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THE CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS OF THE UNITED STATES
PARTI OF THE

NATIONAL STATE PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES,
1789-1817

The Journal of
the Senate

including

The Journal of

the Executive Proceedings
of the Senate

JOHN ADAMS ADMINISTRATION 1797-1801

Volume 2:

FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION;

NOVEMBER, 1797-JULY, 1798

MICHAEL GLAZIER, INC.
1210 A King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Every effort has been made to locate the best preserved and most
legible copy of the original documents, some of which have suffered
from the ravages of time. The facsimiles faithfully reflect the
condition of the originals. New and precise technology has been
employed in the reproduction process to enhance readability yet
preserve the flavor of the original to the best of our ability.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 2

NOTE ON THE PRINTER, LEGISLATIVE

JOURNAL, John Fenno...

NOTE ON THE PRINTER, EXECUTIVE

JOURNAL, Duff Green

JOURNAL OF THE SENATE

Fifth Congress, Second Session

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For the complete list of and biographical notes

on the members of the Senate, together with the

Executive and Judicial officers, for the Fifth

and Sixth Congresses, please refer to Volume 1

of this series.

The original pagination of the Legislative
Journal has been allowed to stand. For the sake
of continuity new page numbers have been
added to the bottom of the supplementary
matter and the Executive Journal, and these are
marked in this Table with an asterisk.

JOHN FENNO Printer of the original edition of this volume

John Fenno was born in Boston on August 12, 1751. After his failure as an importer at the close of the Revolution, he fled to New York to avoid his creditors. He became acquainted with some Federalists, and when he started the Gazette of the United States on April 11, 1789, he had their backing and the paper served them well.

Fenno moved his Gazette to Philadelphia in April, 1790. Even though its circulation never topped 1400 copies, a quarter of which were distributed gratis, he was supported by Hamilton, who became a regular contributor. He attracted the wrath of Jefferson and Benjamin Bache's Aurora and the National Gazette of Philip Freneau. Hamilton used Fenno and his Gazette for his own purposes and saved it from bankruptcy in 1793. On December 13 of the same year Fenno began the publication of an evening paper and the title was changed to the Gazette of the United States and Evening Advertiser.

John Fenno was a talented editor and was regarded as a competent printer, who took pride in doing work for Congress. He, like his competitors, sought and received government printing through his political connections.

John Fenno died in Philadelphia, during a yellow fever epidemic, on September 14, 1798. His nineteenyear old son, John Ward Fenno, succeeded him as printer and as editor of the Gazette, which he sold in 1800.