Bohannan, Stephen, pension to, vi. 638.
Boilers,

of steamboats to be tested, v. 252, 261, 304.
improvements in, v. 627.

Boisgervais, James H., claim of, to be settled
and paid, vi. 195.

Boles, Absalom, authorized to surrender land
and receive certificate, vi. 548.
Bolton, Elizabeth, change of name, vi. 528.
William Compton, change of name, vi.

528.
Bond, Lucy, allowance to representatives of, vi.
590..

Mary Ann, authorized to enter land, vi.
374.

of officers of mint, i. 341.

of pursers in navy, ii. 536; iii. 350.

of surveyor-general, iii. 697.

of postmasters, iv. 103; v. 82.
of public officers increased, iii. 582.

of officers not impaired by removal from
office, iii. 723, 724.

of custom-house officers, i. 44, 171, 704,
705; v. 661.

for duties, i. 42, 168, 171, 174, 372; ii. 72,
315, 471, 513; iii. 737; v. 205, 242.
See also the titles of the respective officers
giving bonds.

Bones, John, allowed to withdraw a land entry,
vi. 200.

Bon Homme Richard, prize money to be dis-
tributed among crew of, v. 158.
Bonnel, Paul, pension to, vi. 179.
Bonnell, Joseph, pension to, vi. 910.
Booker, Richard, and his Company, claim of,
for clothing, to be settled, vi. 799.

Books,

copyright of. See Copyright, p. 41.

Boucherie, Antony, allowed to obtain a patent
for manufacturing sugar, vi. 70.

Boulden, James W., claim of, to be settled, vi.
633.
Boundaries,

between United States and Mexico, iv.
558.

western boundary of Arkansas, iv. 40.
between Arkansas and Louisiana, iv. 276.
between United States and British Prov-
inces, iv. 262; v. 402, 413, 485.

running the line fixed by treaty of 1842,
with Great Britain, v. 623.

expense of negotiations with Great Britain
respecting, ii. 148.

boundary of United States as established
by treaties

Bounty,

with Great Britain, viii. 55, 249, 274,

572.

with Spain, viii. 138, 140, 254.

with Mexico, viii. 374, 464.

on fisheries,

obsolete acts, i. 27, 229, 260, 533, 692;

ii. 36, 436, 552.

acts in force, iii. 49, 254, 314, 351, 417,
520; iv. 38.

for destroying enemy ships, (obsolete,) ii.
53, 761, 816.

for prisoners of war, (obsolete,) iii. 81, 105.
to Canadian volunteers, iii. 256, 301, 393,
641.

on captures, i. 715, 716.

on negroes captured in slave vessels, iii.

533.

on enlistment in the army, i. 222, 224, 242,
409, 414, 438, 483, 484, 604, 751; ii. 704,
788; iv. 647; v. 260.

to army in lands. See Lands, Public, p.
94.

on exportation of fish, i. 27; ii. 436; iii.
50. See Fisheries, p. 63.

Bourg, John Baptiste, land claim confirmed to,

vi. 499.

property, vi. 323.

Bourguin, Edward, allowed to enter certain
land, v. 715.

Bourne, Silvanus, repayment for advances by,
authorized, vi. 27.

Bouton, Daniel, increase of pension to, vi.

114.

Boutwell, Abraham E., pension to, vi. 608.

mail, vi. 583.

Bowers, Balaam, pension to, vi. 656.
Jonathan, pension to, vi. 24.

increase of pension to, vi.

83.
Bowman, Dorothy, allowance to, vi. 867.
John, allowance to, for property lost,
vi. 408.

L., and others, fishing bounty

allowed to, vi. 808.

William, authorized to relinquish and

enter land, vi. 646.

pension to, vi. 804.

further provision as to the officers in, v.
147, 602.

oath of officers in, by whom to be taken,
iv. 774; v. 652.

Branch Pilots, of Louisiana, allowed to enter
certain lands, v. 715.

Brandy,

in what casks to be imported, i. 701; iv.
235, 373.

drawback on brandy, iv. 373.

Brandywine, Frigate, appropriation for repair-

ing and fitting out, iv. 370.

Boyer, William, pension to, vi. 177.

564.

James, pension to, vi. 732.

Heirs of, grant of land to, ii. 712.
John P., appropriation for, iii. 359.
Joseph C., claim of, allowed to his repre-
sentatives, vi. 295.

Boyle, Captain, and Company, Act of 1822, c.
48, extended to, vi. 328.

Thomas H., right to enter land, and pay
of captain allowed to, vi. 169.

Boyles, Thomas H., Representatives of, author-
ized to locate land, vi. 597.

seven years' half-pay to be

paid to, vi. 738.
Brace, Stephen, account of, to be settled, vi.
302.

Bracket, Heard, pension to, vi. 543.

