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 439-440. |
| 30 |
440-445 |
55/2 |
446 |
13 June 1898 | An Act Making appropriations for the service
of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Office of the Postmaster General, p. 440-441; First Asst. PMG, p. 441-442; Second Asst. PMG, p. 442-443; Third Asst. PMG, p. 443-444; Fourth Asst. PMG, p, 444-445. Free franking, p. 443. |
| 30 |
448-470 |
55/2 |
448 |
13 June 1898 |
An Act To provide ways and means to meet
war expenditures, and for other purposes. Adhesive stamps [stamp taxes, revenue stamps], § 6-28, p. 451-464. To begin use 1 July 1898. Coinage of silver bullion, § 34, p. 467. |
| 30 |
471-472 |
55/2 |
452 |
15 June 1898 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at or near Quindaro,
Kansas, by the Kansas City, Northeastern and Gulf Railway
Company. Post route. |
| 30 | 521-522 |
55/2 |
535 |
29 June 1898 |
An Act To authorize the Montgomery-Elmore
Bridge and Improvement Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across the Alabama River near the city of
Montgomery, Alabama. Post route. |
| 30 | 522-524 |
55/2 |
537 |
29 June 1898 |
An Act To provide for the construction of
a bridge across Niagara River. Post route. |
| 30 | 597-650 |
55/2 |
546 |
1 July 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other
purposes. Brooklyn PO, p. 615. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars.", p. 608. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp paper, p. 613; custody of dies, etc., p. 614; suppressing counterfeiting, p. 615. Transportation of silver coin, p. 613. Recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 613. For the relief of S. Bolton's Sons, revenue stamps, p. 613. Supplement to the Revised Statutes, p. 615. |
| 30 | 650-651 |
55/2 |
547 |
1 July 1898 |
An Act To authorize the White and Black
River Valley Railway Company to build a bridge across the
Black River in Arkansas. Post route. |
| 30 | 652-714 |
55/2 |
571 |
7 July 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
and for prior years, and for other purposes. Post Office building, Washington, D.C., p. 656-657. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 660. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp paper, p. 658; custody of dies, etc., p. yyy; suppressing counterfeiting, p. yyy. Transportation of silver coin, p. 658. Recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. yyy. Concerning post routes, p. 702. 678- appropriations, wagons, Postal Service |
| 30 |
718 |
55/2 |
577 |
7 July 1898 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge over the Tombigbee River, in the State of
Mississippi. [Post route.] |
| 30 |
730 |
55/2 |
646 |
8 July 1898 |
An Act Making appropriations to pay session employees of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. Seven messengers for the House Postmaster. |
| 30 | 772-782 |
55/3 |
41 |
5 Jan. 1899 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent
deficiencies in the appropriations for the support of the
military and naval establishments for the last six months of
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, and for other purposes. Concerning post routes, p. 777. |
| 30 |
782-783 |
55/3 |
42 |
10 Jan. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the Choctaw and
Memphis Railroad Company to construct bridges across the
Arkansas and other navigable rivers in the State of
Arkansas. Post route. |
| 30 | 804 |
55/3 | 57 |
25 Jan. 1899 | An Act To authorize the city of Saginaw,
Michigan, to beautify and use as a public park the United
States post-office property in said city, under rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. |
| 30 |
805-806 |
55/3 |
64 |
28 Jan. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at or near Oacoma, South
Dakota. Post route. Time extended, 5 Feb. 1901, 31 Stat. 760. |
| 30 | 810 |
55/3 | 66 |
28 Jan. 1899 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. |
| 30 |
813-814 |
55/3 |
82 |
2 Feb. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland of
Chatham County, Georgia, to Hutchinsons Island, in said
county. Post route. |
| 30 |
815-816 |
55/3 |
87 |
4 Feb. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the construction of
certain bridges over the waters of Lake Champlain.
Post route. |
| 30 |
821-822 |
55/3 |
120 |
8 Feb. 1899 |
An Act To revive, reenact, and amend an
Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the
Missouri River at or near the city of Lexington, Missouri.
Post route. The previous act, 28 Stat. 120, had expired. |
| 30 |
839 |
55/3 |
171 |
21 Feb. 1899 |
An Act For a public building at the city
of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Post office, etc. |
| 30 | 839-840 |
55/3 | 173 |
21 Feb. 1899 | An Act For the erection of a public
building for the use of the custom-house and post-office
at Newport News, in the district of Newport News,
Virginia. |
| 30 |
846-890 |
55/3 |
187 |
24 Feb. 1899 |
An Act Making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred, and for other purposes. Asst. Attorney General, p. 884, 886. Senate Post Office, p. 848. House, Office of Postmaster, p. 852. Auditor, p. yyy. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. yyy. General Post Office building, p. yyy. Post Office Dept., p. 884-886. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp agent, p. yyy. Director of the Mint, p. 863. Mints and Assay Offices, p. yyy. Transportation of silver coin, p. yyy. Recoinage of gold coins, p. yyy. |
| 30 | 893 |
55/3 | 206 |
27 Feb. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the Saint Louis,
Siloam and Southern Railroad Company, of Missouri and
Arkansas, to construct a bridge across White River in the
State of Arkansas. Post route. |
| 30 | 905-906 |
55/3 | 212 |
27 Feb. 1899 |
An Act Granting the right and authority to
the Pensacola and Northwestern Railroad Company to build
bridges over certain rivers in the State of Alabama.
Post route. |
| 30 | 920 |
55/3 | 318 |
1 Mar. 1899 | An Act To accept a site as a donation and
erect thereon a custom-house and post-office building in
the city of Bristol, State of Tennessee. |
| 30 |
920 |
55/3 |
319 |
1 Mar. 1899 |
An Act For enlarging the public building
at Topeka, Kansas. Post office, etc. |
| 30 | 959-966 |
55/3 | 327 |
1 Mar. 1899 | An Act Making appropriations for the
service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred.
Franking privilege extended to the Hawaiian Islands, § 4. |
| 30 |
967 |
55/3 |
329 |
1 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the Georgia Pine
Railway, of Georgia, to construct a bridge across the
Flint River, a navigable stream in Decatur County,
Georgia. Post route. Time extended, 2 Mar. 1901, 31 Stat. 957. |
| 30 | 976 |
55/3 | 348 |
2 Mar. 1899 |
An Act For the erection of a public
building at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Post
office. |
| 30 | 981-982 |
55/3 | 353 |
2 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To increase the limit of cost for
the purchase of site and the erection of a public building
at Omaha, Nebraska. Post office. |
| 30 | 982 |
55/3 | 354 |
2 Mar. 1899 |
An Act Providing for the erection for an
addition to the United States public building at Canton,
Ohio. Post office. |
| 30 | 982 |
55/3 | 355 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act For the erection of a custom-house
and post-office building at Brunswick, Georgia. |
| 30 | 982 |
55/3 | 356 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act Providing for the erection of an
addition to the United States custom-house and post-office
building in the city of Dubuque, Iowa. |
| 30 | 983 |
55/3 | 358 |
2 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To provide for the erection of a
public building at Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Post office. |
| 30 | 983-984 |
55/3 | 359 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act To provide for a building for the
use of the post-office, and other civil offices in the
city of Hot Springs, Arkansas. |
| 30 |
984 |
55/3 |
362 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act regulating the postage on letters
written by the blind. |
| 30 | 987 |
55/3 | 368 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act Authorizing and directing the
construction of an addition to the United States
post-office in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| 30 | 988 |
55/3 | 370 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act Authorizing the extension of the
post-office building at Springfield, Massachusetts. |
| 30 |
988-989 |
55/3 |
371 |
2 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Monongahela River at Morgantown, in the
State of West Virginia. Post route. |
| 30 | 989 |
55/3 | 372 |
2 Mar. 1899 | An Act Providing for the purchase of
additional property for the use of the post-office and
other Government offices in the city of Brooklyn, State of
New York. |
| 30 |
990-992 |
55/3 |
374 |
2 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To provide for the acquiring of
rights of way by railroad companies through Indian
reservations, Indian lands, and Indian allotments, and for
other purposes. Mail transport by railway
through Indian Territory, § 5. |
| 30 |
1014-1021 |
55/3 |
419 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To provide for taking the Twelfth
and subsequent censuses. Census Office in the
Dept. of the Interior, § 2-6. Mail matter transmitted
free, § 27, p. 1021. Additional, 1 Feb. 1900, 31 Stat. 3; 10 May 1900, 31 Stat. 174. Apportionment, 16 Jan. 1901, 31 Stat. 733. Wikipedia, 1900 United States census. US Census Bureau, 1900 Census, Overview, Publications, Bulletins. The census reference date was 1 June 1900. |
| 30 | 1064-1074 |
55/3 | 423 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act Making appropriation for the
support of the Regular and Volunteer Army for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred. Concerning post routes, p. 1071. |
| 30 | 1074-1120 |
55/3 | 424 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act Making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other
purposes. Brooklyn Post Office building, etc., p. 1076. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars.", p. 1086. Transportation of silver coin, p. 1091. Recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 1091. Suppressing counterfeiting, p. 1093. |
| 30 | 1161-1214 |
55/3 | 426 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act For the allowance of certain
claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of
Claims under the provisions of the Act approved March
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and commonly
known and the Bowman Act, and for other purposes. Postmaster William J. Bryan, San Francisco, p. 1212. |
| 30 | 1214-1250 |
55/3 |
427 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,
and for prior years, and for other purposes. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 1217. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 1218. Post Office Dept., p. 1239-1240, 1248, 1250. Temporary post offices in Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippines, p. 1240. Concerning post routes, p. 1224. Mints and Assay Offices, p. 1218-19. Transportation of silver coin, p. 1217. |
| 30 | 1360-1361 |
55/3 | 448 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton,
South Dakota. Post route. Previous, 22 June 1892, 27 Stat. 54. Time extended, 9 Mar. 1900, 31 Stat. 44; 3 Mar. 1901, 31 Stat. 1088. |
| 30 | 1366-1368 |
55/3 | 451 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield.
Post route. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 30 |
220 |
55/1 |
10 |
7 May 1897 |
Joint Resolution Providing for the
expenses of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union. |
| 30 |
738-739 |
55/2 |
24 |
20 Apr. 1898 |
Joint Resolution For the recognition of
the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that
the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and
government in the Island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land
and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing
the President of the United States to use the land and naval
forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into
effect. War was declared by Act of 25 Apr. 1898, 30 Stat. 364, since 21 Apr. 1898. Post-war, in the Army Appropriation for 1901-1902, 31 Stat. 897-898. Wikipedia, Spanish-American War, Teller Amendment. |
| 30 |
750-751 | 55/2 | 55 | 7 July 1898 | Joint Resolution To provide for annexing
the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
Postal Savings Bank, p. 751. The Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown 17 Jan. 1893, replaced by a provisional government, then by the Republic of Hawaii, 4 July 1894. Sovereignty was transferred 12 Aug. 1898; established as a Territory, by Act of 30 Apr. 1900, 31 Stat. 141, effective 14 June 1900. Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii, 1894, Article 94. All existing treaties and all bonds and notes heretofore made or authorized under the authority of the late Monarchy, or of the Provisional Government, of Hawaii, and all obligations of the Postal Savings Bank, are hereby recognized, ratified and confirmed. (ref). Wikipedia, Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii, Newlands Resolution. Wikipedia, 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii. The Civil Code of the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu, 1859 (link). The Post Office, p. 85-90 (link). Compiled Laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Honolulu, 1884 (link). The Post Office, p. 95-102 (link). Postal Money Orders, 1882, p. 687 (link). Laws of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu. 1894 (link). Laws of the Republic of Hawaii passed by the Legislative Assembly, Special Session, 1895, Honolulu, 1895 (link). The Civil Laws of the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu, 1897 (link). The Post Office, p. 307-325 (link). See also, Joint Resolution To acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the January 17, 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and to offer an apology to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 23 Nov. 1993, 107 Stat. 1510. The proposed treaties of 14 Feb. 1893 (ref, ref) and 16 June 1897 (ref), for the annexation of Hawaii, were discussed but not adopted by the Senate. |
| 30 30 |
752-753 1022-1024 |
55/2 55/3 |
58 420 |
8 July 1898 3 Mar. 1899 |
(1) Joint Resolution Regarding the holding of
a Pan-American Exposition in the year nineteen hundred and
one upon Cayuga Island, between the cities of Buffalo and
Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, to illustrate the
development of the Western Hemisphere during the nineteenth
century. (2) An Act To encourage the holding of a Pan-American Exposition on the Niagara frontier, within the county of Erie or Niagara, in the State of New York, in the year nineteen hundred and one. Open 1 May 1901 - 1 Nov. 1901. Pres. McKinley was shot 6 Sep. 1901, and died 14 Sep. 1901. Stamps issued, 1 May 1901. Wikipedia, Pan-American Exposition. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 30 |
1396-1397 |
55/2 |
33 |
28 Feb. 1898 |
An Act Directing the issue of a check in
lieu of a lost check drawn by Bernard R. Green in favor of
Frederick MacMonnies. Lost in the mail. |
| 30 |
1400a |
55/2 |
50 |
5 Mar. 1898 |
An Act Directing the issue of a duplicate
of lost check, drawn by Charles E. McChesney, United
States Indian agent, in favor of C.J. Holman and Brother.
Lost in the mail. |
| 30 |
1465a |
55/2 |
477 |
18 June 1898 |
An Act For the relief of Miss M.O.
Chapman, of Paulding, Jasper County, Mississippi.
Postmaster, stolen registered mail. |
| 30 |
1469c |
55/2 |
509 |
27 June 1898 |
An Act For the relief of Lizzie Hagny, as
administratrix of the estate of Frank B. Smith, deceased.
Postmaster. |
| 30 |
1474c |
55/2 |
549 |
1 July 1898 |
An Act For the relief of Moses
Pendergrass, of Missouri. Mail contractor. |
| 30 |
1488d |
55/2 |
633 |
7 July 1898 |
An Act For the relief of John C. Coleman,
of Emanuel County, Georgia. Mail contractor. |
| 30 |
1516-1517 |
55/3 |
124 |
8 Feb. 1899 |
An Act For the benefit of J.C. Rudd.
Rent of a post office building. |
| 30 |
1524c |
55/3 |
185 |
21 Feb. 1899 |
An Act For the relief of Benjamin F.
Jones. Postmaster, town destroyed by cyclone. |
| 30 |
1526a |
55/3 |
199 |
25 Feb. 1899 |
An Act For the relief of George A. Dickel
and Company, at Nashville, Tennessee. Revenue
stamps. |
| 30 |
1546e |
55/3 |
333 |
1 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To reimburse George W. McKinsey,
postmaster at Kokomo, Indiana, for money paid out by him
as said postmaster. |
| 30 |
1559c |
55/3 |
505 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act For the relief of Homer D. McGraw,
Lee County, Alabama. Revenue stamps. |
| 30 |
1565a |
55/3 |
529 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act Directing the issue of a check in
lieu of a lost check drawn by H.C. Newcomer, captain of
engineers, in favor of Stone and Stansell. Lost
in the mail. |
| 30 |
1588e |
55/3 |
638 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act For the relief of B.F.
Parlett, collector of internal revenue for the district of
Maryland. Beer stamps. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 30 |
1597-1606 |
20 June 1896 14 July 1896 |
Parcels-post Convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Honduras.
Effective 1 Sep. 1896. |
| 30 |
1607-1612 |
25 June 1896 16 July 1896 |
Convention for the exchange of money
orders between the United States of America and the
Republic of Honduras. Annual Report of the Postmaster General for 1896, p. 190-195 (link). |
| 30 |
1613-1624 |
23 June 1897 |
Convention for the exchange of money
orders between the United States of America and Egypt. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1898, p. 186-191 (link). |
| 30 |
1629-1655 |
15 June 1897 |
Universal Postal Union, Universal Postal
Convention. Signed at Washington, D.C.
Effective 1 Jan. 1899. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 1, p. 206-225. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 89, p. 65-85, in French. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 21, p. 484-502. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 123-148 (link), in French. Also, vol. 17, p. 287-294 (link). Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 327-346 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 413-435 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 415-437 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 569-578 (link). |
| 30 |
1655-1738 |
15 June 1897 |
Universal Postal Union, Regulations of
Detail and Order. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 89, p. 85-158, in French. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 21, p. 502-537. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 149-191 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 346-405 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 578-608 (link). |
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15 June 1897 |
Further UPU arrangements, that the US was
not party to: Letters and Boxes with Declared Value, 15 June 1897 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 191-216 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 406-428 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 435-446 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 437-449 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 609-621 (link). Exchange of Money Orders (Mandats de poste), 15 June 1897 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 217-234 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 429-446 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 446-454 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 449-457 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 622-632 (link). Parcels Post (Colis postaux), 15 June 1897 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 258-287 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 447-480 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 454-468 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 458-471 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 633-654 (link). Collection Service (Recouvrements), 15 June 1897 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 246-258 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 481-491 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 468-473 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 655-662 (link). Identity Booklets, 15 June 1897 Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 663-667 (link). Newspaper Subscriptions (Abonnements), 15 June 1897 Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 235-245 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 492-502 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 14, p. 474-479 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 472-477 (link), in French. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1897, p. 668-674 (link). |
| 30 |
1739-1741 |
12 Aug. 1897 |
Convention between the United States of
America and Chili [Chile], concerning the exchange
of money orders. Effective 1 Jan. 1899. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1898, p. 191-200 (link). |
| 30 |
1742-1743 |
12 Aug. 1898 |
Protocol of agreement between the United
States and Spain, embodying the terms of a basis for the
establishment of peace between the two countries.
