References
to proposed amendment
We find
no record of ratification of the 11th Amendment by the State
of New Jersey. Excerpted below are the only references found
in the legislative minutes relative to the amendment as proposed.
Text from minutes of General Assembly, 14 June 1794:
His
Excellency laid before Council a Resolution of the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, with a proposed Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States respecting the Suability
of States by Individuals; whereupon,
On
Motion,
Ordered,
That the said Resolution be delivered to the House of
Assembly,
Ordered,
That Mr. Mayhew do wait on the House of Assembly therewith.
Text from minutes of Legislative Council, 14 June 1794:
Mr.
Mayhew from Council presented a Resolution of the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United States, with
a proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, respecting the Suability of States by Individuals,
which was read and ordered a second Reading.