RECORDS

OF THE

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL

OF THE

STATE OF VERMONT.

VOLUME 4

AMS PRESS

NEW YORK

OF THE

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL

OF THE

STATE OF VERMONT.

VOLUME IV.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE

BY E. P. WALTON.

MONTPELIER:

STEAM PRESS OF J. & J. M. POLAND.

1876.

US 12015.5 (4)

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Vermont.

Records of the Governor and Council of the State of
Vermont.

Vol. 1 has title: Records of the Council of Safety,
and Governor, and Council of the State of Vermont, to
which are prefixed the records of the General Conventions
from July 1775 to December 1777.

Each vol. contains at end list of additions covering
itself and preceding vols. of series.

1. Vermont--History--Sources. 2. Vermont--History

--Revolution--Sources.

I. Vermont. Governor.

II. Vermont. Council of Safety, 1777-78. III.
mont. Supreme Executive Council, 1778-1836.

Ver-

IV. Vermont. Convention, 1775-77. V.
V. Walton,
Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890, ed. VI. Title.
VII. Title: Records of the Council of Safety, and
Governor, and Council of the State of Vermont.

F49.V52 1973

974.3'03

74-177562

ISBN 0-404-07600-9

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
OCT 22 1975

Reprinted from the edition of 1876, Montpelier
First AMS edition published, 1973

Manufactured in the United States of America

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Complete Set: 0-404-07600-9

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

I. PORTRAIT of Lieut. and acting Gov. PAUL BRIGHAM, frontis-
piece.

II. RECORD of the GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, (Fifteenth Coun-

cil,) Oct. 1791 to Oct. 1792..
.1-20

60-82

Record of the Sixteenth Council, Oct. 1792 to Oct. 1793... ..21-40

Record of the Seventeenth Council, Oct. 1793 to Oct. 1794...... .41-59

Record of the Eighteeth Council, Oct. 1794 to Oct. 1795..

Record of the Nineteenth Council, Oct. 1795 to Oct. 1796..
.....83-104

Record of the Twentieth Council, Oct. 1796 to Oct. 1797.. ...105-136

Record of the Twenty-First Council, Oct. 1797 to Oct. 1798...137–167

Record of the Twenty-Second Council, Oct. 1798 to 1799.
...168-214

Record of the Twenty-Third Council, Oct. 1799 to 1800. .....215-255

Record of the Twenty-Fourth Council, Oct. 1800 to Oct. 1801.256-289

Record of the Twenty-Fifth Council, Oct. 1801 to Oct. 1802..290-325

Record of the Twenty-Sixth Council, Oct. 1802 to Oct. 1803..326-367

Record of the Twenty-Seventh Council, Oct. 1803 to Oct. 1804.368-422

III. APPENDIX A.-VERMONT in 1791, as viewed by a Vir-

ginian..

NO SLAVES in Vermont in 1791...

STITUTION......

IV. APPENDIX B.—AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL Con-

.426-432

The twelve amendments proposed in 1789, [ten adopted,].

The eleventh amendment, judicial jurisdiction....

426

.426-429

431

432

Proposed amendment in 1798, on eligibility of President, &c..429-431

Twelfth amendment, on election of President and V. P.....

Proposed amendment on certain elections by districts

.....

V. APPENDIX C.-LETTERS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS OF VER-

MONT, 1791 to 1802.

.433-445

Letters of Gov. Thomas Chittenden, 441, 442; Roger Enos, 435;

Samuel Hitchcock, 442; Roswell Hopkins, 442, 444; Jon-

athan Hunt, 440; Samuel Knight, 433, 437; Joseph Marsh,

441; Israel Morey, 438; Peter Olcott, 436; Elijah Paine,

433, 436; Thomas Porter, 439; Moses Robinson, 440;

Isaac Tichenor, 441, 443, 444; David Wing, jr., 445; Enoch

Woodbridge, 439.

.446-453

VI. APPENDIX D.-INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS....

CHAMPLAIN CANAL, and NAVIGATION OF CONNECTICUT

RIVER....

The canal suggested by Vermonters in 1790, 447; Letters of

Gen. Philip Schuyler on, 449, 450; report on, 451; ena-

bling act for, 452; steamboats on Connecticut river, 453.

-See p. 438 for the first steamboat.

446