Description:Excerpt from Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 Mr. Elias Boudinot, a delegate for the State of New Jersey, attended and produced the credentials of his appointment, which are in the words following: State of New Jersey July 12th 1781 The Council and Assembly in Joint Meeting at Princeton proceeded to the Election of two Delegates to Represent this State in Congress, in the room of William Patterson Esquire, who declined taking bis Seat, and of William Burnett Esquire, whose Seat has become vacated, and the votes being taken the honorable Elias Boudinot and Jonathan Elmer Esquires were duly elected. Resolved therefore That the said Ellas Boudinot and Jonathan Elmer Esquires be impowered in addition to the honorable John Witherspoon, Abraham Clark and William Churchill Houston Esqrs to represent and vote in behalf of this State in the Congress of the United States of North America until the fifth day of November next, unless a new appointment shall sooner take place. Jn Stevens, Chairman. A letter, of 16, from General Washington, was read. The committee, consisting of Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cornell, Mr. Sharpe, to whom was referred an extract of General Washington's letter of 28th June last, respecting the cloathing department, delivered in a report; Whereupon, Resolved, That the said extract of General Washington's letter, together with a letter from the superintendant of finance to the committee on the subject, be referred to the Board of War; who are directed to confer with the superintendant of finance and the cloathier, and make the best contracts in their power for procuring cloathing for the army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 (Classic Reprint)
Description: Excerpt from Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 Mr. Elias Boudinot, a delegate for the State of New Jersey, attended and produced the credentials of his appointment, which are in the words following: State of New Jersey July 12th 1781 The Council and Assembly in Joint Meeting at Princeton proceeded to the Election of two Delegates to Represent this State in Congress, in the room of William Patterson Esquire, who declined taking bis Seat, and of William Burnett Esquire, whose Seat has become vacated, and the votes being taken the honorable Elias Boudinot and Jonathan Elmer Esquires were duly elected. Resolved therefore That the said Ellas Boudinot and Jonathan Elmer Esquires be impowered in addition to the honorable John Witherspoon, Abraham Clark and William Churchill Houston Esqrs to represent and vote in behalf of this State in the Congress of the United States of North America until the fifth day of November next, unless a new appointment shall sooner take place. Jn Stevens, Chairman. A letter, of 16, from General Washington, was read. The committee, consisting of Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cornell, Mr. Sharpe, to whom was referred an extract of General Washington's letter of 28th June last, respecting the cloathing department, delivered in a report; Whereupon, Resolved, That the said extract of General Washington's letter, together with a letter from the superintendant of finance to the committee on the subject, be referred to the Board of War; who are directed to confer with the superintendant of finance and the cloathier, and make the best contracts in their power for procuring cloathing for the army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 21: 1781, July 23-December 31 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.