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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, JULY 24, 1779
After reading the journal,
On motion of Mr. [Nathaniel] Peabody, seconded by Mr. [Henry] Laurens,
Resolved, That so much of the resolution passed yesterday, respecting the preservation of public buildings &c. as relates to the purchase of the ground whereon permanent buildings are erected, be re-considered, and that the same be referred to a committee of three.
The members chosen, Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, Mr. [Samuel] Huntington, and Mr. [James] Duane.1
[Note 1: 1 See under July 23, p. 869,ante.]
A letter from Poteins du Bois Halbrand, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War, and that they take order thereon.
An appeal from the sentence of a court of admiralty for the State of Massachusetts bay, on the libel J. Bradford v. ship Viper, &c. was lodged with the secretary and referred to the Committee on Appeals.
A letter from J. G. Duarti, was read.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 44, folio 95.]
The order of the day being called for, to proceed to the choice of a clothier general, and the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris,
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[Note 1: 1 This name was not entered in the manuscript Journal.]
So it was resolved in the affirmative.
Congress proceeded to the election, and the ballots being taken,
Mr. James Wilkinson was elected.
Congress proceeded in the consideration of the subject under debate the 22d; and a motion was made by Mr. [William Henry] Drayton, seconded by Mr. [Thomas] Burke, to reconsider the first proposition, passed the 24th June last, to the end that the description of the fishery therein may be altered so as to agree with the description in the fourth proposition as passed as on the 22d of this month.
On the question, Shall the first proposition be reconsidered, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [William Henry] Drayton:
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So it passed in the negative.
A motion was made by Mr. [John] Dickinson, seconded by Mr. [William Henry] Drayton, That it be resolved that the next preceding resolution is to be so understood, that if the fisheries therein described shall be effectually secured to these states by Great Britain, though not by the express stipulation therein mentioned, these states will agree to a treaty of commerce with that kingdom on just and reasonable terms.
When the question was about to be put, the previous question was moved by Mr. [Thomas] McKean, seconded by Mr. [James] M'Lene.
And on the question to agree to the previous question, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [William Henry] Drayton,
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So it was carried in the affirmative, and the main question was set aside.1
[Note 1: 1 These proceedings were entered only in the manuscript Secret Journal, Foreign Affairs.]
Adjourned to 10 oClock on Monday.2
[Note 2: 2 A report of this day from the Board of War, concerning the appraisement of leaden spouts taken from certain houses in Philadelphia, in 1777, by order of the Council, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, II, folio 207. It was adopted August 23, 1781.]
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