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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 23, 1780
The delegates from South Carolina having informed Congress that there were good grounds to believe that a number of respectable citizens of South Carolina, prisoners of war by the capitulation of Charlestown, were seized and confined on board a ship of war:
Ordered, That the Commander in Chief send a flag to General Sir Henry Clinton, and enquire whether such arrests and confinements have been made, and for what reasons.
A petition of Cumberland Dugan was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This petition, dated 7th September, 1780, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, II, folio 179.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three, to consider and report what general provision will be proper on the subject mentioned in the said petition.
The members chosen, Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, Mr. [James] Duane and Mr. [Daniel of St. Thomas] Jenifer.
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A memorial of Robert Morris, merchant, in behalf of himself and others, owners of, and of the officers and seamen belonging to, the schooner Livingston, was read; Whereupon,1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial, undated, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, VI, folio 195.]
Resolved, That the said Robert Morris be and hereby is empowered to prosecute, in the name of the United States, but for the benefit of himself and all others interested in the said schooner, and at their expense, the right which the United States may have acquired to a share of a prize made by the said schooner, in consort with two or three other vessels.
A motion being made by Mr. [Robert R.] Livingston, seconded by Mr. [James] Duane for a warrant in favour of the treasurer of the State of New York.
Resolved, that a warrant be granted in favour of the Treasurer of the State of New York for the time being on the Continental Loan officer in the said State for one hundred thousand Dollars, of the money emitted or to be emitted in the said State by virtue of the Act of Congress, passed the 18th day of March last, and payable out of the sum of one hundred and ninety five thousand dollars, equal to four tenths of the whole sum to be emitted by the said State, under the said Act, and which was thereby to be at the disposal of Congress. Provided that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorise the said Loan officer to discharge the said warrant or any part thereof out of any monies now in his hands or that may become so, other than such as are or may become issuable as part of the four tenths aforesaid.
Resolved, That the said State be and hereby is authorised to discount the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars in certificates, given by any Continental Officer or Officers for purchases made or services performed in the said State. That the Treasurer of the said State shall deliver all such certificates coming into his possession with the receipts thereon indorsed to the principal officer in the State in whose Department the certificates were given, taking therefor a receipt from the said officer, at the bottom of a schedule of the
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said certificates in which shall be specified the dates of the certificates, the names of the persons to whom granted, and the amount of each, specifying also the aggregate amount of the Certificates so delivered, and acknowledging to have received the same from the United States by the hands of the Treasurer of the said State, which receipt countersigned by two credible witnesses and delivered to the said Loan Officer shah be a sufficient voucher for him to pay all or so much of the said one hundred thousand Dollars as such receipts shall amount to. And when the whole warrant is discharged the same shall be delivered by the said Treasurer with a discharge endorsed thereon acknowledging the receipt of the contents.1
[Note 1: 1 This motion is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, I, folio 101.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury, to report thereon as soon as may be.
The committee, to whom was re-committed part of the report on the hospital department, having brought in a farther report, Congress resumed the consideration thereof, and made some progress.
Ordered, That the director general report the names of all the officers in the hospital deportment from the director to the junior surgeons inclusive, with the dates of their respective commissions.2
[Note 2: 2 Here were inserted the resolutions on the hospital service, but Thomson noted in the margin "reconsidered and amended 30th." They are printed under September 30, 1780, post, where the changes are noted.]
Congress resumed the consideration of the report on the department of the inspectorship and made some progress.3
[Note 3: 3 A letter of September 3 from George Howell was received by the President of Congress on this day, and is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XII, folio 101.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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