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John Gibson was elected auditor general by Congress on 9 April 1776 (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 4:264; see also Gibson to John Hancock, 11 April 1776, DNA:PCC, item 78). He continued in this position until Congress elected him as a commissioner of the Board of Treasury on 25 Nov. 1779 (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 15:1307; see also Gibson to Samuel Huntington, 26 Nov. 1779, DNA:PCC, item 78). Gibson and another commissioner, Ezekiel Foreman, became embroiled in a dispute over their competence during 1780, and, after extensive investigation, secured acquittal on all charges from Congress on 12 Jan. 1781 (see Smith, Letters of Delegates description begins Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789. 26 vols. Washington, D.C., 1976–2000. description ends , 15:554–55, 16:171–78, 190–91, 197–200, 208–11, 226–33, 239–44, 259–62, 267–78, 348–49, 353–58, 366–67, 376–77; JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 19:53). Gibson was not reappointed to the board, however, when the Treasury was reorganized in 1781.