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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, FEBRUARY 3, 1780
A letter, of 10 January, and a memorial from Samuel Safford, lieutenant colonel, were read:
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Ordered, That the memorial be referred to the Board of War.
A memorial from William Young was read.1
[Note 1: 1 Young's memorial, dated January 21, 1780, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, X, folio 711; Safford's letter is in No. 78, XX, folio 495.]
A letter, of 3d, from J. Nourse, assistant auditor general, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury, to take order.
A letter, of 3d, from Robert Troup, secretary to the Board of Treasury; and a letter, of the same day, from the Board of War, were read:2
[Note 2: 2 Troup's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XXII, folio 661; the Board of War's letter is in No. 148, I, folio 55.]
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 15 December, from the governor of Georgia, enclosing several resolves and proceedings of the assembly and executive council of that State, and accompanied with a letter, of 30 November, from the speaker of the house of assembly; and a letter, of 23 January, from Clement Nash, were read:3
[Note 3: 3 The Georgia letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 73, folio 262; Nash's letter is in No. 78, XVII, folio 103.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [John] Mathews, Mr. [Thomas] Burke, and Mr. [Cyrus] Griffin.
Ordered, That the second report of the committee, appointed to receive the communications of the honorable the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, be referred to the said committee.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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