Subject: Claims

This single-page document is from the 44th Congress Report 181, dated January 29, 1874. It details a claim filed by Louis Rosenbaum, a merchant from Las Cruces, New Mexico, for a lost check worth $1,424.37. The check was issued in payment for goods delivered to Camp Bowie, Arizona. The report also notes that S. Schiffer did not receive their check and recommends that both checks be replaced.

This document is an excerpt from the Congressional Record dated May 11, 1886, concerning the claim of Benjamin Weil against Mexico. The excerpt discusses an award by the Umpire of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission and subsequent developments, including the return of funds to the Mexican government and allegations of fraud and perjury. The excerpt is 5 pages long and measures 5 3/4 inches x 8 3/4 inches. Further research is needed to determine if this Benjamin Weil is the same as Benjamin M. Weil of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who died in 1901. The document includes information about Benjamin Weil's family, including his brother Charles B. Weil, who was also involved in Mexican investments, and their family's extensive business holdings and civic involvement in Milwaukee.

This archival material consists of a Congressional Record document concerning an Act of Congress for the relief of Jonas P. Levy. Dated March 31, 1855, the document details a decision regarding Levy's war claims against Mexico, which had been previously rejected. The collection also includes related Congressional appeals from 1882. Additional materials referenced, but not included in this collection, are a Senate document from May 4, 1858, detailing a Court of Claims report on the case of Jonas P. Levy vs. the United States (35th Cong., 1st Sess. SMD251).

This one-page congressional record document from April 5, 1882, details a claim filed by Isaac A. Meyer for clothing and furniture allegedly confiscated by U.S. forces in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1863. Meyer was accused of aiding deserters; however, due to the time elapsed, Congress determined there was insufficient evidence to grant the claim.

A letter dated October 8, 1872, from Jacob Neafie and John P. Levy of Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding a claim from the Navy concerning poor rivets on a ship. The letter features the company's letterhead and an illustration of a ship's engine on the reverse.

Broadside printed on both sides detailing Captain Jonas Levy's claims for losses incurred during the Mexican War (1846-1848). Levy, captain of the transport ship "American," was commended by General Scott for his gallantry and patriotism during the Battle of Vera Cruz. The broadside was likely printed around 1882.

This document consists of two parts: a report from the Committee of Claims on the petition of David Valenzin (pages [23]-28), dated December 12, 1803, and a supplementary report on the same petition (28 pages), dated February 1, 1804. The documents were published in Washington. David Valenzin, an Italian Jewish merchant from Venice, was captured by American forces during the Barbary Wars. His goods were confiscated and sold, leading to his eventual suicide before receiving restitution. William Ray, in his "Horrors of Slavery," describes the US Navy's actions as criminal abuse.

This pamphlet contains the supplementary report of the Committee of Claims regarding the petition of David Valenzin, a German merchant, whose property was seized by the American squadron in the Mediterranean. The report details the events surrounding the seizure of the Imperial polacca Paulina, Valenzin's arrest, and the subsequent legal proceedings. The document includes correspondence and documents related to Valenzin's case, in which he claimed oppressive conduct by American commandants. The report was read and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday, February 1, 1804. Additional pages detail the further history of the case, including Valenzin's petition to Congress for compensation after the court ruled in his favor, his subsequent suicide, and the posthumous return of some funds to a family member by the U.S. Consul in Egypt. Published in Washington, D.C. in 1804. Not found in Rosenbach or Singerman collections.

Congressional Record document from the 13th Congress, 1st Session, accompanying Bill H.R. 425. The report pertains to the memorial of Haym M. Salomon, legal representative of Haym Salomon, deceased, submitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Date of the report is April 26th, 1848.

Report to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, accompanying Senate Bill 310, 31st Congress, 1st Session. This document pertains to advances of money made by Haym (Solomon) Salomons during the Revolutionary War. Published August 9, 1850.

Report to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims accompanying Senate Bill 310 from the 31st Congress, 1st Session. The report concerns advances of money made by Haym Salomon's father during the Revolutionary War. Dated August 9, 1850.

Report to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, accompanying Senate Bill 310, 31st Congress, 1st Session. This document details advances of money made by Haym Salomons (Solomon) during the Revolutionary War. Published August 9, 1850.

Supplementary report of the Committee of Claims to the United States House of Representatives regarding the petition of David Valenzin. The report details the seizure of Valenzin's property by the American squadron in the Mediterranean and his subsequent legal case. Published in Washington, D.C. in 1804.