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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 --FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1776
The Committee of Claims reported, that there is due,
To David Williams for waggon hire. the sum of £42 0 0=112 dollars:
Ordered, That the said account be paid.
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to send two hundred pounds of Peruvian Bark to the commanding officer in Virginia, for the use of the continental forces in the southern department.
A petition from Peter Simon was presented to Congress and read:1
[Note 1: 1 This petition is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, VII, folio 3.]
Resolved, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Thomas] M'Kean, Mr. [George] Wythe, and Mr. J[ohn] Adams.
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to sell 300 lb. of powder, to Hendrick Vanbrunt and Thomas Littel, for the use of the inhabitants of the township of Shrewsbury, to enable them to defendthemselves and their property their sea coast.
The committee appointed to prepare an estimate of the expence of an expedition against Fort Detroit, brought in their report. Whereupon the Congress took into consideration the report on the letter from General Washington, of the 19th, &c; and after some debate the farther consideration thereof was postponed.
The Congress then took into consideration the report of the committee on the letter from Lord Stirling, dated the 18 of March last; which was agreed to; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Ogden, of the first batallion of New Jersey, was made upon good grounds, the Congress having reserved and
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frequently exercised the right of promoting men of distinguished merit:
That the commissary, Mr. Lowry, be directed to supply such of the soldiers of said batallion, as desire it, with uniforms, the cost to be deducted from their pay:
That as the army is now removed from Cambridge to New York, the consideration of raising a regiment of Artillery for the service in that city, as applyed for in the said letter, be postponed till further advice may be received from General Washington, or the commanding officer there.
A petition from Captain Oswald [Oswell] Eve was presented to Congress and read:1
[Note 1: 1 This petition, dated March 22, 1776, was addressed to the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania, and by that body referred to the Congress. It is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, II, folio 378.]
Resolved, That the same be referred to a committee of three.
The members chosen, Mr. [Roger] Sherman, Mr. [William] Floyd, and Mr. [Jonathan Dickinson] Sergeant.
Resolved, That an order for 20,000 dollars be drawn on the treasurers, in favour of Colonel John Haslet, for the use of the Delaware batallion ∥under his command,∥ he to be accountable.
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to send 300 lb. of powder, and a proportionable quantity of lead, to Lewistown, for the use of the troops stationed there.
The committee, to whom was recommitted the report on General Washington's letter of the 24th of March last, brought in their report, which was read:
Ordered, To lie on the table.
A motion being made and seconded for fixing the time for holding treaty with the Indians in the middle department,
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Resolved, That the propriety of fixing the time for holding a treaty with the the Indians in the middle department, be taken into consideration to morrow.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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