Brazil - The Americas - U.S. foreign relations
materials in the pre-1861 U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Pre-1861 U.S. Foreign Relations
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set: Documents on Brazil (The Americas) before 1861
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| Title | Date | Citation | Pages |
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| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th Jan. last, communications from the agents of the United States with the governments south of the U. States which have declared their independence; and the communications from the agents of such governments in the United States with the Secretary of State as tend to shew the political condition of their governments, and the state of the war between them and Spain | March 8, 1822 | Serial Set Vol. No. 67, Session Vol. No. 7, 17th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 90 | 74 |
| Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th Jan. last, communications from the agents of the United States with the governments south of the U. States which have declared their independence; and the communications from the agents of such governments in the United States with the Secretary of State, as tend to shew the political condition of their governments, and the state of the war between them and Spain | March 13, 1822 | Serial Set Vol. No. 59, Session Vol. No. 1, 17th Congress, 1st Session, S. Doc. 59 | 74 |
| Message from the President of the United States, at the commencement of the second session of the Eighteenth Congress. | December 7, 1824 | Serial Set Vol. No. 108, Session Vol. No. 1, 18th Congress, 2nd Session, S. Doc. 1 | 336 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Eighteenth Congress | December 7, 1824 | Serial Set Vol. No. 113, Session Vol. No. 1, 18th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 2 | 336 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating his reasons for declining to transmit to the House of Representatives the documents called for by its resolution of the 4th inst., in relation to the conduct of certain officers and agents of the government at or near the ports of South America, on the Pacific Ocean | January 10, 1825 | Serial Set Vol. No. 115, Session Vol. No. 3, 18th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 42 | 3 |
| Protection to commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to an inquiry on the part of the House of Representatives of 23d ultimo, "If there are a sufficient number of vessels now in commission to enable him to extend adequate protection to our commerce, to the Empire of Brazil, and to the Republic of Buenos Ayres | March 7, 1826 | Serial Set Vol. No. 136, Session Vol. No. 6, 19th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 119 | 8 |
| Additional naval force | March 17, 1826 | Serial Set Vol. No. 141, Session Vol. No. 1, 19th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 120 | 11 |
| Congress at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th inst., in relation to the governments which, it is expected, will be represented in or at the Congress of Panama | April 15, 1826 | Serial Set Vol. No. 139, Session Vol. No. 9, 19th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 157 | 8 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twentieth Congress | December 4, 1827 | Serial Set Vol. No. 163, Session Vol. No. 1, 20th Congress, 1st Session, S. Doc. 1 | 266 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twentieth Congress | December 4, 1827 | Serial Set Vol. No. 169, Session Vol. No. 1, 20th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 2 | 260 |
| United States and Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Charge d'Affaires from Brazil, on the subjects of the discussions between that government and the government of the United States. (Rendered in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 2d inst.) | January 30, 1828 | Serial Set Vol. No. 171, Session Vol. No. 3, 20th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 108 | 6 |
| Condy Raguet | March 25, 1828 | Serial Set Vol. No. 178, Session Vol. No. 3, 20th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 212 | 4 |
| Correspondence with Brazilian Government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence with the government of Brazil in relation to an alleged blockade by the naval force of Brazil, the imprisonment of American citizens, and the demand made by the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. of his passports, and the cause thereof | May 23, 1828 | Serial Set Vol. No. 175, Session Vol. No. 7, 20th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 281 | 232 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-second Congress. | December 6, 1831 | Serial Set Vol. No. 216, Session Vol. No. 1, 22nd Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 2 | 274 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-second Congress. | December 4, 1832 | Serial Set Vol. No. 233, Session Vol. No. 1, 22nd Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 2 | 240 |
| Morgan S. Gordon (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 158) | January 8, 1834 | Serial Set Vol. No. 260, Session Vol. No. 1, 23rd Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 149 | 2 |
| Henry Hill. | April 30, 1834 | Serial Set Vol. No. 293, Session Vol. No. 1, 24th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 292 | 2 |
| William Tudor, Junior. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, in relation to the correspondence of William Tudor, &c | February 21, 1837 | Serial Set Vol. No. 304, Session Vol. No. 4, 24th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 167 | 207 |
| Officers of sloop of war Boston. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 29. | February 22, 1837 | Serial Set Vol. No. 306, Session Vol. No. 2, 24th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Rpt. 278 | 2 |
| William Tudor. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence of the late William Tudor, while Charge d'Affaires of the United States to Brazil | September 26, 1837 | Serial Set Vol. No. 311, Session Vol. No. 1, 25th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 32 | 261 |
| In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 168.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the memorial and accompanying documents of General Thomas Sumpter, of South Carolina, report... | January 22, 1838 | Serial Set Vol. No. 315, Session Vol. No. 2, 25th Congress, 2nd Session, S. Doc. 123 | 4 |
