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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 --SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1776
Two letters, of the 30th, from General Washington, at Brunswick, were read;1
[Note 1: 1 These letters are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, III, folios 279, 283. They are printed in Writings of Washington (Ford), V, 54, 58.]
Resolved, That the Board of War be directed to order the German batallion to march immediately to join General Washington, and that the said Board use every measure in their power to expedite their march with all possible despatch:
Resolved, That the council of safety of Pensylvania be requested to take effectual measures for supplying guards for the public stores, &c. in the room of the German batallion:
That the Secret Committee be directed to appoint one or more trusty persons, to proceed immediately to the eastern states, and see that the cloathing and stores, which have been ordered to be purchased for the army, be collected and forwarded to the army, with all possible despatch; and that the said person, or persons, have power to purchase, or cause to be purchased, such necessary cloathing as can be procured in those states, and to have them forwarded to the army:
That General Washington be informed, he has the full approbation of Congress to order the troops, on the east side of Hudson's river, over to the west side of that river, whenever he shall think it conducive for the public service so to do:
That General Washington be directed to order the cloaths, which have been, or shall be sent to head quarters, or to any of the camps, to be distributed, first among such of the soldiers as stand most in need of them:
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That Mr. J. Mease be directed to purchase all the hats and caps he can procure, proper for soldiers, and to employ as great a number of tailors as possible in making up cloaths for soldiers; and forward those articles, from time to time, as fast as ready, to General Washington:
That the Medical Committee be directed to take such steps, as they shall judge proper, for the accommodation of the sick of the army.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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