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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 --THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1776
The colony of New Hampshire having appointed delegates for the present year, William Whipple, Esqr. one of said delegates, attended and produced the credentials of their appointment, which were read as follows:
Colony of New Hampshire--
In the House of Representatives,January 23d, 1776.
Voted, That Josiah Bartlett, John Langdon, and William Whipple, Esqrs. be, and hereby are appointed Delegates to Represent this Colony
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in the Continental Congress at Philadelphia for the Term of one Year from this Time, Any one of them, in the Absence of the Others, to have full Power to represent this Colony, and that not more than Two of Them attend at one time. Sent up for concurrence.
P. White,Speaker.
In Council,eodem Die.
E. Thompson,Secy.
Read and concurred.
A true Copy from the journal of Council.
Attest,E. Thompson,Secy.1
[Note 1: 1 The original is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, New Hampshire,Credentials of Delegates.]
A letter from General Washington, dated 14 February, enclosing a letter from Lord Drummond to General Robertson, a return of the army 4th of same month, &c., was read.2
[Note 2: 2 The letter of Washington, with the enclosure, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, I, folios 485 and 489. It is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford) III, 419.]
Agreeable to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the letter from General Washington, [of the 9th instant,] and the trade of the colonies after the 1st of March, and, after some time spent thereon, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [Samuel] Ward reported that the committee had taken into consideration the matters referred to them, but not having come to a conclusion, desired him to move for leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this Congress will, to morrow, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the letter from General Washington, and the state of the trade of the colonies.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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