Notes on Resolutions of Congress, [after 4 November 1783]
Notes on Resolutions of Congress
[after 4 Nov. 1783]
17[83 Jan]. | 29. | Chairman of Com. of whole by balot |
[Feb]. | 5. | Com. of whole to vote by states. |
10. | Comr. for Virga. to receive proofs instead of vouchers lost | |
14. | Motion to postpone a proposition to take up another cannot be divided | |
Mar. | 7. | Min. 4/6 sterl. = doll. doll. = £5–5s without regard to variation of exchange |
Apr. | 15. | Commandr. in chief to make arrangements with Brit. Commr. for receiving posts. |
May. | 12. | Commr. in chief occupy posts when delivered, to exchange cannon and stores or transport |
15. | tickets for Committees prepared at seat and carried to balot box by one delegate | |
16. | For. min. to charge for couriers and postage of letters. | |
26. | Commr. in chief to continue remonstr. with Carleton respecting negroes |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 11: 1906); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated; torn.
TJ compiled this list of resolutions of Congress sometime after he took his seat in that body at Princeton on 4 Nov. 1783, but the reason why he did so is not known. For the resolutions, see xxiv, 98, 109, 123, 131, 176, 242–3, 338, 344, 346, 363–4.
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