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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 --THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1778.
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee, on the report and proceedings of the committees of the several states that met at New Haven in January, and on the resolves from North Carolina; and after debate, adjourned to 3 o'Clock.
Three o'Clock, p. m.
Congress resumed the consideration of the [matters] under debate this morning, and after some time spent thereon,
Resolved, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed.
The Board of War having recommended
Nathaniel Chapman, Esqr. to be captain of the additional company to Colonel Flower's regiment of artillery artificers;
John Jordan, Esqr. to be captain, in the room of David Pancoast, resigned; and,
Henry Strape and Theophilus Park, lieutenants in the same corps;
Resolved, That they be appointed, and that commissions be granted to them accordingly.
The Board of Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That 2,066 60/90 dollars, be paid to William Hoffman, paper maker, being so much advanced him on his account.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 275.]
Resolved, That the resolution of Congress of the 15 January, 1777, empowering the continental treasurer to borrow money on loan office certificates, be, and it hereby is repealed and annulled.
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Resolved, That the commissioners appointed for the courts of Spain, Tuscany, Vienna, and Berlin, should live in such style and manner, at their respective courts, as they may find suitable and necessary to support the dignity of their public character; keeping an account of their expences, which shall be reimbursed by the Congress of the United States of America:
That, besides the actual expences of the commissioners, a handsome allowance be made to each of them, as a compensation for his services:
That the commissioners at the other courts in Europe be empowered to draw bills of exchange, from time to time, for the amount of their expences upon the commissioners at the court of France.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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