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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, SEPTEMBER 2, 1778
A memorial from Matthew Irwin, Azariah Dunham, and Joseph Hugg, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Mr. Nicholas Vandyke, a delegate from Delaware, attended, and took his seat in Congress.
On motion,
That General Washington be directed forthwith to apply to General Clinton for passports to convey provisions from Pennsylvania, or the States southward thereof to Boston, or such other ports eastward of New York, as General Washington shall judge expedient, sufficient to supply the Troops of the Convention of Saratoga, and such prisoners of the British Army as are subsisted by the United States, on the east side of Hudson's River; and in Case of a Refusal or Delay to grant such passports, that General Washington forthwith order such Troops and prisoners to the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, for the conveniency of subsisting them, informing General Clinton of the purpose of this Resolve.1
[Note 1: 1 This motion, in the writing of Elbridge Gerry, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, IV, folio 169. It is endorsed: "2d Sept. Read and postponed for Mr. Morris's motion assisting." This indicates that the accepted resolve was moved by Gouverneur Morris.]
Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislative or executive powers of the State of Pensylvania, and the states southward thereof, to permit such vessels to load with flour, wheat, rice, corn, pease, or beans, for the eastern states, as shall come recommended by the executive powers of such states, or any of them, to carry provisions for the consumption of the people of those states:
On putting the question, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. G[ouverneur] Morris,
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.
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