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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, JANUARY 30, 1787.
Six states attended namely Massachusetts Connecticut New York, New Jersey Pensylvania and South Carolina and from No Carolina Mr [William] Blount and from Georgia Mr [William] Few.
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Mr M[elancton] Smith and Mr E[gbert] Benson the two delegates from New York produced Credentials whereby it appears that on the 26 day of this present month the Senate and Assembly appointed the honble. John Haring Melancton Smith, Abraham Yates junr, Egbert Benson and John Lansing junr delegates to represent the State of New York in the United States in Congress assembled, for the current year.
[Credentials of New York delegates1]
[Note 1: 1 Original on parchment indorsed as read January 30, 1787, Papers of the Continental Congress, New York Credentials. Copied in Record of Credentials, Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 179, I, pp. 200--201.]
The People of the State of New York, By the Grace of God, Free and Independent: To all to whom these presents shall come, send Greeting: Whereas our Senate and Assembly have on this Twenty sixth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven Nominated and Appointed the Honorable John Haring, Melancton Smith, Abraham Yates Junior, Egbert Benson and John Lansing Junior, Esquires, Delegates to represent our said State in the United States of America in Congress Assembled for the Current Year: Now therefore Know Ye, That, in pursuance of the said Nomination and Appointment, We Have by these presents Commissioned the said John Haring, Melancton Smith, Abraham Yates Junior, Egbert Benson and John Lansing Junior to Represent our said State in the said Congress accordingly: In Testimony Whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made patent and the Great Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed.
Witness our Trusty and Well beloved George Clinton Esquire Governor of our said State General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia and Admiral of the Navy of the same, at our City of New York the said Twenty Sixth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and in the eleventh Year of our Independence.
Geo. Clinton
[SEAL PENDENT]
[Al dorso]
Passed the Secretary's Office
January 30th 1787.
Robt. Harpur D. Sec'y
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