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NEGLECT by executive, ground of impeachment, 149, 190, 340, 369, 376.

NEGOTIATIONS, with the British for peace, at Paris, 65. With the British, relative to a commercial treaty, 88. With Spain, 97, 100, 102, 107. With Sweden, 12. Conduct of France during those for peace, 16, 65, 68, 73, 74. Propriety of disclosing their situation, 42. With Gardoqui, 97, 100, 102.

NEGROES. See. Proposal to exclude them, in fixing quota of taxation, 48, 79. To be reported, by states, to Congress, 46. Their proportion to whites, in fixing the proportion of contribution, 79, 81, 82. British required to deliver those taken, 88, 90.

NEUTRALITY, 91.

NEWBURG LETTERS, 32.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, her delegates in Congress, November, 1782, 1. Redeems paper money beyond her quota, 7. Opposes a commutation of half pay, 44. Interested in a general revenue, 59. Refuses to join the proposed convention of the Eastern States, 81. Number of inhabitants, and proportion of contribution in 1783, 82. Votes for Mr. Boudinot as president, 1. Appoints delegates to the convention at Annapolis, 115. Delegates to the Federal Convention, 261, 351. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 559. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Proposal to change its proportion of representation, 290, 306. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339. Proceedings of its legislature on the Federal Constitution, 567. Opinions there on the Federal Constitution, 570, 573.

NEW JERSEY, her delegates in Congress, November, 1782, 1. Objects to military measures against Vermont, 9. Opposes a commutation of half pay, 44. Instructions relative to the valuation of land, 46. Interested in a general revenue and system of public lands, 59. Number of inhabitants and proportion of contribution in 1784, 62. Instructions relative to cessions of public land, 91, 92. Desires to confine Virginia within the Alleghany, 93. Averse to Cyrus Griffin as president of Congress, 572. Her situation during the Confederation in regard to foreign commerce, 112. Sends delegates to the convention at Annapolis, 115. Sends delegates to the Federal Convention, 123, 220. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Will resist a representation in which the states are not equal, 177. Opposes a departure from the principles of the Confederation, 191. Her resistance to the requisitions of Congress, 207. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339. Opinions on the Federal Constitution, 567, 568, 570.

NEW ORLEANS, 97.

NEW STATES. See. Rule of voting in the Confederation when new states are received, 92. One in Western Pennsylvania proposed, 10, 32. One in Western North Carolina proposed, 92. Maine looks for admission, 572. Provision to be made in the Constitution for their admission, 128, 157, 190, 211, 376, 381. May be admitted by Congress, 132, 157, 192, 381, 492, 493, 550, 564. Proposed to restrain them as to right of representation, 279, 288, 297, 298, 299, 310. Conditions on their admission, 381, 492.

NEW YORK CITY promised as seat of Congress, 102, 409, 574.

NEW YORK STATE, her delegates in Congress, November, 1782, 1. Charged with interfering with Vermont, 4. Interested in a general revenue, 59. Number of inhabitants and proportion of contribution in 1783, 82. Votes for Mr. Nash as president, 1. Sends delegates to the convention at Annapolis, 115. Proposes a general convention to revise the Confederation, 75, 117. Delegates to the Federal Convention, 96, 106, 123, 144. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Opposes a departure from the principles of the Confederation, 191. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339.

NOBILITY, no title of, to be conferred by Congress, 130, 379. No title to be conferred by the states, 131, 381, 561. Cannot exist in the United States, 148, 235, 237, 379.

NOMINATION, of senators, by the state legislatures, 128, 137, 138. Of judges by the Senate, subject to the assent of the President, 350.

NORTH CAROLINA, her delegates in Congress, November, 1782, 1. Advocates valuation of land being made by the states, 47. Interested in a general revenue, 60. Number of inhabitants, and proportion of contribution, in 1781, 82. New state in, proposed, 92. Communicates to Congress discontents in the west in regard to Spain, 101. Opinions there on Federal Constitution, 571. Her situation during the Confederation in regard to foreign commerce, 112. Appoints delegates to the convention at Annapolis, 115. Sends delegates to the Federal Convention, 123. Proportion of representation in the House of Representatives before a census, 129, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 559. Proportion of representation in the Senate before a census, 129. Proposal to increase the proportion of representation, 292. Proportion of electors of President, 338, 339.

NUMBER, of inhabitants to form rule of representation in the legislature, 127, 129, 130, 149, 278, 290, 294, 316, 375, 377, 392. Of people to be ascertained by census, 129, 130, 279, 288, 294, 301, 302, 307, 316, 375, 377, 379, 559. Of which the House of Representatives is to consist before a census, 129, 274, 288, 290, 316, 375, 377, 559. Of which the House of Representatives is to consist, 129, 279, 288, 294, 375, 377, 394, 452, 512, 530, 534, 557. Of which the Senate is to consist before a census, 129. Of which the Senate is to consist, 129, 137, 139, 166, 266, 311, 356, 377, 559. Of which the executive is to consist, 140, 149, 192, 195, 197, 205, 322, 358, 375, 380, 471, 561. Of states required to ratify the Constitution, 158, 354, 381, 498, 533. Of inhabitants authorizing a representative, 274, 278, 288, 377, 392. Of slaves to be included in apportioning representation, 192, 281, 288, 290, 300, 302, 316, 375, 377, 379, 391, 559. Of inhabitants to form the rule of direct taxation, 302, 316, 375, 379. Of electors of President, 338, 339, 362, 507, 520, 562. Of senators from each state, 356, 377, 559. Necessary for a quorum in Congress, 130, 378, 405, 559. Of representatives of the large states to be limited, 452. Necessary to convict on impeachment, 529.

OATH, to support the Constitution, 128, 157, 182, 190, 351, 381, 564. To be taken by the President, 131, 380, 481, 562. Not to be accompanied with a religious test, 446, 498, 564. To be taken by senators, in trying impeachments, 529, 559.

OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS, 485, 561.

OFFENCES, against law of nations to be legislated on by Congress, 130, 378, 487, 561. To be tried in the state where committed, 131, 381, 563. Against the Constitution to be adjudged in the state courts, 192. To be defined by Congress, 437.

OFFICE, no other to be held by judges, 192. Senators to he eligible to those of the states, 247. Electors of President not to hold, 343, 515, 520, 562. Persons convicted on impeachment to be removed from, 381, 440, 559. Appointment to