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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 --LANCASTER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1777
A letter, of the 15, from General Gates, at the heights above Behman's; of the 15, from Colonel Gist, at Christiana bridge; one, of the 16, from Colonel Gibson, at Alexandria; one, of the 22, from General Washington, at Pottsgrove, were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter from Washington is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, V, folio 71. It is printed inWritings Washington (Ford), VI, 80.]
A letter from General Conway was read and referred to the Board of War.
A letter from Colonel G. Morgan, at Pittsburg, with several papers enclosed, was read and referred to the Board of War.2
[Note 2: 2 The letter of Conway is in No. 159, folio 453; and that of Morgan, in No. 163, folio 289.]
A letter from the Baron de Kalb to Colonel R[ichard] H[enry] Lee, was read and referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of the 16, from Joseph Trumbull, was read:3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 66, I, folio 341.]
Referred to the Board of Treasury.
Resolved, That the Board of War be directed to cooperate with General Washington in devising and carrying into execution the most effectual measures for supplying the army with fire-arms, shoes, blankets, stockings, provisions, and other necessaries; and that, in executing this business, these collections be confined, as much as circumstances will admit, to persons of disaffected and equivocal characters.
Resolved, That the Treasury Board direct the treasurer, with all his papers, forms, &c. to repair to the town of York, in Pensylvania.
Adjourned to York-town, there to meet on Tuesday next, at 10 o'Clock.
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