Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16)

by United States. Congress

Tuesday, December 24.

Respect to the Memory of General Washington.

The Speaker informed the House that, conformably to the resolution of Congress, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives had requested Major General Henry Lee, one of the Representatives from the State of Virginia, to prepare and deliver a funeral oration before both Houses, on Thursday, the twenty-sixth instant, in honor of the memory of George Washington, late General of the Armies of the United States; and that Mr. Lee had been pleased to accept of the appointment.

And, on motion, the House adjourned.