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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 --THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1784.
Congress assembled: Present as before.
On motion of Mr. [David] Howell, seconded by Mr. [William] Ellery,
Resolved, That Monday next be assigned for the election of a chaplain to Congress:
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, Mr. James Duane, Mr. [Arthur] Lee and Mr. [Jeremiah Townley] Chase, to whom was referred a memorial of Jan Hendrick Christian Heinekin, one of the agents of the Prussian ship Minerva, touching a decree of the court of appeals in cases of capture:
Resolved, That the memorial of Jan Hendrick Christian Heinekin, with the papers accompanying it, be referred to the judges of the court of appeals in Admiralty causes cases of capture, to report to Congress (as speedily as may be, the facts and reasons on which they founded the decree complained of in the said memorial. [Copies of the proofs and proceedings together with a state of the case to enable Congress to understand the reasons] proceedings together with a state of the case to on which the decree, &c., was founded] proceedings proofs and judgment in the above-mentioned cause).1
[Note 1: 1 The report, in the writing of Arthur Lee, except the part in brackets which is in David Howell's writing, and that in parenthesis which is in Jacob Read's writing, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, III, folios 120 and 121½. The line typed words are in the report and not in the Journal.
Heinekin's memorial is in No. 41, IV, folio 199, and a copy is in No. 41, VI, folio 416.]
On the report of the committee, consisting of Mr. [Samuel] Osgood, Mr. [Arthur] Lee and Mr. [James] Tilton, to whom was referred a petition of Thomas Sudler, setting forth, that his dwelling-house was, on the 6 of February, 1781, plundered
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and robbed by the British; and that he lost several continental certificates to the amount of two thousand three hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, which were dated about the 2d of March, 1779, and praying that certificates of the same tenor and date may be issued to him.
Report that justice does not require, nor does the interest of the United States admit that Congress should become responsible for casualties of the like nature.1
[Note 1: 1 The report, in the writing of Hugh Williamson and Elbridge Gerry, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, III, folio 191.]
Resolved, That the certificates being made payable to the bearer, and probably at this time in circulation, the prayer of the petition cannot be granted.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [James] Tilton and Mr. [James] Monroe, to whom were referred the memorial of Captain Houdin, of the 2d Massachusetts regiment, and that of Lieutenant Thacher of the same, praying for promotion,
Resolved, That the definitive treaty of peace being signed, nearly the whole of the army discharged, and the Commander in Chief having resigned his commission, it is inexpedient to make the promotion requested.2
[Note 2: 2 The report, in the writing of Samuel Osgood, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, V, folio 439. Sudler's petition is in No. 43, VII, folio 170.]
The Committee, consisting of [Mr. David Howell, Mr. Arthur Lee and Mr. Samuel Osgood] to whom was referred the address of the people called Quakers, presented to Congress on the 8th. day of October, 1783, by a deputation on behalf of the yearly meeting held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the western parts of Maryland and Virginia, submit the following Report.
Resolved, That Congress consider this address from so respectable a part of the people called Quakers as a testimony of their sincere concern for the essential good of their Country the rights of mankind, and of their respect for those with whom the powers of Government are entrusted.
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Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislature of the several States to enact such laws as to their wisdom may appear best calculated to compass the object of the second article in the association entered into, and subscribed by the Delegates of the United Colonies in Congress assembled on the 20th. Day of October 1774.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of a clerk, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 20, II, folio 169. The indorsement states that it was read January 7 and on "January 8, 1784, Question taken on this lost."]
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