| Henry Hill. | December 21, 1838 | Serial Set Vol. No. 351, Session Vol. No. 1, 25th Congress, 2rd Session, H. Rpt. 36 | 1 |
| John M. Baker | March 9, 1840 | Serial Set Vol. No. 370, Session Vol. No. 1, 26th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 276 | 2 |
| Report on the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations: comparative tariffs; tabular statements of the domestic exports of the United States; duties on importation of the staple or principal productions of the United States into foreign countries, &c. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of State, in compliance with the resolutions of the House of Representatives of September 3, 1841, and January 30, 1842 | 1842 | Serial Set Vol. No. 403, Session Vol. No. 3, 27th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 163 | 718 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress | December 3, 1844 | Serial Set Vol. No. 463, Session Vol. No. 1, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 2 | 698 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress | December 3, 1844 | Serial Set Vol. No. 449, Session Vol. No. 1, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, S. Doc. 1 | 702 |
| Slave trade, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of despatches from the American minister at the court of Brazil, relative to the slave-trade, &c | February 20, 1845 | Serial Set Vol. No. 466, Session Vol. No. 4, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Doc. 148 | 88 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirtieth Congress | December 7, 1847 | Serial Set Vol. No. 503, Session Vol. No. 1, 30th Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 1 | 1369 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirtieth Congress | January 8, 1848 | Serial Set Vol. No. 515, Session Vol. No. 2, 30th Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 8 | 1618 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, with the correspondence of Mr. Wise, late United States minister to Brazil, in relation to the slave trade | March 3, 1848 | Serial Set Vol. No. 506, Session Vol. No. 4, 30th Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 28 | 135 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence of Mr. Wise, late minister to Brazil, in relation to the imprisonment of Lieutenant Davis, of the Navy, and three American seamen, by the police authority at Rio de Janiero | March 22, 1848 | Serial Set Vol. No. 506, Session Vol. No. 4, 30th Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 29 | 140 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Brazilian charge d'affaires at Washington | April 10, 1848 | Serial Set Vol. No. 507, Session Vol. No. 5, 30th Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 35 | 64 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to the claim of the owners of the ship Miles, of Warren, Rhode Island, against the government of Portugal | July 31, 1848 | Serial Set Vol. No. 509, Session Vol. No. 7, 30th Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 64 | 20 |
| Henry Leef and John McKee | January 25, 1849 | Serial Set Vol. No. 545, Session Vol. No. 1, 30th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Rpt. 47 | 2 |
| Correspondence between the consuls of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, &c., with the Secretary of State, on the subject of the African slave trade. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House, of the 23d of December, 1848, the correspondence between G.W. Gordon and Gorham Parks with the Department of State, on the subject of the African slave trade | March 2, 1849 | Serial Set Vol. No. 543, Session Vol. No. 7, 30th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Exec. Doc. 61 | 223 |
| Ocean steamers. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th February, 1849, relative to the amount of money paid for transmission of the mail in ocean steamers to foreign countries | March 2, 1849 | Serial Set Vol. No. 543, Session Vol. No. 7, 30th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Exec. Doc. 63 | 4 |
| Claims against Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a convention between the United States and Brazil relative to claims against the latter government | January 24, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 576, Session Vol. No. 7, 31st Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 19 | 7 |
| Message from the President of the United States, relative to the searching of American vessels by British ships of war. | August 2, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 562, Session Vol. No. 14, 31st Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 66 | 45 |
| Message from the President of the United states, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-first Congress | December 2, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 587, Session Vol. No. 1, 31st Congress, 2nd Session, S. Exec. Doc. 1 | 932 |
| Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-first Congress | December 2, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 595, Session Vol. No. 1, 31st Congress, 2nd Session, H. Exec. Doc. 1 | 932 |
| Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Secretary of State, with documents relating to the African slave trade | December 18, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 588, Session Vol. No. 2, 31st Congress, 2nd Session, S. Exec. Doc. 6 | 43 |
| In Senate of the United States. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 453.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Ezekiel Lincoln, of Philadelphia, and sundry other memorials from Philadelphia, praying for the establishment of a line of mail steamers from Philadelphia to Rio de Janeiro, in the Empire of Brazil, report... | February 5, 1851 | Serial Set Vol. No. 593, Session Vol. No. 1, 31st Congress, 2nd Session, S. Rpt. 267 | 8 |
| Portugal -- claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to claims of citizens of the United States on the government of Portugal. | February 4, 1852 | Serial Set Vol. No. 641, Session Vol. No. 6, 32nd Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 53 | 204 |
| Claims against Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter in reference to difficulties in the settlement of claims against Brazil | February 20, 1852 | Serial Set Vol. No. 641, Session Vol. No. 6, 32nd Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 75 | 3 |
