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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, SEPTEMBER 18, 1779
A letter, of this day, signed John Bull and Charles Willson Peale, was read, asserting the charge against them contained in a letter from Edward Langworthy, of the 25th July, to be "groundless, erroneous and unjust", and that "their conduct respecting that affair had been fully investigated before the honble chief justice of this State, and they believed, appeared deserving the approbation of every good man rather than the censure of any."2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, III, folio 337.]
Congress resumed the consideration of foreign affairs, and some time being spent thereon,
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock on Monday.
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