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Proceedings in the House of Representatives on the Eleventh Amendment, 1794

January–March 1794. The House of Representatives' proceedings on the Senate's resolution proposing the Eleventh Amendment, as printed in the Annals of Congress: its first and second readings of January 15 and 16, the item headed “Amendment to the Constitution” with the vote of March 4, 1794, and its agreement of March 12 that the amendment be sent to the States.

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    January 15, 1794

    2 paragraphs1 min
  2. 2

    January 16, 1794

    1 paragraphs1 min
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    March 4, 1794

    10 paragraphs3 min
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    March 12, 1794

    2 paragraphs1 min

Text of Joseph Gales, Sr., comp., The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (Annals of Congress), vol. 4 (Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1849), read from OCR; the debates are given as reported, not always word for word.How this text was made

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