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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, NOVEMBER 9, 1779
According to order, Congress proceeded to the election of officers for the Board of Treasury, agreeably to the ordinance for establishing that Board; and the ballots being taken, the following gentlemen were chosen:
Mr. Ezekiel Foreman, Mr. Jonathan Trumbull, jun., commissioners of the Board of Treasury.
Mr. Michael Hillegas, treasurer.
Mr. James Milligan, auditor general.
Mr. Joseph Nourse, assistant auditor.
Mr. Robert Troup, secretary of the Board of Treasury.
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Mr. William Govett, Mr. Resolve Smith, Mr. William Geddes, Mr. John D. Mercier, Mr. Eleazer M'Comb, Mr. Nathaniel Mumford, commissioners of the chambers of accounts.
Mr. John Nicholson, Mr. William Ramsay, clerks of the chambers of accounts.
Mr. James Johnson, Mr. Joseph Howell, Mr. Bedlow, Mr. Felix Varley, Mr. Alexander Fowler, auditors of the army.
Congress proceeded to the election of two members for the Board of Treasury; and, the ballots being taken, Mr. [William Churchill] Houston and Mr. [William] Sharpe were chosen.
Colonel W. Davis was put in nomination by Mr. [William Churchill] Houston, to be elected commissioner of the Board of War.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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