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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, MAY 20, 1780
A memorial from Bodo Otto was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial, dated May 19, 1780, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, VII, folio 273.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
An extract from the minutes of the general assembly of the commonwealth of Pensylvania, was laid before Congress, purporting that "Mr. Peale, Mr. Blewer, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Wynkoop, Mr. J. Anderson, Mr. Orr, Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, Mr. Dresbach, Mr. Powell, Mr. Sloan and Mr. Martin were appointed a committee to confer with Congress, in company with a committee of the supreme executive council, on the subject of the loan office certificates and the certificates issued by the officers of the staff department."2
[Note 2: 2 This paper, date May 19, 1780, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 69, II, folio 201.]
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Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to confer with the above committees:
The members chosen, Mr. [Oliver] Ellsworth, Mr. [William Churchill] Houston and Mr. [James] Henry.
On motion of Mr. [John] Mathews, seconded by Mr. [William Churchill] Houston,
Resolved, That the several states be earnestly requested to forward their quotas of troops to join their respective corps of the army, as soon as possible.
On motion of the Medical Committee,
Resolved, That on the application of the Medical Committee, the Commercial Committee be authorised to furnish Doctor Potts, the purveyor general, with two hogsheads of sugar, for the use of the hospitals in the middle district, the said purveyor general to be accountable.
Resolved, That on the application of the Medical Committee, the commissary general of purchases be directed to furnish the purveyor general with two hogsheads of spirits, for the use of the hospitals in the middle district, the said purveyor general to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Frederick A. Muhlenberg, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No, 22, folio 89.]
A motion was made by Mr. [James] Searle, seconded by Mr. [William] Ellery, for an order in favour of [the] Board of Admiralty, on the Committee of Commerce, for an advance of money:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury. The committee on the memorial of the honble the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, brought in a farther report, which was read and agreed to.
On the report of the said committee--
Resolved, That the Marquis de la Fayette be requested to make such communications as he has to offer, relative to the military operations of the fleet
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and army of his most Christian Majesty in America, to the Commander in Chief of the American army.
Resolved, That the Commander in Chief, after having received the communications of the Marquis de la Fayette, take such measures for carrying on the operations of the ensuing campaign as will effectually promote the purposes mentioned in the answer given to the communications of the honourable the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, on the 31st January last.
Resolved, That the committee who brought in this report be requested to confer with the honourable the Minister of France on the means of supplying the forces of his most Christian Majesty, in case of their arrival in America, and to report thereon to Congress.
Resolved, That the same committee collect the intelligence requested in the communications of the Chevalier de la Luzerne; and that they be for that purpose empowered to establish correspondences with the governors of any of the United States, or such other persons as they may think proper; and that they lay such intelligence before Congress.1
[Note 1: 1 These resolutions were entered only in the manuscript Secret (Domestic) Journal.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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