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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 --MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1786.
Congress assembled: Present, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina; and from the State of New-Hampshire, Mr. [Pierse] Long, and from Maryland, Mr. [William] Harrison.
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The Committee [consisting of Mr. William Samuel Johnson, Mr. William Hindman, Mr. William Grayson, Mr. David Ramsay and Mr. Samuel Livermore] to whom was refer'd a Motion of the Delegates of the State of Connecticut, relative to a Cession of part of that States Claim to Western Territory beg leave to Report the following Resolution,
Resolved, That Congress in behalf of the United States, are ready to Accept all the Right, Title, Interest, Jurisdiction and Claim of the State of Connecticut, to certain Western Lands described in the form of a Deed of Cession, in the following Words to wit [here insert] tendered to Congress by the Delegates of sd. State, in pursuance of full Powers given them for that purpose, whenever the sd. Delegates shall execute the sd. Deed.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of [William Samuel] Johnson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 30, folio 525. According to indorsement it was read April 10 and "April 20 Ordered to be considered on thursday 27 April. May 11th. postponed to Monday 15th." A copy of Connecticut's deed of cession "as reported" is on folio 549.
April 10: The following committee was appointed: Mr. [James] Monroe, Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson, Mr. [Rufus] King, Mr. [John] Kean and Mr. [Charles] Pinckney, on "Letters from Comrs. for treating with the southern Indians with the treaties by them entered into with the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chiekasaws." Report was rendered May [April] 17.
"Two arrets of his Most Christian Majy. of Sept. 18 and Sept. 25, 1785" were referred to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs for translation.
"Their report of 17 July on Mr. de Marbois Note. do 8 feby. on Mr Otto's note" were referred to the Board of Treasury to report, as was also the report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on Pinckney's motion of March 1. The committees of March 2 and March 9 respectively, to which these matters had been referred, were this day discharged.
"A motion for calling in and cancelling all the certificate paper delivered to late qr. Master" was referred to the Board of Treasury to report.
Committee Book No. 190.
Also, according to indorsement, was read a letter of March 12 from Governor Richard Caswell, explaining the delay in sending the North Carolina representation to Congress. It is in No. 72, folio 237.]
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