That the memorials, to the Assemblies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, were presented, but not acted upon.
That the memorial, to the Delaware Assembly, was presented late in the session, but no order taken thereon.
That the memorials, to the Legislatures of New York, Maryland, and Virginia, by reason of accidents, were not presented.
That no certain information is yet obtained, that the memorials were presented to the Legislatures of North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, although your committee have reason to believe they were presented, as they were forwarded by a careful person.
The committee, appointed to prepare an address, as proposed in the first and fourth sections of the report of the committee of arrangement, presented one, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
The committee, to whom was referred the third section of the report of the committee of arrangement, made report, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
The following resolutions were then adopted, viz.
Resolved, That addresses be prepared and presented to the Legislatures of those states, which have not passed laws for preventing the importation of slaves.
Samuel Coates presented an essay of an address on this subject, to the state of Georgia, which, with the above resolution, was referred to William Dunlap, William Rawle and Joseph Townsend.
Resolved, That a memorial be transmitted to the Legislature of South Carolina, requesting a continuance of the act for preventing the importation of slaves.