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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 --THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1777
The Board of War brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Resolved, That blank commissions be sent to General Gates, to enable him to fill up the vacancies in the Massachusets regiments, in pursuance of powers given him for that purpose by that State.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated November 11 and in the writing of Richard Peters, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, I, folio 385.]
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A letter, of the 17 October, from William Aylett, Esqr. enclosing his accounts for the purchase of flour, was laid before Congress ∥land read:∥
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to enquire into the cause of the obstructions in the department of the post master general, and report thereon to Congress:
The members chosen, Mr. [Daniel] Roberdeau, Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, and Mr. [Henry] Marchant.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report, which was taken into consideration; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the commissioner of the loan office of the State of Massachusetts bay, in favour of Ebenezer Hancock, Esqr. deputy pay master general of the eastern department, for two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid after the warrants drawn the 12th instant, in favour of the commissary general of purchases; it being for the use of the said department, and for which the said deputy pay master general is to be accountable:
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the continental loan officer for the State of Rhode Island, for forty-four thousand dollars, and another warrant on the commissioner of the loan office for the State of Maryland for eight thousand dollars, both in favour of the Marine Committee, or their order, and for which they are to be accountable:
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Colonel Jesse Ewell, of a regiment of militia from the State of Virginia, for 1,097 30/90 dollars, for which he is to be accountable:
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the continental loan officer for the State of Massachusetts bay, for twenty thousand dollars, and another warrant on the commissioner of the loan office for the State of New Hampshire,
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for ten thousand dollars, both in favour of James Mease, Esqr. cloathier general, being an advance for the use of his department, and for which he is to be accountable:
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Captain David Bell, for three thousand dollars, in discharge of a bill drawn on Congress in favour of Sampson Matthews, by Colonel George Morgan, dated the October 1, 1777, on account of provisions for the use of the western department, Colonel Morgan to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, I, folio 477.]
Adjourned to 4 o'Clock.
Four o'Clock p. m.
A letter, of the 3d, from General Putnam, and one, of this day, from William Buchanan, Esqr. commissary general of purchases, with one enclosed from General Putnam, of the 3d, were read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the committee appointed to consider and report upon the letter from S. Hopkins, Esqr. and the papers enclosed.
Congress took into consideration the articles reported by the committee as proper to be included in the confederation, and the following were adopted:
And the better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this union, the free inhabitants of each of these states, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the respective states; and the people of each state shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively; provided that such restriction shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided, also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States, or either of them.
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All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants, or either of them, being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined in the same manner, as near as may be, as is before prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different states.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to revise and arrange the articles of confederation as amended and passed agreed to, and to prepare a circular letter to the respective states to accompany the said articles:
The members chosen, Mr. R[ichard] H[enry] Lee, Mr. [James] Duane, and Mr. [James] Lovell.
∥The several matters to this day referred, being postponed,∥
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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