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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 --WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1778
A letter, of 26 March, from General Greene, quarter master general, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 7 March, from Moses Emerson, was read, informing that he accepts the appointment to the office of commissioner of accounts in the middle district.
A letter, of 21 March, from Colonel D. Mason, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 11 March, from Major De Bois, at Albany, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Green is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 155, I, folio 55; that of De Bois is in No. 78, II, folio 407.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
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Congress took into consideration the report of the committee of the whole Congress, respecting an establishment or allowance to officers after the war:
After debate it was agreed, that amendments be moved and made in the report, but that, after the amendments are made and the report gone through, the whole report, as amended, shall be open to debate, whether it shall be adopted by Congress or be sent to the states, and their opinion taken, previous to the final determination of Congress.
Four o'Clock, p. m
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Count Pulaski, for 10,000 dollars, for the purpose of purchasing horses and recruiting his corps.
A letter, of 29 March, from General Washington, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, V, folio 421.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of the whole; Whereupon,
It was moved, that the report be entered on the journal;
To which the previous question was moved, and the yeas and nays being required,
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So it was resolved, that the main question be put.
The main question being then put, and the yeas and nays required,
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So the states were equally divided and the question lost.
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.
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