July 25, 1848.
(No. 18.)—Joint Resolution relinquishing to the State of Missouri certain Trophies of Doniphan’s
victorious Expedition.
The ordnance captured by the Missouri volunteers, under Colonel Doniphan, relinquished
to the State of Missouri.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the ten pieces of ordnance captured by the Missouri volunteers under Colonel
Doniphan, in their brilliant expedition through the Northern States of Mexico, now
deposited at the capital of the State, by permission of the commanding general, as
trophies of their heroic achievements, be, and the same are hereby, forever relinquished
to the State of Missouri.
Approved. July 25, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, IX, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 337 ,