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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 --MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1779
A letter, of 4, from F. Wade, deputy quarter master general, was read, giving information of a vessel in the river Delaware at the mouth of Christiana creek, suspected to have provisions on board:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee, and that they take order thereon.
A letter, of 28 March, from General Count Pulaski, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 164, folio 98.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 31 March, and petition from John Lyon, were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Marine Committee.
A petition of William Moores, Timothy Ingraham, Joshua Hill, Joseph Davis, Aaron Andrews, and others, owners of the schooner Joram, was read, accompanied with sundry depositions:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee on Appeals.
A letter, of 16 January, from M. Weare, president of New Hampshire, was read.
A letter, of 28 March, from Lieutenant Colonel Z. Butler, at Wyoming, directed to the Board of War, was laid before Congress and read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 29 March, and one of 2 April, from General Washington, and a letter of 15 March from Major General Gates, with a letter from Major Lithgow, and other papers enclosed, were read:2
[Note 2: 2 Weare's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 64, folio 74; that of Butler, in No. 78, III, folio 301; those of Washington, in No. 152, VII, folios 211, 219; and that of Gates, in No. 154, II, folio 63.]
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Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
On motion by Mr. F[rancis] L[ightfoot] Lee, and seconded by Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer,
Resolved, That Baron Steuben, inspector general, be informed by the President, that Congress entertain a high sense of his merit, displayed in a variety of instances, but especially in the system of military order and discipline formed and presented by him to Congress.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Major General Greene, quarter master general, on his application, for five millions dollars, for the use of his department; for which he is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated March 31, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 207. It is in the writing of James Duane.]
That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of John Nicholson, clerk to the commissioners of accounts and Board of Treasury, for thirteen hundred and seven dollars, as the reward of his services from the 28 October to the 20th March, 1779.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of William Whiting, for four hundred and fifty five dollars and 30/90ths, in full for his expences from Connecticut to Congress to know their pleasure with respect to the improving the Salisbury furnace for the purpose of casting cannon.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated March 31, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 219.]
Treasury Office April 1st. 1779
The Committee on the Treasury beg leave to report the following resolutions,
Resolved, that a warrant issue on the Treasurer in favour of Cyrus Griffin Esqr a Delegate from the State of Virginia for three thousand dollars, on his application, the said state to be accountable.
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That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of the State of Massachusetts bay, for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; the said State to be accountable.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Messrs. S[amuel] Adams, [Samuel] Holten, and [Elbridge] Gerry, delegates of the State of Massachusetts bay, for seven thousand five hundred dollars, advanced on their application, for which the said State is to be accountable.
Resolved, That the Treasurer of Loans, agreeable to his propositions to the Board of Treasury, be allowed one penny on every hundred dollars which he may receive, in order to be destroyed, in Rejected full compensation "of all charges for a Clerk, or Clerks, office rent, fire wood, stationery" and other contingent expences.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated April 1, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 211. On folio 213 is an amendment, partly in writing of John Jay, reducing the allowance to three farthings per hundred dollars.]
The commissioners of claims report,
That there is due to William Hurrie, his account of pay as door keeper to Congress, and for sundries furnished for them from the 1 January to the 31 March, 1779, three hundred and forty four dollars.
That there is due to William Ramsey, his account for pay as acting clerk to the board of claims, from the 21 December, 1778, to the 8th of February, 1779, inclusive, one hundred sixty three dollars and 30/90ths, to be paid as per order to William Thorpe.
That there is due to Stiner & Cist for printing 1300 copies of "Observations on the American Revolution", as per agreement, two thousand nine hundred and eighty six dollars and 60/90ths.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated April 3, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 217.]
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
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Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the Board of War on the salaries of officers in the cloathing department; Whereupon,
Resolved, That until the further order of Congress the cloathier general have a salary of 5000 dollars per annum.
Whereas, the duties of the sub or state cloathiers who are to be appointed according to the late regulations of the cloathier's department, will be very unequal, the quota of battalions of the several states differing:
Resolved, That each State determine and pay the salary proper for its cloathier, and that each state cloathier shall be allowed two rations and forage for one horse per day during the time he is in actual service with the army, and going to and returning from the same:
That the regimental cloathiers have an allowance of thirty dollars per month in addition to their present appointment:
That the cloathier general be authorized to employ one clerk, who shall receive the same allowance as the clerks of the auditors of the army.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the committee, on the letter of 8 October, from Governor Trumbull and the memorial of William Hoskins; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the administrator of the estate of Joseph Trumbull, late commissary general, be directed, as soon as may be, to exhibit for final settlement before the treasury the cash accounts of the said late commissary general.
Adjourned to 10 oClock to Morrow.
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