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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, JULY 26, 1776
Congress proceeded to the election of three commissioners to liquidate and settle the accounts in the northern department; and, the ballots being taken,
Mr. James Milligan, Mr. John Carter, and Mr. John Wells, were elected.
The committee on the treasury laid before Congress the account of Messrs. Price and Haywood, with the balance due to them:
Ordered, To lie on the table.
Resolved, That the substance of the conference between General Washington and Adjutant General Patterson, as transmitted by General Washington, be published.
Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into farther consideration the articles of confederation; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [John] Morton reported, that the committee have made farther progress; but, not having concluded, desire leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this Congress will, on Monday next, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their farther consideration the articles of confederation.
A letter from Brigadier General Sullivan, with sundry papers enclosed, was laid before Congress, and read.
Ordered, To lie on the table.1
[Note 1: 1 "Our friend General Sullivan is disgusted at the appointment of General Gates to be a Major General, and being sent to the Northern Army. By permission of the Generals Schuyler and Washington, he (General Sullivan) has left the Army, and is now here, and has petitioned Congress for leave to resign his commission. What will be done in the case I can not say, but hope it will be settled without his dismission."Josiah Bartlett to John Langdon, 29 July, 1776. The difficulty was settled by ordering Sullivan to New York, to be employed by Washington.]
Resolved, That an order for 2,000 dollars be drawn on the treasurers in favor of Dr. W. Shippen; he to be accountable.
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The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday1
[Note 1: 1 "The exceeding warm Season, and the constant attention of Congress to Business the last week, induc'd Congress to adjourn from Friday Eveng. to this morning."John Hancock to Washington, 29 July, 1776.
The instructions from the Pennsylvania Convention to their Delegates in Congress, dated July 26, are in Force,American Archives, Fifth Series, I, 595.]
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