Thomas Jefferson Papers

Report on the Proceedings of the Northwest Territory, 2 March 1793

Report on the Proceedings of the Northwest Territory

The Secretary of State has examined the Journal of the Proceedings in the Executive department of government Northwest of the Ohio from July 1. 1792. to Dec. 31. 1792. referred to him by the President of the United States, and thereupon

 Reports

  That there is nothing contained in the said Journal which calls for any thing to be done on the part of the President of the United States.

Th: Jefferson
Mar. 2. 1793.

RC (DNA: RG 59, MLR); clipped signature and date supplied from PrC; endorsed by Tobias Lear. PrC (DLC); partially overwritten in a later hand. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 59, SDR). Tr (Lb in same, SDC). Recorded in SJPL.

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    Title
    Report on the Proceedings of the Northwest Territory, 2 March 1793
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    2 March 1793

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    “Report on the Proceedings of the Northwest Territory, 2 March 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-25-02-0277. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 25, 1 January–10 May 1793, ed. John Catanzariti. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992, p. 312.]

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