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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, DECEMBER 10, 1778
According to order, the house proceeded to the election of a President, and the ballots being taken, the Hon. John Jay, Esq. was elected.
A letter, of 3, from Brigadier Count Pulaski, was read:
Ordered, That so much thereof as relates to the settlement of his accounts, be referred to the auditors of accounts, at the treasury; and that the remainder be referred to the Board of War.
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A letter from J. Connolly was laid before Congress:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Pulaski is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 164, folio 76; that of Connolly is in No. 78, V, folio 279.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A memorial from Captain Jacobus Wynkoop, commander of the vessels on the lakes, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This memorial, dated September 29, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, X, folio 355. The report on the memorial was adopted May 4, 1779.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favor of the Board of War and Ordnance, for fifty thousand dollars, being advanced on their application to Congress, of the 24th ult. for which they are to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favor of the Marine Committee, for ten thousand dollars, to enable them to pay a bill drawn on them by the navy board of the eastern district, in favor of John Langdon, Esq. dated 31 October last, for the above sum; for which the said Committee is to be accountable:
That a warrant issue on John Lawrence, Esq. commissioner of the continental loan office in the State of Connecticut, for twelve hundred and twenty five dollars, in favor of James Stevenson, Esq. commissioner of accounts in the eastern district, being for his pay to the 4 January next:
That a warrant issue on John Lawrence, Esq. commissioner of the continental loan office in the State of Connecticut, for seventeen hundred and thirty eight dollars, in favor of Samuel Downe, Esq. commissioner of accounts in the eastern district, being for his pay to the 4 January next:
That a warrant issue on John Lawrence, Esq. commissioner of the continental loan office in the State of
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Connecticut, for sixteen hundred and seventy dollars, in favor of Moses Emerson, Esq. commissioner of accounts in the eastern district, for his pay to the 4 January next:1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated December 2, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 741.]
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favor of Lieutenant Colonel Fleury, for one thousand and eighty three dollars, in full of his pay before he joined the army, and all other charges made in the accounts exhibited by him:2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated December 9, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 751.]
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favor of Mr. Roger Sherman, one of the delegates of the State of Connecticut, for one hundred and sixty six 60/90 dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable.
Resolved, That the 12 months' pay allowed to supernumerary officers of the army, by a resolution of Congress of the 24 November last, be made up in the pay rolls of the regimental pay masters, and drawn from them by the said officers respectively.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, dated December 8, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 749.]
In consequence of an adjustment by the commissioners of claims at the treasury, the auditor general reports,
That there is due to Lieutenant Ephraim Pennington's company of militia raised at Yorktown, Pensylvania, for guarding the public offices to Philadelphia, &c. their pay for part of June, July, and August, 1778, with subsistence for the officers, six hundred and thirty seven dollars:
That there is due to Paul Fooks, his pay as interpreter of languages, from 2 June to 1 December, 1778, inclusive, six hundred dollars:
That there is due to John Fulton, for thirty one thousand two hundred and fifty sheets of paper, for loan
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office certificates, three thousand one hundred and sixty two 30/90 dollars:
That there is due to Peter Schentz, for freight of provisions and necessaries from Monmouth county, in New Jersey, to New York, for the use of American prisoners there, between April, 1777, and July, 1778, three hundred and twenty one 33/90 dollars:
That there is due to Captain Isaac Craig, for his subsistence when attending the laboratory at Carlisle, by order of Brigadier Knox, from the 1st March to the 13 July, 1778, four hundred and eight dollars:
That there is due to Captain Francis Proctor, for subsistence on the same command, from the first of March, to the 14 June, 1778, three hundred and fifteen dollars:
That there is due to Benjamin Towne, for printing 3000 copies of an address to the inhabitants of the United States, dated December 10, 1776, thirty two dollars:
That there is due to Edward M'Fedging, his pay as a private in Colonel Richardson's battalion of Maryland flying camp, from the 2 August, 1776, to the 19 May, 1777, a great part of which time he was prisoner with the enemy, sixty four 40/90 dollars:1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 753.]
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
A report from the Board of War was read; Whereupon,
At a Board of War,9th December, 1778.
Present, Mr. Sherman, Mr. F. L. Lee, Mr. Peters.
Major Rogers having been Aid de Camp to General du Coudray, and having come from France with that Gentleman, with intention to serve in his family as one of the Officers included in the contract with him; it is conceived that a distinction is to be made with regard to Major Rogers, and that he should not be deemed an object of the resolve of Congress forbidding the further grant of brevets, especially
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as he intends to return to France where an honorable certificate of his services will be of use to him. The Board therefore beg leave to report:
Resolved, That Major Nicholas Rogers who came from France with Mons. du Coudray, has served as Aid de Camp to Major General de Kalb, and has obtained honorable testimonies of his conduct, but from the situation of his private affairs is obliged to leave the army; be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by brevet, as a reward for his services.
The Count Kolkouski is recommended as a good officer by Mr. Deane and Dr. Franklin, and has obtained an honorable testimony from, and the request of Genl. Pulaski (under whom he served in Poland in quality of Lieut. Colonel) that he should serve in his legion. Under those circumstances, the Board further report,
That Count Kolkouski have the rank of Captain in General Pulaski's legion, with the pay of a Lieutenant; in which latter capacity he is willing to do duty in the corps.
Lieutenant Colonel Klein, who is an old officer, and has seen much foreign service, is by the dissolution of the corps of German Volunteers, at present, without a command. Therefore the board beg leave to report:
That Lieutenant Colonel Klein, commandant of the late corps of German Volunteers, be directed to do the duty of lieutenant colonel in General Pulaski's Legion, until the farther orders of Congress:
Resolved, That Mr. Charles Frederick Bedaulx be appointed Lieut. Colonel of the Legion commanded by General Pulaski,instead of Major Count Mountfort, resigned, agreeable to the recommendation of Count Pulaski.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, II, folio 403.]
The Marine Committee to whom was referred a memorial from the Sieur Gérard, Minister of France, dated the 6 instant, brought in a report; Whereupon,
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Resolved, That the President be directed to inform the Minister of France, that Congress highly approve his wise attention to the depriving the common enemy of the naval stores they stand in need of, by giving a premium to privateers for the purposes mentioned in his memorial.
Resolved, That such continental vessels of war as shall capture any of the enemy's vessels, laded with masts or any other naval stores, bound from any part of Nova Scotia, to Rhode Island or New York, shall be entitled to the whole of the capture.
Six o'Clock, p. m.
There not being a sufficient number of states to proceed to business,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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