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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 --THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1777
Ordered, That the letter from General Gates be referred to the Board of War:
That the letter, of the 25 August, from Brigadier Howe, be referred to the Medical Committee.
Resolved, That the resignation of Brigadier Gadsden be accepted.
Ordered, That the letters of the 28 and 29 August, and 12 September, from Brigadier Howe, be referred to the Board of War.
That the letters from the governor of Georgia, and Mrs. Gwinnett, with the papers accompanying them, be referred to a committee of three:
[Note 2: 2 The petition of Hallet is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, IV, folio 23.]
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The members, Mr. [Henry] Laurens, Mr. [Nathan] Brownson, and Mr. [Cornelius] Harnett.
Ordered, That, the letter from Lieutenant Colonel Hale be referred to the committee for conducting the enquiry into the causes of loss of Ticonderoga, and the conduct of the general officers ∥in that department.∥
Ordered, That an order for 20,000 dollars be drawn on Mr. Lawrence, commissioner of the loan office for the State of Connecticut, in favour of Barnabas Deane, the same being in lieu of a like order in his favour, dated the 6th of May last, which was presented for payment on the 18 August, but has not been paid, the said order being lost.
A letter, of 17 September, from Jeremiah Powell, president of the council of Massachusetts bay, enclosing a copy of a letter from Joshua Loring, [British] commissary of prisoners, to Dr. Benjamin Church, proposing an exchange of Dr. M'Henry, of Philadelphia, for him, was read;1
[Note 1: 1 This letter, with the copy of the Loring letter, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 65, I, folio 261. It is indorsed "rejected."]
On the question put to comply with the proposal, carried in the negative.
A letter, of the 20 Sept. from Jonathan Trumbull, Junr. was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XXII, folio 529.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of the 8 of August, and two, of the 11 September, from Governor [J.] Rutledge, of South Carolina, were read:
Ordered, That the letter of the 11th, respecting prisoners, be referred to the Marine Committee, and that the other two be referred to the Board of War.3
[Note 3: 3 One letter, of the 11th, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 72, folio 443. It was afterwards referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.]
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A letter, of the 30 September, from Isaac Melchior, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A memorial from Daniel Batwell, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial is printed in thePennyslvania Archives, Second Series, III, 129.]
Resolved, That the president issue his warrant to the treasurer or auditor general of the United States, or on either of them, to pay to Josias Clapham, Esqr colonel of a regiment of militia from the State of Virginia, for two thousand dollars, for the use of the said regiment, and for which he is to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 An application from Clapham, dated October 1 and read on the 4th, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, V, folio 109.]
Adjourned to 4 o'Clock.
Four o'Clock, p. m.
A memorial, from Mons. Brun, and a letter from John Dorsius, and one, from Brigadier Howe, relative to eight French officers, were read.3
[Note 3: 3 The memorial of Le Brun is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, II, folio 275.]
The petition of the Rev. Mr. Daniel Batwell, setting forth, that, on a charge of being concerned in a conspiracy to destroy the continental magazines in this State, he was in custody of the keeper of the gaol of York county, by virtue of a commitment, until Congress or the supreme executive council of this State should take further order touching him, or until he should be otherwise discharged according to law, being presented to Congress and read; and it appearing to Congress, by the certificate of Dr. Jameson that the petitioner is so much emaciated, by a complication of disorders, that his life will be endangered, unless removed from the said gaol:
Resolved, That the said petition be referred to the president and supreme executive council of this State, to take
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such order relative to the petitioner as they shall think proper; and that, in the mean time, the keeper of the gaol he directed to remove the petitioner from the said gaol to some other safe and proper place, and there grant him every indulgence necessary for the preservation of his health, consistent with the safe-keeping of his person; and that the commanding officer in this place afford the necessary assistance of guards for that purpose.
Resolved, That the ∥ articles of ∥ confederation be taken into consideration to morrow morning, at eleven o'clock.
Resolved, That, the commissaries general of provision, the quarter master general, their deputies, respectively, be directed to provide and supply, in the places where Congress may meet, such articles of their respective departments as may be required by the several members thereof, for the use of themselves, their servants and horses, the said members paying the cost of the said articles; and that this resolution extend to the secretaries, treasurer and the officers of the several boards and committees of Congress.
Resolved, That the treaty made by Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, at Paris, the 17 day of February, 1777, with the Chevalier du Portail and others, be confirmed and ratified as far as it relates to Mons. de Laumoy.
A letter from Mr. Buchanan, commissary general of purchases, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, II, folio 269.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of the 1st, from the Chevalier de Preudhomme de Borré was read.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, II, folio 265.]
∥The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,∥
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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