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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 third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. December 11, 1856. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate

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  • Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. December 11, 1856. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate

Names

  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
  • United States. President (1853-1857 : Pierce)
  • United States. Coast Survey (1807-1878)
  • United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
  • United States. Department of the Interior
  • United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs (1849-1947)
  • United States. Department of the Interior. Pension Office
  • United States. General Land Office
  • United States. Surveyor General

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC, 1856.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army
  • -  United States.--Coast Survey--(1807-1878)
  • -  United States.--Commissioner of Public Buildings
  • -  United States.--Department of the Interior
  • -  United States.--Department of the Interior.--Office of Indian Affairs--(1849-1947)
  • -  United States.--Department of the Post Office
  • -  United States.--General Land Office
  • -  United States.--Navy
  • -  United States.--Surveyor General
  • -  Penitentiary in the District of Columbia
  • -  St. Elizabeth's Hospital (D.C.)
  • -  United States.--Congress--Powers and duties
  • -  Congress of Paris--(1856)
  • -  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.--1850
  • -  Convention between the United States and Denmark for the Discontinuance of the Sound Dues.--1857
  • -  Louisiana Purchase.--1803
  • -  Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain.--1854
  • -  Treaty of Peace, Amity, Navigation and Commerce between the United States of America and the Republic of New Granada.--1846
  • -  Compromise of 1850
  • -  Fugitive Slave Law
  • -  Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • -  Missouri Compromise
  • -  Annexation (International law)
  • -  Antislavery movements
  • -  Blockade
  • -  Bounties, Military
  • -  Bridges
  • -  Building
  • -  Constitutional law
  • -  Elections--Corrupt practices
  • -  Enslaved persons--Emancipation
  • -  Revenue
  • -  Factory and trade waste
  • -  Indians of North America--Government relations
  • -  Federal government
  • -  Foreign fishing
  • -  Indians--Treaties
  • -  Indians of North America--Wars
  • -  Insurgency
  • -  International relations
  • -  Jurisdiction
  • -  Land grants
  • -  Maritime law
  • -  Military art and science
  • -  Military readiness
  • -  Military reorganization
  • -  Neutrality
  • -  Postal rates
  • -  Postal service
  • -  Prisons
  • -  Privateering
  • -  Psychiatric hospitals
  • -  Debts, Public
  • -  Public land sales
  • -  Reparations
  • -  Sectionalism (United States)
  • -  Shipbuilding
  • -  Slavery
  • -  Slavery--United States--States
  • -  Enslaved persons--United States
  • -  Slavery--United States
  • -  States rights (American politics)
  • -  Surveying
  • -  Tariff
  • -  Territorial waters
  • -  Territories and possessions
  • -  Treaties
  • -  Warships
  • -  Migration, Internal--West (U.S.)
  • -  Crimean War, 1853-1856
  • -  Mexican War, 1846-1848
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  California
  • -  Canada
  • -  Central America
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Denmark
  • -  District of Columbia
  • -  Florida Keys
  • -  France
  • -  Great Britain
  • -  Honduras
  • -  Isthmus of Panama
  • -  Isthmus of Tehuantepec
  • -  Kansas Territory (1854-1861)
  • -  Maine
  • -  Mexico
  • -  Nebraska Territory (1854-1867)
  • -  New Mexico Territory (1850-1912)
  • -  Nicaragua
  • -  Oregon Territory (1848-1859)
  • -  Potomac River
  • -  Republic of New Granada
  • -  Russia (to 1921)
  • -  Spain
  • -  Utah Territory (1850-1896)
  • -  Washington Territory (1853-1889)
  • -  Great Britain--Territories and possessions
  • -  United States--Territories and possessions--Politics and government
  • -  United States--Insular possessions--Politics and government
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
  • -  Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  Accompanying documents follow p. 27.
  • -  Report of the Secretary of the Interior, p. 174.
  • -  Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, p. 189.
  • -  Annual reports of the Surveyors General, p. 238.
  • -  Report of Coast Survey Office relative to progress of survey of keys and islands on the coast of Florida, p. 549.
  • -  Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, p. 554.
  • -  Report of the Commissioner of Pensions, p. 833.
  • -  Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, p. 849.
  • -  Report of the Warden of the Penitentiary, p. 865.
  • -  Report of Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, p. 880.
  • -  SERIALSETDELIVERY1

Medium

  • 1 online resource (895 pages) : tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.1/2:875
  • 34-3:S.EX.DOC.5/1

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022700896

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Franklin Pierce, United States President, United States Coast Survey, United States Commissioner Of Public Buildings, United States Department Of The Interior, United States Department Of The Interior. Office Of Indian Affairs, United States Department Of The Interior. Pension Office, United States General Land Office, and United States Surveyor General. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate. Washington, DC, 1856. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022700896/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Pierce, F., United States President, United States Coast Survey, United States Commissioner Of Public Buildings, United States Department Of The Interior [...] United States Surveyor General. (1856) Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate. Washington, DC. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2022700896/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate. Washington, DC, 1856. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2022700896/>.