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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, FEBRUARY 9, 1781
A letter, of this day, from the Board of War, was read.
A letter, of 3, from General Washington, was read, with sundry papers enclosed:3
[Note 3: 3 The Board of War letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, I, folio 311. Washington's is in No. 152, IX, folio 541; it is printed in theThe Writings of Washington (Ford), IX, 126.]
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Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three;
The members, Mr. [Joseph] Jones, Mr. [Alexander] McDougall, Mr. [John] Sullivan.
Ordered, That the committee to whom were referred the letters from Major General Greene, Brigadier General Morgan &c take into consideration the state and condition of the southern army, and report ways and means of supplying their wants.1
[Note 1: 1 A copy of this order, as an extract from the minutes is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 155, I, folio 545.]
Petitions from Thomas Felten, Benjamin Armitage, Joseph VanDyke, Joseph Jewell, Elijah Weed, Will Lawrence and Francis Proctor, were laid before Congress, each praying to be appointed keeper of the state prison in the room of R. Jewell, deceased:2
[Note 2: 2 Felton's petition is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, IV, folio 268; Armitage's is on folio 230; Vandyke's on folio 272; Jewell's on folio 234; Weed's on folio 244; Lawrence's on folio 274; Proctor's on folio 260. A similar petition, from Henry Murfits, was also presented; it is in No. 42, V, folio 225.]
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of War.
Resolved, That the salary of theSuperintendant of Finance be six thousand dollars per annum;
That the salary of theSecretary at War be five thousand dollars per annum; and
That the salary of theSecretary of Marine be five thousand dollars per annum.
Ordered, That Monday next be assigned for the election of the officers aforesaid, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
A report from the Board of Treasury was read; Whereupon,
Treasury Office,February 9th, 1781.
The Board of Treasury having considered the letter of the 3rd instant from Philip Audibert Asst. to John Pierce, paymaster general, beg leave to report;
Ordered, That a warrant issue on Thomas Smith, commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of
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Pensylvania, in favour of Philip Audibert, on account of John Pierce, paymaster general, for eight hundred and eleven dollars new emission, to enable the said P. Audibert to discharge two warrants drawn on the paymaster general by the Board of War; one for five hundred and fifty-two dollars, in favour of Lieutenant Jenkins, of Captain Spalding's company; the other in favor of Captain Selin, paymaster to Captain Paul Schott's corps, for two hundred and fifty-nine dollars of the emission aforesaid, being on account of pay due to their corps now under marching orders from Wyoming to join the main army, and for both of which sums, amounting to eight hundred and eleven dollars, the aforesaid John Pierce, paymaster general, is to be accountable;
That on the application of the Inspectors of the Press, the following resolution is submitted:
That a warrant issue on Thomas Smith, commissioner aforesaid, in favour of John Biddle, Isaac Howell, Peter Thomson, Isaac Snowden and Nathaniel Falconer,The alterations made on the 10th. inspectors of the continental press, fortwo one thousandeight four hundred andfive two dollars and forty-five ninetieths of a dollar in bills of the new emissions indischarge part of their account settled to the18th day of March last 4 day of December last;
That on the application of William Geddes, commissioner of accounts, a warrant issue on Thomas Smith, commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of Pensylvania, in his favour for twenty thousand dollars old emissions, on account of his salary and for which he is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, V, folio 93.]
On motion of Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, seconded by Mr. [John] Sullivan,
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Ordered, That the Board of Treasury immediately lay before Congress an exact state of the returns from all the respective loan-offices, specifying the old emissions brought in to be destroyed, and the new emissions retained, subject to the orders of Congress; also, a state of the taxes paid in by the respective states, and that they make such report to Congress on the first Monday of every month in future.
[A memorial from Abraham Whipple, John Peck Rathburne, Samuel Tucker and Thomas Simpson, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, X, folio 454.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members chosen, Mr. [Alexander] McDougall, Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott and Mr. [William] Sharpe.]2
[Note 2: 2 The part in brackets was entered in the Journal by George Bond.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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