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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 --FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1783
A motion having been made yesterday by Mr [Jacob] Read, seconded by Mr [James] McHenry,
That on the--the President shall adjourn Congress, to meet at Philadelphia, on--there to continue until the last Monday in October next, at which time the President shall adjourn Congress, to meet at Annapolis on the Friday following, unless Congress shall before that time have determined otherwise.
On motion made by Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, seconded by Mr. [David] Howell, the foregoing motion being taken up, and the first blank being filled with the words, "eighth day of August instant," and the second blank with the words, "10th 12th of August instant." A motion was made by Mr. [Theodorick] Bland, seconded by Mr [David] Howell, to strike out the words, "there to continue until the last Monday in October next, at which time the President shall adjourn Congress, to meet at Annapolis on the Friday following, unless Congress sail before that time have determined otherwise"
And on the question, shall those words stand? the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [James] McHenry,
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So the words were struck out.
On motion of Mr. [Arthur] Lee, seconded by Mr. [Samuel] Holten,
Ordered, That Wednesday next be assigned for the farther consideration of the motion.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [James] Duane, Mr. A[rthur] Lee and Mr. [Stephen] Higginson, to whom was referred a letter of 24 July, from Sir Guy Carleton, with sundry communications accompanying the same,
Resolved, That the President inform Sir Guy Carleton, commander in chief of the British forces at New York, that the United States in Congress assembled have considered the communications which he has been pleased to make in his letter of the 24 of July last, relative to certain persons suspected of forging and passing the notes issued from the office of finance of the United States:
That they presume his Excellency will give orders that such of the persons, subjects of any of these United States, as are or may be in custody, on a charge of having made or passed within any of the United States, counterfeits either of the notes or paper bills of the United States or any of them, shall be delivered up, together with the proofs which shall be collected against them, to be tried under the jurisdiction to whom the cognizance of their crimes belongs: that a guard shall attend at the time and place to be appointed by him, for the purpose of receiving and securing such of the criminals as falls under the above description: and that with regard to further inquiries, and to criminals who are not amenable to any of these United States, Congress have entire confidence that justice will be done, and such atrocious offenders brought to condign punishment.
Your committee further report that they have transmitted to the Superintendant of Finance the substance of Sir Guy Carleton's information for his guidance; and are of opinion that immediate information of the names and places of abode of the offenders mentioned
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in the said communications be transmitted to the executives of the States to which they respectively belong.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of James Duane, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, I, folio 533. The report delivered July 30, which was recommitted July 31, also in Duane's writing, is on folio 537.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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