Dauphin of France, intelligence of the death of the,

Debates of the House of Representatives, proposition to publish
Debts of the United States, due to foreign officers, (Bills H. R. No. 116)
certificates or evidences of, issued before Jan. 1,
1790,

129

586

354

392

propositions to renew such evidences as may be
lost or destroyed, (Bills H. R. No. 108, 118,
141, 145) 336, 344, 351, 362, 398, 400, 447, 451
propositions to provide for the payment of the
(Bills H. R. No. 129, 136, Sen. No. 14)

Debt, proposition relative to imprisonment for, (Bills Sen. No. 33)
Delaware, member from appears, viz:

first session, first Congress, John Vining,
second session, first Congress, John Vining,
third session, first Congress, John Vining,
first session, second Congress, John Vining,

378, 385

562

29

169

336

433

170

amendments to the Constitution of the United States, ratified by
Denmark, proposition to regulate the value of the rix dollar of, (Bills H. R.

Departments, proposition to establish three Executive, (Bills H. R. No. 7,

No. 134)

8, 9)

journals and acts of Congress to be furnished to the
proposition to establish a new Department, for safe-keeping of
records, &c. (Bills H. R. No. 18)

Divine service, both Houses to attend the President to, (Resol. Sen.)
Diplomatic Intercourse with foreign nations, proposition to provide for, (Bills
H. R. No. 35, 52)

374, 389

39, 44, 45

42

67, 69
21, 24

141

Doorkeeper and assistant, appointment, compensation and duties of the,
(Bills Sen. No. 30)
6, 7, 64, 130, 435, 542
expense of labor in the House of Representatives
to be repaid to

to remain in office

Dominico Gaetan Diego de, letter to Congress from

Duties on impost and tonnage, propositions considered, (Bills H. R. No. 2, 5,

701

731

147

19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 374, 389

12

goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States,
(Bills H. R. No. 2, 3, 6, 11, 23, 134, Sen. No. 43) 21, 3, 28, 48, 55, 94, 95,
374, 389, 703, 704, 713
goods, wares, and merchandise, inquiry into the amount of the 166, 167
difficulties in the collection of the,
(Bills H. R. No. 50, 78, 82) 143, 182, 198,
247, 258

on foreign tonnage, proposition to raise, (Bills H, R. No. 66)
on imports and tonnage, inquiries into, and reports on 346, 350, 351, 452,

teas, proposition to extend the credit on, (Bills H. R. No. 173)

553, 556

545

Page.
271

444

Duties remitted to John Stewart and John Davidson, (Bills H. R. No. 90)
on distilled spirits and wines, regulation of, (Bills H. R. No. 62, 64,
110, 242)
201, 202, 209, 214, 343, 346, 720
arrangement for collection of
inquiry into difficulties in the execution
of the laws laying duties on spirits,
and what alterations are necessary,
(Bills H. R. No. 191) 444, 446, 529, 538,
578, 587, 590, 591

343, 386, 720

on wines and teas, regulation of, (Bills H. R. No. 130, 242)
proposition to compensate inspectors and collectors of, (Bills H. R.
No 119)

359, 363

538, 597, 7Q3

proposition to provide for the collection of, (Bills H. R. No. 183, 193,
Sen. No. 43)
on several articles repealed, and others laid in their stead, (Bills H. R.
No. 191)

Petitions from Dobbin, Hannihal William

Decker, Wilhelmus
Derry, James

Dunscomb, Andrew

567, 569

142, 143, 148, 173
152, 221

158, 165, 250, 252

160, 177

165, 192, 247

168

170, 171, 172, 489, 491, 502, 620, 701

Delaplaine, James

Donellan, Thomas

Davidson, John, (Bills H. R. No. 90)
Dade, Francis

243, 245, 393

249, 250, 252, 253, 393, 400

256, 277, 281

Delaware, inhabitants of Wilmington, (Bills H. R. No. 176)

285

340, 538
545, 553, 555
337

342, 379, 393

Davis, Nathan

Dewees, William

350, 393

357

Distillers of spirits, 439, 446, 447, 453, 455, 465, 468, 471, 483, 492,

378, 735

Election of President and Vice President of the United States

Elections, illegality of

reports on Congressional,

8

466

propositions relating to the, (Bills Sen. No.(25)
14, 15, 17, 23, 33, 35, 39, 40, 60, 61, 83, 95

