161Virginia Delegates to George Washington, 8 January 1782 (Madison Papers)
Your excellency will, I hope, readily believe, that I most cheerfully obey the commands of my brethren in the delegation, to transmit to you the vote of the Virginia assembly, expressing their sentiments of your conduct and exertions at York. We cannot pass by this favorable opportunity of declaring to your excellency, the thorough coincidence of our feelings with theirs. Shall we beg the...
162To George Washington from the Virginia Delegates, 12 July 1775 (Washington Papers)
Recommend “the bearer Mr George Baylor, not only on Account of the memory of his worthy Father, wth whom you was acquainted, but For his own merit . . . . His Ardor in the noble cause has drawn him to your school for instruction & emploiment as far as his services may be required.” LS , in Edmund Pendleton’s writing, CtY : Pendleton Papers. In addition to Pendleton, the letter was signed by...
163Motion of Virginia Delegates on Illicit Trade with Great Britain, [26 December] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 249–50). Docketed: “Dec. 26, 1781 Motion of Mr Jones Mr Madison to be considered 27.–29 Decr. 1781 Referred to Mr Randolph Mr Ellery Mr Law.” To render more effectual the regulation contained in the ordinance of the fourth day of this month for suppressing the importation into the U. States of goods wares and merchandizes of the growth produce or manufacture of Great...
164Virginia Delegates to La Luzerne, 24 January 1782 (Madison Papers)
FC (Virginia State Library). Probably made by a clerk. We have taken into consideration the Communication which you were pleased to make us this afternoon of that part of his Excellencys Count de Vergennies late Letter which relates to the mode of forwarding the supplies furnished by his Court to the State of Virga. Being Sensible of the difficulties under which our Country labours from the...
165Motion of Virginia Delegates on Western Lands, [26 October] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 229–30). Written by Edmund Randolph. Docketed, “Motion of Delegates of Virginia—Octr. 26h. 1781. Negatived.” Resolved that, inasmuch as it appears from the journal of the 27th. of november 1775, the 28th. of July, the 12th. of August, the 12th. of september, the 10th. and 20th. of october and the 2d. of november 1778, the 22d and 26th. of January, the 16th. and 23d...
166Motion on Negotiations with Cherokee Indians, [2 November] 1781 (Madison Papers)
Printed text ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al ., eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (34 vols.; Washington, 1904–37). , XXI, 1089). A motion was made by the delegates of Virginia, that the resolution of yesterday, respecting the appointment of commissioners, to treat with the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians, be repealed. Ordered , That Thursday next be assigned for the...
167Virginia Delegates to Bernardo de Gálvez, 4 May 1783 (Madison Papers)
Copy ( Sección Cuba 2370 , Archivo General de Indias, Seville). Addressed to “His Excellency don Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of the Havana.” This copy, including the signatures and the enclosure, appears to have been made by a clerk. For a suggested explanation of the copy’s origin, see n. 3. Oliver Pollock, a merchant of New Orleans, had rendered important service to both Congress and...
168Motion of Virginia Delegates on Western Lands, [14 November] 1781 (Madison Papers)
Printed text ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al ., eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (34 vols.; Washington, 1904–37). , XXI, 1113). A motion was made by the delegates of Virginia, That the first Tuesday of December next, be assigned for the consideration of the report of the committee, to whom were referred the cessions of New York, Virginia, Connecticut, and the...
169Virginia Delegates’ Agreement with Ebenezer Cowell, 27 April 1781 (Madison Papers)
FC (Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.). Not in Cowell’s hand nor in that of any of the Virginia delegates, but signed by all of them. Endorsed, “Articles Between the Delegates of Virginia & Ebenezer Cowell about 2000 Ramport Muskets.” A copy made for Governor Jefferson by Theodorick Bland is in the Executive Papers of the Virginia State Library. Memorandum of an Agreement entered into this 27th of...