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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, JULY 19, 1779
A letter, of 16, from General Washington, was read, containing an account of General Wayne's surprising and taking prisoners the garrison at Stoney Point.
A letter, of 13, from General Washington, was read, enclosing copy of a letter, of 10, from Governor Trumbull, with a proclamation of Sr George Collier and Major General Tryon, and Colonel Whiting's answer thereto; also copies of letters of 10 and 11, from Brigadier General Parsons, giving an account of the enemy's ravages and devastations
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in Connecticut and particularly of their burning the towns of Fairfield, Norwalk and Bedford.1 Whereupon,
[Note 1: 1 Washington's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VII, folio 529. The enclosures axe on folios 493, 533, 537, 541, and 545.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee of Intelligence.
That so much of the letter of 13th, from General Washington, as relates to money, be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Ordered, That the letter of 13th from General Washington, with the papers enclosed, be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris, Mr. [William] Carmichael, and Mr. [William] Whipple.
A motion was made by Mr. [William Henry] Drayton, seconded by Mr. [John] Penn,
That the Marine Committee be, and are hereby directed to take the most effectual means to carry into execution the manifesto of October 30, 1778, by burning and destroying the towns belonging to the enemy in Great Britain and the West Indies.
On the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [William Henry] Drayton,
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.1
[Note 1: 1 This motion and vote were entered only in the manuscript Secret Journal, Domestic Affairs. In No. 152, VII, folio 495, is the draft of a letter, in the writing of William Whipple, from the Commercial Committee to Franklin, informing him of this action.]
A memorial of Persifor Frazer, was read, declining on account of the salary, to accept the office of cloathier general;2 Whereupon,
[Note 2: 2 This memorial, dated July 19, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, folio 193.]
Ordered, That Congress proceed to a new choice.
A motion was made byMr. Marchant, seconded by Mr. Shippen, that the election of a cloathier general be postponed; on which the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Morris,
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So it passed in the negative.
Mr. James Wilkinson was nominated for the office by Mr. [John] Henry.
Mr. Peter Fell, by Mr. [James] Duane.
A letter, of 30 June, from General Washington, and one, of 18 July, from Colonel Daniel Morgan, were read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
Letter, of 14, from Thomas Johnson, governor of Maryland, was read.
The delegates of South Carolina laid before Congress a letter, of June 22, from J. Rutledge, governor of South Carolina, with sundry papers enclosed, relative to the attack of the enemy's lines at Stono ferry by Major General Lincoln.1
[Note 1: 1 Morgan's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XV, folio 473; that of Johnson, in No. 70, folio 331; that of Rutledge with the enclosures, in No. 72, folios 498--508.]
A letter, of 19, from John Morgan was read, enclosing sundry papers relative to his charges against Doctor Shippen:
Ordered, That copies thereof be sent to General Washington.
A letter, of 14, from Major General Greene, quarter master general, was read, enclosing a copy of a letter of July 1, from Thomas Chase:2
[Note 2: 2 Morgan's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 63, folio 133; that of Greene, in No. 155, I, folio 147; that of Chase on folio 151.]
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of War.
[Adjourned to 10 oClock to Morrow.]
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