26-1ClaimsOn the Relief of J. Richey. [373] Sac and Fox war of 1832 in Illinois.1840-14

House of Representatives Report No. 656, 26th Congress, 1st Session (1840)

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26th CoNGREss, 1st Session. Rep. No. 656. JOHN RICHEY. (To accompany bill S. No. 150.} JuLY 11, 1840. Ho. oF REPs. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow, Mr. RussELL, from the Committee of Claims, srtbmitted the following REPORT: The Committee of Claims; to whom was referred a bill from the Senate (No: 150), entitled "An act for the relief of John Richey," make thefol· lowtng report : This bill provides "that there be allowed and paid to John Richey, of Schuyler county, and State of Illinois, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of--- dollars, the value of two rifle guns and shot-pouches furnished by him for the use of Captain Charles Rall's company of Illinois mounted volunteers, during the war with the Sac and Fox Indians, on the northwestern frontier, in the year 1832~ and which were not returned to him; but, subsequently, appropriated to the use of the United States." The testimony in this case is the same that was exhibited to sustain the claim of John L. Scott, and the same objections exist to this claim as to that ; and, for the reasons stated in the report in that case, to which the committee refer, and make it a part of this report,· they recommend that this bill be re-jected. 

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