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Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3

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Extract from the Minutes of the Continental Congress
Thursday, October 24, 1776

A petition of Benjamin Eyre, was presented to Congress,1 and read.

Resolved, That it be referred to a committee of three.

The members chosen, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Paine, and Mr. F L Lee.

Printed in Journals of the Continental Congress, 6:902 .

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Journals of the Continental Congress, 6:902, notes that this petition is not in the Papers of the Continental Congress, but a memorial, based upon it, was laid before Congress, Nov. 18, 1776, and is in No. 41, III, folio 1.