1From James Madison to John Langdon, 1 May 1796 (Madison Papers)
The question, the result of which you wished me to drop you, though hovering towards a close for some time past, was not actually decided till yesterday. The day before, the Committee of the Whole divided on it, on the form of a simple resolution for carrying the Treaty into effect. The votes were equal—49 & 49. The Chairman, Mr. Muhlenberg, said he did not like the proposition, at least...