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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, MARCH 26, 1776
The Congress being informed that Mr. [Samuel] Ward, one of the delegates of Rhode Island, yesterday, departed this life,
Resolved, That this Congress will, in a body, attend the
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funeral of Mr. Ward, to Morrow, with a crape round the arm, and that the Congress continue in mourning for the space of one month.
Resolved, That Mr. [Stephen] Hopkins, Mr. S[amuel] Adams, and Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott, be a committee to superintend the funeral, and that they be directed to apply to the Rev. Mr. [Samuel] Stillman, and request him to preach a funeral sermon on the occasion:
That the said committee be directed to invite the assembly the council of safety ∥of Pennsylvania∥, and other public bodies in Philadelphia, to attend the funeral.1
[Note 1: 1 "Died, yesterday morning, the Honorable Samuel Ward, Esq., late member of the Continental Congress; his remains will be inferred this afternoon, in the Baptist Church.
"The procession will begin at 3 o'clock, this afternoon, at Mrs. House's, in Lodge alley, where the friends of the deceased are desired to attend. The body will be carried to Arch Street Church, where a sermon on the occasion, will be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Stillman. The ladies will be admitted into the galleries at 3 o'clock."Pennsylvania Gazette, 27 March, 1776.
"His funeral was attended with the same solemnities as Mr. Randolph's. Mr. Stillman being the Anabaptist minister here, of which persuasion was the Governor, was desired by Congress to preach a sermon, which he did with great applause."John Adams to his wife, 29 March, 1776.]
Resolved, That the privates of the companies ordered from Maryland to Accomac and Northampton, in the southern department, be allowed the pay of the privates in that department, which is 6 2-3 dollars ∥per calendar month.∥
Resolved, That if the convention or council of safety in North Carolina shall judge it necessary for the common safety to raise one or two more batallions, the same, when armed fit for service and mustered, be taken into the pay of the continent.
Resolved, That an order be sent to Commodore Douglass, immediately to repair to the lakes, and take command of the vessels on that station.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Thursday.
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