1From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 8 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
On 23 and 25 June 1779 the House of Delegates and the Senate, respectively, of the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation “for adjusting and settling the titles of claimers to unpatented lands under the present and former government” and for opening a land office ( ...in the war. To make these two laws widely known, the Virginia General Assembly provided that printed copies of both should...
...receipt of their letter dated thirteen days earlier. This letter, now missing, was written by Joseph Jones on behalf of the Virginia delegation and forwarded by Harrison on 20 October to John Tyler for submission by him to the Virginia General Assembly (
3Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 13 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
, and n. 2. Harrison undoubtedly believed that “unrestrained intercourse” with the enemy contained elements of danger. As late as 20 October 1783 he advised the Virginia General Assembly that the British were still powerful in New York City and, with an unfavorable turn of events in Europe, might constitute a renewed military menace (Executive Letter Book, 1783–1786, p. 214,
4To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 13 September 1783 (first) (Madison Papers)
...of residence in England, Francis Corbin (1759–1821) studied at Cambridge University and the Inner Temple in London. He was a delegate from Middlesex County in the Virginia General Assembly for a decade beginning in 1784, and an influential member of the Virginia Convention of 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution. Although elected on 20 February 1792 to the Congress of the...
...than he had been earlier that a main aspect of the problem, involving the terms of the offer by his state to cede its lands north and west of the Ohio River, would be solved by Congress and the Virginia General Assembly compromising their sharp differences over the issue.
6Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 20 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
, ed. n.). With a letter on 11 December 1783 to the speaker of the House of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly, Harrison enclosed “a copy of the proceedings in Congress on the cession offered by this State which this moment came to hand in a blank cover from Mr. Mercer” (Executive Letter Book, 1783–1786, p. 243...
7From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
...1783 Congress appointed a committee of five delegates, including John Rutledge, chairman, and JM, to consider the report of a committee, submitted 3 November 1781, on the offer by the Virginia General Assembly on 2 January 1781 to cede the territory north and west of the Ohio River to the United States. The committee’s report, drafted by Rutledge, was laid before Congress on 6 June 1783 and...
8Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 26 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
...for presentation to that chamber, Harrison emphasized his lack of legal authority to employ militia to remove the squatters, even though their incursions made Indian hostilities a certainty. He urged the Virginia General Assembly to revise the militia laws so as to enable him effectively to preserve the “tranquility” and thereby “the safety of the Commonwealth” (Executive Letter Book,...
9Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 27 September 1783 (Madison Papers)
On 1 June 1782 the Virginia General Assembly appointed a committee including Attorney General Edmund Randolph and four other men “to collect all Documents” required to establish “the Right of this State” to its “Western Territory,” especially that north and west of the Ohio......not attend the Virginia General Assembly during the session convening on 20 October in Richmond. On 25 November,...
10Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 4 October 1783 (Madison Papers)
, and n. 3. The Virginia General Assembly on 19 and 20 December confirmed Congress’ “acceptance of the Cession,” and on 22 December directed Governor Harrison to transmit that “Confirmation” to “the delegates of this State,” authorizing them “to convey to the United...