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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 --SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1778
A letter, of 11 November, from W. Bingham, Esq. at Martinique, was read, enclosing a copy of a letter from him to Governor Burt, and the governor's answer, relative to the exchange of prisoners:
Ordered, That they be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [William] Paca, Mr. [William] Ellery and Mr. G[ouverneur] Morris.
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A letter, of 11 September, from Hon. John Adams, ∥at Passy,∥ was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A letter, of 11th, from Christopher Hele, was read; Whereupon,
Resolved, That Lieutenant Hele be released from his confinement in the new gaol, and that the Marine Committee be directed to take his parole in the usual form, to continue in the city of Philadelphia.
A letter, of 7, from General Washington, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 Hele's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XI, folio 371; that of Washington, in No. 152, VI, folio 597.]
A petition and representation of Robert Hardie; a petition of Elizabeth Wright; a petition of Mary Werts; and a memorial of the Rev. Adam Boyd; were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A memorial of Margaret Yorke, and a memorial of Captain Cad. Jones, were read:2
[Note 2: 2 The memorial, dated November 23, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, X, folio 707.]
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of War.
A petition of John Gallard was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.
The Committee appointed to report a proper allowance for the honorable gentlemen who have been or may be elected presidents of Congress, brought in a report, which was read.
The committee to whom was re-committed the report of the committee on the memorials of Marquis de Britigny, and Baron Thuliers, brought in a report:
Ordered, That Monday next be assigned for taking the same into consideration.
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Congress was resolved into a committee of the whole, and after some time the President resumed the chair, and Mr. F[rancis] L[ightfoot] Lee reported, that the committee have had under consideration the propositions referred to them, and thereupon come to sundry resolutions, which he is ready to report, when the house will receive them.
Ordered, That the report be now received.
The report being read:
Ordered, That the same be taken into consideration on Monday next, at one o'clock.1
[Note 1: 1 A memorial from the artificers under the command of Captain Matthias Sadler, dated November 28, was read on this day. It is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, I, folio 25.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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