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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, MARCH 20, 1782

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1782

A letter, of the 18th, from General Washington, was read, informing, that he proposes to set out for the army on the North river; Whereupon,

Resolved, That he be informed, that Congress will admit him to an audience of leave, to-morrow at half after ten.³

[Note 3: 3 The proceedings for this day are also entered in an abbreviated form in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 12 (estimates). Washington's letter is in No. 152, X, folio 471, indorsed as read March 18.]

The Committee to whom were referred the foreign Despatches, read in Congress on the 18th. Instant Report,

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• 1. That the letters from Mr Jay and Mr Carmichael be referred to a Special Committee, and that the Committee be authorised and instructed to communicate to the Superintendant of finance such parts thereof as relate to his Department and to the committee on retaliation such parts as relate to that subject.
• 2. That the letters from Dr Franklin and Mr Adams be referred to another Committee, and that the same in like manner communicate the proper extracts to the Superintendant of Finance and to the Committees on subjects to which they relate.
• 3. That the protest of Capt. Ary de Neuf of the Brigantine Berkenbaash be referred to the preceding Committee. That the letter from Ct de Vergennes with the memorial from ... Creditors of Capt. Gillon be referred to the Delegates of South Carolina.

That the letters of Capt. Gillon and Mr Searle be referred to the Superintendant of Finance.¹

[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of James Madison, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 25, II, folio 91. It was passed on this day as the indorsement states. According to Committee Book No. 186, the letters of Jay and Carmichael were referred to Mr. [James] Madison, Mr. [John Morin] Scott, and Mr. [Daniel] Carroll. The letters of Franklin and Adams and the protest of Ary de Neuf were referred to Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [Arthur] Lee, Mr. [Arthur] Middleton, Mr. [Thomas] McKean and Mr. [Joseph?] Jones.
Extracts from the letters of Mr. Jay and Doctor Franklin are in No. 19, III, folio 441, and both letters are printed in the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Wharton). Jay's, dated St. Ildefonso, October 3, 1781, is in Vol. IV, page 738; and Franklin's, dated Passy, November 5, 1781, is on page 825.
On this or an approximate date was read a letter dated, Westmoreland, March 10, from Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee. It is in No. 78, XIV, folio 511.]

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