Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 2, September 1775-December 1775
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Silas Deane's Diary

September 19, 1775]

   Monday [i.e. Tuesday] l9th. At Congress. On Committee for Settling Accts.(1) On do. for answering Genl. Schuyler.(2) On do. for contracting for Powder &c.(3)


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   MS (CtHi) . CHS Bulletin 29 July 1964): 96.



1 Deane was one of five delegates added September 14 to the committee of accounts, which Congress reorganized September 25 to include one delegate from each colony. JCC, 2:250, 3:262.



2 A committee of four, appointed September 19 to draft a reply to General Schuyler's September 8 letter, reported a letter the following day, which was then approved for the president's signature. JCC, 2:255-56. See John Hancock to Philip Chiller, September 20,1775.



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3 This day Congress also appointed Deane to a nine-member secret committee initially charged with contracting for importation of gunpowder and arms. JCC, 2:253-55.