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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, JULY 30, 1782
A motion was made by Mr. [Jesse] Root, seconded by Mr. [Silas] Condict, in the following words:
Whereas Congress, by a resolution of the 21 October, 1780, did, in consideration of the merit and sufferings of the officers of the army, grant to those who should continue in service to the end of the war or be deranged in pursuance of
The committee, consisting of Messrs. [Ezekiel] Cornell, [Joseph] Montgomery, and [Thomas] McKean on the memorial of Messrs. Webster and Judd Report,
That it is not expedient at this time to grant the prayer of the memorialists.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Ezekiel Cornell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folio 503. The indorsement shows that it was delivered on this day, and, on January 8, 1783, was referred to the Grand Committee.]
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