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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 --TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1776
Resolved, A committee of 3 be appointed to prepare a letter to the Canadians.
The members, Mr. [William] Livingston, Mr. [Thomas] Lynch and Mr. [James] Wilson.
A letter from General Schuyler, dated 14th January, enclosing a letter from General Arnold, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter from Schuyler is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 153, I, folio 402.]
Resolved, That an Account of the late repulse our troops met with, and the loss we have sustained in the unsuccessful attempt on Quebec, be drawn up by the secretary, and laid before Congress.
Resolved, That the articles of war be translated into French, and 500 copies sent to Canada.
It being represented to Congress that Mr. Hazen was under parole to General Carlton
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The Congress proceeded to the choice of a Colonel for the second Canadian Regiment, when the ballots being taken
Edward Antil Esquire was elected Colonel Commandant
Resolved, That the appointment of a lieut Col for said regiment be left to the commander in chief in Canada with the advice of the general officers in that country and Col Antil and Mr. Price
The Committee of Claims reported, that there is due,
To Adam Ekel, for waggonage from Lancaster to Cambridge, with Captain Smith's company of rifflemen, a ballance of £16 15 0=43 3/10 dollars.
To Deborah Siddens, for provisions for Captain Ross's company, the sum of £5 16 2=15 5/10 dollars.
To John Jervis, for ferriage, horse hire, &c. the sum of £4 10 5=12 dollars.
To the committee of Romboiet precinct, in Duchess county, in the colony of New York, the sum of £48 10 4 New York currency=129 4/10 dollars.
To Robert Erwin, for waggonage, the sum of 67 dollars.
To Timothy Matlack, for cash paid by him to Archibald Dick, the expenses of a guard over a powder waggon, £6 2 9=16 4/10 dollars.
∥Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.∥
The Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on Indian affairs, and afterdebate the same was ∥debated∥, was recommitted.
Resolved, That an order be drawn on the treasurers, in favour of the committee of safety of the three lower counties on Delaware, for the sum of 3,000 dollars, for the use of the batallion ordered to be raised there; the said committee to be accountable for the expenditure.
The committee to whom sundry letters were yesterday referred, brought in their report, which was read.
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The Committee to whom were referred several Letters from General Washington, General Schuyler, Lord Stirling, andMr. Tucker the President of the Convention of New Jersey, report.
That with respect to the advice transmitted by General Washington to the President of the Congress of his having sent General Lee to the Assistance of New York, it is the opinion of this Committee that the above measure was very judicious and necessary; and that Governor Trumbull be requested, and Lord Sterling directed by the Congress, to give all necessary Aid and Assistance to General Lee in carrying into Execution the Orders of General Washington relative to the said Province; And that the Convention or Committee of Safety of New York be requested earnestly to exert themselves on this important Occasion.
That many prisoners being quartered at Kingston in the Province of New York, the Committee are of opinion that it would be prudent to remove Captain Hewes and Capt Hanstruther from thence to some proper distance in that Neighbourhood; and that the officers from Montreal, now under charge of Col. Wyncoop, be kept at Bound Brook, in the Province of New Jersey.
That the officers now prisoners at Trenton, with their Servants and band of Music, be boarded in Farmer's Houses (not exceeding six miles) west of Trenton, and that the Soldiers there with their wives and children remain at Trenton; the Committee conceiving it improper for the said officers to reside at Bordington, that being a place thro' which the Stage Waggons constantly pass, and a Town much frequented, a circumstance which the Committee at Trenton did probably not consider.
That the officers and soldiers, now at Mr. Van Camp's, be conveyed to Lancaster, and there kept under the same regulations as the rest of the Garrison taken at St. John's.
That Mr. Tucker's request for blank Commissions be complyed with, and the Convention or Committee of Safety of New Jersey be supplyed with four thousand Dollars, for purchasing Arms for the New Jersey Battalions, to be accounted for by them; and that it appears to this Committee that Lo'd Stirling has been very active in forwarding the detachment, ordered to Long Island, under the command of Colo. Hurd.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of William Livingston, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folio 217.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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