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16. A CENSUS OF PENSIONERS for Revolutionary or Military services; with their names, ages, and places of residence as returned by the Marshals: 1841. 17. MILITARY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, including those relating to the Marine Corps, by Trueman Cross. 1838.

18. A SYSTEM OF PENAL LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES of America, consisting of a code of Crimes and Punishments; a code of Proceedings in criminal cases; a code of Prison Discipline; and a book of Definitions. Prepared and presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, by Edward Livingston: 1828.

19. THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, being letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Dean, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. Dumas and others, concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States during the whole Revolution; with replies from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs; also correspondence with the French Ministers Gerard and Luzerne. By Jared Sparks, under resolution of Congress of March 27, 1818, in 12 volumes, from March 3 1776 to 1784.

20. THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE of the United States, from the Treaty of Peace of 1783 to March 4, 1789; being letters of the Presidents of Congress, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, American Ministers of foreign courts, foreign Ministers near Congress, Reports of Committees of Congress, Reports of Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and from individuals on Public Affairs. By Jared Sparks, under direction of the Secretary of State, conformably to act of Congress of May 5, 1832, in 7 volumes.

21. STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM MARCH 4, 1789, TO 1819; including Confidential Documents first published, Inaugural Speeches, Messages from the President, and Documents on Foreign Relations, &c. &c. By Thomas B. Wait & Sons, in 12 volumes, under the patronage of Congress.

22. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, published annually by the Treasury Department in obedience to the 7th clause, 9th section, 1st article of the Constitution of the United States, and conformably to a standing order of the House of Representatives of December 30, 1791.

23. THE MADISON PAPERS; being James Madison's correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation, and his reports of debates in the Federal Convention, from the original manuscripts purchased by order of Congress. Published in 3 volumes by direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin 1841.

24. TABLE OF POST-OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES, arranged in alphabetical order. Exhibiting the States, Territories and Counties; Names of Postmasters; the Distances from Washington city to the Capitals of the several States and Territories; and the post-offices arranged by States and counties. Published under authority of the Postmaster-General from time to time.

25. OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES. Published annually by order of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of

the Senate, of December 13, 1815, and of the House of Representatives of February 1, 1830.

26. OFFICIAL REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT. Published annually by order.

27. OFFICIAL NAVY REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES. Printed by order of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the United States of December 13, 1815.

CLASS No. 19.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS, CONTAINING USEFUL POLITICAL, STATISTICAL, AND OTHER INFORMATION.

1. NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER: containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, astronomical, statistical, biographical documents, essays, and facts, together with notices of the arts and manufactures, and a record of the events of the times, from September, 1811, to March, 1847.

2. HAZARD'S "Register of Pennsylvania: devoted to the preservation of facts and documents, and every other kind of useful information, respecting the State of Pennsylvania," from January, 1823, to January, 1836, in 16 volumes.

3. HAZARD'S UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER: containing documents, facts, and other useful information, illustrative of the history and resources of the American Union, and of each State; embracing commerce, manufactures, agriculture, internal improvements, banks, currency, finances, education, &c., &c.; from July, 1839, to July, 1842; in 6 volumes.

4. A CONNECTED VIEW OF THE WHOLE INTERNAL NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, natural and artificial, present and prospective, with maps: Carey & Lea: 1826.

5. THE TRIAL OF COL. AARON BURR, on an indictment for treason, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Richmond, Virginia, 1807, including the arguments and decisions; in three volumes: by T. Carpenter.

6. REPORT OF THE TRIAL BY IMPEACHMENT OF JAMES PRESTCOTT, Judge of the Probate of Wills, before the Senate of Massachusetts, in 1821; with an account of former impeachments in that State: 1821.

7. HISTORICAL REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DECLARATION OF WAR, in 1812, to January 1, 1814; in 4 volumes: 1816. Review of the political institutions of the United States; official documents of the war, &c., &c.

8. THE NATIONAL REGISTER: containing a series of public documents, proceedings in Congress, statistical tables, reports, and essays, upon agriculture, manufactures, commerce, finance, science, literature, and the arts; with biographical sketches and political events: by Joel K. Mead: 1816.

