| Journal of Research, Jan. 8 - Jan. 14, 2001 [30.5]
2001/01/14 0900-1200, 1400-1600 Worked on writing about the antecedents of the 1785 Compact during the morning. Spent the afternoon poring over, and downloading pages from, Ed's online stash of Votes and Proceedings of the Maryland senate and house. Was able to reconstruct a detailed timeline of events leading from the Virginia Constitution of 1776 right up to the appointment of commissioners by VA and MD in December 1777.
2001/01/13 0945-1500, 1700-1930 Began writing. Completed drafts of two sections dealing with the initial effortson the jurisdiction and navigation of the Potomac, and on the cession of Western lands.
2001/01/12 1000-1200 Met with Mary to plan our report on the Compact of 1785.
2001/01/11 0900-1600 Reviewed notes before meeting; Mary & I met with Adam Snyder; attempted to secure a copy of Shepherd's Laws of Virginia at the Peabody Library (no luck: they close at 3, and have a slow computer; we can get it Tuesday); called Ron; made plans for tomorrow's meeting.
2001/01/10 0945-1130 Looked up and transcribed records from Vol. 1 of the Calendar of Virginia papers, and skimmed over the other likely entries Mary found for Volumes 2-4 (I'll post the little I found in Vol. 1 on Mary's page).
2001/01/08 1000-1400, 1500-1800 More Washington, Vol. 2, then spent some time going over what I've collected so far, and organized it into a looseleaf notebook that contains all of the writings Mary and I have collected so far from Jefferson, Madison, Mason, and Washington. Click on the name above for a WordPerfect file containing all we've transcribed for that person so far. |
