[12] _Congressional Globe_, 27 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 328, 331-6.
[13] Cf. Mercer's bill, _House Journal_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. p.
512; also Strange's two bills, _Senate Journal_, 25 Cong. 3
sess. pp. 200, 313; 26 Cong. 1 sess., Senate Bill No. 123.
[14] _Senate Journal_, 25 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 297-8, 300.
[15] _Senate Doc_, 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 217, p. 19;
_Senate Exec. Doc._, 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6, pp. 3, 10,
etc.; 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47, pp. 5-6; 34 Cong. 1 sess.
XV. No. 99, p. 80; _House Journal_, 26 Cong. 1 sess. pp.
117-8; cf. _Ibid._, 20 Cong. 1 sess. p. 650, etc.; 21 Cong. 2
sess. p. 194; 27 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 31, 184; _House Doc._, 29
Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 43, p. 11; _House Exec. Doc._, 31 Cong.
1 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 5, pp. 7-8.
[16] _Senate Journal_, 26 Cong. 1 sess., Senate Bill No. 335;
_House Journal_, 26 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 1138, 1228, 1257.
[17] _Statutes at Large_, III. 764.
[18] Cf. above, Chapter VIII. p. 125.
[19] Cf. _Report of the Secretary of the Navy_, 1827.
[20] _Ibid._
[21] _House Reports_, 24 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 223.
[22] This account is taken exclusively from government
documents: _Amer. State Papers, Naval_, III. Nos. 339, 340,
357, 429 E; IV. Nos. 457 R (1 and 2), 486 H, I, p. 161 and 519
R, 564 P, 585 P; _House Reports_, 19 Cong.
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