End of the Spanish-American War. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1688-1689. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 11, p. 613-614. |
| 30 |
1747-1753 |
29 Oct. 1898 |
Convention for the establishment of a
parcels-post between the United States of America
and the British Colony of Trinidad. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 90, p. 874-878. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 21, p. 1080-1084. |
| 30 |
1754-1762 |
10 Dec. 1898 11 Apr. 1899 |
Treaty of Peace between the
United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. Cuba, Porto Rico, other islands in the West Indies, Guam, Philippine Islands. Malloy, Treaties, vol. 2, p. 1690-1695. Bevans, Treaties, vol. 11, p. 615-621. Additional Philippine islands, Treaty of 7 Nov. 1900, 31 Stat. 1942. On the Spanish-American War and these territories, see https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/index.html. Wikipedia, Spanish-American War. Wikipedia, United States Military Government in Cuba (1898-1902). Wikipedia, United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands (1898-1902), Philippine Organic Act (1902), Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (1902-1935), Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1946). |
| -- |
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20 Feb. 1899 | Convention for the Exchange of Money
Orders between the United States of America and the Colony
of British Honduras. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 91, p. 950-962. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 21, p. 1084-1088. |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
Contents, p. i-lii, 1-2168
Congress special sessions regular sessions Public
Private
Profiles 56th -- 4 Dec. 1899 – 7 June 1900
3 Dec. 1900 – 3 Mar. 1901
p. 1-724
p. 725-1466p. 1469-1632
p. 1633-1810
56th
House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal
Serial Set, House Journal, 3897, 4068; Senate Journal, 3842, 4028
House Journal, 56/1, 56/2
Senate Journal, 56/1, 56/2
Senate Executive Journal, vol. 32, 56/1, 56/2
Congressional Record, congress.gov, govinfo.gov
Calendars of the House of Representatives, 56th Congress (includes items considered but not enacted)
House Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads
Senate Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads
1901
Volume 31 pages Congress 56 all (158.5 MB), reduced (86.0 MB) session 1 session 2 title i-ii i-ii ⋅ ⋅ list of public acts and resolutions iii-xviii iii-xviii ⋅ ⋅ list of private acts and resolutions xix-xliv xix-xliv ⋅ ⋅ list of treaties and conventions xlv-xlvi xlv-xlvi ⋅ ⋅ list of proclamations xlvii-xlviii xlvii-xlviii ⋅ ⋅ list of concurrent resolutions xlix-l xlix-l ⋅ ⋅ public acts and resolutions li-lii, 1-1466 li-lii 1-724 725-1466 private acts and resolutions 1467-1810 1467-1468 1469-1632 1633-1810 treaties and conventions 1811-1944 1811-1944 ⋅ ⋅ proclamations 1945-1984 1945-1984 ⋅ ⋅ concurrent resolutions 1985-2008 1985-2008 ⋅ ⋅ index to vol. 31 2009-2168 2009-2168 ⋅ ⋅
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 31 |
6 |
56/1 |
11 |
7 Feb. 1900 | An Act Fixing the salary of
the postmaster at Washington City, District of Columbia. |
| 31 |
7-27 |
56/1 |
14 |
9 Feb. 1900 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for
prior years, and for other purposes. Post office building, Washington, D.C., p. 8; Kansas City, Mo., p. 10. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 9. Concerning post routes, p. 17-18. Old Post Office Dept. building, p. 20. Post Office Dept., p. 24, 26. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp paper, p. 10. |
| 31 |
29-30 |
56/1 |
21 |
15 Feb. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Southeastern
Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across
the Lumber River within the boundary lines of Robeson
County, North Carolina. Post route. |
| 31 |
34-35 |
56/1 |
27 |
28 Feb. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Red River of the North, at Drayton,
North Dakota. Post route. |
| 31 | 36-37 |
56/1 | 29 |
1 Mar. 1900 |
An Act To authorize Frank Hitch to
construct and maintain a bridge across Fishing Creek
within the boundary lines of Edgecombe County, North
Carolina. Post route. |
| 31 | 37-38 |
56/1 | 30 |
1 Mar. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Natchitoches
Railway and Construction Company to build and maintain a
railway and traffic bridge across Red River at Grand
Ecore, in the parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana.
Post route. |
| 31 | 38-39 |
56/1 | 31 |
1 Mar. 1900 |
An Act Authorizing the construction by the
Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway Company of a
bridge across Twelve-mile Bayou near Shreveport,
Louisiana. Post route. |
| 31 | 39-41 |
56/1 | 33 |
2 Mar. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Union Railroad
Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the
Monongahela River. Post route. |
| 31 | 41-42 |
56/1 | 34 |
6 Mar. 1900 |
An Act Authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa.
Post route. |
| 31 | 43-44 |
56/1 | 37 |
9 Mar. 1900 |
An Act To provide for the erection of a
bridge across Rainy River, in the State of Minnesota,
between Rainy Lake and the mouth of Rainy River.
Post route. |
| 31 | 54-58 |
56/1 | 118 |
30 Mar. 1900 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred,
and for prior years, and for other purposes. |
| 31 31 |
60-71 882-895 |
56/1 56/2 |
159 802 |
4 Apr. 1900 2 Mar. 1901 |
(1) An Act Making appropriations for the
diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one. (2) An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two. Dispatch agents, p. 62, 885; London, New York, San Francisco. Expenses for the New York agent were shared with the Agriculture Dept.; see p. 194, 935. |
| 31 | 76-77 |
56/1 | 190 |
12 Apr. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Shreveport and Red
River Valley Railway Company to build and maintain a
railway bridge across Red River, at or near the town of
Alexandria, in the Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana.
Post route. |
| 31 |
77-86 | 56/1 |
191 | 12 Apr. 1900 |
An Act Temporarily to provide revenues and
a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes.
Effective 1 May 1900. Revenue stamps, § 3.
Exchange of coins, § 11. See also, Proclamation of 25 July 1901, 32 Stat. 1983. Wikipedia, Foraker Act. |
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-- |
16 Apr. 1900 |
Stamp booklets. Announced 26 Feb. 1900,
for issue about 1 May. 1900 (Postal Bulletin, 27 Feb. 1900,
pdf).
First delivered to postmasters 16 Apr. 1900. Placed on
sale to the public 18 Apr. 1900. Littlefield reports that an opinion of the Attorney General, 11 Sep. 1899, was the legal authority for this issue, but the opinion does not appear in the published collections (ref). Donald B. Littlefield and Sam Frank, U.S. Booklets and Booklet Panes, 1900-1978, 2004. |
| 31 |
86-134 |
56/1 |
192 |
17 Apr. 1900 |
An Act Making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. Senate Post Office, p. 88; House, Office of Postmaster, p. 92. Auditor, p. 102, 106. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 104. General Post Office building, p. 120. Post Office Dept., p. 127-130. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp agent, p. 103. |
| 31 |
138-139 |
56/1 |
253 |
23 Apr. 1900 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred,
and for other purposes. Engraving and Printing
[of paper currency], p. 139. |
| 31 |
141-162 |
56/1 |
339 |
30 Apr. 1900 |
An Act To
provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii.
Hawaii Territory. Effective "forty-five days from and
after" the date of passage, § 104, so 14 June 1900. Hawaiian Post Office, and Postal Savings Bank, terminated, § 7. Disposition of Hawaiian postage stamps, etc., § 90. Transfer of the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, § 102, 103; Act of 19 May 1908, 35 Stat. 165. Exchange of silver coinage and silver certificates, Act of 14 Jan. 1903, 32 Stat. 770. Wikipedia, Hawaiian Organic Act, Territory of Hawaii. Hawaii statehood, 21 Aug. 1959, 73 Stat. 4, etc. |
| 31 |
162-163 |
56/1 |
340 |
30 Apr. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across Tallahatchie River, in Tallahatchie County,
Mississippi. Post route. |
| 31 |
163-165 |
56/1 |
341 |
30 Apr. 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Ohio Valley
Electric Railway Company to construct a bridge over the
Big Sandy River from Kenova, West Virginia, to
Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Post route. |
| 31 |
166-167 |
56/1 |
345 |
4 May 1900 |
An Act Authorizing the Cape Nome
Transportation, Bridge, and Development Company, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Washington and authorized to do business in the
Territory of Alaska, to construct a traffic bridge across
the Snake River, at Nome City, in the Territory of Alaska.
Post route. |
| 31 | 167-168 |
56/1 | 347 |
4 May 1900 |
An Act To authorize the New Orleans and
Northwestern Railway Company, its successors and assigns,
to build and maintain a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew in
the State of Louisiana. Post route. |
| 31 | 168-169 |
56/1 | 348 |
4 May 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Atlantic and Gulf
Short Line Railroad Company to build, construct, and
maintain railway bridges across the Ocmulgee and Oconee
rivers within the boundary lines of Irwin. Wilcox,
Telfair, and Montgomery counties, in the State of Georgia.
Post route. |
| 31 |
172-174 |
56/1 |
388 |
10 May 1900 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Back Bay, at Biloxi, Mississippi.
Post route. |
| 31 |
189-190 |
56/1 |
554 |
25 May 1900 |
An Act To provide for the construction of
a bridge by the Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills Railroad
Company across the Missouri River at Pierre, South Dakota.
Post route. |
| 31 |
205-217 |
56/1 |
586 |
26 May 1900 |
An Act Making appropriation for the
support of the Regular and Volunteer Army for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one.
Concerning post routes, p. 214. |
| 31 |
252-261 |
56/1 | 613 |
2 June 1900 | An Act Making appropriations
for the service of the Post-Office Department for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
one. Office of the Postmaster General, p. 252-253; First Asst. PMG, p. 253-258; Second Asst. PMG, p. 258-260; Third Asst. PMG, p. 260; Fourth Asst. PMG, p, 260-261. Emergency mail service in Alaska, p. 258. |
| 31 |
262-263 |
56/1 |
619 |
4 June 1900 |
An Act Authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Red River of the North. Post
route. |
| 31 |
275-276 |
56/1 |
782 |
6 June 1900 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint
Paul, Minnesota. Post route. |
| 31 |
276-277 |
56/1 |
783 |
6 June 1900 |
An Act To authorize the Alexandria and
Pineville Bridge Company, to build and maintain a traffic
bridge across Red River at the town of Alexandria, in the
parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana. Post
route. |
| 31 |
280-321 |
56/1 |
785 |
6 June 1900 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for prior
years, and for other purposes. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 285. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 286. Post Office Dept., p. 285, 307-308. Old Post Office building, p. 297. Claims, p. 319-320, 321. |
| 31 |
321-552 |
56/1 |
786 |
6 June 1900 |
An Act Making further provision for a
civil government for Alaska, and for other purposes.
Capital at Juneau. |
| 31 |
588-645 |
56/1 |
791 |
6 June 1900 |
An Act Making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for
other purposes. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 588-591. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 598. Post Office Dept., p. 598, 644. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars.", p. 603. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp paper, p. 608; custody of dies, etc., p. 609; suppressing counterfeiting, p. 610. Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, funds appropriated, p. 644-645. See next, 3 Mar. 1901, 31 Stat. 1440. |
| 31 |
660 |
56/1 | 801 |
6 June 1900 | An Act To extend to certain
publications the privileges of second-class mail matter as
to admission to the mails. Agriculture Dept.,
etc. |
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1 Jan. 1901 |
Commonwealth of Australia, formed by uniting
the British colonies Western Australia, South Australia,
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. Wikipedia, Federation of Australia, Constitution of Australia. |
| 31 |
727-728 |
56/2 |
8 |
4 Jan. 1901 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and
for other purposes. [nothing postal] |
| 31 |
738 |
56/2 | 106 |
22 Jan. 1901 | An Act To authorize the
Postmaster-General to lease suitable premises for use of
the Post-Office Department. |
| 31 | 741-744 |
56/2 | 181 |
26 Jan. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Grays
Point, Missouri. Post route. |
| 31 | 746-748 |
56/2 | 191 |
1 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To provide for the construction of
a bridge by the Fargo, Duluth and Northwestern Railroad
Company across the Red River of the North at Fargo, North
Dakota. Post route. |
| 31 | 764-765 |
56/2 | 347 |
8 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Kingston Bridge
and Terminal Railway Company to construct a bridge across
the Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee. Post
route. |
| 31 | 784-785 |
56/2 | 357 |
12 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Chattahoochee and
Gulf Railroad Company, of Alabama, to construct a bridge
across the Choctawhatchee River, a navigable stream in
Geneva County, Alabama. Post route. |
| 31 | 786-787 |
56/2 | 362 |
12 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across Rock River, Illinois. Post route. |
| 31 | 788-789 |
56/2 | 364 |
12 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize Jefferson County,
Arkansas, to construct and maintain a free bridge across
the Arkansas River within five miles of Pine Bluff,
Jefferson County, Arkansas. Post route. |
| 31 | 789-790 |
56/2 | 365 |
12 Feb. 1901 |
An Act Providing for the construction of a
bridge across the Yalobusha River, in Grenada County,
State of Mississippi. Post route. |
| 31 | 791-792 |
56/2 | 374 |
15 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the United New Jersey
Railroad and Canal Company and the Philadelphia and
Trenton Railroad Company, or their successors, to
construct and maintain a bridge across the Delaware River.
Post route. |
| 31 | 793-794 |
56/2 | 378 |
18 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Glassport Bridge
Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the
Monongahela River, in the State of Pennsylvania.
Post route. |
| 31 | 796-797 |
56/2 | 381 |
18 Feb. 1901 |
An Act Authorizing the Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa Railroad Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across Saint Joseph River at or near the city of
Saint Joseph, Michigan. Post route. |
| 31 | 802-803 |
56/2 | 468 |
23 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company to construct, maintain, and
operate a bridge across the Choctawhatchee River at
Geneva, Alabama. Post route. |
| 31 | 804-805 |
56/2 | 473 |
25 Feb. 1901 |
An Act Granting authority to Alafia,
Manatee and Gulf Coast Railroad Company to build railroad
bridges across the Manatee River and Gasparilla Sound and
to lay railroad tracks thereon. Post route. |
| 31 | 806-807 |
56/2 | 475 |
25 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Mobile and West
Alabama Railroad Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across the Warrior River, between the counties of
Walker and Jefferson, in section thirty-five, township
seventeen, range seven west, Alabama. Post
route. |
| 31 | 807-808 |
56/2 | 476 |
25 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Mobile and West
Alabama Railroad Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across the Tombigbee River between the counties of
Marengo and Choctaw, below Demopolis, Alabama.
Post route. |
| 31 | 808-809 |
56/2 | 477 |
25 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across Little River, at or near mouth of Big Lake,
State of Arkansas. Post route. |
| 31 | 811-812 |
56/2 | 608 |
26 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Carolina Northern
Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across
the Lumber River in or near the town of Lumberton, Robeson
County, North Carolina. Post route. |
| 31 | 812-815 |
56/2 |
613 |
27 Feb. 1901 |
An Act Amending an Act entitled "An Act
authorizing the construction of a bridge over the
Mississippi River to the city of Saint Louis, in the State
of Missouri, from some suitable point between the north
line of Saint Clair County, Illinois, and the southwest
line of said county," approved March third, anno Domini
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Post route. |
| 31 | 821-822 |
56/2 | 669 |
1 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Fourth Pool
Connecting Railroad Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across the Monongahela River. Post route. |
| 31 | 876-877 |
56/2 | 678 |
1 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Authorizing Calhoun County, State
of Texas, to construct and maintain a free bridge across
Lavaca Bay. Post route. |
| 31 | 895-910 |
56/2 | 803 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Making appropriation for the
support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two. Concerning
post routes, p. 907. Clauses affecting the governments of Cuba, p. 897-898, and the Philippines, p. 910. |
| 31 |
952-953 |
56/2 | 811 |
2 Mar. 1901 | An Act To refund excessive
postage paid on certain newspapers. |
| 31 | 954-956 |
56/2 | 813 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Authorizing the Citizens' Bridge
Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi
River. Post route. |
| 31 |
957-958 |
56/2 |
817 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Cumberland River at or near Carthage,
Tennessee. Post route. |
| 31 |
958-959 |
56/2 |
818 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the construction of a
bridge across Pearl River at Monticello, Mississippi.
Post route. |
| 31 |
960-1009 |
56/2 |
830 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes. Senate Post Office, p. 962. House, Office of Postmaster, p. 967, 968. Auditor, p. 977. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 979. General Post Office building, p. 995-996. Post Office Dept., p. 1003-1005. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp agent, p. 979. |
| 31 |
1010-1058 |
56/2 |
831 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for
prior years, and for other purposes. Dispatch agents, p. 1011; London, New York, San Francisco. Auditor, p. 1012. Public buildings, incl. post offices, p. 1015-1016. Bureau of Engraving and printing, p. 1017. Concerning post routes, p. 1026. Post Office Dept., Postal Service, p. 1042-1044, 1051. Claims, p. 1056, 1058. |
| 31 | 1088-1089 |
56/2 | 840 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Montgomery and
Autauga Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the
Alabama River near the city of Montgomery, Alabama.
Post route. |
| 31 | 1089-1090 |
56/2 | 842 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Authorizing the Texas and Pacific
Railway Company to construct a bridge across Red River,
Louisiana. Post route. |
| 31 |
1099-1107 |
56/2 | 851 |
3 Mar. 1901 | An Act Making appropriations
for the service of the Post-Office Department for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
two. Office of the Postmaster General, p. 1099; First Asst. PMG, p. 1099-1104; Second Asst. PMG, p. 1104-1106; Third Asst. PMG, p. 1106; Fourth Asst. PMG, p, 1106-1107. Philippines, p. 1099. Emergency mail service in Alaska, p. 1104. |
| 31 |
1133-1189 |
56/2 |
853 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act Making appropriations
for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and
for other purposes. Public buildings, including post offices, p. 1133-1137. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, p. 1142-1143. Post Office Department, p. 1143, 1187. "For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars.", p. 1147. Treasury: Internal Revenue, stamp paper. p. 1152; custody of dies, etc., p. 1153; suppressing counterfeiting, p. 1154. Authorization to prepare a Supplement to the Revised Statutes, p. 1181. |
| 31 |
1440-1445 |
56/2 |
864 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To provide for celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana
territory by the United States by holding an international
exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the
products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of
Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri. Planned for 1903; opened 30 Apr. 1904 -1 Dec. 1904; stamps issued 30 Apr. 1904. Wikipedia, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. |
| 31 | 1451-1453 |
56/2 | 874 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Charleroi and
Monessen Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge
across the Monongahela River. Post route. |
| 31 | 1454-1455 |
56/2 | 877 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Paris, Choctaw and
Little Rock Railway Company to construct and maintain a
bridge across Red River, in the State of Texas.
Post route. |
| 31 | 1456-1457 |
56/2 | 879 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To authorize the Portland, Nehalem
and Tillamook Railway Company to construct a bridge across
Nehalem Bay and River, in the State of Oregon.
Post route. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 31 |
1465-1466 |
56/2 |
19 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
Joint Resolution Ratifying agreement
between Tennessee and Virginia with reference to the
boundary line of said States. Bristol, down the
middle of State Street. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 31 |
1469-1470 |
56/1 |
42 |
14 Mar. 1900 |
An Act For the relief of W.W. Riley.
Stolen money-order funds. |
| 31 |
1550 |
56/1 |
470 |
14 May 1900 |
An Act For the relief of W.H.L. Pepperell, of Concordia, Kansas. Stolen postal funds. |
| 31 |
1552-1553 |
56/1 |
483 |
18 May 1900 |
An Act To reimburse sundry collectors of internal revenue for internal-revenue stamps paid for and charged in their accounts and not received by them. |
| 31 |
1612 |
56/1 |
837 |
6 June 1900 |
An Act For the relief of John M. Martin,
of Ocala, Florida. Post-office funds lost in
bank failure. |
| 31 |
1633 |
56/2 |
2 |
11 Dec. 1900 |
An Act For the relief of Frank E, Kellogg,
collector of the sixth internal-revenue district of
Missouri. Loss of internal-revenue special-tax
stamps. |
| 31 |
1637 |
56/2 |
25 |
14 Jan. 1901 |
An Act For the relief of the Marion Trust
Company, administrator of the estate of Samuel Milliken,
deceased. Mail contractor. |
| 31 |
1675 |
56/2 |
220 |
6 Feb. 1901 |
An Act For the relief of the devisees and
legal representatives of D.L. Huskey, deceased.
