Resolved in the affirmative, every member answering ay. The question being put on the latter part, viz, “and that the present and former resolution of the 19 August, 1777, be not published in the printed Journal."

So it was resolved in the affirmative.

The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report: Whereupon,

Ordered, That 50,000 dollars be advanced to the Marine Committee, to be by them transmitted to the navy board at Boston, for the use of the navy in the eastern department; the said Marine Committee to be accountable.1 Ordered, That Mr. [Nathaniel] Scudder have leave of absence.

Adjourned to 9 o'Clock on Monday.

1 This report is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 311. 4938-07-34

MONDAY, MAY 25, 1778

A letter of the 12 from Colonel Johnston, recommending the Rev. Dr. David Jones chaplain to the brigade ||of Pennsylvania troops|| commanded by the said Colonel Johnston.' Whereupon, the ballots being taken,

Resolved, That he be appointed.

A letter, of the 6, from Governor Caswell was read: Ordered, That the same, together with a resolve of the house of assembly of North Carolina, empowering the governor of that State to draw for 500,000 dollars, and an act for raising men to complete the continental batallions belonging to the said State, enclosed in the governor's letter of the 2d, be referred to the committee lately sent to camp.

A letter, of 20 March, from Governor Houston, of Georgia, with sundry resolves of the assembly of that State enclosed, was read:

Ordered, That the same be referred to the foregoing committee.

A letter, of 4, from Major General Heath, with an invoice of specie sent forward, was read:

Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of Treasury.

A letter, of 15, from W. Aylett, Esq, deputy commissary general, with sundry papers enclosed, was read: Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee of Commerce.

A letter of 15, from Governor Henry, was read."

'The letter of Johnston is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XIII, folio 75.

The letter of Caswell is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 72, folio 51; that of Houston, in No. 73, folio 181; and that of Henry, in No, 71, I, folio 139,

The Committee on the Treasury, to whom was recommitted the report in favour of Messrs. Otis & Andrews, brought in a report, which was read; Whereupon,

Ordered, That 150,000 dollars be advanced to James Mease; and that a warrant for 500,000 dollars be drawn in his favour on the loan office of the State of Massachusetts bay, both which sums are to be by him immediately transmitted to his agents, Messrs. Otis & Andrews, of Boston, for the use of the cloathier general's department, who is to be accountable: and,

That Mr. Joseph Nourse, pay master of the Board of War and Ordnance, receive the money from the treasurer and transmit it, with the warrant on the loan office, to Mr. Mease, with a copy of this order.

A motion being made for putting a stop to the farther purchase of cloathing,

Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three: The members chosen, Mr. [John] Witherspoon, Mr. [Roger] Sherman, and Mr. F[rancis] L[ightfoot] Lee.

A letter, of this day, from Lieutenant Colonel Carrington, of Colonel Harrison's regiment of artillery, was read, enclosing a list of officers of said regiment:1

Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War.

A motion being made for obtaining and filing at the Board of War copies of military commissions,

Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three: The members chosen, Mr. [John] Banister, Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris, and Mr. [Francis] Dana.

Resolved, That the auditor, together with Mr. Milligan, one of the commissioners of claims, be authorized and directed to examine and pass upon the accounts of Dr.

'This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, V, folio 163.

Isaac Forster, deputy director general of the eastern department.

The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report, which was read; Whereupon,

Resolved, That General Heath be directed to pay, in continental currency, to Brigadier Glover, the sum that shall appear to be due to him on account, for purchasing provisions and other articles for the prisoners of the convention of Saratoga, whilst on their march from that place to Boston, and for the guards attending the said prisoners. allowing him Interest on such Sums as he shall have advanced for the Public; and that General Glover be informed, that it is the opinion of Congress that it is by no means just or reasonable that the Sums so advanced by him in continental currency, should be repaid by the Public in Specie.

Resolved, That the warrant drawn by the President of Congress the 2 day of February last, on Joseph Clarke, Esq. commissioner of the loan office in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in favour of Ebenezer Hancock, Esq. deputy pay master general for the eastern district, and by him returned, be cancelled, and the entries thereof in the treasury books reversed.1

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to report a plan for filling up the continental batallions by recruits, to be inlisted to serve during the war:

The members chosen, Mr. [William] Duer, Mr. [William Henry] Drayton, and Mr. G[ouverneur] Morris. A letter, of this day, from E. Blaine, Esq. D. C. G., was read:2

Ordered, That it be referred to the committee lately at camp.

'This report, dated May 23, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 307.

"This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 165, folio 299.

A motion being made for the payment of the New Jersey militia,

Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three: The members chosen, Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris, Mr. [John] Witherspoon, and Mr. [William Henry] Drayton. Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow.

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1778

Resolved, That the quarter master general be directed to furnish Baron Steuben with two good horses for his

use.

A petition from Moses Black, was read, praying, “in behalf of William Woolsey, and the owners of the private armed schooner Harlequin, that an action commenced at the inferior court of common pleas in the county of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, &c. touching the capture of a certain prize sloop, may be referred to the court of appeals, for their decision thereon:"

Ordered, That it be dismissed.

The Board of War, to whom the application from Baron Bose was referred, having made report, the same was read; Whereupon,

Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars be paid to the Baron Bose, as a compensation for his sufferings in cause of the United States.1

The committee to whom were referred the letters from Mr. President Lowndes, and General Howe, and Brigadier Moultrie, brought in a report:

Ordered, To lie on the table.

1 This report, dated May 22, in the writing of Timothy Pickering, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 147, II, folio 55.