# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/7th Congress

The Seventh 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, 1801 to March 3, 1803, during the first two years of Thomas Jefferson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority, except during the Special session of the Senate, when there was a Federalist majority in the Senate.Warning: template has been deprecated.

## 1st Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE SEVENTH 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 seventh day of December, 1801, and ended the third day of May, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Abraham Baldwin, President of the Senate pro tempore, on the 14th January, and from the 21st April, 1802; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter III. | An Act authorizing the discharge of Lawrence Erb from his confinement. | Feb. 3, 1802 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Lyon Lehman. | March 6, 1802 |
| Chapter X. | An Act for the relief of Francis Duchouquet. | March 16, 1802 |
| Chapter XIV. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to convey certain parcels of land therein mentioned. | March 30, 1802 |
| Chapter XVIII. | An Act for the relief of Isaac Zane. | April 3, 1802 |
| Chapter XXIV. | An Act for the relief of Thomas K. Jones. | April 14, 1802 |
| Chapter XXVII. | An Act for the relief of Paolo Paoly. | April 14, 1802 |
| Chapter XXIX. | An Act for the relief of Lewis Tousard. | April 21, 1802 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Theodosius Fowler. | April 29, 1802 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act to empower John James Dufour, and his associates, to purchase certain lands. | May 1, 1802 |
| Chapter L. | An Act for the relief of Fulwar Skipwith. | May 3, 1802 |

## 2nd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE SEVENTH 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, 1802, and ended on the third day of March, 1803.
Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Stephen R. Bradley, President of the Senate pro tempore on the 14th day of January, and from the 2d day of March, 1803; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter II. | An Act for the relief of Charles Hyde. | Jan. 14, 1803 |
| Chapter III. | An Act for the relief of Henry Messonnier. | Feb. 10, 1803 |
| Chapter VI. | An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth. | Feb. 19, 1803 |
| Chapter XXII. | An Act for the relief of Moses White. | March 2, 1803 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Harvey, and others. | March 3, 1803 |