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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 16, 1780
A letter, of 15, from Major General A. McDougall was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 161, folio 115.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell and Mr. [Roger] Sherman.
A letter, of 3, from Otis & Henley, and a memorial from Nathaniel Tracy, were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A letter, of 15, from E. Blame was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 165, folio 357.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on the letter, of 20 August, from General Washington, and that the committee confer with the honorable the Minister of France on the subjects.
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A letter, of this day, from A. Skinner was read, signifying his acceptance of the office of commissary general of prisoners.1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XX, folio 545.]
A report from the Board of Treasury was read; Whereupon,
Ordered, That on the application of Charles Pettit, assistant quarter master general, on account of Major General Greene, late quarter master general, a warrant issue on Joseph Borden, commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of New Jersey, for the sum of one hundred and twenty nine thousand one hundred dollars, payable in loan office certificates, on the orders of the Reverend Mr. James Caldwell, to reimburse him the like sum by him expended in that department out of monies by him received on loan by an appointment of Governor Livingston of New Jersey, in pursuance of a resolution of Congress, of the 29 June, 1779; which said certificates shall bear date on the days of the receipts given by the said Caldwell to each respective lender.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, IV, folio 587.]
The order of the day was called for "to proceed to hear" &c. when a set of resolutions were moved by Mr. [James] Madison, seconded by Mr. [Francis] Kinloch; and the first resolution being read and debated, a motion was made to postpone it; on which the states were equally divided, the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay and New York not voting on the question.
Resolved, That it appears to Congress from the evidence stated to them by the Delegates of New Hampshire and New York as well as from former Resolutions of Congress defining the general Boundary of the United States, That the Territory commonly called the New Hampshire Grants is within the limits of some one or more of the United States.
Resolved, That every attempt by force to set up a seperate and independent jurisdiction within the limits of any one of the United States, is a direct violation of the rights of such State, and subversive
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of the union of the whole, under the superintending authority of Congress.
Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the people who have assumed an Independent jurisdiction over the district aforesaid immediately to desist from the exercise thereof, and to remain until a final determination shall take place, subject to such of the States contending for jurisdiction over them, as a major part of the Inhabitants of each of the Townships shall on an election for that purpose, respectively prefer.
Resolved, That Congress will immediately proceed to the appointment of Commissioners agreeably to their Resolutions of the 24(th) Day of Sept(r) last, to hear and determine the claims of New Hampshire, and New York, to the Country commonly called the New Hampshire Grants and will enforced the decreas of the said Commissioners.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the State or States, within whose jurisdiction the same shall fall, to confirm the titles of the Inhabitants, to the lands they respectively hold, notwithstanding any defect in the grants on which any such titles depend.
Resolved, That a special Committee be appointed, to prepare and Report an address, to the Inhabitants of the District in question, explaining to them the principles and reasons, on which the foregoing resolutions are founded, and urging them to a ready and peaceable submission to them.1
[Note 1: 1 These resolutions, in the writing of James Madison, are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 20, II, folio 249.]
After further debate,
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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