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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 --TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1778
A letter, of 14, from B. Harrison, Esq. deputy pay master general in Virginia, with his monthly account enclosed, was read:
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Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 22, from Governor Livingston, of New Jersey, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 21, from General Washington, enclosing a memorial addressed to him from Colonel Rawlins and other officers of that regiment was read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 13, from Major Gibbs, was read.
A letter, of 21, from the Board of War, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Livingston is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 68, folio 395; that of Washington, in No. 152, VI, folio 277; that of Rawlins, in No. 41, VIII, folio 365; that of Gibbs, in No. 78, X, folio 109; that of the Board of War, in No. 147, II, folio 200.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the delegates of Virginia and North Carolina.
Another letter of 21, from General Washington, and a letter of 19, from General Sullivan, at Rhode Island, were read.2
[Note 2: 2 The letter of Washington is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VI, folio 273; that of Sullivan, in No. 160, folio 156.]
A memorial from Garret Steddiford, was read, representing, that he has the commission of ensign and quarter master in the 3d Pensylvania regiment, and praying to be allowed pay for and agreeable to his said commissions.3
[Note 3: 3 This memorial, dated August 22, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, IX, folio 56. It is endorsed by Laurens: "Memorial brought and laid on the table by Mr. Penn, 22d August, 1 o'clk A. M. [P. M.?]"]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
According to order, Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the committee on the arrangement of the treasury, and after some time spent thereon,
Ordered, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed.
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A letter, of 21, from Baron de Kalb, to Mr. R[obert] Morris, was ∥laid before Congress, and∥ read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Mr. Joseph Nourse, pay master to the Board of War and Ordnance, for 38,704 48/90 dollars, to enable them to pay for goods purchased of Peter Whitesides and Co.; the said Joseph Nourse to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 497.]
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.
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