Mail contractor. |
| 31 |
1721 |
56/2 |
471 |
23 Feb. 1901 |
An Act To pay H.P. Dyer for carrying mail. |
| 31 |
1788 |
56/2 |
820 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act For the relief of John M. Guyton.
Embezzled postal funds. |
| 31 |
1795-1796 |
56/2 |
899 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act For the relief of Meriwether Snuff
and Tobacco Company, at Clarksville, Tennessee.
Loss of revenue stamps. |
| 31 |
1801 |
56/2 |
918 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To reimburse J.A.B. Miles, E.D.
Kelly, and Rawlings Webster. Internal-revenue
adhesive-stamp accounts. |
| 31 |
1808 |
56/2 |
951 |
3 Mar. 1901 |
An Act For the relief of Aquilla J.
Daugherty. Theft of revenue stamps. |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | Approved ... | Title |
| 31 |
1830-1839 |
26 Aug. 1899 |
Parcels-Post Convention between the United
States of America and the German Empire.
Effective 1 Oct. 1899. |
| 31 |
1840-1849 |
6 Dec. 1898 |
Parcels-Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Chile.
Effective 1 Apr. 1899. |
| 31 |
1850-1857 |
2 Sep. 1899 20 Sep. 1899 |
Convention for the exchange of Money
Orders between the Post Office Department of the United
States of America and the postal administration of Mexico.
Effective 1 Jan. 1900. Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, 1899, p. 78-84 (link). |
| 31 |
1858-1867 |
4 Dec. 1899 |
Parcels-Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Guatemala.
Effective 1 Jan. 1900. |
| 31 |
1871-1874 |
1 Feb. 1899 11/23 Jan. 1900 |
Convention between the United States of
America and Russia, including Finland, for the Exchange of
Postal Money Orders. Effective 19 Mar. / 1 Apr.
1900. |
| 31 |
1875-1877 |
7 Nov. 1899 8 Mar. 1900 |
Convention between the United States of
America, Germany, and Great Britain, relating to the
settlement of certain claims in Samoa by arbitration. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 21, p. 1178-1180, p. 1180-1181. |
| 31 |
1878-1880 |
2 Dec. 1899 16 Feb. 1900 |
Convention between the United
States, Germany, and Great Britain to adjust amicably the
questions between the three Governments in respect to the
Samoan group of islands. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties, vol. 21, p. 1182-1183. |
| 31 |
1890-1899 |
27 Mar. 1900 |
Parcels-Post Convention between the United
States of America and the Republic of Nicaragua.
Effective 1 June 1900. |
| 31 |
1900-1912 |
1 May 1899 |
Parcels-Post Convention between the United
States of America and the United States of Venezuela.
To be effective 1 July 1899 (Art. 14), but Venezuela made an
amendment, 30 Mar. 1900, approved by the US on 16 Nov.
1900. The effective date was thus 1 Jan. 1901 (ref). |
| Vol. | Pages | No. | Date | Title |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | No. | Approved ... | Title |
| 31 |
1989 |
56/1 |
-- |
20 Mar. 1900 |
Rural free delivery. Report to
be printed. https://archive.org/details/cu31924013928266 [Cornell] |
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
May 1694 |
5 & 6 William & Mary c. 21, An act
for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum,
parchment, and paper, for four years, towards carrying on
the war against France. Effective 28 June 1694. An Exact Abridgment of all the Statutes ..., 1694, p. 215-228 (link). [British] Statutes at Large, Pickering's edition, 1764, vol. 9, p. 306-321 (link, ex-M.D. Hill). British History Online, transcribed, from Statutes of the Realm, 1819, vol. 6, p. 495-502. Transcribed, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38964.0001.001 (see the Abstract at the end of the list). Further, 8&9 William III c. 7, Statutes of the Realm, 1820, vol. 7, p. 189-196 (link), transcribed. 9 William III c. 25, Statutes of the Realm, 1820, vol. 7, p. 386-393 (link), transcribed. |
| -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
31 May 1694 |
Proclamation for publishing the several marks
or stamps to be used for vellum, parchment and paper,
pursuant to a late Act of Parliament for charging certain
duties thereon. S.P. Dom. Proclamations, vol. 6, no. 101, and Bundle 8. (ref) Tudor and Stuart Proclamations, 1485-1714, p. 495 (ref, ref, ref, ref). [Earl of Crawford, 1910] Transcribed, https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A66310.0001.001. |
| -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
22 Mar. 1765 |
5 George III c. 12, An act for granting and
applying certain stamp duties, ... . Effective 1 Nov.
1765. Repealed, 6 George III c. 11, 18 Mar. 1766,
effective 1 May 1766. [British] Statutes at Large, Pickering's edition, 1764, vol. 26, p. 179-204 (link, ex-M.D. Hill). Same, 1767, vol. 27, p. 19 (link). Proceedings on the American Stamp Act, 1765, The Parliamentary History of England, 1813, vol. 16, col. 34-40 (link). Papers relating to the Disturbances in America, on account of the Stamp Act; Petitions against the American Stamp Act; Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin; Proceedings in the Commons on the Bill to repeal the American Stamp Act; etc., 1766, The Parliamentary History of England, 1813, vol. 16, col. 112-206 (link). Massachusetts Historical Society, Stamp Act (1765), with transliteration. Wikipedia, Stamp Act 1765. Gilder-Lehrman Institute, The Stamp Act, 1765. Embossed revenue stamps impressed on paper or attached to parchment or vellum (3 pence to 10 pounds). Printed revenue stamps on newspapers (½, 1 or 2 pence) and almanacs (2, 4, 8 pence). Very few have survived. Adolph Koeppel, The Stamps that Caused the American Revolution, North Hempstead (NY), 1976. |
| 1 |
24-27 |
1/1 |
2 |
4 July 1789 |
An Act for laying a Duty on Goods, Wares,
and Merchandises imported into the United States.
Effective 1 Aug. 1789. 7½% duty on writing
paper. 5% duty on items not specified otherwise. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1789. |
| 1 1 1 |
29-49 69-70 112 |
1/1 1/1 1/2 |
5 15 8 |
31 July 1789 16 Sep. 1789 15 Apr. 1790 |
(1) An Act to regulate the Collection of
the Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or
vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported
into the United States. Collection districts,
ports of entry, customs officers. Sec. 39 deals with
Rhode Island and North Carolina, which had not yet ratified
the Constitution. (2) An Act to suspend part of an Act, intituled "An Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States,", and for other purposes. Delaying part of (1). Rhode Island, North Carolina, § 2, 3. (3) An Act further to suspend part of an act intituled "An Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States,", and to amend the said act. Delaying part of (1). |
| 1 1 |
145-178 281-283 |
1/2 2/1 |
35 38 |
4 Aug. 1790 8 May 1792 |
(1) An Act to provide more effectually
for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods,
wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and
on the tonnage of ships or vessels. Previous
acts repealed, effective 1 Oct. 1790. (2) An Act supplementary to the act making provision for the Debt of the United States. Extending (1). Wikipedia, Tariff of 1790. |
| 1 1 |
180-182 188 |
1/2 1/3 |
39 1 |
10 Aug. 1790 27 Dec. 1790 |
(1) An Act making further provision for
the payment of the debts of the United States.
Effective 1 Jan. 1791. 10% duty on writing paper,
parchment and vellum. (2) An Act supplementary to the act inititled "An Act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.". Correcting a technical flaw in (1). |
| 1 |
199-214 |
1/3 |
15 |
3 Mar. 1791 |
An Act repealing, after the last day of
June next, the duties heretofore laid upon Distilled
Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their
stead; and also upon Spirits distilled within the United
States, and for appropriating the same.
Collection districts and supervisors, § 4.
Certificates, for imported spirits, § 13; for domestic
spirits, § 19; these are the first US stamped paper,
effective 1 July 1791, embossed with a seal of the
supervisor's office. Penalty for counterfeiting
certificates, § 45. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1791. Expenses for seals, paid 17 May 1793, to Francis Bailey, for 15 seals made in 1791, $160.00. An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, for the year 1793, p. 60 (link). |
| 1 |
219-221 | 1/3 |
26 |
3 Mar. 1791 |
An Act making farther provision for the
collection of the duties by law imposed on Teas, and to
prolong the term for the payment of the Duties on Wines. |
| 1 |
259-263 |
2/1 |
27 |
2 May 1792 |
An Act for raising a farther sum of money
for the protection of the frontiers, and for other
purposes therein mentioned. Effective 1 July
1792. Imported wines and spirits, etc. 2½% duty
on items not specified otherwise. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1792. |
| 1 |
267-271 |
2/1 |
32 |
8 May 1792 |
An Act concerning the Duties on Spirits
distilled within the United States. Effective 1
July 1792. License for working a still, paid yearly. |
| 1 |
279-281 |
2/1 |
37 |
8 May 1792 |
An Act making alterations in the Treasury
and War Departments. Commissioner of the
Revenue, office established, § 6. |
| 1 |
376-378 |
3/1 |
48 |
5 June 1794 |
An Act laying duties on licenses for
selling Wines and foreign distilled spirituous liquors by
retail. Effective 30 Sep. 1794. |
| 1 |
378-381 |
3/1 |
49 |
5 June 1794 | An Act making further provision for
securing and collecting the Duties on foreign and domestic
distilled Spirits, Stills, Wines and Teas.
Licensed stills, § 8, 15. § 15 continued to end of 6th Congress, 1 Stat. 547. |
| 1 |
390-392 |
3/1 |
54 |
7 June 1794 |
An Act laying additional Duties on Goods,
Wares and Merchandise imported into the United States.
Effective 1 July 1794, to 1 Jan. 1797. |
| 1 |
411 |
3/2 |
17 |
29 Jan. 1795 |
An Act supplementary to the several acts
imposing duties on goods, wares and merchandise imported
into the United States. |
| 1 |
433-438 |
3/2 |
45 |
3 Mar. 1795 |
An Act making further provision for the
support of Public Credit, and for the redemption of the
Public Debt. Licenses for selling wine and
spirits by retail, extended to 1 Mar. 1801, § 20. |
| 1 |
503-504 |
4/2 |
10 |
3 Mar. 1797 |
An Act for raising a further sum of money,
by additional duties on certain articles imported, and for
other purposes. Effective 1 July 1797. |
| 1 |
504-505 |
4/2 |
11 |
3 Mar. 1797 |
An Act repealing in part, the "Act
concerning the Duties on spirits distilled within the
United States," passed the eighth of May, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-two; and imposing certain Duties
on the capacity of Stills of a particular description.
Effective 1 July 1797. License fees revised. |
| 1 | 527-532 | 5/1 | 11 | 6 July 1797 | An Act laying Duties on
stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper. Stamped
paper for revenue purposes. Effective 1 Jan. 1798. W.V. Combs, First Federal Issue, 1798-1801, U.S. Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper, State College (PA) : American Philatelic Society, 1979. 4¢ to $10, for each of 16 states. The Supervisors of the Revenue separately purchased vellum, parchment and paper, and were reimbursed from the Treasury (Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the year 1799, p. 68; same, 1802, p. 49-50). |
| 1 | 536 | 5/2 | 1 | 15 Dec. 1797 | An Act to postpone, for a
limited time, the commencement of the duties imposed by
the act intituled “An Act laying Duties on stamped Vellum,
Parchment and Paper”. Effective 1 July 1798. |
| 1 |
539 |
5/2 |
10 |
29 Jan. 1798 |
An Act to amend the several acts for
laying duties on Spirits distilled within the United
States, and on Stills. The length of a license
may be adjusted. |
| 1 |
542-545 | 5/2 |
18 |
19 Mar. 1798 | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; and for other purposes. Appropriation to implement the Act of 6 July 1797, p. 544. |
| 1 | 545-546 | 5/2 | 20 | 19 Mar. 1798 | An Act to amend the act intituled “An Act laying Duties on stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper”. |
| 1 | 622-624 | 5/3 | 17 | 28 Feb. 1799 | An Act to alter the Stamp
Duties imposed upon Foreign Bills of Exchange and Bills of
Lading, by an act intituled “An Act laying Duties on
stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper;” and further to amend
the same. Effective 1 Apr. 1799. |
| 1 |
627-704 |
5/3 |
22 |
2 Mar. 1799 |
An Act to regulate the collection of
duties on imports and tonnage. Certificates, §
40-43. |
| 2 |
40-42 | 6/1 | 31 | 23 Apr. 1800 | An Act to establish a general
Stamp Office. Stamped paper for revenue
purposes, effective 1 Mar. 1801. Superintendent of
Stamps, office established, § 1. Free franking, § 2. W.V. Combs, Second Federal Issue, 1801-1802, U.S. Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper, Rockford (IA) : American Revenue Association, 1988. 4¢ to $10. |
| 2 |
84-85 |
6/1 |
66 |
13 May 1800 |
An Act to lay additional duties on certain
articles imported. Effective 1 July 1800.
Rates increased. |
| 2 |
102-103 |
6/2 |
11 |
25 Feb. 1801 |
An Act to continue in force the acts
laying duties on licenses for selling wines, and foreign
distilled spirits by retail, and so much of the act laying
certain duties on snuff and refined sugar as respects a
duty on refined sugar, on property sold at auction, and on
carriages for the conveyance of persons.
Licenses, continued without limitation of time. |
| 2 |
109-110 | 6/2 | 19 | 3 Mar. 1801 | An Act to amend the act
intituled “An act to establish a general Stamp Office”.
Procedural. |
| 2 |
148-150 | 7/1 | 19 | 6 Apr. 1802 | An Act to repeal the Internal Taxes.
Duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper, licenses on
stills, etc., to be discontinued effective "from and after"
30 June 1802, § 1, 9. Superintendent of Stamps, office
abolished effective 1 May 1802, § 2. Commissioner of
the Revenue, office to be abolished upon completion of the
collection of duties, § 2. |
| 2 |
299-300 |
8/1 |
57 |
27 Mar. 1804 |
An Act for imposing more specific duties
on the importation of certain articles; and also, for
levying and collecting light money on foreign ships or
vessels, and for other purposes. Effective 1
July 1804. |
| 2 |
768-769 |
12/1 |
112 |
1 July 1812 |
An Act for imposing additional duties upon
all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from any
foreign port or place, and for other purposes.
Doubled, § 1. For the duration of the war with Great
Britain, plus one year, § 5. Continued to 1 July 1816 by Act of 5 Feb. 1816, 3 Stat. 253. |
| 3 |
22-34 |
13/1 |
16 |
22 July 1813 |
An Act for the assessment and collection
of direct taxes and internal duties. Collection
districts. Deputy postmasters may act as collector or
assessor if needed, § 32. |
| 3 |
39 |
13/1 |
22 |
24 July 1813 |
An Act to establish the office of
commissioner of the revenue. Free franking, § 6. |
| 3 |
42-44 |
13/1 |
25 |
24 July 1813 |
An Act laying duties on licenses to
distillers of spirituous liquors. Effective 1
Jan. 1814. For the duration of the war, § 7. |
| 3 |
72-73 |
13/1 |
39 |
2 Aug. 1813 | An Act laying duties on licenses to
retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign
merchandise. Effective 1 Jan. 1814. |
| 3 |
77-81 | 13/1 | 53 | 2 Aug. 1813 | An Act laying duties on notes
of banks, bankers, and certain companies; on notes, bonds,
and obligations discounted by banks, bankers, and certain
companies; and on bills of exchange of certain
descriptions. Effective 1 Jan. 1814.
Unstamped promissory notes declared inadmissible as
evidence, § 7. Terminates one year after the end of
the war with Britain (17 Feb. 1816), § 14. W.V. Combs, Third Federal Issue, 1814-1817, and other U.S. Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper, Rockford (IA) : American Revenue Association, 1993. |
| 3 |
82-84 |
13/1 |
56 |
2 Aug. 1813 |
An Act making further provision for the
collection of internal duties, and for the appointment and
compensation of assessors. No mention of
postmasters here. |
| 3 |
137-139 |
13/2 |
91 |
18 Apr. 1814 |
An Act to amend the act laying duties on
licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors and
foreign merchandise, and for other purposes. |
| 3 |
148 | 13/3 | 11 | 10 Dec. 1814 | An Act supplementary to an
act, laying duties on notes of banks, bankers, and certain
companies, on notes, bonds, and obligations, discounted by
banks, bankers, and certain companies, and on bills of
exchange of certain descriptions. Stamp duties. |
| 3 |
152-159 |
13/3 |
15 |
21 Dec. 1814 |
An Act to provide additional revenues for
defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the
public credit, by laying duties on spirits distilled
within the United States, and territories thereof, and by
amending the act laying duties on licenses to distillers
of spirituous liquors. Effective 1 Feb. 1815. |
| 3 |
159-161 |
13/3 |
16 |
23 Dec. 1814 |
An Act to provide additional revenues for
defraying the expenses of government, and maintaining the
public credit, by duties on sales at auction, and on
licenses to retail wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign
merchandise, and for increasing the rates of postage.
Effective 1 Feb. 1815, increased rates. |
| 3 |
180-186 |
13/3 |
22 |
18 Jan. 1815 |
An Act to provide additional revenues for
defraying the expenses of government, and maintaining the
public credit, by laying duties on various goods, wares,
and merchandise, manufactured within the United States.
3% on domestically-produced paper. |
| 3 |
239-244 |
13/3 |
100 |
3 Mar. 1815 |
An Act to fix the compensations, and
increase the responsibility of the collectors of the
direct tax and internal duties and for other purposes
connected with the collection thereof. Free
franking, § 7. |
| 3 |
252 |
14/1 |
7 |
1 Feb. 1816 |
An Act to repeal so much of an act, passed on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, as imposes additional duties on postage. Effective "from and after" 31 Mar. 1816. |
| 3 |
253 | 14/1 | 9 | 1 Feb. 1816 | An act continuing in force
certain acts, laying duties on bank notes, refined sugars,
and for other purposes. Continuing Acts of 2 Aug. 1813, 3 Stat. 77, and 10 Dec. 1814, 3 Stat. 148. |
| 3 |
253 |
14/1 |
10 |
5 Feb. 1816 |
An Act to continue in force the act,
entitled "An Act for imposing additional duties
upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported from any
foreign port or place, and for other purposes".
