vention in the hands of the President, on which New Hampshire,
aye, Massachusetts, aye, Connecticut, aye, New Jersey, aye,
Pennsylvania, aye, Delaware, aye, Maryland, no, Virginia, aye, North
Carolina, aye, South Carolina, aye, and Georgia, aye. This negative
of Maryland was occasioned by the language of the instructions to the
Deputies of that State, which required them to report to the State the
proceedings of the Convention.

'The President having asked what the Convention meant should be done
with the journals, &c. whether copies were to be allowed to the members,
if applied for, it was resolved _nem. con_., "that he retain the
journals and other papers subject to the order of the Congress, if ever
formed under the constitution."

'The members then proceeded to sign the instrument,' &c.

'In Senate, February 1, 1791.

'The committee, to whom was referred that part of the speech of the
President of the United States, at the opening of the session, which
relates to the commerce of the Mediterranean, and also the letter from
the Secretary of State, dated the 20th of January, 1791, with the papers
accompanying the same, reported; whereupon,

'Resolved, That the Senate do advise and consent, that the President of
the United States take such measures as he may think necessary for the
redemption of the citizens of the United States, now in captivity at
Algiers, provided the expense shall not exceed forty thousand dollars,
and also, that measures be taken to confirm the treaty now existing
between the United States and the Emperor of Morocco.'

The above is a copy of a resolve of the Senate, referred to me by the
President, to propose an answer to, and I find immediately following
this, among my papers, a press copy, from an original written fairly in
my own hand, ready for the President's signature, and to be given in to
the Senate, of the following answer.

'Gentlemen of the Senate,

'I will proceed to take measures for the ransom of our citizens in
captivity at Algiers, in conformity with your resolution of advice of
the 1st instant, so soon as the monies necessary shall be appropriated
by the legislature, and shall be in readiness.

'The recognition of our treaty with the new Emperor of Morocco requires
also previous appropriation and provision. The importance of this last
to the liberty and property of our citizens, induces me to urge it on
your earliest attention.'

Though I have no memorandum of the deliv