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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 --WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1785.
Congress assembled. Present, as yesterday.
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Samuel] Hardy, Mr. [Samuel] Holten, Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson, Mr. [Hugh] Williamson and Mr. [Jacob] Read, to whom was referred a letter of 14th Jany., from the Comptroller of the treasury, with sundry papers enclosed, stating, that a number of the Certificates issued by John Pierce, commissioner for adjusting the claims of the Army, have been counterfeited,
Resolved, That the Comptroller be required to trace the said Certificates as far back as possible, through their several possessors, on their progress to the treasury.
Resolved, That the following proclamation be issued, offering a reward to any person who will discover the person or persons concerned in the said forgery, or his or their accomplices; and enjoining all officers, civil and military, to be aiding and assisting in making such discovery.
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