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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 --TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1785.
Congress assembled. Present as yesterday.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [James] Monroe, Mr. [Jacob] Read, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson and Mr. [Richard Dobbs] Spaight, to whom were referred sundry applications from Canadian Refugees,
Resolved, That the commissioner for settling the account of the state of New York with the United States, be authorized and directed to examine the Accounts of such Canadian refugees as have furnished the late Armies of these States with any sort of supplies, and report thereon to Congress:
That the said Commissioner cause the foregoing resolution to be published in Canada, and in such of the states in the Union as he may judge proper, to the end, that such Canadian refugees may be duly informed thereof:
That the papers of Canadian refugees who have applied to Congress for a settlement of their Accounts, be returned to them, on their application, by the Secretary of Congress:
That the committee be discharged of the petition of Mr. Jollibois, Congress having, on the 15 April, 1784, resolved on his case:
That Mr. L'Eclise have leave to withdraw his petition.1
[Note 1: 1 See ante, February 11.]
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Ordered, That the remainder of the report be recommitted.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [Rufus] King, Mr. [David] Howell, Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson and Mr. [Samuel] Holten, to whom was referred a memorial of M. Hazen, Esqr.
Resolved, That the claims of Moses Hazen, esqr. to pay and half pay, above that of a colonel in the line, be referred to the Secretary at War to report:1
[Note 1: 1 The Secretary's report on this claim was read in Congress, July 30, 1788, according to the indorsement on Hazen's memorial, See ante, May 11, 1785.]
That the claims of Moses Hazen, esqr. to the immediate payment of money, be referred to the board of treasury to report.
The committee, consisting of Mr. [James] McHenry, Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson and Mr. W[alter] Livingston, to whom was referred a petition of Timothy Bradly, late a purchasing commissary, report,
That however commendable Mr. Bradly's exertions appear to have been, in procuring supplies of provisions whilst he was purchasing commissary, yet Congress cannot order him any additional pay in consideration thereof, without establishing a precedent that might be applied to the revision and augmentation of the pay of every department of the late army.
Resolved, That Congress agree to the said report.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [David] Howell, Mr. [John] Bull and Mr. W[illiam] Henry, to whom was referred a memorial of John Story,
Resolved, That the commissioners appointed under the resolution of the 27 February, 1782, in settling the Accounts of their respective departments, be instructed to have recourse to the principles of the resolutions of June 3, 1784, so far as they may apply.
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Ordered, That the claim of the memorialist to pay, as aid-de-camp to the late Major-genl. Lord Stirling, be referred to the Secretary at War to report.1
[Note 1: 1 The Secretary at War reported March 27, 1788.]
That the claim of the memorialist to pay, for his attendance in settling the public accounts of the quartermaster's department, be referred to the board of treasury to report.2
[Note 2: 2 The Board of Treasury reported February 1,1788. See ante, February 7.]
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Jacob] Read, Mr. [Samuel] Holten and Mr. [James] Monroe, to whom was referred a letter of 21 December, 1784, from Mr. J. Carleton, Secretary in the War Office, enclosing an extract of a letter from lieutenant David Lucket,
Resolved, That lieutenant David Lucket, at his own request, be permitted to retire from the service of the United States and that the Secretary at War discharge the men lately stationed at fort Pitt, under command of the said lieutenant Lucket, as soon as a relief can be marched to take charge of the public stores at that garrison.
That the Secretary at War station a small detachment from colonel Harmar's regiment, under the command of a proper Officer at fort Pitt, as a guard to the public stores at that post.3
[Note 3: 3 See ante, February 16.]
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [James] McHenry, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [David] Howell, Mr. [Jacob] Read and Mr. [Samuel] Holten, to whom was referred a report, touching Invalids,
Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby recommended to the several States, to make provision for Officers, soldiers or seamen, who have been disabled in the service of the United States, in the following manner:
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in their respective states, who have served in the army or navy of the United States, or in the militia in the service of the United States, and have been disabled in such service, so as to be incapable of military duty, or of obtaining a livelihood by labour. In this list shall be expressed the pay, age, and disability of each invalid, also the regiment, corps or ship to which he belonged, and a copy of the same shall be transmitted to the office of the Secretary at War, within one year after each state shall pass a law for this purpose; and a like descriptive list of the invalids resident in the respective states, shall, from year to year, be annually trasmitted to the Office of the Secretary at War.
