# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/13th Congress

The Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1813 to March 4, 1815, during the fifth and sixth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.

## 1st Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of May 1813, and ended the second day of August, 1813.
James Madison, President; Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter III. | An Act for the relief of Alexander Phœnix and William Nexsen, jun. | June 19, 1813 |
| Chapter V. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Sloo. | July 5, 1813 |
| Chapter XV. | An Act for the remission of certain duties to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. | July 22, 1813 |
| Chapter XIX. | An Act for the relief of Edwin T. Satterwhite. | July 22, 1813 |
| Chapter XX. | An Act for the relief of Alexander Scott. | July 22, 1813 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Elisha J. Winter. | July 26, 1813 |
| Chapter XXXII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Denny. | July 28, 1813 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | An Act for the relief of the owners of the ships called the Good Friends, the Amazon, and the United States, and their cargoes; and also of Henry Bryce. | July 29, 1813 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act concerning Invalid Pensioners. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of the officers and crew of the late United States’ brig Vixen. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XLIII. | An Act authorizing the payment for wagons and teams, captured or destroyed by the enemy at Detroit. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Dorsey. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XLVI. | An Act for the relief of Willet Warne. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XLVII. | An Act for the relief of George Lyon. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter LII. | An Act for the relief of David Henley. | Aug. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter LX. | An Act for the relief of John James Dufour and his associates. | Aug. 2, 1813 |

## 2nd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth day of December, 1813, and ended the eighteenth day of April, 1814.
James Madison, President; E. Gerry, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; J. B. Varnum, President of the Senate, pro tem., from the 17th of December to the 28th of January; John Gaillard, President of the Senate, pro tem., on the 18th of April; Henry Clay, Speaker until the 17th of January; Langdon Cheves, Speaker from the 25th of January, 1814.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter III. | An Act for the relief of Richard Dale. | Jan. 11, 1814 |
| Chapter VI. | An Act granting Moses Hook the right of pre-emption. | Jan. 25, 1814 |
| Chapter X. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Boone. | Feb. 10, 1814 |
| Chapter XII. | An Act for the relief of William Stothart and Josiah Starkey. | Feb. 12, 1814 |
| Chapter XIII. | An Act for the relief of William Piatt. | Feb. 19, 1814 |
| Chapter XXII. | An Act for the relief of Henry Fanning. | March 9, 1814 |
| Chapter XXIII. | An Act for the relief of James Crawford. | March 9, 1814 |
| Chapter XXIV. | An Act to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company in the Town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. | March 9, 1814 |
| Chapter XXX. | An Act for the relief of Isaac Clason. | March 24, 1814 |
| Chapter XXXIII. | An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act for the relief of Thomas Wilson.” | March 28, 1814 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Mary Philip Le Duc. | March 28, 1814 |
| Chapter XXXV. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Sands, late collector of the customs for the port of New York. | March 28, 1814 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | An Act concerning Shawneetown. | March 28, 1814 |
| Chapter XL. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Ellis. | March 31, 1814 |
| Chapter XLI. | An Act for the relief of Joseph W. Page. | March 31, 1814 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of Edwin T. Satterwhite, late a purser of the Hornet. | March 31, 1814 |
| Chapter XLIII. | An Act for the relief of George Walkington. | March 31, 1814 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act for the relief of Daniel M’Cauly and Samuel Ralston. | April 6, 1814 |
| Chapter XLV. | An Act for the relief of the owners of the cargo of the brig Patriota. | April 6, 1814 |
| Chapter XLVI. | An Act for the relief of William H. Savage. | April 9, 1814 |
| Chapter XLVIII. | An Act for the relief of Seth Russell and Sons. | April 9, 1814 |
| Chapter L. | An Act for the relief of John Cahoone and others. | April 11, 1814 |
| Chapter LI. | An Act for the relief of Mary Chever. | April 12, 1814 |
| Chapter LIII. | An Act for the relief of Joseph Brevard. | April 13, 1814 |
| Chapter LIV. | An Act for the relief of David Porter and his officers and crews. | April 13, 1814 |
| Chapter LV. | An Act to incorporate a company for the purpose of supplying Georgetown with water. | April 13, 1814 |
| Chapter LXIII. | An Act for the relief of Augustus M’Kinney and Layzel Bancroft. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXIV. | An Act for the relief of John P. Williamson and Thomas Rice. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXVIII. | An Act to authorize the secretary of state to liquidate certain claims therein mentioned. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXI. | An Act concerning invalid pensioners. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXII. | An Act for the relief of George Hamilton. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Dennis Clark. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXVI. | An Act to incorporate the Directors of the Washington Library Company. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Benjamin W. Crowninshield. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for the relief of Archibald M’Call. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act for the relief of Jervis Cutler. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act for the relief of John Pitchlyn. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act for the renewal of a land warrant to George Shannon. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act for the relief of John Whitney and Joseph H. Dorr. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter XC. | An Act for the relief of John D. Hay. | April 18, 1814 |
| Chapter XCIV. | An Act granting to the president and directors of the New Orleans Navigation Company, and their successors, a lot of ground. | April 18, 1814 |

