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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, SEPTEMBER 10, 1781
A letter, of 5th, from Major General Heath at Peakskill, was read, with sundry papers enclosed:
Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.
A letter, of 5, from Frederick King to Peter Baynton was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on the Post Office.
A letter, of 28 August, from the governor of the State of Rhode Island, was read:2
[Note 2: 2 Heath's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 157, folio 286; King's is in No. 78, XIII, folio 577; the Rhode Island letter is in No. 64, folio 516.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [Samuel] Livermore, Mr. [Thomas] Bee, Mr. [Joseph] Jones.
A letter, of 18 August, from George Geddes, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [James] Duane.
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A letter, of this day, from William Grayson, one of the commissioners of the Board of War, was read, requesting that Congress will now be pleased to accept his resignation as commissioner in the war office.
Resolved, That his resignation be accepted.
A letter, of 6, from Colonel John Laurens, was read.1
[Note 1: 1 Grayson's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, X, folio 365; Laurens's is in No. 165, folio 267.]
The committee of the week made report; Whereupon,
The Committee of the week report,
That whatever damages may be decreed upon a suit brought in the State of Massachusetts on the bond of John Ravel and Nathaniel Silsbee Master and owner of the privateer Morning Star to Michael Hillegas Esquire Continental treasurer for an illegal seizure of the schooner Hodgson be appropriated to the use of the owners of the said schooner and be paid over to their order.
That Benjamin Lithman's [Putnam's] letter requesting the interference of Congress in a judicial process depending in France remain on the table.
That Samuel Barrett or Jona Pollard who apply for compensation for their trouble in adjusting the accounts of the expenditures of the Convention Troops in the State of Massachusetts and particularly for receiving a large sum in specie in payment for provisions purchased there be referred for compensation to the said State.2
[Note 2: 2 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 243.]
Ordered, That a letter, of 22 August, from Perez Morton, be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Joseph] Jones, Mr. [George] Walton;
That a letter, of August 16, 1781, from Saml Barrett and Jona Pollard be referred to the Board of Treasury.
Ordered, That a petition of Benj. Putnam lie on the table. A letter of Colonel Louis was read:3
[Note 3: 3 Morton's letter, in reference to the Morning Star, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, IV, folio 449; Barrett and Pollard's letter is in No. 78, IV, folio 277; Putnam's petition, dated February 24, 1781, is in No. 42, VI, folios 258 and 260; Louis's letter is in No. 78, XIV, folio 489.]
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Ordered, That it be referred to the Board of War.
The committee of the week was elected:
Mr. [George] Partridge, Mr. [Daniel] Mowry, Mr. [George] Walton.
On motion of Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, seconded by Mr. [Roger] Sherman:
Resolved, That it be recommended to the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to pay unto Ezekiel Cornell esqr a commissioner of the Board of War, five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-ninetieths of a dollar specie in discharge of a warrant drawn in his favour for that sum bearing date the sixth day of this present month, Sept. 1781, signed by the Board of Treasury and directed to Thomas Smith, commissioner of the continental loan office for the State of Pensylvania and that the said State of Rhode Island charge the same to the United States.
A letter, of 8th, and one of 10th, from the superintendant of finance were read:1
[Note 1: 1 The letter of 8th is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 137, I, folio 133; that of 10th is on folio 137.]
Ordered, That they be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [John] Mathews, Mr. [Roger] Sherman, Mr. T[homas] Smith.
A memorial from the Hon. the Minister Plenipotentiary of France was read, enclosing a commission from his Most Christian Majesty, appointing the Sieur ∥John∥ Holker consul general in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pensylvania, and Delaware:2
[Note 2: 2 This paragraph and the order following were also entered in the manuscript Secret Journal, Foreign Affairs. Luzerne's letter, dated September 10, 1781, is printed in the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Wharton), IV, 703.]
Ordered, That the said commission be registered, and an act of recognition issued thereupon.
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A report from the Board of War was read; Whereupon,
Ordered, That the accounts of Captain George Turner, late commissary of prisoners for the southern army, be referred to the Board of Treasury, who are directed to take measures for settling and adjusting the same.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, II, folio 237.]
The committee to whom was re-committed the report on the information respecting Colonel I. Haines delivered in a report.
A letter, of this day, from the Board of War was read:2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, I, folio 421.]
Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three:
The members, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Samuel John] Atlee, Mr. [James] Duane.
The report of the committee on the regulation of the treasury office being reduced into the form of an ordnance was read a first and second time:
Ordered, That tomorrow be assigned for the third reading.
The committee, ∥consisting of Mr. Varnum, Mr. Atlee, Mr. Duane,∥ to whom was referred the letter, of this day, from the Board of War delivered in a report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That it be, and hereby is, recommended to the states of New Jersey and Pensylvania, immediately to embody three thousand men each, properly officered and equipped, and cause them to rendezvous at such place or places as the commanding officers shall direct.
The delegates for the State of Massachusetts laid before Congress certain resolutions passed by the general Assembly of that State:
Ordered, That they be referred to the superintendant of finance.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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