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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, SEPTEMBER 2, 1777
A letter, of the 1, from General Washington, at Wilmington, inclosing a declaration of General Howe of the 27 August, with intelligence from Captain Hopkins, and a deposition of Francis Alexander, relative to the brutal behaviour of some of the enemy; also another of the 1 September from General Washington.
A letter of 26 August, from Pierre Van Cortlandt, president of the council of safety of New York, with sundry papers enclosed; a letter, of the 27 August, from General Putnam, with the proceedings of a court martial, on Amos Rose, and the proceedings of a court martial on Lemuel Ackerly; and a letter of the 30 August from J. Hudson, ∥at Baltimore,∥ were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letters from Washington, with enclosures, are in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, V, folios 13 and 17. The second is printed inWritings of Washington (Ford), VI, 58. That of Van Cortlandt is in No. 67, II, folio 71; that of Putnam, in No. 159, folio 75.]
Ordered, That the letter from J. Hudson be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Congress took into consideration the letter from General Putnam; Whereupon,
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Resolved, That the president write to General Putnam, and inform him, that, in consequence of his recommendation, Congress agree to his pardoning Amos Rose and Lemuel Ackerly, who are sentenced to death by judgment of a court martial.
Resolved, That the allowance to a major general in a separate department be extended and allowed to Major General Putnam from the time he took the command of the forces at Peeks Kill, to be continued to him so long as he remains in that command.
Ordered, That the letters from General Washington, with the papers enclosed, be referred to the Committee of Intelligence.
A memorial from James Viellon and John Tennet, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
A petition from Captain John Brisben, was read, praying for leave, on account of his domestic affairs, to resign his commission.1
[Note 1: 1 This petition is in thePaper of the Continental Congress, No. 41, I, folio 135.]
Ordered, That he have leave to resign.
A petition from Pierce Burns, William Douglass, &c, was read:
Ordered, That, it be referred to the Board of Treasury: A petition from Belcher P. Smith, was read, praying for an augmentation of his salary as clerk in the secretary's office:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
On motion, that the confederation be to morrow immediately after the reading of the public letters taken into consideration and that a part of every day this week be employed on the same subject. Question put, carried in the negative.
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The Committee on the Treasury reported, that there should be advanced to Mons. du Coudray, for the use of himself, and the following gentlemen, who came over with him to America, and for which Mons. du Condray is to be accountable, the following sums, viz. To Mons. du Condray, 1,000 dollars; Captains le Brun, Augustin le Brun, Vareigne, Toussard, de Gay, Picard, Loyauté, and Parrison, each, 250 dollars; Mons. Noel, surgeon major, 300 dollars; lieutenants Parrissy, Coyeti, Matigny, Bouchard, le Blanc, Nivau, Fonfrede, Pomereuil, Mattris, Begard, each 200 dollars; ten serjeants, 50 dollars each; the whole amounting to 5,800 dollars:1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated August 30, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 401.]
Ordered, That the said sums be paid.
A motion being made for employing the gentlemen who came over with Mons. du Coudray:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
The Committee on the Treasury report, that there should be paid to James Milligan, Esqr. or his order, 1,236 dollars, in discharge of a bill drawn by Jonathan Trumbull, jun. deputy pay master general of the northern department, the 5th August last, in favour of John Carter, Esqr. or order, for that sum, it being so much received of him by the said deputy pay master general, for the public service of the United States, for which the said deputy pay master general is to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 407.]
Ordered, That the said sum be paid.
In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners ∥of claims,∥ the auditor general reports, that there is due,
To Thomas M'Intire, ensign in Captain Lennox's company of 3d Pensylvania batallion, a balance of pay and rations due to him from 1 September, 1776, to 7 August,
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1777, when he arrived from Long Island, £74 5 0 ∥198 dollars,∥ of which he received of James Hunter, pay master to the 4th Pensylvania batallion, £27 ∥72 dollars,∥ the balance is £47 5 ∥126 dollars,∥ and for rations due to him from 1 October, to 16 November, 1776, is 46 days, at 8d per ration, £3 1 4 ∥8 16/90 dollars,∥ both sums making £50 6 4, equal to 134 16/90 dollars:
That there is due to Allan M'Donald, Alexander, Allan, jun. Renald and Archibald M'Donald prisoners at Reading, and their three servants, 12 weeks' allowance from 4 June to 27 August, at 28s each themselves, and 7/6 their servants, the sum of 260 dollars:
That there is due to Willing, Morris & Co. for 10,000 quills for the use of the treasury, war and secretary's offices, the sum of 266 60/90 dollars:
That there is due to Robert Anderson, a private, for his half pay from 22 May, the time he was discharged by General Maxwell's certificate, to the 22d July, the time he inlisted in Colonel Nicola's corps of invalids, the sum of 6 60/90 dollars:1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 405.]
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
Ordered, That the committee of the whole report the resolution they have come to on the report of the treasury, on the ways and means of raising supplies:
The resolution being read,
Ordered, That the same be re-committed.
On motion,Resolved, That General Washington be empowered to dispose of Colonel Richardson's batallion in such way as he shall think proper, and that he send orders to Colonel Richardson accordingly.
Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole. The president left the chair. Mr. [Benjamin] Harrison took the chair of the committee. Mr. president
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resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported, that the committee have had under their farther consideration the matters to them referred, and have made some progress therein, but, not having come to a conclusion, desire leave to sit again.
Resolved, That Congress will to morrow resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider farther the report of the Board of Treasury on the ways and means of raising supplies.
The Committee of Intelligence, reported as their opinion that the whole of General Sullivan's letter should be printed.
Resolved, That Congress agree with the report of the committee, who are directed to publish the whole letter.
A motion was made to apply to the supreme executive council of Pensylvania for a quantity of copper:
Ordered, To lie on the table.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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