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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, JANUARY 20, 1777
A letter, of the 12, from General Washington.
One, of the 16, from the committee of Congress at Philadelphia, with copies of sundry letters enclosed.
One, of the 27 December last, from the honoble Meshech Weare, president, in behalf of the council and assembly of New Hampshire.
One, of the 7, from General Schuyler, at Albany.
One, of the 2d, from Colonel A. Wayne, at Ticonderoga, were read:2
[Note 2: 2 Letters of Washington of the 9th and 12th are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, III, folios 449 and 453. They are printed in Writings of Washington (Ford), v, 160, 164. That of Weare is in No. 64, folio 21. That of the Philadelphia committee is in No. 137, Appendix, folio 89. That of Schuyler is in No. 153, III, folio 27.]
Ordered, That the letters from General Schuyler and Colonel Wayne be referred to the Board of War:
That the letter from Meshech Weare, be referred to the Committee of Treasury.
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A letter, of the 15, from Brigadier General Armstrong, and J. Wilson, was read, and referred to the Board of War.
Nathaniel Gist, being appointed by General Washington a colonel of a corps of rangers, and recommended by him to Congress for money to pay the bounty,
Resolved, That 3,000 dollars be advanced to Colonel Gist, towards paying the bounty of his corps; he to be accountable:
That a farther sum of 250 dollars be advanced to Colonel N. Gist, to defray the expences of his journey to the Cherokee country, agreeable to orders received from the General; for which Colonel Gist is to be accountable.
The Board of Treasury, to whom the letter from Mr. Weare was referred, brought in a report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon,
Resolved, That 100,000 dollars be advanced to the State of New Hampshire, for the public service; the said State to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, endorsed on the back of the letter of President Weare, is in the writing of Elbridge Gerry.]
A motion being made, and seconded, for ordering barracks to be built,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
Resolved, That the pay of the deputy pay master general be raised to 75 dollars per month.
Ordered, That the Board of War take into consideration the pay of the staff, and report thereon to Congress.
Ordered, That a copy an extract of the letter from the committee of Congress, at Philadelphia, respecting an expedition to the northward, be sent and referred to General Schuyler.
A letter, of the 14 January, from the committee of Congress at Philadelphia.
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One, of the 9th, from General Washington, at Morris Town.
One, of the 3d, from General Schuyler, with a memorial from Bernard Moissac De la Marquisie, were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of the Philadelphia committee is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 137, Appendix, folio 85. That of Schuyler is in No. 153, III, folio 1, and with it is the memorial of La Marquisie.]
Resolved, That 400 dollars be advanced to John Griffith, for the use of sick in the hospital in Baltimore; he to be accountable.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to examine the file of reports, and lay before Congress, a list of the business unfinished, and which ought to be taken up:
The members ∥chosen∥ [Elbridge] Gerry, Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [George] Ross, and Mr. [John] Hall.
That 750 dollars be advanced to the delegates of North Carolina, for the use of that State, which is to be accountable.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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