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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 --TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1785.
The same as yesterday; and from Virginia, Mr. [James] Monroe, who produced credentials, by which it appears, that on the 15 of November last, he was, by joint ballot of both
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houses of the general Assembly, elected a delegate to serve in Congress from the time of his appointment, until the first Monday in November, 1786.
Virginia, scilicet:
The General Assembly of this Commonwealth, on the fifteenth Day of this present month, by joint ballot of both Houses, elected James Monroe esquire, a Delegate to serve in Congress from the time of his appointment until the first Monday of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty six.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Commonwealth this 17th Day of November, 1785.
[SEAL] P. Henry.1
[Note 1: 1 The original is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, Virginia, Credentials of Delegates. It was entered in No. 179, Record of Credentials, and not in the Journal.]
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