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Report on Proceedings of Executive in Northwest Territory, 29 February 1792

Report on Proceedings of Executive in Northwest Territory

The Secretary of state has had under examination the Records of Proceedings in the Executive department of the North-Western government from the 1st. of Aug. to the 31st. of December 1791. transmitted by the Secretary, and

Reports to the President of the United States

That finding nothing therein which calls for the attention or interference of the President, he has deposited them among the Records in the office of the Secretary of state.

Th: Jefferson
Feb. 29. 1792.

RC (DNA: RG 59, MLR); endorsed by Lear. PrC (DLC). FC (DNA: RG 59, SDR). Tr (DNA: RG 59, SDC). Recorded in SJPL. Lear had sent the records to TJ with a covering letter the previous day (RC in DLC; endorsed by TJ as received 28 Feb. 1792; PrC in DNA: RG 59, MLR; Tr in DNA: RG 59, SDC).

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    Report on Proceedings of Executive in Northwest Territory, 29 February 1792
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Washington, George
    Date
    29 February 1792

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    “Report on Proceedings of Executive in Northwest Territory, 29 February 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-23-02-0157. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 23, 1 January–31 May 1792, ed. Charles T. Cullen. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990, p. 167.]

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