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Congress discuss the matter....

his punishment demanded by Congress..

LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R.

opposes the Declaration of Independence........

on committee to draught it. ....

his wish to resign as Secretary of Foreign Affairs..

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disapproves the secret article about Florida.......

report on Carleton's refusal to suspend hostilities..

prepares a proclamation on the cessation of hostilities..
inadequacy of his salary....................

...152

...162

.185, 191, 471

.193, 194

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.212, 457, 485

prepares a project, for a commercial treaty with the British........531
resigns...

LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM

.213, 234, 493

.387

.427, 522

.437, 438

.212, 452, 457

..542,546

.792

reports provisions relative to the public debt and militia..........1378
reports provisions relative to slaves, navigation, and capitation

taxes...

...1415

thinks the public creditors should be put in the same state under
the Constitution as under the Confederation......

..1425

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attends the Federal Convention......

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amount of, in 1783..

no new ones countenanced.....

Mr. Jefferson proposes to exchange French for Dutch....

to be made by Congress under the Constitution....

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.....313

.413, 433, 519

.433

...651

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..778, 949, 953

....886

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.1003, 1308

..220

.92, 121

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..245

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proposes the Executive term to be during good behavior.......
desires some specific provision relative to the exercise of Execu-
tive powers by the President....

M'DOUGAL, GENERAL

a deputy from the army to Congress......

M'HENRY, JAMES

views on terms of cession of public lands by Virginia...

1225

.1160

.249, 256, 495

in favor of Annapolis as seat of Congress....

.....463
..577

attends the Federal Convention.......

......723

remarks on the subterfuges adopted to avoid the provision in re-

gard to money-bills...

...1315

proposes to raise taxes by requisitions...

...1382

desires a prohibition in regard to attainders and ex post facto laws. 1399
desires a regulation in regard to trade between the States...1431, 1478
views as to the mode of ratifying the Constitution.........
desires a provision for the President to convene the Senate sepa-

..1472

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opposes a separate provision by Pennsylvania for the public credi-
tors there......

..199

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writes to H. Niles relative to Mississippi...

his correspondence commences....

writes to Mr. Jefferson on the state of public affairs......

writes to Mr. Pendleton....

writes to Mr. Jones.....

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.43, 45, 47,

84, 86, 102, 106

.50, 58, 77, 92 to 101, 104, 109, 116

.......51, 53, 55, 60, 61, 64, 68, 69, 73

mortified at the course of Congress relative to the public lands......53

advises the States ceding them, to annex conditions....

urges Virginia to ratify the Confederation.....

....5

54, 63

MADISON, JAMES-Continued.

proposes to raise supplies by impressment.....

.57

proposes that the States shall discontinue emissions of paper money.61

differs from his colleague.......................

..66

asks Mr. Jones to represent the subject to the Legislature...
applies formally for instructions...

..67

..74

1781

suggests compulsory acts of Congress to obtain the quotas of
the States...

..87

writes to Mr. Randolph on public affairs..90, 111, 118, 121 to 183, 469 to

502, 506

urges Congress to act on the cession of Virginia.....
explains his reasons for investing Congress with power to raise
and collect revenue......

..91

..94

urges Virginia to pay some compliment to Lafayette..
cession of public lands by Virginia....

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.101

.102, 106, 108

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urges a thorough examination of her title to her public lands.......119

his remarks on the admission of Vermont, and the cession of pub-
lic lands.....

..122, 439, 464

opposes the scheme of Virginia to issue paper money... ......129
reports the resolution of Congress on the Virginia land claim. 130
vindicates Robert Morris....

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objects to the proceedings of the Virginia Legislature relative to

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is in great want of remittances of money..163, 165, 172, 176, 178, 180
urges concession and compromise as respects the public lands of

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urges more formality and certainty in the directions of Congress
to the Executive Departments......

