The committee elected on the part of this House, Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Bland, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Lawrance. Extract from the Journal. JOHN BECKLEY, _Clerk_. REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY CONGRESS TO KNOW WHEN THEY SHOULD MEET THE PRESIDENT. The committee appointed in consequence of the resolutions of both Houses of Congress, and which accompany this note, most respectfully communicate their appointment to the President of the United States, with a request that he will please to have it signified to them when they shall attend, with a barge which has been prepared for that purpose, to receive him at Elizabeth Town, or at such other place as he shall choose to embark from New Jersey for this city. NEW YORK, _April 17, 1789_. JOHN LANGDON. CHARGES CARROLL, of Carrollton. WM. SAMUEL JOHNSON. ELIAS BOUDINOT. THEODORICK BLAND. THOS. TUDR. TUCKER. EGBT. BENSON. JOHN LAWRANCE. TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS RESPECTING THE TIME OF THE PRESIDENT MEETING THEM AT ELIZABETH TOWN. PHILADELPHIA, _April 20, 1789_. GENTLEMEN: Upon my arrival in this city I received your note, with the resolutions of the two Houses which accompanied it, and in answer thereto beg leave to inform you that, knowing how anxious both Houses must be to proceed to business, I shall continue my journey dispatch as possible. To-morrow evening I purpose to be at Trenton, the night following at Brunswick, and hope to have the pleasure of meeting you at Elizabeth Town point on Thursday at 12 o'clock. GEORGE WASHINGTON. LETTER FROM THE HONORABLE ELIAS BOUDINOT. NEW YORK, _April 21, 1789_. His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. SIR: The committee have just received Your Excellency's letter of the 20th, and will be at Elizabeth Town on Thursday morning. I must beg Your Excellency will alight at my house, where the committee will attend, and where it will give me (in a particular manner) the utmost pleasure to receive you. I have the honor to be, with the most profound respect, sir, your most obedient and very humble servant, ELIAS BOUDINOT. LETTER FROM THE HONORABLE ELIAS BOUDINOT, APRIL 23, 1789. ELIZABETH TOWN, _Wednesday Evening_. His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. SIR: I have the honor of informing Your Excellency that the committees of both Houses arrived here this afternoon, and will be ready to receive Your Excellency at my house as soon as you can arrive here to-morrow morning. If you, sir, will honor us with your company at breakfast, it will give us great pleasure. We shall wait Your Excellency's arrival in hopes of that gratification. You can have a room to dress in, if you should think it necessary, as convenient as you can have it in town. I have the honor to be Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, ELIAS BOUDINOT. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS RESPECTING THE TIME OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES _Saturday, April 25, 1789_.