In Congress, May 14, 1777 : Resolved, I. That the quarter-master general of the army be authorised and empowered to appoint one commissary general of forage for the army, and one for each of the military departments thereof ...

Twenty numbered resolutions of the Continental Congress on the Commissary Department, passed May 14, 1777; together with five resolves passed May 15, 1777-March 2, 1778. Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
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LC copy has the name "George Gibs" written twice in margin of p. [1]; annotation on p. [2]: Resolve of Congress for QMS Dept. May 14, 1777.
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress.
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