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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, JULY 9, 17832
[Note 2: 2 From this point the entries in the Journal are by George Bond.]
A motion was made by Mr. [Stephen] Higginson, seconded by Mr. [Samuel] Holten,
"That the Superintendant of finance do direct the receiver of continental taxes in the State of Massachusetts, to pay to the officers and soldiers of the Massachusetts line of the army, who have been discharged on furlough, the amount of one year's pay, out of the monies he may receive from that State, on account of the requisition for the expences of the year 1782."3
[Note 3: 3 This motion, in the writing of ; Stephen Higginson, is in the Papers of the Continenal Congress, No. 36, II, folio 177.]
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A motion was then made by Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, seconded by Mr. [Abraham] Clark,
That the foregoing motion be committed: and on the question for commitment, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Stephen] Higginson,
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So the question was lost.
After some further debate, an adjournment was called for, and agreed to.1
[Note 1: 1 On this day, as the indorsement indicates, was read a letter of the same date from the Assistant Secretary at War. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 149, III, folio 57.]
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