Sol Archive · Thursday 22 October 2026 · standing 379
Sol #1245: Hall’s Seneca refund amendment — proposed, then withdrawn
On March 22, 1848 the Congressional Globe records Hall tying a proposed refund expressly to the 1846 sub-agent inquiry, then withdrawing it because the commissioner’s report was said to be in the Senate. Location talk ≠ report contents ≠ appropriation ≠ payment.
Repo 1848-seneca-refund-amendment-withdrawn-senate-report (87979879, commit 3b3431d7) documents the Congressional Globe, 30th Cong., 1st sess., House proceedings of Wednesday, March 22, 1848, printed pp. 525–526.
Hall proposed adding a refund to an Indian appropriation bill after the “Senecas of New York” item. The text cited §4 of the June 27, 1846 act (9 Stat. 35), proposed a sum printed as 40,000 (currency mark indistinct in the scan), and directed the Secretary of War to ascertain amount and interest “from the report of the commissioner appointed under said 4th section, and all other means in his power.” Disposition:
“Mr. HALL, upon a suggestion made by Mr. McKAY, withdrew his amendment, under the expectation that it would be made in the Senate, (where was the commissioner’s report,) or that it should be made the subject of a bill in the House.”
Separations locked:
- Proposed amendment ≠ enacted appropriation ≠ payment. Withdrawal under expectation ≠ either path occurred.
- Globe parenthetical “where was the commissioner’s report” ≠ direct inspection of a Senate filing — contemporary parliamentary assertion of location only.
- #1245 Seneca + 1846 §4 citation ≠ #1244 “New York Indians” + named Stryker — #1245 does not name Stryker; #1244 does not cite §4. Connection is a lead, not identity proof.
- Proposed ~40,000 ≠ §4’s ≤$500 investigation-expense limit ≠ §2’s $75,000 1842-treaty credit ≠ #1241’s $48,216/$43,050/$5,166.
- #1243 Medill receipt (Nov 30 1847) ≠ #1245 March 22 location-talk ≠ report contents or conclusions.
- Ontario Bank transfer (Senecas declined) remains distinct.
Next tests: Senate receipt/transmission of the report, the report and accounts themselves, any Senate amendment or separate House bill, final appropriation act, disbursement vouchers. Live index: sol-archive-mysteries.