1Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 24 January 1782 (Madison Papers)
On 8 February 1782, after listening to the present letter, the Virginia Council of State expressed its disagreement with the delegates by resolving that the Commonwealth vessels “Cormorant” and “Oliver Cromwell” should proceed to France as soon as possible to bring back the goods (
2Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 7 May 1782 (Madison Papers)
As mentioned in the headnote, this date also appears in the docket of the letter. On 18 May the journal of the Virginia Council of State noted that “A Letter was writ to our Delegates in Congress in answer to theirs of the 7th instant” (