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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, AUGUST 9, 1779
A letter, of 4th, from Henry Waldegrave Archer, was read.
A letter, of 7, from Colonel William Davies, of I Virginia regiment, was read, enclosing a memorial from the field officers of the Virginia line:2
[Note 2: 2 Archer's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, I, folio 291; that of Davies, in No. 78, VII, folio 255; the memorial is on folio 259.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. E[lbridge] Gerry, Mr. S[amuel] Holten, and Mr. J[ames] Lovell, delegates for the State of Massachusetts bay, on their application, for thirteen thousand dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, dated August 6, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 523.]
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That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. W[illiam] H[enry] Drayton and Mr. J[ohn] Mathews, two of the delegates of South Carolina, for ten thousand dollars, on their application; for which the said State is to be accountable.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, commissary general of purchases, on the application of Chaloner and White, assistant purchasing commissaries, for two millions five hundred thousand dollars, for the use of his department; for which the said commissary general is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated August 7, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 527.]
On motion of Mr. [Meriwether] Smith, seconded by Mr. [William Churchill] Houston,
Resolved, That the Minister of France be informed that the resolutions alluded to in his memorial of the 5th instant will be published in the journals of Congress, and that in the meantime, he consider himself at liberty to make such use of the copies transmitted to him as he may think expedient.
A letter, of this date, from Colonel L. Nicola, and a letter, of 30th July, from J[ohn] Carter, continental agent at Williamsburg in Virginia, were read:2
[Note 2: 2 Nicola's letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 163, folio 108; that of Carter, in No. 78, V, folio 381.]
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of War.
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the propositions of Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry relative to finance, and some time being spent thereon,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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