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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, JUNE 28, 1777
A letter, of the 15 of May, from William Bingham, at St. Pierre, Martinico, to the Committee of Secret Correspodence, was laid before Congress, and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Applications.
A letter, of the 26, from Robert Ritchie, was read, requesting leave to resign the office of a manager of the lottery, as the business of commissioner of claims, to which Congress has been pleased to appoint him, engrosses the whole of his time:3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in thePapers of the Contingental Congress, No. 78, XIX, folio 93]
Resolved, That leave be granted him.
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A letter, of the 24, from David Hall and others, with sundry papers enclosed, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter, signed by David Hall, Henry Fisher, William Perry, and John Clowes, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XI, folio 173.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of five.
The members chosen, Mr. [Nicholas] Vandyke, Mr. [William] Pace, Mr. [James] Duane, Mr. S[amuel] Adams, and Mr. [James] Wilson.
Resolved, That Tuesday next be assigned for taking into consideration the report of the Committee of Foreign Applications respecting Monsieur du Coudray.
Upon motion made,
Resolved, That the commissions passed yesterday, and the instructions proposed to be given to the commissioners appointed to the courts of Vienna, Berlin and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, be recommitted.
Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the letters and papers from the state of New York, the petition from Jonas Fay and others, and the printed paper referred to them; and after some time spent thereon, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [Benjamin] Harrison reported, that the committee have had under consideration the papers to them referred, and have come to sundry resolutions thereupon, but not having had time to come to a conclusion, desired him to move for leave to sit again.
Resolved, That Congress will, on Monday next, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration the letters and papers aforesaid.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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