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Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, Vol. 12 of 12: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 (Classic Reprint)
Memoirs of John Quincy Adams Vol 12 of 12 Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 - Classic Reprint Author:John Quincy Adams MEMOIRS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. April 2d, 1844.-At nine this morning the select committee on the resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts of 23d March, 1843, met in the chamber of the Committee of Manufactures. Present, all the members except Garrett Davis. Mr. Morse read his report, which occupied about one hour in reading. Sample's motion, m... more »ade at the last meeting, that a list of the petitions referred to the committee, and reported upon, should be appended to the journal, was discussed, and on taking the question by yeas Jand nays, Adams, Giddings, Sample, and Morse voted aye Burke, Burt, Lucas, and Ingersoll voted no. At my request, Davis was sent for to give the casting vote, but was not found; whereupon Ingersoll moved, with some immaterial modification, the same resolution, and it was carried against the votes of Burke, Burt, and Lucas. I was then instructed to report to the House the resolution that the amendment to the Constitution, proposed by the resolves of the Leg
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER XXII {Continued); PAGE; The Twenty-Eighth Congress3; CHAPTER XXIII The Twenty-Ninth Congress178; Index289
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