MS (DNA: PCC, No. 36, ii); entirely in TJ’s hand; below the text in Charles Thomson’s hand: “Mr Jefferson Mr Spaight. Yeas & Nays” on verso, also in Thomson’s hand, is a record of the vote of 24 members.

This motion was made by TJ and seconded by Richard Dobbs Spaight on 3 May, the latter requesting a roll call. All members voted in the affirmative except John F. Mercer of Virginia and David Howell of Rhode Island. Both the motion and the record of the vote are printed in JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, ed. W. C. Ford and others, Washington, 1904–1937 description ends , xxvi, 33 1–2.