JOURNAL OF WILLIAM MACLAY

UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA 1789-1791

EDITED BY EDGAR S. MACLAY, A. M.

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1890

Copyright, 1890,
By D APPLETON AND COMPANY. 


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER                                                     ... PAGE 

PREFACE                                                      ... iii

List of Persons Referred to in the Journal                    ... xi 

The Rules of Proceedings for the First United States Senate ... xiii 

FIRST SESSION OF THE FIRST CONGRESS. 

I. — On Titles and Ceremonies                                  ... 1 

II. — The First Tariff Debate                                 ... 44 

III. — The Judiciary Bill                                     ... 85 

IV. — On The Permanent Residence of Congress                 ... 134 

SECOND SESSION OF THE FIRST CONGRESS. 

V. — Speculation in Certificates                             ... 173 

VI. — The Assumption and Naturalization Bills                ... 206 

VII. — Salaries and Pensions                                 ... 254 

VIII. — The Permanent Residence                              ... 277 

IX. — The Funding Bill                                       ... 296 

X. — On The Residence of Congress                            ... 304 

THIRD SESSION OF THE FIRST CONGRESS. 

XI. — The Settlement and Assumption Bills                    ... 317 

XII. — As to Re-election                                     ... 345 

XIII. — Centralization of Power                              ... 363 

XIV. — Relations with France, and the Excise                 ... 378

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