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....... 315 Events, General, in 1853. .................................. 336

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Apportionment of U. S. Representatives 188 Executive Government of U. S........... 87
Appraisers at Large...
88 Expenditures of U. S. for 65 years...... 150
128 Expenditures of each State ............ 195
100 Exports of each State for 1852-53...... 162
Army Officers, Pay of.................. 110 Exports, Value of, in 1850-53.......... 157
Army Pension Agents..
98 Exports to Foreign Countries

Appropriations, U. S., for 1854, 1855.. 127,
Army List.

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Army, Act to increase pay of rank & file of 141 Exports for 63 Years.
Arsenals in the United States........... 102 Federal Representative Population
Assistant Treasurers
88 Festivals of the Church............
Atmospherical Electricity................................... 65 Finances of the States.........
Attorneys of U. S. Courts............... 112 Fixed Stars, Apparent Places of Principal 55
Banks in the United States............. 210 Florida.
Banks. See the several States.
Barometrical Observations

Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1854

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...76-83 Foreign Goods imported in 1852.... 153-156
Cabinet, Officers in the ...................................... 87 Foreign Mail Service ....
Calendar: January, &c................................. 8-31 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S.....
California.
......................................... 310 Foreign Nations, Intercourse with...... 115
190 Foreign Obituary..

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Clerks of Circuit Courts of U. S......... 113 Great Britain.
Clerks of District Courts of U. S......... 113 Illinois.

Clouds and Winds in 1853

Coinage of Mint since 1792

76-83 Imports, Value of, in 1852-53
191 Imports for 63 Years.

Coins, Fineness and value of certain foreign 217 Imports of each State for 1852-53

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93 imports paying ad valorem Duties...153-156
196 Imports free of Duty

199 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 97
153 Indiana

296

Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 117 Supervising Inspectors of Steam-vessels. 99
Commercial Marine of the U. S.. ..... 163 Intercourse with Foreign Nations....... 115
Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries 116 Interior, Department of the
Congress, Thirty-Third, 2d Session 179-185 Iowa.
Connecticut

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Consuls in Foreign Countries...... 117-120 Judiciary, U. S..
Corrections and Additions............
Countries whence Goods are brought....
Debt of the United States

Debts of the States........................................ 194,
Delaware.

Department of the Interior.
Department of State

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Engineers, Corps of, &c. ........................... 100, 105 Mail Service for 1853

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Marine Corps.

Mars and Venus, Discs of..

Marshals, U. S...

Maryland.

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168 Public Lands, and Sales of......... 208, 209
219 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of...... 96
163 Public Laws, Titles and Abstracts of..... 127
109 Public Resolutions of Congress.....

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202-208

39 Railroads in New England..
113 Railroads in Construction in New England 204
259 Railroads in the U. S.....
............. 229 Receivers and Registers of Land-Office..
Massachusetts, Railroads of............ 202 Reciprocity Treaty, Act to carry into Ef-
Medical Schools ......
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Massachusetts......

Meteorological Information.......... 76-83 Religious Denominations

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192

Michigan
294 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 185
Military Commands. ............................................. 101 Representatives, House of....
182
Military Posts

Militia Force of the U. S.........................................
Minnesota Territory

Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries..
Ministers, Foreign, in U. S...
Mint.

Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c.
Mississippi...
Missouri...

Naval Officers............................................

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Navigation....................................................... 160, 164 Senate of the U. S.

Navy Department...............................
Navy List..

Navy Officers, Pay of............................
Navy, Vessels of War in...................................
Navy Pension Agents...

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Navy Yards, Commanders of ...........
Nebraska Territory.

89 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms....... 193
106 Slaves in the U. S.

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107 Smithsonian Institution..........
108 South Carolina..

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99 Southern Railroads..
106 Sovereigns of Europe
314 Specific Duties. See Imports.

Nebraska Territory, Act establishing.... 132 State Department..
New Hampshire

222 State Elections, &c..

New Jersey.
........................................... 251 State Finances, Debts, &c.
New Mexico Territory .................................... 313 Steamboat Inspectors
Newspapers, Postage on............172-178 Sun, Ephemeris of the
New York.
243 Sun's Parallax in Altitude..............
New York, Railroads in................ 205 Supreme Court, U. S.....
North Carolina..
267 Surveyors of Land-Office..
Obituary, American, in 1853............................ 323 Surveyors General in New Mexico, Kanzas,

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172 Vessels and Tonnage from 1815-1853 163-164
..174-178 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy
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Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 174 Virginia.
263
Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 90 War Department
Postmasters, Compensation of.. 135, 167, 171 Warehousing System, Act concerning, .
... 130
Post-Office Department.
90, 164 Washington Territory,
..... 314
Post-Office Distributing Offices........90-93 Washington Territory, Postal Service in.. 138
Post-Office Rec's and Expend's in 1852, '53 169 Western Railroads
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Post-Office Statistics since 1790...
Post-Office Revenue....

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THE

AMERICAN ALMANAC,

FOR THE YEAR

1855,

Being the latter part of the 79th, and the beginning of the 80th year of the Independence of the United States of America;

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the 6568th year of the Julian Period;

the latter part of the 5615th, and the beginning of the 5616th year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2608th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome;

the 2602d year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as

signed to Wednesday, the 26th of February, of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year before the birth of Christ; the 2631st year of the Olympiads, or the third year of the 658th Olympiad, beginning in July, 1853, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 775 years before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1271st and the beginning of the 1272d year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on the 16th of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era.

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