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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, JUNE 26, 1779
A letter, of 25, from Alexander Henderson, deputy commissary of military stores, was read, desiring leave to resign his commission:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A petition from Herman Baron Zedtwitz was read:1
[Note 1: 1 Henderson's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XI, folio 433; the petition of Zedtwitz, dated June 22, is in No. 41, X, folio 737.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
The Board of War, to whom was referred the memorial of the reverend Mr. McMurdie, complaining of the appointment of the reverend Mr. Rogers to be chaplain of the third Pensylvania brigade as an injury done to him, report That they have conferred with Mr. McMurdie on the subject of his memorial, and that Mr. McMurdie has, in the opinion of the Board, assigned no sufficient reason to induce them to recommend a repeal of the appointment of Mr. Rogers; Whereupon,
Resolved, That Mr. M'Murdie be informed, that as there is no vacancy for a chaplain in the Pensylvania brigades, no appointment as such can be given to him.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated June 24 (present, Pickering and Peters), is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, III, folio 469.]
The Committee on the Treasury, to whom was referred the deposition of James Skinner, an inhabitant of Yogheogany, in Virginia, brought in a report; Whereupon,
Treasury Office,June 22nd, 1779
The Committee on the Treasury having taken into consideration a deposition of James Skinner an Inhabitant of Youghneagana County, in the State of Virginia, dated the 21st. instant, by which it appears that he left home about the 20th. May last for Philadelphia, in order to exchange at the Continental Loan Office, which is nearer to the place of his residence than the Loan Office of said State, the
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sum of 1183 dollars of the Emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778, but was prevented by the loss of his horse and by sickness from arriving in Philadelphia before the 21st. instant; and also that none of the said bills were obtained at a Discount, beg leave to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That Thomas Smith, Esq. commissioner of the continental loan office of Pensylvania, be directed to receive of the said James Skinner, eleven hundred and eighty three dollars, of the emissions of May 20th, 1777, and April 11, 1778, which he brought from home about the 20th of last month, and which by sickness and other unavoidable accidents on his journey, he was prevented from bringing to the office before the 1st instant; and issue loan office certificates or indented receipts for the same, as the said James Skinner shall judge expedient.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 409.]
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of George Bond, Thomas Edison, Joshua Coit, and Charles Morse, clerks in the Secretary's office, for one thousand and eighty dollars, advanced to each of them respectively; for which they are to be accountable.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Robert Troup, secretary to the Board of Treasury, for one thousand dollars, advanced to defray the contingent expences of the treasury; for which he is to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated June 22, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 405. It also contained the paragraphs on Israel Morris, printed this day.]
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Cornelius Comegys, one of the clerks in the chamber of accounts, for one thousand and eighty dollars, advanced him; for which he is to be accountable.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, dated Jane 24, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 413.]
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That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of James Milligan, Esq. one of the commissioners of accounts, at the treasury, for three thousand dollars, to defray his expences to Charlotteville, in the State of Virginia, on public business; for which he is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 A paragraph from a report of the Board of Treasury, dated June 25, in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 421.]
The Committee on the Treasury, to whom was re-committed their report of the 15th. instant on a letter of the 2nd. from General Smallwood to the Honorable Mr Paca, having according to order reconsidered the same, beg leave to report the following resolution:
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of the delegates of Maryland, for nine thousand seven hundred and thirty six dollars, in exchange for a like sum of the emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778, transmitted Brigadier Smallwood by the State of Maryland, and which previous to the 1st instant he tendered to General Washington to repay the money advanced by him to the said Brigadier for the recruiting service.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated June 26, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 425.]
Resolved, That Archibald William Yard, of Trenton, be referred for the adjustment of his account to Jonathan Trumbull, Jun. Esq. commissioner for adjusting the accounts of the late commissary general, Joseph Trumbull, Esq. deceased.3
[Note 3: 3 This resolution is based upon a paragraph in a report of the Board of Treasury, dated June 25, in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 421. Yard was a baker.]
The Committee on the Treasury having according to order taken into consideration the memorial of Israel Morris Jun., an Assistant Purchasing Commissary in West New Jersey, and the several papers accompanying the same, referred to them by Congress, and having taken the deposition of the said Israel Morris for the further confirmation of the facts set forth in the said memorial, are of opinion that the said facts are well supported and that it is reasonable that
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the prayer of the said memorial should be granted, and therefore beg leave to Report the following resolution:
Resolved, That on the settlement of the accounts of Israel Morris, Jun. assistant commissary of purchases, there be allowed to him the sum of one thousand and seventy eight pounds, New Jersey currency, equal to two thousand eight hundred and seventy four dollars and 60/90ths, for seventy cattle purchased by him for the use of the army of the United States, the receipts and vouchers for which were destroyed by the enemy as appears by sufficient proof exhibited at the Board of Treasury.
The Committee on the Treasury having taken into consideration a letter and order of the honourable council of the State of Massachusetts bay of the 8th of June, instant containing their opinion in consequence of the request of Congress, on a proper allowance to be made to Jonathan Loring Austin, for his services and expences in carrying despatches and transacting business in France, and on the mode of payment, report,
That agreeable to the opinion of the said Board, the commissioners of these United States at Paris, be directed to discharge the account of Mr. Austin with the late house of Messrs. Plearne, Pennet, & Co. in Nantz, to the amount of six thousand four hundred livres, and to charge the same to these United States, together with the further sum of one hundred and thirty louis d'ors, advanced him by the said commissioners, as set forth in his memorial to Congress, in full compensation for his time and services aforesaid.
Resolved, That Congress agree to the said report.
Ordered, That so much of the report of the Board of Treasury as relates to a farther allowance of time for bringing in bills of the emissions of May 20, 1777, and April 11, 1778, and so much as relates to a farther allowance to the commissioners for destroying bills taken out of circulation, be recommitted.
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The committee, to whom was referred the memorial of John Garcia Duarti, brought in a report, which was read.
The Committee to whom was referred the Memorial of John Garcia Duarti, Captain and Commander of the Snow "Our lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Antonio" report:
That in consequence of certain representations made, Congress did, on the 11th. of May, 1778, and on the 19th. of February, 1779, enter into several resolutions respecting the said Snow and her cargo,to which your Committee beg that reference may now be had and from which it appears,
Whereupon your Committee are of opinion, That for the present it is only necessary for Congress to recommend to the Memorialist to receive the nett proceeds of the Sales and also the effects aforesaid, and to take his remedy at law for any Special damages arising from the capture of said Snow against the Captors or their owners.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of James Lovell, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 44, folio 1.]
Adjourned to 10 oClock on Monday.
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