.197

opposes a reduction of the salaries of ministers plenipotentiary....200
advocates the establishment of newspapers in Virginia......
advocates an exchange of Cornwallis for Colonel H. Laurens......202
proposes a plan for adjusting the allowances to the States that

...499

redeem paper money beyond their quotas.

resolution of, relative to Paul Jones....

...208, 484
..216

MADISON, JAMES-Continued.

his views on the right of Congress to use coercive measures
towards Vermont............. . . .

his views on fixing a rate of depreciation of paper money..
his views on reciprocity in the treaty between British and Ame-
ricans in each country................

..220

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.227

.243

...244

endeavors to obtain stipulations for a reciprocal trade with Britain
and the West Indies.....

1783

opposes an alteration by Congress in regard to the Convention
about Consuls with France.....

......247

views on a valuation of lands as the basis of taxation....250, 262, 316,

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appointed to confer with the Superintendent of Finance on a plan
for settling the arrears of the army..

..259

intimates that Congress should not solicit Mr. Morris to continue
in office.......

...275

urges the establishment of general revenue system...289, 292, 303, 500
suggests the establishment by Congress of an impost on trade,
and qualified poll and land tax.....

...300

urges the question of a valuation of land being considered with

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..352

explains the powers of Congress under the Confederation.....
his plan for abating the proportions of certain States funding their
expenses, and establishing a system of public lands....362, 365, 418,
419, 421, 523, 539, 543

remarks on the conduct of the American Commissioners at Paris..398,

407, 518

remarks on the proportion of freemen to slaves in fixing the con-
tributions of States.......
desires information in regard to the Department of Finance...427, 461
disapproves of a proposed Convention of the Eastern States.
on the committee to organize a peace establishment......
endeavors to reduce the apportionment of Georgia....
opposes a premature system in regard to the public lands.......
recommends circumspection in regard to commercial treaties..... .439
opposes a hasty ratification of provisional articles....

.424

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.432

..433

.435

442

proposes a commission to adjust the debts of the States..

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MADISON, JAMES-Continued.

urges the assent of Virginia to a system of general revenue........533
effect of commercial treaties on the rights and interests of States.534, 542
opposes the issue of land warrants by Virginia..
views as to a permanent seat of Congress....

1784

.570

.576

becomes a member of the House of Delegates of Virginia.........693
1786

appointed a delegate to the Convention at Annapolis.........695, 697
draws act of Virginia appointing delegates to the Federal Con-
vention....

1787

..706

remarks on the insurrection in Massachusetts, and on raising

troops by Congress.....

.....584

remarks in Congress on the plan of the Federal Convention........588
remarks on the operation of treaties on the States......
communicates to Mr. Randolph his view of a new Federal Con-
stitution.....

.596

.....631, 714

urges Mr. Randolph's attendance....

.......636

sentiments on the effect of the American Revolution in Europe....679
remarks on ancient Confederacies....

..685

remarks on the colonies before the Revolution....

.....686

his wish to remedy the evils of the Confederation..
prepares to take reports of debates in the Federal Convention.......716
attends the Federal Convention.......

thinks the powers of the National Government should not be too

...693

722

much limited....

......804, 979

wishes to protect the minority from oppression by the majority.....805
his general views of a National as compared with a Federal Go-
vernment......

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effect of a breach of compact by a member of the Confederacy.894, 1184
remarks on the violations of the articles of Confederation by the

States.....

....895

his views of the defects of the Confederation....

.896

remarks on the effect of a mere Confederacy on the small States....900
remarks on the scheme for equalizing the States......
remarks on the danger of encroachments by the States and Na-

.....903

tional Government on each other.....

..............923, 979, 991

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......962, 978

his general views as to the ends to be sought in forming a Con-

stitution....
fears more from the power of the States than of the General Go-

vernment.......

........991

opposes a committee to prepare plan of compromise between the
large and small States, relative to representation.........1023, 1026
his course towards the small States complained of.
objects to distinctions between the new and old States...... ..1073, 1457

.1032

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