PRESENT:

JOHN MILLEDGE, from the State of Georgia, President _pro

tempore_.

NICHOLAS GILMAN, and NAHUM PARKER, from New Hampshire.

TIMOTHY PICKERING, from Massachusetts.

CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, from Connecticut.

ELISHA MATHEWSON, from Rhode Island.

STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, from Vermont.

JOHN SMITH, from New York.

AARON KITCHEL, from New Jersey.

ANDREW GREGG, from Pennsylvania.

JAMES A. BAYARD, from Delaware.

PHILIP REED, from Maryland.

WILLIAM B. GILES, from Virginia.

JAMES TURNER, and JESSE FRANKLIN, from North Carolina.

THOMAS SUMTER, and JOHN GAILLARD, from South Carolina.

WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD, from Georgia.

BUCKNER THRUSTON, and JOHN POPE, from Kentucky.

DANIEL SMITH, from Tennessee.

EDWARD TIFFIN, from Ohio.

JOHN LAMBERT, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of

New Jersey for six years, and SAMUEL SMITH, appointed a Senator by the

Executive of the State of Maryland, attended, and their credentials

were read.

JAMES LLOYD, junior, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the

State of Massachusetts, attended, stating that he was elected, but not

in possession of his credentials.

JOSEPH ANDERSON, from the State of Tennessee; RICHARD BRENT, from the

State of Virginia; JAMES HILLHOUSE, from the State of Connecticut;

MICHAEL LEIB, from the State of Pennsylvania; RETURN J. MEIGS, from the

State of Ohio; JONATHAN ROBINSON, from the State of Vermont; SAMUEL

WHITE, from the State of Delaware, severally attended.

The oath required by law was administered to the Senators above

mentioned, in the six years' class, respectively, except to MR. BRENT.

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES attended, and communicated the

following

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