| Memorial of M.F. Maury, U.S.N., praying the establishment of a line of mail steamships from Norfolk or Charleston to Para, at the mouth of the Amazon, to connect with a line running thence to Rio de Janeiro | May 10, 1852 | Serial Set Vol. No. 629, Session Vol. No. 1, 32nd Congress, 1st Session, S. Misc. Doc. 83 | 7 |
| Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to a charge rejected in the account of the Hon. David Tod, late minister to Brazil, for money advanced to William E. Anderson, who was sent to the United States as a witness | May 26, 1852 | Serial Set Vol. No. 620, Session Vol. No. 9, 32nd Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 73 | 11 |
| Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenant United States Navy. Part I. By Lieut. Herndon | February 12, 1853 | Serial Set Vol. No. 678, Session Vol. No. 5, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, H. Exec. Doc. 43, pt. 1 | 417 |
| Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenant United States Navy. Part I. By Lieut. Herndon | March 3, 1853 | Serial Set Vol. No. 663, Session Vol. No. 6, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, S. Exec. Doc. 36, pt. 1 | 417 |
| Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenants United States Navy. Part II. By Lt. Lardner Gibbon | March 3, 1853 | Serial Set Vol. No. 664, Session Vol. No. 6, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, S. Exec. Doc. 36, pt. 2 | 349 |
| Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress | December 6, 1853 | Serial Set Vol. No. 690, Session Vol. No. 1, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 1, pt. 1 | 525 |
| Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-third Congress | December 6, 1853 | Serial Set Vol. No. 710, Session Vol. No. 1, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 1 pt. 1 | 525 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the correspondence in relation to the repair of the United States steam frigate Susquehanna at Rio de Janeiro | February 24, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 698, Session Vol. No. 8, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 39 | 15 |
| Free navigation of the Amazon River. Memorial of Lieutenant Maury, in behalf of the Memphis Convention in favor of the free navigation of the Amazon River | March 3, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 741, Session Vol. No. 1, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, H. Misc. Doc. 22 | 31 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between Mr. Schenck, United States Minister to Brazil, and the Secretary of State, in relation to the African slave trade. | March 14, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 698, Session Vol. No. 8, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 47 | 14 |
| Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Wm. Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, Lieutenants United States Navy | April 13, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 722, Session Vol. No. 9, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 53, pt. 2 | 349 |
| Report and charts of the cruise of the U.S. brig Dolphin, made under direction of the Navy Department, by Lieut. S.P. Lee, United States Navy | May 9, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 699, Session Vol. No. 9, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 59 | 340 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 451.) The Committee on Foreign Relations to whom were referred the memorials of the Hon. Robert C. Schenck, late United States minister plenipotentiary to the court of Brazil, and the Hon. John S. Pendleton, late United States charge d'affaires to the Argentine Confederation, praying compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred by them on special missions... | July 13, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 707, Session Vol. No. 2, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Rpt. 354 | 3 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 480.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Ferdenand Coxe, late secretary of the United States legation at Rio de Janeiro... | July 28, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 707, Session Vol. No. 2, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Rpt. 378 | 1 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence between Ferdinand Coxe, late charge d'affaires of the United States at Brazil, and the Brazilian Government, concerning the seizure of the cargo of the American barque "Griffin," and the imprisonment of George Marsden, a citizen of the United States | August 3, 1854 | Serial Set Vol. No. 702, Session Vol. No. 12, 33rd Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 88 | 30 |
| Amazon River | February 23, 1855 | Serial Set Vol. No. 808, Session Vol. No. 1, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session, H. Rpt. 95 | 10 |
| Report on the commercial relations of the United States with all foreign nations. Edmund Flagg, superintendent. Prepared and printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, in accordance with resolutions of the House of Representatives. Volume I | 1856 | Serial Set Vol. No. 854, Session Vol. No. 10, 34th Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 47, pt. 1 | 846 |
| The cotton trade. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement respecting the tariff duties and Custom-house regulations applicable to American cotton, &c | June 10, 1856 | Serial Set Vol. No. 859, Session Vol. No. 12, 34th Congress, 1st Session, H. Exec. Doc. 108 | 21 |
| Robert M. Stratton, Samuel L. Mitchill, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 863.) | March 3, 1857 | Serial Set Vol. No. 914, Session Vol. No. 3, 34th Congress, 3rd Session, H. Rpt. 261 | 20 |
| In the Senate of the United States. Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Ferdinand Coxe vs. the United States.. | December 10, 1857 | Serial Set Vol. No. 934, Session Vol. No. 1, 35th Congress, 1st Session, S. Misc. Doc. 18 | 9 |
| Ferdinand Coxe. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. No. 84. | December 15, 1857 | Serial Set Vol. No. 971, Session Vol. No. 2, 35th Congress, 1st Session, C. C. Rpt. 147 | 15 |
| Compensation to consular officers and appointment of consular clerks. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting correspondence relative to the inadequacy of the compensation of consular officers, and asking for authority to appoint a limited number of consular clerks. | January 27, 1859 | Serial Set Vol. No. 1006, Session Vol. No. 7, 35th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Exec. Doc. 68 | 98 |