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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 --WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1779
A memorial of Major W[illiam] Macpherson, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
Sundry returns of the state of the hospital in the southern department, were laid before Congress and read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Medical Committee.
A memorial of Ephraim Blaine, was read, accompanied with sundry papers:2
[Note 2: 2 Macpherson's memorial is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, II, folio 565; that of Blaine, dated October 25, is in No. 41, I, folio 208.]
Ordered, That they be referred to the committee appointed to superintend 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 Derick Ten Brock, Esq. late commissioner of the continental loan office in the State of New York, or his successor in office, in favour of James Wilkinson, Esq. cloathier general, upon his application of the 16 instant, countersigned by the Board of War, for fifty thousand dollars, for the use of the hide department; the said James Wilkinson to be accountable for the said sum, and to inform the Board of Treasury of the name of the person who may discharge the said warrant.
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. J[esse] Root, one of the delegates for the State of Connecticut, on his application, for five thousand dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable.
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That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of John Biddle, Peter Thomson, Isaac Howell, Isaac Snowden and Nathaniel Falconer, inspectors of the continental press, for two thousand dollars, on their application, for the contingent expences of their department; for which they are to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated October 26, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 753.]
A report from the commissioners of claims on the accounts of the honble J[ohn] Adams, Esq. late one of the commissioners of the United States at the court of Versailles, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [James] Forbes, Mr. [John] Mathews and Mr. [William Churchill] Houston.
Congress proceeded to the election of a secretary to the Board of Ordnance, and pay master to the Board of War and Ordnance; and, the ballots being taken,
Joseph Carleton was elected.
The Board of War having represented to Congress that Mr. J. Carleton has, by their appointment, discharged the business of the office, to which he is now elected, from the time of Mr. Nourse's resignation, at which date he was by them recommended to Congress:
Resolved, That Mr. J. Carleton be considered as secretary to the Board of Ordnance, and pay master to the Board of War and Ordnance, and entitled to the pay and emoluments of that office from the time of Mr. J. Nourse's resignation.2
[Note 2: 2 These resolutions were based upon a letter from the Board of War, dated October 27, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, II, folio 543.]
The committee to whom was referred a letter of the 21, from General Washington, enclosing an extract of a letter from colonel D. Brodhead, brought in a report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the thanks of Congress be given to his Excellency General Washington, for directing, and to Colonel D. Brodhead and the brave officers and soldiers under his
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command, for executing the important expedition against the Mingo and Muncey Indians, and that part of the Senecas on the Alleghany river, by which the depredations of those savages, assisted by their merciless instigators, subjects of the king of Great Britain, upon the defenceless inhabitants of the western frontiers, have been restrained and prevented.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of William Churchill Houston, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folio 281.]
The Board of War, to whom was re-committed their report respecting Baron de Frey, brought in a report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the resolution of the 4th instant giving a furlough to Baron de Frey, be re-considered and repealed.
Resolved, That the Baron de Frey, being desirous of returning to France, be excused from any further service:
That in consideration of his merit and good services, he be allowed the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, to enable him to return to France.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, dated October 27, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, II, folio 539. With it is the second paragraph in the writing of John Dickinson.]
The committee, to whom was referred the petition of George Morgan and W. Trent, brought in a report:3
[Note 3: 3 See under October 29, p. 1230, post.]
Ordered, That the same be taken into consideration on Friday next.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Charles Morse and John Jackson, clerks in the office of the secretary of Congress, for one thousand dollars each; for which they are to be respectively accountable.4
[Note 4: 4 This report, dated October 27, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, fo1io 757.]
According to order, Congress took into consideration the report of the Medical Committee and after debate,
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On motion of Mr. [Nathaniel] Scudder, seconded by Mr. [Samuel] Holten,
Resolved, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed.
On motion of Mr. [Nathaniel] Scudder, seconded by Mr. [William Churchill] Houston,
Resolved, That the director general, each of the deputy directors general, each physician and surgeon general, each senior physician and surgeon, each junior surgeon, each apothecary general, each chaplain and each apothecary's assistant, in the hospital of the United States, to the northward of the river Potomac shall be entitled to draw clothing annually from the stores of the clothier general, in the same manner, and under the same regulations as are established for officers of the line, by a resolution of the twenty-sixth day of November, 1777.
Resolved, That until the further order of Congress, the said officers of the military hospital shall also be entitled to subsistence, in like manner as is granted to officers of the line, to be estimated in the following ratio:
1st. The director general to receive the same subsistence as a colonel in the line:
2d. The deputy directors general, the physicians, surgeons and apothecaries general, the same as lieutenant colonels:
3d. The senior physicians and surgeons the same as majors:
The junior surgeons and apothecaries' assistants the same as captains: and the chaplains, the same as chaplains of brigades are entitled to by a resolution of the 18th day of August last, and to commence from the said 18th day of August.
Resolved, That the mates of the military hospital shall, during service, be entitled to the same subsistence as is given to regimental surgeon's mates, by the resolution of the 18th day of August last.
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The Marine Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Oliver Bowen, brought in a report, which was read.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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