A

MANUAL

OF

PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE:

COMPOSED ORIGINALLY FOR THE USE OF

The Senate of the United States.

BY THOMAS JEFFERSON.

WITH REFERENCES TO THE PRACTICE AND RULES OF •

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THE WHOLE BROUGHT DOWN TO

THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENT TIME;

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

THE RULES AND ORDERS, TOGETHER WITH THE JOINT
RULES OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.

AND ACCOMPANIED WITH

COPIOUS INDICES.

NEW YORK:

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Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by
HOGAN & THOMPSON,

A the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.