[Tuesday July 30. 1776.]
[from the Autobiography of John Adams]
[Tuesday July 30. 1776.]
Tuesday July 30. 1776. Two reports from the Board of War, with Resolutions in consequence of them as in the Journal.1
Committee [of the whole] on the Articles of Confederation, Mr. Morton in the Chair.
1. , 5:620–621. These concerned fees to officers for obtaining recruits, Gen. Mercer’s proposal for building boats, cannon for Mercer’s post at Amboy, publication of a recent treaty with the Six Nations, &c, &c—a miscellany typical of the varied and unending chores of the Board of War.