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[Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress] 1775. Octr. 30th. Monday.<a xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" href="#DJA02d258n1" class="note" id="DJA02d258n1a">1</a> JA [Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress] 1775. Octr. 30th. Monday. Adams, John

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Ross. We cant get Seamen to man 4 Vessells. We could not get Seamen to mann our Boats, our Gallies.

Wythe, Nelson, and Lee for fitting out 4 Ships.

From D/JA/25, which then has a gap until 24 Jan. 1776. The present fragment is from a debate on resolutions, agreed to this day, to fit out four armed vessels for Continental service. Another resolution added JA to the committee to execute this business. See JCC , 3:311–312, and entry of 7 Oct. and note, above.