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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 --MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1783
A letter, of February 5, from the Marquis de la Fayette, announcing a general peace, and a copy of orders given by the Count D'Estaing, vice admiral of France, to the Chevalier Du Quesne, commander of the corvette Triumph, despatched
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from Cadiz the 6 of February last, for the purpose of putting a stop to all hostilities by sea, being laid before Congress and read:
Resolved, That the agent of marine be, and he is hereby directed immediately to recall all armed vessels cruizing under commissions from the United States of America.1
[Note 1: 1 These two paragraphs were also entered in the manuscript Secret Journal, Foreign Affairs.
The Marquis de Lafayette's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 156, folio 312, and a duplicate is on folio 332.
Another letter of his, of the same date, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was also read, and referred to Mr. [James] Wilson, Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, and Mr. [John] Rutledge, and the committee discharged March 26. It is on folio 316.
Another letter of the same date was also read and referred to Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [Ralph] Izard, and Mr. [James] Wilson. It is in No. 156, folio 336.
On this day was also read a letter of February 8 from Richard Harrison at Cadiz, commending the captain of the Triumph. It was referred as the indorsement shows, to Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [Ralph] Izard, and Mr. [James] Wilson, and March 26 the committee was discharged. It is in No. 78, XII, folio 263.
According to indorsements, and to the record in Committee Books 186 and 191, a letter, of January 10, from Joel Barlow, "respecting the copyrights of authors", was, on this day, referred to Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [Ralph] Izard and Mr. [James] Madison. This letter is in No. 78, IV, folio 369. With it was an act of the General Assembly of Connecticut, of January 8, 1783, entitled "An Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius". This is in No. 24, folio 93. A report was delivered April 28, and acted on, May 2.
On this day, as the indorsement states, was read a letter, of March 19, from General Washington. It is in No. 152, XI, folio 175. It is printed in the Writings of Washington (Ford) X, 184.
Also on this day, as the indorsement states, was read a letter of March 21, from General Washington, transmitting a joint letter from Sir Guy Carleton and Admiral Robert Digby, which accompanied the treaty signed at Paris, November 30, 1782. Washington's letter is in No. 152, XI, folio 179, and a copy of the letter from Carleton and Digby is on folio 183.]
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