591. Samuel Holten, Diary, Oct. 28.... 592. The Committee of Foreign Affairs to William Lee, Oct. 28. 593. Henry Laurens to Horatio Gates, Oct. 29... 594. The Committee of Foreign Affairs to Arthur Lee, Oct. 29. 607. Henry Laurens to the Marquis de Lafayette, Nov. 5.. 608. John Penn to Richard Caswell, Nov. 5.......... 609. A Committee of Congress to Thomas Johnson, jr., Nov. 5. 614 Elbridge Gerry to James Warren, Nov. 8. 615. Samuel Adams to James Warren, Nov. 9.. 616. Henry Laurens to Jonathan Trumbull, Nov. 10. 617. The Connecticut Delegates to Jonathan Trumbull, Nov. 10. 618. Cornelius Harnett to Richard Caswell, Nov. 10... 619. Gouverneur Morris to George Washington, Nov. II. 620. A Committee of Congress to the Several States, Nov. 11. 621. A Committee of Congress to the Several States, Nov. II. 622. A Committee of Congress to the Several States, Nov. II. 623. A Committee of Congress to the Several States, Nov. II. 627. The South Carolina Delegates to Rawlins Lowndes, Nov. 14.. 628. Richard Henry Lee to Patrick Henry, Nov. 15... Henry Laurens to Lord Stirling, Nov. 15. 630. Henry Laurens to Caesar Rodney, Nov. 16. 631. Joseph Reed to William Irvine, Nov. 16... 632. Henry Laurens to George Washington, Nov. 20.... 633. Henry Laurens to Stephen Drayton, Nov. 21. 634. Henry Laurens to Francis Huger, Nov. 21. 648. James Duane to George Clinton, Dec. 2. 649. Henry Laurens to Silas Deane, Dec. 3.. 650. Francis Lewis to George Clinton, Dec. 3.. 651. Samuel Holten, Diary, Dec. 1-4.. 652. Henry Laurens to Philip Schuyler, Dec. 4. 653. Henry Laurens, Memorandum, Dec. 4.. 654. John Fell, Diary, Dec. 5-8.... 655. Henry Laurens to Lord Stirling, Dec. 5.. 656. John Penn to William Woodford, Dec. 6. 657. Henry Laurens to Lord Stirling, Dec. 7.. 658. Henry Laurens to Rawlins Lowndes, Dec. 7. 686. John Fell, Diary, Dec. 19, 20..... 687. Thomas Burke to Richard Caswell, Dec. 20. 688. William Whipple to John Langdon, Dec. 21. 689. Samuel Adams to John Winthrop, Dec. 21.. 690. John Fell, Diary, Dec. 21, 22.......... 691. Francis Lightfoot Lee to Richard Henry Lee, Dec. 22. 692. James Duane to Mrs. Duane, Dec. 22. 693. The North Carolina Delegates to Richard Caswell, Dec. 22. 694. The Maryland Delegates to Thomas Johnson, jr., Dec. 23. 695. John Fell, Diary, Dec. 23, 24.. 696. Samuel Holten, Diary, Dec. 23-25. 697. Francis Lightfoot Lee to Richard Henry Lee, Dec. 25. 698. Samuel Adams to Samuel Cooper, Dec. 25.. Andrew Adams. LIST OF MEMBERS. CONNECTICUT. Elected: (See vol. II.); Oct. 21, 1778 (for the year ensuing the first Attended: July 9 to Oct. 2 (?), 1778. Roger Sherman wrote to Governor Trumbull Oct. 6 (see no. 559): "Majr. Adams being unwell set out to go home last Saturday" (Oct. 3). Eliphalet Dyer. Elected: (See vol. II.); Oct. 21, 1778. Attended: (See vol. II.); Jan. 1 to Apr. 3; Dec. 15-31, 1778. Dyer obtained leave of absence Apr. 3, and is not thereafter recorded as voting Oliver Ellsworth. Elected: (See vol. II.); Oct. 21, 1778. Titus Hosmer. Elected: (See vol. II.); Oct. 21, 1778. Attended: June 23 to Sept. 10, 1778. Hosmer was granted leave of absence Sept. 10, 1778, and probably took his departure Sept. II (see the Journals). He is not however recorded as voting after Sept. 4. Samuel Huntington. Elected: (See vol. II.); Oct. 21, 1778. Attended: Feb. 16 to July 7, 1778. Both Huntington and Wolcott obtained leave of absence July 7, but they may not have left until the arrival of Andrew Adams, who attended July 9. Jesse Root. Elected: Oct. 21, 1778. Attended: Dec. 15-31, 1778. Roger Sherman. Elected: (See vol. II.); Oct. 21, 1778. Attended: Apr. 25 to Aug. 15; Oct. 1 to Dec. 16, 1778. Sherman was appointed Aug. 10 on the committee for arranging the army and was absent from Congress on that business from about Aug. 16 to Oct. I (see nos. 455, 512, 548, 559). A letter from Sherman to Oliver Wolcott, written from Hartford, Jan. 12, 1778, is illustrative of one of the problems of keeping up a state's representation: "I received Yours of the 1st instant by Mr. Strong Informing that you were about to set out to Albany to treat with the Indians, 'till then I was in hopes you were gone forward to Congress from the discourse we had at Hartford, and from what I had heard afterward that you talked of going last month. I received a letter from Col. Dyer some time ago wherein he writes that he proposes to stay 'till the last of March, and that he expected two to come immediately instead of Mr. Law and Col. Williams. Mr. Huntington has concluded to go as soon as he can get ready, for which purpose he went home last Friday, and it is expected that you or Major Adams will go with him or as soon as may be. I expect to go to relieve Col. Dyer by the time 1 The terms and conditions of election apply, unless otherwise stated, to all delegates from a state chosen at the same time. li |