A mark of grace

Manifest destinies : America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War

Memorial of A. Whitney, praying a grant of public land to enable him to construct a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. February 24, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed

Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of January 4, 1858, the correspondence, instructions, and orders to the United States naval forces on the coast of Central America, connected with the arrest of Wm. Walker and his associates, at or near the port of San Juan de Nicaragua. January 7, 1858. -- Read. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing, and reported by Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, in favor, and motion to print the message and documents agreed to

Historical sources on Westward Expansion

Military posts -- Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) May 27, 1842

Unadjusted differences with the government of Spain. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 678.) January 24, 1859

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate