1. In the journal edited by Gaillard Hunt the entries for 16 May and the editorial augmentation thereof make clear that the session was almost wholly devoted to a consideration of petitions or to other particular rather than general issues (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (34 vols.; Washington, 1904–37). description ends , XXIV, 345–47, and nn.). Unmentioned in the journal was an inconclusive debate on the funds in Robert R. Livingston’s custody. See Papers of Madison description begins William T. Hutchinson, William M. E. Rachal, et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (7 vols. to date; Chicago, 1962——). description ends , VI, 418–19, and nn. 1, 3, 4.