ΑΡΡΟΙΝΤΜΕNT of George Washington to be commander-in-chief of the

army, June 15, 1775

201

APPOINTMENT of George Washington to be lieutenant-general and com-
mander-in-chief of all the armies of the U. S., July 3, 1798231-239

APPORTIONMENT of Representatives among the several States according

to the Sixth Census

..

300

ARKANSAS. Chronological statement of the formation of the government of 434
ARMAMENTS being prepared in the U. S. against foreign powers with

whom the U. S. are at peace. An act to prevent
ARMIES of the U. S. Appointment of George Washington to be lieutenant-
general and commander-in-chief of the...

296

-231-239

ARMY of the United Colonies, June 15, 1775. George Washington elected
commander-in-chief of the

..

..

ARMY of the United Colonies fixed at $500 per month. Pay and expenses
of the General to command the

....

ARMY of the U. S., December 23, 1783. Resignation by George Washington
of his commission as commander-in-chief of the.....
ATTORNEY GENERALS of the U. S., from 1789 to 1851. Names, States,
service, &c., of the ....

201

201

208

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... 402

AUDIENCE in Congress granted to George Washington, commander-in-chief,

August 25, 1783.....

203

AUDIENCE in Congress, December 20, 1783. George Washington, com-
mander-in-chief, admitted to a public

AUTHENTICATION of Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of one

State in every other State, Territory, &c.

..290-294

BERRIEN, Senator of the U. S. Letter of approbation from John Macp... xvii
BOOKS and other sources of historical, political, statistical, and other infor-
mation relative to the action of the Government, in possession of the pub-
lic offices at the Seat of Government. Description of....

BOOKS, published under the patronage of Congress and otherwise, contain-
ing useful political, statistical, and other information. Description of mis-
cellaneous......

...468-471

BOOKS in Congress Library. Description of selection of certain.
BOOKS in the State Department. Description of selection of certain..
BREESE, Senator of the U. S. Letter of approbation from Sidney.......... xii

472

479

BURR, as Vice President of the U. S. Election of Aaron..

318

BURR, Vice President, in the Senate of the U. S. Attendance of Aaron..... 338
BURR, as Senator of the U.S. Term of service of Aaron......

CALHOUN, Vice President, in Senate of the U. S. Attendance of J. C. 340-342
CALHOUN resigned as Vice President, December 28, 1832. John C.
CALHOUN, as Senator of the U. S. Terms of service of John C.

CALIFORNIA. Chronological statement of the formation of the government of 437
CEDE their Western lands to the U. S. Resolution of Congress recommend-
ing to the several States to.......

...

421

CEDED by the States, should be disposed of for the common benefit of the U. S.,
and formed into Republican States. Resolution of Congress that the lands. 422
CEDED to the U. S., and dates of cession. Names of States by which Western
lands were..

422

CENSUS. Apportionment of Representatives among the several States ac-
cording to the Sixth..

300

CENSUSES U. S., and fix number of Representatives. Act for taking Seventh,

and subsequent.........

305

CESSION of the North-Western and Western Territory to the U. S. by certain

States. Proceedings which led to the........................

...

414

CESSION of its Western or Vacant Lands to the U. S. Act of New York for the 419
CHAIRMAN of Committees of Congress authorized to administer Oaths 294, 295
CHAPTERS. General contents of. See Table of Contents.

..

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xxxviii

CHARTERS of the original States. Chronological statement of the 407, 408
CHRONOLOGICAL statement of the Charters and formation of the Governments

.....

of the several States and Territories of the U. S.
CITIZEN to understand the Constitution. Introductory remarks on duty of
every.

CLERK of the House of Representatives of the U. S. Oaths to be taken by
the....

xxiii

--22, 288, 289
CLERKS in all the Departments of Government. Oaths to be taken by the 290, 291
CLERKS of the House of Representatives of the U. S. from 1789 to 1851. Names,

States, services, &c. of the.......

...

