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In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldsborough made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of David Melvill [i.e. Melville], of Newport, Rhode Island, report: David Melvill [i.e. Melville] complains that, lately holding the office of weigher and gauger in the Custom-house at Newport, he was removed from the same by the collector ..

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  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], 1836.

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Title from opening lines of text.
"Melville, David" is the version of the name that appears most often in the Congressional Serial Set.
FDLP item number not assigned.
Subject: Customhouses
Misconduct in office
Political corruption
Patronage, Political
Impeachments
Civil service
Border patrol agents
Genre: Legislative materials.

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