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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 --SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1781
The committee of the week made report; Whereupon,
The Committee of the Week
Report
A letter from the Inspectors of the Press. Referred to the Committee appointed to confer with the Superintendant of Finance, upon the means of providing for the civil List.
A Petition from John Mulhallon praying payment for Horses lost with Southern Army--
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Referred to the Board of War.
A Letter from William Turnbull & Co. addressed to John Brown, Secy. of the Admiralty, demanding the replacing flour borrowed for the Frigate Trumbull.
Referred to the Board of War Superintendant of Finance to take order.
A letter from George Turner with sundry papers enclosed.
Referred to the Board of War.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Samuel John Atlee, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 229; Mulhallon's petition is in No. 42, V. folio 265; Turner' letter, dated August 23, 1781, is in No. 78, XXII, folio 473.]
Ordered, That a letter from the inspectors of the press be referred to the superintendant of finance;
That a petition from John Mulhallon be referred to the Board of War;
That a letter of William Turnbull & Co. to John Brown Secretary of the Admiralty be referred to the superintendant of finance to take order;
That a letter from George Turner, with sundry papers enclosed, be referred to the Board of War.
A report of the Board of War on the memorial of C. Wirtz was read; Whereupon,
Ordered, That the memorial of C. Wirtz and the letter from the Board of War, with the paper enclosed on the subject of his account, be referred to the Board of Treasury, who are hereby directed finally to adjust the same.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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