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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, MARCH 6, 1778
Ordered, That so much of General Washington's letter of 27 February, as relates to the court martial on the officers in the northern department, be referred to a committee of four:
The members chosen, Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. James Smith, Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer and Mr. [James] Lovell:
Ordered, That such parts of the letter as relate to the 13 Virginia regiment, and the ordering Colonel Harrison's regiment of artillery to camp, be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of the 3d, from James Wilkinson, was read,1 wherein he mentions his being informed that the mark of distinction conferred on him by Congress has occasioned a dissatisfaction in the army; and expresses himself as follows: "To obviate any embarrassment which may result from this disposition, by the consequent resignation of officers of merit, I beg leave to relinquish my brevet (of brigadier,) as I wish to hold no commission unless I can wear it to the honour and advantage of my country. This conduct, however repugnant to fashionable ambition, I find consistent with those principles on which I early drew my sword in the present contest:" Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XXIII, folio 469.]
Resolved, That his resignation be accepted.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Colonel William Buchanan, commissary general of purchases, for 26,000 dollars, for the use of his department; he to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 133.]
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In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners of claims, the auditor general reports,
That there is due to Mr. Thomas Paine, for his services as secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, from the 17 April, 1777, to the 17 February 1778, is 10 months, at 70 dollars per month, 700 dollars:1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, II, folio 131.]
Ordered, That the said account be paid.
A letter, of the 2, from the committee of Congress at camp, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 33, folio 201.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
Four o'Clock p. m
A letter, of the 1, from the committee of Congress at camp, was read:3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 33, folio 221.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A memorial from Thomas Learning, of Cape May, New Jersey, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of the 3, from the committee of Congress at camp, enclosing a plan for the establishment of a corps of engineers. One, of the 19 February, from General Heath, at Boston, ∥were read.4∥
[Note 4: 4 The letter from the committee at camp is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 33, folio 229.]
A memorial from Robert Morris, in behalf of the owners of the privateer Phoenix, relative to a Portuguese vessel captured by the said privateer, was read:5
[Note 5: 5 This memorial is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 44, folio 49.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of five:
The members chosen, Mr. [James] Lovell, Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [Samuel] Huntington and Mr. [James] Forbes.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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