OF THE

100904

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.

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

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... .60-82

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.

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

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.....

...168-214

.215-255

423

425

IV. APPENDIX B.-AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL CON-

STITUTION.....

.426-432

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

The eleventh amendment, judicial jurisdiction.....

426

426-429

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

431

432

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