I 1 Proi Of RECORDS, [NISTRATION f 4&**i /$ Tio,r «c0iSrte^u REGISTER OF ALL OFFICERS AND AGENTS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND NAVAL, IN SERVICETHE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON The Thirtieth September, 1851. WITH THE NAMES, FORCER AND CONDITION OP ALL SHIPS AND VESSELS BELONG-- ING TO THE UNITED STATES, AND WHEN AND WHERE BUILT ; TOGETHER WITH THE NAMES AND COMPENSATION OF ALL PRINTERS IN ANY WAX EMPLOYED BY CONGRESS, OB ANY DEPARTMENT OR OFFICER OF THE GOVERNMENT. PREPARED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, In pursuance of Resolutions of Congress of April 27,1816, and July 14,1832. WASHINGTON: GIDEON AND CO., PRINTERS. 1851. RESOLUTION requiring the Secretary of State to compile and print, once in every two years, a register of all officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service ot tne United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con­ gress assembled, That, once in two years, a Register, containing correct lists of all the officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States, made up to the last day of September of each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, be compiled and printed, under the direction of the Secretary for the Department of State. And, to ena­ ble him to form such Register, he, for his own Department, and the Heads of the other De­ partments, respectively, shall, in due time, cause such lists as aforesaid, of all officers and agents, in their respective Departments, including clerks, cadets, and midshipmen, to be made and lodged in the office of the Department of State. And the said lists shall exhibit the amount of compensation, pay, and emoluments allowed to each officer, agent, clerk, cadet, and midshipman, the State or country in which he was born, and where employed. 2. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy subjoin to the list of the persons employed in his Department the names, force, and condition, of all the ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built. 3. Resolved, That five hundred copies of the said Register be printed; and that, on the first Monday in January, in each year when a new Congress shall be assembled, there be deli­ vered to the President, the Vice-President, eaeh Head of a Department, each member of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, one copy of such Register; and to the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives each, ten copies, for the use of the respective Houses; that twenty-five copies shall be deposited in the Library of the United Slates, at the seat of Government, to be used like other books in that Library, and that the residue of the said copies be disposed of in such manner as Congress shall from time to time direct. 4. Resolved, That, for the information of the present Congress, such Register as aforesaid be prepared and distributed as aforesaid, on the first day of its next session. APPROVED April 27,1816RESOLUTIO. N respecting the Biennial Register. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con­ gress assembled, That, in addition to the matter heretofore contained in the Biennial Register, published by direction of a joint resolution, passed on the twenty-seventh of April, one thou­ sand eight hundred and sixteen, there shall be included a correct list, in the next Register, of all printers of the laws of the United States, subsequent to the thirtieth of September, one ^thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to the thirtieth September, one thousand eight ihundred and thirty-three, with the compensation allowed to each; and of all printers Within the period aforesaid, in any way employed by Congress, or by any Department or officer of the Government, with the compensation allowed to each, designating the Depart­ ment or officer causing the printing to be executed; and that said Register shall contain a correct statement of all allowances made by the Postmaster General, within the period last aforesaid, to each contractor on contracts for carrying the mail, discriminating the sum paid as stipulated by the original contract, and the sum as additional allowance. And to enable the Secretary of State to comply with ihis resolution, the several Heads of Departments, and officers directing or incurring the expense, or making the allowance mentioned, shrll cause the lists and the matter thereby required to be added to be lodged in the office of the Department of State, as is directed in other cases, by the resolution of April twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Resolved, That said Register shall contain a correct list of the Presidents, Cashiers, and Directors of the Bank of the United States and its branches, in office on the thirtieth of Sep­ tember, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; which list shall be transmitted by the