388

CLERKS of the Supreme Court of the U. S. from 1789 to 1851. Names, &c.
of the...

393

CLINTON, Vice President of the U. S. Election of George....
CLINTON, Vice President, in Senate of the U. S. Attendance of George
COLLECTORS of the Customs authorized to detain vessels built for warlike

....

....319, 320

338-340

purposes.

299

COLONIAL and Revolutionary Documentary History. Books relating to the.. 452
COLUMBIA established the permanent seat of Government. The District of...449
COMMERCE. Resolution of Virginia for a uniform system of trade, commerce,

&c., January 21, 1786

.....

160

COMMERCE. Proceedings of Convention at Annapolis appointed for said pur-
pose, September 14, 1786

COMMERCE. Resolution of Congress, of February 21, 1787, calling the Conven-
tion which formed the Constitution......
COMMERCE. Acts of the several States for the appointment of deputies to said
Convention, to revise and report the means of enabling Congress to provide
more effectually for the commercial interests of the U. S., and to remedy all
the defects of the Federal system, &c.....

COMMERCE. The Constitution declares that "The Congress shall have power
to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States,
and with the Indian tribes"...

15

COMMERCIAL Regulations. Description of books containing Tariff and

Revenue Laws, &c.

...

...

467

COMMITTEES of Congress to administer Oaths. Authority for the Chair-

man of...

... 294, 295

COMMUNICATIONS to the author and compiler in relation to this work ix-xxi

...

COMPENSATION to the President and Vice President of the U. S. An act
making

293

COMPENSATION to persons appointed to deliver the Electoral votes of Pre-

sident, &c., 1792..

292

COMPENSATION to do. do. do., 1825

300

CO FEDERATION, showing the inefficiency of that government, and lead-

ang to the adoption of the Constitution. Proceedings of the Congress of the 129
CONFEDERATION. The formation of a Convention to frame the Constitu-
tion, recommended in 1786, as a means to remedy the defects in the Ar-
ticles of.....

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CONFEDERATION. The Articles of...

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166

483

406-415

CONFEDERATION, until March 1, 1781. Dates of ratification by the States,
and cause of the delay of Maryland to ratify the Articles of
CONGRESS of the Confederation, which led to the adoption of the Constitu-
tion. Proceedings of the.

CONGRESS of the Confederation, and resolutions of that body, showing the
impotency of the Government to provide a revenue for its wants and ne-
cessities, &c. Reports of committees of 131-139, 140-142-146-150, 151

CONGRESS of the Confederation appointing a Committee to represent the
Financial and Commercial difficulties to the several States, May 22, 1782.
Resolution of...

CONGRESS of the Confederation in 1787, recommending the Convention
which formed the Constitution. Proceedings of
CONGRESS of the Confederation, of September 28, 1787, transmitting the Con-
stitution to the States, to be submitted to Conventions thereof. Resolu-
tion of...

CONGRESS of the Confederation of September 13, 1788, providing for com-
mencing proceedings under the Constitution of the U. S. Resolution of the 190
CONGRESS of July 2, 1776, that THE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT
OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES. Resolution of ....
CONGRESS assembled, July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence by the
Representatives of the U. S. in...

CONGRESS, for promulgating the Declaration of Independence. Resolu-

tion of.

200

CONGRESS of the Confederation, of June 17, 1775, declaring that they would
maintain and assist George Washington, and adhere to him for the main-
tenance and preservation of American liberty, with their lives and for-
tunes. Resolutions of the

CONGRESS, on August 26, 1783, to George Washington, on the termination
of the war, and his reply. Address of the President of
CONGRESS, of December 20, 1783, admitting George Washington, com-
mander-in-chief, to a public audience. Resolution of...

...

205

CONGRESS, of December 20, 1783, that a public entertainment be given to
the commander-in-chief, on December 22. Resolution of.......
CONGRESS, December 23, 1783, and answer of Thomas Mifflin, President.

...........

