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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 --THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1776
Sundry letters were read, viz.
One, of the 16, from General Washington, with an extract of a letter from Commissary General Trumbull:
One, of the 13th, from said Commissary General Trumbull at Morristown:
One, of the 8th, from Governor Cooke:
One, of the 20th, from General Washington, with a plan for the establishment of artillery, and a memorandum.1
[Note 1: 1 The letters of Washington are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, III, folios 361, 369. They are printed in Writings of Washington (Ford), V, 101, 112. The letter from Joseph Trumbull is in No. 78, XXII, folio 179. That of Governor Cooke, is in No. 64, folio 366.]
One, of the 21, from General N. Greene:
Two, of the 22, from the council of safety of Pensylvania, with sundry letters from Ticonderoga:
One, of the 2d, from Colonel A[nthony] Wayne, at Ticonderoga, with sundry papers enclosed:
One, of the 6th, from Colonel J. Wood, at ditto:
One, of the 23, from Samuel Washington, of Berkley county, Virginia:
One, of the 10, from Colonel John Brown, of Albany, with papers enclosed:
Also, a letter from Donald M'Leod, Alexander M'Leod, Kenneth M'Donald, and a petition from Thomas Slater, prisoners.2
[Note 2: 2 That of Greene is in No. 155, I, folio 31. That of the Pennsylvania Council of Safety is in No. 69, I, folio 281; that of Joseph Wood is in No. 78, XXIII, folio 327; that of Joseph Trumbull is in No. 78, XXII, folio 179; and that of Brown is in No. 78, II, folio 113. The letter from McLeod &c. is in 78, XV, folio 159, and the petition of Slater is in No. 42, VII, folio 19.]
Resolved, That 400,000 dollars be advanced to Joseph Trumbull, commissary general; he to be accountable.
Resolved, That J. Trumbull, Esqr. commissary general, be empowered to import, at the continental risque, from
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Virginia and Maryland, and the other southern states, such quantities of flour and other provisions as he may judge necessary for the support of the army.
Resolved, That the delegates of Virginia be empowered and directed to write to the governor and council of their state, and request them to contract with proper persons for the delivery of 10,000 barrels of flour on James, York, Rappahannock, and Potomack rivers, to the order of Joseph Trumbull, commissary general of the continental army, or of a larger quantity should he require a further supply; the said J. Trumbull to send vessels to take it in, and to pay for, drawing orders on the president of Congress for the payment of the same.
Ordered, That the letters read be referred to a committee of the whole:
Congress than resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the letters; and, after some time spent thereon, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [Benjamin] Harrison reported, that the committee have had under consideration the letters to them referred; but, not having time to finish, desire leave to sit again to Morrow at 10 o'Clock.
Resolved, That this Congress will, to Morrow, at 10 o'Clock, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the letters read this day.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to take into consideration the state of the army, and report thereon to Morrow morning:
The members chosen, Mr. R[ichard] H[enry] Lee, Mr. [James] Wilson, and Mr. [Samuel] Adams.
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to prepare a plan for the better conducting the executive business of Congress, by boards composed of persons, not members of Congress:
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The members chosen, Mr. [William] Whipple, Mr. [James] Wilson, Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, Mr. [Thomas] Nelson, and Mr. [Robert] Morris.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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