This being the day appointed by the constitution for the annual meeting of Congress, the following members of the House of Representatives appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats in the House, to wit:
From New Hampshire.—Abiel Foster, George P. Upham, and Samuel Tenney.
From Massachusetts.—William Eustis, John Bacon, Phanuel Bishop, Joseph B. Varnum, Richard Cutts, Lemuel Williams, William Shepard, Ebenezer Mattoon, Nathan Read, Josiah Smith, and Manasseh Cutler.
From Rhode Island.—Thomas Tillinghast, and Joseph Stanton, jr.
From Connecticut.—Roger Griswold, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Calvin Goddard, Benjamin Tallmadge, Elias Perkins, and John C. Smith.
From Vermont.—Israel Smith.
From New York.—Samuel L. Mitchill, Philip Van Cortlandt, Theodorus Bailey, John Smith, Benjamin Walker, Thomas Morris, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Lucas Elmendorph, David Thomas, and John P. Van Ness.
From New Jersey.—John Condit, James Mott, William Helms, Henry Southard, and Ebenezer Elmer.
From Pennsylvania.—William Jones, Michael Leib, John Smilie, William Hoge, Isaac Vanhorne, Joseph Heister, Robert Brown, Henry Woods, John A. Hanna, John Stewart, Thomas Boude, and Joseph Hemphill.
From Delaware.—James A. Bayard.