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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, MAY 7, 1783
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. A[rthur] Lee, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson and Mr. [Abraham] Clark, to whom was referred a motion for an indemnification for acts done in execution of military operations:
Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislatures of the several states, to pass laws indemnifying all officers of the army of the United States, for damages which individuals may have sustained by any act or proceeding of such officers, which the execution of military operations may have rendered necessary.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Arthur Lee, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 21, folio 347.]
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [Thomas] Mifflin and Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, to whom was referred a letter of 6, from the Secretary at War:
Resolved, That the Secretary at War, be directed to cause the accounts for subsistence money due to officers of the army of the United States, who were prisoners of war at the time hostilities ceased between the United States of America and Great Britain, to be settled up to the first day of this present month.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, in the writing of Abraham Clark, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 27, folio 229. The Secretary at War's letter is in No. 149, II, folio 493.]
The committee, consisting of Mr. [Stephen] Higginson, Mr. [Abraham] Clark and Mr. [John Lewis] Gervais, to whom was referred a motion of Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer, report,
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That such of the states as have settled with the officers and soldiers of their respective lines, for their pay in the army of the United States since the first day of August, 1780, be requested to exhibit the accounts of such payments,with proper vouchers, shewing the periods to which they have settled with their several lines and the manner in which such payments were made, and the Superintendant of finance is hereby directed, upon the receipt of such accounts, vouched as aforesaid, to give to such states public securities, payable in the same manner and for the same sums as would have been Otherwise given to the officers and soldiers of such lines for their pay, from the said first day of August, 1780, to the time when they were so paid by their respective States:1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Stephen Higginson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 21, folio 349. The vote is indorsed on it.]
On the question to agree to the said report, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Eliphalet] Dyer,
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So the question was lost.
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The committee of the week report that the memorial of Chaplains in the army be referred to a special committee.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Stephen Higginson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 21, folio 344, indorsed on the memorial. The indorsement states that on this date it was referred to Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [Oliver] Ellsworth, Mr. [Ralph] Izard. Committee Books No. 186 and No. 191 show that a report was delivered May 9, and acted upon, May 16:]
The committee of the week [Mr. James Madison, Mr. Stephen Higginson and Mr. John Francis Mercer] report that no order be taken on the letter of Stacy Potts.2
[Note 2: 2 This report, in the writing of Stephen Higginson, indorsed on Porte's letter, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 32, folio 478. Potts's letter, dated Trenton, May 2, 1783, is on folio 475. The indorsement on the letter, by Charles Thomson, shows that it was referred on this day to Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [Nathaniel] Gorham, and Mr. [Hugh] Williamson. The Committee Book, No. 186, notes that the committee was renewed August 5, Mr. Samuel Holten being appointed on that date, in place of Gorham, and a report was delivered August 19. Accompanying Potts's letter and referred to the same committee was a letter dated Trenton, May 3,1783, from William Houston. It is in No. 32, folio 479.]
The committee of the week report that the memorial of Michael Gratz and Win. Powell be read in Congress for their consideration.3
[Note 3: 3 This report, in the writing of Stephen Higginson, indorsed on the memorial, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, folio 496. The memorial of Michael Gratz and William Powell, executors of the will of Colonel George Croghan, is on folio 493, and is dated Philadelphia, 1st May, 1783. The indorsement shows that it was read on this day.]
The committee of the week report that the memorial of Erasmus Gill be referred to the Secretary at War to report.4
[Note 4: 4 This report, in the writing of Stephen Higginson, indorsed on the memorial, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, III, folio 499. The memorial is on folio 497. The indorsement states that it was referred to Mr. [Stephen] Higginson, Mr. [Benjamin] Hawkins and Mr. [John Francis] Mercer. It was acted on May 12,
On this day were read two letters of May 6, from the Secretary at War. One, conveying General Greene's appreciation of the vote of thanks passed by Congress, is in No. 149, II, folio 465; the other, enclosing two letters, of March 17, from General Greene, is on folio 489. One of Greene's letters, enclosing a representation made to him by the officers of the Southern Army respecting their subsistence money, is on folio 473, and the representation of the officers is on folio 469. Greene's other letter of March 17, relating to the Quartermaster's Department, is in No. 155, II, folio 607. It was referred on this day, as shown by the indorsement, and by Committee Book No. 186, to Mr. [Oliver] Ellsworth, Mr. [Benjamin] Hawkins and Mr. [Abraham] Clark, who delivered a report on June 10.]
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