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To George Washington from George Mathews, 23 January 1795

From George Mathews

State House Augusta [Ga.] 23d Jany 1795

Sir,

I do myself the honor to transmit you an Act of the state Georgia entitled “An Act to ratify the resolution of Congress explanatory of the judicial power of the United States” passed at Augusta the 29th day of November 1794.1 I am Sir With much esteem Your Ob: serv:

Geo: Mathews

Copy, DNA: RG 46, Third Congress, 1793–95, second session, entry 33.

1. A copy of the enclosed act, which ratified the Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, is with this letter. The letter and act are certified as “True copies” by State Department clerk George Taylor, Jr. (DNA: RG 46, Third Congress, 1793–95, second session, entry 33).

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    To George Washington from George Mathews, 23 January 1795
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    “To George Washington from George Mathews, 23 January 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0287. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 430.]

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