1Editorial Note: The Connecticut-Pennsylvania Territorial Dispute (Jefferson Papers)
The far-reaching dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania over their conflicting charter...
2I. Notes concerning Boundaries, [1784?] (Jefferson Papers)
Prender of possession, and assumption of boundary, by the Jus gentium of America, gives a right...
3II. Arguments by James Wilson and William Samuel Johnson before the Court of Commissioners, [14–23 December 1782] (Jefferson Papers)
We have the pleasure to meet your honors upon a very important Contest. You are now to decide a...
4III. The Petition of Zebulon Butler and Others, 11 November 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
To the Honourable The Congress of the United States of America Assembled and Setting at...
5IV. First Report on Petition of Zebulon Butler, [21 January 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
The Committee to whom were referred the resolutions of the General assembly of Connecticut and...
6V. Second Report on Petition of Zebulon Butler, [23 January 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
The Committee to whom were referred the petition of Zebulon Butler and others claiming under the...
7VI. On the Settlement of Disputes between States by Judicial Means, [after June 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
The territory of Wioming which had been in dispute between the states of Connecticut and...