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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 --STANDING COMMITTEES 1775--1776

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
STANDING COMMITTEES 1775--1776

Accounts or Claims
• 25 September, 1775.

  John Langdon

  Thomas Cushing

  Samuel Ward,

  Silas Deane

  Francis Lewis

  Richard Smith

  Thomas Willing

  Cæsar Rodney

  Thomas Johnson

  Thomas Nelson

  Christopher Gadsden

  John Joachim Zubly

• 25 October, 1775.

  Joseph Hewes

• 2 January, 1776.

  Josiah Bartlett in place of Langdon

  Samuel Adams " Cushing

• 19 January, 1776.

  Oliver Wolcott " Deane

  William Floyd " Lewis

  Thomas McKean " Rodney

  John Rogers " Johnson

  Edward Rutledge " Gadsden

• 4 March,

  John Alsop " Lewis

  William Whipple " Bartlett

"That in case of the absence of any of the standing members of the Committee of Claims, the delegates of the colony to which he belongs be empowered to nominate one of their number to act in his stead of said standing member, until his return." Journals, 4 March, 1776.

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Cannon
• 15 January, 1776.

  Henry Wisner

  Stephen Hopkins

  John Rogers

  Andrew Allen

  Robert Treat Paine

• 20 February, 1776.

  William Livingston

• 11 April, 1776.

  George Clinton

  William Whipple

• 18 July, 1776.

  Samuel Chase

  Thomas Heyward

• 24 December, 1776.

  Francis Lewis

Cloathing
• 25 September, 1776.

  Josiah Bartlett.

  Robert Treat Paine

  William Ellery

  William Williams

  William Floyd

  Richard Stockton

  George Ross

  Thomas McKean

  William Paca

  George Wythe

  Joseph Hewes

  Arthur Middleton

  Lyman Hall

• 10 October, 1776.

  John Witherspoon in place of Stockton

  Thomas Stone " Paca

  John Penn " Middleton

• Correspondence (See Secret Committee)

Executive Committee at Philadelphia
• 21 December, 1776.

  Robert Morris

  George Clymer

  George Walton

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Indian Affairs
• 30 April, 1776.

  George Wythe

  James Wilson

  Oliver Wolcott

  Lewis Morris

  Edward Rutledge

• 16 May, 1776.

  James Duane

• 6 July, 1776.

  Thomas Jefferson in place of Wythe

  Philip Livingston " Morris

  Samuel Huntington " Wolcott

Intelligence
• 17 October, 1776.

  Benjamin Rush

  Richard Henry Lee

  Francis Hopkinson

Medicines
• 14 September, 1775.

  Eliphalet Dyer

  Thomas Lynch

  John Jay

  John Adams

  Francis Lewis

• 18 June, 1776.

  Thomas Heyward, Jr.

  Lyman Hall

• 7 August, 1776.

  Benjamin Rush

Navy, or Marine
• 11 December, 1775.

  Josiah Bartlett

  Samuel Adams

  Stephen Hopkins

  Silas Deane

  Francis Lewis

  Stephen Crane

  Robert Morris

  George Read

  William Paca

  Richard Henry Lee

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• 11 December, 1775.

  Joseph Hewes

  Christopher Gadsden

  [?] Button Gwinnett

• 6 March, 1776.

  Samuel Huntington in place of Deane

  Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant in place of Crane

  Benjamin Harrison in place of Lee

  Edward Rutledge " Gadsden

• 10 March, 1776.

  William Whipple " Bartlett

• 20 May, 1776.

  Arthur Middleton " Rutledge

• 18 June, 1776.

  John Rogers " Paca

• 2 August, 1776.

  George Walton " Gwinnett

• 11 October, 1776.

  William Ellery " Hopkins

Prisoners
• 17 November, 1775.

  Thomas Lynch

  Francis Lewis

  Andrew Allen

• 2 February, 1776.

  Thomas McKean

  Richard Smith

  Henry Wisner

These two lists were combined into one committee, viz:
• 7 February, 1776.

  Samuel Adams

  Thomas McKean

  Richard Smith

  James Wilson

  Oliver Wolcott

• 8 October, 1776.

  Benjamin Rush

• 18 November, 1776.

  William Hooper

Qualifications (or Applications)
• 8 December, 1775.

  Josiah Bartlett

  Samuel Adams

  Samuel Ward

  Eliphalet Dyer

  John Jay

  William Livingston

  Andrew Allen

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• 8 December, 1775.

  Cæsar Rodney

  Francis Lightfoot Lee

  John Penn

  Thomas Lynch

• 16 January, 1776.

  Oliver Wolcott in place of Dyer

  James Duane in place of Jay

  Thomas McKean " Rodney

  John Rogers

• 19 March, 1776.

  William Whipple " Bartlett

Secret Committee
• 19 September, 1775.

  Thomas Willing

  Benjamin Franklin

  Philip Livingston

  John Alsop

  Silas Deane

  John Dickinson [excused November 7]

  John Langdon

  Thomas McKean

  Samuel Ward.

• 7 November, 1775.

  Francis Lewis

  Josiah Bartlett

  Archibald Bulloch

• 13 December, 1775.

  Robert Morris in place of Willing

• 16 January, 1776

  Joseph Hewes in place of two absent

  Robert Alexander

• 19 March, 1776.

  Richard Henry Lee in place of Bartlett

• 20 November, 1776.

  William Whipple in place of Bartlett

Secret Correspondence
• 29 November, 1775.

  Benjamin Harrison

  Benjamin Franklin

  Thomas Johnson, Jr.

  John Dickinson

  John Jay

• 30 January, 1776.

  Robert Morris

• 11 October, 1776.

  Richard Henry Lee

  John Witherspoon

  William Hooper

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Treasury Committee or Board
• 17 February, 1776.

  James Duane

  Thomas Nelson

  Elbridge Gerry

  Richard Smith

  Thomas Willing

• 18 June, 1776.

  Joseph Hewes

  Thomas McKean

• 15 July, 1776.

  P. Livingston

  George Read

• 23 July, 1776.

  George Clymer in place of?

• 23 September, 1776.

  William Hooper

  William Ellery

• 30 September, 1776.

  Francis Hopkinson

• 15 October, 1776.

  George Wythe

  James Smith

War and Ordnance, Board of
• 13 June, 1776.

  John Adams

  Roger Sherman

  Benjamin Harrison

  James Wilson

  Edward Rutledge

• 18 July, 1776.

  Charles Carroll

• 3 September, 1776.

  William Hooper

  Samuel Huntington

• 11 September, 1776.

  Francis Lightfoot Lee in place of Harrison

• 5 November, 1776.

  Benjamin Harrison

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