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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, NOVEMBER 24, 1779
The delegates of Connecticut laid before Congress their credentials, which were read, as follows:
At a general Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut in America, holden [at] Hartford, in said State, on the second Thursday of October, Anno Domini, 1779.
Resolved by this Assembly, that the Delegates chosen to represent this State, in the Congress of the United States for the current Year, ending on the first Monday of November next, shall continue to represent this State in said Congress, with the same Powers, Privileges and Instructions, as were given them for the current Year, until the first Day of March next.
A true Copy of Record,
examined By George Wyllys, Secretary.1
[Note 1: 1 The original is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, Connecticut, Credentials of Delegates.]
The delegates of New Hampshire laid before Congress the credentials of their appointment, which were read, as follows:
State of New Hampshire.
In the house of Representatives,
November 3d, 1779.
Voted, That Woodbury Langdon, Esquire, and Nathaniel Peabody, Esquire, the Delegates for this State at the Continental Congress, or Either of them in the Absence of the Other, have full power to represent this State in the Continental Congress, until released, or recalled by order of the General Assembly of this State.
Sent up for Concurrence,
John Langdon, Speaker.
In Council the same day, read and concurred
E. Thompson, Secretary.
Copy Examined by E. Thompson, Secretary.2
[Note 2: 2 The original is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, New Hampshire, Credentials of Delegates.]
A letter, of this day from Don Juan de Miralles, was read:3
[Note 3: 3 A copy of this letter is in the Washington Papers, Letters to Washington, 32, folio 387.]
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Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [John] Mathews, Mr. [Philip] Schuyler, and Mr. [Roger] Sherman.
A letter, of 6 October, from W. Bingham at Martinique, was read, with sundry papers enclosed:
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Robert R.] Livingston, Mr. [Roger] Sherman, and Mr. [Henry] Marchant.
Three letters, of 28 July, 1779, from Amsterdam, with two papers enclosed, were read:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs.
Resolved, That two members be added to the said committee:
The members chosen, Mr [William Churchill] Houston and Mr [Robert R.] Livingston.
A letter, of 23, from the Board of War, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee to take order thereon, and that the quarter master be discharged from procuring a vessel to forward stores to South Carolina, as directed by the resolution of the 11th instant.
A petition from John Burrows, was read, enclosing sundry papers:
Ordered, That it be transmitted to the commissary general of prisoners.
On petition of John Palfrey,
Resolved, That the order of the 22d on his former petition be reconsidered and repealed, and that the said petition be referred to the president and supreme executive council of Pensylvania to take order thereon.
A letter, of 22d, from Doctor J. Morgan, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 The Palfrey petition is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, VI, folio 232; the Morgan letter, in No. 63, folio 143.]
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Ordered, That the same be transmitted to the Commander in Chief, Doctor Shippen being first furnished with a copy thereof.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer, in favour of Mr. N[athaniel] Scudder, one of the delegates for the State of New Jersey, on his application, for five hundred dollars; for which the said State is to be accountable:
That on the application of Charles Pettit, assistant quarter master general, a warrant issue on Gerard Bancker, Esq. treasurer of the State of New York, in favour of Major General Greene, Q. M. G. for six hundred and seventeen thousand dollars, being part of the monies raised in the said State for the use of the United States, to be paid to Colonel Morgan Lewis, deputy Q. M. G. at Albany, for the use of the department; for which sum Major General Greene is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, dated November 23, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, III, folio 833.]
A report from J. Gibson, auditor general, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.2
[Note 2: 2 A letter of Governor Livingston, dated November 22, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 68, folio 483, and is endorsed as having been read on this day.]
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