Part 14

This being the day fixed for the meeting of the new Congress, the following members of the House of Representatives appeared and took their seats, viz:

From Massachusetts, GEORGE THATCHER, FISHER AMES, GEORGE LEONARD, and ELBRIDGE GERRY.

From Connecticut, BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, and JEREMIAH WADSWORTH.

From Pennsylvania, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, THOMAS HARTLEY, PETER MUHLENBERG, and DANIEL HEISTER.

From Virginia, ALEXANDER WHITE.

From South Carolina, THOMAS TUDOR TUCKER.

A quorum of the members not being present, the House adjourned until to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, March 5.

Several other members attended, viz: from New Hampshire, NICHOLAS GILMAN; from Massachusetts, BENJAMIN GOODHUE; from Connecticut, ROGER SHERMAN and JONATHAN STURGES; and from Pennsylvania, HENRY WYNKOOP; and no other members arriving, a quorum not being present, the House adjourned, from day to day, until the 14th instant.

SATURDAY, March 14.

The following members took their seats, to wit: JAMES MADISON, junior, JOHN PAGE, and RICHARD BLAND LEE, from Virginia.

A quorum not being yet present, the House adjourned, from day to day, until the 17th instant.

TUESDAY, March 17.

SAMUEL GRIFFIN, from Virginia, took his seat.

WEDNESDAY, March 18.

ANDREW MOORE, from Virginia, took his seat.

No other member appearing, the House adjourned, from day to day, until the 23d instant.

MONDAY, March 23.

The following members appeared, to wit:--

From New Jersey, ELIAS BOUDINOT; and from Maryland, WILLIAM SMITH.

No additional member appeared on the 24th.

WEDNESDAY, March 25.

JONATHAN PARKER, from Virginia, appeared and took his seat.

No additional member arrived until the 30th instant.

MONDAY, March 30.

GEORGE GALE, from Maryland, and THEODORICK BLAND, from Virginia, appeared and took their seats.

No additional member on the 31st instant.

WEDNESDAY, April 1.