lodging a sick soldier, and two dollars for a coffin for one of Captain Vanzant's men: To George Hawes, for waggon hire, &c. carrying money to Cambridge at the time Mr. Franks went, the sum of £26 8 4 70 40/90 dollars, To Messrs. Hanson, Donaldson, and Franks, for carrying money to the camp in March last, the sum of £89 7 4 238 28/90 dollars: To Isaac Sorrel, the sum of £10 2 1 26 85/90 dollars; of which sum £4 0 9|| 10 69/90 dollars|| is for the expences of the prisoners that were brought from North Carolina and the guard; the remainder is for the expences of the guard that went with the powder, &c. to Colonel Miles, at Marcus hook. To Mr. Henry Haller the sum of £242.1.4-645 46/90 Dollars, of which sum Captain John Nelson is to be charged for two riffles expences of his company at Reading expences of the prisoners from St. Johns &c at ditto to the 8 June Mr. Haller's pay from 30 March to 7 June inclusive, 70 days, at 7/6 as commissary Ordered, That the said accounts be paid. Resolved, That a bounty of ten dollars be given to every non-commissioned officer and soldier, who will inlist to serve for the term of three years.' Resolved, That the resolutions passed yesterday, be enclosed to General Washington, and that he be desired to afford such assistance to the northern or Canada department, as he shall be enabled to do consistently with the safety of New York; and, from time to time, to give such directions as he may think expedient for the public service. 1This was W. 12. in the Jefferson report, printed under June 17, p. 451, ante. A paragraph of a Letter from General Washington to one of the members, being laid before Congress, and read: Resolved, That the same be referred to the Board of War and Ordnance. Resolved, That the Secret Committee be directed to supply the Marine Committee with one ton of powder, for the use of the vessel which they were this morning empowered to purchase. Resolved, That Michael Hillegas, Esq' be empowered and directed to pay such sums of money as are or may be due to the several signers of continental bills of credit, for their services, agreeable to the resolve of Congress for that purpose. The committee to whom ||was referred the petition of William Whiting, a soldier who was wounded in the continental army at Quebec, brought in their report, ||which was read: Whereupon, Resolved, That the sum of twenty dollars be paid out of the public treasury to William Whiting, to enable him to return to his family at Norfolk, in Connecticut. The committee on the treasury, to whom were referred the petition and accounts of Stephen Row Bradley, brought in their report: Whereupon, Resolved, That there be paid to Stephen Row Bradley the sum of 6914 dollars, for the service of himself and his company, from the 15 day of January to the 25th of February, during which time they were employed in the service of the continent. The several matters to this day referred, being postponed, Adjourned to 9 o'Clock to Morrow. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1776 A letter from Governor Trumbull, of the 17th, and A petition from William Holton, were read: Resolved, That the petition of Colonel Brown be referred to the Committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the miscarriages in Canada:1 That the petition from William Holton be referred to the Board of War and Ordnance. Resolved, That an order for 24 dollars be drawn on the treasurers in favour of Major Bicker; he to be accountable. Sundry letters from the southward, being received by express, were laid before Congress, and read, viz. One from General Lee, dated Little River, 6 June, enclosing two letters, one from John Rutledge, Esq! the other from General Armstrong to General Lee, dated Charleston, South Carolina, 4th of the same month, advising, that 51 sail of the enemy were arrived there, and lying in sight of the town: One from Brigadier General Lewis, dated Williamsburgh, June the 18th, enclosing one from General Lee, of the 6th, to him:2 Resolved, That the said letters be referred to the Board of War and Ordnance: The Congress took into consideration the letter from Governor Trumbull; and, after some debate, Resolved, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed; and, in the mean while, that Governor The letter from Governor Trumbull is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 66, I, folio 185. The petition of John Brown is in No. 153, II, folio 319. That of William Holton is in No. 42, III, folio 321. It is endorsed by Richard Peters: "28th. Read before Board of War and refd for further considn." 2 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 158, folio 69. Trumbull be desired to send to Congress, an account of the cannon left at New London by Commodore Hopkins, their number, size, bore and weight, and also an account of the other cannon there. A letter from the commissioners for Indian affairs in the southern department, with sundry papers enclosed, was laid before Congress, and read. The Board of War and Ordnance, to whom the paragraph of a letter from the General was referred, brought in their report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon, Resolved, That six companies of rifflemen, in addition to the three companies now at New York, be raised and the whole regimented; and that a commission be granted to Captain Stevenson, to be colonel of the regiment of rifflemen, which is to be inlisted for three years, unless sooner discharged by Congress; the men to be allowed a bounty of ten dollars; and that the eldest captain, Moses Rawlins from Maryland, lately of the riffle companies be made a lieutenant colonel, and the captain of the other riffle company, Otho Holland Williams, major: That four companies of rifflemen, for the said regiment, be raised in Virginia, and two in Maryland, the pay of the men to commence from the time they shall be armed and mustered: their arms to be appraised by the committee of the county, and paid for by the United Colonies: That General Washington be directed forthwith to send to this Congress a complete list of all the vacancies in the army, and the names of such officers as he can recommend for filling them. The Committee of Claims reported, that there is due, To Robert Erwin, waggon master, the sum of £90 11 9= 241 51/90 dollars, a balance of three teams that went to North Carolina with powder; To Doctor Frederic Phile, for medicines and attendance on the 5th Pensylvania batallion, from the time of their embodying to the 13th of June, 1776, the sum of £199 14 3=532 51/90 dollars. To John Bates, the sum of £25 10 1=68 dollars for camp kettles: To Elizabeth Slaydon, the sum of £9-24 dollars, for nursing and boarding two soldiers, of which sum Captain Stewart is to be charged with £5 || 13 30/60 dollars,|| it being for nursing and boarding the man he wounded in the state house yard; the remainder to the continent; and that the above £9 0 0 ||=24 dollars|| ought to be paid to Colonel Matlack: To Rachel Hewen, the sum of £2=5 30/90 dollars, for nursing and boarding two soldiers of the continental army: That there be repaid to Robert Moore the sum of seven dollars, which was stopped out of his pay by Captain M. Smith; the same having been by him expended for provisions, when he was left sick by his company in Canada: Ordered, That the said accounts be paid. Resolved, That the pay of Doctor Huston, who was appointed surgeon to the 5th Pensylvania batallion, be stopped till farther orders of Congress, and that the pay master be notified thereof. The committee to whom it was referred to devise a mode of raising the German batallion, voted on the 25 of May last, brought in their report, which was taken into consideration: Whereupon, Resolved, That four companies of Germans be raised in Pensylvania, and four companies in Maryland, to compose the said regiment [battalion]: That it be recommended to the committee of safety of Pensylvania, immediately to appoint proper officers for, |