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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 23, 1781
A letter, of 16 March, 1780, from the honble. B. Franklin, inclosing a memorial of Captain Thomas Hutchins, was read:3
[Note 3: 3 The Hutchins memorial is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, IV, folio 103.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three.
The members, Mr. [Alexander] McDougall, Mr. [Artemas] Ward, Mr. [Theodorick] Bland.
A petition from sundry naval officers at New York;4 and
[Note 4: 4 This petition, dated New York, Jersey Prison Ship, February 14, 1781, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, VI, folio 250.]
A petition of Fred: Sellick, were read:
Ordered, That they be referred to the Board of Admiralty.
A petition of Nathan Jones, one of the clerks in the Board of War, was read:5
[Note 5: 5 This petition is in the Papers of the Continental Congress. No. 42, IV, folio 54.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury, and that the Board report the sums due to the officers of civil list.
A letter, of this day, from Lieutenant Beaulieu, was read:6
[Note 6: 6 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, IV, folio 113.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
A report from the Board of Treasury was read; Whereupon,
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Ordered, That on the application of Mr. [John] Mathews, one of the delegates for the State of South Carolina, a warrant issue in his favour on Thomas Smith, commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of Pensylvania, for twenty thousand dollars of the old emissions, for which sum the said State of South Carolina is to be accountable;1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, V, folio 133.]
Treasury Office22d. Feby. 1781
Upon the letter from Ezekiel Forman of the 21st instant referred to the Board for information,
The following facts are submitted.
The aforesaid Ezekiel Forman came into Office by an appointment made in Congress the 9th. day of November 1779, that five quarters salary became due the 9th. of the present month amounting to 2312 45/90Specie Dollars, that he has received 1st on the 24th. June last 30,000 dollars, on the 18th. November following, 30,000 dollars, on the 13th. January following 10,000 dollars.
The Board on the referrence of the letter from Wm. Parker one of the commissioners of the Continental Loan Office for the State of South Carolina dated the 14th. instant beg leave to report,
That the request of Mr Parker for the value of the horse he has purchased is improper to be complied with in the manner proposed by him, but as it appears the sum he mentions is necessary for him to proceed in the execution of his public charge, we beg leave to submit the following resolution
That a warrant issue on Thomas Smith, commissioner aforesaid, in favour of William Parker, one of the commissioners of the loan office for the State of South Carolina, for ten thousand dollars of the old emissions, to enable him to execute his trust as commissioner aforesaid, and for which he is to be accountable;
That on the application of Richard Philips, steward to the President of Congress, a warrant issue in his favour on Thomas Smith, commissioner aforesaid, for eight thousand dollars of the old emissions on account of his salary and for which he is to be accountable;2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, V, folio 131.]
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That bills of exchange, of the following denominations, be forthwith struck, under the direction of the Board of Treasury, for the payment of interest to such holders of loan office certificates as may be entitled to receive it in such bills, viz.
1000 sets of 12 dollars, at five livres tournois per dollar; 1500 sets of 18 dollars, at do.; 1000 sets of 24 dollars, at do.; 3000 sets of 30 dollars, at do.; 8000 sets of 36 dollars, at do.; 500 sets of 60 dollars, at do.; 100 sets of 300 dollars, at do.
That the said bills be drawn conformable to the resolutions of Congress of the 19th of May and 11 July, 1778.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, V, folio 115.]
The committee, to whom was referred the letter of 19 from Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Forrest, delivered in a report, which was read; Whereupon,
Your Committee having considered the letter from Lieut. Col. Forrest of the 17th. of February, and finding by a resolution of the 26th. of August, that every officer who loses a limb in any engagement, or is otherwise disabled from getting a livelihood, is entitled to one half of his monthly pay (after his pay as an officer ceases) during life and being of opinion, that the merits and Sufferings of Lieut. Col. Forrest, justly entitle him to all the emoluments of the resolutions of the 10th. of April, and 21st. October last, submit the following resolutions,
Resolved, That the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel Forrest, of the Maryland line, be accepted, and that he be entitled to all the emoluments of the resolutions of 10th of April and the 21 of October last, except half pay:
That the State of Maryland be, and hereby is, requested to advance to Lieutenant Colonel Forrest, on account of the United States, a sum equal to seven years half pay of a lieutenant colonel, in lieu of the half pay he would otherwise be entitled to during his natural life.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Daniel Carroll, is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, II, folio 309.]
The committee to whom was referred the motion of Mr. [Thomas] Bee delivered in a report.
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Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the proceedings of the convention at Hartford on which sundry amendments were moved. After debate,
Ordered, That the report, with the amendments and motions made relative to the subject matter thereof, be re-committed.
A letter, of 6, from the governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, was read.1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 64, folio 490.]
The committee appointed to report the mode for announcing the final ratification of the Articles of Confederation delivered in a report.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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