Additional duty of 42%, effective 1 July 1816. |
| 3 |
291-294 |
14/1 |
58 |
19 Apr. 1816 |
An act to abolish the existing duties on
spirits distilled within the United States, and to lay
other duties, in lieu of those at present imposed, on
licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors.
Effective 1 July 1816. |
| 3 |
310-314 |
14/1 |
107 |
27 Apr. 1816 |
An Act to regulate the duties on imports
and tonnage. Effective 1 July 1816. 30% on
paper, parchment, vellum, § 1 part 5. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1816. |
| 3 |
320-321 |
14/1 |
137 |
29 Apr. 1816 |
An Act for reducing the duties on licenses
to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign
merchandise. Act of 23 Dec. 1814, rate increase
reversed, effective 1 Jan. 1817. |
| 3 |
401-403 | 15/1 | 1 | 23 Dec. 1817 | An Act to abolish the internal duties. Duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper, licenses to distillers, etc., discontinued, effective "from and after" 31 Dec. 1817, § 1. Commissioner of the Revenue, office to be abolished, § 2. Provisions for unstamped paper, parchment and vellum, § 2, 4. |
| 6 |
247b |
16/1 |
79 |
8 May 1820 | An Act for the relief of Charles S. Jones,
and Richard Buckner, jun., administrators of William
Jones. Lost revenue stamps. |
| 3 |
779-780 | 17/2 | 55 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act respecting stamps.
Reference to the Act of 23 Apr. 1800, 2 Stat. 40. |
| 4 |
25-30 |
18/1 |
136 |
22 May 1824 |
An Act to amend the several acts imposing
duties on imports. Effective 1 July 1824.
On writing paper, 17 cents per pound; other varieties, 3-20
cents per pound. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1824. |
| 4 |
270-275 |
20/1 |
55 |
19 May 1828 |
An Act in alteration of the several acts
imposing duties on imports. Effective 1 Sep.
1828. Wikipedia, Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1828). |
| 4 |
583-594 |
22/1 |
227 |
14 July 1832 |
An Act to alter and amend the several acts
imposing duties on imports. Effective 4 Mar.
1833. 25% on parchment, vellum; no duty on paper. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1832, Nullification crisis. South Carolina objected, and threatened to secede; Andrew Jackson responded, Proclamation, 10 Dec. 1832, 11 Stat. 771. |
| 4 |
629-631 |
22/2 |
55 |
2 Mar. 1833 | An Act to modify the act of the fourteenth
of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and
all other acts imposing duties on imports.
Effective 1 Jan. 1834. Rate reductions. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1833. South Carolina calmed down, for the while. |
| 4 |
632-635 |
22/2 |
57 |
2 Mar. 1833 |
An Act further to provide for the
collection of duties on imports. The president
may call out the Army and Navy to enforce the tariff laws. Wikipedia, Force Bill. South Carolina voted to nullify this one also. |
| 5 |
131 |
24/1 |
364 |
4 July 1836 |
An Act to repeal so much of the act of
March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, as
respects the issuing of certificates on the importation of
wines. |
| 5 |
463-465 |
27/1 |
24 |
11 Sep. 1841 |
An Act relating to duties and drawbacks.
Effective 1 Oct. 1841. 20% duty on every imported item
not specified. |
| 5 |
548-567 |
27/2 |
270 |
30 Aug. 1842 |
An Act to provide revenue from imports,
and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on
imports, and for other purposes. 25% on
parchment, vellum. Writing paper, 15c per pound. § 28, prohibiting “importation of all indecent and obscene prints, paintings, lithographs, engravings, and transparencies”, is credited with the start of the domestic pornography industry. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1842. |
| 9 |
42-49 |
29/1 |
74 |
30 July 1846 |
An Act reducing the Duty on Imports, and
for other Purposes. 30% on parchment, vellum,
letter paper, paper envelopes. Wikipedia, Walker Tariff (Tariff of 1846). |
| 11 |
192-195 |
34/3 |
98 |
3 Mar. 1857 |
An Act reducing the Duty on Imports, and
for other Purposes. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1857. |
| 12 |
178-198 |
36/2 |
68 |
2 Mar. 1861 |
An Act to provide for the Payment of
outstanding Treasury Notes, to authorize a Loan, to
regulate and fix the Duties on Imports, and for other
Purposes. 30% on parchment, vellum; paper,
including envelopes. Wikipedia, Morrill Tariff (Tariff of 1861). |
| 12 |
292-313 |
37/1 |
45 |
5 Aug. 1861 |
An Act to provide increased Revenue from
Imports, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other
Purposes. National income tax. § 8 assesses direct taxes against each state; for those states in rebellion, § 52 assesses 6% annual interest until the amounts can be collected. |
| 12 |
432-489 |
37/2 |
119 |
1 July 1862 |
An Act to provide Internal Revenue to
support the Government and to pay Interest on the Public
Debt. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, §
1. Stamp duties, § 94-110, p. 475-485, including
Schedules B and C; effective 1 Oct. 1862. Joint resolution, 17 July 1862, 12 Stat. 627, dates modified. Kimber A. Wald, A Centennial Survey of the United States Civil War Revenue Stamped Paper Issues, 1865-1883, American Philatelic Congress Book, vol. 49, 1983, p. 35-159; reprinted, Dover (DE), 1983. |
| 12 |
543-561 |
37/2 |
163 |
14 July 1862 |
An Act increasing, temporarily, the Duties
on Imports, and for other Purposes. Stamp
duties, § 24-25, p. 560-561. |
| 12 |
632-633 |
37/3 |
4 |
25 Dec. 1862 |
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to
pay Interest on the Public Debt," approved July first,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Stamp duties,
further instructions. |
| 12 |
713-731 |
37/3 |
74 |
3 Mar. 1863 |
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and pay
Interest on the Public Debt," approved July first,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other Purposes.
Stamp duties, § 1, p. 718; etc. |
| 13 |
14-17 |
38/1 |
20 |
7 Mar. 1864 |
An Act to increase the Internal Revenue,
and for other Purposes. Act of 1833 extended, §
9, p. 17. |
| 13 |
223-306 |
38/1 |
173 |
30 June 1864 |
An Act to provide Internal Revenue to
support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public
Debt, and for other Purposes. Act of 1833
extended, § 50, p. 241. Cigars, revenue stamps, § 94,
p. 270-272. Stamp duties, § 151-170, p. 291-302. See also 13 Stat. 458, 14 Stat. 475. |
| 13 |
412 |
38/1 |
55 |
30 June 1864 |
Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to release certain Parties from
Liabilities or Payment of Duties and Penalties therein
mentioned. Irish National Fair, Chicago. |
| 13 |
420 |
38/2 |
8 |
22 Dec. 1864 |
An Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act
to provide internal Revenue to support the Government, to
pay Interest on the public Debt, and for other Purposes,"
approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. |
| 13 |
469-487 | 38/2 |
78 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay
Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes,"
approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. |
| 14 |
14-26 | 39/1 | 28 | 7 Apr. 1866 | An Act making additional Appropriations,
and to supply the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for
sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal
Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, and for other Purposes. Revenue
stamps, § 2, p. 23. |
| 14 |
98-173 | 39/1 | 184 | 13 July 1866 | An Act to reduce Internal Taxation and to
amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide Internal Revenue
to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public
Debt, and for other Purposes," approved June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and Acts amendatory
thereof. Revenue stamps, p. 141-144; § 13, p.
151; § 52-58, p. 165-167. |
| 14 |
301-302 |
39/1 |
283 |
27 July 1866 |
An Act amendatory of Section thirteen of
an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act
to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to
pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes,'
approved June 30, 1864," approved March 3, 1865. |
| 14 |
328-331 |
39/1 |
298 |
28 July 1866 |
An Act to protect the Revenue, and for
other Purposes. Cigars, § 1, p. 328. |
| 14 |
468-471 |
39/2 |
168 |
2 Mar. 1867 |
An Act making Appropriations and to supply
Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the
Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes.
Revenue stamps, § 5, p. 470. |
| 14 |
471-485 |
39/2 |
169 |
2 Mar. 1867 |
An Act to amend existing Laws relating to
Internal Revenue, and for other Purposes. Stamp
duties, § 9, p. 475; § 32, p. 484. |
| 14 |
611 |
39/1 |
72 |
23 July 1866 |
Joint Resolution for the Relief of Isaac
Ranney, Internal Revenue Collector for the Eight District,
Ohio. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 15 |
34 |
40/2 |
3 |
11 Jan. 1867 |
An Act to prevent Frauds in the Collection
of the Tax on distilled Spirits. |
| 15 |
34 |
40/2 |
5 |
3 Feb. 1868 |
An Act to provide for the Exemption of
Cotton from internal Tax. |
| 15 |
58-60 |
40/2 |
41 |
31 Mar. 1868 |
An Act to exempt certain Manufactures from
internal Tax, and for other Purposes. |
| 15 |
125-168 |
40/2 |
186 |
20 July 1868 |
An Act imposing Taxes on distilled Spirits
and Tobacco, and for other Purposes. Revenue
stamps, § 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 39, 43, 45, 53, 57, 58,
59, 67, 69, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 80, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93,
94, 108. Amended, Act of 22 Dec. 1868, 15 Stat.
266. |
| 15 |
282-283 |
40/3 |
57 |
1 Mar. 1869 |
An Act to allow Deputy Collectors of
Internal Revenue acting as Collectors the Pay of
Collectors, and for other Purposes. |
| 16 |
83-90 | 41/2 | 56 | 20 Apr. 1870 | An Act making Appropriations to supply
Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the
Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirty,
eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes.
Internal Revenue Bureau, "for stamps and incidental
expenses", p. 84. |
| 16 |
179 |
41/2 |
187 |
1 July 1870 |
An Act to define the Intent of an Act
entitled "An Act to allow Deputy Collectors of internal
Revenues Acting as Collectors the Pay of Collector, and
for other Purposes," approved March one, eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine. |
| 16 |
230-251 | 41/2 | 251 | 12 July 1870 | An Act making Appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the
Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Internal Revenue, "For dies, paper, and for stamps, ...", p. 238. Same, 1871, p. 483. Similar, 1872, 17 Stat. 125. |
| 16 |
256-272 |
41/2 |
255 |
14 July 1870 |
An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for
other Purposes. Repeal of certain stamp taxes, §
2, p. 256; § 4, p. 257. |
| 16 |
274-275 |
41/2 |
259 |
14 July 1870 |
An Act to amend existing Laws relating to
internal Revenue. |
| 16 |
397 |
41/3 |
6 |
22 Dec. 1870 |
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
reduce internal Taxes, and for other Purposes," approved
July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy. |
| 16 |
475 |
41/3 |
112 |
3 Mar. 1871 |
An Act relating to internal Taxes. |
| 16 |
515-521 |
41/3 |
115 |
3 Mar. 1871 |
An Act making Appropriations to supply
Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the
Government for the fiscal Years ending June thirty,
eighteen hundred and seventy, and June thirty, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one and for former Years, and for
other Purposes. "For stamps for use of the internal revenue office, ...", p. 516. |
| 16 |
605 |
41/1 |
33 |
10 Apr. 1869 |
An Act legalizing the Stamping of certain
Subscription Papers executed and issued to the Iowa
Northern Central Railroad Company. |
| 16 |
664 |
41/2 |
46 |
4 May 1870 |
Joint Resolution for the Relief of James L. Ridgely, Collector of internal Revenue for the second District of Maryland. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 16 |
675 | 41/3 | 5 | 20 Dec. 1870 | An Act for the Relief of Lawrence L. Merry, Collector of internal Revenue for the twentieth District of New York. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 16 |
681 |
41/3 |
41 |
9 Feb. 1871 |
An Act for the Relief of H. Lawrence Scott, late Agent for the Sale of internal Revenue Stamps in the thirteenth District of Pennsylvania. Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 17 |
16 |
42/1 |
25 |
20 Apr. 1871 |
An Act amending an Act to reduce internal
Taxes, and for other Purposes, approved July fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy. |
| 17 |
36 |
42/2 |
33 |
5 Mar. 1872 |
An Act to repeal the Paragraphs of
Schedule C of the internal Revenue Acts imposing Taxes on
canned Meats, Fish, and certain other Articles. |
| 17 |
36 |
42/2 |
34 |
5 Mar. 1872 |
An Act to amend Section thirty-five of an
Act entitled "An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for
other Purposes." |
| 17 |
41 |
42/2 |
57 |
18 Mar. 1872 |
An Act to amend Section thirty-five of an
Act entitled "An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and for
other Purposes." |
| 17 |
50 |
42/2 |
86 |
5 Apr. 1872 |
An Act to amend the thirty-second Section
of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce internal Taxes, and
for other Purposes," approved July fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy. |
| 17 |
230-258 |
42/2 |
315 |
6 June 1872 |
An Act to reduce Duties on Imports, and to
reduce Internal Taxes, and for other Purposes.
Stamps for taxes on wine, p. 240-241, liquor, p. 246-248,
tobacco, p. 253-255. Act of 30 June 1864, parts
repealed, § 36. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1872. |
| 17 |
401-403 | 42/3 | 13 | 24 Dec. 1872 | An Act for the Reduction of Officers and
Expenses of the internal Revenue. Stamp taxes, §
3. |
| 17 |
660 |
42/2 |
151 |
9 May 1872 |
An Act for the Relief of Robert Williams,
Jr., Collector third District, Ohio. Stolen
revenue stamps. |
| 17 |
676 |
42/2 |
317 |
6 June 1872 |
An Act for the Relief of Wilson Bowlby,
Collector of Internal Revenue for Oregon. Stolen
revenue stamps. |
| 17 |
682 |
42/2 |
386 |
8 June 1872 |
An Act for the Relief of Rufus M. Pickel.
Stolen revenue stamps. |
| 17 |
698 |
42/2 |
447 |
10 June 1872 |
An Act for the Relief of Horace B.
Shepard, of Indiana. Beer stamps, destroyed by
fire. |
| 17 |
702 |
42/2 |
464 |
10 June 1872 |
An Act for the Relief of Simeon Stansifer.
Revenue stamps. |
| 17 |
706 |
42/2 |
481 |
10 June 1872 |
An Act for the Relief of Herman Raster,
Collector of internal Revenue for the first District,
Illinois. Revenue stamps, lost in the great
Chicago fire. |
| 17 |
559-560 |
42/3 |
232 |
3 Mar. 1873 |
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to
reduce Duties on Imports and to reduce internal Taxes, and
for other Purposes," approved June sixth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, and for other Purposes. |
| 17 |
736 |
42/3 |
196 |
24 Feb. 1873 |
An Act for the Relief of William Schilling
and Company, of Baltimore, Maryland. Tax on
spirits. |
| 18 |
250 | 43/1 | 462 | 23 June 1874 | An act to provide for the stamping of
unstamped instruments, documents, or papers. |
| 18 |
307-313 |
43/2 |
36 |
8 Feb. 1875 |
An act to amend existing customs and
internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes. |
| 18 |
484 | 43/2 | 154 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An Act to amend section numbered three thousand three hundred and forty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States in relation to affixing stamps on brewers' casks. |
Wikipedia, Tariff of 1875. |
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| 18.1 | 604-690 |
-- |
-- |
1875 |
Revised Statutes (1st ed.), Title XXXV,
Internal Revenue. Chapter 4, Distilled Spirits, § 3247-3334, p. 628-653. Chapter 5, Fermented Liquors, § 3335-3354, p. 653-658. Chapter 6, Tobacco and Snuff, § 3355-3386, p. 658-667. Chapter 7, Cigars, § 3387-3406, p. 668-672. Chapter 9, Stamp-Taxes on Specific Objects, § 3418-3437, p. 675-682. |
| 18.1 | 601-686 | -- |
-- |
1878 |
Revised Statutes (2nd ed.), Title XXXV,
Internal Revenue. Chapter 4, Distilled Spirits, § 3247-3334, p. 625-649. Chapter 5, Fermented Liquors, § 3335-3354, p. 650-655. Chapter 6, Tobacco and Snuff, § 3355-3386, p. 655-664. Chapter 7, Cigars, § 3387-3406, p. 664-668. Chapter 9, Stamp-Taxes on Specific Objects, § 3418-3437, p. 671-679. |
| 19 |
5 |
44/1 |
13 |
25 Feb. 1876 | An act to extend the time for stamping
unstamped instruments. |
| 19 |
88 |
44/1 |
181 |
12 July 1876 |
An act relative to the redemption of
unused stamps. Repeals 18 Stat.
307, § 14. |
| 19 |
213 |
44/1 |
10 |
8 May 1876 |
Joint resolution concerning special-tax
stamps. |
| 19 |
490b |
44/1 |
277 |
14 Aug. 1876 |
An act for the relief of Berthold
Loewenthal, of Chicago Illinois. Revenue stamps. |
| 19 | 512b | 44/2 | 71 | 27 Feb. 1877 | An act for the relief of J.E. Robertson and Company, of Indianapolis Indiana. Revenue stamps. |
| 20 |
327-352 |
45/3 |
125 |
1 Mar. 1879 |
An act to amend the laws relating to
internal revenue. Stamps, § 17-18, p. 349-351. |
| 21 |
46/2 |
108 |
28 May 1880 |
An act to amend the laws in relation to
internal revenue. |
|
| 22 |
46-47 |
47/1 |
82 |
17 Apr. 1882 |
An act making appropriations to supply a
deficiency for dies, paper and stamps for the fiscal year
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and to continue work on the
Washington Monument for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and
eighty-three, and for other purposes. |
| 22 |
488-526 |
47/2 |
121 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
An act to reduce internal-revenue taxation,
and for other purposes. Stamp taxes repealed effective
1 July 1883. Wikipedia, Tariff of 1883, Nix v. Hedden. |
| 22 |
644 |
47/2 |
30 |
3 Mar. 1883 |
Joint resolution making appropriations for
the alteration of internal revenue dies, plates and stamps,
and for providing blanks for rebate. |
| 23 |
48/1 |
225 |
5 July 1884 |
An act to limit the time within which
prosecutions may be instituted against persons charged with
violating internal revenue laws. |
|
| 24 |
49/2 |
374 |
3 Mar. 1887 |
An act to provide for the settlement of an
account with the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company for
internal-revenue tax, and to refund the amount of said tax
erroneously assessed and collected. |
|
| 26 |
51/2 |
432 |
18 June 1890 |
An act to provide for the exportation of
fermented liquor in bond without payment of internal-revenue
tax." |
|
| 26 |
567-625 |
51/1 |
1244 |
1 Oct. 1890 |
An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize
duties on imports, and for other purposes. Wikipedia, McKinley Tariff (Tariff of 1890). |
| 28 |
509-570 |
53/2 |
349 |
27 Aug. 1894 |
An Act To reduce taxation, to provide revenue
for the Government, and for other purposes. The income tax provision was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1895. Wikipedia, Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act (Tariff of 1894). |
| 30 |
151-213 |
55/1 |
11 |
24 July 1897 |
An Act To provide revenue for the Government
and to encourage the industries of the United States. Wikipedia, Dingley Act (Tariff of 1897). In effect until 1909. |
| 30 |
448-470 | 55/2 |
448 |
13 June 1898 |
An Act to provide ways and means to meet war
expenditures, and for other purposes. Revenue stamps,
§ 6-26, 28, p. 451-464. |
| 30 |
1349? |
55/3 |
435 |
3 Mar. 1899 |
An Act To amend the internal-revenue laws
relating to distilled spirits, and for other purposes. |
| 31 |
177-178 |
56/1 |
393 |
12 May 1900 |
An Act Authorizing the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue to redeem or make allowances for
internal-revenue stamps. |
| 31 |
938-950 |
56/2 |
806 |
2 Mar. 1901 |
An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to
provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for
other purposes," approved June thirteenth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation
thereunder. Separately published, with index, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl4ogd |
| 32 |
736 |
57/1 |
7 |
26 Feb. 1902 |
Joint Resolution Authorizing the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue to return bank checks,
drafts, certificates of deposit, and orders for the
payment of money, having imprinted stamps thereon, to the
owners thereof, and for other purposes. |
| 32 |
96-99 |
57/1 |
500 |
12 Apr. 1902 |
An Act To repeal war-revenue taxation, and
for other purposes. Repeal of documentary and
proprietary stamp taxes. |
| 32 |
506-507 |
57/1 |
1327 |
30 June 1902 | An Act To amend the Act of May twelfth,
nineteen hundred, authorizing the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to redeem or make allowance for internal-revenue
stamps. |
Fineness, .916667 (2 Apr. 1792); .899225 (28 June 1834); .900 (18 Jan. 1837).
