Dft (DLC: PCC, No. 19, vi). This is a separate slip inserted in a much longer committee report drafted by other hands; the full report, as revised by members of the committee and in turn by Congress, is printed in JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, Washington, D.C., 1904–37, 34 vols. description ends , iv, 375–8. TJ’s substitution for the eleventh paragraph, struck out, is the third paragraph of the report as adopted.

On 14 May 1776 a letter from Washington of 11 May, one from Schuyler of 3 May, and one from Capt. Daniel Robertson (a captured British officer) of 9 May, were read in Congress and referred to a committee composed of TJ, William Livingston, and John Adams; on 16 May a letter from the Commissioners in Canada of 1 May, one from Schuyler of 10 May, and one from Washington of 15 May were read and referred to the same committee; on 18 May a letter from Washington of 17 May and three letters from the Commissioners in Canada of 6, 8, and 10 May, respectively, were read and referred to the same committee, which was then enlarged by the appointment of Robert Morris, Duane, R. H. Lee, Edward Rutledge, and R. R. Livingston (JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, Washington, D.C., 1904–37, 34 vols. description ends , iv, 352, 358–9, 362–3). On 21 May the committee reported, but only on the letters received on 16 and 18 May; Congress debated its recommendations that day and passed them, with omissions and alterations, on the next (same, p. 374, 375–8). TJ did not contribute to the later report of this committee, which was submitted and partly adopted 25 May, on the earlier letters of Washington, Schuyler, and Capt. Robertson; see JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, ed. W. C. Ford and others, Washington, 1904–1937 description ends , v, 392. He was, however, to review the whole report, for most of its recommendations were referred to the “committee of conference,” appointed 23 May and augmented 25 May, to confer with Generals Washington, Gates, and Mifflin “upon the most speedy and effectual means for supporting the American cause in Canada” (JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, Washington, D.C., 1904–37, 34 vols. description ends , iv, 383–4, 391, 394–5). For the results, see TJ’s Reports of 17 June, below.