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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 --THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1781
Mr. [John] Hanson, a delegate for Maryland, attended and took his seat in Congress.
A letter, of May 30, 1780, from Mr. de Sartine, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members, Mr. [William] Sharpe, Mr. [Alexander] McDougall, Mr. [John] Sullivan.
A letter, of this day, from Colonel B. Harrison, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XII, folio 125.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members, Mr. [Thomas] Burke, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Joseph] Jones.
A letter, of this day, from the Board of War, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, VI, folio 177.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members, Mr. [George] Clymer, Mr. [Samuel] Adams, Mr. [George] Walton.
A memorial from Mr. Fouquet was read:3
[Note 3: 3 This memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, folio 226.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, from Captain de Sigoigne and Lieutenant de Fontivieux, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A letter from D. Witherspoon was read.4
[Note 4: 4 The letter from de Sigougné and De fontevieux is inPapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XXI, folio 25; Witherspoon's is in No. 78, XXIV, folio 179.]
A motion was made by Mr. [Thomas] Bee, seconded by Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum:
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Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Thomas] Bee, Mr. [Samuel John] Atlee.
The delegates of Maryland having taken their seats in Congress with powers to sign the Articles of Confederation:
Ordered, That Thursday next be assigned for compleating the Confederation; and that a committee of three be appointed, to consider and report a mode for announcing the same to the public: the members, [Mr. George] Walton, Mr. [James] Madison, Mr. [John] Mathews.1
[Note 1: 1 This motion was also entered in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 9. (History of the Confederation.)]
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the memorial of R. Peters and T. Pickering and W. Grayson; and, thereupon,
The Committee to whom were referred the memorials of Richard Peters in behalf of himself and Timothy Pickering and--Grason complaining of the reduction of their salaries as Commissioners of the Board of War, submit the following Report:
That in the opinion of your Committee the original salary allowed to the Commissioners of the Board of War, considering the high confidential authority and important duties of that office, is not unreasonable; they therefore offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That the salaries of the respective commissioners of the Board of War, be established agreeably to the resolution of the 17th of October, 1777, the act of the 13 of September last notwithstanding; and that their several accounts for services since the first mentioned date, be adjusted accordingly.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of James Duane, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, V, folio 135.]
A letter, of 19, from the Board of War, was read, enclosing a letter, of 22 January, from Colonel D. Broadhead:3
[Note 3: 3 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, I, folio 315.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three.
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The members, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Joseph] Jones, Mr. T[homas] Smith.
A letter, from Doctor B. Binney, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter, dated February 20, 1781, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, IV, folio 89.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members, Mr. [William] Burnett, Mr. M[eriwether] Smith, and Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum.
A petition of Lieutenant Joseph Louis de Beaulieu was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This petition, dated January 17, 1781, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, I, folio 238.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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