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FRIDAY APL 11. |
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FRIDAY APL 11.
This day was spent in discussing the Proclamation which
passed. Mr. Wilson proposed an abbreviation of it which was
disagreed to. The difficultys attending it were that 1st. the Agreement
of our Ministers with Fitzherbert that the Epochs with
Spain as well as France Sd be applied to the U. S. to be computed
from the ratifications which happened at different times,
the former on the 3d., the latter on the 9th., of Feby.; 2d. the circumstances
of the Epochs having passed at wch. the Cessation of
hostilities was to be enjoined. The impatience of Congs did not
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Proclamation; particularly the authoritative style of enjoining an
observance on the U. S., the Govrs &c. It was agst these absurdities
& improprieties that the solitary no of Mr. Mercer was
pointed. See the Journal.
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