Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 11U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - Constitutional history |
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¹ This report ¹This 9 o'Clock Adams Adjourned to 9 appointed army Articles of Confederation auditor ay ay ay ayay Board of Treasury Board of War Brigadier Captain Christian Majesty cloathier cloathing Colonel command commissary Committee of Commerce committee of three Connecticut Continental Congress Cornelius Sweers Count d'Estaing Dana dated delegates deputy dollars be advanced Drayton Duer enemy États-unis expences favour folio Fort Pitt France Georgia Gerry Governor gress Hampshire Henry Henry Laurens Jersey John Joseph Nourse July June laid before Congress Laurens Lieutenant loan office Lovell M'Intosh Major Marchant Marine Committee Maryland Massachusetts Bay members chosen Morris motion North Carolina o'Clock to Morrow papers enclosed pay master Pennsylvania Plater President quarter master R. H. Lee read:¹ Ordered referred the letter resolution Resolved Rhode Island ship Silas Deane sujets thousand dollars Treasury brought treaty troops United Virginia warrant issue Washington Whereupon William Witherspoon
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Page 657 - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the Legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 649 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.
Page 655 - ... and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the several states.
Page 649 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State, or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Page 677 - July on the part and in behalf of their respective States, by the delegates of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina, agreeably to the powers vested in them.
Page 511 - Missions presented the following report. The Committee to whom was referred the Report of the Board of Missions...
Page 648 - America, agree to certain articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ... ARTICLE 1. The style of this confederacy shall be "The United States of America.
Page 437 - States, to sail with their ships, with all manner of liberty and security, no distinction being made who are the proprietors of the merchandises laden thereon, from any port to the places of those who now are, or hereafter shall be at enmity with the Most Christian King or the United States.
Page 432 - On the contrary, it is agreed that whatever shall be found to be laden by the subjects and inhabitants of either party, on any ship belonging to the enemies of the other, or to their subjects, the whole, though it be not of the sort of prohibited goods, may be confiscated in the same manner as if it belonged to the enemy...
Page 452 - The two Parties guarantee mutually from the present time and forever, against all other powers, to wit, the United States to his most Christian Majesty the present Possessions of the Crown of France in America as well as those which it may acquire by the future Treaty of peace...