1Report on Books for Congress, [23 January] 1783 (Madison Papers)
: Continental Congress Miscellany). Nine undated pages in JM’s hand, with the exception of one entry. Docketed by Charles Thomson: “Report of Comee. List of Books to be imported for the use of Congress Read Jany 24. 1783. Question taken to empower Superint: finance & Secy to import them. Passed in the Negative. Comee. Mr. Madison Mr. Williamson Mr. Mifflin.” The last ten unnumbered folios of
2Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 29 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
(Virginia State Library). In the hand of Thomas Meriwether. Addressed to “Virginia Delegates in Congress.”Your favor of the 18th. of March came safe to hand, by which I find our Prospects of Peace are greatly lessen’d since the perusal of Mr. Lawrence’s Letter it is however some consolation to me to know that the reports spread abroad by the Enemies of the French Alliance are on this as they...to