1Notes on Speech regarding Vermont Lands, 6 October 1780 (Madison Papers)
MS (New-York Historical Society). In James Duane’s hand. Mr. Maddison . Expressed his surprize that the Motion shoud be represented as unfair or indirect. That he intended it to bring the true Question before Congress; for that if the District in Question was comprehended within the Jurisdiction of one or more of the United States, it must necessarily follow, that the Inhabitants coud have no...