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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 --WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1777
Resolved, That the letter, of the 30th June, from Colonel G. Morgan, be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be instructed to prepare a commission to one or more of the commissioners appointed to foreign Courts, to empower him or them to represent the Congress at the States General of the UnitedStates of Holland Provinces.
The committee to whom was referred the letter of 30 June, from Joseph Trumbull, Esqr. commissary general, brought in a report which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
That it is the opinion of this Committee that Mr Bate should receive a draught on the Loan office in Connecticut in favor of the Sd. Mr Trumbull agreeable to his request.
That the assistant appointed by the Deputy Commissary general for purchasing live stock should receive the sum ofa head for all fat cattle and the sum ofa head for all fat sheep or hogs by him purchased besides the pay allowed the Drover, and the expense of driving the Cattle hogs and sheep to the place of destination, and that he receive no other wages.
Resolved, That the deputy commissaries general of purchases, respectively, be authorized to make reasonable allowances, to such of the assistant commissaries, as are
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employed in buying and collecting live stock for all extraordinary travelling expences, which they may necessarily be put to, not exceeding one dollar and one third of a dollar per day for such additional allowance:1
[Note 1: 1 This paragraph was not in the original report. It is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 29, folio 63. It is in the writing of Abraham Clark.]
That there be paid to the assistant commissaries of issues, each, the sum of sixty dollars per month.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 59, folio 61.]
Resolved, That the following be the form of the commission, to be filled up according to the several stations of the several commissaries of purchases, and issuing commissaries:
IN CONGRESS.
The delegates of the United States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to
We reposing Especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, conduct, and fidelity, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you to be -- in the army of the United States, raised for the defence of American liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof: you are therefore, carefully and diligently, to discharge the duty of -- by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And you are to observe, and follow such orders, and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, or commander in chief for the time being of the army of the United States, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress.
Dated at --
By order of Congress,
President.3
[Note 3: 3 This form of commission was reported by the Board of War, June 23, 1777. It is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, I, folio 245.]
Attested. --
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Congress proceeded to the election of a surgeon general of the hospital in the middle department, in the room of Dr. Rush; and, the ballots being taken,
Dr. William Brown was elected.
Congress proceded to the choice of a member to be added to the Board of War: and the ballots being taken,
Mr. [William] Duer was elected.
Resolved, That to morrow be assigned for taking into consideration, the articles of confederation.
The order of the day was called for, to take into consideration ∥the report on∥ the affairs of Monsieur du Coudray; Whereupon,
Committee on Foreign Applications laid before Congress the following papers:
And the said committee reported, as their opinion,
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that the consideration of these several agreements and papers should be referred to the committee of the whole Congress.1
[Note 1: 1 This recommendation, in the writing of James Lovell, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, II, folio 131. It reads: "The Committee on foreign applications, having considered the Letters from Gen'l Washington and other papers referred to them respecting Mr. Du Coudray and a Corps of Officers brought by him from France, upon a Compact made with Mr Deane as commercial and political Agent of these United States, recommend as their opinion that the said Compact and Papers be referred to a Committee of the whole Congress."]
Resolved, That Congress concur with the committee.
Congress then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the foregoing papers; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. [Benjamin] Harrison reported, that the committee have had under consideration, the papers to them referred, but, not having had time to go through the same, desired him to move for leave to sit again.
Resolved, That Congress will, on Saturday next, resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take into consideration, the before mentioned papers.
The Committee on the Treasury beg leave to report the following Resolutions:
Resolved, That the Pay of the Pay Master General be increased to 150 Dollars per month.
That he be allowed one additional Clerk, and that he have the Rank of Colonel.
Resolved, That the Pay of the Deputy Pay Masters to be appointed by the Paymaster or the Deputy Pay Master General, agreeable to a Resolve of Congress of theday oflast, beDollars per month, and that the Pay Master and Deputy Pay Master General be respectively required to take Bonds of such Deputies for the faithful performance of their office in such Penalties as the Commander in Chief or Commander of the Department shall direct.2
[Note 2: 2 "To lie." This report, dated July 2, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 275.]
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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