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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, OCTOBER 25, 1779
A letter, of the 21st, from General Washington, was read, enclosing an extract of a letter from Colonel D. Broadhead, dated Pittsburg, September 16th:2
[Note 2: 2 The Washington letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VIII, folio 123; the Brodhead extract is on folio 135; the second letter is on folio 131.]
Ordered, That the letter from General Washington, with the extract enclosed, be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Samuel] Atlee, Mr. [William Churchill] Houston, and Mr. [Henry] Marchant.
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A letter from General Washington, of the same date, at 5 P.M., was read:
Ordered, That the same, together with an extract of the General's former letter, be referred to the Committee of Intelligence.
A letter, of this day, from Doctor John Morgan, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Roger] Sherman, Mr. [William] Paca, and Mr. [John] Dickinson.
A letter, of the 25th, from Jonathan Burrall, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The Morgan letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 63, folio 137; that of Burrall, in No. 78, III, folio 371.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Whereas it is represented to Congress, on behalf of Susannah Hotchkiss, widow of Mr. John Hotchkiss, late of New Haven, deceased, that the said John Hotchkiss, on the 31st of May last, deposited in the continental loan office in the State of Connecticut, 270 dollars, of the emissions of May 20th, 1777, and April 11th, 1778, for exchange; that on the 5th of July last, at New Haven aforesaid, the said John Hotchkiss was slain in battle, in repelling the common enemies of the United States, and that his pocket-book, in which was the certificate which he received for said bills, cannot be found; that the commissioner of the said loan office does not think himself warranted to pay the sum due on said certificate, without the special order of Congress; Whereupon,
On motion of Mr. [Roger] Sherman, seconded by Mr. [Henry] Marchant,
Ordered, That the said application be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Congress proceeded to the consideration of foreign affairs, and some time being spent thereon,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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