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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A letter, of the 16, from Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Smith, of the 9th Pensylvania regiment, ∥was read,∥ representing the declining state of his health, and, on that account, praying for leave to resign his commission:
Resolved, That leave be granted.
A letter, of the 22, from Brigadier James Wilkinson, was read.
A letter, of the 18, from Joseph Simons of Lancaster, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the executive council of Pensylvania, to do therein what they shall judge proper.
A letter, of the 9, from Southy Simpson, of Accomac ∥county, in Virginia,∥ was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Smith is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XX, folio 191; and that of Wilkinson is in No. 78, XXIII, folio 456; and that of Simpson, in No. 78, XX, folio 187.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter from B. Harrison, Jun. deputy pay master in Virginia, with his monthly account, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of the 7, from Governor Caswell, was read, with papers enclosed, respecting Captain Folger:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 59, I, folio 81.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to the committee appointed to take the examination of Captain Folger.
Sundry letters and papers being transmitted to Congress by the Board of War, the same were read:
Ordered, That the said letters and papers be referred to a committee of four, and that they be directed to collect the best information they can, relative to the irruption into Canada, and lay the same before Congress as soon as possible.
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The members chosen, Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott, Mr. [Francis Lightfoot] Lee, Mr. [William] Ellery, and Mr. [Thomas] McKean.
Three o'Clock, p. m
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Captain William Brown, in discharge of William Palfrey, Esq. pay master general, his draught of the 20th instant, on the President of Congress, for two thousand one hundred and thirty two dollars and seventy four ninetieths of a dollar, for which the said pay master general is to be accountable:
That another warrant issue on the treasurer in favor of Captain Richard Dorsey, for 1.3611/3 dollars, in discharge of a draught of William Palfrey, Esq., pay master general on the President of Congress, dated 20 instant, and for which said pay master is to be charged.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the commissary general, for one hundred thousand dollars, to be by him transmitted to Henry Champion, for the purpose of purchasing cattle in Connecticut:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Dr. Jonathan Potts, deputy director general of the middle department, for one hundred thousand dollars, for the use of his department, and for which he is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 101.]
A letter, of the 13, from Sampson Matthews, was read, informing, that Governor Henry, of Virginia, has appointed him and Colonel Samuel M'Dowell commissioners to proceed to Fort Pitt, in the stead of Samuel Washington and Gabriel Jones, Esqrs. who have declined
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that business, and that they intend to set forward on their journey on the 23 instant.1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 56, folio 89; that of Washington, in No. 152, V, folio 307.]
A letter, of 19th, from General Washington, was read.
The Committee of Commerce laid before Congress a letter and a number of papers from Mr. ∥R.∥ Morris, which which were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the committee to whom the affairs of Mons. Francy were committed.
Resolved, That the Board of Treasury be empowered to increase the pay of the signers of bills of credit in such way as they judge proper, provided that the sum allowed for signing and numbering 1,000 bills does not exceed 2 dollars.
The committee appointed to revise the system of the commissary of purchases, brought in a report, which was read:
Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed till to morrow.
A letter, of the 3d, from Governor Clinton, of New York, at Poughkeepsie, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 67, II, folio 106.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War. Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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