JOURNAL

OF THE

House of Representatives

OF

THE UNITED STATES,

BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS:

BEGUN AND HELD

AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER 1, 1823,

AND IN THE FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED BY GALES & SEATON.

1823.

Journal

OF

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

BEGUN and held at the Capitol, in the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, being the First Session of the EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS, held under the Constitution of Government of the United States;

On which day, being that fixed by the Constitution for the meeting of Congress, the following Members of the House of Representatives appeared and took their seats, to wit:

From MAINE,

From NEW HAMPSHIRE,

From MASSACHUSETTS,

William Burleigh,
Joshua Cushman,
Ebenezer Herrick,
David Kidder,
Enoch Lincoln,

Jeremiah O'Brien.

Matthew Harvey,
Arthur Livermore,
Aaron Matson,
William Plumer, Jr.

Thomas Whipple, Jr.

Samuel C. Allen,

John Bailey,
Francis Baylies,

Benjamin W. Crowninshield,
Henry W. Dwight,
Timothy Fuller,
Aaron Hobart,
Samuel Lathrop,
John Locke,
Jeremiah Nelson,
John Reed,
Jonas Sibley,

Daniel Webster.