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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 --THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1779
A letter, of 21 August, from Major General Gates, was read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
A petition of Benjamin Pollard, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
The Committee on the Treasury, to whom was referred the Petition of Benjamin Pollard, of the State of Virginia, setting forth that in the month of May last, when the Enemy invaded the said State, they took or destroyed sundry Loan office certificates, as appears by the depositions accompanying the said Petition, which were the property of him, the said Benjamin Pollard; and praying the interposition of Congress for relief. Having considered the same beg leave to submit the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Commissioners of the different Loan offices be instructed, that when any person shall make oath of his having lost, or had stolen from him, Continental Certificates, and prays for a stoppage of payment of the said certificates, that the respective Commissioners do accordingly retain such certificates and give information thereof to the Persons applying in the manner aforesaid.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, VI, folio 228.]
A letter, of this day, from M[athew] Irwin, T[homas] Irwin, B[enjamin G.] Eyre, and J[oseph] Cowperthwaite, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 Pollard's petition is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, VI, folio 226; the Irwin letter is in No. 78, XIII, folio 109.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee, and that they take order thereon.
A letter, of 1, from Mr. Penet, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
Congress proceeded in reading Mr. A. Lee's letter, of 20 April, when
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A motion was made by Mr. [William] Paca, seconded by Mr. [John] Fell, that the farther reading be postponed; on which the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [John] Jay,
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So it passed in the negative.
Congress proceeded and finished Mr. A. Lee's letter, of 20th April. Also another letter, of 25 February last, from A. Lee, Esq. and a paper unsigned, which came under the same cover with Mr. A. Lee's other letters, were read:
A letter, of 24 August, from General Washington, with sundry papers enclosed was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VII, folio 677.]
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Ordered, That it be referred to the committee for superintending the departments of the quarter master and commissary general.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of the Board of War, on their application, for three hundred thousand dollars, for the purchase of military stores, and for contingencies; for which sum the said Board is to be accountable.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of the Board of War, for one million of dollars, on their application, to enable them to purchase cloathing for the army; for which sum the said Board of War is to be accountable.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. J[esse] Root, one of the delegates of the State of Connecticut, on his application, for two thousand dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated September 1, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 599.]
The Committee on the Treasury, to whom was referred the petition of the Rev. Mr. Lotbinier, brought in a report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That until the further order of Congress the Rev. Mr. Lotbinier be allowed 200 dollars per month for subsistance.2
[Note 2: 2 This was a paragraph of the report of September 1, noted above. The petition was read on August 30, and is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XIV, folio 279.]
The Marine Committee laid before Congress the proceedings of a court martial on the trial of John Emmes, late a pilot of the ship Champion, for desertion:
On motion of Mr. [John] Mathews, seconded by Mr. [Samuel] Holten,
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Resolved, That the execution of the sentence of the said court martial be suspended until Saturday sennight.
Adjourned to 10 oClock to Morrow.
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