9. STATISTICAL ANNALS: embracing views of the population, commerce, navigation, fisheries, public lands, post-office establishment, revenues, mint, military and naval establishments, expenditures, public debt, and sinking fund of the

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United States of America; founded on official documents, commencing March 4, 1789, and ending April 20, 1818: by Adam Seybert.

CLASS No. 20.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

The library provided for Congress, after the removal of the Government to Washington, having been destroyed in the burning of the Capitol by the enemy, in 1814, the valuable library of Thomas Jefferson, which, with the best opportunities and his well-known ability, it had taken that eminent statesman a long series of years to accumulate, was purchased for Congress, under a joint resolution of October 21, 1814, and an act of January 30, 1815, and now constitutes the basis of the Congressional or National Library. Upon this foundation Congress have, by a moderate but regular process, been adding to the volume of literature, science, and the fine arts, which, in the acquisition of the library of that republican patriarch, had already adorned the Capitol of the republic; and by the operation of this regular annual provision, managed, as it has been, and will continue to be, by the united judgment of the joint committee of the two Houses of Congress, aided in their active measures by their literary agents, and by the zeal and experience of the worthy librarian and his assistants, is destined to become an ample source of useful knowledge, which, through the able minds and eloquent voices of the distinguished representatives of the States and of the people, as well as of those of other citizens who have free access to this perennial source, will be diffused through the country for the public benefit, elevating its literary taste and character, purifying its moral sentiment, and increasing its power; for true knowledge, communicated through pure channels, is the solid source of these and other national blessings.

The limited space to which we are here necessarily confined will only admit of a reference to the general heads or chapters embraced in this collection, and to a few particulars which the political history and public transactions of our own country may render more immediately interesting.

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Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana.

19. Common Law:

American Reports, viz.:

Courts of Illinois.

Louisiana.

Mississippi.

20. Equity-Treatises and Reports. 21. Law, Ecclesiastical-Treatises and Reports.

22. Law, Merchant and MaritimeTreatises and Reports.

23. Law:

1. Civil Law, Codes, &c.

2. British Statutes.

3. Laws of the U. S. and of the several States, &c., viz.: The United States.

State of Maine.

New Hampshire.

Vermont.

Massachusetts.

Rhode Island.

Connecticut.

New York.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
Delaware.

Maryland.
Virginia.

North Carolina.
South Carolina.

Georgia.

Alabama.

Arkansas.

Kentucky. Tennessee.

Ohio.

Indiana.

Illinois.

Michigan.

Missouri.

Louisiana.

Mississippi.

Florida.

District of Columbia.

24. Politics.

25. Mathematics, Pure-Arithmetic. 26. Mathematics, Pure-Geometry.

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Allen, Paul. History of the American Revolution. Printed in 1822.
Bancroft, Aaron. Life of George Washington: 1826.

Bancroft, George. History of the United States from discovery of the American
Continent to 1837.

Blount, Joseph. Historical Sketch of the formation of the Confederacy, Provincial Limits, and the Jurisdiction of the General Government over Indian Tribes and Public Territory: 1825.

Carpenter, T. C. Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson: 1809.

Davis, Paris M. Authentic History of the late War between the United States and Great Britain; with a full Account of every Battle by Sea and by Land. 1836.

Ilamilton, John C. Life of Alexander Hamilton: 1834.

Jefferson. Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, in 4 volumes. By Thomas Jefferson Randolph: 1830.

Madison. The Madison Papers; being James Madison's Correspondence and Reports of Debates during the Congress of the Confederation, and his Reports of Debates in the Federal Convention from the Original Manuscript purchased by order of Congress. Published by direction of the Joint Library Committee, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin, in three volumes: 1841.

Marshal, John. Life of George Washington; with an Atlas: 1832.
Tucker, George. Life of Thomas Jefferson; with parts of his Correspondence
never before published, and Notices of his Opinions on Questions of Civil
Government, National Policy, and Constitutional Law: 1837.

Washington. Writings of George Washington; being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Papers, Official and Private, selected and published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, by Jared Sparks: 1837.

NEWSPAPERS.

Bache's General Advertiser, 1795-6-7.

Bache & Duane's Aurora, from 1798 to 1814

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