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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, OCTOBER 14, 1785.
Congress assembled. Present as before.
According to order, Congress proceeded to the election of Commissioners of the continental loan Office, and, the ballots being taken, Mr. Richard Wylly was elected commissioner of the Continental loan office for the State of Georgia, having been previously nominated by the delegates for that state. Mr. Edward Blake was elected Commissioner of the Continental loan office for the State of South Carolina, having been previously nominated by the delegates of that State. Mr. James Tilton was elected commissioner of the Continental
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loan office for the State of Delaware, having been previously nominated by Mr. [John] Vining. Mr. James Ewing was elected Commissioner of the continental loan Office for the State of New Jersey, having been previously nominated by Mr. [William Churchill] Houston.
On a report from the Secretary for foreign Affairs, to whom was referred a letter of 26 June, from Mr. Dumas,
Resolved, That in consideration of the valuable services of Mr. C. W. F. Dumas, of the city of Amsterdam, in the United Netherlands, he be allowed and paid a salary of thirteen hundred dollars per Annum, that the said salary commence the 19th day of April, 1775, and continue till the further order of Congress, he continuing his services; and that he be charged with all such sums of Money as may have been heretofore advanced to him from the United States.1
[Note 1: 1 This resolution was also entered, by Benjamin Bankson, in the manuscript Secret Journal, Foreign Affairs, No. 5. The original motion, in the writing of David Howell, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, III, folio 187. See ante, December 10, 1784.]
The Commissioner of the Army accounts to whom was referred the motion made by the Delegates of the State of Georgia respecting the certificate given by him for advances made to the Line of that state, begs leave to report.
That the accounts of this Line being so fully discharged by the State and so blended in each other, it became necessary for your Commissioner to take up the settlement of the whole arrears due for pay, rations and commutation, from the commencement to the end of the war.
That your Commissioner did accordingly, where the State had not made sufficient advances to cover the demands of the officer, issue his certificate for such ballance as was found due to such officer--and did also give to the State a general certificate of the sum, that on a final settlement of the accounts of the line, he found the State had paid to the officers; wherein he ascertained the respective periods on account of which the payments were made, and certified the same to be passed to the credit of the State agreeably to the resolution of Congress of June 1st. 1784 which certificate, thus issued to the State,
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was not placed on interest by your Commissioner, as is the case of issues to individuals.
Jno. Pierce.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 62, folio 87. According to indorsement it was read this day.
On this day, according to memoranda in Committee Book No. 190, the following nominations were made for Commissioner for the Continental Loan Office:
James Tilton, for Delaware by Mr. [John] Vining.by the delegates of Georgia.
]- William O'Bryen
- Nehemiah Wade
Office of Army Accounts
October 14, 1785
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