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Continental Congress Motion that Congress Return to Philadelphia, 2 July 1783

Continental Congress
Motion that Congress Return to Philadelphia

[Princeton, New Jersey] July 2, 1783. On this date, John Francis Mercer moved that Congress adjourn and return to Philadelphia. This motion was written and seconded by Hamilton.

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    “Continental Congress Motion that Congress Return to Philadelphia, 2 July 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0264. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 3, 1782–1786, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 411.]