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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, JUNE 6, 1782
Congress proceeded to the election of a deputy purveyor for the southern hospital; and, the ballots being taken, Dr. N. Brownson was elected, having been previously nominated by Mr. [William] Few.
On motion of Mr. [James] Madison, seconded by Mr. [Theodorick] Bland,
Ordered, That the Superintendant of finance and Secretary at War report to Congress the steps taken by them in consequence of a reference made to them on the 22d day of April last.2
[Note 2: 2 This motion, in the writing of James Madison, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, I, folio 321.]
War Office June 6th 1782.
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary at War, who is himself indisposed, to inform Congress that he has deferred reporting on General Greene's letter of the 9 Ulto. referred to him, from an expectation which he entertained that the means of forwarding the whole of the clothing provided for the Southern Army might soon have been procured, and that other circumstances would have enabled him to report more specially.
But the hope of this supply being as distant as ever, he conceives it his indispensable duty to inform Congress thereof without farther delay.
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The letters from General Greene which I do myself the honor to enclose, recapitulate the distresses of the Southern army, and the Clothier General's letter to the Secretary at War demonstrates the article of transportation as the only impediment to the clothing being immediately sent on.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 149, I, folio 391. The indorsement states it was referred to Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell, Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, Mr. [Noble Wimberly] Jones and on June 11 the committee discharged.
On some date approximating this the petition of the Officers of the Staff in the State of New York, dated Albany, May 11, 1782, was presented probably. A certificate of their employment is dated Albany, May 28. The indorsement fails to show what action was taken. It is in No. 42, VI, folio 55.]
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