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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, DECEMBER 15, 1778
Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer and Mr. [Jesse] Root, two delegates from Connecticut, attended, and produced the credentials of the delegates from that State, which were ∥read as follows:∥
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford by Adjournment, on the twenty first Day of October, Anno Domini, 1778.
Resolved by this Assembly, that Roger Sherman, Titus Hosmer, Eliphalet Dyer, Samuel Huntington, Oliver Ellsworth, Andrew Adams, and Jesse Root, Esqrs. be, and they are hereby appointed Delegates to represent this State in the Congress of the United States of America, for the Year ensuing the first Monday of November next, not less than two of said Delegates to represent this State in Congress, and not more
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than four to attend at a Time, on the Charge of this State; and the said Delegates are hereby invested with full Power and Authority to deliberate, Counsel, and Resolve upon all Matters that shall come before Congress, agreeable to the Articles of Confederation, or in the manner hitherto Used, until the same shall be compleatly settled, and to transmit Authentic Copies of their Resolutions, from Time to Time, to this Assembly: and the Delegates appointed last October, are hereby desired and Empowered to continue to Represent this State in Congress, until two or more of those now elected shall arrive and take their Seats there.
A true Copy of Record,
George Wyllys,Secretary.1
[Note 1: 1 The original is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, Connecticut,Credentials of Delegates.]
Ordered, That the report of the auditor general for the payment of 2526 68/90 dollars for the bounty and pay of three volunteer companies, raised in Bedford County, be re considered and referred back to the Board of Treasury, in order that they may report to whom the same is to be paid.
A letter, of 30 November, from Jonathan Trumbull, Jun. Esq. was read, signifying his acceptance of the office of comptroller, provided his attendance can be dispensed with till some time in January:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A petition from Mr. Samuel Inglis, and a memorial of Captain Sutton, were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 12, from John Millar, was read, enclosing a draught of Major General Robert Howe, in favour of Rawleigh Downman, for 1000 dollars:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
An affidavit of John Kennon, pay master of the 6th Virginia regiment, ∥was read,∥ respecting money lost:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
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A memorial of Lieutenant W[illiam] Calhone, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of the 4th, from Governor Henry, of Virginia, to the delegates of that State, was by them laid before Congress, and read:1
[Note 1: 1 Calhone's memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, II, folio 59; the letter of Henry, in No. 71, I, folio 205.]
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 favour of the Board of War and Ordnance, for six thousand three hundred dollars, to enable them to advance four thousand dollars to Colonel Hartley, for the use of his regiment, and two thousand three hundred dollars to Captain George Rice, who is building the barracks for the convention troops; the said Board to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 765.]
On motion,Resolved, That the thanks of this Congress be given to the Hon. Henry Laurens, Esq. late President, for his conduct in the chair, and in the execution of public business.
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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