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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A letter, of this day, from Mr. P[hilip] Schuyler was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 153, III, folio 519.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 6th, from H. Champion was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, V, folio 467.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [Samuel] Holten and Mr. [Oliver] Ellsworth.
A letter, of 3d, from John Conway, directed to the Honorable Robert Morris, William Smith and Henry Laurens, Esquires, or either of them, enclosing a bill drawn on them by James Willing, in favour of Mrs. Mary Carew, was laid before Congress and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
A report from the Board of War was read; Whereupon;
Resolved, That a commission of major, to be dated the first of May, 1779, be granted to Joseph Louis Gill, an Indian chief of the St. François tribe, and that all Indians of that tribe who are willing to enter into the service of the United States, be collected and formed into a company or companies under the command of the said Joseph Louis Gill, and receive while in service the like pay; subsistance, and rations, with the officers and soldiers of the continental army.
That the Board of War be authorized and directed to fill up commissions for one captain and two subalterns, to be appointed to the said company or companies of St. François
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Indians, when proper characters are recommended to them to hold such commissions.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, IV, folio 301.]
A letter, of 16 January last, from John Adams, at Bilbao, and a letter, of 24 of the same month, and one of I February, from Gardoqui and Sons, were read; the latter enclosing 16 notes from sundry seamen to whom money was advanced, at the desire of Mr. J. Adams, amounting to 96 dollars:
Ordered, That the said notes be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A report from the Board of Treasury on the accounts of Colonel Samuel J. Atlee, was read; and after debate,
Treasury Office April 7 1780
The Board of Treasury beg leave to report on the Letter of Colo Atlee to them referred--
That while Colo Atlee was a Prisoner with the enemy he had not an opportunity of Receiving his pay and other allowances in the same manner with officers who were not in captivity, and while in captivity he was unavoidably. under the necessity of supporting himself with specie.
That the monies advanced to him were no way adequate to his support--Therefore that it is reasonable that his pay and rations during his captivity should be rated as Specie, and placed to his credit, and that he should be charged with the advances, according to which opinion the Board Report.
That a Balance of 1860 dolls and 4/90 in Specie is due from the United States to Coln Samuel J. Atlee and that he be allowed interest for the same at the Rate of 6 pr cent per annum until paid.
That an advance of 20,000 dollars be made to the said Colol Samuel J. Atlee on account and that a warrant issue for the same on the President and Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, IV, folio 181.]
Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed.
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the president and supreme executive council of the State of Pensylvania, for twenty
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thousand dollars, part of the monies raised in the said Statefor the use of the United States, in favour of Colonel SamuelJ. Atlee, for which he is to be accountable.
The committee, to whom was referred the letter, of 26 March, from General Washington, and
The committee, to whom was re-committed the report on the motion of Mr. [Philip] Schuyler, for a letter to the states, delivered in reports which were read:
The Committee to whom was referred a letter from Genl Washington of the 26th. of March 1780, on the subject of making further provision for making supplies for the army
Report the following resolutions
Resolved, That it be recommended to the several States to authorize and direct their Commissioners or Agents for procuring supplies for the United States pursuant to the Resolutions of the 25th of February last to procure and furnish such supplies of the articles specified in the said Resolutions, over and above the quantities particularly and respectively required, and also such supplies of articles other than those specified in the said Resolutions, as Congress, The Commander in Chief, or the Commander in Chief of a separate army shall call for--and that all such supplies be credited to the States furnishing the same, at the like rates with the articles required by the resolutions aforesaid--the same to be adjusted agreeably to theparagraph of the said Resolutions, and that all such supplies be received and issued under the same checks and regulations with the supplies required by the resolutions aforesaid.
Resolved, That if the supplies furnished by any of the States, shall exceed their respective quotas of the whole, computed at the rate by which the monthly assessments were apportioned by the resolution of the 7th of October 1779, the additional supplies that shall be furnished pursuant to the foregoing resolution, to the amount of such surplus, shall be paid for, to the State furnishing the same, on demand, in specie, or other current money equivalent with interest at Six per cent. per annum from the time of the delivery of the articles.
Resolved, That Specie or other current money equivalent shall be advanced out of the Treasury of the United States to such States as shall furnish the additional supplies aforesaid for so much thereof as
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the quantities by them furnished shall surpass their quotas of the whole Supplies furnished by the States according to the apportionment made by the resolution of the 7th of October 1779.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Thomas Burke, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folios x279, x281.]
Ordered, That to morrow be assigned for the consideration of the report of the committee on the motions from the delegates of Massachusetts Bay.
The report of the committee on the draught of a letter to the states was taken up; and after debate
Ordered, That it be re-committed.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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