JOURNALS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1774-1789 EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL Volume XVII. 1780 INFORD LIBRARY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1910 MONDAY, MAY 8, 1780 A letter, of 5th, from General Washington was read:1 Ordered, That so much thereof as relates to money be referred to the Board of Treasury. A letter, of April 24, from J. Richardson, assistant commissary general of issues, with a number of papers enclosed; and A letter, of the 7th instant, from W. Bingham, were read: Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee of Com merce. A letter, of 5, from the Board of War was read, with a letter enclosed from Brigadier Muhlenberg: Ordered, That the same be referred back to the Board of War to take order. Another letter from the Board of War was read: 2 Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of three: The members chosen, Mr. [Abraham] Clark, Mr. [James] Lovell and Mr. J[oseph] Jones. The Committee of Foreign Affairs laid before Congress a letter, of April 7, from Parsons Alston & Co. at Martinique, which was read and returned to the committee.3 Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1780 A letter, of 24 April, from Governor A. Nash, of North Carolina, was read, with sundry papers enclosed: Ordered, That the same be referred to the Board of War. 1 This letter is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 152, VIII, folio 539. 2 The letter of the 5th is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 148, I, folio 83; the second letter is in No. 148, I, folio 79. 3 A letter from Allen McLane, dated May 8, 1780, appears to have been read. It is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XVI, folio 37; also one from W. Rickman, dated April 23, which is in No. 78, XIX, folio 311. |