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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, JULY 5, 1777
A letter, of the 25 of June, from General St. Clair, at Ticonderoga. A letter, of the 1, from General Greene, and one, of the same date, from Brigadier General Knox. One, of the 30 of June, from Brigadier General A. Wayne;
A petition from Colonel M. Hazen, and a petition, from Robert Anderson, were read:2
Ordered, That the letter from General St. Clair, with the papers enclosed, be referred to the Board of War:
That the petition from Colonel Hazen, with the papers accompanying the same, be referred to the Board of Treasury.
[Note 2: 2 The letter of St. Clair is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 161, folio 501; that of Greene, in No. 155, I, folio 35; that of Knox, in No. 78, XIII, folio 439; that of Wayne. in No. 161, folio 237. The petition of Anderson is in No. 42, I, folio 33.]
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The Board of Treasury reported, that they have had under consideration the petition of Captain William Jenkins, referred to them the 11 October last, and he having been qualified to the truth of the facts therein set forth, they are of opinion that he should be paid 180 dollars, which he had received for the payment of his company and lost in the retreat from the siege of Quebec.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated June 26, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 261.]
Ordered, That the said account be paid.
The said Committee reported,
That a warrant should be drawn on Thomas Smith, Esq. continental loan officer in Pensylvania, in favour of John Gibson, Esqr. auditor general, for one hundred thousand dollars, he to be accountable.
That another warrant be drawn by the president on the auditor general, in favour of Richard Ellis, for 700 dollars, being in full of a bill drawn by his excellency Governor Caswell, of North Carolina, in part of the expences of horses, carriages and other necessaries furnished Colonel Derford and five other French gentlemen of his party on their journey from thence to Philadelphia, to be charged to the said Governor:
That there be advanced to Colonel Flower, commissary general of military stores, 10,000 dollars, for the use of his department, he to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated July 3, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 281.]
Ordered, That the said warrants be drawn and advance made.
The said Board farther reported that a warrant should be drawn by the president on Benjamin Harrison, Junr. Esqr. deputy pay master general of the southern department, in favour of Colonel William Aylett, deputy commissary general in the said department, for 54,000 dollars
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for which the said Commissary General is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This paragraph formed part of a report, dated July 2, which contained two other paragraphs, both of which were ordered "to lie." These paragraphs were: "Resolved, That all Bedding, Blankets, Shirts and Sheets which may be necessary for the use of the Hospitals be purchased and supplied by the Clothier General.
"Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee that the Pay of Benjamin Harrison junr. Esqr as Depr Pay Master General of the Southern Department ought to be augmented."
The report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 273.]
That there should be advanced to Jacob Mehs, [Maess] lieutenant in Captain Anderson's company of the Pensylvania regiment commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart, 200 dollars, which is to be charged to the said regiment:
That a warrant should be drawn in favour of the Board of War for 524,000 dollars, to be transmitted by them to the paymaster general for the pay of the army:
That the president, issue his warrant to the commissioner of the loan office for the State of Rhode Island, to pay to the order of the general assembly of the said State, 190,000 dollars, for which they are to be accountable:
That there should be advanced to the delegates of the State of Rhode Island, 10,000 dollars, to enable them to answer a bill drawn on them for the use of the said State, and for which that State is to be accountable:2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated July 5, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 283.]
Ordered, That the said advances be made and warrants drawn.
A letter, of the 1, from Lux and Bowley, Samuel and Robert Purviance and David Stewart, directed to Robert Morris, Esqr. was laid before Congress and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Secret Committee.
Whereas, the Secret Committee, by the absence of a number of the members, are reduced to two,
Resolved, That a new committee, to be styled, the Committee of Commerce, be now appointed, to consist of
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five members; that this committee be vested with the powers granted to the Secret Committee, and that the remaining members of the late Secret Committee be directed to settle and close their accounts and transfer the balances to the Committee of Commerce:
The members chosen, Mr. R[obert] Morris, Mr. P[hilip] Livingston, Mr. W[illiam] Smith, Mr. [Thomas] Heyward, and Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry.
Ordered, That the case of Nicholas Davis, formerly referred to the Secret, Committee, be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners of accounts, the auditor general reports, that there is due, to John Coats, for his musket, lost after the battle of Princeton, he having been disabled, the sum of 14 60/90ths dollars.
That there is due to Frederick Bicking, for 142 reams of paper for continental bills of credit, the sum of 1,420 dollars:1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated July 2, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 277. The two paragraphs that follow form a report, dated July 3, on folio 279.]
That there is due to Captain Thomas Lansdale, late a lieutenant in Captain Howard's company of Colonel Hall's batallion of Maryland flying camp, for provisions and necessaries supplied 365 men, discharged from New York, in January last, the sum of 118 15/90ths dollars:
That there is due to the owners of the powder house, for storage of 434¼ barrels of powder, the sum of 57 81/90ths dollars, which is to be paid to the widow Spring:
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
A deposition of Thomas M'Arthur, taken before Joshua Elder, one of the justices of the peace for the county of Lancaster, in the State of Pensylvania, respecting the conduct of one Davies, of the city of Philadelphia, employed
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in purchasing horses, was laid before Congress and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
On application from the Marine Committee,
Resolved, That, a warrant for forty thousand dollars be drawn on the commissioner of the loan office in Massachusetts bay, in favour of John Bradford, and a warrant for five thousand dollars on the deputy pay master general, in Virginia, in favour of John Tazewell, the continental agent there, for the use of the frigateVirginia; and another warrant for twenty thousand dollars on the commissioner of the loan office in the State of Connecticut, in favour of Governor Trumbull, for the use of the frigates building there, the same being in part of the money heretofore granted to the Marine Committee.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 85-1.]
A copy of a letter from Colonels Hale, Scammell, and Cilley, of the New Hampshire batallions, to the executive power of that State, was laid before Congress and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War; who are directed to take the most effectual measures and give the necessary orders for arming and cloathing the troops in the northern department.
Congress took into consideration the letters from General Greene and Brigadier General Knox; and, after debate,
Resolved, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed till Monday.
A letter, from Brigadier General Moore, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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