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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 --MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1776
Resolved, That an advance of four months' pay, being 106 2/3ds dollars, be made to Mons. la Marquisie, captain and engineer in the northern army; he to be accountable.
A letter, of the 6th, from General Washington, was laid before Congress, and read.
Resolved, That it be referred to the Board of War.1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, II, folio 527. It is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford), IV, 385.]
Resolved, That 500,000 dollars be sent to the pay master general, for the use of the army at New York.
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to hear the parties on the appeal against the verdict and sentence of condemnation passed against the schoonerThistle and her cargo.
The members chosen, Mr. [Richard] Stockton, Mr. [Samuel] Huntington, Mr. [Robert Treat] Paine, Mr. [James] Wilson, and Mr. [Thomas] Stone.
Resolved, That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words "United Colonies" have been used, the stile be altered, for the future, to the "United States."
The Board of War brought in a report, which was read:
Ordered, To lie on the table, to be taken into consideration to morrow morning.
A memorial from Mons. Pannetier de la Falconnière, was presented and read.
Resolved, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.
Congress proceeded to the election of a quarter master for the German batallion; and, the ballots being taken,
Frederick Seeger was elected.
Resolved, That an order for 136 dollars be drawn on the treasury, in favour of George Meade & Co. the same being
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in full of a draught of Samuel Chase and Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, in favour of John Vienne, or order, drawn at Montreal, 28 May, 1776, and that the same be charged to the account of the said Messrs. Chase and Carroll.
Resolved, That Mr. J. Mease be empowered to pay the draughts of Captain John Douglass, for such parts of the monthly pay of the privates in his company, as he shall specify, the same, as paid, to be charged to the account of the said captain.
The Committee of Treasury reported, that there is due to William Smith, continental druggist, the sum of 2,490 13/90 dollars:
Ordered, That the same be paid.
Three petitions, one from Pierre du Calvet, another from Jaques Pileur, and the third from André Pepin, were presented to Congress, and read.
Resolved, That they be referred to the Board of War.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.1
[Note 1: 1 September 9 Mrs. Connolly wrote from prison asking for relief. Her letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, V, folio 67. The following report was made upon her application:
"The committee to whom Mrs. Conolly's petition was referred beg leave to report that they have enquired into her conduct since her confinement, and are of opinion that she may be enlarged with Safety to these States, and suffered to go to her family in Cumberland County, in the State of Pensylvania."
This report is in No. 19, I, folio 583.]
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