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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, JANUARY 31, 1776
Sundry letters, viz. one from Lord Stirling, dated 27th January; one from the Committee of Trenton, of 30th, one from Col. A. St. Clair, of the 27th, and one from Col.
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Maxwell, of the 31 of the same month, were laid before Congress, and read.1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Stirling is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 162, folio 388. That of the Committee of Trenton is in No. 68, folio 59. That of St. Clair is in No. 161, folio 485. That of Maxwell is in No. 78, XV, folio 7. A memorandum supplied by Maxwell is in No. 41, VI, folio 1.]
Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to confer with Colonel Maxwell respecting the state of his regiment, and report the means of facilitating and hastening his march.
The members chosen, Mr. [William] Livingston and Mr. [James] Wilson.
Dr. Cadwalader and Dr. Shippen returned their report respecting the room where General Prescot is confined, and the state of the general's health, which was read.
The Congress, taking into consideration the letter from Colonel St. Clair, respecting the inlistment of some of the prisoners at Lancaster,
Resolved, That the prisoners who have been inlisted into the continental army, be discharged, and that no more be inlisted.
Ordered, That a copy of the above be sent to the committee of Lancaster.
The committee, to whom sundry letters were referred, on the 27th ∥instant,∥ from General Washington and others, brought in their report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That Mr. Barbaric, owner of the sloop and cargo said to have been taken by the enemy, and retaken by one of the continental vessels of war, ought to make and prosecute his claim to the same, before the court appointed, or to be appointed, by the government of the colony to which the said sloop and cargo were carried, to hear and determine causes civil and maritime, where a process ought to be instituted to confirm the re-capture, and adjust the salvage.
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The committee appointed to confer with Colonel Maxwell, brought in their report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That Mr. Thomas Lowry, commissary for the battalions in New Jersey, be directed to procure all necessaries, except arms, for Colonel Maxwell's regiment immediately; and that the cost of the cloathing, and other articles absolutely essential, which the non-commission officers and privates are to pay for, be by the said commissary procured forthwith, the cost thereof to be deducted out of the pay of the said non-commissioned officers and soldiers; and that the convention, or committee of safety of New Jersey, do get the arms, already ordered, with all possible expedition, and afford Mr. Lowry all assistance in the execution of the above:
That the company in the said regiment which is nearest being furnished, be supplied by any arms and necessaries in said battalion, and marched off for Canada, and that the other companies be furnished and marched as soon as possible.
The Congress, taking into consideration the letter from Lord Stirling,
Resolved, That the private adventures of the captain and mates of the transportBlue Mountain Valley, be delivered up to them, ∥and that they be permitted to return to England.∥
The delegates for Massachusetts laid before Congress an account of their appointment; by which it appears, that the hon. John Hancock, Esqr. Mr. Samuel Adams, John Adams, Esqr. Robert Treat Paine, Esqr. Elbridge Gerry, Esqr. are elected to represent said colony in Congress, for the year 1776.1
[Note 1: 1 SeeJournals, February 9, 1776, p. 122,post.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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