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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 --TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1777
A letter, of the 15, from Governor Livingston, at Haddonfield, was read, requesting a supply of ammunition:1 Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 68, folio 285.]
Resolved, That, the commissary general of military stores he directed to supply the gentleman from the Jersey with a quantity of cartridges mentioned in the resolve of the Jersey assembly of September 15, taking care that a sufficient quantity of cartridges be reserved for the use of the army under General Washington; and if the cartridges aforesaid cannot be supplied, that, then, the commissary of military stores supply the quantity of lead and powder mentioned in the resolve aforesaid of New Jersey assembly.
A letter, of the 15, from General Dickinson, at Trenton, was read; also one, of the same date, from General Washington, at Buck Tavern, and another of the same date, from the General, at camp, between the Warren and White-Horse Taverns, were read.2
[Note 2: 2 Dickinson's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, VII, folio 131. That of Washington is in No. 152, V, folio 61. It is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford), VI, 72.]
Resolved, That the president and supreme executive council of Pensylvania be informed of General Washington's desire, that the provisions in this city should be
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removed to a place of safety; reserving only what may be necessary for the use of the inhabitants and for the army under his command; and that the president and council be desired, in the name of this Congress, to take the most speedy and effectual measures to have the same carried into execution; also, that the president and council be requested to exert the most vigorous efforts to obtain from this city as many blankets as possible, and with the greatest expedition, as the General represents many of the soldiers to be without blankets, and that their health will be much exposed by remaining so.
Resolved, That the president issue his warrant on the commissioner of the loan office for the State of Connecticut, in favour of William Buchanan, Esqr. commissary general of purchases, or his order, for two hundred thousand dollars, for the use of the northern department, and for which the said commissary general is to be accountable:
Ordered, That there be advanced to William Buchanan, Esqr. commissary general of purchases, 200,000 dollars, for the use of his department, for which he is to be accountable.
Ordered, That the letters and invoices of the cargoes imported in theNeptune, Captain Isaac Lee, and theSuccess, Captain Cabbot Gerrish, from Bilboa to Boston, be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
Resolved, That the commissary general of issues, the quarter master general, the commissary general of military stores, the director, and cloathier generals, be severally directed to remove without delay, the patients, or stores belonging to their respective departments, ordered to, or deposited in, Trenton, to Bethlehem, or some other place of safety.
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Ordered, That the president issue a warrant on the commissioner of the loan office for the state of Massachusetts bay, in favour of the Committee of Commerce, for 5,000 dollars, for which they are to be accountable:
That a warrant be drawn on the said loan officer for 8,000 dollars, in favour of the continental Navy Board in the city of Philadelphia, they to be accountable:
That there be advanced to the delegates of the State of Georgia, 25,000 dollars, to discharge a bill drawn on them by that State, in favour of Colonel John White, and that it be considered as part of the sum appropriated for the military chest in the said State, and for which that State is to be accountable:
That there be advanced to the delegates for the State of Georgia, 3,000 dollars, out of the sum appropriated to that State on account of its claim against the United States for expenditures for the public service, for which sum the said State is to be accountable.
Congress took into consideration the letter of 15 from General Washington: Whereupon, it was moved,
"That the execution of the resolution of Congress, for the recall of General Sullivan from the army in the present critical situation of affairs, be left to the discretion of General Washington until further orders:" Whereupon,
An amendment was offered by way of addition in the following words: "And that Congress submit to the discretion of General Washington, whether it would not be adviseable to place the Maryland and Delaware troops under the command of some other major general, it being at the request of the delegates of those states?," The question put on the amendment:
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So it passed in the negative.
The question was put on the original motion, and agreed to.
The several matters &c ∥to this day referred, being postponed,∥
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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