| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1779
A letter, of this day, from Mr. Miralies, was read, together with a petition of Joseph Faribault, late master of the brigMinerva:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
Page 786 | Page image
A letter, of 28, from the Board of War, was read, enclosing a letter, of 18, from T. Jefferson, governor of Virginia, and sundry other papers relative to barracks proposed to be erected at Winchester:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Miralles is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XV, folio 469; that of the Board of War, in No. 147, III, folio 473; the letter of Jefferson is on folio 487.]
Ordered, That the same be returned to the Board, and that they take order thereon.
The Board of War having reported that Major General Gates, and Colonel Sheppard, now commanding Brigadier Glover's brigade, have warmly recommended the reverend Mr. Van Horne for an appointment of brigade chaplain:
Resolved, That the reverend Mr. William Van Horne be appointed chaplain to the brigade now, or lately under the command of Brigadier General Glover, and that he be considered and respected as such.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated June 29 (present, Pickering and Peters), is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, III, folio 491.]
The committee to whom was referred a letter from Joseph Palmer, report as their opinion,
That as Congress, on the 29 day of December, 1775, earnestly recommended to the several assemblies or conventions, immediately to promote, by sufficient public encouragements, the making salt in their respective colonies, the letter from Joseph Palmer, Esq. together with his plan for making bay salt, be referred to the general assembly of the State of Massachusetts bay:3
[Note 3: 3 This report, in the writing of Samuel Holten, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, V, folio 7.]
Resolved, That Congress agree to the report.
A petition from a number of the inhabitants of Pensylvania, was read, respecting the removal of the continental ferry from the place where first established on the river Delaware, near Trenton:4
[Note 4: 4 This petition, June 15, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, VI, folio 214.]
Page 787 | Page image
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
Congress proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee on the Treasury, relative to finance, and some time being spent thereon,
Adjourned to 10 oClock to Morrow.
PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR
| PREVIOUS | NEXT | NEW SEARCH |