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to what pay he is entitled, and transmit a copy to the person who may be appointed by the State to receive and record the same.
[Note 1: 1 See ante, February 8 and April 27, and post, September 23.]
A motion being made by Mr. [James] Monroe, seconded by Mr. [William] Hindman,
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That the salary of the commissioner to be appointed to settle the accounts of the state of Virginia against the United States, under the act of cession, of her claims to territory north westward of the river Ohio, shall be at the rate ofdollars per annum; and that the resolution of the 21st day of April last, respecting the same, be repealed.1
[Note 1: 1 Monroe's motion is in No. 22, folio 251.]
A motion was made by Mr. [David] Ramsay, seconded by Mr. [William] Hindman, to fill up the blank with the words "twenty five hundred."
And on the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [William] Ellery,
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So it was passed in the affirmative.2
[Note 2: 2 This vote is also in No. 22, folio 253.]
[Motion of Mr. David Ramsay]3
[Note 3: 3 This motion, in the writing of David Ramsay, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No, 36, III, folio 3.]
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish Mr. Ramsay with the intercepted original letters of British Officers in cyphers relative to the
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operations of the late war in the southern States in the years 1780 and 1781 which are in his possession, Mr. Ramsay giving a receipt for the same,
Ordered that the Secretary take order.
Passed. June 7, 1785.
The Committee consisting of Mr. [William] Houstoun, Mr. [John] Beatty and Mr. [David] Howell, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Hutchins Geographer to the U. S. beg leave to report,
That on the 4th May, 1781, Congress were pleased to resolve "that Thomas Hutchins be appointed Geographer to the Southern Army with the same pay and Emoluments as are allowed to the Geographer to the main army. That the Commander in Chief being consulted on this subject, it appears by his letter of the 9th. May, 1781, to the Secretary of Congress that the Geographer to the main army was allowed 4 dollars per day and his assistant two dollars per day. That on the 11th. July Mr Hutchins accepted the appointment. That on the 12th November, 1782, Congress were pleased to resolve that whereas no provision had been made by Congress for the Geographer of the U. S. the Geographer of the Main Army and of the Southern army be allowed each sixty dollars per month. Congress appears upon this occasion to be of opinion that two dollars per day was sufficient pay for the Chief Geographer; but your Committee presume, that they did not advert to the circumstance or terms on which Mr Hutchins accepted his Commission.
Wherefore your Committee submit the following resolve, That in settling the accounts of Mr Thos. Hutchins Geographer to the U. S. he be allowed 4 dollars per day and 4 rations from the time of his accepting his Commission 3rd of November 1783 to this date, the act of the 12th of November 1782 notwithstanding [and that he be allowed 4 dollars per day from that period to the 27 of May 1785 deducting therefrom the time he was employed and paid by the State of Pennsylvania.]
Your committee are farther of opinion that the continuation of a Geographer to the United States is at this time absolutely necessary: They therefore recommend that Mr. Hutchins be continued in that appointment at the rate of the pay of -- per day in full of everything except unavoidable incidental expenses, this being less -- dollars and 4 rations per day the present pay. He to be amenable to Congress for the faithful discharge of that office and the necessary officers
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under him, but to be allowed the priviledge of appointing such officers subject to the approbation of Congress and1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of William Houstoun, except the part in brackets which is in the writing of David Howell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, III, folio 231--233. The indorsement states that it was passed on this day. See ante, March 7.
June 7: The following committees were appointed:
Mr. [Samuel] Dick, Mr. [David] Howell and Mr. [William] Grayson, on report from the War Office, dated June 3, on the memorial of Major John Adam. This committee reported June 15. See ante, June 4.
Mr. [David] Howell, Mr. [Samuel] Holten and Mr. [James] McHenry, on the report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on the ceremonial for reception of Don Diego Gardoqui and letter of June 7 "from sd. Secy with letters from Mr. Carmichael of 19 and 29 July and 30 August, 1783." Report rendered June 14.
Mr. [William] Ellery, Mr. [James] Monroe, Mr. [Jacob] Read and Mr. [Richard Dobbs] Spaight, on the last paragraph of the report of the committee on May 2, on Canadian refugees and rations for same. See post, July 11.
Committee Book No. 190.
Also on this day, James Ewing was nominated by Mr. [Charles] Stewart and George Clymer by Mr. [David] Howell, for Commissioner to settle accounts between the United States and the State of Virginia.]
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