President of said Bank to the Secretary of State, by the first Monday of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. Resolved, That all Biennial Registers, under the said resolution of April twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, shall hereafter be compiled and published confor­ mably to the principles therein and hereby established. APPROVED July 14,1832. Extractfrom the Civil and Diplomatic Bill, approved 3d March, 1851, relative to the insertion of an additional column in the Biennial Register for 1851. " That an additional column be inserted therein, showing the State or Territory from which each person was appointed to office And provided, further, that one copy of the samp bp sent to each of the Secretaries of State of the States." INDEX. Page. Academy, Military 194 Naval 247 list of officers, &c, attached to the 247 & 248 Adjutant General 169 office of, clerks in .........." 168 Department 169 Advocate, Judge 169 Agents, Navy 244 despatch 272 special, Pottawatomie, removal 148 removal of Florida Indians 148 Mail *765 to *768 on coast of Africa, under act of Congress of March 3, 1819 11 Cherokee Nation east 148 special, to issue scrip to Choctaws 148 Commercial, at Antigua 4 Ceylon '.. 3 Island of St. Helena 4 St. Christopher's , 4 St. Pierre, Miquelon 6 Curacao, West Indies. 7 St. Martin's 7 St. Thomas '.. 7 Monrovia.. 11 River Djeb... 11 Lanthala 11 Port au Prince 12 Aux Cayes 12 Cape Haytien 12 St. Domingo and Porto Plata 12 Falkland islands 14 Indian 145 to 148 Pension 151 & 152 Topographical 162 for the inspection, test, and purchase of hemp 245- Almanac, Nautical 248 persons attached to the office of the 248 & 249 Appraisers, Customs, (see Custom-house officers.) underact of March 3, 1851 133 Armorers, Master, at National Armories 163 Architect for the extension of the United States Capitol 155 Artillery, regiments of 180 to 185 Army Head Quarters, citizens employed at 168 List, viz: General officers 169 General Staff officers 169 InspectoAdjutanJudge Advocattr General'General'e ss Department 169 IV INDEX. Page. Army List, viz: Quartermaster's Department 170 Subsistence Department 171 Medical Department 171 to 173 Pay Department 173 & 174 Engineers, Corps of 174 & 175 Corps of Topographical 175 & 176 Ordnance Department 176 & 177 Military Storekeepers 177 & 178 Dragoons, First Regiment of 178 Second Regiment of 179 Mounted Riflemen, Regiment of 179 & 180 Artillery, Regiments of 180 to 185 Infantry, Regiments of; 185 to 192 Chaplains and Schoolmasters 193 Military Academy 194 List of the Officers, Professors, and Cadets of 194 to 201 Pay of the Army 202 to 205 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 15 Attorney General 262 Clerks in office of 262 Attorneys, U. S 263 to 268 Auditor, First, of Treasury 17 Office of 17 Second, of Treasury 18 Office of. 18 Third, of Treasury 19 Office of. 19 to 21 Foufth, of Treasury 21 Office of. 21&22 Fifth, of Treasury 22 Office of. 22 for the General Post Office Department 22 Office of 22 to 24 Boatswains in Navy, list of. 232 & 233 Brigadier Generals .'.'!.'.'.'!! 169 Cadets.. ... 196 to 201 Cannon Foundries, Officers attending 163 r»SStinrthe^Iy '.'/.'.'/.'/.'. 208 & 209 Capitol, Police of the irg Architect for the extension of the if. S* //././...'..... 155 principal Gardner at * " i5fi cSS^!!:7:YA±::::\-.:::::::::Y/YvY//: 234&S1 Netherlands 7 Superintendent of. ...!!!!!!!! 152 Clerics employed in ".".*. l52toI<™ Clerks, (see various Departments.) "" ' Chaplains, Army ,no Charge d'AffairesatPortugaNavy Belgiuml .'.'::::'.'.::::///'.'.'.//.'. !!.'!.'!!.'." lit 7 INDEX. V Page. Charge d'Affaires at Denmark 7 Sweden and Norway 8 Austria 8 Sardinia 9 Pontifical States 9 Two Sicilies 10 Central America 12 New Grenada 13 Venezuela 13 Ecuador 13 Buenos Ayres 14 Peru 14 Bolivia 14 Coast, officers and assistants employed in survey of 133 Survey, Superintendent of 133 Collectors of Customs, Passamaquoddy 30 Machias 30 Frenchman's Bay 31 Penobscot 31 Belfast 35 Waldoboro' 31 Bangor 34 Wiscasset 35 Bath 32 Portland and Falmouth 33 Saco 33 Kennebunk 34 York 34 Portsmouth 35 Burlington, (Vt.) 36 Newb.ury port 37 Gloucester 38 Marblehead 38 Salem and Beverly 38 Boston and Charlestown 39 Plymouth 45 Fall River 45 Barnstable 45 New Bedford 46 Edgarto wn 46 Nantucket 47 Providence 47 Bristol and Warren 48 Newport 48 Middletown 49 New London 50 New Haven 50 Fairfield 51 Stonington 51 Champlain 51 Oswegatchie 52 Cape "Vincent t 52 Sackett's Harbor 53 Oswego 53 Vi INDEX. Page. Collectors of Customs, Niagara 54 Buffalo Creek 55- Sag Harbor 55 Genesee 55 New York city 56 Albany and Troy 78 Perth Amboy. 78 Burlington, (N. J.) 78 & 79 Little Egg Harbor 79 Great Egg Harbor 79' Bridgetown 79 Newark 79 Camden 79 Philadelphia 80 Presqu' Isle 85 Pittsburg 85- Wilmington 85 Baltimore 86- Annapolis 89 Oxford 89 Vienna 89 Havre de Grace 89 Town Creek 90 Georgetown, D.