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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 --FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1777
A letter, of the 31 July, from General Washington, at Coryell's Ferry; one, of the 8 April last, from S. Deane, Esqr., at Paris, recommending the viscomte Mourreu; one, of the 30 July, from Brigadier J. Dagworthy; and a memorial from Colonel Hazen; were read.2
[Note 2: 2 The latter of Washington is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, IV, folio 429; that of Dagworthy, in No. 78, VII, folio 105. A transcript of Deane's letter is in No. 103, folio 78 [Department of State].]
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Ordered, That the memorial from Colonel Hazen be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to examine the letters that have passed between the Committee of Secret Correspondence and Mr. Deane, and report thereon ∥to Congress,∥ and that the said Committee meet at the office of the Committee of Foreign Affairs:
The members chosen, Mr. S[amuel] Adams, Mr. [James] Wilson, and Mr. [Henry] Laurens.
A letter from the Baron de Kalb, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Foreign Applications.
Congress resumed the consideration of the subject under consideration on Wednesday last ∥of affairs in the northern departments;∥ Whereupon,
Resolved, That Major General Schuyler be directed to repair to head quarters:
That General Washington be directed to order such general officer as he shall think proper, immediately to repair to the northern department, to relieve Major General Schuyler in his command there:
That Brigadier Poor, Brigadier Patterson, and Brigadier Roche de Fermoy, be directed to repair to head quarters.
Resolved, That the committee to be appointed to digest and report the mode of conducting the enquiry into the reasons of the evacuation of Ticonderoga and Fort Independence, and into the conduct of the officers who were in the northern department at the time of the evacuation, consist of five:
The members chosen, Mr. [Henry] Laurens, Mr. J[ohn] Adams, Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer, Mr. [Daniel] Roberdeau, and Mr. [Nathaniel] Folsom.
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the state of Georgia; Whereupon,
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Resolved, That one million of dollars be immediately struck and emitted under the direction of the Treasury Board, for the purpose of redeeming the certificates and bills of credit, issued by the State of Georgia, for the use of the United States, and for supporting the continental forces in that State; that four hundred thousand of the said dollars be sent to the government of the said State, for sinking or redeeming the said certificates or bills of credit; that a deputy pay master general be appointed in the said State of Georgia, and the remaining six hundred thousand dollars be sent to him for the use of the continental forces:
That the quarter master general be directed to appoint a deputy quarter master general in the said State, and that he be directed to use his utmost endeavours to procure tents and other essential articles, for the use of the troops there, without delay:
That the cloathier general be directed to appoint an agent in the said State, for the purpose of supplying the troops there with cloaths: that the Committee of Commerce be directed to order a supply of cloathing and other necessary articles for the use of the troops in the said State:
That a deputy commissary general of purchases, and a deputy commissary general of issues of provisions be appointed in the said State:
That Brigadier General McIntosh be directed to join the grand Army under General Washington.
That Brigadier Howe be directed to order a brigadier to relieve Brigadier M'Intosh in his command in Georgia, and that he assign some other command to the said Brigadier M'Intosh:
That the commanding officer in the said State, for the time being, be directed, if he shall think it proper, to
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establish a post in the southern part of the said State, at the most convenient and healthy situation:
N. B. The Title of General may be struck off to the several Offices.
That three persons be appointed in the State of South Carolina, to audit and settle the public accounts in Georgia, and that the auditor general be directed to acquaint. them with the method adopted for settling public accounts:1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of George Walton, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 20, II, folio 425.]
Ordered, That to morrow be assigned for nominating, and Monday next, for appointing, the officers ∥mentioned∥ in the foregoing resolves.
A petition from William West, Jun., major
The several matters &c ∥to this day referred, being postponed,∥
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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