On the question for Delaware, the yeas and nays being

required by Mr. [Gunning] Bedford,

Mr. Read,

Beresford,

So it passed in the negative.

On the question for Maryland, the yeas and nays being

required by Mr. [Daniel] Carroll,

So it passed in the negative.

On the question for Virginia, the yeas and nays being

required by Mr. [Theodorick] Bland,

New Hampshire,

Mr. Foster,

Massachusetts,

Mr. Gerry,

Holten,

Rhode Island,

Mr. Ellery,

New York,

Mr. Duane,

Howell,

Connecticut,

Mr. S. Huntington, no

B. Huntington, no

L'Hommedieu, no

New Jersey,

Mr. Boudinot,

no

Clark,

no no

Condict,

no

no

So it passed in the negative.

The question for North Carolina, passed in the negative.

The question for South Carolina, passed in the negative. The question for Georgia, passed in the negative.

Resolved, That the fixing on a place for providing and erecting buildings for the residence of Congress, be an order of the day for the morrow.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1783

A deputation from the yearly meeting of the people called Quakers, held in Philadelphia, for Pensylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and the western parts of Maryland and Virginia, having signified to the President their desire of presenting an address to Congress:

Resolved, That the President inform them that Congress will receive their address to-morrow at 12 o'clock.

The order of the day being called for,

A motion was made by Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, seconded by Mr. Bland [David] Howell,

That buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware, near Trenton, or of Potomac, near George-Town, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town, and that the right of soil and an exclusive or such other jurisdiction as Congress may direct, shall be vested in the United States.

A motion was made by Mr. [Gunning] Bedford, seconded by Mr. [James] Wilson, to strike out the words, “near Trenton", and "near George-Town:" and on the question, shall those words stand? the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Gunning] Bedford,

So the question was lost, and the words were struck out. A motion was then made by Mr. [James] Duane, seconded by Mr. [Samuel] Holten, to add "the Hudson": and on the question to agree to this amendment, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [James] Duane,

The motion being then amended, so as to read: That buildings for the use of Congress be erected on or near the banks of the Delaware, or of the Potomac, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town; and that the right of soil, and an exclusive or such other jurisdiction as Congress may direct, shall be vested in the United States.

A motion was then made by Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, seconded by Mr. [James] McHenry, to postpone the motion before the house, in order to take into consideration the following resolve:

That Congress do, in behalf of the United States, accept the offer made by the legislature of the State of Maryland, by their act of for the residence of Congress:

And on the question for postponing, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Daniel] Carroll,