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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 --SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1784.
Congress assembled: Present, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; and from the State of Pensylvania, Mr. [John] Montgomery.
The standing committee of qualification, consisting of Mr. [Roger] Sherman, Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson, Mr. [John] Beatty, Mr. [Jeremiah Townley] Chase and Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, appointed to examine the commissions or credentials of the members that are, or may be in Congress till the first Monday of November next, and to report thereon, from time to time, to Congress, report,
That the delegates from the State of Delaware, now in Congress, were appointed on the first day of February, 1783, to represent that State in Congress, the ensuing year; that under said appointment, one of the members present took his seat in Congress on the 10th day of March, and the other on the 22d day of September, 1783. Whereupon, the committee are of opinion, that the year for which the said delegates were appointed, expired on the 1 day of February last.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Roger Sherman, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 23, folio 375. A copy is on folio 379.]
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On the question to agree to this report, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [James] Tilton,
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So the question was lost.
A motion was then made by Mr. [David] Howell, seconded by Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, in the words following:
As it appears to Congress, that Mr. G[unning] Bedford was appointed on the first day of February, 1783, by the State of Delaware, to represent the same in Congress for the year then ensuing, and that he took his seat in Congress pursuant to said appointment, on the 10 day of March following: Resolved, That the year for which Mr. [Gunning] Bedford was appointed, is expired.1
[Note 1: 1 This motion, in the writing of David Howell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 23, folio 377.]
A motion was made by Mr. [James] Monroe, seconded by Mr. [William] Ellery, to strike out the words, "on the 10 day of March following." And on the question, shall those words stand the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Hugh] Williamson,
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So it passed in the negative, and the words were struck out.
On the question to agree to the motion as amended, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Hugh] Williamson,
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So it was resolved in the affirmative, as follows:
As it appears to Congress that Mr. [Gunning] Bedford was appointed on the first day of February, 1783, by the State of Delaware, to represent the same in Congress, for the year
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then ensuing, and that he took his seat in Congress, pursuant to the said appointment:
Resolved, That the year for which Mr. G[unning] Bedford was appointed, is expired.
A motion was then made by Mr. [Richard Dobbs] Spaight, seconded by Mr. [Jacob] Read,
As it appears to Congress that Mr. [James] Tilton was appointed on the first day of February, 1783, by the state of Delaware, to represent the same in Congress, for the year then ensuing, and that he took his seat in Congress pursuant to the said appointment:
Resolved, That the year for which Mr. [James] Tilton was appointed, is expired.1
[Note 1: 1 This motion, in the writing of Richard Dobbs Spaight, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 23, folio 381.]
On the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Richard Dobbs] Spaight,
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
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