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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 --WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1781
The committee of the week reported on a memorial of John Henderson, on behalf of O. Pollock; Whereupon,2
[Note 2: 2 This memorial is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, IV, folio 181.]
The Committee on the public dispatches, Report.
No. 1. A memorial from John Henderson in behalf of Oliver Pollock Agent for the United States at New Orleans, requesting the sum of $2000 in specie, or an equivalent in the currency of these States, to be paid him out of monies due to the said Oliver Pollock.
Ordered, That the consideration of the said memorial be postponed.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, in the writing of John Mathews, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 153.]
The committee on the letter, of 20th December, from General Washington, delivered in a report.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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