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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1781
The committee on the Post Office. to whom was referred an extract of the letter from the director general, delivered in a report.
The report of the committee on the memorial from the minister of France was taken into consideration, and after debate,2
[Note 2: 2 From this point the proceedings for June 7 were entered only in the manuscript Secret Journal, Foreign Affairs, and in the More Secret Journal.]
The committee to whom was re-committed their report, together with the motion of Mr. [John] Witherspoon, reported, that they have considered the subject referred to them, and submit to the consideration of Congress the motion of Mr. [John] Witherspoon, together with the following additional and secret instructions with respect to the boundaries of the United States:
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but considering the territory as of right belonging to the Indian nations northern and western limits; but leaving them to future discussion.
[Note 1: 1 These instructions, in the writing of John Witherspoon, are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 25, I, folio 438.]
The secret instructions were taken into consideration; and on the question to agree to the first, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. M[eriwether] Smith--
Resolved in the affirmative, every member answering Ay.
On the question to agree to the second, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. M[eriwether] Smith--
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
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On the question to agree to the third, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Meriwether] Smith--
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So the question was lost.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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