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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, AUGUST 31, 1779
Mr. [Henry] Laurens, one of the delegates for the State of South Carolina, having informed Congress, that he had conceived himself treated with disrespect by the Secretary of Congress,
Ordered, That a committee of three be appointed to enquire into the complaint made by Mr. Laurens, and that the committee do at the same time hear the Secretary in his vindication:
The members chosen, Mr. [William Churchill] Houston, Mr. [Samuel] Huntington, and Mr. [William] Paca.
A letter, of 27, from J. Harvie, directed to the delegates of the State of Virginia, was laid before Congress, and read:3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XI, folio 447.]
Ordered, That the same, together with the letter, of 27, from the Board of War, be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Nathaniel] Scudder, Mr. [John] Mathews, and Mr. [Henry] Marchant.
A letter, of 27, from Captain Silas Talbot, of theArgo, was read:
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Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Intelligence and to the Marine Committee.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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