208

Resignation, by George Washington, of his commission to
CONGRESS on the death of George Washington in 1799. Proceedings of 240-268
CONGRESS shall be in session on the second Wednesday in February, suc-
ceeding every meeting of Electors of President and Vice President of
the U. S.

292

CONGRESS. Provision for dividing States into districts for the election of
Representatives in...

159-301

CONGRESS, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1851. Commencement and ter-

....

mination of, and number of days in each session of
CONGRESS, from 1789 to 1851. Names of Senators in
CONGRESS, elected Speaker of House of Representatives, from 1789 to 1851.
Names of Representatives in.

...

........

CONGRESS to admit "New States" into the Union. Remarks on the right
and discretionary power of ....

CONGRESS of the Confederation. Books relating to the proceedings of the.. 453
CONGRESS from 1789 to 1851. Description of the Books, Newspapers, &c.,

containing the Debates in
CONGRESS Library. Description of selection of certain books in 472
CONNECTICUT, in 1787, appointing deputies to Convention to form the Con-

CONNECTICUT ceded western lands to U. S., September 14, 1786, and May

30, 1800...

...

422

CONSTITUTION. Introductory remarks, on duty of every citizen to under-

stand the....

.......

xxiii

CONSTITUTION of the United States of America. The..

CONSTITUTION of the U. S. Articles in addition to, and amendments of,
the

..

25

CONSTITUTION by the States. Dates of ratification of the first ten amend-
ments of the......

CONSTITUTION by the States. Dates of ratification of eleventh and twelfth

amendments of the..........

...

CONSTITUTION and amendments. An analytical index of the
CONSTITUTION of the U. S. Official proceedings and proximate causes

...........

36
38

which led to the adoption and ratification of the
CONSTITUTION of the U S. Remarks relative to the States that were pro-
minent in the proceedings which immediately led to the adoption of the.. 153
CONSTITUTION for the U. S. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New
York, passed July 21, 1782, recommending a Convention to form a.................. ..... 155
CONSTITUTION of the U. S. was formed. Proceedings of Commissioners at
Annapolis, in 1786, recommending the appointment of deputies to meet at
Philadelphia, by whom the.......

...

CONSTITUTION. Recommendation of Congress of the Confederation, in
1787, for appointment of deputies to the Convention which formed the
CONSTITUTION of the U.S. Acts of the several States for the appoint-
ment of deputies to the Convention for forming a, viz.

.....

165

...

167

CONSTITUTION of the U. S. to Congress of the Confederation. Letter of
George Washington, and resolutions of the Convention of September 17,

1787, transmitting the.....

...

187, 188

...

CONSTITUTION of the U. S. to the several States, to be submitted to Con-
ventions thereof. Resolution of Congress of Confederation, September 28,
1787, transmitting the

189

CONSTITUTION of the U.S. Resolution of Congress of the Confederation, of
September 13, 1788, for commencing proceedings under the.
CONSTITUTION in certain contingencies, and for other purposes. General
Laws providing the means of executing the

.....

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190

CONSTITUTION of the U. S. is to be taken. (See Oath.) By whom the oath

to support the....

........

..

...

CONSTITUTION, when ratified by the States, to be published by the Secre-
tary of State. Amendments to the
CONVENTION at Annapolis, September, 1786. Proceedings of the......... 161
CONVENTION at Philadelphia to form a Constitution, recommended by Con-
vention at Annapolis, September 14, 1786.....
CONVENTION which formed the Constitution recommended by Congress, in
1787, as a means to remedy the defects in the Articles of Confederation.. 165
CONVENTION to form the Constitution. Acts of the several States for ap-

pointing deputies to the

...

167

CONVENTION, in 1787, transmitting the Constitution to Congress of the
Confederation, and suggesting measures for commencing proceedings
under the Constitution. Letter of George Washington, and resolutions of

the

...

187

CONVENTIONS of the States. Resolution of Congress, of September 28,

1787, submitting the Constitution to...
CONVENTION that formed the Constitution. Bocoks relating to the proceed-

189

ings of the

453