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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1776
A letter from General Washington of the 15th; also,
A letter from the Rev. Samuel Langdon, of the 7th of November, accompanied with a letter from General Putnam, and Colonels Glover, Bridge, Fry, and Prescott also,
A letter from James Warren, pay master general, desiring leave to resign his office, being received were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Washington is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, I, folio 587. It is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford), IV, 17. That of Warren is in No. 78, XXIII, folio 269.]
Resolved, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [George] Read, Mr. [George] Clinton, and Mr. [Carter] Braxton.
A letter from Elizabeth Seymour, widow of the late master of theCabot, was presented to Congress, and read:
Resolved, That the same be referred to the Marine Committee.
Resolved, That the Committee on Indian affairs be directed to prepare, and report a draught of instructions
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to George Morgan, Esqr. Agent under the Commissioners for Indian affairs in the middle department.
A letter from Brigadier General Lewis, of the 6th, also a letter from General Lee, of the 6th, being received were read, and referred to the same Committee to whom General Washington's was referred.1
[Note 1: 1 The letter from Lewis is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 159, folio 234; that of Lee is in No. 158, folio 41.]
The Committee of Claims reported, that there is due,
To Dr. Samuel Treat, for medicine, and for attending the troops at Burlington, the sum of £102 12 8=273.7 dollars:
To John Bull, Esqr. for expences in conducting Money to the camp at Cambridge, the sum of £58 2 11=155 dollars:
To Jacob Meng, for waggonage, the sum of £40 6 3=107.5 dollars.
To Robert Kennedy, for necessaries furnished to Captain Morgan's company, the sum of £163 4 3 Virginia currency=544 dollars, of which sum, £56 15 ∥=189.2 dollars,∥ is for riffles, shirts, &c. to be charged to the said company:
To Thaddeus Burr, for money paid by him for horse hire, &c. the sum of thirty seven dollars and two tenths, which sum ought to be charged to Jacob Hiltzheimer, express master:
To sundries, on certificates produced by Thomas Johnson, Esqr. for provisions, &c. for General Lee's guards, the sum of £4 0 6 ∥=10.7 dollars∥ and for a riffle delivered to Captain Cressop's company, to be charged to said company, £4 0 0 ∥=10.6 dollars:∥
To Jane Allen, for necessaries to several companies of continental troops, the sum of £19 16 10=52.9 dollars, of which sum £15 ∥=40 dollars∥ ought to be charged to
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the first Pensylvania batallion, and deducted from the commissaries account:
To Dr. Hall Jackson, for his services as surgeon, the sum of 130 dollars, and that the same ought to be paid to Elbridge Gerry, Esqr.
To William Smith, for medicines, Instruments, &c. for the Delaware batallion, the sum of £96 10 3=257.4 dollars:
To Timothy Shalor, for expences in bringing prisoners from Egg Harbour, the sum of £14.1.1=37.5 dollars.
Ordered, That the same be paid.
The Marine Committee having recommended gentlemen for captains of theHornet andWasp, the Congress proceeded to an election, and the ballots being taken, and examined,
Mr. [William] Hallock was elected captain of theHornet; and,
[Charles] Alexander captain of theWasp.
The committee appointed to consider the propriety of establishing a war office, brought in their report, which was read.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is printed under June 12, p.--post.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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