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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 --FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1779
A letter, of this day, from General Washington, was read.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VII, folio 93.]
A letter, of this day, from D. Franks, was read, informing that he has applied to the executive council of Pensylvania, for a pass for his clerk, Patrick Rice, to go into New York to settle his accounts, as late commissary of the British prisoners, and that the council have referred him to Congress;3 Whereupon,
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, IX, folio 243.]
Resolved, That Congress do not object to the council of this State granting a pass to such of Mr. Franks' clerks to go to, and return from New York on the business mentioned in his letter, as they can confide in, and thai such clerk take the directions of General Washington, as to the time and manner of his going in.
Ordered, That the intelligence received from Georgia and South Carolina be referred to the committee appointed to confer with the Commander in Chief; that they immediately confer thereon with the General, and report such resolutions, as they may think necessary to be passed for the defence of those states.
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The committee, to whom were referred the letter of 1, from General Washington, and the letter of 3, from Major General Schuyler, brought in a report:
Ordered, To lie on the table.
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the information given by the President, and some time being spent thereon,
Ordered, That it be re-committed.
That two members be added to the committee:
The members chosen, Mr. [Oliver] Ellsworth, and Mr. [James] Duane.
A letter from Colonel G. Gibson to General Washington, was read.1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, X, folio 133.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee appointed to confer with the Commander in Chief, and that they take such order thereon as they judge proper.
Adjourned to 10 o Clock to Morrow.
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