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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 --SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1778
A letter, of the 27, from R. R. Wilford, aid-de-camp of Lieutenant General Burgoyne, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on the letter from Lieutenant General Burgoyne.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the Marine Committee, for five thousand dollars, to be transmitted to Nathaniel Shaw, Esq. continental agent in Connecticut:
That a warrant issue on John Lawrence, Esq. commissioner of the continental loan office in the State of
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Connecticut, in favour of the Marine Committee, for thirty-five thousand dollars, to be transmitted to the said Nathaniel Shaw, for which two sums the said Committee is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 111.]
A report from the Board of War was laid before Congress and read, and the same being taken into consideration and debated,
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of four:
The members, Mr. [John] Harvie, Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [Thomas] M'Kean and Mr. [Abraham] Clark.
Resolved, That the warrant on the commissioner of the loan office of the State of New Jersey, of the 24 January last, in favour of his excellency Governor Livingston, for ten thousand dollars, be paid in preference to any other warrant previously issued on the said commissioner, and that the money be applied to the purpose of paying the premiums for apprehending deserters, as well as of recruiting the continental batallions raised by the said State:
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the delegates of New Jersey, for 5,000 dollars, to be by them transmitted to Governor Livingston, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding resolve; he to be accountable.
A letter, without date, from the Baron Holtzzendorf was read.
Ordered, That he have leave to withdraw it.
A petition and remonstrance from the justices and field officers of the county of Northampton, in Virginia, in behalf of themselves and the inhabitants of the said county, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This petition is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 43, folio 209,]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
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The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of William Buchanan, commissary general of purchases, for 12,000 dollars, for the use of the middle district of his department; he to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the delegates of the State of North Carolina, for three thousand five hundred dollars, advanced upon the application of John Penn, sqr.; the said State to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 109.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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