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Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, Vol. 10 of 12: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 (Classic Reprint)
Memoirs of John Quincy Adams Vol 10 of 12 Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 - Classic Reprint Author:John Quincy Adams MEMOIRS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. CHAPTER XIX. {Continued.) the twenty* kifth congress. June ist, 1S38.-On going to the House this morning, I told my coachman, Thomas, if lie should come for me this evening, not to come til) ten o'clock. There was a resolution two or three days ago reported from the Committee of Commerce, calling upon the Secretary ... more »of War to make report at the next session of Congress of a survey of Lake Erie. As soon as it was before the House, Lake Huron was added to it by way of amendment. Bronson then moved to add Lake Ontario. Others moved for Lakes Michigan and Superior. After some discussion upon each of these amendments, Whittlesey, of Ohio, moved as a substitute a joint resolution authorizing the President to cause surveys to be made of such parts of Lakes Ontario, Erie, St. Clair, Huron, Michigan, and Champlain. with their bays, rivers, and straits, as arc within the United States. Wise then moved to include the waters of Chesapeake Bay and the creeks adjac
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER XIX (CoHtinutd); The Twenty-Fifth Congress3; CHATTER XX The Twenty-Sixth Congress10S; CHAPTER XXI The Twenty-Seventh Congress
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