Tuesday, January 5.
Mr. Boudinot took his seat.—No quorum.
Wednesday, January 6.
Mr. Schureman, Mr. Page, and Mr. Lee took their seats.—No quorum.
Thursday, January 7.
Jonathan Sturgis and Jeremiah Wadsworth, from Connecticut; Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, from New York; Daniel Carroll, from Maryland; and George Mathews, from Georgia, appearing and taking their seats, a quorum of the whole House was present; of which the Senate were informed.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the President of the United States, of the 4th instant, requesting that when there shall be a sufficient number of the two Houses of Congress assembled to proceed to business, he may be informed of it; and, also, at what time and place it will be convenient for Congress that he should meet them, in order to make some oral communications at the commencement of their session; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
A message from the Senate informed the House, that they had appointed a committee on their part, jointly with such committee as shall be appointed on the part of the House, to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses had assembled, and will be ready, in the Senate Chamber, at such time as he shall appoint, to receive any communications which he shall think proper to make.
Messrs. Gilman, Ames, and Seney, were then appointed a committee on the part of the House for the purpose expressed in the message from the Senate.
It was then ordered, That a committee be appointed to examine the Journal of the last session, and to report therefrom all such matters of business as were then depending and undetermined, and a committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Boudinot, Sherman, and White.