. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . rted it as ameasure during the indisposition of the President. Onthe next day the report of his Public Lands Committeewas considered, though no conclusion was reached. Onthe 17th he took part in another vigorous fight over theadmission of Vermont, with no conclusion, as he did ona similar contest on the public lands question the nextday. Another, about the payment of Connecticut troops,also occurred. May I the public lands matter again came up, and,after a spirited fight, in which Colonel Smith
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . rted it as ameasure during the indisposition of the President. Onthe next day the report of his Public Lands Committeewas considered, though no conclusion was reached. Onthe 17th he took part in another vigorous fight over theadmission of Vermont, with no conclusion, as he did ona similar contest on the public lands question the nextday. Another, about the payment of Connecticut troops,also occurred. May I the public lands matter again came up, and,after a spirited fight, in which Colonel Smith was in favorof setting a time for its consideration, at which all theStates could be represented, the yeas and nays were calledto close the contest by adjournment. The report of thiscommittee, of which he was one, was spread on theminutes, however, and is one of the most just papers everplaced before Congress. It recommended the acceptanceof the cession of New Yorks western lands; asked Vir-ginia to make a new proposal making simple relinquish-ment of lands west of a reasonable boundary; recom-. Mrs. Thomas Smith (Letitia Van Deren) Half-tone of miniature in possession of \\ . J. De Renne, Esq., Savannah CONGRESS AND ITS FINANCES 149 mended the titles of Croghans Indiana company as le-gitimate; denied the legitimacy of both the Illinois andWabash companies, and recommended that Congress havefuture control of all relations to Indian lands, to settle-ment and to the creation of new States. On the 6th itwas voted to postpone consideration of the question,plainly indicating that Congress considered this, as itreally was, one of the most important questions before it. Several motions came up in which he took part in thenext few days, in some of which he opposed efforts to pro-mote certain officers, but as the significance of the actionis not known, it needs no further notice. On the 13th theFrench Minister was received. Colonel Smith, on June 3, moved and secured the re-considerati
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