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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 26, 1783
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton and Mr. [Richard] Peters, to whom were referred a letter of 7, from the Commander in Chief, and a letter of 13, from Colonel Armand:
Colonel Armand having entered at an early period of the war into the army of the United States with the rank of
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colonel, and having served with distinction in that rank, so as to acquire the particular approbation of the Commander in Chief for his intelligence, zeal and bravery,
Resolved, That in consideration of the merit and services of Colonel Armand, he be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, retaining the command of his present corps.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Alexander Hamilton, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folio 425. Armand's letter is in No. 164, folio 473.]
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [John Lewis] Gervais, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson and Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, to whom was referred a memorial of Charles Mortimer:
Resolved, That Dr. Charles Mortimer's account be settled for pay and rations on the same principle as a junior surgeon, for the term of nine months, during which he appears to have been in the public service:
That the director-general in the hospital department take order for delivering to Dr. Mortimer a quantity of medicines equal to what he has expended in the public hospital.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Hugh Williamson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, IV, folio 445.]
The committee [Mr. Nathaniel Gorham, Mr. James Wilson and Mr. Arthur Lee] appointed to consider the letter of the 18th instant from Cyrus Griffin Esq., one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, submit the following report:
Resolved, That a Court of Appeals be held at the city of Philadelphia the first Monday of May next, and that the Honourable Cyrus Griffin, Esq., one of the Judges of said Court, give public notice thereof.
And that the Secretary of Congress write to the Honourable George Read and John Lowel Esqrs., judges of said Court, that it is the desire and expectation of Congress that they attend at the time and place abovementioned for the dispatch of the business of said Court.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, in the writing of Nathaniel Gorham, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, II, folio 533. The indorsement states that it was negatived this day. Griffin's letter is in No. 78, X, folio 401.]
The committee [Mr. William Floyd, Mr. Theodorick Bland, Mr. Eleazer McComb] to whom was referred the memorial of Simon Metcalf in which he complains that there is nothing in the provisional articles of peace, that secures to these States a privilege of navigating the River Saint Lawrence,
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Report, that it lay on the table.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of William Floyd, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, IV, folio 71. It was read this day, entered and ordered to be filed, according to the indorsement.]
The committee of the week, [Mr. William Floyd, Mr. John Montgomery, Mr. Eleazer McComb] report,
That the memorial of John Kirk respecting a quantity of rum impressed from him, and a sum of money furnished by him for the use of the Southern Army, be referred to a special committee.
That the petition of John Menerson late a sergeant in the American Army, be referred to the Secretary at War.
That the representation of Maurice Desdevens relating to the case of those Canadians who have taken part with the United States in the present war with Great Britain, be referred to a special committee.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Eleazer McComb, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 465. The indorsement gives it this date.
The memorial of John Kirk, dated Philadelphia, March 20, is in No. 41, V, folio 35. According to the indorsement, and the record in Committee Books No. 186 and No. 191, it was read March 26, and referred to Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [John Lewis] Gervais and Mr. [John Francis] Mercer, and on April 22 referred to the Superintendent of Finance. The Superintendent's report, delivered April 23, was on May 2 referred to Mr. [John Lewis] Gervais, Mr. [Thomas] FitzSimons and Mr. [Stephen] Higginson.
The petition of John Menerson dated March 21, 1783, is in No. 42, V, folio 281.
The representation of Maurice Desdevens, dated March 18, 1783, is in No. 35, folio 211, and a translation on folio 213. According to the indorsement and to Committee Book No. 186, it was referred, on March 26, to Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton and Mr. [Abraham] Clark, who delivered a report April 23.]
War Office, March 24th, 1783.
Sir,
I have the honor to lay before Congress the several returns directed in their orders of the 18th and 25th ultimo.
For their farther information I have annexed an estimate of the monthly pay, subsistence, clothing and forage for the whole army last year, and the pay of the several staff departments. The most accurate return of the half pay estimate which can at present be made is subjoined to the pay of the army.
Returns of the deranged officers, as directed by the resolves of Congress, have not heretofore been regularly made to the war office.3
[Note 3: 3 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 149, II, folio 365. According to the indorsement it was referred on this day to Mr. [Richard] Peters, Mr. [John] Rutledge, and Mr. T[homas] S[im] Lee, who were discharged April 1, 1783.
The return of persons employed in the War Office is on folio 397, and the military returns for 1782 are on folios 369--395. They are entered in No. 12, Book of Estimates, under date of March 23.]
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