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In 1851, the American Congress passed a bill that established a Board of Land Commissioners whose duty was to determine the validity of all grants of Alta California land by Spanish and Mexican authorities.
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1851 and American
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1851 and Congress
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In the U. S., the use of postage stamps caught on quickly and became more widespread when on March 3, 1851, the last day of its legislative session, Congress passed the Act of March 3, 1851 ( An Act to reduce and modify the Rates of Postage in the United States ).
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More successful than most, it sent two Senators and fourteen Representatives to the thirty-first Congress, which convened from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851.
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* David Plant ( 1783 – 1851 ), member of the United States House of Representatives for the 20th Congress, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut 1823 – 1827.
The U. S. Congress approved having Kossuth come to America and on September 1, 1851, he boarded the USS Mississippi at Smyrna ( Izmir ), Turkey with his family and fifty exiled followers.
In 1849, Seddon was reelected to Congress, serving from December 1849 until March 1851.
His assignment became significant when President Millard Fillmore in his Message to Congress of December 13, 1851, recommended Congressional action on two issues.
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In 1851, when the US Congress refused to support the American section at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Peabody advanced £ 3000 to improve the exhibit and uphold the reputation of the United States.
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King served in the state assembly ( at times from 1819 through 1840 ) and senate ( 1823 ), and was also the New York representative ( 1849 – 1851 ) to Congress.
He also reconstructed the interior of the west center building for the Library of Congress after the fire of 1851.
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