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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 --SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1777
A letter, of the 19, from General Lee, at New York;
One, of the 26, from Governor Livingston, ∥of New Jersey,∥ with sundry papers enclosed; and one, of the 16th, from Lieutenant Colonel Edward Antil, were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Lee is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 158, folio 101.]
Ordered, That the letter from Governor Livingston, with the papers enclosed, be referred to the committee for enquiring into the conduct of the British army: that the letter from Lieutenant Colonel Antil be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Congress took into consideration the letter from General Lee; Thereupon,
Resolved, That Congress still judge it improper to send any of their members to confer with General Lee upon the subjects mentioned in his letter.
Resolved, That 500 dollars be advanced to the Board of War for contingent services; the said Board of War to be accountable.
The Board of War brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Resolved, That 20,000 dollars be paid to Mr. Robert Wood, pay master of Colonel James Wood's regiment, raised in the state of Virginia, for the use of said regiment, the colonel to be accountable, he having requested the supply by letter of the 23 instant.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, I, folio 125.]
Resolved, That the Marine Committee be authorized to advance to every able seaman that enters into the continental service, any sum, not exceeding forty dollars, and to every ordinary seaman or landsman, any sum, not exceeding twenty dollars; to be deducted from their future prize money.
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The committee, to whom the letter from the Committee of Lancaster, in Pensylvania, to the delegates of that State, together with the papers therein enclosed, was referred, brought in a report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon, Congress came to the following resolution:
Whereas Edmund Minyer, adjutant of the regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Hazen, stands charged by an inquisition, taken before the coroner of the county of Lancaster, in Pensylvania, with the murder of Jacob Gross, late of the said county, deceased;
Resolved, That the said Edmund Minyer be delivered to the civil authority of Pensylvania, that he may receive his trial according to law.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of James Wilson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 20, II, folio 7.]
The Board of War brought in a report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon,
Resolved, That Mr. Aylett, deputy commissary in Virginia, be informed, in answer to his letter of the 14th instant, that the quantity of flour required by the commissary general, must, by all means, be purchased; that Mr. Robert Morris consents, on his part, to transfer to Mr. Aylett, for continental use, a quantity of flour, purchased in Virginia by Mr. Morris and Carter Braxton, Esqr. to whom Mr. Aylett is desired to apply for a release of his part of the concern: if this cannot be obtained, the like quantity, and as much more as will complete the commissary general's requisition, to be forthwith procured by Mr. Aylett wheresoever the same can be bought in the State of Virginia.
That Mr. Aylett be also informed, that Congress approve of the prices offered by him for corn, and that he be requested to proceed in the purchase of the quantity
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wanted by Congress or the commissary general, at as low prices as the same can be obtained.
That 200,000 dollars be sent to the ∥deputy∥ pay master general of the southern department.
That a copy of Mr. Aylett's letter be sent to the commissary general, and Mr. Aylett be desired to store the grain and provisions, purchased by him on continental account, until called for by the order of Congress, or the commissary general; and when such requisitions shall be made, the mode of transportation must be left to Mr. Aylett's discretion.
That the pay of the regimental pay masters in the army of the United States be raised to forty dollars per month.
That the regimental paymasters only shall receive from the pay master general all monies due the officers and soldiers of the respective regiments for pay, and the said regimental paymasters alone shall settle with and pay the officers and soldiers of the regiments to which they respectively belong.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Richard Peters, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, I, folio, 119.]
Resolved, That the case of John Jolly, and William and John North, New Jersey prisoners, be referred to the delegates of that State.
Resolved, That whenever any prisoners shall be taken by the army, or by any detachment of the army of these United States, or by any body of the militia, the commanding officer do furnish the Board of War with lists of such prisoners, together with the cause and manner of their capture and detention.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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