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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 --MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1781
A letter, of 25 April, from General Washington, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 A copy of this letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 169,Vol. 8, page 101; the draft is in the Washington Papers, A. VI, pt. I, 73.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the delegates of Pensylvania and a copy thereof transmitted to the Board of War.
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A letter, of 24 December, 1780, from Will. Carmichael, was read:
Ordered, That [it] be referred to the committee on the letter, of 30 November, from the honble. J. Jay.
A memorial of sundry officers late of the hospital staff was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This memorial, dated April 22, 1781, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, VII, folio 292.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [James] Duane, Mr. [William Churchill] Houston, Mr. [Isaac] Motte.
A letter, of December 10, 1780, from J. Benfield, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Admiralty.
A memorial of Udney Hay was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This memorial, dated April 28, 1781, is in the Washington Papers, 96, folio 272. A copy is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, IV, folio 265, another copy being on folio 281.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [Artemas] Ward, Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum.
A report from the Board of War on the memorial of Elijah Weed, keeper of the state prison, was read; Whereupon,
War Office, April 30. 1781
The Board have the honor to inform Congress that the original pay of the Keeper of the State Prison was two dollars, specie pr day, that of the Assistants one dollar, and of the Turnkey two thirds of a dollar pr day--if Congress think this should be now their guide, we have the honor to report.
Resolved, That the pay of the keeper of the state prison, and the officers employed under him, be fixed in specie, as follows:
The keeper, two dollars per day; an assistant, one dollar per day; a turnkey two-thirds of a dollar per day.3
[Note 3: 3 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, V, folio 53.]
The committee to whom was referred the letter, of 29 March, from P. Schuyler; and
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The Committee to whom was referred a letter from the honorable Philip Schuyler Esqr of the 29th. of March last, submit the following Report.
Resolved, That the United States in Congress assembled approve of the measures adopted by the hon. Philip Schuyler Esqr. with the concurrence of the Legislature of the State of New York for relieving the Oneida and Tuscarora Indians from distresses to which they are exposed, by their attachment and fidelity to these United States. And that the expence thereof shall be considered as a charge against the United States. And the Board of Treasury is directed to deliver to General Schuyler or his order, Bills of exchange on our Minister in France payable in 3 months after sight for the amount of one thousand dollars generously advanced by him for the purchase of blankets for the said Indians.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of James Duane, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, V, folio 475. it is in the list of postponed reports in No. 31, folio 371.]
The committee on the letter, of 19 March, from Brigadier General Moultrie, and the memorial from the officers, prisoners at Charlestown, delivered in their respective reports.2
[Note 2: 2 A letter of this day from J. Pierce, paymaster general, was read, the indorsement indicates. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 165, folio 609.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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