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One of two surviving bills from the 1897 Thencanic mock legislature, this House Bill relates to fraudulent attempts to solicit money. It is packaged in a baby-blue docket, complete with ribbon, suggesting the Thencanic society's devotion to a "real" legislature, as well as the social connections the boys' families doubtlessly had. Transcription included.

This document contains the full text of House Bill 2, which appears in the packet of dockets from 1894. It also includes the committee report proposing amendments, as well as a description of further actions on the bill. Not every name has been definitively connected with a person. Transcription included.

The third known mock legislature in the Thencanic began in January 1897 with these regulations, which Charles Hewitt adapted from the actual rules of order in the U.S. Congress. Transcription included.

"Senator" Briggs proposed this bill, concerning gambling suppression, at the Thencanic's Mock Congress. Though undated, Briggs last appears in the existing record ca. 1893. Transcription included.

This Senate Bill represents the other house in the Thencanic's mock legislature for 1897. As with House Bill 19, it comes in a ribboned docket--this one pink. The bill, which would have provided for West Point students to attend the inauguration of President William McKinley, was rejected. Transcription included.

As part of the Thencanic Society's Mock Congress, the Committee on Public Utilities & Roads offered these amendments to a bill that presumably related to toll roads. Transcription included.

This report comes out of the Thencanic Mock Congress's Committee on Industry, chaired by Frankland Briggs. The committee offers commentary on a number of proposed bills, although the legislation is identified only by number. The document gives insight into the goings-on at the Thencanic's Mock Congress. Transcription included.

For the 1893 Mock Congress, Thencanic Society President Samuel Wood proposed this bill to establish a National College (University) in Washington, D.C. This document includes the text of the bill, the proposed members of a committee to establish the school, and the voting checklist (the bill passed, 16 votes to 7); said checklist contains the surnames of most of the Thencanic's members at this time, although not all can be conclusively identified. Transcription included.

John A. Schultz, Thencanic Secretary, kept this journal of the group's mock legislature for the first months of 1897. In addition to describing the events of and bills introduced at each session of the legislature, he lists each committee, their members, and the state each member represented. Transcription included.

The Thencanic Society's "Committee on Arrangements" put forth this report to establish a mock congress for the first half of 1894. After establishing the rules of order for the body, the committee assigned each member of the Thencanic a state to represent. Although not all of the student's names have been connected with a person, this document nevertheless provides a look into the Society's members at this time. Transcription included.