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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, JANUARY 28, 1785.
Congress assembled. Present as yesterday.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Samuel] Holten, Mr. [James] M'Henry and Mr. [John] Beatty, to whom was referred a memorial of Giles Wolcott, with sundry papers relative to the settlement of his accounts as deputy quarter master in the Northern department,
Resolved, That the said memorial, and the accounts accompanying the same, be referred to the treasury Office to report.2
[Note 2: 2 The report, in the writing of Samuel Holten, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, VI, folio 591. A copy is in No. 41, X, folio 663. Wolcott's memorial is in No. 41, X, folio 609.
On this day the Committee of the Week reported on the petitions of Michael Byrne and John Fitch as well as the memorial of Giles Wolcott. See post, February 1.
On this day, according to Committee Book No. 190, the petition of Capt. Bartholomew Von Heer, for depreciated pay and an advance to enable him to return to his own country, was referred to Mr. [David] Howell, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson and Mr. [Pierse] Long, who reported February 14. The petition is in No. 42, VIII, folio 55.
Also, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson, Mr. [Archibald] Stewart and Mr. [Samuel] Hardy were appointed to consider William Denning's letter of January 24 and the report (January 26) of the committee on the letter of December 20 from the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. They reported February 11. Denning's letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, VIII, folio 93.]
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