E[lisha] Whittlesey et al. to [MVB] and [Andrew Stevenson], 3 April 1834
Washington
April 3. 1834.
To the honorable, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.
The undersigned, members of Congress respectfully request, that the practise of sending or dealing out, ardent spirits, in the Capitol may be abolished, & that the introduction of it, into any of the rooms or other place or places in or about the capitol, may be prohibited.
| Ether Shepley | William Hendricks | |
| E Whittlesey | L.F. Linn | John Tipton |
| J. M Carty | Nath Silsbee | |
| G. N Briggs | Arnold Naudain | |
| Tho. Corwin | Thomas Morris | N.R. Knight |
| Joseph H Crane | Hu. L.White | A. Robbins |
| Th. M.T. McKennan | E K Kane | Benj Swift |
| HA Muhlenberg | Isaac Hill | |
| J B Sutherland | I. C. Bates | |
| D D. Wagener | Geo. Evans | Theo. Frelinghuysen |
| James Parker | Geo. Grennell Jr. | Saml. Prentiss. |
| J Sloane | David Potts Junr | G. Tomlinson |
| J.W. Huntington | Nathan Smith | |
| Saml. Southard | Benning M. Bean | |
| Peleg Sprague | Samuel F. Vinton | |
| Joseph M. Harper | ||
| Wm Wilkins | Humphrey Leavitt | |
| J.m. Clayton | Joel K. Mann | |
| Felix Grundy | 22. | Samuel Clark |
| John Murphy | Twenty two | |
| members of | ||
| C Johnson | the Senate. | A. Beaumont |
| James Standifer | J. Miller | |
| Chilton Allan | ||
| Wm. Hiester | Edward Everett | |
| Benja F. Deming | Tho. Chilton | |
| Wm Clark | William Slade | |
| R. Choate | William Jackson | |
| Levi Lincoln | John Reed | |
| Ph: Dickerson | ||
| John. Thomson | Wm. Allen | |
| Philn Thomas | ||
| Robt. Mitchill | F.S. Schenck | |
| Wm Patterson | E. Darlington | |
| A Hawes | I.B. Vanhouten | |
| John Laporte | Heman Allen | |
| Joseph Duncan | D Wardwell | |
| Harmar Denny | George W. Lay. | |
| C.F. Mercer | James Turner | |
| George Chambers | Jam. P. Heath | |
| John Dickson | Sherm. Page | |
| Wm W Ellsworth | Gideon Hard | |
| Nicoll Halsey | Hiland Hall | |
| S.G. Hathaway | Edwd. Howell | |
| Henry A. Wise | John Adams | |
| John W Brown | Sam W. Mardis | |
| Chs. Bodle | ||
| Edmd Deberry | H. Everett. | |
| Dutee J. Pearce | Joseph Hall | |
| C.A. Barnitz | John Chaney | |
| Leod. Jarvis | J. McKinley | |
| H C Martindale | S. Tweedy | |
| Saml A. Foot | J.M. Bell | |
| Ebenezer Young | A. Huntingtonl | |
| David Spangler | Eighty Eight 88 |
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| Chas. Slade | of the Ho. of Reps. |
Enclosed in Theodore Frelinghuysen to MVB, 27 June 1834.
Source: DLC Library of Congress
Collection: MVB Papers (DLC)
Series: Series 7 (4 March 1833-3 March 1837)
Collection: MVB Papers (DLC)
Series: Series 7 (4 March 1833-3 March 1837)