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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 --TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1779


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Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1779

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A letter, of 30 September, from Major General Sullivan, was read, enclosing sundry papers giving an account of the success of his expedition into the Indian country.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Intelligence.

A letter, of 3 October, from Major Elisha Walton, giving an account of the French fleet under the command of Count d'Estaing was read:2

[Note 2: 2 Sullivan's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 160, folio 302; that of Walton, in No. 78, XXIV, folio 89.]

Resolved, That to morrow, immediately after reading the journal, Congress be resolved into a committee of the whole to consider the subject of finance.

Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.

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