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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, JANUARY 27, 1778
On a representation from the committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the evacuation of Ticonderoga, &c.
Resolved, That Mr. James Smith be added to the foregoing committee.
A letter, of the 13, from Col. Radière. at Fish Kill, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 31 December last from Egbert Benson, Esqr. was read, representing, that, for sundry reasons, he cannot attend the enquiry into the cause of the failure of the late intended expedition against Rhode Island.
A letter from Mons. la Neuville; one, of the 23, from General Washington; one, of the 26, from Major General Conway, in recommendation of Mons. la Neuville, were read:
Ordered, To lie until the committee, sent to the camp, shall return, and make report.
A letter, of the 26, from General Gates, president of the Board of War, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter from Dr. Shippen, director general of the hospital, and one from Dr. Brown, ∥both directed∥ to the Medical Committee, were laid before Congress, ∥and read:∥1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XX, folio 175.]
Ordered, That the same, together with the letters some time since received from Dr. Shippen and Dr. Rush, and Governor Livingston, relative to the hospital department, be referred to a committee of five, and that the committee be instructed to confer with Dr. Shippen and Dr. Rush, and report specially:
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The members chosen, Mr. [John] Witherspoon, Mr.[John] Penn, Mr. [James] Lovell, Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry and Mr. [Daniel] Roberdeau.
Three o'Clock, p. m.1
[Note 1: 1 The handwriting here changes from Charles Thomson to Jacob Rush, an assistant secretary.]
Resolved, That to morrow be assigned for the appointment of a general officer to relieve General Spencer, in his command, at Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
The Committee on the Treasury report,
That a warrant issue on John Lawrence, Esqr. commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of Connecticut, in favour of his excellency the governor and council of safety of said State, for two hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated by them for the purchase of provisions for the use of the continental army; the said governor and council to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the Marine Committee, for twelve thousand dollars, in discharge of John Langdon, continental agent at Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, his draught on said committee, dated the 20th December last, in favour of Stephen Hooper, Esqr. for that sum; the said committee to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of William Buchanan, commissary general of purchases, for one hundred thousand dollars, to be transmitted by him to Mr. Colt, for the purpose of purchasing provisions in the eastern district, for the use of the army; the commissary general to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the delegates of the State of Massachusetts bay, being an advance to, and to be accounted for by the said State, for the sum of two thousand dollars:
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That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the delegates from the State of Connecticut, for five hundred dollars, advanced upon application of the hon'ble Eliphalet Dyer,1 a delegate of said State; the said State to be accountable;2 Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 Here the writing changes from that of Jacob Rush to that of Belcher P. Smith, one of the assistant secretaries.]
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 43.]
Ordered, That warrants issue accordingly.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow morning.
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