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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 30, 1777
A petition from Lieutenant Colonel Jotham Loring, was read; setting forth, that, in the Danbury expedition in which he was principally engaged, he had a horse killed, and praying that another horse may be granted to him to make up his loss:1
[Note 1: 1 This petition, dated Fort Constitution, July 1, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, IV, folio 138.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
The governor of Virginia having represented that Robert Smith and Alexander Telfair, two of the gentlemen appointed to audit and settle the accounts of Virginia against the United States, have declined acting:
Resolved, That Whitmill Hill and Eaton Haynes, esqrs. be appointed in their room, and that they, and Wyllie Jones, Esqr. or any two of them, be empowered to act.
In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners ∥of claims,∥ the auditor general reports,
That the account of William Finnie, deputy quarter master general, for sundries furnished for the use of the quarter master general's department, amounts to 170,331 35/90 dollars; that he has received from B. Harrison, Esqr. deputy pay master general, 154,543 78/90 dollars, and for sundry disabled horses, wooden tents, and goods sold by him, 10,277 50/90 dollars; and that there is a balance due to him amounting to 5,509 87/90 dollars. That agreeable to the opinion of the Treasury Board there be allowed to him for extra services in the purchasing cloathing and necessaries, for issuing them and disposing of such articles as were unfit for their use, the sum of 1,000 dollars, making in the whole 6,509 87/90 dollars: Whereupon,
Resolved, That there be paid to Colonel William Finnie, deputy quarter master general for the southern department,
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6,509 87/90 dollars. being the balance of his accounts with the United States, as settled by the commissioners of accounts at the treasury office, under the direction of the Committee of the Treasury, and that the said committee be authorized to discharge the said deputy quarter master general upon the said accounts accordingly.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 323. The last paragraph is in the writing of James Duane.]
In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners ∥of claims,∥ the auditor general farther reports,
That there is due to Robert Jewell, for subsisting prisoners in the new gaol, for fire-wood, candles, &c. and for his and his two assistants' pay, from the 17 June to the 22 July, the sum of 752 83/90 dollars:2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 329.]
∥Ordered, That the said account be paid.∥
The Committee of Treasury brought in a report, which was read; Whereupon,
Resolved, That there be paid to George Clymer, Esqr. 130 40/90 dollars, for his and Mr. [Richard] Stockton's expences as a committee of Congress to Ticonderoga, between the 27 September and 20 November:
That there be advanced to Colonel Lewis Nicola, of the batallion of invalids, 500 dollars, for the use of the said batallion, for which he is to be accountable.3
[Note 3: 3 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 327.]
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Accounts be instructedTo lie to allowDollars for every Horse belonging to the Cavalry, in settling the accounts.
Resolved, That there be allowed to the officers of the cavalry, 2 2/3ds dollars for their trouble and expence in recruiting every non-commissioned officer and private, and purchasing each horse.
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Resolved, That a warrant be drawn on the managers of the lottery for forty-five thousand dollars, in favour of the auditor general, for which he is to be accountable.
Resolved, That there be paid to Lewis Casimir de Holtzendorf, retained by Mr. Deane as a lieutenant colonel in the service of the United States, for eight months' pay and rations, commencing the 20th November, and ending the 20th July, (deducting 900 livres which Mr. Deane advanced him,) the sum of 439 40/90 dollars.
Resolved, That there be advanced to the said Lieutenant Colonel de Holtzendorf the further sum of 120 dollars, for two months' pay, commencing the 20th inst.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 325.]
The Marine Committee, to whom a petition from Mary Giddens was referred, brought in a report, ∥which was read;∥2 Whereupon,
[Note 2: 2 This petition is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, III, folio 179.]
Resolved, That the sum of two hundred dollars be paid to Mary Giddens, widow of John Giddens, a petty officer, killed on board theAlfred, in the engagement with theGlasgow man of war, she being entitled to this sum out of the prize money taken by the squadron during Commodore Hopkins's cruize, the cannon and military stores applied to continental use being part of the said prize goods, of which no valuation has been obtained.
Whereas, the States of New Jersey, Pensylvania and Delaware are in danger of an immediate invasion from the enemy's army, a powerful fleet being daily expected within the capes of Delaware, and there is the strongest reason to suppose that the enemy will endeavour to secure, without delay, all the cattle, horses, and teams, which are exposed to the water, in order to subsist their army and facilitate their military operations; and whereas, the preventing of this measure is not only highly conducive to
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the general weal, but will ultimately tend to secure the property of the good people of these States from cruel ravages:
Resolved, That it be recommended to the executive powers of the States of Pensylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, to cause the horses, waggons, carts, cattle, and other live stock contiguous to the bay and river Delaware, to be removed into the interior parts of the country, whenever the arrival of the enemy's forces at the capes shall announce the necessity and propriety of such a measure.
Resolved, That all continental officers, and officers of militia in continental pay, in the said States, do afford the said executive powers such aid and assistance, in performing this service, as they may require.
A memorial from Bryan Lefferty was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, V, folio 189.]
Ordered, That so much of the said memorial as relates to an extension of the limits in his parole, be referred to the Board of War, and that the remainder be referred to the Board of Treasury.
The Committee of Treasury brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Resolved, That there be paid to Colonel Moses Hazen 1,497 57/90 dollars, for the pay of the field officers and four companies, of which his batallion then consisted, from the 18th of June to the 1st of November:
Resolved, That there be paid to Isaac Guion, Esqr. pay master to the 9th batallion of continental troops raised in North Carolina, on account of the pay of the said batallion, 2,500 dollars, for which he is to be accountable:
Resolved, That there be paid to Isaac Guion, agent for John Spicer, pay master of the 2d batallion of continental troops raised in North Carolina, on account of the pay of
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the said batallion, 3,500 dollars, for which the said pay master is to be accountable:
Resolved, That there be paid to Isaac Guion, agent for James Spicer, pay master of the 5th batallion of continental troops raised in North Carolina, on account of pay for that batallion, 5,000 dollars, the said pay master to be accountable:
Resolved, That there be paid to Richard Bradley, pay master to the 1st batallion of continental troops raised in North Carolina, commanded by Colonel Thomas Clarke, for one month's pay of the said batallion, 2,000 dollars, the said pay master to be accountable:
Resolved, That a warrant be drawn on the continental treasurer at Baltimore, in favour of Stephen Stewart, for the use of the Secret Committee, 10,666 2/3ds dollars, and to be charged to the Secret Committee:
Resolved, That 40,000 dollars be paid to Cornelius Sweets, deputy commissary of military stores, and that the same be charged to Colonel Flower, the commissary general of military stores:
The committee appointed to take into consideration the state of Georgia, brought in a report, which was read.
Ordered, To lie ∥on the table∥for consideration.
Congress resumed the consideration of the subject under debate yesterday, and thereupon
Resolved, That Major General St. Clair, who commanded at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, be, and he is hereby directed forthwith to repair to head quarters.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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