Excerpt from Journals of Congress, Vol. 5: Containing the Proceedings From January 1, 1779, to January 1, 1780 After debate, when the queilion was about to be put, Mr, Laurens arufe and declared that he had informed Mr. Paine, thata motion had been made hot-shearing him to - morrow at eleven o'clock, which had been fecanded, rharibe yeas and nays had been taken thereon and pail, fed in the negative and thae he referred him to Mr. Thomfoau for'a fight of the journal, which would inform, him more certainly, and he was pe.rft\aded Mr. Thomfon would readily (how him the journal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.