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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 --MONDAY, MAY 26, 1777
A letter, of this day, from General Schuyler, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 153, III, folio 132.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
An account from Robert Erwin was presented to Congress:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Applications; Whereupon,
Resolved, That Mons. Mottin de la Balme receive a commission of lieutenant colonel of horse; and that his pay commence the 20 January.
Resolved, That Mons. Coppin de la Garde be recommended to General Washington for some subaltern employment ill the division of General Sullivan, who has written in his favour to the Board of War.2
[Note 2: 2 These two paragraphs were part of the report of the committee submitted May 22, ante. A memorial from Coppin de la Garde is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, folio 381.]
A memorial from Charles Pond, captain and commander of the armed sloopSchuyler, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.
Resolved, The members chosen, Mr. [Thomas] Heyward, and Mr. [James] Lovell.
Resolved, That 20,000 dollars be advanced to the State of Georgia, for the public service; the said State to be accountable.
A memorial from William Goddard, and one from Benjamin Eyre, were read.3
[Note 3: 3 The memorial froth Benjamin Eyre is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, folio 5. That of William Goddard is in the same volume, folio 385.]
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A memorial from Joseph Simpson was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.
A letter, of the 28 April, from James Stevenson, one of the commissioners for settling the accounts of the army, to J. Gibson, Esqr. auditor general, was laid before Congress, and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Resolved, That 40,000 dollars be advanced to Joseph Trumbull, Esq. commissary general, by an order on the loan officer in Massachusetts bay.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report on the commissary's department ∥The committee to whom was re-committed the report on the commissary's department, having brought in another report, Congress took the same into consideration;∥ and, after some time spent thereon,
Resolved, That the further consideration thereof be postponed till to morrow.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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