Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior A. Bell to Mississippi Governor John M. Stone; February 21, 1879

J. G. H.

M. F.

Department of the Interior, [check mark] OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D. C., Feb'y. 21, 1879.

Sir:

There are sent by this Department to your address, this day, by the B. & O. R. R two sets of the Documents of the 1^st & 2^d Sessions of the 45^th Congress, together with two volumes of the previous Congress, one set for the Executive and one set for the State Library of Mississippi.

Lists of the same are herewith enclosed.

Very respectfully A. Bell Asst. Secretary

Governor of Miss. Jackson Miss

LIST OF DOCUMENTS.

FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.

SENATE.

Miscellaneous Document. No. 107. Propagation of Food Fishes [gap] 1 vol.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Executive Document. No. 81. Coast Survey Report, 1875-'76 [gap] 1 vol.

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.

SENATE. Journal [gap] 1 vol.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Journal [gap] 1 vol.

Executive Documents. Nos. 1 to 21 [gap] 1 vol.

Miscellaneous Documents. Nos. 1 to 20 (except 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 16) [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 6 and 7 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 8 and 11 [gap] 1 vol. No. 10 [gap] 1 vol. No. 16 [gap] 1 vol.

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS—FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS.

SENATE. Journal, Second Session [gap] 1 vol.

Executive Documents. Nos. 1 to 9 (except 3 and 4, 1st session, and 1 to 35, 2d session, Ex. 12) [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 36 to 100 (except 69 and 84) [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 3 and 4, 1st session, and 84, 2d session [gap] 1 vol. No. 69. Bridging the Mississippi River [gap] 1 vol.

Miscellaneous Documents. Nos. 1 to 15, 1st session, and 1 to 35, 2d session [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 36 to 89 (except 49 and 50) [gap] 1 vol. No. 50. Arguments before Committee on Patents [gap] 1 vol.

Reports of Committees. Nos. 1 to 25, 1st session, and 25 to 209, 2d session [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 210 to 512 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 513 to 546 [gap] 1 vol.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Journal, Second session [gap] 1 vol.

Executive Documents—Second Session. No. 1. Foreign Relations [gap] 1 vol. No. 1. Part II, Report of the Secretary of War and Accompanying Documents [gap] 5 vols. No. 1. Parts III and IV, Reports of the Secretary of the Navy and P. M. General [gap] 1 vol. No. 1. Part V, Report of the Secretary of the Interior. Part I [gap] 1 vol. No. 1. Parts VI, VII, and VIII, and Nos. 7 to 33 inclusive [gap] 1 vol. No. 2. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 3 and 4. Report of the Comptroller of the Currency [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 5, 6, 61, and 73 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 34 to 72 (except 35, 39, 51, and 61) [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 35 to 39. Receipts and Expenditures [gap] 1 vol. No. 51. Offers for carrying the Mails [gap] 1 vol. No. 89. Fishery Awards [gap] 3 vols. No. 90. Commerce and Navigation [gap] 1 vol. No. 102. Commercial Relations [gap] 1 vol.

Miscellaneous Documents—Second Session. Nos. 1 to 35 (except 31) [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 36 to 50 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 51 to 56 (except 52) [gap] 1 vol. No. 52. Contested Elections, 1871 to 1876 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 57 to 66 (except 63) [gap] 1 vol. No. 63. Administration of the Navy Department [gap] 1 vol.

Reports of Committees. Nos. 1 to 4, 1st session, and 1 to 245, 2d session [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 246 to 588 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 589 to 701 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 702 to 833 [gap] 1 vol. Nos. 834 to 1017 [gap] 1 vol.

Washington, D. C.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. [blank] County.

From A. Bell, Asst. Secty. Address Washington, D. C. Dated February 21^st 1879 Received " 24^th 1879 Answered

SUBJECT:

Containing Invoice of two sets of Documents of 1^st & 2^nd Sessions of 45^th Congress

Receipt Signed and returned. March 7^th 1879—the day the Documents were received.

J. M. STONE, Governor.

A. M. NELSON, Private Secretary.