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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, SEPTEMBER 5, 1777
A letter, of the 4, from Governor Livingston, at Haddonfield, was read; also a letter from Colonel Mason to Colonel Harrison, was laid before Congress and read.1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Livingston is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 68, folio 271. On the back of the enclosure is the draft of a motion for advancing thirty-five thousand dollars to Thomas Lowrey for Thomas Lowrey for the use of the New Jersey batallions. The letter of Mason is in No. 78, XV, folio 251.]
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Ordered, That the letter from Colonel Mason be referred to the Board of War.
Ordered, That the petition and account of Colonel Dugan, on which the Board of Treasury reported on the 11th of February last, be re-committed to the said Board.
The Committee on Foreign Applications brought in a report, on the reading of which, a motion was made for re-committing it. Question put, passed in the negative.
After debate and sundry amendments,
On the question put for recommitting the preamble. Resolved in the affirmative.
The first resolution being read and amended was agreed to.
On the question put "for recommitting the second resolve." Resolved in the affirmative.
The Committee to whom the papers sent to Congress by the supreme executive council of Pensylvania were referred brought in a report, which was read. Previous to entering into the consideration thereof,
A letter, of this day, from his excellency Thomas Wharton, Jr. was read,1 informing that the persons detained in the Mason's Lodge, have notice of going for Augusta, to morrow," and intimating that "it may perhaps be worth consideration, whether the removal of those persons might not be relaxed as to such as would yet swear or affirm allegiance to this State? and desiring an answer. Also enclosing a remonstrance to the council of Pensylvania, from twenty-one persons in the Lodge; Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 69, I, folio 399. It is printed in Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, V, 586.]
Resolved, That the supreme executive council be informed, that Congress have no objection to the enlargement of such persons now confined in the Lodge as will swear or affirm allegiance to this State.
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The remonstrance from the 21 persons in the Lodge inclosed, was read.
Also A remonstrance from Israel Pemberton, James Pemberton, John Pemberton, Thomas Wharton, Henry Drinker, Thomas Fisher, Samuel Pleasants, and Samuel R. Fisher, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This remonstrance is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 43, folio 223. A second remonstrance, dated September 4, is on folio 231.]
Ordered, To lie on the table.
Ordered, That the consideration of the report of the committee, which was brought in and read, be postponed.
The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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