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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 March 20


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Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
Tuesday March 20

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Mr. Jay's Report on Treaty of peace taken up.

Mr. Yates objected to the 1st. Resoln. which declares the Treaty to be a law of the land. He said the States or at least his State did not admit it to be such till cloathed with legal sanction. At his request he was furnished with a copy of the Resolution for the purpose of consulting such as he might chuse.

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