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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 22, 1788.
Congress assembled present as yesterday and from the state of New Jersey Mr [Jonathan] Dayton.
Congress proceeded to the election of a president and the ballots being taken
The honble . Cyrus Griffin was elected.
A letter1 of the 16 from the honble . J[ohn] Armstrong was read wherein he informs Congress that he declines the office of Judge to which he was elected the 16 Oct last.2
[Note 1: 1 Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, I, p. 501, letter of John Armstrong to Charles Thomson, declining appointment as Judge of Western Territory, dated January 21, 1788. This proceeding is also entered by John Fisher in Western, Territory, Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 176, p. 23.]
[Note 2: 2 January 22, 1788. According to the Committee Book, Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 190, p. 177, the following committee was appointed:--
Mr. Samuel Allyne Otis, Mr. Abraham Clark, Mr. William Irvine, Mr. James Madison and Mr. Nathaniel Mitchell, as a committee on qualifications. Report rendered February 1, 1788.
According to indorsement the following were read:
Letter of George Washington to Charles Thomson, November 10, 1787, respecting Baron von Steuben. Papers of the Continental Congress, No 19, V, pp. 581--582, with an enclosed certificate on p. 585. See October 6 and 25, 1787, and February 1, 1788.
Letter of George Mathews, governor of Georgia, to [President of Congress], November 15, 1787, on state of Indian affairs. Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 73, pp. 365--366, with an enclosed Report of the Committee of the House on pp. 369--376. See February I and June 27, 1788.
Petition of Jacobus Demerest, John Demerest and Peter Bogart, November 21, 1787, for reimbursement for property taken. Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, II, p. 366. See February 1, 11 and July 21, 1788.
Memorial of Israel Evans, December 6, 1787, for a grant of land. Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, pp. 141--142. See February 1 and 11, 1788.
Letter of Pierre Langlois to Charles Thomson, September 28, 1787, respecting Kaskaskias. Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 48, pp. 89--91, original in French with English translation on pp. 97--98. See February 1 and 5, 1788.
Talk of Headmen of Cherokees to President of Congress, September 8, 1787, proposing Alexander Droomgoole as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 56, pp. 421--423. See February 1, 5 and 25, 1788.
Letter of John Sevier to President of Congress, November 2, 1787, respecting sentiments of inhabitants of the State of Franklin. Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XXI, pp. 481--482. See February 1 and 5, 1788.
Letter of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, President of the Convention of Pennsylvania, to President of Congress, December 15, 1787, transmitting the ratification of the Constitution with a resolution for a grant of lands to Congress. Department of State. See Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 27.
Letter of Thomas Collins to Charles Thomson, December 22, 1787, transmitting the ratification of the Constitution by Delaware. Department of State. See Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 24.
Letter of Matthew Griswold, President of the Convention of Connecticut, to President of Congress, January, 1788, transmitting the ratification of the Constitution. Department of State. See Documentary History of the Constitution, vol. 2, p. 86.]
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