Table of contents for First Federal Congress


Introduction to the Edition

The First Federal Congress (FFC)
Establishing the Executive Departments
Purpose of This Mini-Edition
About The First Federal Congress Project (FFCP)
Sources and Editorial Method
Invitation to Evaluate
Acknowledgements
Search
Foreign Affairs Act [HR-8] [Legislative History]
Foreign Affairs Act [HR-8]
Calendar
Madison Resolution, 19 May 1789
House Resolution, 21 May 1789
Foreign Affairs Bill, 2 June 1789
Foreign Affairs Bill, 24 June 1789
Treasury Act [HR-9] [Legislative History]
Treasury Act [HR-9], September 2, 1789
Calendar
Treasury Bill, 4 June 1789
Treasury Bill, 2 July 1789
War Department Act [HR-7] [Legislative History]
War Department Act [HR-7]
Calendar
War Department Bill, 27 June 1789
Executive Departments [House Debates] Tuesday, 19 May 1789
The Congressional Register, 19 May 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 20 May 1789
The New-York Daily Gazette, 20 May 1789
Gazette of the United States, 20 May 1789
Gazette of the United States, 23 May 1789
Wednesday, 20 May 1789
The Congressional Register, 20 May 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 21 May 1789
The New-York Daily Gazette, 21 May 1789
Gazette of the United States, 23 May 1789
Wednesday, 22 July 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 23 July 1789
Thursday, 23 July 1789
The Congressional Register, 23 July 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 24 July 1789
Gazette of the United States, 25 July 1789
Tuesday, 25 August 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 26 August 1789
Gazette of the United States, 29 August 1789
Foreign Affairs [House Debates]
Tuesday, 16 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 16 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 17 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 18 June 1789
Gazette of the United States, 20 June 1789
Wednesday, 17 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 17 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 19 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 20 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 22 June 1789
Thursday, 18 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 18 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 22 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 23 June 1789
Friday, 19 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 19 June 1789
Gazette of the United States, 20 June 1789
Gazette of the United States, 1 July 1789
Monday, 22 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 22 June 1789
Gazette of the United States, 24 June 1789
Tuesday, 23 June 1789
Gazette of the United States, 24 June 1789
Wednesday, 24 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 24 June 1789
Treasury Bill [House Debates]
Thursday, 25 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 25 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 26 June 1789
The Daily Advertiser, 27 June 1789
Gazette of the United States, 1 July 1789
Monday, 29 June 1789
The Congressional Register, 29 June 1789
Saturday, 22 August 1789
The Congressional Register, 22 August 1789
Monday, 24 August 1789
Gazette of the United States, 24 August 1789
Maclay Diary [Senate Debates]
William Maclay's Diary, 9 July 1789
William Maclay's Diary, 14 July 1789
William Maclay's Diary, 15 July 1789
William Maclay's Diary, 16 July 1789
William Maclay's Diary, 17 July 1789
William Maclay's Diary, 26 August 1789
Notes of Senators [Senate Debates]
The Notes of William Samuel Johnson, 14 July 1789
The Notes of William Paterson, 14 July 1789
The Notes of William Paterson, 15-16 July 1789
The Notes of John Adams, 15 July 1789
The Notes of John Adams, 15 or 16 July 1789
The Notes of John Adams, 16 July 1789
The Notes of Paine Wingate, 16 July 1789
Executive Departments [Correspondence]
Charles Thomson to John Vining, 20 May 1789
John Vining to Charles Thomson, 20 May 1789
James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1789
Fisher Ames to George R. Minot, 31 May 1789
James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 31 May 1789
Abraham Baldwin to Joel Barlow, 14 June 1789
Thomas Fitzsimons to Benjamin Rush, 15 June 1789
William Smith to Otho H. Williams, 17 June 1789
George Clymer to Benjamin Rush, 18 June 1789
Frederick A. Muhlenberg to Richard Peters, 18 June 1789
Thomas Hartley to Jasper Yeates, 19 June 1789
Benjamin Huntington to Mrs. [Anne] Huntington, 20 June 1789
Tristram Dalton to [Michael?] Hodge, 21 June 1789
James Madison to Samuel Johnston, 21 June 1789
James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 21 June 1789
Fisher Ames to George R. Minot, 23 June 1789
Peter Muhlenberg to Benjamin Rush, 25 June 1789
Michael J. Stone to Walter Stone, 3 July 1789
Richard Peters to James Madison, 5 July 1789
William L. Smith to Edward Rutledge, 5 July 1789
Paine Wingate to Jeremy Belknap, 6 July 1789
Fisher Ames to William Tudor, 12 July 1789
William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, 13 July 1789
Benjamin Goodhue to Cotton Tufts, 20 July 1789
Henry Van Schaack to Theodore Sedgwick, 26 July 1789
Elbridge Gerry to Samuel Adams, 7 August 1789
William Smith (S.C.) to Edward Rutledge, 9 August 1789
Biographies [a sampling from volume 14 of Documentary History of the First Federal Congress]
Fisher Ames
Egbert Benson
Oliver Ellsworth
James Jackson
John Laurance
William Maclay
William Paterson
William Smith
John Vining
List of Members of the First Federal Congress
Members of the House of Representatives
Members of the Senate
Images
Portrait of Egbert Benson
Portrait of Oliver Ellsworth
Foreign Affairs Bill [HR-8]
Portrait of John Laurance
Letter from Rep. William L. Smith (S.C.) to Edward Rutledge
Portrait of William Maclay
House Debate, June 25, 1789 (New York Daily Advertiser)
Portrait of William Paterson
Portrait of William L. Smith (S.C.)
Treasury Act [HR-9], page 1