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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A letter, of the 3, from General Washington, at Wilmington, giving an account, of a skirmish at Ironhill; and one, of 31 August, from J. Hudson, were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Washington is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, folio 25. It is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford), VI, 64. The letter of Hudson is in No. 78, XI, folio 237.]
Ordered, That the letter from General Washington be referred to the Committee of Intelligence.
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A memorial from Captain Jacob Bower, and of Charles Seitz, an adjutant in Major Ottendorf's corps, were read, desiring leave to resign their commissions:
Ordered, That the said officers apply to General Washington.
A memorial from E. Blaine was presented to Congress:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
The Board of Treasury brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the pay of Belcher P. Smith, clerk in the secretary's office, be augmented to fifty-five dollars per month.
Resolved, That there be advanced to Colonel Lewis Nicola, of the invalid regiment, 658 4/90 dollars, for the pay of that corps for two months, to wit, from the 20th June to the 19 of August, for which he is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 409.]
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to consider under what regulations and restrictions regimental officers shall, for the future, receive their rations:
The members chosen, Mr. R[ichard] H[enry] Lee, Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, and Mr. [Nathaniel] Folsom.
The Board of War report, "that they have taken into consideration the dispute with regard to the relative rank of the Colonels Cortlandt, Gansevoort, Dubois, and Livingston, commanding four of the New York regiments, and find that a committee of the convention of the State of New York, being properly authorized for such purpose, did appoint the officers above mentioned to their respective regiments, in the following order, viz. Colonel Cortlandt 2d, Colonel Gansevoort 3d, Colonel Dubois 4th, and Colonel Livingston 5th. As this arrangement must be presumed to have been founded on principles of justice
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and public utility, the Board of War are of opinion that it would be highly inexpedient to make any alteration in the relative rank of these officers:"
That General Washington be empowered, if he thinks proper to order the Officers of the several Regiments to receiveTo lie their Rations in Messes, notwithstanding any Resolutions of Congress to the Contrary.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, I, folio 347. The members of the Board present were John Adams, Francis Lightfoot Lee, James Wilson, George Clymer, and William Duer.]
Resolved, That Congress agree with the Board in their report.
A memorial from George Emerson was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter from Monsr. ∥Count∥ Pulaski was read.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter, in French and in translated form, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, VIII, folio 34.]
Congress took into consideration the report from the Board of War, of the 30 August.
Upon the question put, to appoint a commander of the horse, passed in the negative.
In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners, the auditor general reports, that there is due,
To Isaac Snowden, for Alexander Brown's account of 124 meals supplied the militia, and for Robert Patterson's account of boarding two sick soldiers of Colonel Weedon's batallion, the sum of 52 76/90 dollars:3
[Note 3: 3 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 415.]
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
Ordered, That the Board of War make such dispositions as they shall judge prudent and necessary for removing, at the shortest notice, to a place of security, all the military stores belonging to the Continent, in case the exigency of affairs should render it necessary.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the executive council of the State of Pensylvania, to give orders that all
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the militia of their State hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's warning, and that they see that their arms be put in as good condition as possible; that it be farther recommended to the said executive council, to call out 5,000 militia from the city and county of Philadelphia, and the counties most adjacent:
That, it be earnestly recommended to the militia to appear with what arms they have or can procure, and otherwise equipped in the best manner they may be able, and that they rendezvous on the heights of Derby, or at such other place as the commander in chief shall direct.
Resolved, That it, be recommended to the governor of New, Jersey forthwith to order out three thousand of the militia of the State of New Jersey for the purpose of reinforcing the army under General Washington, the said militia to rendezvous at Bristol, with as much despatch as possible.
On motion, by the delegates of North Carolina, that the president order payment of the bills drawn by the treasure of North Carolina, agreeable to the resolve of the 14 March last, without applying to Congress.
Ordered, That the said bills be referred to the Board of Treasury.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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