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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, FEBRUARY 6, 1779


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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1779

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An appeal from the judgment of a court of admiralty, for the State of North Carolina, on the libel, William Gibbs, Daniel Bates and others, vs. sloop Conquerant; and

An appeal from the judgment of the said court, on a libel, John Davis vs. schooner Polly, were lodged with the Secretary, and referred to the Committee on Appeals.

A letter, of 5 December, 1778, with a copy of the dispatches received and read on the 3d instant, from W. Bingham, at Martinique, was read:

Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:

The members chosen, Mr. G[ouverneur] Morris, Mr. [Oliver] Ellsworth, Mr. M[eriwether] Smith.

Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.

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