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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, DECEMBER 3, 1782.
The Secretary for foreign affairs having assigned to Congress satisfactory reasons for relinquishing his office, and having requested permission to resign:
Resolved, That Thursday, the 19 instant be assigned for electing another person to fill the office of Secretary for foreign affairs; and that Mr. Livingston be informed that Congress do approve of his proposal of continuing to perform the duties of the office until a person shall be appointed to succeed him.2
[Note 2: 2 This resolution was also entered in the manuscript Secret Journal, Foreign Affairs.]
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton, Mr. [Richard] Peters and Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, to whom was referred a letter of the 22 November from the Superintendant of finance and Secretary at War:3
[Note 3: 3 The joint letter of the Superintendent of Finance and Secretary at War is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 137, II, folio 35.]
Resolved, That after the last day of December instant in lieu of the rations hitherto allowed to the officers of the army, including those for servants, they shall be allowed subsistance money at the rate of four dollars per month for each ration; provided, that where circumstances in any case shall not permit the payment of such subsistance money, they shall draw their rations as heretofore.
Resolved, That after the fore-mentioned period, in lieu of the pay and rations allowed to the officers of the hospital
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department, including rations for servants, they shall be entitled to the following monthly pay and subsistance; provided in like manner, that where the said subsistance money shall not be paid, they shall be entitled to draw an equivalent number of rations, at the rate of four dollars for each ration per month, viz.
The director, one hundred and two dollars pay and sixty dollars subsistance.
The deputy director and physician, each one hundred dollars pay and forty-eight dollars subsistance.
The surgeons, each ninety dollars pay and forty dollars subsistance.
Apothecary and purveyor, each ninety-two dollars pay and thirty-two dollars subsistance.
Deputy apothecary and deputy purveyor, each fifty-nine dollars pay and sixteen dollars subsistance.
Mates, each forty-two dollars pay and twelve dollars subsistance.
Stewards, each thirty-one dollars pay and eight dollars subsistance.
Ward masters, each twenty-one dollars pay and eight dollars subsistance.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Alexander Hamilton, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 21, folio 309.]
Resolved, That the supreme executives of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. be furnished by the Commander in Chief at such time as he shall think proper with a copy of Christopher Osgood's declaration, in order that they may have due information of the treasonable practices of their subjects which are with which some of their subjects are charged, no less dangerous to their own safety than that of the United States. [And that the executive of the State in which the said Christopher Osgood may reside appear or be, be requested to take such measures for the appearance
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of the said Christopher Osgood at any trial to be had of the persons mentioned in his declaration, as to the said executive may seem proper.]1
[Note 1: 1 This resolution, in the writing of Samuel Osgood, except the part in brackets, which is in Charles Thomson's writing, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, III, folio 397. See ante, November 27. The resolution was entered only in the manuscript Secret (Domestic) Journal and in Secret Journal, No. 8, A.]
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