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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, FEBRUARY 2, 1776
Two letters from General Schuyler, 22 and 25 [23] January, with an account of his expedition to Tryon county, with 9 enclosures,1 ∥despatches from Canada,
[Note 1: 1 The letters of Schuyler are in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 153, I, folios 406, 414.]
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and other papers, ∥being received, were read, and referred to a committee of three.
Members chosen: Mr. [George] Wythe, Mr. E[dward] Rutledge, and Mr. [Thomas] M'Kean.
General Schuyler's receipt for £7,829 9 0 ∥Pennsylvania currency, equal to 20,878.5 dollars, sent him by order of the 30th of December,∥ delivered him by the hands of Mr. Tench Tilghman, was laid before Congress.
A letter from Colonel Wayne of this day being read,
Resolved, That Colonel Wayne be directed to quarter his batallion in and near Chester, until the farther orders of Congress, or a committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed.
Ordered, That the secretary deliver to Mr. J. Mease a copy of Colonel Wayne's letter, so far as respects supplying his batallion with necessaries.
The committee to whom the memorial of Matthias Aspden was referred, brought in their report: which being taken into consideration,
Resolved, That Mr. Aspden, be permitted to export in the sloopTryal, consigned to him from Port-au-Prince, the produce or manufactures of these colonies, (horned cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry, and lumber for making casks, excepted) to Port-au-Prince, to the amount of 1800 pounds Pensylvania currency:
That the above permission be not drawn into precedent, and that Mr. Aspden take every possible precaution to avoid all British men of war, and cutters on the voyage.
The committee to whom the memorial of H. Keppele and John Steinmetz was referred, brought in their report: Whereupon,
Resolved, That the memorialists have no just claim to satisfaction or reparation for the loss of their ship and
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cargo, seized by one of the king's ships of war, and detained by Admiral Graves and General of war, either out of the continental treasury, or out of the value of the cloathing sent hither to supply the British troops at Boston, and intercepted and disposed of to the use of the American army.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to take an account of the prisoners, the names of the officers, and their places of residence, and report the same to Congress.
The members, Mr. [Thomas] M'Kean, Mr. [Richard] Smith, and Mr. [Henry] Wisner.
A memorial from Samson Occum was read, and referred to the committee on Indian affairs.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday next.
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