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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 --WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1781
On report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Daniel] (Carroll, Mr. [Joseph] Jones, Mr. [John] Mathews, to whom were referred a memorial of Daniel Clarke in behalf of Oliver Pollock, and a letter of 17 September, from James Seagrove, respecting advances made by Don Galvez to Oliver Pollock, for the service of the United States,
Ordered, That there be passed in the books of the treasury, to the credit of Oliver Pollock, continental agent at New Orleans, in addition to the credit of the 6th of February last, the sum of twenty-one thousand four hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy-eight ninetieths of a dollar in specie, to bear an interest of six per cent. per annum, from the 6th of February last, until paid: and that the superintendant of finance be, and hereby is directed not to pay any part of the sums aforesaid to Oliver Pollock or his agents, until advice is received from Don Galvez of the sums by him advanced to the said Oliver Pollock, for the service of the United States, and what measures have been taken by the said O. Pollock for reimbursing the said sums.2
[Note 2: 2 This order, as an extract from the minutes, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 50, folio 323.]
Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing order, and of that of the 6th of February, together with the letter of 22 July 1780, from his excellency Don Galvez, and the letter of 17 September, from J. Seagrove, be transmitted to the superintendant of finance, and that he report the draft of a letter to Don Galvez:
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On motion of Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, seconded by Mr. [Elias] Boudinot,
Resolved, That the secretary of foreign affairs be directed to prepare a sketch of emblems of the alliance between his Most Christian Majesty and the United States, proper to be inscribed on the marble column to be erected in the town of York, under the resolution of 29 day of October last.
On a report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, Mr. [Elias] Boudinot, Mr. [James Mitchell] Varnum, Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, to whom was referred the letter of 27 October, from General Washington:
The Committee to whom the letter of the 27th. from Genl. Washington with its enclosures was referred, report the following resolutions:
Resolved, That Congress approve of the early and unremitted attention of Genl. Washington to the liberation of North Carolina South Carolina of the Southern States from the power of the enemy, by the attack which he meditated, upon Wilmington and Charlestown and of his communication of the success of the allied arms to the foreign ministers of the United States.
Resolved, That an elegant sword be presented, in the name of the United States in Congress assembled, to Colonel Humphry, aid de camp of General Washington, to whose care the standards, taken under the capitulation of York were consigned, as a testimony of their opinion of his fidelity and ability: and that the Board of War take order therein.
Your Committee purpose to suspend their report, touching the military chest, until they can consult with the Commander in Chief.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Edmund Randolph, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folio 367. The first paragraph was passed November 22.]
Ordered, That the farther consideration of the report be postponed.
Resolved, That the thanks of Congress be given to the honorable Thomas McKean, late President of Congress, in testimony of their approbation of his conduct in the chair, and in the execution of public business.
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