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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, JANUARY 13, 1783]
The Committee to whom was referred the letter from the Quarter Master General of the 4th of December last have conferred with him, find that there are several omissions in the plan adopted by Congress the 23d of October last for regulating the Quarter Master's Department, and are of opinion that some of the salaries of particular Officers therein are reduced too low.
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They therefore recommend that the resolutions of the aforesaid 23d of October be repealed, that the following plan be substituted in their place.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Alexander Hamilton, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 22, folio 173. According to the indorsement it was read January 9, 1783, and on January 13, referred to the Secretary at War to report, and Thursday next assigned for the consideration. The plan is not filed with the report, but an undated plan, designed to supersede the regulations adopted by Congress, October 23, 1782, is in No. 192, folios 129--135. It is in Pickering's writing, and is filed with his letter of December 4, 1782, which is in No. 192, folio 125, and was referred December 6 to Mr. [Thomas] Mifflin, Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, and Mr. [Alexander] Hamilton, as indicated by the indorsement. According to the record in Committee Book No. 186, the committee was renewed on December 10, Mr. [Richard] Peters and Mr. [Daniel] Carroll being appointed in place of Mifflin and Osgood.]
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