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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, NOVEMBER 4, 1779
A letter, of 29 October, 1779, from Governor Livingston, was read, enclosing an account of expences in carrying into execution the resolution of 9th July last:
Ordered, That the account be referred to the Board of Treasury.
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Resolved, That a letter be addressed by the President to his excellency Governor Livingston, expressing the satisfaction of Congress at his conduct in carrying into effect their resolution of the 9th July last.
A letter, of 1, from John Clark, one of the auditors of accounts in the main army, was read, requesting leave, on account of his weak state of health, to resign:1
[Note 1: 1 Livingston's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 68, folio 475; that of Clark, in No. 41, II, folio 258.]
Resolved, That his resignation be accepted, and that the letter be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 30 October, from General P. Schuyler, was read, enclosing an act of the legislature of the State of New York, appointing commissioners to represent the said State in a treaty of pacification that may be had with any of the nations of Indians therein mentioned:2
[Note 2: 2 Schuyler's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 153, III, folio 479; the enclosure, on folio 483.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to the committee on the letter, of 17 October, from General Schuyler.
A letter, of 26 October, from Thadeus Benedict, was read,3 respecting the conduct of Dr. Forster:
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in the Washington Papers, No. 92, folio 312.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Commander in Chief, and that he be directed to cause such proceedings to be had thereon, as that the charges alluded to in it be speedily enquired into and justice done.
Ordered, That the Medical Committee transmit to the Commander in Chief the memorial of Thadeus Benedict and others, against Dr. Forster, and such other papers as they may have respecting that matter.
A letter, of 30 October, from General Washington, was read, with sundry papers enclosed.
A petition of John Emes, was read;4 Whereupon,
[Note 4: 4 Washington's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VlII, folio 139; Emes's petition, dated November 1, is in No. 42, II, folio 388.]
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Congress took into consideration the proceedings of a court martial for the trial of John Emes, which was laid before them by the Marine Committee; and, thereupon,
Resolved, That that part of the sentence of the court martial which orders the said John Emes to be banished, be set aside, and that in consideration of his long confinement, the whole of the stripes ordered to be inflicted upon him be remitted; and that he, the said John, be discharged from his present imprisonment.
A letter, of 28 October, from Don Juan de Miralles, was read; also a letter, of 21 October, from Ebenezer Hazard.
Mr. [Francis] Lewis, a member of the Committee of Commerce, laid before Congress a letter, of 21 October last, from J. Bradford, which was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of Miralles is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XV, folio 493; that of Hazard, in No. 61, folio 67: that of Bradford, in No. 78, III, folio 367.]
Ordered, That a copy thereof be transmitted to the council of the State of Massachusetts bay.
The Chevalier de la Luzerne, having transmitted to Congress a copy of a letter of credence from his most Christian Majesty, the King of France, appointing him minister pleni-potentiary to the United States; and also a copy of the speech he intends to make at his public audience:
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris, Mr. [John] Dickinson and Mr. [William Churchill] Houston.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. C[ornelius] Harnet, one of the delegates for the State of North Carolina, on his application, for four thousand dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This paragraph formed a report, dated November 3, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 781.]
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That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. J[ames] Forbes, one of the delegates of Maryland, on his application, for five thousand dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 These two paragraphs formed a report, dated November 4, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 785.]
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of John Biddle, Isaac Snowden, Peter Thomson, Isaac Howell and Nathaniel Falconer, inspectors of the continental press, on their application, for three thousand dollars, each; for which they are to be respectively accountable.2
[Note 2: 2 This paragraph formed a report, dated November 3, in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 781.]
That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. George Bond, clerk in the office of the secretary of Congress, on his application, for fifteen hundred dollars; for which he is to be accountable. And another in favour of John Levinus Clarkson, clerk to the Board of Treasury, for fifteen hundred dollars on account of his salary.1
The commissioners report,
That there is due to the Rev. Mr. Lotbinier, chaplain to Colonel Livingston's regiment, for his pay and subsistence, for the month of October last, two hundred and forty dollars.
That there is due to Francis Hopkinson, treasurer of loans, for his and his clerk's pay, office rent, stationery, &c. from the 27 July to the 27 October last, two thousand four hundred and eighty seven dollars.
That there is due to Colonel Lewis Nicole, for the pay and subsistence of the officers and privates of the invalid regiment under his command, for the month of September last, five thousand nine hundred and ninety six dollars and 56/90.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, dated November 1, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 777.]
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
Resolved, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Thomas Lloyd, for four hundred dollars, in full of his account against the committee for superintending the printing of the journals of Congress.
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The Committee to Superintend the Printing of the Journals, having imployed Thomas Lloyd to make au index to the 3d volume, and having examined his account, recommend that a warrant issue on the Treasurer in favor of Thomas Lloyd for 400 Dollars in full of his account against the Committee for superintending the Printing of the Journals of Congress.1
[Note 1: 1 This undated report, in the writing of James Lovell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 23, folio 45.]
The committee, to whom was referred the memorial of W. Palfrey, pay master general, brought in a report, which was read:
Ordered, That the same be taken into consideration on Saturday next.
A petition of Robert Patton and W. Hurrie, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the delegates of Pensylvanis to take order thereon.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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