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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 --WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1780
A memorial of John Sandford Dart was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial, dated August 1, 1780, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, II, folio 456.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A memorial of William Clajon was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This memorial, dated July 31, 1780, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, II, folio 110.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War to report.
A letter, of 20 July, from Joseph Marsh, Peter Olcott and Beza Woodward was read.3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 40, I, folio 341.]
The committee on the state of South Carolina and Georgia; and the committee, to whom was referred the letter, of 30 June, from Brigadier General Moultrie, delivered their respective reports.
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the letters of 18, 20, and 21 July, from the committee at head-quarters.
The first paragraph being read, viz.
That the subject matter of the quarter master general's letter to the said committee at camp, so far as it regards his responsibility, has been already determined by Congress; and, as the said committee knew that the quarter master general had requested the sense of Congress on so important a subject, they ought not to have interfered therein.
Resolved, That Congress agree to the same.
That with regard to the order of the Board of Treasury of the 23 of March, requiring that estimates approved of by the Board of WarRe-committed.should accompany the applications of the Quarter Master General for monies,your Committee conceive the said order to be grounded on Resolutions of Congress, and that it is highly proper that estimates, as particular as the nature of the service will admit should always accompany such applications for the public money. But it is of much greater importance
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that the Principals, and all others concerned in great Departments should be frequently held to account, that so the public may know in what manner and for what purposes their monies have been from time to time expended.
Ordered, That the second paragraph be re-committed. The third paragraph being read, viz.
That, upon the representation made in the said committee's letter, of the deficiency of the State of Pensylvania, it is incumbent on Congress, in duty to the United States, and in justice to Pensylvania, to request the said state, through their delegates, to acquaint Congress, as precisely as possible, what supplies they have actually made for the army, in pursuance of requisitions made to them for that purpose:
Resolved, That Congress agree to the same.
Ordered, That an extract of that part of the letter of the 18th, from the committee at camp, which relates to a letter from the Board of War to General Washington, be referred to the Board of War, for their consideration:
That the letter from Jeremiah Wadsworth, to Major General Greene, Q. M. G., inclosed in the letter of the committee, be referred to the Board of War; and that the board confer with Mr. Holker on the subject, if they think it necessary:
That the memorial of Col. Hazen, with the papers inclosed, and the letter from Lewis Garanger, both which are inclosed and referred to in the letter from the committee, be referred to the consideration of the Board of War; but that the committee at camp be informed that the said memorial and letter, together with other applications made to them, and which seem to have employed their time and attention, should have been made directly to Congress, and the committee should thus have informed the applicants.
Resolved, That the resolutions of Congress whereby the Commander in Chief is restricted in his operations to
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the limits of the United States, be reconsidered, and the restriction taken off.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Samuel Adams, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 21, folio 239. It was transcribed in Committee Book, 1780, Proceedings of the Committee appointed April 13th, 1780, folio 8. The last paragraph and the proceedings following were entered only in the manuscript Secret (Domestic) Journal.]
On the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays having been required by Mr. Scott--
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So it was resolved in the affirmative.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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