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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, MAY 20, 1778
A letter, of this date, from Captain Harmon Courter, who brought a duplicate of despatches from France, ∥was read:∥
Ordered, That the same, together with his account, be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter of this date, from Colonel F. Johnston, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee lately at camp.
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A letter, of 13, and one, of the 16, from Brigadier General Wayne, were read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the committee aforesaid.
A letter, of 18, from General Washington, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the foregoing committee.
A letter, of 16th, from Baron Steuben, was read.
A letter, of the 3, from General Sullivan, with sundry papers enclosed, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Johnston is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XIII, folio 79; those of Wayne, in No. 161, folios 211 and 215; that of Washington, in No. 152, VI, folio 39; that of Steuben, in No. 164, folio 134; and that of Sullivan, in No. 160, folio 111.]
Ordered, That so much of General Sullivan's letter as relates to Brigadier Stark, be referred to General Washington, and that he be informed that Brigadier Stark is ordered to the northern department, from which Congress do not think proper he should be removed; and that General Washington be directed, if he thinks proper, to send some other brigadier to join General Sullivan.
Ordered, That the plans enclosed in General Sullivan's letter, be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 13, from Governor G. Clinton, of New York, with sundry papers enclosed, ∥was read:∥2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 67, II, folio 114.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A petition from Barnard Baxter, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War, who are directed to report generally thereon.
The Committee of Commerce, to whom was referred the letter of the commissioners of the continental loan office in the State of South Carolina, brought in a report, which was read:
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Ordered, That the same, together with the said letter, be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the committee lately from camp, relative to the arrangement of the army, and some progress being made therein,
Resolved, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed till to morrow.
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.
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