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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A letter, of the 18, from the Board of War, with one enclosed from Cornelius Sweers, deputy commissary general of military stores, ∥was read:∥
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Resolved, That General Mifflin be directed to attend immediately the Board of War, and that he order the several deputies and agents under him in the department of the quarter master general to proceed vigorously in executing the business of that department, without attending to the settlement of their respective accounts, until the department is properly arranged, and they can attend to the settlement of their accounts without detriment to the public cause.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Ordered, That the following warrants issue in favour of Major General Thomas Mifflin, quarter master general, for the use of his department, and for which he is to be accountable, viz.
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Joseph Nourse, pay master to the Board of War and Ordnance, for the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be applied by the said Board for the use of the
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commissary general of military stores department; the said pay master to be accountable:1
[Note 1: 1 This report, including the paragraph printed below on a grant to Mifflin, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 91. The Mifflin paragraph is marked as "disagreed by vote."]
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Thomas Hughes, pay master to the 7 Virginia regiment, for 9,630 dollars, it being in discharge of the draught of W. Palfrey, pay master general, for that sum, in favour of the said Hughes, on the president, dated at camp, 12 instant, the said pay master general to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on Thomas Smith, Esqr. commissioner of the continental loan office in the State of Pensylvania, in favour of Brigadier General David Forman, for 10,000 dollars, for which he is to be accountable, and that the deputy commissary general of purchases of the middle district be furnished with a copy of the resolve, and directed forthwith to settle the accounts of Brigadier Forman for provisions supplied by his order to the troops lately stationed at New Jersey, charging to him the amount of this grant, and reporting to the Board of Treasury the state of his accounts.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 89.]
The Committee on the Treasury farther reported,
That a warrant should issue on Joseph Borden, Esq. commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of New Jersey, in favour of Major General Mifflin, for 80,000 dollars, for the use of the quarter master general's department:
On the question put, the states were divided.
Three o'Clock, p. m
Congress was moved for re-considering the report from the Board of Treasury for issuing a warrant on
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Joseph Borden, Esq. in favour of General Mifflin, for 80,000 dollars, ∥for the use of the quarter master general's department:∥
On the question put, passed in the negative.
A letter, of the 12, from Brigadier General Hand, at Fort Pitt, to the Board of War, was laid before Congress and read;1 Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 159, folio 402.]
Resolved, That Brigadier General Hand transmit to the Arkansas, so much of the provisions which were demanded of him by Captain James Willing, of the armed boat Rattletrap, as he can spare, and judges necessary and proper for the purpose.
Ordered, That the letter be returned to the Board of War, to do therein what they judge proper and necessary.
The committee to whom ∥was referred∥ the letter of the 6th, from the committee at camp, so far as relates to the prisoners of the convention, at Boston, brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon, Congress came to the following resolutions:
Whereas Congress, for reasons set forth in their resolutions of the 8 day of January last, have determined to detain Lieutenant General Burgoyne and the troops included in the convention of Saratoga, until the said convention shall be ratified by the court of Great Britain; and it will not only be inconvenient for the said troops, but also very distressing to the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, and parts adjacent, to have so large a body of men confined within such narrow limits, for so long a time as must necessarily elapse before the ratification of the said convention can be known; therefore,
Resolved, That the supreme executive council of the State of Massachusetts bay be authorized and requested to remove, separate and place the said troops in such
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manner and in such parts of the said State as may be most convenient for their subsistence and security:
That General Heath be directed to carry into effect the orders of the supreme executive council of the State of Massachusetts bay, for removing, securing and providing for the said troops.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the council of the Massachusetts bay to order the continental barracks for the reception of prisoners in that State to be forthwith finished.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Elbridge Gerry, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 25, I, folio 33.]
A letter, of the 14, from the committee of Congress at camp, was read.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, VII, folio 163.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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