Resolution and testimony : Philadelphia, 1779 Aug. 31.

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Resolution and testimony : Philadelphia, 1779 Aug. 31.

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Congressional resolution and related testimony concerning an inquiry into the secretary's alleged disrespectful conduct toward a member. The resolution, an ADS by Charles Thomson, secretary to Congress, states that Henry Laurens has accused Thomson of disrespect and appoints a committee to investigate the matter. Accompanying it is an ADS by James Custer stating his recollections of messages he carried between Laurens and Thomson at an earlier unspecified date.

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Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

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Henry Laurens (March 6, 1724 [O.S. February 24, 1723] – December 8, 1792) was an American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as president of the Continental Congress. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he recieved his early education there before being sent to L...

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United States. Continental Congress

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Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

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