Written on the verso of a letter from John Hall, Secretary of the Land Office, to Governor Mifflin, concerning the resignation of his Clerks over the lack of a pay increase.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by the signers of the Constitution of the United States; see collection record (MA 555) for more information.
Interpreting the existing law that concerns a pay raise for the clerks in the Land office; saying that it would not be inconsistent with the law for the clerks to be rehired at a higher pay with "Terms similar to what Clerks of their Capacity can attain in other offices and in proportion to their usefulness in the Land Office."