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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, FEBRUARY 22, 1785.
Congress assembled. Present as yesterday.1
[Note 1: 1 On this day, according to the indorsement, was read a letter of May 15, 1784, from William Wikoff, respecting the claim of John Christian Buhler. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XXIV, folio 475.
Also, according to the indorsement, the committee to whom was referred John Jay's letter of February 15 and Stephen Sayre's, of the same date, moved the recommitment of the letters back to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to investigate the facts and report thereon.
Also, according to Committee Book No. 186, the committee of January 19 on the memorial of George Meade, respecting the brig Hope, was this day discharged and the memorial referred to the committee on the letter from Cyrus Griffin and J. Lowell, which was appointed this day and consisted of Mr. [Jacob] Read, Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, Mr. [Charles] Pinckney, Mr. [William Samuel] Johnson and Mr. R. R. Livingston. To this committee also was referred the letter of February 15 from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on the "application of Mr. Prager for a reheating of the cause Darby vs. brig Aertsen." This committee was renewed March 7.
Also, according to Committee Book No. 191, the committee of December 17, 1784, (Mr. John Bull, Mr. John Beatty and Mr. George Partridge) reported on the memorial of Henry Rutgers, Richard Lush and Jacob John Lansing, dated August 1, 1784, praying for pay for services rendered. The report was adopted, practically verbatim, on June 2. The memorial is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 41, VIII, folio 339.
Also, on this day according to Committee Book No. 190, a letter of February 15 from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and a letter of the same date from Stephen Sayre were referred to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to investigate the facts and report. He reported April 7.]
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