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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 OCTOBER 14, 1778
A letter, of 13, from J. Wadsworth, commissary general of purchases, ∥was read,∥ with an account of his receipts and expenditures, amounting to six million five hundred thousand dollars:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of Treasury.
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A letter, of this day, from Chevalier de la Neuville, was read:1 Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XVII, folio 83.]
Resolved, That a brevet commission of brigadier be granted to Monsr. de la Neuville, the elder, in the army of the United States of America, to be dated 14 August, 1778.
A letter, of 12th, from Mr. Deane, accompanied with his remarks on the extracts from the letters of Mr. Izard, and also with his remarks on the extracts from the letter from Mr. A. Lee, with which Mr. Deane was furnished; which were read:
Ordered, That a copy of the remarks on the extracts of the letters from Mr. Izard be made out and transmitted to Mr. Izard, and Mr. President be furnished with a duplicate thereof.
Ordered, That a copy of the remarks on the extracts of the letters from Mr. Izard and Mr. A. Lee be made out and transmitted to Mr. A. Lee.
Ordered, That Monday next be assigned for the further examination of Mr. W. Carmichael, and that Mr. Carmichael be directed to attend on that day.
Sundry memorials from the hon. the Sieur Gérard, minister plenipotentiary of France, were read, respecting the prisoners of the King of France:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Marine Committee, with orders to carry into execution the requisitions of Monsieur Gérard.
A copy of a letter from Count d'Estaing to Hon. Sieur Gérard, dated Harbour of Boston, September 29, 1778, with sundry papers accompanying the same, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 The original letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 164, folio 579. On the reverse of the copy Laurens has noted the names of Adams, Drayton and Witherspoon as nominated for the committee.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
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The members chosen, Mr. R[ichard] H[enry] Lee, Mr. G[ouverneur] Morris, and Mr. M[eriwether] Smith.
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.
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