[270] Journals of Continental Congress, January 10, 1781.
[271] Wells, Samuel Adams, III, 127, Adams to Lee, January 15, 1781; 128, extract from a letter of Luzerne, French minister to the United States.
[272] Journals of Continental Congress, February 7, February 9, 1781. On October 1, 1781, the salary of the Secretary of Marine was fixed at $4,000 per annum, payable in specie.
[273] Journals of Continental Congress, February 27, March 30, 1781. Three states were willing to accept McDougall on the conditions he proposed. Samuel Adams and his friends voted against acceptance.
[274] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 47, 55, Morris to President of Congress, June 22, 1781; Ibid., 28, p. 145, Report of Committee respecting “America”; journals of Continental Congress, June 23, 1781.
[275] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 77; Journals of Continental Congress, July 11, 1781.
[276] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 137, Morris to President of Congress, September 10, 1781.
[277] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 135, Resolutions of M. Smith.
[278] Ibid., p. 133, Report of Committee on Smith’s resolutions.
[279] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 149, Resolutions of Committee; Journals of Continental Congress, July 6, 1781.