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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 --TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1777
A letter, of the 28, from Joseph Trumbull, Esqr. was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Ordered, That the letters of the 15 and 23, [24] from J. M'Kinley, president of Delaware, be referred to the Board of War.
Resolved, That an enquiry be made into the reasons of the evacuation of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, and into the conduct of the general officers who were in the northern department at the time of the evacuation:
That a committee be appointed to digest and report the mode of conducting the enquiry.
A letter, of the 12th, of P. Philips, at Providence, was read, wherein he informs [Congress,] that his infirm state of health obliges him to decline the office of commissary of hides, with which Congress had honoured him:1 ∥Whereupon:∥
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XVIII, folio 137.]
Resolved, That his resignation be accepted.
At a Board of War, 29th July, 1777
Present: Mr. John Adams, Mr. S. Adams, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Clymer.
Agreed to Report to Congress:
That Lieut David Zeigler, of Colonel Chamber's Regiment, who was wounded at Long Island, and is incapable of doing Field Duty, be appointed a Captain in the Corps of Invalids, the relative Rank of the Officers of the said Corps to be hereafter settled.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, I, folio 295.]
The several matters &c ∥to this day referred, being postponed,∥
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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