Gold
start
end
Double Eagle
$20
3 Mar. 1849
⋅ Eagle
$10
2 Apr. 1792
⋅ Half Eagle
$5
2 Apr. 1792
⋅ Quarter Eagle
$2½
2 Apr. 1792
⋅ Three Dollar
$3
21 Feb. 1853
26 Sep. 1890
One Dollar
$1
3 Mar. 1849
26 Sep. 1890
Weight, $10, 270 grains (2 Apr. 1792); 258 grains (28 June 1834); others proportional. (1 ounce = 437.5 grains)
Legal tender in any amount.
Fineness, .8924 (2 Apr. 1792), .900 (18 Jan. 1837). 3¢, .750 (3 Mar. 1851), .900 (3 Mar. 1853).
Silver
start
end
Dollar
$1
2 Apr. 1792
28 Feb. 1878
12 Feb. 1873
14 July 1890
Trade Dollar
$1
12 Feb. 1873
3 Mar. 1887
Half Dollar
50¢
2 Apr. 1792
⋅ Quarter Dollar
25¢ 2 Apr. 1792
⋅ Twenty-Cent Piece
20¢ 3 Mar. 1875
2 May 1878
Dime
10¢ 2 Apr. 1792
⋅ Half Dime
5¢ 2 Apr. 1792
12 Feb. 1873
Three-Cent Piece
3¢ 3 Mar. 1851
12 Feb. 1873
Columbian half dollar
50¢ 5 Aug. 1892
⋅ Queen Isabella quarter dollar
25¢ 3 Mar. 1893
⋅ Lafayette dollar
$1
3 Mar. 1899
⋅
Weight, $1, 416 grains (2 Apr. 1792), 412½ grains (18 Jan. 1837).
50¢, 208 grains (2 Apr. 1792); 206¼ grains (18 Jan. 1837); 192 grains (21 Feb. 1853);
12½ grams = 192.9 grains (12 Feb. 1873); smaller coins proportional.
Trade Dollar, 420 grains.
Legal tender -- Dollar coins, in any amount; Trade Dollar, to $5 until 22 July 1876, then revoked.
Smaller coins in any amount, later limited to $5 (21 Feb. 1853, 12 Feb. 1873), or $10 (9 June 1879).
Three-cent, to 30¢ (3 Mar. 1851).
Weight, 1¢ copper, 264 grains (2 Apr. 1792), 208 grains (14 Jan. 1793), 168 grains (27 Dec. 1795).
Copper composition % grains start end 5 cent copper-nickel 75-25 77.16 16 May 1866 ⋅ 3 cent copper-nickel 75-25 30 3 Mar. 1865 26 Sep. 1890 2 cent copper-tin/zinc 95-5 96 22 Apr. 1864 12 Feb. 1873 1 cent copper 100 ⋅ 2 Apr. 1792 21 Feb. 1857 1 cent copper-nickel 88-12 72 21 Feb. 1857 22 Apr. 1864 1 cent copper-tin/zinc 95-5 48 22 Apr. 1864 ⋅ half cent copper 100 ⋅ 2 Apr. 1792 21 Feb. 1857
Half cent proportional.
Legal tender was limited to $1 or less.
5¢, up to $1 (16 May 1866), 25¢ (12 Feb. 1873);
3¢, up to 60¢ (3 Mar. 1865), 25¢ (12 Feb. 1873);
2¢, up to 20¢ (22 Apr. 1864), 4¢ (3 Mar. 1865);
1¢, up to 10¢ (22 Apr. 1864), 4¢ (3 Mar. 1865), 25¢ (12 Feb. 1873).
The cent and half-cent coins issued before 22 Apr. 1864 never had legal tender status.
| Vol. | Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 1 | 4-9 | -- | -- | 9 July 1778 | Articles of Confederation, Art.
9, Sec. 4, "The United States, in Congress
assembled, shall also have the sole and exclusive right and
power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by
their own authority, or by that of the respective States;
fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the
United States; ..." |
| 18.1 | 7-12 | -- | -- | 9 July 1778 | Articles of Confederation, Art.
9, Sec. 4, "The United States in Congress assembled
shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of
regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own
authority, or by that of the respective States. -- fixing
the standard of weights and measures throughout the United
States. -- ..." |
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26 May 1781 | Bank of North America, approved 26 May 1781,
chartered 31 Dec. 1781, opened 7 Jan. 1782. Journals, vol. 20, p. 545-548; vol. 21, p. 1186-1190. |
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21 Feb. 1782 | Congress resolved to create a mint; report to
be prepared. Journals, vol. 22, p. 86-87. |
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-- |
-- |
13 May 1785 | Propositions respecting the Coinage of
Gold, Silver and Copper. Journals, vol. 28, p. 354-358. |
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-- |
-- |
6 July 1785 | Congress resolved to create a decimal
currency. Journals, vol. 29, p. 499-500. |
| -- |
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-- |
-- |
12 Apr. 1786 | Report of the Board of Treasury, dated 8 Apr.
1786, "relative to the Establishment of a Mint for the
United States of America". $1 to be 375.64 grains of
silver, $10 to be 246.268 grains of gold. The Board consisted of Samuel Osgood and Walter Livingston; Osgood was later appointed Postmaster General. This report devised the terms "mill", "dime" and "eagle"; "dollar" and "cent" were already in use. Journals, vol. 30, p. 162-182. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898244/ [LOC] |
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8 Aug. 1786 | Resolved, That the standard of the United
States of America, for Gold and Silver, shall be eleven
parts fine and one part alloy. Also setting the
weight of the coins. Journals, vol. 31, p. 503-504. |
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-- |
16 Oct. 1786 | An Ordinance for the establishment of the
Mint of the United States of America, and for regulating
the value and alloy of Coin. Journals, vol. 31, p. 876-878. |
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6 July 1787 | Resolved, Design of the copper coinage. Journals, vol. 32, p. 303-304. |
| 1 | 10-20 | -- | -- | 17 Sep. 1787 | Constitution, Art.
1, Sec. 8, "The Congress shall have power ... To
coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin,
and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for
the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current
coin of the United States; ... And, To make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution
the foregoing powers, ...". Art. 1, Sec. 10, No State shall ... coin money; ... make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; ... . |
| 18.1 | 17-28 | -- | -- | 17 Sep. 1787 | Constitution, Art.
1, Sec. 8, "The Congress shall have Power ... To
coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin,
and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for
the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current
Coin of the United States; ... And, To make all Laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution
the foregoing Powers, ...". Art. 1, Sec. 10, No State shall ... coin Money; ... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; ... . |
| 1 | 29-49 | 1/1 | 5 | 31 July 1789 | An Act to regulate the Collection of the
Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels,
and on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the
United States. Rate of, and currencies of
foreign coins, § 18, 30. |
| 1 | 94-95 | 1/1 | 22 | 29 Sep. 1789 | An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled "An Act for registering and clearing Vessels, regulating the Coasting Trade, and for other purposes." Russian ruble, § 3. |
| 1 | 145-178 | 1/2 | 35 | 4 Aug. 1790 | An Act to provide more effectually for the
collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares
and merchandise imported into the United States, and on
the tonnage of ships or vessels. Rate of, and
currencies of foreign coins, § 40, 56, 75. |
| 1 | 191-196 | 1/3 | 10 | 25 Feb. 1791 | An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States. Chartered for 20 years. |
| 1 | 215-216 | 1/3 | 19 | 3 Mar. 1791 | An Act relative to the Rix-Dollar of Denmark. |
| 1 | 225 | 1/3 | 3 | 3 Mar. 1791 | Resolution, that a mint shall be established under such regulations as shall be directed by law. |
| 1 | 246-251 | 2/1 | 16 | 2 Apr. 1792 | An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating
the Coins of the United States. Mint, § 1-8;
coins, § 9-13; coinage, § 14-20. Weight and fineness
of gold and silver coins, § 9, 12-13; weight of copper
coins, § 9. Design of the coins, § 10. Decimal
system to be used in public accounts, § 20. FRASER, Mint and Coinage Act, PDF. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1792, Philadelphia Mint. The gold-to-silver value ratio was set at 15:1, while the market ratio was closer to 15½:1. The gold coins were specified to be .916667 = 11/12 fine, also used by Britain and Spain (in principle but not in fact). The silver coins were to be .8924 = 1485/1664 fine, allowing four $1 coins to be made from 1485 grains of silver and 179 grains of alloy [copper]. The one-cent coin was to be 11 pennyweights of copper (264 grains). Relevant to the silver coins, see Act of 11 Feb. 1800, 6 Stat. 39a. |
| 1 | 259-263 | 2/1 | 27 | 2 May 1792 | An Act for raising a farther sum of money
for the protection of the frontiers, and for other
purposes therein mentioned. French livre
tournois, § 17. |
| 1 | 283-284 | 2/1 | 39 | 8 May 1792 | An Act to provide for a Copper Coinage. Foreign copper coins cease to be current. |
| 1 | 299 | 2/2 | 2 | 14 Jan. 1793 | An Act to amend an act intituled "An act
establishing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the
United States," so far as respects the coinage of copper.
Weight of copper coins reduced. |
| 1 | 300-301 | 2/2 | 5 | 9 Feb. 1793 | An Act regulating foreign Coins, and for
other purposes. Foreign gold and silver coins
accepted as legal tender at specified rates, until three
years after opening of the mint, Spanish milled dollars
excepted. Notes, Acts relating to foreign coins, p. 300. |
| 1 | 339-340 | 2/2 | 30 | 2 Mar. 1793 | An Act making certain Appropriations therein mentioned. For the mint, p. 339. |
| 1 | 341 | 3/1 | 4 | 3 Mar. 1794 | An Act in alteration of the act establishing a Mint and regulating the Coins of the United States. |
| 1 | 439-441 | 3/2 | 47 | 3 Mar. 1795 | An Act supplementary to the act intituled
"An act establishing a Mint, and regulating the Coins of
the United States." Copper coins may be reduced
in weight, § 8. |
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-- |
-- |
26 Jan. 1796 | Proclamation, cent and half cent coins,
weight reduced since 27 Dec. 1795 (ref). Laws of the United States of America, 1815, vol. 5, p. 511. |
| 1 | 475 | 4/1 | 33 | 27 May 1796 | An Act respecting the Mint. Purchase of copper for coinage. |
| 11 | 755 | -- | 6 | 22 July 1797 | Proclamation, Respecting Coinage and
Tender. Proclamation, Notice of the Commencement of Minting United States Coins (ref). |
| 1 | 539 | 5/2 | 11 | 1 Feb. 1798 | An Act supplementary to "An Act regulating
Foreign Coins, and for other purposes". Act of 9
Feb. 1793 suspended, foreign gold and silver coins continue
as legal tender. |
| 1 | 573-574 | 5/2 | 61 | 27 June 1798 | An Act to punish frauds committed on the Bank of the United States. Counterfeit bills and notes. |
| 1 | 627-704 | 5/3 | 22 | 2 Mar. 1799 | An Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage. Estimation of foreign coins when tendered for payment of duties, § 61, p. 673; § 74, p. 680. |
| 2 | 53-54 | 6/1 | 34 | 24 Apr. 1800 | An Act respecting the mint. Purchase of copper for coinage, standing appropriation. |
| 2 | 86 | 6/1 | 70 | 14 May 1800 | An Act supplementary to the act establishing the mint, and regulating the coins of the United States. To remain in Philadelphia until Mar. 1801. |
| 2 | 111 | 6/2 | 21 | 3 Mar. 1801 | An Act concerning the mint. To remain in Philadelphia until Mar. 1803. |
| 2 | 121 | 6/2 | 28 | 3 Mar. 1801 | An Act directing the mode of estimating certain foreign coins and currencies, and of making out invoices in certain cases. Sicca rupees, star pagoda. |
| 2 | 173 | 7/1 | 38 | 30 Apr. 1802 | An Act to suspend, in part, the act intituled "An act regulating foreign coins; and for other purposes.". |
| 2 | 242 | 7/2 | 36 | 3 Mar. 1803 | An Act to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia. For 5 years. |
| 8 | 200-213 | -- | -- | 30 Apr. 1803 | By Convention with France, for the Louisiana Purchase, exchange rate between the dollar and franc, p. 208. |
| 2 | 245-247 | 8/1 | 2 | 10 Nov. 1803 | An Act authorizing the creation of a stock, to the amount of eleven millions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of carrying into effect the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States of American and the French Republic; and making provision for the payment of the same. Exchange rates, shillings and guilders, § 2. |
| 2 | 374-375 | 9/1 | 22 | 10 Apr. 1806 | An Act regulating the currency of foreign coins in the United States. Act of 9 Feb. 1793 repealed, foreign gold and silver coins continue as legal tender. |
| 2 | 404-405 | 9/1 | 49 | 21 Apr. 1806 | An Act for the punishment of counterfeiting the current coin of the United States, and for other purposes. Gold and silver coins, but not copper. |
| 2 | 481 | 10/1 | 41 | 1 Apr. 1808 | An Act further to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia. For 5 years. |
| 2 | 787 | 12/2 | 2 | 2 Dec. 1812 | An Act further to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia. For 5 years. |
| 3 | 266-277 | 14/1 | 44 | 10 Apr. 1816 | An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States. Second Bank of the United States, chartered for 20 years. |
| 3 | 322 | 14/1 | 139 | 29 Apr. 1816 | An Act regulating the currency within the United States, of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and crowns of France, and five franc pieces. |
| 3 | 343 | 14/1 | 8 | 30 Apr. 1816 | A Resolution relative to the more effectual collection of the public revenue. |
| 3 | 383-389 | 14/2 | 93 | 3 Mar. 1817 | An Act to incorporate the subscribers to certain banks in the District of Columbia, and to prevent the circulation of the notes of unincorporated associations within the said district. |
| 3 | 403 | 15/1 | 4 | 14 Jan. 1818 | An Act further to prolong the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia. For 5 years. |
| 3 | 525 | 15/2 | 97 | 3 Mar. 1819 | An Act to continue in force "An Act regulating the currency within the United States, of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and crowns of France, and five franc pieces". |
| 3 | 645 | 16/2 | 53 | 3 Mar. 1821 | An Act to continue in force an act entitled "An Act regulating the currency within the United States, of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and crowns of France, and five franc pieces". |
| 3 | 774 | 17/2 | 43 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act further to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia. For 5 years. |
| 3 | 777-778 | 17/2 | 50 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act to continue in force an act, entitled "An Act regulating the currency within the United States of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the crowns of France, and five franc pieces", passed on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, so far as the same relates to the crowns of France and five franc pieces. |
| 3 | 779 | 17/2 | 53 | 3 Mar. 1823 | An Act making the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, receivable in payments on account of public lands. |
| 4 | 115-123 | 18/2 | 65 | 3 Mar. 1825 | An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes. Counterfeiting, etc., § 17-21, 24. |
| 4 | 277-278 | 20/1 | 67 | 19 May 1828 | An Act to continue the mint at the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes. Standard weights. |
| 4 | 425-426 | 21/1 | 220 | 31 May 1830 | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the present site of the national mint to be sold, and making an appropriation for completing the new buildings now erecting. |
| 4 | 583-594 | 22/1 | 227 | 14 July 1832 | An Act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports. British pound, § 16, p. 593. |
| 4 | 681-682 | 23/1 | 71 | 25 June 1834 | An Act regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within the United States. |
| 4 | 699-700 | 23/1 | 95 | 28 June 1834 | An Act concerning the gold coins of the
United States, and for other purposes. Gold
Eagle, Half Eagle, Quarter Eagle, weight and fineness
reduced. Effective 1 Aug. 1834. FRASER, Coinage Act of 1834, PDF. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1834. The fineness is now specified to be .899225 = 116/129. The gold-to-silver value ratio was now 16:1, from 15:1 in 1792, though the market rate was still about 15½:1. |
| 4 | 700-701 | 23/1 | 96 | 28 June 1834 | An Act regulating the value of certain foreign gold coins within the United States. |
| 4 | 774-775 | 23/2 | 39 | 3 Mar. 1835 | An Act to establish branches of the mint
of the United States. New Orleans, Charlotte
(North Carolina), Dahlonega (Georgia). All three
closed in May 1861; New Orleans reopened in 1879, and closed
in 1909. Wikipedia, Charlotte Mint, Dahlonega Mint, New Orleans Mint. |
| 5 | 9 | 24/1 | 52 | 14 Apr. 1836 | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Payments by bank notes, § 2; repealed, 13 Aug. 1841, 5 Stat. 439 § 4. |
| 5 | 136-142 | 24/2 | 3 | 18 Jan. 1837 | An Act supplementary to an act entitled
"An Act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of
the United States". Gold, silver, and copper
coins, weight and fineness, design, legal tender status of
gold and silver coins, § 8-13. The fineness for gold and silver coins is now specified (and simplified) to be .900 = 9/10. |
| 5 | 147 | 24/2 | 14 | 13 Feb. 1837 | An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish branches of the Mint of the United States," passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. |
| 5 | 201-204 | 25/1 | 2 | 12 Oct. 1837 | An Act to authorize the issuing of
Treasury Notes. Denominations $50 and more; not
intended for general circulation. Additional, 21 May 1838, 5 Stat. 228.; 2 Mar. 1839, 5 Stat. 323. |
| 5 | 309 | 25/2 | 212 | 7 July 1838 | An Act to restrain the circulation of small notes, as a currency, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. |
| 5 | 385-392 | 26/1 | 41 | 4 July 1840 | An Act to provide for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue. Mints at Philadelphia and New Orleans to be places of deposit of public money, § 2. |
| 5 | 496 | 27/2 | 66 | 27 July 1842 | An Act to regulate the value to be affixed to the pound sterling by the Treasury Department. |
| 5 | 602 | 27/3 | 46 | 27 Feb. 1843 | An Act amendatory of an act establishing the branch mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, and defining the duties of assayer and coiner. |
| 5 | 607 | 27/3 | 69 | 3 Mar. 1843 | An Act regulating the currency of foreign gold and silver coins in the United States. |
| 5 | 625 | 27/3 | 92 | 3 Mar. 1843 | An Act to fix the value of certain foreign moneys of account in computations at the custom-house. |
| 5 | 652 | 28/1 | 7 | 2 Apr. 1844 | An Act to amend the act entitled "An act to establish branches of the Mint of the United States." |
| 5 | 740 | 28/2 | 45 | 3 Mar. 1845 | An Act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to fix the value of certain foreign moneys of account in computations at the custom-houses". Austrian florin. |
| 6 | 755c | 25/3 | 53 | 2 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of John E. Alexander. Payment for arrest of counterfeiters. |
| 6 | 787b | 25/3 | 209 | 3 Mar. 1839 | An Act for the relief of Samuel McComb. Charlotte mint. |
| 9 | 14 | 29/1 | 23 | 22 May 1846 | An Act to establish the value of certain foreign coins, and moneys of account, and to amend existing laws. |
| 9 | 59-66 | 29/1 | 90 | 6 Aug. 1846 | An Act to provide for the better Organization of the Treasury, and for the Collection, Safe-Keeping, Transfer, and Disbursement of the public Revenue. Mints at Philadelphia and New Orleans to be places of deposit of public money, § 2. |
| 9 | 397-398 | 30/2 | 109 | 3 Mar. 1849 | An Act to authorize the Coinage of Gold
Dollars and Double Eagles. FRASER, Coinage Act of 1849, PDF. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1849. |
| 9 | 436-437 | 31/1 | 12 | 23 May 1850 | An Act supplementary to the act entitled "An Act supplementary to the act entitled 'An Act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.'" |
| 9 | 587-591 | 31/2 | 20 | 3 Mar. 1851 | An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of
Postage in the United States, and for other Purposes.
