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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 --MONDAY, MAY 8, 1780
A letter, of 5th, from General Washington was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VIII, folio 539.]
Ordered, That so much thereof as relates to money be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter; of April 24, from J. Richardson; assistant commissary general of issues, with a number of papers enclosed; and
A letter, of the 7th instant, from W. Bingham, were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee of Commerce.
A letter, of 5, from the Board of War was read, with a letter enclosed from Brigadier Muhlenberg:
Ordered, That the same be referred back to the Board of War to take order.
Another letter from the Board of War was read:2
[Note 2: 2 The letter of the 5th is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, I, folio 83; the second letter is in No. 148, I, folio 79.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [James] Lovell and Mr. J[oseph] Jones.
The Committee of Foreign Affairs laid before Congress a letter, of April 7, from Parsons Alston & Co. at Martinique, which was read and returned to the committee.3
[Note 3: 3 A letter from Allen McLane, dated May 8, 1780, appears to have been read, It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XVI, folio 37; also one from W. Rickman, dated April 23, which is in No. 78, XIX, folio 311.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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