HISTORY OF VERMONT. 219 



persons, as may be appointed by the people re- 

 siding on the New Hampshire grants, on the 

 west side of Connecticut river, or Isy their rep- 

 resentative body, respecting their claim to be an 

 independent state ; and on what terms it may 

 be proper to admit them into the federal union 

 of these states, in case the United States in Con- 

 gress assembled shall determine to recognize 

 their independence, and thereon to make report. 

 And it is hereby further recommended to the 

 people of the territory aforesaid, or their repre- 

 sentative body, to appoint an agent or agents to 

 repair immediately to Philadelphia, with full 

 powers and instructions to confer with the said 

 committee, on the matters aforesaid, and on be- 

 half of the said people, to agree upon, and ratify 

 terms and articles of union and confederatioa 

 with the United S.tates of America, in case they 

 shall be admitted into the union. And the said 

 committee are hereby instructed to give notice 

 to the agents of the states of New Hampshire 

 and New York, to be present at the conference 

 aforesaid." Agents attended on behalf of Ver^ 

 mont, and on August the 18th, had a confer- 

 ence with a committee of Congress.* 



" August 20, 1781. Resolved, That it be 

 an indispensable preliminary, to the recognition 

 of the independence of the people, inh-ibiting 

 the territory called Verrnont, and their admis- 

 sion into the federal union, that they explicitly 

 relinquish all demands of lands or jurisdiction, 

 on the east side of the west bank of Connecticut 

 river, and on the west side of a line beginning 

 at the northwest corner of the state of Massachu^ 



Appendix, No. XI, 