Braden, Elizabeth, land warrant to issue to, vi.
241.

Bradford, Charles, pension of, to be paid to his
representatives, vi. 306.

Dunscomb, salary of consul allowed

to, vi. 793.

68.

-, George, increase of pension to, vi.

James, claim of, to land, confirmed,

vi. 681.

-H., pension to, vi. 732.
Lieutenant-Colonel, grant of land to,

ii. 101; vi. 43.
Bradley, Aner, pension to, vi. 25.

77.

Nathaniel, increase of pension to, vi.

Peter, pension to, vi. 527.
Brady, Freeman, to be paid for labor, vi. 712.
Guards, claims of, to be settled and paid,
vi. 885.

James, duplicate land warrant to be is-
sued to, vi. 258.

Bragdon, Samuel, and others, fishing bounty
allowed to,.vi. 606.

Brahan, John, allowance to, for clerk hire, vi.
392.

accounts of, and release to heirs

of, vi. 746.
Brahany, James, to be discharged from prison,
vi. 147.

Brainard, Asahel, pension to, vi. 884.
arrears of pension to be paid

to, vi. 934.

vi. 65.
Brawn, Daniel, pension allowed to, vi. 23.
Brazil,

Treaty with Brazil, December 12, 1828,
viii. 390.

Article 1. Peace to be established, viii.
390.

Art. 2. Parties on the footing of the most
favored nations; the relations between
Brazil and Portugal excepted, viii. 390.
Art. 3. Free intercourse, coasting trade ex-
cepted, viii. 390.

Art. 4. Vessels of both countries on the
same footing as to the importation of for-
eign goods into either country. Same as
to exportation. What vessels to be con-
sidered Brazilian, viii. 391.

Art. 5. Duties on imports and exports, viii.
391.

Art. 6. All merchants, and the business of
merchants, placed on the most favored
footing, viii. 391.

Art. 7. Citizens and subjects to be secured
from detention, and to be indemnified if
detained, viii. 391.

Art. 8. Vessels in distress, viii. 392.
Art. 9. Property captured by pirates to be
restored, viii. 392.

Art. 10. Assistance in case of shipwreck,
viii. 392.

Art. 11. Provision as to personal property.
Real property, viii. 392.

Art. 12. Special protection to persons and
their property, viii. 392.
Art. 13. Liberty of conscience.

viii. 393.

Burial,

Art. 14. Free ships make free goods; con-
traband goods excepted. Free ships to
make free persons, unless officers and
soldiers of the enemy, viii. 393.

Art. 15. Qualification as to the principle
that free ships make free goods, viii.
393.

Art. 16. Contraband goods, what shall be,
viii. 394.

Art. 17. All other merchandise free, viii.
394.

Art. 18. Contraband goods subject to for-
feiture. If articles contraband shall be
delivered up, the vessel not to be de-
tained, viii. 394.

Art. 19. Blockades, viii. 394.

Art. 20. Examinations of vessels, viii. 395.
Art. 21. Vessels to be provided with cer
tain papers, viii. 395.

Brazil, (continued.)

Art. 22. Vessels under convoy, viii. 395.
Art. 23. Prize courts to take cognizance of
prizes, viii. 395.

Art. 24. Letters of marque not to be ac-
cepted to take part in war between either
of the parties hereto and other powers,
viii. 396.

Art. 25. Provisions in case of war between
the parties, viii. 396.

Art. 26. No debts, &c., to be forfeited,
viii. 396.

Art. 27. Immunities of public agents, viii.

396.

Art. 28. Consuls, viii. 396.

Art. 29. Exequaturs to be given to con-
suls, viii. 397.

Art. 30. Privileges of consuls, viii. 397.
Art. 31. Deserters from vessels, viii. 397.
Art. 32. A consular convention to be estab-
lished, viii. 397.

Art. 33. The treaty to be in force for
twelve years. Offences of citizens not
to affect the relations of the parties to
this treaty. Proceedings on infractions
of this treaty. Treaty not to operate
contrary to the former treaties with other
powers. Ratifications to be exchanged
in nine months, viii. 397, 398.
Breakwater, to be constructed in Delaware Bay,
iv. 290.

Brearly, David, allowance to, v. 47.

Breck, Samuel, and Ross, claim of, to be settled
and paid, vi. 173.
Breckenridge, Henry M., claim of, tó be settled
and paid, vi. 366.

Breed Animals, to be free from duty, v. 561.
Ebenezer, duties to be repaid to, vi.

Briggs, Edmund, bounty allowed to, vi. 58, 64.
Isaac, accounts of, and suits against, vi.
209.

Jehosaphat, pension to, vi. 863.

Dr. John P., pension to, vi. 699.
Nathaniel, penalty remitted to, vi. 390.
Brinck, Aaron, pension to, vi. 92.
Brio de Mar, Ship, insurers of, indemnified, iii.
502.

