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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 --TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1782
On motion of Mr. [George] Clymer, seconded by Mr. [Thomas] Bee,
Resolved, That the salary of George Redhead, employed by the late commercial committee to adjust the accounts of the said committee, be at the rate of six hundred dollars per
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annum, and that the same be referred to the Superintendant of finance.1
[Note 1: 1 On this day according to the indorsement a letter of 14th from Ebenezer Hazard, Postmaster General, was acted upon, so much as related to a dead letter being referred to Mr. J[oseph] Jones, Mr. [Elias] Boudinot and Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell; the last paragraph Being referred to the Secretary at War. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 61, folio 93.
On this day, as the indorsement shows, was read a letter of January 12, from the Superintendent of Finance, enclosing correspondence with William Parker. It was referred to Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell. It is in No. 137, I, folio 265.
Also, a letter of January 15 from the Superintendent of Finance on folio 301, enclosing one from Silas Deane, which was returned to the Superintendent of Finance.
Also, an undated memorial of the inhabitants of Winchester, Va., was read and referred to the Secretary at War. It is in No. 149, I, folio 133.]
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