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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, FEBRUARY 19, 1782.
Mr. Arthur Lee, a delegate for the Commonwealth of Virginia, attended and produced credentials, by which it appears that on 28 December last, he was appointed to continue until the first Monday in November next.
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Virginia to wit,
In the House of Delegates,
Friday the 28th of December 1781.
Resolved that, Arthur Lee Esquire be appointed a delegate to represent this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States, until the first Monday in November next.
Teste,
John Beckley C: HD.
Friday
the 28th of December 1781.
Agreed to by the Senate.
Teste,
William Drew C: S.
A Copy
John Beckley C: HD.1
[Note 1: 1 The original is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, Virginia, Credentials of Delegates. It was entered in No. 179, Record of Credentials, and not in the Journal.]
A letter, of 15, from Major General R. Howe, was read, requesting that the proceedings of the general court martial on his trial, be printed by Congress.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 160, folio 527.]
On the question to agree to this request, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Arthur] Middleton,
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So the question was lost.
A motion was then made by the delegates of Georgia,
That the delegates of Georgia be furnished with a certified copy of the proceedings of the court martial on the trial of Major General Howe.
A motion was made by Mr. [George] Partridge, seconded by Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell,
That the consideration of that motion be postponed.
On the question for postponing, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. N[oble] W[imberly] Jones,
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So the question was lost.
After further debate, the previous question was moved by the State of Rhode Island, seconded by the State of Pensylvania, and on the question, the previous question was determined in the affirmative, and the main question set aside.
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On motion of Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, seconded by Mr. [James] Madison,
Ordered, That the proceedings of Congress, approving the sentence of the court martial on the trial of Major General Howe, be published.
The committee, consisting of Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell, Mr. [Joseph] Montgomery, and Mr. [Abraham] Clark, to whom was referred a memorial of John Durham Alvey, made report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That John Durham Alvey, postmaster to the main army, be allowed for his past services to this day, the sum of forty dollars per month, in full of all allowances; and that the postmaster general settle his accounts accordingly:
That the postmaster general take order for procuring and appointing a suitable person, on the best terms he can, to serve as postmaster to the main army, and report to Congress.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Ezekiel Cornell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, I, folio 67.]
The committee, consisting of Mr. [Samuel] Livermore, Mr. [George] Partridge, Mr. [Ezekiel] Cornell, Mr. [Richard] Law, Mr. [William] Floyd, Mr. [Elias] Boudinot, Mr. [George] Clymer, Mr. [Thomas] Rodney, Mr. [Daniel] Carroll, Mr. [Edmund] Randolph, Mr. [Benjamin] Hawkins, Mr. [Arthur] Middleton, Mr. [Edward] Telfair, to whom was referred the report of a committee on sundry papers relative to the people inhabiting the district of country known by the name of the New Hampshire Grants, together with a representation of Seth Smith, and a letter of 20 January, from Jonas Fay and Ira Allen, having delivered in a report, the same was taken into consideration, and some time spent thereon.
The Committee of the Week [Mr. Richard Law, Mr. John Morin Scott, Mr. Silas Condict] report,
That the memorial of Colonel Peter Gansevoort relative to rank and being called into service be referred to the Secretary of War--to report thereon.
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And that the memorial of Joseph Eaker late surgeon in the general hospital praying for pay and depreciation be referred to the committee on the report of the Secretary of War relative to Doctor Higgen's [Hagan] memorial on the same subject to report thereon.
That the memorial of John Jordan and others seamen wounded and disabled in the naval service of the United States be read in Congress that the subject may be taken up and some general provision be made in such case, which we think reasonable and expedient to be done.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Richard Law, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 313. The indorsement shows that it was passed on this day.
The petition, dated February 11, 1782, from John Jordan, James McKinsey, Nicholas Caldwell and Joseph Brussels, seamen on the Bon Homme Richard and the Lexington is in No. 59, III, folio 207. The part relating to prize money was referred to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs; the remainder to a special committee. According to Committee Book No. 186, the committee consisted of Mr. Tibetans] Smith, Mr. [Richard] Law, Mr. [Thomas] Bee.
Also, on this day, according to the indorsement, was read a letter of February 12 from the President of Delaware, enclosing a copy of an act of the General Assembly of Delaware for vesting in Congress a power to levy duties of 5 per cent on certain goods imported into that State, &c. The letter is in No. 70, folio 783, and the act on folios 773 and 775.]
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