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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 --SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1780
A petition from the owners of the privateers Fair American and Holker was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Admiralty to take order.
A petition of Henry Eberly was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This petition, undated, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, II, folio 404.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of first, from the honorable the Minister of France was read.3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is printed in the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Wharton), IV, folio 44.]
Another letter, of 1st, from the same was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Admiralty to take order.
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Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the instructions of the assembly of Maryland to their delegates, and other papers respecting the Confederation, &c. and after debate,
Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed till Monday next.
A motion was made by Mr. [Samuel] Adams, seconded by Mr. [Roger] Sherman,
Ordered, That the same, together with the letter, of 10 April, from the honorable J. Adams be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Samuel] Adams, Mr. J[oseph] Jones and Mr. [John Morin] Scott.
The committee, to whom were referred the instructions to the delegates of Virginia, and the extract from the letter, of 26 May, from the honorable J. Jay;1
[Note 1: 1 The following motion, undated, in the writing of John Rutledge, with reference to Jay's letter, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, IV, folio 83:
"That the minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Spain be instructed to forbear making any overtures to that court, or entering into any stipulations in consequence of overtures which he has made."]
And the committee, to whom was referred the letter, of 14 August, from Brigadier Knox; and
The committee on the letter, of 20th August, from Major General Gates, delivered in their several reports.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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