Notes on Debates, 12–13 May 1783
Notes on Debates
MS (LC: Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see V, 231–34.
,Monday May 12. See Journal1
1. On 12 May, besides adopting instructions to Washington about the military posts in the Old Northwest and referring to a committee, JM, chairman, the Washington-Carleton correspondence about, and Washington’s report on, the Tappan conference, Congress appears to have decided nothing of importance (JM Notes, 9 May, n. 2; , XXIV, 337–40, 340, n. 1). See also Delegates to Harrison, 20 May 1783.
Tuesday May 13. No Congress.