## 3rd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the nineteenth day of September, 1814, and ended the third day of March, 1815.
James Madison, President; Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Gaillard, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the first day of December; Langdon Cheves, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter V. | An Act for the relief of Richard Dale. | Nov. 21, 1814 |
| Chapter IX. | An Act for the relief of John Castille of the city of New Orleans. | Dec. 1, 1814 |
| Chapter XIX. | An Act for the relief of John C. Hurlburt, of Chatham, in the State of Connecticut. | Jan. 2, 1815 |
| Chapter XXVI. | An Act for the relief of William Robinson, and others. | Jan. 28, 1815 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Farrington Barkelow, administrator of Mary Rappleyea. | Feb. 2, 1815 |
| Chapter XXIX. | An Act for the relief of William Arnold. | Feb. 2, 1815 |
| Chapter XXX. | An Act for the relief of James Brahany. | Feb. 2, 1815 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to extend the time of Oliver Evans’s patent for his improvement on steam engines. | Feb. 7, 1815 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act concerning Weston Jenkins, and others. | Feb. 7, 1815 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of Benjamin Wells, and others. | Feb. 13, 1815 |
| Chapter XLVI. | An Act for the relief of Joseph Perkins. | Feb. 17, 1815 |
| Chapter XLVII. | An Act for the relief of Saltus, Son and Company, merchants, of the city of New York. | Feb. 22, 1815 |
| Chapter XLIX. | An Act for the relief of Isaac Smith and Bratton Caldwell. | Feb. 22, 1815 |
| Chapter L. | An Act for the relief of Henry Nimmo. | Feb. 23, 1815 |
| Chapter LII. | An Act for granting and securing to Anthony Shane, the right of the United States to a tract of land in the State of Ohio. | Feb. 24, 1815 |
| Chapter LIII. | An Act for the relief of Uriah Coolidge and James Burnham. | Feb. 24, 1815 |
| Chapter LV. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Perine. | Feb. 24, 1815 |
| Chapter LVII. | An Act for the relief of Edward Hallowell. | Feb. 27, 1815 |
| Chapter LVIII. | An Act for the relief of Jacob Shinnick, and Schoultz and Vogeler, of Christian Chapman, and the legal representatives of John Calef, deceased. | Feb. 27, 1815 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Sands. | Feb. 27, 1815 |
| Chapter LXVI. | An Act for the relief of William H. Washington. | March 1, 1815 |
| Chapter LXVII. | An Act for the relief of Solomon Frazer, and the representatives of Charles Eccleston. | March 1, 1815 |
| Chapter LXVIII. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of James Hynum. | March 1, 1815 |
| Chapter LXX. | An Act concerning the college of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. | March 1, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXI. | An Act authorizing the discharge of Edward Martin from imprisonment. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXV. | An Act for the relief of the Eastern Branch Bridge Company. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXVI. | An Act for the relief of William P. Bennet, of the State of New York. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of the Anacosta Bridge Company. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXX. | An Act concerning Invalid Pensioners. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Sprigg. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter LXXXIV. | An Act for the relief of sundry persons in the service of the United States, in consequence of the destruction of their tools by fire at the navy-yard. | March 3, 1815 |
| Chapter XCII. | An Act for the relief James Savage and others. | March 3, 1815 |