Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Τόμος 8U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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accounts be paid Adjourned appointed army ay ay Baron de Kalb batallion bills Board of Treasury Board of War Brigadier Captain cloathier cloathing Congress took Continental Congress continental troops copy corps Coudray council of Pensylvania dated day referred Delaware delegates deputy commissary deputy pay master directed dollars be advanced expences folio Francis Lightfoot Lee George Clymer Governor gress Harrison issuing commissary Jersey John Adams Joseph Trumbull laid before Congress letter of Washington livres tournois loan office Marine Committee Maryland Massachusetts bay memorial military stores militia Mons motion North Carolina northern department o'Clock to Morrow persons petition poned postponed president printed in Writings provisions purchases quarter master read:¹ Ordered regiment Resolved respective Samuel Adams Schuyler Silas Deane sundry supreme executive council taken into consideration thereof took into consideration Treasury brought United Virginia warrant Washington Ford Whereupon William William Duer Writings of Washington
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Σελίδα 450 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Σελίδα 683 - That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed.
Σελίδα 508 - The Delegates of the United States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to all who shall see these presents ; send greeting...
Σελίδα 577 - States are engaged, has left his family and connexions and at his own expense come over to offer his services to the United States without pension or particular allowance, and is anxious to risk his life in our cause — Resolved that his service be accepted, and that in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major general in the army of the United States.
Σελίδα 434 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation...
Σελίδα 510 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Σελίδα 510 - States, or any other your superior Officer; according to the rules and discipline of 'War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Σελίδα 510 - Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. To George Washington, Esquire: We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, conduct and fidelity, do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be General and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United Colonies and of all the forces raised or to be raised by them...
Σελίδα 381 - Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops, raised, or to be...
Σελίδα 681 - Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declaration; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported that the committee have agreed to a Declaration, which they desired him to report. The Declaration being read, was agreed to as follows:" A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.