Herewith will be laid before you the following papers, vizt:

A certificate of the running and marking the boundary line between this State and Virginia.

A letter from the Honorable Joseph Gardner, Esquire, Delegate of Pennsylvania in Congress, accompanied with a report from the Board of Treasury.

A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, Secretary of Congress, dated October the seventh, inclosing two acts of Congress of September the twenty-seventh, and September the thirtieth.

A letter of October the tenth, from the Board of Treasury, inclosing the requisition of Congress for the present year, with statements of the deficiencies of several preceeding years.

A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, inclosing a resolution of Congress of October the twelfth.

A letter from the Honorable John Jay, Esquire, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, inclosing one from the Chevalier John Paul Jones.

A letter from John Nicholson, Esquire, Comptroller General, with a paper containing the heads of charges which this State hath against the United States.

A letter from the Board of Treasury of October the twenty-fifth, inclosing an act of Congress of April the twenty-seventh, 1784; and another of October the twelfth, 1785.

A letter from Charles Thomson, Esquire, of October 25th, with a state of our representation for the last month, and copies of the Journals of Congress.

Gentlemen:

These requisitions of Congress, and the subject of their several resolutions and acts, appear to us of such vast importance to the present reputation and future security of these States, that we must earnestly press your taking them into immediate consideration, and making such provision for answering their salutary purposes as to your wisdom shall appear most effectual.