The committee consisting of Mr. Spaight, Mr. Gerry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Beatty and Mr. Sherman, to whom was referred a report of a committee on a report of the superintendant of finance, dated the 5th of November 1783, in answer to questions proposed by the commissioner for settling the accounts of the state of Pennsylvania with the United States, and also a report of a committee on the petition of James Smith, praying for a sum of money to be advanced to him on account, &c. submit to Congress the following report ...
Summary
The final two paragraphs of this draft were rejected. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 27, p. 544-545.
Imprint supplied by Evans, who gives date June 3, 1784. Journals of the Continental Congress (v. 27, p. 720) give date April 13, 1784.
Evans 18833
Journals of the Continental Congress, 431
Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 349
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Tags
history
revolution
finance
claims
maryland
annapolis
annapolis md
committee
spaight
gerry
lee
beatty
sherman
report
superintendant
answer
questions
commissioner
accounts
state
pennsylvania
petition
james
smith
james smith
sum
money
congress
1784
documents from the continental congress and the constitutional convention 1774 1789
rare book and special collections division
continental congress broadside collection library of congress
john dunlap
united states continental congress
ultra high resolution
high resolution
Date
01/01/1784
Contributors
United States. Continental Congress.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain