Tuesday, April 21.
Mr. Hartley asked and obtained leave of absence.
Wednesday, April 22.
Peter Sylvester, from New York, appeared and took his seat.
Thursday, April 23.
John Hathorn, from New York, appeared and took his seat.
Friday, April 24.
Mr. Boudinot reported, from the committee appointed to attend with a committee from the Senate, to receive the President of the United States, at the place of his embarkation from New Jersey, that the committee did, according to order, together with a committee from the Senate, attend at Elizabethtown, in New Jersey, on the 23d instant, at which place the two committees met the President, and thence embarked for this city, where they arrived about three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and conducted him to the house appointed for his residence.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Vice President of the United States, enclosing a resolution of the Senate, appointing a committee to consider and report what style or titles it will be proper to annex to the office of President and Vice President of the United States, if any other than those given in the constitution; also to consider of the time, place, and manner in which, and the person by whom, the oath prescribed by the constitution, shall be administered to the President, and to confer thereon with such committee as this House should appoint for that purpose; whereupon,
Ordered, That a committee, to consist of five members, be appointed for the purpose expressed in the resolution of the Senate.