443, 453, 455, 457
444.

mode of proceeding in cases of contested
Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, proposition to
regulate the time for choosing, (Bills H. R. No. 104, 105, 106)
Estimate of Extraordinaries, for the year 1790, (Bills H. R. No. 47)

218, 334, 339
166

for the year 1792, (Bills H. R. No. 149, 156, 188) 449, 580
Evidences of Debt of the United States, proposition to provide for renewal of

lost, (Bills H. R. No. 108, 118, 141,
Executive Departments, proposition to establish three, (Bills H. R. No. 7, 8, 9)
145) 336, 344, 351, 362, 398, 400, 447, 451

acts and journals of Congress to be furnished the
salaries to the officers, assistants, and clerks of the,
Bills H. R. No. 21, 142)

38,

39, 44.

42

72, 89, 399

216, 217

Exportation of unmanufactured articles, the growth of the United States, in
foreign vessels, prohibited, (Bills H. R. No. 66)
goods, not duly inspected, prohibited, (Bills H. R. No. 48)
Exports, amount of, and reports thereon, 346, 379, 383, 389, 452, 553, 554, 556, 580
Excise bill, petitions against the, (Bills H. R. No. 110)

Petitions from Ely, John (Bills H. R. No. 49, 56)

Edwards, Cæsar

Eglize, Dominic L.

Edgar, William

169

361,362

162, 163, 169, 172, 173, 198

174, 177, 231

218

290

Easton, James

352, 380

Ellis, Daniel

Page.

3

Federal Convention held in Philadelphia, September 17, 1789,
Fees, proposition to regulate in Courts of Admiralty, (Bills H. R. No. 197) 610, 615,

to establish in Treasury Department, for transfer of public
securities, (Bills H. R. No. 232)

617, 627

696

147, 153, 166, 195, 201

Fines, forfeitures, and penalties, proposition to remit in certain cases, (Bills
H. R. No. 38, 45, 57)
Fisheries, representation of Massachusetts Legislature, respecting the,
report on the whale and cod,

198)

193

370

regulation of vessels employed in the, (Bills H. R. No. 155, 167,
protection of the river and bay, (Bills H. R. 193, Senate, No. 26)
442, 538, 569, 597, 614, 620, 627, 698
Finance, proposition to appoint Commissioners to examine the accounts of
the Superintendent of, (Resol. Senate)

report of Commissioners,

Flying camp, memorial of officers and soldiers of the old,

Foreign Affairs, Department of, (Bills H. R. No 8,)

supplementary bill proposed,

597

157

380

65

message relative to a new item of expense in the Department of, 503,517
Foreign Nations, proposition to provide for intercourse with, Bills H. R.
No. 35, 52, 218,)
Foreign tonnage, proposition to raise duty on, (Bills H. R. No. 66)
141, 142, 144, 182, 186, 624, 625, 635, 710, 718
Foreign officers, proposition to pay debts of the United States due to, (Bills
H. R. No. 116)

Fortifications, message relating to, (Bills H. R. No. 148, 185)
France, intelligence of the death of the Dauphin of,

216, 217

354, 357

445, 457

129

527, 532, 534, 535

653

announcement of the acceptance of the new Constitution by the King
of,

letter to Congress from inhabitants of Toulouse, in,
call for a list of persons by whom and to whom payments have been
made of the French debt, in,

Franklin, Benjamin, House of Representatives resolve to wear mourning for,
Commonalty of Paris present a civic eulogium on,
(Resol. Senate)

Frontiers, state of Southwestern (Bills H. R. No. 51, 65, 87)
situation of, and prospect of hostilities on the,

propositions relative to the defence of the, (Bills Senate No. 32,
and H. R. No. 181)

677,689

198

334, 357
140, 143, 185
364

Senate No. 42,)

Fugitives from justice, proposition concerning, (Bills H.

Petitions from Fenno, John

36

Fitch, John

Finnie, William

Frazier, Robert

Fuller, Nathan

Franks, David S.
Fox, Nathaniel
Foster, John
Falconer, John
Fowler, Alexander
Frost, Dorcas et als.
Ford, Robert
Fisher, Margaret
Fitch, John

Fielding, Ebenezer

Fuller, Benjamin