THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, December 3, 1798.
This being the day appointed by the constitution for the annual meeting of Congress, a number of members of the House of Representatives assembled in their Chamber.
The following are the names of the members present:
From New Hampshire.—Abiel Foster, Jonathan Freeman, William Gordon, and Peleg Sprague.
From Massachusetts.—Dwight Foster, Samuel Lyman, Harrison G. Otis, Geo. Thatcher, Joseph B. Varnum, and Peleg Wadsworth.
From Rhode Island.—Thomas Tillinghast.
From Connecticut.—Samuel W. Dana, Chauncey Goodrich, and Roger Griswold.
From New York.—David Brooks, Henry Glenn, Jonathan N. Havens, and Hezekiah L. Hosmer.
From New Jersey.—Jonathan Dayton, (the Speaker.)