[michigander]

Please forgive the size of this reply.

This appears to be the a description of Senate debate reguarding the fire that Horatio Bunce makes reference to (?... This is the only reference I could find that fits the description of the event Bunce describes) :

The House debate:

In the end $20,000 was voted for relief. But, the name David Crockett does not appear in the listing of the yeas and nays.

Upon further review, David Crockett wasn't a member of the 19th. Congress.
But, was a member of the 20th. Congress.

A list of members of the 19th Congress:

A list of members of the 20th Congress:

So, unless further evidence comes to light, the events as described in "Not Yours to Give", appears (IMHO) to be an urban legend (a very old one).

[RonDog]

Thank you, michigander!

First, thank you for sharing THIS marvelous website that you found for us:

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation - (from the Law Library of Congress)

Second, thank you for the wonderful images that you posted about the fire in Alexandria!

Here are some HTML-activated links to those images, for those who wish to explore further:

Register of Debates, Senate, 19th Congress, 2nd Session,
Pages 67 through 70, Relief of the Sufferers at Alexandria

U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1873
Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 19th Congress, 2nd Session
Bill 383

Register of Debates, House of Representatives, 19th Congress, 2nd Session,
Pages 747 through 748, Sufferers by Fire at Alexandria-Duties on Wool and Woollens

And, third...

Thank you for teaching me (and MANY other FReepers) how to use HTML!!!

(FWIW, though, I am not yet prepared to call the "Not Yours to Give" story an "urban legend!")

[RonDog]

From Expedia maps:

It appears that ALEXANDRIA (at the bottom of this map) is rather far from the Capitol building, while GEORGETOWN (at the top, on the left) is much closer. Could there have been TWO fires that Congress voted on?