Brisban, James, duplicate land warrant to issue
to, vi. 272.

Bristol, Lyman, pension to, vi. 803.

Thomas, increase of pension to, vi. 76.
British Colonies,

trade regulated and interdicted with, iii
432.

ports of U. S. closed against British ves-
sels coming from, ii. 602, 603.

no merchandise to be imported therefrom,
unless wholly of the growth of, &c., iii.
602, 603.

ports of U. S. to be open to British vessels
directly from, iii. 740.

president, on the adoption of certain meas-

ures by the British government, to open
ports of the U. S. on reciprocal terms,

iv. 419.

proclamations respecting trade with, vols.
iii. and iv. Appendix.

See also Non-Intercourse, p. 124.
British Provinces, boundary of U. S. with.
See Boundaries, p. 16.

Briton, Job, pension allowed to, vi. 23.
Britten, James, and another, payment to, vi. 271.
Britton, Jonathan, pension to, vi. 891.
Broadmeadow, Simeon, letters patent to be is-
sued to, vi. 370.

Broadwell, Noah, claim of, to be settled and
paid, vi. 155.

Brobson, James, account of, and allowance to,
vi. 671.

Brockway, Benjamin, pension to, vi. 123.
Brodie, Charles D., allowance to, vi. 336.

Alexander O., deduction of duties made
to, vi. 525.

Bronough, Thomas, pension to, vi. 941.
Bronson, Alvia, to be paid for a schooner cap-
tured, vi. 299.

Brook, Lieutenant F. J., and others, to be paid
for horses lost, vi. 466

George M, account of, to be settled,

vi 2:1

vi. 692.

Thomas, and another, allowance to, for
flour, vi. 378.

Browne, William, payment to, v. 24.
Brownell, Thomas, pension to, vi. 869.

to be citizens of the U. S., v. 351.
appropriation for division of lands of, vi.
813.

treaty with, vii. 550.

Broughton, Glover, and others, fishing bounty
allowed to, vi. 536.

Broutin, Narcissus, land claim confirmed to,
vi. 202.

Brown, Abiel, pension to, vi. 416..

Adam, Representatives of, and others, to
be paid for losses, vi. 670.

Amos W., bounty land warrant to issue
to, vi. 591.

Charles, pension allowed to, vi. 445.
land warrant to issue to heirs
of, vi. 794.
-, Daniel, increase of pension to, vi. 115.
-, Ebenezer, pension to, vi. 100.

Edwin C. and Maria, five years' full
pay allowed to, vi. 603.

217.

Frederick, account of, to be settled, vi.

George, commissions allowed to sure-
ties of, vi. 522.

F., payment to be made to, iv.
626; vi. 667.
Harvey, allowance to, vi. 525.
Lieutenant Harvey, allowance to, vi.

enter land, vi. 643.

Mesheck, allowance to, for horses
lost, vi. 439.

467.

Samuel, patent right extended to, vi.

Brownlee, James, seven years' half-pay to be
paid to, vi. 533.

Brownson, Abraham, benefit of Stat. 1828, c.
53, extended to, vi. 435.

Gideon, pension allowed to, vi. 25.
William, allowed to enter certain
land, v. 715.

Bruce, John, pension allowed to, vi. 179.
certificate to be settled and paid to,

vi. 540.

245.

allowance to, for damages, vi. 588
Joseph, to be paid for a horse lost, vi

Bruce, William, final certificate of, to be re
ceived, and land patent to issue to, vi
169.

Bruff, James, pension to, vi. 74.

Brune, Von Kapffe and, drawbacks allowed to,
vi. 357.

Brunson, John, claim of, to be settled, vi. 518.
Brush, Adelaide, to be paid for property de.
stroyed, vi. 300.

Elijah, executrix of, to be paid for prop-
erty destroyed, vi. 300.

Robert, pension to, vi. 599, 629.

Thomas, pension allowed to, vi. 25.
Brussels, Joseph, payment to, ii. 120.
Bryan, Joseph, and others, land claim confirmed
to, vi. 913.

Bryan and others, account of, to be settled, v.
435.

&c., vi. 520.

Buckmaster, George, claim of, to be settled and

paid, vi. 195.

Buckminster, Thomas, accounts of, to be set-
tled, vi. 238.

Buckner, Richard, and C. S. Jones, release to,
vi. 247.

Budlong, Hannah, allowance of five years'
half-pay to, vi. 708.

Buel, Isaac, pension allowed to, vi. 25.
increase of pension to, vi. 114.
Samuel, to be discharged from prison, vi.
280.

