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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 --WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1776
A letter, of the 12 of October, from Joseph Trumbull, commissary general, was read;1 Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 This letter had already been read on October 16, ante.]
Resolved, That 40,000 dollars be advanced to Thomas Lowry, and charged to the account of Mr. J[oseph] Trumbull, agreeable to his request.
The Marine Committee having recommended Colonel John Nixon, and John Wharton, as fit persons to execute
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the business of the navy, under the direction of the Marine Committee,
Resolved, That they be accepted.
A letter, of the 10 November, from M. Tilghman, president of the convention of Maryland, enclosing sundry resolutions of that body, relative to the raising their quota of the new levies, was laid before Congress, and read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 70, folio 75.]
Ordered, That Mr. President furnish the commissioners of the said state, sent therefrom to raise their levies, with the resolution of yesterday, admitting the new levies to inlist for three years only, and, at the same time inform them, that, if the inhabitants of that state will inlist to serve during the continuance of the present war, they already have the faith of the United States of America pledged for the land to be granted to such soldiers.2
[Note 2: 2 "Congress have this day given an answer to the resolutions of Our State, which being an entire new one, we have despatched to the proper place to be considered. They resolve that the troops may be inlisted for three years, and a bounty of twenty dollars only to be given; or during the war, and one hundred acres of land be added to the bounty. They will not specify where the land lies belonging to the United States.
"Our instructions run that they are to be inlisted during the war; of course when our State accedes to it we can proceed. Congress has got rid of the difficulty with respect to the land, and has not closed in with either of the propositions made by our State, nor receded entirely from their own resolution. But if they have escaped, they embarrass us. What can we do with our Regulars? They are inlisted during the war. Must we inlist them again in the service of the State for three years? I imagine our State will not incline to do so; if they do, we ought to have instructions on that head." Benjamin Rumsey to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, 13 November, 1776. Force, American Archives, Fifth Series, III, 680.]
"The Committee of Treasury reported, that there is due,
To Mons. la Marque, a Canadian prisoner, for his allowance from the 31 August to the 8 November, inclusive, being 10 weeks, at 2 dollars per week, 20 dollars, to be paid to Mons. de la Magdalaine:
To Captain Thomas Gamble, a prisoner of the 47 regiment,
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for his allowance from the 10 August, to the 2 November, inclusive, being 12 weeks, at two dollars per week, 24 dollars, and to be paid to James Biddle, Esqr.
To Michael Leightner, and to be paid to George Aston, for victualling troops on their march, 15 5/90 dollars.
To John Nourse, for ferriage of himself, General Lee and his servants, horses, &c. over Hoes' ferry, 4 60/90 dollars, to be paid to Colonel [Benjamin] Harrison:
To Doctor Samuel Wilson, for board, attendance, and medicine, to sick soldiers of the 6 Virginia regiment, 33 60/90 dollars:
To Wollore Meng, for 12 scabbards delivered to Captain Ralph Falconer, of the 5th Virginia batallion, 4 72/90 dollars:
That there should be paid to Thomas Armer, on account of Elizabeth Robinson, for so much short paid on settlement of her account, the 14th October last, for board, &c. of sick soldiers belonging to Captain Grier's company, 10 dollars:
That there should be paid to the Pensylvania hospital, for the support and cloathing of John Hughes, a wounded solider, 36 54/90 dollars:
That there should be paid to Adam Eccle, 8 78/90 dollars, being so much paid by him to Serjeant John Byers, of Captain Hubley's company, in Colonel Shee's batallion, to enable him to support his party, being a guard to powder from Philadelphia to North Carolina:
That there is due to William O'Hara, a soldier in the late Captain William Hendricks' company, taken at Quebec, and now returned, for his pay from 1st January to 10 November, 1776, being 10 months and 10 days, at 62/3 dollars a month, 68 80/90 dollars:
To Henry Taylor, a soldier in Captain Smith's rifle company, taken at Quebec, and now returned, for his pay
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from 1 June to 10 November, being 5 months and 10 days, at 62/3 dollars, 35 50/90 dollars:
To Dr. William Sarringhause, for medicine and attendance to the sick of Captain Woelpper's company, in the German batallion, 24 1/90 dollars.
To Benjamin Eyre, ship wright, for his pay and rations, employed in constructing row gallies at New York, horse hire, and travelling expences to Albany, to engage boards, &c. for the army, 427 77/90 dollars:
That 60,000 dollars be sent to Richard Dallam, Esq. deputy pay master general of the flying camp, for the use of the army:
That there is due to Daniel Naeff, for the ferriage of Virginia troops, their baggage, waggons and horses, over the Susquehanna, 61 72/90 dollars:
To Andrew M'Nair, for his attendance on Congress 146 days, cleaning house, &c. to the 1st November, 118 81/90 dollars:
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
The Board of Treasury brought in a farther report respecting the certificates to be given to the lenders of the 5 millions of dollars, voted to be borrowed, which was read.
The Board of War brought in a report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon,
Resolved, That 2,000 dollars be advanced to Colonel Hausegger for the use of the German batallion; he to be accountable.
That the remainder of the report be postponed till to Morrow.
The Secret Committee, to whom the letter from Captain Smith was referred, brought in a report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon,
Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to
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write letters to Governor Cooke, to the continental agent in Rhode Island, and such other persons as they shall think proper, to make strict enquiry into the conduct of Captain Timothy Pierce, respecting the capture or seizure of the ship Hancock & Adams, employed in the continental service, and cause him to be prosecuted for the penalty of the bond given, when he received his commission, if it shall appear, on the enquiry, that in justice to the Continent, such prosecution should be commenced; and the said committee are authorized to do what may be necessary for supporting the prosecution.
Resolved, The remainder of the report postponed.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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