Three-cent coin, § 11. https://www.rfrajola.com/resources/1851Act.pdf |
| 10 | 11-13 | 32/1 | 54 | 3 July 1852 | An Act to establish a branch of the Mint
of the United States in California. At San
Francisco, in operation since 1854. Wikipedia, San Francisco Mint. |
| 10 | 160-161 | 32/2 | 79 | 21 Feb. 1853 | An Act Amendatory of Existing Laws
relative to the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, Dime, and
Half Dime. Silver coins, weight reduced.
Three-dollar gold coin, § 7. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1853. |
| 10 | 181-189 | 32/2 | 96 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act to Supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Silver coins, § 7. |
| 10 | 189-214 | 32/2 | 97 | 3 Mar. 1853 | An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Assay office, etc., § 5, 10-15. |
| 10 | 599-601 | 33/2 | 15 | 27 Dec. 1854 | An Act to suppress the Circulation of Small Notes, as a Currency, in the District of Columbia. |
| 11 | 163-164 | 34/3 | 56 | 21 Feb. 1857 | An Act relating to Foreign Coins and to
the coinage of Cents at the Mint of the United States.
Pieces of the Spanish and Mexican dollars redeemable at
Treasury and Post Offices, but then to be recoined.
Otherwise, foreign gold and silver coins declared no longer
legal tender. One-cent composition altered, half-cent
discontinued. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1857. The period to exchange Spanish coins was extended by two years under the Act of 3 Mar. 1859, 11 Stat. 410 (§ 2, p. 422), only to be repealed 25 June 1860, 12 Stat. 104 (§ 3, p. 110). |
| 11 | 254 | 34/3 | 8 | 26 Feb. 1857 | A Resolution to provide for ascertaining the relative value of the coinage of the United States and Great Britain, and the fixing the relative value of the unitary coins of the two countries. |
| 11 | 254 | 34/3 | 9 | 26 Feb. 1857 | A Resolution to prevent the counterfeiting of the coins of the United States. |
| 12 | 91-104 | 36/1 | 205 | 23 June 1860 | An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 102. |
| 12 | 207 | 36/2 | 75 | 2 Mar. 1861 | An act declaring the value of the new Silver Florin of Austria. |
| 12 | 259-261 | 37/1 | 5 | 17 July 1861 | An Act to authorize a National Loan and
for other purposes. The first issue of Demand
Notes for general circulation in place of coins. Supplementary, Act of 5 Aug. 1861, 12 Stat. 313. Wikipedia, Demand Note. |
| 12 | 279 | 37/1 | 23 | 27 July 1861 | An Act to provide for the payment of the police organized by the United States for the city of Baltimore, and to enable the mint to furnish small gold coins, and to provide for the manufacture or purchase of field signals. |
| 12 | 338 | 37/2 | 20 | 12 Feb. 1862 | An Act to authorize an additional Issue of United States Notes. |
| 12 | 345-348 | 37/2 | 33 | 25 Feb. 1862 | An Act to authorize the Issue of United
States Notes, and for the Redemption or Funding thereof,
and for Funding the Floating Debt of the United States.
Coins receivable for customs duties. Also called Legal
Tender Notes. FRASER, Legal Tender Act, PDF. Wikipedia, United States Note. |
| 12 | 370 | 37/2 | 45 | 17 Mar. 1862 | An Act to authorize the purchase of coin, and for other purposes. |
| 12 | 382-383 | 37/2 | 59 | 21 Apr. 1862 | An Act to establish a branch mint of the
United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado. Wikipedia, Denver Mint. |
| 12 | 532-533 | 37/2 | 142 | 11 July 1862 | An Act to authorize an additional Issue of
United States Notes, and for other Purposes.
Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 533.
Basis for the National Currency Bureau (1863), later renamed
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, § 2. Operations
of the Bureau began 29 Aug. 1862. FRASER, Second Legal Tender Act, PDF. Wikipedia, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. |
| 12 | 592 | 37/2 | 196 | 17 July 1862 | An Act to authorize Payments in Stamps,
and to prohibit Circulation of Notes of less Denomination
than One Dollar. Postage stamps, to be furnished
by the Treasury, authorized as currency up to $5, § 1.
Private notes below $1 prohibited, § 2. Postage stamps as currency proved to be impractical in many ways. Moreover, the Secretary of the Treasury had not consulted with the Postmaster General over this plan, and the Act had no provision for Treasury to manufacture or purchase the stamps. Private schemes such as encased postage stamps were not suitable for national use. Instead, Postage Currency (paper money with postage stamp designs) was issued 21 Aug. 1862 through 29 May 1863, valued 5, 10, 25 or 50 cents; these could individually be exchanged for postage stamps at any post office, or in quantity for United States Notes at places designated by the Treasury Dept. However, this was not actually authorized by the law, and was only made legal retroactively by the Act of 3 Mar. 1863.
Wikipedia, Fractional currency. Carothers, Fractional Money, 1930, p. 161-185, 214-215, 223-224 (link). Kravitz, A Collector's Guide to Postage & Fractional Currency, 2012. |
| 12 | 822-823 | 37/3 | 9 | 17 Jan. 1863 | Joint Resolution to provide for the immediate Payment of the Army and Navy of the United States. |
| 12 | 665-682 | 37/3 | 58 | 25 Feb. 1863 | An Act to provide a national Currency,
secured by a Pledge of United States Stocks and to provide
for the Circulation and Redemption thereof.
Comptroller of the Currency; banking regulations;
circulating notes; penalty for counterfeiting. Wikipedia, National Bank Act. |
| 12 | 709-713 | 37/3 | 73 | 3 Mar. 1863 | An Act to provide Ways and Means for the
Support of the Government. Fractional currency,
§ 4. Gold certificates, § 5. FRASER, Legal Tender Act of 1863, PDF. |
| 12 | 770-771 | 37/3 | 96 | 3 Mar. 1863 | An Act to establish a branch mint of the United States in the Territory of Nevada. Carson City. |
| 12 | 827-828 | 37/3 | 31 | 3 Mar. 1863 | A Resolution to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain the title to certain property in the city of Denver, Colorado Territory, for the purposes of the Branch Mint located in said place. |
| 13 | 54-55 | 38/1 | 66 | 22 Apr. 1864 | An Act in amendment of an act entitled "An
act relating to foreign coins and the coinage of cents at
the mint of the United States," approved February
twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1864. |
| 13 | 99-118 | 38/1 | 106 | 3 June 1864 | An Act to provide a National Currency,
secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide
for the Circulation and Redemption thereof. To be known as the National Bank Act, by Act of 20 June 1874, 18 Stat. 123 § 1. There had been no direct Federal bank regulation since the demise of the Second Bank of the United States in 1836. |
| 13 | 120-121 | 38/1 | 114 | 8 June 1864 | An Act to punish and prevent the counterfeiting of coin of the United States. |
| 13 | 132-133 | 38/1 | 127 | 17 June 1864 | An Act to prohibit certain Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange. Quickly repealed. |
| 13 | 218-222 | 38/1 | 172 | 30 June 1864 | An Act to provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government, and for other Purposes. Fractional notes, § 5; penalty for counterfeiting, § 10-13. |
| 13 | 344 | 38/1 | 209 | 2 July 1864 | An Act to repeal the Act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, prohibiting the Sales of Gold and Foreign Exchange. |
| 13 | 375 | 38/1 | 223 | 2 July 1864 | An Act authorizing the erection of buildings for the branch mint at San Francisco. |
| 13 | 382-383 | 38/1 | 242 | 4 July 1864 | An Act to establish a branch mint of the
United States at Dalles city, in the State of Oregon.
The mint never opened. Wikipedia, The Dalles Mint. |
| 13 | 498 | 38/2 | 82 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a National Currency, secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof." |
| 13 | 517-518 | 38/2 | 100 | 3 Mar. 1865 | An Act to authorize the coinage of three-cent pieces, and for other purposes. |
| 13 | 569 | 38/2 | 18 | 23 Feb. 1865 | Joint Resolution to enable the Secretary
of the Treasury to obtain the title to certain property in
Carson City and State of Nevada, for the purposes of a
branch-mint located in said place. The Carson
City mint operated from 1870 to 1893. Wikipedia, Carson City Mint. |
| 14 | 14-26 | 39/1 | 28 | 7 Apr. 1866 | An Act making additional Appropriations,
and to supply the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for
sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal
Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, and for other Purposes. Appropriation
for detecting counterfeit currency and coins, p. 22.
No living person to be shown on currency, § 12; this
indirectly applied also to postage stamps. Spencer M. Clark, a division chief at the National Currency Bureau, had put his own portrait on a fractional currency note. |
| 14 | 47-48 | 39/1 | 81 | 16 May 1866 | An Act to authorize the coinage of five cent pieces. The weight was specified to be 77.16 grains, the closest simple approximation to 5 grams. |
| 14 | 310-323 | 39/1 | 296 | 28 July 1866 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other Purposes. Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 310. |
| 14 | 383-385 | 39/2 | 26 | 5 Feb. 1867 | An Act to punish certain Crimes in Relation to the Public Securities and Currency, and for other Purposes. Penalty for counterfeiting, etc. |
| 14 | 440-457 | 39/2 | 166 | 2 Mar. 1867 | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty eight and for other Purposes. Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 455. |
| 15 | 21 | 40/1 | 6 | 22 Mar. 1867 | Joint Resolution in relation to certain coin and bullion on special deposit in the treasury. |
| 15 | 34 | 40/2 | 6 | 4 Feb. 1868 | An Act to suspend further Reduction of the Currency. United States notes. |
| 15 | 110-120 | 40/2 | 177 | 20 July 1868 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes. Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 111. |
| 15 | 171-177 | 40/2 | 233 | 25 July 1868 | An Act making Appropriations and to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes. Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 173. |
| 15 | 283-301 | 40/3 | 121 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy. Appropriation for national currency, p. 290. |
| 15 | 301-311 | 40/3 | 122 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other Purposes. Appropriation for detecting counterfeits, p. 302. |
| 15 | 311-315 | 40/3 | 123 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes. The "engraving and printing bureau", p. 312. |
| 15 | 339 | 40/3 | 145 | 3 Mar. 1869 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a National Currency secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof," by extending certain Penalties to Accessories. |
| 16 | 1 | 41/1 | 1 | 18 Mar. 1869 | An Act to strengthen the public Credit. United States notes, future redemption in coin. |
| 16 | 7 | 41/1 | 11 | 6 Apr. 1869 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a National Currency secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by extending certain Penalties to Accessories. |
| 16 | 62 | 41/2 | 8 | 20 Jan. 1870 | An Act making Appropriations to defray the Expenses of the Committee on Banking and Currency incurred in Pursuance of Investigations ordered by the House of Representatives. |
| 16 | 195 | 41/2 | 226 | 8 July 1870 | An Act to declare the Construction of Section fifty-five of an Act entitled "An Act to provide a national Currency secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof," approved June three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and to amend the same. |
| 16 | 251-254 | 41/2 | 252 | 12 July 1870 | An Act to provide for the Redemption of the three per cent. temporary Loan Certificates, and for an Increase of national Bank Notes. |
| 16 | 291-310 | 41/2 | 292 | 15 July 1870 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes. Appropriations for national currency, detecting counterfeits, p. 292. |
| 16 | 495-515 | 41/3 | 114 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other Purposes. Appropriations for national currency, detecting counterfeits, p. 497. |
| 16 | 580 | 41/3 | 124 | 3 Mar. 1871 | An Act to provide for the redemption of copper and other token coins. |
| 17 | 19 | 42/1 | 31 | 20 Apr. 1871 | An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey the United States branch mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, to the trustees of the North Georgia Agricultural College [University of North Georgia] for educational purposes. |
| 17 | 32 | 42/2 | 22 | 1 Mar. 1872 | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide a national Currency secured by Pledge of United States Bonds, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. |
| 17 | 347-369 | 42/2 | 415 | 10 June 1872 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes. Appropriations for national currency, detecting counterfeits, p. 348. |
| 17 | 424-436 | 42/3 | 131 | 12 Feb. 1873 | An Act revising and amending the laws
relating to the mints, assay-offices, and coinage of the
United States. Fineness of gold and silver
coins, § 13. Gold coins, § 14; silver coins, § 15;
minor coins, § 16. Penalties for counterfeiting, etc.,
§ 61-65. FRASER, Coinage Act of 1873, PDF. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1873, Trade dollar. |
| 17 | 510-530 | 42/3 | 227 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other Purposes. Appropriations for national currency, detecting counterfeits, p. 512. |
| 17 | 602-603 | 42/3 | 268 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to establish the Custom-house Value
of the Sovereign or Pound sterling of Great Britain, and
to fix the Par of Exchange. See the Postal Money-Order Convention of 30 June / 27 July 1871, Art. 13, 17 Stat. 889, for a slightly different exchange rate. |
| 17 | 603-604 | 42/3 | 269 | 3 Mar. 1873 | An Act to require national Banks to restore their Capital when impaired, and to amend the National-currency Act. |
| 18 | 6 | 43/1 | 19 | 29 Jan. 1874 | An Act authorizing coinage to be executed at the mints of the United States for foreign countries. |
| 18 | 85-111 | 43/1 | 328 | 20 June 1874 | An act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. Mints and Assay Offices, p. 96-98; New Orleans mint to be reopened. |
| 18 | 123-125 | 43/1 | 343 | 20 June 1874 | An act fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for a redistribution of the national-bank currency, and for other purposes. |
| 18 | 202 | 43/1 | 419 | 22 June 1874 | An act authorizing the transfer of gold mint bars from the bullion fund of the assay office New York to the Assistant Treasurer at New York. |
| 18 | 296 | 43/2 | 15 | 14 Jan. 1875 | An Act to provide for the resumption of
specie payments. Redemption of fractional
currency for newly-minted silver coins. Wikipedia, Specie Payment Resumption Act. |
| 18 | 302 | 43/2 | 19 | 19 Jan. 1875 | An act to remove the limitation restricting the circulation of banking-associations issuing notes payable in gold. |
| 18 | 478-479 | 43/2 | 143 | 3 Mar. 1875 | An Act authorizing the coinage of a twenty-cent piece of silver at the mints of the United States. |
| 18.1 | 697-709 710-711 712 |
-- | -- | 1875 | Revised Statutes (1st ed.) Title XXXVII, Coinage, Weights, and Measures, § 3495-3570. Title XXXVIII, The Currency, § 3571-3583. Title XXXIX, Legal Tender, § 3584-3590. |
| 18.1 | 693-705 706-707 708 |
-- | -- | 1878 | Revised Statutes (2nd ed.) Title XXXVII, Coinage, Weights, and Measures, § 3495-3570. Title XXXVIII, The Currency, § 3571-3583. Title XXXIX, Legal Tender, § 3584-3590. |
| 19 | 33-34 | 44/1 | 63 | 17 Apr. 1876 | An act to provide for a deficiency in the Printing and Engraving Bureau of the Treasury Department, and for the issue of silver coin of the United States in place of fractional currency. |
| 19 | 35 | 44/1 | 67 | 20 Apr. 1876 | An act to pay the First National Bank of Saint Albans, in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, the value of certain United States Treasure notes held by said bank as financial agent of the United States, and forcibly taken therefrom by raiders from Canada, in October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. |
| 19 | 215 | 44/1 | 17 | 22 July 1876 | Joint resolution for the issue of silver coin. Trade dollar no longer legal tender; coinage limited to export demand. |
| 19 | 223 | 44/2 | 24 | 16 Jan. 1877 | An act to amend Section fifty-four hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to counterfeiting. R.S. § 5457, Counterfeiting Coin, p. 1063. |
