_President of the United States_.
SIR: As requested by the general assembly, I have the honor of
transmitting to you, under the seal of the State, the accompanying
resolutions.
And I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THOMAS W. DORR,
_Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations_.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS,
_General Assembly, May Session, in the City of Providence, A.D. 1842_.
_Resolved_, That the governor be requested to inform the President
of the United States that the government of this State has been duly
elected and organized under the constitution of the same, and that the
general assembly are now in session and proceeding to discharge their
duties according to the provisions of said constitution.
_Resolved_, That the governor be requested to make the same
communication to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, to be laid before the two Houses of the
Congress of the United States.
_Resolved_, That the governor be requested to make the same
communication to the governors of the several States, to be laid before
the respective legislatures.
A true copy.
Witness:
[L.S.] WM. H. SMITH,
_Secretary of State_.