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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, AUGUST 2, 1776
The declaration of independence being engrossed and compared at the table was signed [by the members].1
[Note 1: 1 The last three words are taken from the Secret Journals. A full account of the question of signing the Declaration is to be found in Friedenwald,The Declaration of Independence, 121--151.]
Resolved, That two months' pay be advanced to Monsieur Pellissier; he to be accountable.
Resolved, That the Secret Committee and Marine [committee] be discharged from fitting out vessels with cargoes to Bermudas, for purposes expressed in the resolutions of Congress, of [June 6, 1776].
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The Board of War brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Resolved, That two hundred thousand dollars be sent to Mr. Jonathan Trumbull, [deputy] pay master [general] of the northern army [department:]
That General Washington be instructed to employ in the service of the states, as many of the Stockbridge Indians as he shall judge proper:
That one hundred old arms, belonging to Congress, be delivered to the council of safety of Pensylvania, to be repaired at the continental expence, and put into the hands of the soldiers destined for the flying camp; the said council to be accountable:
That the pay master general, and the several deputy pay masters general, in the service of these States, be directed to make weekly returns to Congress of the state of the military chests under their direction:
That Jonathan Trumbull, Esqr. [deputy] pay master [general] in the northern army, be directed to transmit to Congress, as soon as possible, an account of all the monies which have passed through his hands since his appointment to that office:
That the commissary general, and deputy commissaries in the several departments, be directed to transmit to Congress, weekly, an account of the sums of money they may respectively receive from the pay masters:
That the quarter master general, and deputy quarter masters general, in the several departments, be directed to transmit, weekly, to Congress, an account of the monies they respectively receive from the pay master general, or deputy pay masters general:
That the commissary general, quarter master general, deputy commissaries, and deputy quarter masters general,
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be directed to make monthly returns, at least, of the stores under their direction, and the distribution of them:
That the commanding officer in each department be directed to make returns, once a month, to Congress, of the draughts made by him upon the pay master, in his department.
Resolved, That Mr. [George] Walton be appointed a member of the Marine Committee, in the room of Mr. [Button] Gwinnett, who is absent.
Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be advanced to Thaddeus Sturges, to be accounted for by him, and deducted out of his pay on the settlement of his accounts; and that the Board of Treasury be discharged from proceeding on his accounts, and that they be referred for settlement to the commissioners appointed to settle the accounts in the northern department.
The Marine Committee, to whom it was referred to enquire into the conduct of Commodore Hopkins, brought in their report, which was read:
Ordered, To lie on the table, to be taken into consideration on Monday next.
The Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their farther consideration the articles of confederation; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [John] Morton reported, that the committee, not having finished, desire leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this Congress will, to morrow, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their farther consideration the articles of confederation.
Resolved, That the adjournment be to 10 o'Clock until farther order of Congress.
The Board [Committee] of treasury report, that there is due,
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To Benjamin Thompson, for 131 days service, viz. from the 1 December to the last of May inclusive, as clerk of the hospital at Montreal, at the rate of 2/3 of a dollar per day, the sum of 122 dollars:
Ordered, That the same be paid.
∥Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.∥
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