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From James Madison to Congress, 27 December 1811 (Abstract)

§ To Congress

27 December 1811, Washington. “I lay before Congress copies of Resolutions entered into by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, which have been transmitted to me with, that view, by the Governor of that State,1 in pursuance of one of the said Resolutions.”

RC, two copies (DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages, 12A-D1; and DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 12A-E2). Each RC 1 p.; in the hand of Edward Coles, signed by JM. For enclosure, see Resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 20 Dec. 1811.

1No letter from Gov. Simon Snyder to JM enclosing the resolutions has been found.

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