| 20 | 25-26 | 45/2 | 20 | 28 Feb. 1878 | An act to authorize the coinage of the
standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender
character. Silver dollars and silver
certificates. Passed by Congress over the President's
veto. Repealed 14 July 1890, 26 Stat. 289. Wikipedia, Bland-Allison Act. |
| 20 | 47 | 45/2 | 79 | 2 May 1878 | An act to prohibit the coinage of the twenty cent piece of silver. |
| 20 | 87 | 45/2 | 146 | 31 May 1878 | An act to forbid the further retirement of United States legal-tender notes. |
| 20 | 102 | 45/2 | 170 | 8 June 1878 | An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to constitute Superintendents of Mints or Assayers in Assay-offices, Assistant Treasurers of the United States. |
| 20 | 178-206 | 45/2 | 329 | 19 June 1878 | An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. Mints and Assay offices. |
| 21 | 7-8 | 46/1 | 12 | 9 June 1879 | An act to provide for the exchange of subsidiary coins for lawful money of the United States under certain circumstances, and to make such coins a legal tender in all sums not exceeding ten dollars, and for other purposes. |
| 21 | 374 | 46/3 | 95 | 1 Mar. 1881 | An act to amend section thirty-five hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes so as to authorize a charge for melting or refining bullion when at or above standard. |
| 22 | 97 | 47/1 | 190 | 26 May 1882 | An act to authorize the receipt of United
States gold coin in exchange for gold bars. Amended, 3 Mar. 1891, 26 Stat. 908, § 3, p. 948. Amended, 3 Mar. 1901, 31 Stat. 1446. |
| 22 | 162-166 | 47/1 | 290 | 12 July 1882 | An act to enable national-banking associations to extend their corporate existence, and for other purposes. Gold certificates, etc. |
| 22 | 486 | 47/2 | 117 | 3 Mar. 1883 | An act to ratify the issuance of duplicate checks in certain cases by the superintendent of the mint of the United States at San Francisco. |
| 24 | 8 | 49/1 | 28 | 29 Mar. 1886 | An act additional to an act entitled "An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," passed June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. |
| 24 | 222-256 | 49/1 | 902 | 4 Aug. 1886 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. Silver certificates, p. 227. |
| 24 | 634-635 | 49/2 | 396 | 3 Mar. 1887 | An act for the retirement and recoinage of the trade-dollar. Became law without approval of the President; many sources cite the date 19 Feb. 1887, when the act was passed by Congress. |
| 26 28 |
289-290 4 |
51/1 53/1 |
708 8 |
14 July 1890 1 Nov. 1893 |
(1) An act directing the purchase of
silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon,
and for other purposes. Silver dollar
discontinued except for certain purposes. Repealed the
Bland-Allison Act of 28 Feb. 1878. (2) An Act To repeal a part of an act approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes." Wikipedia, Sherman Silver Purchase Act. |
| 26 | 371-414 | 51/1 | 837 | 30 Aug. 1890 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes. Transportation of silver coin, recoinage of minor coins, recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 385. |
| 26 | 484-485 | 51/1 | 944 | 26 Sep. 1890 | An act to amend section thirty-five hundred and ten of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide for new designs of authorized devices of United States coins. "But no change in the design or die of any coin shall be made oftener than once in twenty-five years ...". |
| 26 | 485 | 51/1 | 945 | 26 Sep. 1890 | An act to discontinue the coinage of the three-dollar and one-dollar gold pieces and three-cent nickel piece. |
| 26 | 742-743 | 51/2 | 127 | 10 Feb. 1891 | An act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacture of dies, tools, or other implements used in counterfeiting, and providing penalties therefor, and providing the issue of search warrants in certain cases. |
| 26 | 908-948 | 51/2 | 541 | 3 Mar. 1891 | An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. Mints and Assay Offices, p. 927-929. |
| 26 | 948-989 | 51/2 | 542 | 3 Mar. 1891 | An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. Transportation of silver coin, recoinage of minor coins, recoinage of silver coins. p. 966. |
| 27 | 389-390 | 52/1 | 381 | 5 Aug. 1892 | An act to aid in carrying out the act of
Congress approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and
ninety [26 Stat. 62], entitled "An act to provide
for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, by holding
an international exposition of arts, industries,
manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea, in
the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois," and
appropriating money therefor. Souvenir half dollars for the World's Columbian Exposition. See also, 3 Mar. 1893, 27 Stat. 586, souvenir quarter dollars. |
| 28 | 509-570 | 53/2 | 349 | 27 Aug. 1894 | An Act To reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes. Value of foreign coins, § 25, p. 552. |
| 28 | 643 | 53/3 | 60 | 8 Feb. 1895 | An Act To authorize the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to beautify and use as a public park the United States mint property in said city, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. |
| 28 | 673 | 53/3 | 105 | 20 Feb. 1895 | An Act To provide for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Colorado. |
| 29 | 267-313 | 54/1 | 373 | 8 June 1896 | An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Recoinage of minor coins, p. 269; counterfeiting, p. 269-270. |
| 29 | 413-455 | 54/1 | 420 | 11 June 1896 | An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes. Transportation of silver coin, recoinage of gold, silver and minor coins, p. 429; counterfeiting, p. 430-431. |
| 29 | 625 | 54/2 | 377 | 3 Mar. 1897 | An Act To amend section fifty-four hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes, prescribing the punishment for mutilating United States coins and for uttering or passing or attempting to utter or pass such mutilated coins. |
| 30 | 11-62 | 55/1 | 2 | 4 June 1897 | appropriations, sundry civil expensesTransportation of silver coin, recoinage of gold, silver and minor coins, p. 26-27. |
| 30 | 105-150 | 55/1 | 9 | 19 July 1897 | appropriations, deficienciesTransportation of silver coin, recoinage of gold, silver and minor coins, p. 109-110. |
| 30 | 448-470 | 55/2 | 448 | 13 June 1898 | An Act To provide ways and means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes. Coinage of silver bullion, § 34. |
| 30 | 597-650 | 55/2 | 546 | 1 July 1898 | appropriations, sundry civil expensesTransportation of silver coin, recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 613. |
| 30 | 1074-1120 | 55/3 | 424 | 3 Mar. 1899 | An Act Making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other
purposes. Transportation of silver coin,
recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 1091. Lafayette
dollar, p. 1117. Wikipedia, Lafayette dollar. |
| 31 31 31 31 31 |
7-27 54-58 86-134 280-321 588-645 |
56/1 56/1 56/1 56/1 56/1 |
14 118 192 785 791 |
9 Feb. 1900 30 Mar. 1900 17 Apr. 1900 6 June 1900 6 June 1900 |
(1) An Act Making appropriations to
supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and
for prior years, and for other purposes. (2) An Act Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for prior years, and for other purposes. (3) An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. (4) An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for prior years, and for other purposes. (5) An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. Director of the Mint, p. 105. Mints and Assay Offices, p. 10, 54, 110-112, 285-286, 608. Transportation of silver coin, p. 8, 608. Recoinage of gold and silver coins, p. 282, 608. |
| 31 | 45-50 | 56/1 | 41 | 14 Mar. 1900 | An Act To define and fix the standard of
value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued
or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt,
and for other purposes. Dollar value in gold,
etc. Wikipedia, Gold Standard Act, Cross of Gold speech (1896). |
| 31 31 31 |
960-1009 1010-1058 1133-1189 |
56/2 56/2 56/2 |
830 831 853 |
3 Mar. 1901 3 Mar. 1901 3 Mar. 1901 |
(1) An Act Making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes. (2) An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for prior years, and for other purposes. (3) An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes. Director of the Mint, p. 980. Mints and Assay Offices, p. 985-987, 1017-1018. Transportation of silver coin, p. 1013, 1153. Recoinage of gold coins, p. 1153. |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| 79 | 254-258 | 89/1 | 81 | 23 July 1965 | An Act To provide for the coinage of the
United States. FRASER, Coinage Act of 1965, PDF. GovTrack, Overview. Wikipedia, Coinage Act of 1965. |
| ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| State | Secession (a) |
Admission (b) |
||
| South Carolina | 20 Dec. 1860 | (1) | 4 Feb. 1861 | (14) |
| Mississippi | 9 Jan. 1861 | (2) | 4 Feb. 1861 | (15) |
| Florida | 10 Jan. 1861 | (3) | 4 Feb. 1861 | (16) |
| Alabama | 11 Jan. 1861 | (4) | 4 Feb. 1861 | (17) |
| Georgia | 19 Jan. 1861 | (5) | 4 Feb. 1861 | (18) |
| Louisiana | 26 Jan. 1861 | (6) | 4 Feb. 1861 | (19) |
| Texas | 1 Feb. 1861 2 Mar. 1861 |
(7) | 2 Mar. 1861 5 Mar. 1861 |
(20) |
| Virginia | 17 Apr. 1861 | (8) | 7 May 1861 | (21) |
| Arkansas | 6 May 1861 | (9) | 18 May 1861 | (22) |
| North Carolina | 20 May 1861 | (10) | 27 May 1861 | (23) |
| Tennessee | 6 May 1861 8 June 1861 |
(11) | 2 July 1861 | (24) |
| Missouri | (31 Oct. 1861) | (12) | (28 Nov. 1861) | (25) |
| Kentucky | (20 Nov. 1861) | (13) | (10 Dec. 1861) | (26) |
| State | Provisional Governor (c) |
US Statutes at Large |
Readmission (d) |
US Statutes at Large |
13th Amend. (e) |
14th Amend. (e) |
15th Amend. (e) |
| South Carolina | 30 June 1865 (27) |
13 / 769-771 | 9 July 1868 (38) |
15 / 73-74, 704 | 13 Nov. 1865 | (20 Dec. 1866) 9 July 1868 |
15 Mar. 1869 |
| Mississippi | 13 June 1865 (28) |
13 / 761-762 | 23 Feb. 1870 | 16 / 40-41, 67-68 | (4 Dec. 1865) 16 Mar. 1995 |
17 Jan. 1870 | 17 Jan. 1870 |
| Florida | 13 July 1865 (29) |
13 / 771-772 | 25 June 1868 (38) |
15 / 73-74, 703-704 | 28 Dec. 1865 9 June 1868 |
9 June 1868 | 14 June 1869 |
| Alabama | 21 June 1865 (30) |
13 / 767-768 | 13 July 1868 (38) |
15 / 73-74, 705 | 2 Dec. 1865 | 13 July 1868 | 16 Nov. 1869 |
| Georgia | 17 June 1865 (31) |
13 / 764-765 | 15 July 1870 (38) |
15 / 73-74,
708 16 / 59-60 16 / 363-364 |
6 Dec. 1865 | (9 Nov. 1866) 21 July 1868 2 Feb. 1870 |
2 Feb. 1870 |
| Louisiana | 8 July 1864 (32) |
13 / 744-747 | 9 July 1868 (38) |
15 / 73-74, 704-705 | 17 Feb. 1865 | (6 Feb. 1867) 9 July 1868 |
5 Mar. 1869 |
| Texas | 17 June 1865 (33) |
13 / 765-767 | 30 Mar. 1870 | 16 / 40-41, 80-81 | 18 Feb. 1870 | (27 Oct. 1866) 18 Feb. 1870 |
18 Feb. 1870 |
| Virginia | 9 May 1865 (34) |
13 / 777-778 | 26 Jan. 1870 (39) |
16 / 40-41,
62-63, 63-64 |
9 Feb. 1865 | (9 Jan. 1867) 8 Oct. 1869 |
8 Oct. 1869 |
| Arkansas | 8 July 1864 (35) |
13 / 744-747 | 22 June 1868 (40) |
15 / 72-73 | 14 Apr. 1865 | 6 Apr. 1868 | 15 Mar. 1869 |
| North Carolina | 29 May 1865 (36) |
13 / 760-761 | 4 July 1868 (38) |
15 / 73-74, 703-704 | 4 Dec. 1865 | (14 Dec. 1866) 4 July 1868 |
5 Mar. 1869 |
| Tennessee | 13 June 1865 (37) |
13 / 763-764 | 24 July 1866 | 14 / 364 | 7 Apr. 1865 | 19 July 1866 | (16 Nov. 1869) 2 Apr. 1997 |
| Missouri | -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 Feb. 1865 | 25 Jan. 1867 | 1 Mar. 1869 7 Jan. 1870 |
| Kentucky | -- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
(24 Feb. 1865) 30 Mar. 1976 |
(10 Jan. 1867) 30 Mar. 1976 |
(12 Mar. 1869) 30 Mar. 1976 |
Omitted here but see below, Arizona Territory, New Mexico Territory, Indian Territory / Indian Nations.Confederate States, Secession and admission dates, sources
Confederate
Postal Legislation and Documents
| Pages | C/S | Ch. | Act of ... | Title |
| 1-10 | -- | -- | 8 Feb. 1861 | CSA Provisional Constitution. Article I, Section 6, The Congress shall have power ... To establish post offices and post roads : ... [and] To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers and all other powers expressly delegated by this Constitution to this Provisional Government. |
| 11-26 | -- | -- | 11 Mar. 1861 | CSA (permanent) Constitution, to be fully
effective 22 Feb. 1862. Article I, Section 8, The Congress shall have power ... To establish post offices and post routes; but the expenses of the Post Office Department, after the first day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be paid out of its own revenues : ... and To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Confederate States, or in any department or officer thereof. |
| -- |
-- |
-- |
9 Feb. 1861 | A Committee on Postal Affairs was created by
resolution (ref);
5 members were appointed 12 Feb. 1861 (ref).
The first report was delivered 16 Feb. 1861 (ref). |
| 27 | p/1 | 1 | 9 Feb. 1861 | An Act to continue in force certain laws of
the United States of America. The US POD Laws and Regulations of 15 May 1859 continued; see, Instructions to Post Masters, p. 19 (link). CWPS (PDF) |
| 29 | p/1 | 6 | 21 Feb. 1861 | An Act to determine the Salaries of the Vice-President and of the Heads of Departments. |
| 33 | p/1 | 11 | 21 Feb. 1861 | An Act to establish the Post-Office
Department. Journal, 20 Feb. 1861 (link). Similar acts of the same date, for the State Dept., Treasury Dept., War Dept., Navy Dept., Dept. of Justice. CWPS (PDF) |
| 34-36 | p/1 | 13 | 23 Feb. 1861 | An Act to prescribe the Rates of Postage in
the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. Effective upon a date to be provided by the Postmaster General, which information came on 13 May 1861 (see below). The heading appears to say February 28, in some printings of the Statutes. CWPS (PDF) |
| 39-41 | p/1 | 18 | 27 Feb. 1861 | An Act in relation to Public Printing. For the Post Office, § 9. |
| 44 | p/1 | 23 | 1 Mar. 1861 | An Act Supplemental to an act to Regulate the
Rates of Postage, and for other purposes. CWPS (PDF) |
| 44 |
p/1 |
24 |
2 Mar. 1861 |
An Act to admit Texas as a Member of the
Confederate States of America. |
| 52-53 | p/1 | 30 | 7 Mar. 1861 | An Act to create the Clerical Force of the several Executive Departments of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. Post Office, § 1, 4. |
| 57 | p/1 | 35 | 9 Mar. 1861 | An Act further to provide for the organization of the Post-Office Department. |
| 62-63 | p/1 | 42 | 14 Mar. 1861 | An Act to regulate Foreign Coins in the Confederate States. |
| 63-65 | p/1 | 43 | 15 Mar. 1861 | An Act making appropriations for the Legislative, Executive and Judicial expenses of Government, for the year ending fourth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. |
| 66-67 | p/1 | 49 | 15 Mar. 1861 | An Act vesting certain Powers in the
Postmaster General. CWPS (PDF) |
| 88 | p/1 | 66 | 16 Mar. 1861 | An Act making appropriations for the service of the Postoffice Department, for the fiscal year ending the first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. |
| 93 | p/1 | 16 | 9 Mar. 1861 | A Resolution to continue the mints at New
Orleans and Dahlonega. |
| 100-104 | p/2 | 3 | 6 May 1861 | An act recognizing the existence of war
between the United States and the Confederate States; and
concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods. The states of Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Delaware, the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian territory south of Kansas, excepted. Virginia was admitted to the Confederacy the next day. |
| 104 |
p/2 |
4 |
7 May 1861 |
An Act to admit the Commonwealth of Virginia
as a member of the Confederate States of America. |
| 105 | p/2 | 6 | 9 May 1861 | An Act to amend "An act vesting certain powers in the Postmaster General," approved March 15, 1861. |
| 106-107 | p/2 | 9 | 11 May 1861 | An Act relative to telegraph lines of the Confederate States. |
| 108-109 | p/2 | 12 | 11 May 1861 | An Act to amend an act entitled "An act further to provide for the organization of the Post-Office Department," approved March 9, 1861. |
| 109-110 | p/2 | 13 | 13 May 1861 | An Act to amend "An act to prescribe the
rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and
for other purposes," approved February 23, 1861. CWPS (PDF) |
| -- | -- | -- | 13 May 1861 | Postmaster General Reagan announced 1 June
1861 as the commencement of operations for the Confederate
Post Office. NY Times, 17 May 1861 (link),
24 May 1861 (link).
Report of the PMG, 27 Nov. 1861 (ref).
