THE

DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS

IN THE

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES;

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, ,

AND ALL

THE LAWS OF A PUBLIC NATURE;

WITH A COPIOUS INTEX:

FOURTEENTH CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION:

COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 2, 1816, TO MARCH 3, 1817,

INCLUSIVE.