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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 --FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1781
A letter, from sundry officers late of German battalion, was read.4
[Note 4: 4 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XVII, folio 119.]
A memorial, from Samuel Hodgdon, was read;
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [Artemas] Ward, Mr. [John] Sullivan. Mr. [Alexander] McDougall.
A letter, of 25, from J. Pierce, paymaster general, was read;5 Whereupon,
[Note 5: 5 Hodgdon's memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, IV, folio 157; Pierce's letter is in No. 165, folio 581.]
Resolved, That the allowance of five dollars per month, to the officers of the army, for each retained ration, granted by an act of Congress of the 12 day of August last, shall commence on the first day of August, 1780:
That the additional pay of aids-de-camp, brigade-majors, adjutants and regimental quartermasters, as mentioned in
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the act of Congress of the 12th of this instant be drawn in bills of the new emission, from and after the first day of August last, instead of the 18 day of the same month, as mentioned in the above-mentioned resolution.
A memorial of Robert Aitkin was read:1
[Note 1: 1 Aitken's memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, I, folio 63.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on the motion for printing the old and new Testament.
That Mr. [John] Witherspoon be added to the said committee, in the room of Mr. [James] McLene.
A report from the Board of Treasury on a letter, of 18, from J. Howell, one of the auditors of the main army, was read:
Treasury OfficeJany.24th.1781
The Board of Treasury beg leave to lay before Congress, a letter of the 18th. inst. from Joseph Howell Junr. one of the Auditors of accounts for the main Army setting forth the necessity of some further regulations respecting the pay of their Clerks--Mr. Howell is more urgent for the determination of Congress on this matter, as Col. Dart (who is setting out for the southern Army) may before he leaves this City obtain the necessary information relative to this matter.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, V, folio 55.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Hodgdon.
A report of 19 and one of 20, from the Board of Treasury, were read.
Ordered, That they be re-committed.
According to order, Congress was resolved into a Committee of the Whole, and after some time the President resumed the chair, and Mr. [John] Mathews reported that the Committee have farther considered the reports referred to them, but, not having come to a conclusion, desire leave to sit again:
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Ordered, That to Morrow Congress be resolved into a Committee of the Whole, to consider farther the reports on finance.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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