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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A letter from General Washington, dated 4 January; also a letter from the committee of safety of New York, dated January 3d, 1776, being received, were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Washington, unsigned, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, I, folio 407. It is printed inWritings of George Washington (Ford), III, 312. The letter from the New York Committee is in No. 67, I, folio 145.]
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to take into consideration the letter from the committee of safety of New York, and to confer with Mr. Romans, and report to Congress.
The members chosen, Mr. [Robert Treat] Paine, Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer, Mr. [Thomas] Lynch, Mr. [George] Wythe, and Mr. W[illiam] Livingston.
The Secret Committee having made report respecting the purchase of the salt petre ∥lately imported,∥
Resolved, That the said committee be directed to purchase the salt petre on the best terms they can, and have it manufactured into gun powder as soon as possible.
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to supply Colonel Heard with 200 pounds of powder, to enable him to carry into execution the orders of Congress.
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Resolved, That John Morgan be promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, in the first Pensylvania batallion ∥one of the companies of Colonel Bull's batallion.∥
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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