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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, APRIL 6, 1781
A letter, of 23 March, from Major General Greene, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 155, II, folio 13.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Intelligence.
A representation from the delegates of Connecticut respecting the schoonerSpy, was read; Whereupon,
Ordered, That the accounts of the schoonerSpy, Robert Niles, master, be referred to the Board of Treasury to be liquidated and adjusted in specie value, and the sum due on such adjustment be placed to the credit of the State of Connecticut in specie, to draw an interest of six per cent. per annum from the time the same became due until paid.
A letter, of this day, from Josiah Throop, was read.2
[Note 2: 2 The Connecticut representation is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 66, II, folio 190; Throop's letter is in No. 78, XXII, folio 461.]
A motion was made by Mr. [John] Mathews, seconded by Mr. [Thomas] McKean:
That Congress proceed immediately to the consideration of the present state of the affairs of these United States, in order that full information may be obtained thereon, and such measures adopted, as, in the opinion of Congress, shall appear best calculated effectually to prosecute the war against the enemies of these United States; to satisfy the creditors thereof, and restore the public credit: that for this
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purpose all public despatches, the reports of the Boards of War, Treasury and Admiralty (except such as the President, or a committee to be appointed for that purpose, shall, from time to time, inform Congress, require their immediate attention) be suspended until Congress shall have perfected such enquiry and taken the necessary measures in consequence thereof.
On a motion to postpone the consideration of the foregoing motion, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [John] Mathews,
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So it passed in the negative.
After debate, the motion being amended, it was
Resolved, That the house be resolved into a Committee of the Whole, at 12 o'clock on each day, to take into consideration the present state of public affairs, in order to devise further measures effectually to prosecute the war against the enemies of these United States, to satisfy the creditors thereof, and to restore the public credit.1
[Note 1: 1 This resolution was also entered in the manuscript Secret Journal, No. 8.]
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On motion of Mr. [James] Madison, seconded by Mr. [John] Mathews:
Ordered, That the report of the committee appointed to revise the rules for conducting business be re-committed.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.1
[Note 1: 1 A petition from Robert Miller was read, as the indorsement shows. It is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, V, folio 251.]
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