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Book/Printed Material Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

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Title

  • Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

Names

  • United States. Congress. House
  • Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
  • United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren)
  • United States. Army
  • United States. Board of Navy Commissioners
  • United States. Department of the Navy
  • United States. Department of the Post Office
  • United States. Marine Corps
  • United States. Surgeon General
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. Bounty Land Office
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department
  • United States. War Department. Office of Indian Affairs (1824-1849)
  • United States. War Department. Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence
  • United States. Pension Bureau
  • United States. War Department. Office of the Paymaster General
  • United States. Army. Ordnance Department
  • United States. War Department. Quartermaster's Department (1812-1912)
  • United States. Topographical Bureau

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC, 1840.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army
  • -  United States.--Department of the Navy
  • -  United States.--Marine Corps
  • -  United States.--Navy
  • -  United States.--Surgeon General
  • -  United States.--War Department
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Bounty Land Office
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Engineer Department
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Office of Indian Affairs--(1824-1849)
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Office of the Commissioner of Pensions
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Office of the Paymaster General
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Ordnance Department
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Quartermaster's Department--(1812-1912)
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Topographical Bureau
  • -  United States.--Military Academy
  • -  United States.--Navy Pension Fund
  • -  Cherokee Indians
  • -  Arsenals
  • -  Armories
  • -  Assimilation (Sociology)
  • -  United States--Territorial expansion
  • -  Boundaries
  • -  Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures
  • -  Executive departments--Reorganization
  • -  Administrative agencies--Reorganization
  • -  Revenue
  • -  Factory and trade waste
  • -  Indians of North America--Government relations
  • -  International law
  • -  Franking privilege
  • -  Indian Removal, 1813-1903
  • -  Indian Removal, 1813-1903, in art
  • -  Indians of North America--Wars
  • -  Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
  • -  International relations
  • -  Military supplies
  • -  Construction, Military
  • -  Construction industry--Military aspects
  • -  Military pay
  • -  Military pensions
  • -  Strategy
  • -  Missions
  • -  Military readiness
  • -  Naval operations
  • -  Postal rates
  • -  Postal service
  • -  Debts, Public
  • -  Quality of life
  • -  School management and organization
  • -  School supervisors
  • -  Slave trade
  • -  Presidents--United States--Messages
  • -  War casualties
  • -  Warships
  • -  Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-184
  • -  Seminole Indians--Wars
  • -  Disabled veterans
  • -  Indians
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  Canada
  • -  France
  • -  Great Britain
  • -  Portugal
  • -  Spain
  • -  United States
  • -  Western frontier
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures
  • -  Northeast boundary of the United States

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  Report of the Secretary of War, p. 19.
  • -  Report of the Major General Commanding the Army, p. 31.
  • -  A Bill To Render the Army Effective in Officers, and for Other Purposes, p. 32.
  • -  Report from the Ordnance Department, p. 55.
  • -  Report of the Quartermaster General, p. 87.
  • -  Report from the Chief Engineer, p. 99.
  • -  Report of the Chief Topographical Engineer, p. 171.
  • -  Report of the Paymaster General, p. 190.
  • -  Report of the Surgeon General, p. 194.
  • -  Report of the Commissary General of Clothing, &c., p. 206.
  • -  Report of the Commissary General of Subsistence, p. 225.
  • -  Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, p. 228.
  • -  Report of the Commissioner of Pensions, p. 393.
  • -  Report of the officer in charge of the Bounty Land Office, p. 401.
  • -  Report of the Secretary of the Navy, p. 403.
  • -  Schedule of papers, accompanying the report of the Secretary of Navy, p. 408.
  • -  Report from the Postmaster General, p. 475.
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Medium

  • 1 online resource (541 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.1/2:382
  • 26-2:H.DOC.2

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022699772

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Martin Van Buren, United States President, United States Army, United States Board Of Navy Commissioners, United States Department Of The Navy, United States Department Of The Post Office, et al. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, . Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Washington, DC, 1840. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022699772/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, Van Buren, M., United States President, United States Army, United States Board Of Navy Commissioners, United States Department Of The Navy [...] United States Topographical Bureau. (1840) Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, . Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Washington, DC. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2022699772/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, . Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Washington, DC, 1840. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2022699772/>.