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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, APRIL 28, 1777
A letter, of the 22d, from General Gates, at Albany, with sundry papers enclosed;
A letter, of the 23, from Henry Fisher, at Lewis, were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Gates is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 154, I, folio 161.]
Whereas Henry Fisher has, agreeable to the power vested in him by Congress, appointed William Peery, captain; John Wesley, first lieutenant; David Hazard, second lieutenant; and John Hazard, ensign, of the company ordered to be raised for the defence of Lewistown,
Resolved, That they be confirmed.
Resolved, That this Congress resolve itself into a committee of the Whole, to take into consideration the letter from General Gates, with the papers enclosed, and that General Schuyler lay before the committee, the correspondence between him and General Washington, respecting the defence of Ticonderoga.
Congress thereupon resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. F[rancis] L[ightfoot] Lee reported, that the committee have had under consideration the letter and papers to them referred, and have come to sundry resolutions, which he was ordered to report but not having come to a conclusion, desire leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this Congress will, to morrow, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the letter from General Gates, ∥and the papers referred to them.∥
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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