Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 THATthe President of the United States be

4 and he is hereby authorized and requested

5 to cause to be delivered to the Jackson

6 Monument Committee in the City of Wash=

7 ington the Brass Guns and Mortars cap=

8 tured by General Andrew Jackson at

9 Pensacola and referred to in a statement

10 of the Chief of the Ordnance Office dated

11 fourteenth April eighteen hundred and

12 forty six, to be used by the said com=

13 mittee as material for the construction

14 of the Monument to that distinguished

15 patriot, ^[^together with such other pieces

16 of brass ordnance, reported “unserviceable”,

17 as the chief of the ordnance office may

18 designate as sufficient for the purposes

19 of the said Committee:^]^ and the said

Committee is hereby authorized to erect

the said Monument upon such por=

tion of the public grounds in the City

of Washington as may be designated

for that purpose by the President of

the United States.^]^

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08/01/1848
Passed the Senate
August 1. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins.–
Secretary

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S_37
A Resolution
granting to the Jackson Monument Committee certain brass guns & mortars, captured by General Andrew Jackson, and for other purposes.

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08/07/1848
In the House of Representatives, U. S.
August. 7^th 1848.
Resolved, That this Resolution do pass with an amendment–
Attest.
Tho J Campbell
Clerk

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HR. Passed

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concurred

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Ex Aug 9

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ThirtiethCongress.
FirstSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill ^Resolution^ from Senate (No.37) entitled “An ActResolution granting to the Jackson Monumental Committee certain brass guns & mortars, captured by General Andrew Jackson, and for other purposes, do pass with the following

Amendment

Line 15. Strike out all after the word “Patriot” to the word “Committee” inclusive in Line 19.

Attest–
Tho. J Campbell–
Clerk

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S....37
Amendment.

1	Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	THATthe President of the United States be
4	and he is hereby authorized and requested
5	to cause to be delivered to the Jackson
6	Monument Committee in the City of Wash=
7	ington the Brass Guns and Mortars cap=
8	tured by General Andrew Jackson at
9	Pensacola and referred to in a statement
10	of the Chief of the Ordnance Office dated
11	fourteenth April eighteen hundred and
12	forty six, to be used by the said com=
13	mittee as material for the construction
14	of the Monument to that distinguished
15	patriot, ^[^together with such other pieces
16	of brass ordnance, reported “unserviceable”,
17	as the chief of the ordnance office may
18	designate as sufficient for the purposes
19	of the said Committee:^]^ and the said
	Committee is hereby authorized to erect
	the said Monument upon such por=
	tion of the public grounds in the City
	of Washington as may be designated
	for that purpose by the President of
	the United States.^]^