Philatelic Gazette, Aug. 1915 (link). |
| 110 | p/2 | 14 | 14 May 1861 | An Act to suspend the operations of the Mints. |
| 113-114 | p/2 | 19 | 16 May 1861 | An Act to provide for the auditing of accounts of the Post-Office Department. |
| 116 | p/2 | 21 | 16 May 1861 | An Act to provide a compensation for the Disbursing Officers of the several Executive Departments. |
| 118-119 |
p/2 |
25 |
17 May 1861 |
An Act to admit the State of North Carolina
into the Confederacy, on a certain condition. |
| 119 |
p/2 |
26 |
17 May 1861 |
An Act to admit the State of Tennessee into the Confederacy, on a certain condition. |
| 119 | p/2 | 27 | 17 May 1861 | An Act to establish a mail route from Vermillionville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the State of Texas, and for other purposes. |
| 120 | p/2 | 29 | 20 May 1861 | An Act to authorize the extension of the mail service of the Confederate States in certain cases and upon certain conditions. |
| 120 |
p/2 |
30 |
20 May 1861 |
An Act to admit the State of Arkansas into
the Confederacy. |
| 122-123 | p/2 | 34 | 21 May 1861 | An Act to put in operation the Government
under the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States
of America. Elections, etc. |
| 124 | p/2 | 36 | 21 May 1861 | An Act to amend an act relative to telegraphic lines of the Confederate States, approved [11] May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. |
| 125 | p/2 | 38 | 21 May 1861 | An Act to provide for certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the Post-office Department for the year ending February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. |
| 165 | p/2 | 9 | 21 May 1861 | A resolution to provide for the removal of the seat of government. From Montgomery to Richmond. |
| 167-168 | p/3 | 2 | 29 July 1861 | An Act relating to the pre-payment of postage
in certain cases. CWPS (PDF) |
| 184-185 |
p/3 |
24 |
20 Aug. 1861 |
An Act to aid the State of Missouri in
repelling invasion by the United States, and to authorize
the admission of said State as a member of the Confederate
States of America, and for other purposes. |
| 189 | p/3 | 36 | 22 Aug. 1861 | An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to contract for the carriage of the mails on the route hereafter mentioned. |
| 190-191 | p/3 | 38 | 24 Aug. 1861 | An Act making appropriations for the expenses of Government in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments, for the year ending eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Auditor, in the Treasury Dept. |
| 193-194 | p/3 | 43 | 24 Aug. 1861 | An Act to repeal the fourth section of "An act to regulate Foreign Coins in the Confederate States," approved March sixteenth [fourteenth], eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other purposes. |
| 194 | p/3 | 44 | 29 Aug. 1861 | An Act amendatory of "An act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America," approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. |
| 194 | p/3 | 45 | 29 Aug. 1861 | An Act making further appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the year ending the eighteenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. |
| 197-198 | p/3 | 54 | 30 Aug. 1861 | An Act to establish certain Post Routes, therein named. |
| 199-200 | p/3 | 59 | 30 Aug. 1861 | An Act to collect, for distribution, the moneys remaining in the several Post Offices of the Confederate States at the time the postal service was taken in charge by said government. |
| 200 | p/3 | 60 | 30 Aug. 1861 | An Act to require the receipt by the Postmasters of the Confederate States of Treasury Notes, in sums of five dollars and upwards, in payment of postage stamps or stamped envelopes. |
| 210 | p/3 | 71 | 31 Aug. 1861 | An Act making an additional appropriation for the payment of Clerks and a Messenger for the Post-Office Department, and to authorize the Postmaster General to appoint an additional Messenger for the Post-Office Department. |
| 210-211 | p/3 | 72 | 31 Aug. 1861 | An Act to establish the rates of postage on newspapers and periodicals, sent to dealers therein through the mail, or by express over post routes. |
| 217 | p/4 | 2 | 3 Sep. 1861 | An Act supplemental to an act to establish the rates of postage on newspapers and periodicals sent to dealers therein through the mails, or by Express over post roads. |
| 221 |
p/5 |
1 |
28 Nov. 1861 |
An Act to admit the State of Missouri into
the Confederacy, as a member of the Confederate States of
America. |
| 221-222 |
p/5 |
2 |
29 Nov. 1861 |
An Act to enable the State of Missouri to
elect members of the House of Representatives.
Conditional. |
| 222 |
p/5 |
5 |
10 Dec. 1861 |
An Act for the admission of the State of
Kentucky into the Confederate States of America, as a member
thereof. |
| 228 | p/5 | 18 | 23 Dec. 1861 | An Act to amend "An act to require the receipt by the Postmasters of the Confederate States of treasury notes, in sums of five dollars and upwards, in payment of postage stamps and stamped envelopes," approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. |
| 230-231 | p/5 | 25 | 24 Dec. 1861 | An Act making appropriations for the expenses of government in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments, for the year ending eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. |
| 239 | p/5 | 33 | 2 Jan. 1862 | An Act to establish a mail route from Hicks' Ford to Lawrenceville, in Virginia. |
| 242-247 |
p/5 |
44 |
18 Jan. 1862 |
An Act to organize the Territory of Arizona. |
| 249-250 | p/5 | 48 | 23 Jan. 1862 | An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to collect, for distribution, the money remaining in the several post-offices of the Confederate States, at the time the postal service was taken in charge by said government," approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. |
| 252 | p/5 | 51 | 23 Jan. 1862 | An Act to increase the clerical force of the Post-Office Department. |
| 266-268 | p/5 | 72 | 15 Feb. 1862 | An Act to establish certain post routes therein named. |
| 268-270 | p/5 | 75 | 15 Feb. 1862 | An Act to make appropriations for the expenses of government in the legislative, executive and judicial departments, from the eighteenth of February to the first of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other purposes. |
| 271-275 | p/5 | 79 | 15 Feb. 1862 | An Act to establish judicial courts in certain Indian Territories. To provide a jurisdiction for enforcement of Confederate laws in Indian country, as defined by the various treaties. |
| 284 | p/5 | 2 | 23 Jan. 1862 | An Act for the relief of Dillon Jordan and F. Glackmyer. [Private act, for postal services] |
| 286 | p/5 | 6 | 15 Feb. 1862 | An Act to compensate Dillon Jordan and F. Glackmeyer, for services rendered the government. [Private act, for postal services] |
| Pages |
C/S |
Ch. |
Act of ... | Title |
| 2 |
1/1 |
4 |
14 Mar. 1862 |
An Act to amend An Act entitled An Act in
relation to Public Printing, approved February
twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. |
| 3 |
1/1 |
7 |
24 Mar. 1862 |
An Act to establish certain Post Routes
therein named. |
| 7-10 |
1/1 |
16 |
3 Apr. 1862 |
An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Government from April first to the thirtieth of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for objects
hereinafter expressed. |
| 11-25 |
1/1 |
19 |
8 Apr. 1862 |
An Act to provide for the organization of the
Arkansas and Red River Superintendency of Indian Affairs, to
regulate trade and intercourse with the Indians therein, and
to preserve peace on the frontiers. Robbing the mail,
§ 36, p. 20. |
| 34 |
1/1 |
35 |
17 Apr. 1862 |
An Act authorizing the issue of Treasury
Notes. |
| 35 |
1/1 |
37 |
19 Apr. 1862 |
An Act to repeal certain laws therein named
and to declare others to full force, in relation to
conveyance of mailable matter outside of the mail. CWPS (PDF) |
| 39 |
1/1 |
42 |
19 Apr. 1862 |
An Act to establish certain Post Routes
therein named. |
| 40 |
1/1 |
45 |
19 Apr. 1862 |
An Act to amend An Act entitled "An Act to
prescribe the Rates of Postage in the Confederate States of
America, and for other purposes." Effective 1 July
1862. CWPS (PDF) |
| 49 |
1/1 |
67 |
21 Apr. 1862 |
An Act regulating the compensation of deputy
Post Masters. |
| 51-52 |
1/1 |
74 |
21 Apr. 1862 |
An Act to exempt certain persons from
enrollment for service in the armies of the Confederate
States. |
| 62-63 |
1/2 |
16 |
27 Sep. 1862 |
An Act to provide for the payment of sums
ascertained to be due for postal service to citizens of the
Confederate States by the Postmaster General. |
| 68 |
1/2 | 28 |
6 Oct. 1862 |
An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to
employ special agents to superintend and secure the certain
and speedy transportation of the mails across the
Mississippi river, in the Confederate States. CWPS (PDF) |
| 72-74 |
1/2 |
38 |
9 Oct. 1862 |
An Act making appropriations for the
Executive, Legislative and Judicial Expenses of the
Government for the month of December, 1862. |
| 77-79 |
1/2 |
45 |
11 Oct. 1862 |
An Act to exempt certain persons from
military duty, and to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to
exempt certain persons from enrollment for service in the
army of the Confederate States.", approved 21st April, 1862. |
| 81-84 |
1/2 |
50 |
13 Oct. 1862 |
An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Government for the month of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, and for certain deficiencies and other
purposes therein mentioned. |
| 87 |
1/2 | 59 |
13 Oct. 1862 |
An Act to amend "An Act in relation to public
printing," approved February 27th, 1861. |
| 87-88 |
1/2 | 60 |
13 Oct. 1862 |
An Act to establish certain post routes
therein named. |
| 91 |
1/2 | 3 |
27 Sep. 1862 |
Joint resolution to authorize the Postmaster
General to cause certain alterations to be made in the
building now occupied by the Post Office Department. |
| 93-94 |
1/3 |
1 |
30 Jan. 1863 |
An Act making appropriations to meet the
increase of pay authorized by the Act of Congress, entitled
"An Act to increase the pay of certain officers and
employees in the Executive and Legislative Departments,"
approved October thirteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two. The referenced Act (ch. 47)
does not specifically mention the Post Office, but this one
does. |
| 94-97 |
1/3 |
3 |
10 Feb. 1863 |
An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Government, for the period from February first, to
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, inclusive,
and to supply deficiencies arising prior thereto. |
| 107 |
1/3 |
20 |
14 Apr. 1863 |
An Act to exempt contractors for carrying the
mails of the Confederate States, and the drivers of post
coaches and hacks from military service. |
| 108 |
1/3 | 23 |
16 Apr. 1863 |
An Act to authorize the increase of the
compensation of route agents, and to increase the per diem
allowance to special agents of the Post-Office Department. |
| 108-109 |
1/3 | 24 |
16 Apr. 1863 |
An Act to establish a preferred mail across
the Mississippi River. CWPS (PDF) |
| 129-130 |
1/3 | 48 |
29 Apr. 1863 |
An Act to prescribe the rates of postage on
newspapers, periodicals, books and transient and other
matter, and to repeal in part the second section of the Act
approved May the thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
to amend "An Act to prescribe the rates of postage in the
Confederate States of America, and for other purposes,"
approved February the twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one. Effective 1 July 1863, § 2. |
| 133-134 |
1/3 |
60 |
30 Apr. 1863 |
An Act to punish forgery and
counterfeiting. Postage stamps are not mentioned
explicitly. |
| 136-140 |
1/3 |
66 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act to make appropriations for the support
of the Government of the Confederate States of America, for
the periods therein mentioned. |
| 156 |
1/3 | 73 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act to declare treasury notes and bonds,
enclosed in boxes for transmission by the Treasury
Department, mailable matter, and to regulate the rates of
postage. |
| 156 |
1/3 | 74 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act to authorize the establishment of
Express Mails. CWPS (PDF) |
| 156 |
1/3 | 75 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act for the benefit of certain claimants
for postal services. |
| 158-159 |
1/3 |
80 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act to repeal certain clauses of An Act
entitled "An Act to exempt certain persons from military
service", &c., approved October 1, 1862. No postal
import. |
| 160 |
1/3 |
83 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act in relation to the receipt of
Counterfeit Treasury Notes by public officers. |
| 163-164 |
1/3 | 90 |
1 May 1863 |
An Act to establish certain Post Routes
therein named. |
| 167 |
1/3 | 3 |
11 Apr. 1863 |
Joint resolution authorizing the Postmaster
General to extend the time for receiving bids for
transportation of the mails in the States therein named. |
| 173 |
1/4 |
7 |
8 Jan. 1864 |
An Act to authorize the appointment of a
Third Auditor of the Treasury. For the Post Office. |
| 177 |
1/4 |
18 |
30 Jan. 1864 |
An Act to extend the provisions of an act
entitled "An Act in relation to the receipt of Counterfeit
Treasury Notes by public officers," approved May 1, 1863. |
| 183 |
1/4 |
25 |
6 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to prohibit dealing in the paper
currency of the enemy. Postage stamps excepted. |
| 184 |
1/4 |
27 |
10 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to authorize the appointment of an
agent of the Post-Office Department, and such clerks as may
be necessary to carry on the postal service in the States
west of the Mississippi river. |
| 186-187 |
1/4 | 34 |
13 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to establish certain post routes
therein named. |
| 197-202 |
1/4 |
53 |
17 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to make additional appropriations for
the support of the Government of the Confederate States of
America, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864. |
| 211-215 |
1/4 |
65 |
17 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to organize forces to serve during the
war. Post Office, § 10 part VI. |
| 230 |
1/4 | 70 |
17 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to authorize the increase of
compensation to route and special agents of the Post-Office
Department. |
| 230-232 |
1/4 |
72 |
17 Feb. 1864 |
An Act to establish and organize two bureaus
in connection with the agency of the Treasury, for the
trans-Mississippi department, one of which is to be known as
the bureau of the Auditor and the other as the bureau of the
Comptroller for the trans-Mississippi Department. For
the Post Office, § 2, 6. |
| 254 |
2/1 |
4 |
23 May 1864 |
An Act to extend the franking privilege. |
| 257 |
2/1 |
14 |
3 June 1864 |
An Act to secure the prompt printing of the
laws of the Confederate States. |
| 259 |
2/1 |
19 |
4 June 1864 |
An Act to establish certain post routes
therein named. |
| 263 |
2/1 |
31 |
10 June 1864 |
An Act making appropriations for the postal
service of the Confederate States for the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, and eighteen hundred and sixty-three. |
| 266-270 |
2/1 | 39 |
13 June 1864 |
An Act making appropriations for the support
of the Government of the Confederate States of America, from
July 1, to December 31, 1864, and to supply a deficiency. |
| 275 |
2/1 |
45 |
14 June 1864 |
An Act to increase the compensation of the
heads of the several Executive Departments, and the
assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury and of the
Assistant Attorney General and the Comptroller of the
Treasury and other officers therein named. |
| 276-277 |
2/1 | 47 |
14 June 1864 |
An Act making additional appropriations for
the support of the Government. |
| 18 |
2/1 |
1 |
14 June 1864 |
Joint resolution for the relief of Wellington
Goddin. [Private resolution, for Post Office rent] |
| -- |
2/1 |
-- |
26 May 1864 |
[House] Joint resolution requiring the
settlement of the accounts of the Post-Office Department
prior to the first day of July, 1863. https://archive.org/details/jointresolutio00conf/mode/1up [Duke] |
| -- |
2/2 |
-- |
13 Dec. 1864 25 Jan. 1865 |
A Bill to be entitled An Act for the
prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Postoffice
Department, and prohibiting the transportation of mailable
matter over the post routes of the Confederate States by
unauthorized associations or persons. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t7tm8190v [Duke] same, https://archive.org/details/billtobeentitled16conf/page/n1/mode/1up |
| 17-18 |
2/2 |
24 |
19 Jan. 1865 |
An Act regulating the compensation of
Postmasters, special agents and route agents. |
| 24 |
2/2 | 39 |
17 Jan. 1865 |
An Act to amend an act of the Provisional
Congress, entitled "an act relating to the prepayment of
postage in certain cases," approved July 29, 1861. |
| 28 |
2/2 | 44½ |
31 Jan. 1865 |
An Act to authorize newspapers to be mailed
to soldiers free of postage. Vetoed by Pres. Davis on 25 Jan., on constitutional grounds; overridden by the Senate 28 Jan., and by the House 31 Jan. 1865. Journal of the Congress of the CSA, vol. 4, p. 496–497, 502, 508; vol. 7, p. 522-524. CWPS (PDF) |
| 31 |
2/2 | 46 |
3 Feb. 1865 |
An Act to increase the maximum rates of
compensation allowed to railroad companies for the
transportation of the mails of the Confederate States. |
| 32 |
2/2 | 47 |
3 Feb. 1865 |
An Act appropriating for the use of the Post
Office Department, certain moneys deposited by Post Masters
with the Depositaries of the Government created under the
act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four. |
| 44 |
2/2 |
66 |
18 Feb. 1865 |
An Act fixing the salaries of certain civil
officers in the Trans-Mississippi Department. |
| 56-57 |
2/2 | 81 |
25 Feb. 1865 |
An Act to amend the law in relation to the
receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers. |
| 57-58 |
2/2 | 83 |
25 Feb. 1865 |
An Act to regulate, for a limited period, the
compensation of the officers, clerks and employees of the
civil departments of the Government, in the City of
Richmond. |
| 66-72 |
2/2 | 90 |
1 Mar. 1865 |
An Act to make appropriations for the support
of the Government of the Confederate States of America, from
the first day of January to the thirtieth day of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five. |
| 88 |
2/2 | 113 |
8 Mar. 1865 |
An Act to amend post route, number sixteen
hundred and forty nine, in the State of Georgia. |
| 109 |
2/2 |
138 |
11 Mar. 1865 |
Joint Resolution for the relief of
postmasters in certain cases. |
| 109 |
2/2 | 139 |
11 Mar. 1865 |
An Act to regulate the payment of clerks
employed at the Post-office in the cities of Richmond and
Petersburg. |
| 126-127 |
2/2 | 156 |
13 Mar. 1865 |
An Act to establish certain post routes
therein named. |
| 139-140 |
2/2 | 176 |
14 Mar. 1865 |
An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to
purchase United States postage stamps for certain purposes. |
| 143 |
2/2 | 183 |
16 Mar. 1865 |
An Act to establish a post route therein
named. |
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Title |
| 17 May 1865 |
International Telegraph Convention, Paris. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 6, p. 118-148 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 5, p. 363-382 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 11, p. 645-670 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 101 (link); only the title. IX De Clercq 254 130 CTS 124, 198 |
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| 11 Apr. 1865 |
Regulations, ... Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 11, p. 671-684 (link), in French. |
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| 8 Apr. 1867 |
Additional Articles, ... Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 6, p. 53-54 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 11, p. 724-725 (link), in French. II It.-Tr. 284 133 CTS 417, 468 |
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| 21 July 1868 |
International Telegraph Convention, Vienna. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 7, p. 233-261 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 6, p. 126-165 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 86-134 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 270 (link); only the title. LIX B.S.P. 322 136 CTS 122, 292 |
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| 22 July 1868 |
Forwarding of telegrams by post. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 6, p. 166 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 134-136 (link), in French. LIX B.S.P. 365 136 CTS 123, 335 |
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| 14 Jan. 1872 |
International Telegraph Convention, Rome. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 9, p. 1-35 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 6, p. 361-416 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 303-361 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 319 (link); only the title. LXVI B.S.P. 975 143 CTS 411, 415 |
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| 10/22 July 1875 |
International Telegraph Convention, St.
Petersburg. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 10, p. 26-113 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 7, p. 154-222 (link), in French. Rydberg, Sverges Traktater, vol. 12, p. 528-603 (link), in French. Danske Traktater efter 1800, vol. 2, p. 448-455 (link), in French. LXVI B.S.P. 19, 24 148 CTS 321, 416 |
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| 28 July 1879 |
Regulations, London. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 11, p. 139-217 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 8, p. 121-193 (link), in French. LXX B.S.P. 62 154 CTS 151, 255 |
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| 17 Sep. 1885 |
Regulations, Berlin. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 9, p. 182-252 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 293 (link); only the title and a summary. LXXVI B.S.P. 597 165 CTS 79, 212 |
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| 21 June 1890 |
Regulations, Paris. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 10, p. 132-234 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 4, p. 445 (link); only the title and a summary. LXXXII B.S.P. 869 172 CTS 355, 378 |
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| 22 July 1896 |
Regulations, Budapest. Garcia, Recueil des Traités de Belgique, vol. 17, p. 384-494 (link), in French. Lagemans, Netherlands Treaties, vol. 13, p. 85-203 (link), in French. Danmarks Traktater efter 1814, vol. 5, p. 389 (link); only the title and a summary. LXXXVIII B.S.P. 1120 183 CTS 159 |
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| 10 July 1903 |
Regulations. XCVII B.S.P. 736 193 CTS 327 |
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| 11 June 1908 |
Regulations. CII B.S.P. 214 207 CTS 89 |
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