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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 --THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1788.
Congress Assembled, present as before.
On a report1 of the Secretary at War, to whom was referred an Extract of a letter2 dated Jany 10th . 1788 from Brigadier General Harmar respecting Fort Mc Intosh,
[Note 1: 1 See March 25, 1788.]
[Note 2: 2 See March 18, 1788.]
Resolved, That the Secretary at War direct the commanding Officer to erect a block House in the vicinity of fort Mc Intosh, and place a suitable garrison therein, and that he dismantle and demolish Fort Mc Intosh, and dispose of the Materials thereof in the manner most conducive to the public service.
Congress proceeded to a farther consideration of the supplement to the land Ordinance,3 and after debate thereon, adjourned till Monday next.
[Note 3: 3 See March 26, May 26, and July 9, 1788.]
[Report of Board of Treasury on memorial of Mary Vance4]
[Note 4: 4 Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 138, II, pp. 463--465, read March 27, 1788. The memorial was withdrawn by consent on March 27 and papers delivered to Mr. Clark, April 2, 1788. See March 15, 1787.]
The Board of Treasury to whom was referred the Memorial of Mary Vance, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Curry decd .
Beg leave to Report
That the Memorialist states, "that her Son Joseph Curry, now deceased, entered into the service of the United States early in the late War, in quality of a Steward and Commissary in the Hospital Department, and continued in that capacity till his death, in the Month of December 1780.
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"That, in consequence of the recommendation of Congress, the Legislature of the State of New Jersey (of which her deceased son was a native) past an Act to make up the Depretiation of pay to such of their Citizens as had served in the Hospital Department of the United States; which Act the Memorialist states, has been repealed, after the claim of her deceased son had been duly audited, and previous to the issue of the State Treasurers Certificate, as usual in such cases; and that she is therefore constrained to have recourse for relief in the premises to the justice of the United States."
On the above Memorial, we beg leave to observe, that as it appears to the Board from a report on this Claim by the Commissioner for settling the accounts of the Hospital Department, that the State of New Jersey has actually settled the accounts of such of her Citizens as were entitled to the depretiation of pay, it must be presumed that there are causes, which have obstructed the settlement of the Claim of the Memorialist, of which this Board are at present ignorant.
They therefore beg leave to suggest, whether it might not be proper, previous to any determination on this Memorial, that Congress should obtain Official information, from the State of New Jersey, whether the Acts past by that State for making up the depretiation of pay, agreeably to the resolves of Congress have been repealed previous to the complete execution of the same; and in such case, of the reasons, which may have induced this measure.
From the result of this enquiry, Congress will be able to determine how far it might be proper to extend relief to persons, who in consequence of the repeal of the Law above mentioned, may have been deprived of that compensation to which by the resolves of Congress they were respectively entitled.
All which is humbly submitted.
Samuel Osgood
Walter Livingston
Arthur Lee1
[Note 1: 1 March 27, 1788. According to the Committee Book, Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 190, p. 188, the following committees were appointed:
Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Mr. William Irvine and Mr. James White on a report on an address of the inhabitants of St. Vincents and Illinois and a petition of those inhabitants by their agent Mr. Tardiveau, dated March 18, 1788, together with the papers accompanying it. Report rendered May 5, 1788. See February 12, 13, 22 and 25, March 6 and 18, 1788. See also June 26, 1788.
Mr. Jonathan Dayton, Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Mr. Nathan Dane, Mr. John Brown and Mr. Thomas Tudor Tucker on an ordinance for regulating the post office and a motion of Mr. Dayton respecting mails. For this draft of the ordinance, see February 14, 1787 (Journals, vol. XXXII, pp. 46--56). This was a renewal of the committee of February 20, 1788.
Mr. Stephen Mix Mitchell, Mr. Nathan Dane, Mr. Dyre Kearny, Mr. Thomas Tudor Tucker and Mr. Samuel Allyne Otis on a report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on letters from David Howell and Messrs. Clark and Nightingale, respecting the sloop America. This committee was discharged May 21, 1788. See March 25, 1788.]
March 27th 1788.
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