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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 10, 1780
A letter, of 5, from General Washington, enclosing one, of the same date from Colonel Armand;
Also a letter, of 9, from Colonel Armand, were read; Whereupon,1
[Note 1: 1 Washington's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VIII, folio 393; Armand's on folio 397; Armand's of the 9th is in No. 164, folio 404.]
Resolved, That Congress entertain a high sense of the merit and services of Colonel Armand, and that his application for leave of absence for six months after the end of the next campaign be complied with.
A motion was made by Mr. [Thomas] Burke, seconded by Mr. [Nathaniel] Peabody, which being amended to read,
"That an account be made of all the militia that have been or shall be furnished by the respective states for the common defence, under the immediate requisitions of Congress, of the Commander in Chief, or of any general officer commanding in a separate department, or which Congress shall judge to have been requisite for the defence of the United States, or any of them; in which account, the time of service shall be
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particularly stated, and the reasonable expence of raising, equipping and maintaining the said militia shall be averaged and divided among the United States, in like manner as the other expences of the war."
On the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [James] Forbes,
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So the states were equally divided and the question lost.
The committee, to whom was referred on the 7th December last, a letter from Captain William Burke, of the ship Henry, lately stranded on the coast of New Jersey, to take order, report "that in consequence of their appointment, they empowered persons to save the property of the United States
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from on board the said ship, and to transport the same to this city, where it is now stored." Whereupon,
Ordered, That the said committee cause the goods to be delivered to the order of the Board of Admiralty, and that the said Board have the same sold, excepting ten pipes wine reserved for public use, and the proceeds paid into the treasury; and that they settle with the owners respecting the freight.
According to order, Congress proceeded to the consideration of the proceedings of the court martial on the trial of Major General Arnold, and some time being spent in reading the same,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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