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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, JULY 8, 1778
A letter, of 30 June, from Major General Putnam, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of the 4 April, and one of 26 April, from Major General R. Howe, at Savannah, and one of 4 April, from J. Houston, governor of Georgia, were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of Treasury.
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A letter, of 29 June, from Governor Trumbull, enclosing a letter to him from Duncan Stewart, of London; and one of the 27 May, from Mr. President Weare, of New Hampshire, were read.
A letter, of 25 June, from Governor Livingston, enclosing a copy of Ephraim Marsh's affidavit, was read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [William] Duer, Mr. [Richard Henry] Lee, and Mr. [Elias] Boudinot.
A letter, of 3d, from Governor Livingston, was read, representing "the distressed condition of the Jersey brigade for want of cloathing:"1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Putnam is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 159, folio 135; Howe's letter of April 4 is in No. 160, folio 334; that of Trumbull, in No. 66, I, folio 400, and Stewart's is on folio 404; that of Weare, in No. 64, folio 25; that of Livingston, in No. 68, folio 387.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War, and that the said Board be directed to take speedy and effectual measures for supplying the Jersey brigade with necessary cloathing.
A letter, of 16 June, from Mr. John Carter, continental agent in Virginia, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
A letter, of 23 June, and one of 28 June, and another of 2 July, from General Gates, with a number of papers enclosed, were read:2
[Note 2: 2 Gates's letter of the 23d is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 154, I, folio 445. It is indorsed: "Read at State House, Phila., 2 July, to members." That of the 28th is in No. 154, I, folio 453, and that of the 2d, in II, folio 3.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
The Board of War laid before Congress a letter, of 27 June, from General Schuyler, at Albany, with a copy of a letter from Mr. Deane, Indian interpreter, and a letter
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of 3 [2] July, from Colonel Butler, of Westmoreland, which were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Butler is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, II, folio 501.]
Whereupon,
Resolved, That the Board of War be directed to send for and confer with the Seneca chiefs who have lately quitted the city of Philadelphia, to enquire in what character and with what views they have come among us, whether as representatives or ambassadors of the Seneca nation; and whether the Seneca nation, as such, have committed hostilities against us, and report specially and immediately to Congress.
A letter, of 30th June, from General Heath, was read, with copy of a letter of 18 May, from B. Franklin and J. Adams, Esqrs. commissioners of the United States at Paris:
Ordered, That the letter from B. Franklin and John Adams, Esqrs. be published.
Ordered, That the cloathier general, or in his absence, his deputy in Philadelphia, be directed immediately to make out and lay before Congress an exact and particular invoice of all and every kind of the goods, wares, and merchandises which have been purchased or taken up by the cloathier general or any of his deputies within this city, together with a list of the names of the persons of whom they have been purchased, or from whom taken, and the prices at which they were purchased.
Resolved, That the governors of Maryland and Virginia be severally requested to take proper measures for giving the earliest intelligence to any French fleet or ships of war that may appear off the Bay of Chesapeake, of a fleet of British ships of war being ready to sail for North America, as by the information transmitted from the American commissioners at Paris; and that they be
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respectively desired to accommodate any such French fleet or ships of war with good pilots for bringing them safely into the Bay, should they incline to come there:
That a similar request and proper advice be transmitted to each of the governors of North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
An application being made for an advance of 200,000 dollars to the State of New Jersey,
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.1
[Note 1: 1 A letter from Ethan Allen, dated June 17, was received on July 2, and ordered to lie on the table July 8. It is in the Library of Congress, United States Revolution, IV.]
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