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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 --SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1776
Sundry letters were laid before Congress, and read, viz.
One from Mr. [Thomas] M'Kean of the 13;
One from Mr. R[ichard] Peters:
One from General Washington of the 14, enclosing copy of a letter from General Schuyler of the 10, and sundry other papers:
One from Governor Trumbull, of the 10, with sundry papers enclosed:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Washington is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, II, folio 33. It is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford), IV, 142. That of Thomas McKean is in No. 78, XV, folio 59. That of Governor Trumbull is in No. 66, I, folio 181. That of Peters is in No. 78, XVIII, folio 65.]
One from David Waterbury, of the 6, with sundry accounts enclosed:
Resolved, That the letter from D. Waterbury, with the papers enclosed, be referred to the Committee of Claims.
A letter from the committee of safety of Virginia, of the 5, informing of the arrival of five tons of powder, on account of the continent, ∥was read:∥ Whereupon,
Resolved, That one half of said continental powder be left in Virginia, and the other half forwarded to the commanding officer in South Carolina.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to take into consideration the state of Georgia, and report thereon to Congress:
The members chosen, Mr. [Stephen] Hopkins, Mr.[Benjamin] Harrison, and Mr. S[amuel] Adams.
The Marine Committee having recommended
Mr. Hector M'Neal to command the frigateBoston, and
Mr. John Brown a lieutenant of the same.
Thomas Grennel to the command of the frigateMontgomery,
Resolved, That the gentlemen recommended be approved, and that commissions be granted to them accordingly.
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A memorial from the owners of four private ships of war, fitted and fitting out in Philadelphia, was laid before Congress, and read:
Ordered, To lie on the table.
The Committee of Claims reported, that there is due,
For expences of sick men belonging to the 6th Pensylvania batallion, the sum of £21 17 6=58 30/90 dollars, and that the same ought to be paid to Captain Samuel Benezet.
To Hugh Hodge, for sundry necessaries for the sick of the third Pensylvania batallion, the sum of £12 16 3=34 15/90 dollars:
To Robert Erwin, waggon master for transporting salt petre from Egg harbour to Cooper's ferry, the sum of £79 0 10=210 70/90 dollars:
To Peter Agnew, for repairing arms for the fifth Pensylvania batallion, the sum of £4 5 6=11 36/90 dollars.
That Peter Noble, a soldier belonging to Colonel Hinman's batallion, (Captain Watson's company) who was taken prisoner near Montreal, with Colonel Allen, ought to have the sum of 40 dollars advanced to him, and his receipt taken for the same, as part of his pay:
Ordered, That the above accounts be paid.
It being represented to Congress, that a number of officers, whose troops left them last winter in Canada, and who remained and served there during the whole winter, were returned, and were desirous of being some way employed and provided for:
Resolved, That their case be referred to the Committee of War and Ordnance, who are desired to sit as soon as conveniently they can, and report thereon to Congress.
Resolved, That the president write to Governor Trumbull, desiring, that he will deliver to the agent of the Council [committee] of safety of Pennsylvania, the cannon and trucks ordered by Congress to be taken from thence [New
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London,] and that he be informed, the Congress expect this resolution will be immediately complied with.
Resolved, That the letters from Governor Trumbull, and from General Washington and General Schuyler, be referred to the Committee of War and Ordnance.
Resolved, That the report of the committee on General Washington's letters of the 9th and 10, which was left unfinished, together with the amendments moved and seconded, be referred to the committee of the whole Congress.
The Congress then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the several reports referred to them; and, after some time spent thereon, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [Benjamin] Harrison reported, that the committee have had under consideration the several reports to them referred, and have come to sundry resolutions, which they ordered him to report; but, not having had time to go through the whole, desired him to move for leave to sit again.
The report from the committee of the whole being delivered in,
Resolved, That a committee ofthree four be appointed to digest and arrange the several resolutions reported, in order to be laid before Congress; and that the committee of the whole be discharged of the reports, so far as they relate to the cartel entered into between General Arnold and Captain Foster ∥for an exchange of prisoners,∥ and that the same be referred to the committee now to be appointed:
The members chosen, Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson, Mr. [Carter] Braxton, Mr. [Robert Treat] Paine, and Mr. [Arthur] Middleton.
Resolved, That this Congress will, on Monday next, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into
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their farther consideration the several reports to them referred.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday next.
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