To Thomas Jefferson from Timothy Pickering, 26 March 1797
From Timothy Pickering
Department of State
Philadelphia March 26. 1797.
Sir
I have the honor to inclose a copy of the President’s proclamation for convening the Congress of the United States at this city on the 15th of next May; and to be with great respect your most obt. servant
Timothy Pickering
RC (NNPM); at foot of text: “The Vice-President of the United States.” FC (Lb in DNA: RG 59, DL). Recorded in SJL as received 8 Apr. 1797. Enclosure: Proclamation by President Adams countersigned by Pickering, 25 Mch. 1797, that “whereas an extraordinary occasion exists for convening Congress, and divers weighty matters claim their consideration,” Congress will convene at Philadelphia on 15 May 1797 (vii, 49).
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