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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1775
A letter from the committee of inspection of the town of Lancaster, dated 21 December, 1775, enclosing parole of the officers there, being received, was read.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 69,I, folio 45.]
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to confer with Captain Motte, and consult with him on the best method of providing the guard under his command with provisions on their return home.
The members chosen, Mr. [Thomas] Cushing, Mr. [Silas] Deane, and Mr. [Thomas] Lynch.
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The Congress then took into consideration the report of the committee on the state of Virginia, and after debate, at the request of a colony, the farther consideration thereof was postponed till to Morrow.
The committee appointed to confer with Captain Motte, brought in their report, which being read, was agreed [to] as follows:
That they find some of said guard have upwards of 240 miles to march: that they will be content with 8 dollars each, and bear their own expences to their respective homes, or to be supplied by a commissary, or [any] other ways as the Congress shall judge best.
It is therefore the opinion of the Committee, that the said guard receive a sum not exceeding 8 dollars each, in lieu of all other provision for their return:
Resolved, That Captain Motte be empowered to pay to his guard for the purpose aforesaid, a sum not exceeding 8 dollars to any one, according to the respective distances they have to go, and that he return to the Committee of Claims, a list of his men, and an account of the payments to them made.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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