Charles Thomson to Wythe et al., 21 June 1785
Office of Secretary of Congress
June 21, 1785
Sir,
The hon.ble John Rutledge, Robert Hanson Harrison, and William Grayson having declined this appointment to sit in the federal Court for the trial of a controversy between the States of Massachusetts and New York, the Agents for the said state, have [?] by joint consent have agreed upon the hon.ble Samuel Johnson of North Carolina, the honble William Fleming of Virginia and the honlbe John Silgreaves of North Carolina in the room of thse three who have declined. It is further agreed that the court shall meet at the city of Williamsburg in the State of Virginia on the third Tuesday of November next, As soon as the acceptance of the gentlemen last appointed shall be known, a commission will be made out in due form constituting a court to hear & determine the controversy aforesaid according to the Articles of Confederation. Iwht great respect,
I have the hon to be
Sir
Your most obed. &
Most humble Servt.
The honble. Thomas Johnson
George Wythe
George Reed
James Monroe
Isaac Smith
William Patterson