Buford, Thomas, payment for services to be
made to, vi. 409.

to be paid for advances, vi. 616.
Buhler, John, land claim confirmed to, vi. 520.
Bulfinch, Charles, payment to, iv. 474.
Bulkley, Chauncey, letters patent to issue to
widow of, vi. 371.

Brunswick and Florida R. R. Company, right of
way granted to, v. 146.

Bullion,

at mint, i. 249; v. 138.

receipt to be given for, i. 341; v. 138.
bullion of standard of U. S., may be pre-
ferred, i. 440.

expenses to be deducted from bullion, i.
440, 475; ii. 54; iii. 774; iv. 278.
gold and silver to be separated at the ex-
pense of party, iv. 278.

bullion not intended for coinage may be
assayed, iv. 278.

deduction of one half per cent. iv. 700.
bullion at mint, v. 138.

to be assayed, v. 139.

charges to which depositor is subjected, v.
139.

payment for, when and how to be made, v.
140, 141.

copper bullion to be bought, v. 141.

account to be kept of transfers of, v. 139.
Bullitt, Benjamin, land claim confirmed to, vi.
523.

Bunker, Zachariah, increase of pension to, vi.
312.

Bunnell, Cata, entitled to military bounty land,
vi. 202.

Buntin, Robert, allowance to, for surveying, vi.
262.

Bunting, William B., Heirs of, allowance to, vi.
738.

Buoys, Beacons, Columns, Monuments, Piers,
and Spindles,

establishment and support of, i. 53, 137,
251, 393, 426; and see Lighthouses,
p. 102.

Absseum Inlet, iv. 759.
Adams' Fall, iii. 599.
Allen's Ledge, iv. 759.

Rocks, iv. 289, 759.

Albemarle Sound, iv. 62.
Altamaha River, iii. 644.

Beaufort, iv. 90.

Bergen Point, v. 290.

Beverly Harbor, ii. 611, 612, 659, 828; iii.
110, 316, 357.

Billop's Point Shoal, v. 290.
Bishop Rock, iv. 345.

Black Rock Harbor, iv. 347; v. 642.
Bluff Shoal, iii. 698.
Boon Island, i. 730.
Boss Rock, ii. 476.

Boston Harbor, i. 516; ii. 611; iii. 535; iv.
345, 759.

Bowbill Ledge, v. 289.
Brandford Harbor, iv. 172.
Brant Island Shoal, iii. 698.

Bridgeport Harbor, ii. 406; iv. 230.
Bristol Ferry, iv. 61.

Harbor, iii. 357.

Brothers, iii. 644.

Brunswick Harbor, v. 291.
Buffalo Creek, iv. 175.

Buffalo, iv. 230, 276, 381, 648.
Bunker's Ledge, v. 289.

Buzzard's Bay, ii. 57; iii. 535; iv. 62.
Cape Elizabeth, ii. 659.

Cape Fear Inlet, i. 607; iii. 110, 672.
Cape Fear River, i. 419.
Cape Hatteras, iii. 672.
Cape Lookout, iii. 672.
Castine Harbor, iv. 759.
Castle Island, iv. 62.
Cayahoga River, iv. 134.

Charleston Harbor, i. 251; iii. 599; iv
346, 512, 760.

Chesapeake Bay, i. 251, 339; iii. 535.
Chester, iv. 230.

Chickama-comico Channel, v. 291.

Chincoteague Inlet, iv. 760.
Cochney's Island, iii. 535.
Cockspur Island, v. 169.
Cohasset Rocks, iv. 345, 489.
Collin's Ledge, iv. 230.
Connecticut River, ii. 476.
Conner's Hook Island, iv. 283.
Constitution Point, iv. 283.
Corner Stake, v. 290.

Cornfield Point, iv. 62; v. 290.
Craney Island Bar, iv. 172.
Cutter Hunk Island, iii. 698.
Damariscotta River, iv. 759.
Darien Harbor, ii. 476.
Deek's Flats, ii. 476.
Deer Island Point, iv. 720.
Delaware River, ii. 152, 321.
Dobay Bar, ii. 647; iii. 110.
Dog River Bar, iv. 173.
Dorchester Flatts, iv. 171.
Drummer's Ledge, v. 289.

Dunkirk Harbor, iv. 228, 275, 363.
Dyer's Rock, iv. 345.

East Greenwich Harbor, iv. 172, 230.

Edgartown, ii. 659; iii. 110, 357; iv. 282.
Erie Harbor, iv. 490.

Fairweather Island, ii. 414; iii. 534.

Federal Point, New Inlet, iv. 172.

Frying-Pan Shoals, iii. 672.

Fulcher's Point, iv. 134.

George's River, iv. 720, 758.

Georgetown Harbor, iii. 316, 698; iv. 90,

147, 172, 346, 490, 760.

Gloucester Harbor, iv. 172, 345.

Goat Island, i. 540.