Volumes | Volume 9: The Diary of William Maclay and Other Notes on Senate Debates | Documents | Part II: Other Notes on Senate Debates | The Notes of Pierce Butler
Debate on the Impost Bill [HR-2] Shall the report of the committee appointed on 8 June be adopted?, 9 June 1789Debate during the third reading of the bill, 10 June 1789Debate on the Judiciary Act [S-1] Motion by Lee to limit lower federal courts to admiralty jurisdiction, 22 June 1789[23 June 1789]Section 1: Structure of the Supreme CourtShall the bill pass?, [17 July 1789]Debate on the Method of Senate Consent to Treaties, [22 August 1789]Debate on the Treaty of Fort Harmar with the Six Nations, [22 September 1789]Debate on the Seat of Government Bill [HR-25] Shall section 1 and part of section 2 be postponed?, [23 September 1789]Debate on the Rhode Island Trade Bill [S-11], [11, 14, 18 May 1790]Debate on the Residence Act S-12 Comments when introducing the bill, [7 June 1790]Debate on the Funding Act [HR-63] Shall the report of the committee appointed on 11 June be adopted?, [18? June 1790]Shall the report of the committee appointed on 15 July be adopted?, [19? July 1790]Debate on the Report on the National Bank and the Bank Act [S–15], [23 December 1790][23 December 1790, 10–20 January 1791][23 December 1790, 10–20 January 1791]Debate on the Resolution for Open Sessions of the Senate, [24 or 25 February 1791]Debate on the Sinking Fund Act [HR-136], [2 or 3 March 1791]