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Robert Treat Paine Papers

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Extract from the Minutes of the Continental Congress

20 June 1776

From Samuel Patrick

20 June 1776
Extract from Minutes of the Continental Congress
Thomson, Charles
In Congress June 20. 1776

Resolved That a committee of five be appointed to consider what provision ought to be made for such as are wounded or disabled in the 232land or sea service and report a plan to Congress.1 The members chosen Mr. Payne Mr. F. Lee, Mr. Hall,2 Mr. Ellery3 and Mr. Lewis.

Extract from the minutes, Chas. Thomson secy.

MS.

1.

Congress accepted the committee’s report on Aug. 26. See the Journals of the Continental Congress, 5:702–705.

2.

Lyman Hall (1724–1790), a 1747 graduate of Yale, practiced medicine in Wallingford, Conn., until 1752, and then in Dorchester, S.C. Several years later he moved to Georgia, which he represented in the Continental Congress (1775–1777). He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and in 1783 served as governor of Georgia ( DAB ).

3.

William Ellery (1727–1820), a 1747 graduate of Harvard, practiced law in Newport. He was a delegate from Rhode Island to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. He served in Congress until 1785 and then was collector for the port of Newport from 1790 until his death ( DAB ).