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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, NOVEMBER 30, 1781
The ordinance respecting captures was taken into consideration, and it being moved by Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, seconded by Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, to insert,
Provided nevertheless, that all goods, wares and merchandises, of the growth, produce or manufacture of Great Britain, or of any country or territory depending thereon, and found within ten leagues of the coast of the United States, shall be liable to capture and condemnation, unless the same shall have been previously captured.
A motion was made by Mr. [William] Ellery, seconded by Mr. [George] Partridge, to amend by inserting after the word "found," "on board any ship or vessel belonging to the subjects of any prince, state or potentate not in alliance with these states."
On the question to agree to this amendment, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [William] Ellery,
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So the amendment was lost.
On the question to agree to the main question, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [William] Ellery,
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So the question was lost.1
[Note 1: 1 This vote and its result were entered in the Journal by George Bond.
Two letters of Major Galvan, dated November--, 1781, were read this month. They are in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, X, folios 357 and 361.
A letter of the same day from the Secretary at War, relative to the pay of American officers prisoners of war was read, as the indorsement shows. It is in No. 149, I, folio 5.]
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