It was this day resolved unanimously that it is the opinion of this Convention that the State of New Jersey should offer a cession to Congress of a district not exceeding ten miles square for the seat of the government of the United States over which they may exercise [exclusive] legislation.
On motion it was resolved unanimously that the President be requested in the name of the Convention to thank the Reverend Mr. Armstrong for his attendance and services during their sitting.
It was also resolved unanimously that the thanks of the Convention be presented to the President for his able and faithful discharge of the duties of the chair. Which resolution being read, the President rose and expressed his gratitude for the honor the Convention had done him by their appointment of him to the chair, and that their approbation of his conduct gave him the most heartfelt satisfaction; adding, that during the many years of his life which had been employed in the service of his country, he had known but few instances in public bodies of such uniform good order and unanimity as had prevailed in that Convention.
The business of the Convention being thus concluded, it was resolved that this Convention do adjourn without day; whereupon the President dissolved the Convention accordingly. After which the members of this honorable body, having previously invited a number of the magistrates and other gentlemen to partake with them, dined , together at Mr. [Joseph] Vandergrift's tavern at which entertainment , the joy and satisfaction of the occasion was fixed in every heart, and apparently in every countenance. After dinner the following toasts were drank:
2. The United States in Congress.
3. The President and members of the late Federal Convention.
4. The Governor and State of New Jersey.
5. The states of Delaware and Pennsylvania.
6. May the independence of the Union, reared on the basis of the new Constitution, be perpetual.
7. The princes and states in alliance with the United States.
8. May the interest of the United States be ever deemed the interest of each state.
9. Religion, learning, agriculture, arts, manufactures, and commerce, in harmony and mutual subserviency to each other.
10. The memory and posterity of those who have fallen in the late war.
11. May the gratitude of the American Citizens be equal to the valor and patriotism of the American Soldiery.