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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, AUGUST 17, 1781
A letter, of 8, from General George Washington, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, X, folio 211. It is printed in the Writings of Washington (Ford), IX, 332.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [Elias] Boudinot, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Roger] Sherman.
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A letter, of 9, from General P. Schuyler, was read, with a letter enclosed from J. Deane:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 153, III, folio 565.]
Ordered, That so much thereof as relates to money be referred to the Superintendant of Finance;
That so much therefore as relates to the Caghnawaga Indians be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [James] Duane, Mr. [Samuel] Livermore, Mr. [Joseph] Jones.
A letter, of 16, from Brigadier General Moultrie was read, with a memorial from sundry officers late from South Carolina and Georgia:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 158, folio 521.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of four:
The members, Mr. [John] Mathews, Mr. [Elias] Boudinot, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Samuel John] Atlee.
A memorial from D. C. Claypole, printer, was read:3
[Note 3: 3 This memorial, dated August 17, 1781, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, II, folio 114; the letter transmitting it is in No. 78, VI, folio 51.]
Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of Treasury.
A report from the committee of the week was read; Whereupon,
That the memorial of Nathan Dorsey surgeon in the Continental Navy now in this City on his parole, from New York, requesting that his account may be settled and the balance paid him is reasonable and as there is at this time no Admiralty Board to attend to and adjust his claim that--Pinnel Paymaster of the Navy Board be authorised to settle the account of the Memorialist and certify the same to Congress.
That the Petition of Joseph McMullin praying that the hire of his waggon and four horses employed in the service of the public in the Southern Department and the price of the said Team which he afterwards sold to the public may be paid him, be referred to the Board of War to report.4
[Note 4: 4 This report, in the writing of Joseph Jones, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32 Folio 221.]
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Ordered, That a memorial of Nathan Dorsey, surgeon of the continental navy, be transmitted to Joseph Pennel, paymaster of the navy board, who is hereby authorised to settle the account of the memorialist, and certify the same to Congress;
That a petition of Joseph McMullin be referred to the Board of War.
A petition of G. Crowninshield, N. Silsbee and J. Collins, merchants of Salem, was read:1
[Note 1: 1 This petition is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 42, II, folio 118.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, Mr. [Nicholas] Van Dyke, Mr. [James] Duane.
Congress took into consideration the report of the committee appointed by the resolution of the 7th, to confer with agents to be appointed by the people of the New Hampshire Grants, on the west side of Connecticut river; and to whom was referred a letter from Jonas Fay, Ira Allen and Bezaleel Woodward, wherein they represent, that the said J. Fay, I. Allen and B. Woodward, have produced to them a commission, under the hand of Thomas Chittenden, esq. empowering them, among other things, "to repair to the American Congress, and to propose to and receive from them terms of an union with the United States"; Whereupon,
The United States in Congress Assembled desirous of bringing to speedy decision the claim of the people inhabiting the Territory called Vermont to independence and an admission into the confederation, upon the grounds laid down in the resolutions of the 7th day of this instant, and Jonas Fay, Ira Allen, and Bezaleel Woodward Esquires producing a commission under the hand of Thomas Chittenden Esquire, impowering them among other things to propose to and receive from them terms of an Union of this said Territory with the United States, and requesting to be heard on the subject of their mission.
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Resolved, That it be an instruction to the Committee appointed under the resolutions aforesaid to confer with [receive the propositions of] the said Jonas Fay, Ira Allen and Bezaleel Woodward Esquires in the same manner, as if they had been commissioned according to the said resolutions giving [relating to the subject of their mission and to give] notice to the Delegates attending Congress from New Hampshire and New York of the time and place of such conference [receiving such propositions] and to report thereupon.
Resolved, That this resolution shall not be construed into a departure from the pledge made by Congress in the resolutions aforesaid to the States aforesaid.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Edmund Randolph, except the portions in brackets, which are in that of Thomas McKean, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 40, II, folio 87.]
Resolved, That it be an instruction to the committee to confer with the said Jonas Fay, Ira Allen and Bezaleel Woodward, on the subject of their mission.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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