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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 --WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1779
A letter, of 8, from General Washington was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 9, from William McKissack was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 9, from Jonathan Brewer, captain lieutenant in Colonel Proctor's regiment of artillery, was read, praying for leave to resign his commission:
Resolved, That Captain Lieutenant Jonathan Brewer have leave to resign, and that his resignation be accepted.
A letter, of 9, from Mons. Noirmont de la Neuville, was read praying to have leave to return to France, and that the certificate of Brigadier Parsons in his favour, which he delivered to the Board of War to be annexed to their report, may be returned to him:
Resolved, That Mons. Noirmont de la Neuville have leave to return to France, and the certificate of Brigadier Parsons, mentioned in his letter, be returned to him.
A petition of Frederick Varner, in the new jail, was read, praying to be allowed the benefit of walking in the yard in the day time for the recovery of his health.1
[Note 1: 1 Washington's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VII, folio 103; that of McKissack is in No. 147, III, folio 89; that of Brewer is in No. 78, III, folio 287; that of La Neuville, in No. 78, XVII, folio 67; that of Varner, in No. 42, VIII, folio 37.]
Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be granted.
A letter, of 28 January, from Robert Morris, was read, requesting, as insinuations have been thrown out against him, in this House, respecting the books of the Secret
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Committee, that a special committee may be appointed to examine the entries and settlements made by him in those books, to examine into the expenditure of public money entrusted to him, and to the late house of Willing, Morris & Co. and to examine into the state of their and his present unsettled dependencies with the United States; and that the said committee be directed to report to the House specially on the premises, in order that his conduct may be truly understood in Congress, and from thence be made known to the public by the best authority:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 137, Appendix, folio 245.]
Ordered, To lie on the table until Congress shall have taken into consideration, and determined on the report delivered in last evening.
The report of the committee on the information &c. was then read, together with the papers therein referred to:
Ordered, That the said report, with the papers alluded to in it, lie on the table for the perusal of the members, and that the House proceed to take the same into consideration on Tuesday next.
Mr. [George] Plater, a delegate from Maryland, attended and took his seat in Congress.
Congress took into consideration the letter, of 29 January, from the president of Pensylvania, with the papers enclosed; after some time spent thereon, a motion was made to adjourn, on which the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Daniel] Roberdeau;
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So it passed in the negative.
After farther debate on the same subject, an adjournment was called for, and the teas and nays being required by Mr. [Daniel] Roberdeau
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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