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 27, 1775]

   Wednesday 27th. At Congress & on Com[mitte]es all Day.(1) Col. W [illia] ms & Mr. Wales Order for Money, had it Voted them.


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



1 Deane apparently often added several diary entries together retrospectively and in the process sometimes confused the chronology of events. The following sentence actually appears on the next line of his manuscript diary after the words "Thursday 28th. at ditto," but it is clear from the journal of Congress and the diary of Richard Smith that the business of William Williams and Nathaniel Wales was considered by Congress the 27th. Williams and Wales applied to Congress on behalf of the Connecticut Coundl of Safety for reimbursement of



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   £65,000 already advanced by Connecticut for the supply of the army. JCC, 3:263: and Am. Archives, 4th ser. 3:674.