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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 --THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1781
A motion was made by Mr. [William] Floyd, seconded by Mr. [Arthur] Middleton, to add as a farther description of the concurrent resolutions of the senate and assembly of the State of New York, which were read yesterday, the following words, to wit:
"And protesting against any attempt made by Congress to carry into execution their said acts of the 7th and 20th of August last."
And the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Arthur] Middleton,
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So it was lost.
Dec 6, 1781
The Committee to whom was referred the memorial of Donald Campbell late D Q M G. of the Northern department, submit the following report.
That the accounts of the memorialist were finally adjusted at the Treasury office, and transmitted to the Register to be entered of record, on the twenty fourth of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and the balance of five thousand five hundred and ninety five dollars and thirty five ninetieths in specie certified by the Comptroller of accounts to the Superintendent of Finance as due to the memorialist; all which appears by the certificate of the Comptroller annexed to this report.
That by the ordinance for regulating the treasury and adjusting the publick accounts passed the 11 day of September 1781, appeals are admitted in the first instance from the judgment of the Clerks to that of the Auditours, and in the second from the Auditours to the Comptroller, and due time is allowed to prefer such appeals, but by the said Ordinance it is expressly declared that the decision of the Comptroller shall be conclusive.
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That the Committee presume Congress having adopted this as a general regulation in preference before the mode heretofore practised of admitting appeals to themselves, will not depart from it in particular cases.
That the Committee are therefore of opinion, the Memorialist be informed that his appeal cannot be received.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of William Churchill Houston, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, I, folio 509.]
The Committee of the Week report,
That the memorial of Major W. MacPherson requesting an allowance and settlement of the depreciation of his Pay and
The application of Major E. Giles for an advance of two months Pay, be referred to the Secretary at War to report.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of William Churchill Houston, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 293. The indorsement shows it was passed on this day. Giles's application, dated December 6, 1781, is in No. 78, X, folio 377.
A letter of this day from the Secretary at War concerning the prisoners of war taken at Yorktown was read, as the indorsement states, and referred to Mr. J[oseph] Jones, Mr. [Daniel] Carroll and Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 149, I, folio 23.
Also a letter of December 4th from General Washington, enclosing a copy of an application from Captain Adrian Provaux, dated November 1, 1781. Washington's letter is in No. 152, X, folio 405. The copy of Provaux's application is on folio 411, and was, according to the indorsement, referred to the Secretary at War December 6.]
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