[Diary entry: 8 March 1790]

Monday 8th. Sent to both Houses of Congress the Resolves of the Delaware State to adopt and make part of the Constitution of the United States the amendments proposed by the General Government except the first article of the said amendments the consideration of which they postponed.

A copy of Gov. Joshua Clayton’s letter to GW, 19 Feb. 1790, enclosing the resolution of the Delaware legislature, 28 Jan. 1790, is in DNA: RG 46, President’s Messages. For the amendments, see entry for 15 Feb. 1790.

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Title: [Diary entry: 8 March 1790]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 8 March 1790

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 8 March 1790],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0001-0003-0008. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 41.]