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1848

In Senate of the United States. | January 20, 1848. | Submitted,
and ordered to be printed. | Mr. Westcott made the following | Report: |
The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Da- |
vid Whelply, report: [text of the report]

8vo; pp. 3, verso of last leaf blank. David Whelply claimed governmental
aid as a reward for his participation in Pike's explorations. Lewis and Clark are
introduced by the petitioner as one of the precedents under which he lodged his
claim. It was, however, adversely reported by the senatorial Committee of
Claims. The public document is in Senate Reports of Committees, 30th Cong.,
1st Sess., No. 37.