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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, MAY 11, 1781
The committee to whom was referred the letter, of 8, from the governor of South Carolina, delivered in a report; Whereupon,
The Committee to whom Governor Rutledge's letter of the 8 Instant, to the Delegates of So. Carolina
Report,
That having considered the same, they beg leave to recommend the following Resolution
Resolved, That Bills of exchange upon the Ministers of these United States in France which have been drawn in favor of Joseph Clay Pay Master to the Southern army, to the amount of Eighteen Thousand Dollars, be employed for the purpose of procuring cloathing and other necessaries for the Militia in actual service belonging to the States of South Carolina and Georgia, two thirds to be delivered to the Governor and charged to the State of South Carolina, and the other third to the Delegates of Georgia, and charged to that State, for which the said States respectively are to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Thomas Bee, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 20, II, folio 403.]
Ordered, That Joseph Clay, paymaster to the southern army, deliver to the order of his Excellency, John Rutledge, governor of the State of South Carolina, of the bills of exchange put into his hands, drawn upon the minister of these United States at the Court of France, to the amount of twelve sixty thousand livres tournois to be employed for the purpose of procuring cloathing and other necessaries for the militia in actual service belonging to that State; and that he deliver of the bills aforesaid to the order of the delegates in Congress from the State of Georgia to the amount of thirty thousand livres tournois, to be employed for the purpose of
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procuring cloathing and other necessary supplies for the militia in actual service belonging to the said State of Georgia, for which sums the said States respectively are to be accountable, at the rate of five livres tournois for a dollar specie.
On motion of the delegates for South Carolina,
Ordered, That the Board of Treasury accept two bills drawn by Brigadier General Moultrie for supplies to the garrison of Charlestown previous to the surrender, one in favour of William Egan for twenty-four thousand and thirty-two dollars, and the other in favour of David Oliphant for fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, amounting in the whole to thirty-nine thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars continental currency to be paid agreeably to the resolution of the 23 March and 17 August, 1780, respecting bills drawn by Major General Lincoln.
According to order, the ordinance respecting the Court of Appeals was read a second time and debated by paragraphs:
Ordered, That it be read a third time on Monday next.
The report of the committee on the letter, of 6 November, from the honble J. Jay, was again taken into consideration:
Ordered, That the paragraph relative to the 74 gun ship building at Portsmouth be referred to the Board of Admiralty.
The report of the committee on the letters and papers from Baron d'Arendt was taken into consideration:
Ordered, That it be referred to the committee on the letter, of 10 December, from General Washington:
Ordered, That the grand committee meet to Morrow at 10 o'Clock.
Treasury Office May 8th., 1781
The Board of Treasury have considered the letters from Col. Pettit Assistant Quartermaster General dated the 26th. and 27th. ultimo relative to supplies of money wanted for the Quarter Master's Department in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and have it not in their power to comply with his demands; therefore submit them to the consideration of the United States in Congress assembled. The Board also enclose for the consideration of Congress a letter from
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Samuel Patterson, loan officer for the State of Delaware dated the28th ultimo.1
[Note 1: 1 According to the indorsement this report was read on this day. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, V, folio 297.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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