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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 --SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1783
Congress assembled: Present as before.
A letter, of this day, from the Commander in Chief, was read, informing Congress of his arrival in this city, with the intention of asking leave to resign the commission he has the honor of holding in their service, and desiring to know their pleasure in what manner it will be most proper to offer his resignation; whether in writing or at an audience; Whereupon,
Resolved, That his Excellency the Commander in Chief be admitted to a public audience, on Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock.2
[Note 2: 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, XI, folio 529 It is printed in the Writings of Washington (Ford) X, 337.]
Resolved, That a public entertainment be given to the Commander in Chief on Monday next and that a committee of three be appointed to direct and superintend the entertainment, and to invite the guests.
Postpone, in order to take into consideration the following:
Is it the sense of Congress that seven states in Congress Assembled are competent to receive the resignation of a Commander in Chief?
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[Note 1: 1 This motion, in the writing of James McHenry, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, II, folio 279. It is indorsed "Sense of the House taken on the competency of seven states to receive the resignation of Commander in Chief, with yeas and nays, December 20, 1783."]
On motion of Mr. [James] Monroe, seconded by Mr. [James] McHenry,
Ordered, That an authenticated copy of the act passed by the United States in Congress assembled, the 13 of September last, relative to the act of the legislature of Virginia, of 2 January, 1781, be transmitted by express, to the executive of Virginia.
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