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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 --APPENDIX EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1780

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
APPENDIX EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1780

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EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1780.¹

[Note 1: 1 This Appendix appears only in the first edition of the Journals, Vol. VI. (Clay-poole imprint: See Bibliographical Notes No. 353.) The paging has been altered to correspond with the pages of the present edition.]

• ... Dollars.
• Admiralty Board. Page 71. 223. 584. 666. 670. 1008. 1045 ... 981,350

  And Page 645. 719, in bills of exchange £1000 sterl

• Board of War. Page 189. 251. 268. 324. 358. 371. 385. 419. 430. 500. 553. 558. 584. 611. 644. 666. 703. 731. 788. 817. 929. 1054. 1101. 1114. Joseph Carleton, paymaster to the board of war, &c. accountable: ... 6,945,364

  And in bills of the new emission, Page 731. 845. 50,000 dollars

• Cloathier General. Page 209. 370. 429. 436. 474. 988. J. Wilkinson, esq; accountable: ... 580,000
• Commercial Committee. Page 912 ... 150,000

  And Page 445. 389, 14,511 dollars specie, and £62:10 sterl

• Commissary General of Military Stores Department. Page 8. 369. 495. 696. 700. 718. ... 2,445,771

  And in loan-office certificates, Page 290. 338 ... 1,025,572

  Col. Benjamin Flower accountable: ... 3,471,343

  And in bills of new emission, Page 1073, 1,280 dol.

• Commissary General of Prisoners. Page 214. 799. ... 18,485

  And in specie, Page 382, 51,625 dollars. Col. John Beatty accountable

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• Commissary General of Purchases Department. Page 3. 79. 259. 362. 703. Jeremiah Wadsworth, esq; accountable: ... 11,090,333

  Page 16. 315. John Lewis Gervais and George Abbot Hall, esquires, accountable: ... 1,258,790

  Page 28. 74. 84. 85. 100. 345. 349. 401. 426. 553. 562. 592. 695. 986. 988. 1054. 1079. 1108. 1129. ... 19,715,895

  And in new emission, Page 829. 874. 30,007 dollars. Ephraim Blaine, esq; accountable:.

  Total ... 32,065,018

• Hospital Department. Page 143. 260. 562. 589. 648. Jonathan Potts, purveyor general, &c. accountable: ... 376,900

  Page 330. Isaac Foster, deputy director general hospitals, eastern department, accountable: ... 40,000

  Page 1128 ... 15,000

  And Page 1024, in new emission, 4,276 dollars. Thomas Bond, jun. purveyor general, &c. accountable.

  Total ... 431,900

• Paymaster General Department. Page 16. 53. 214. 245. 290. 324. 370. 378. 392. 419. 422. 425. with 562. 491. 502. 605. 639. 644. 815. 922. 1038. William Palfrey, esq; paymaster general, accountable: ... 6,703,155

  Page 12. 16. 225. 258. 947. Joseph Clay, esq: deputy paymaster general, accountable: ... 4,236,266

  Page 403, John Lewis Gervais, esq: deputy paymaster general in southern department, accountable: ... 26,123

  Page 53. 155 ... 1,500,000

  And Page 1129, in specie 264 Dollars. John Pierce, esq; deputy paymaster general, accountable.

  Total ... 12,465,544

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• Post-Master General Department. Page 245. 425. 862. 893 ... 163,800

  And in new emission, Page 862, 3,000 dollars. Richard Bache, esq; accountable

• Quartermaster General Department. Page 4. 9. 20. 40. 55. 74. 101. 136. 189. 190. 214. 258. 260. 289. 343. 362. 376. 384. 385. 397. 422. 474. 496. 525. 532. 552. 576. 614. 615. 644. 649. 653. 665. 736. 756. 794. 799. 832. 1105. General Greene, late quartermaster general, accountable: ... 10,988,269

  Page 740. 990. 1101 ... 3,168,817

  Page 990. 1120, in new emission, ... 87,500 dollars And page 846, in specie bills of exchange 6,506 dollars. Timothy Pickering, esq: quartermaster general, accountable

  Page 259. Gen Mifflin accountable ... 9,100

  Total ... 14,166.186

• Total in departments,

  in old continental bills ... 71,438,990

  in bills of new emission ... 176,063

  in specie £.1062:10 ster. and ... 72,906

STATES ACCOUNTABLE.
• New-Hampshire, Page 101. 223. 271. 371. 378. 402. 1065. 1195 ... 78,000
• Massachusetts-Bay, Page 53. 65. 143. 154. 230. 254. 272. 331. 341. 385. 437. 474 ... 73,600
• Rhode-Island, Page 3. 255. 314. 359. 424. 678. ... 38,000
• Connecticut, Page 136. 208. 343. 378. 525. 582. 614. 735. 796. 869 ... 58,000
• New-York, Page 161. 208. 275. 370. 402. 552. 574. 965. 993 ... 111,000
• New-Jersey, Page 71 ... 2,000
• Pennsylvania, Page 79. 136. 678. 815 ... 25,000

  And Page 590 £. 1,000 sterl.

• Delaware ... 0, 000
• Maryland: Page 84. 231. 280. 397. 678. 1079. 1092. ... 114,000
• Virginia, Page 8. 189. 343 ... 153,000

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• North-Carolina, Page 12. 20. 71. 110. 143. 208. 245. 280. 359. 430. 446. 508. 666. 731. 874. 948 ... 169,250
• South-Carolina, Page 8. 208. 343. 614. 690. 841. 923. 965. 1055. 1086 ... 181,000
• Georgia, Page 161. 478. 678. 697. 820. 839. 965. 991. 1002. 1113. 1143 ... 469,289
• Total to States, £. 1.000 sterl. and ... 1,472,139
• William Henry, esq; for purchasing cloathing, Page 97 ... 100,000
• To form a military chest in southern department, Page 510 ... 200,000
• To baron Steuben, for mustering department, Page 364 ... 102,000
• To general Greene, for exigencies, Page 987 ... 120,000
• To mess. Mayberry and Morgan, on contract for military stores, Page 319 ... 117,261
• To Mr. Richard Westcott, to pay for saving part of cargo of the ship Henry, Page 53 ... 28,000
• Total, ... 667,261
• To Individuals, in payment of debts, salaries, &c. &c not contained in the above ... 2,090,410
• To Individuals, in bills of the new emission, Page 797 902. 991. 1006. 1067. 1144. 1153. 16,442 dollars.
• To Individuals, in specie, Page 321. 365. 376. 431. 700. 797. 989. 1108. 1129. 15,349 dollars.
• And Page 701. 1086. 54,624 livres.
• And Page 237 250 louis d'ors.

TOTAL OF EXPENDITURES.
• In old continental bills ... 75,668,800 dollars.

  In bills of the new emission ... 192,505 do.

  In specie ... 88,255 do. £.2,062:10 sterl. 54,624 livres. 250 louis d'ors

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ERRORS EXCEPTED.

N. B. In the above, no notice is taken of 1,640,000 dollars of old continental bills, to Michael Hillegas, treasurer of the United States, in pages 392. 436. 528, as that appears to have been to enable him to answer orders drawn on him.

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