A letter, of the 2, from the committee of Congress at Philadelphia, was read;

A memorial of Gotlieb Klose, a native of Silesia, and late missionary from the United Brethren to the negroes, in the island of Jamaica, was read; setting forth, that he was taken on his passage to Bristol, in the snow Thomas, Thomas Nicholson, master, by the continental cruiser, Andrew Doria; and praying that his effects, consisting of the tools of his trade, and cloathing, may be restored to him; Whereupon,

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be granted.

The Marine Committee having informed Congress, that Captain Fulford, who was appointed to the command of the Lexington, has declined that service, and having recommended Captain Henry Johnson to the said command:

Resolved, That he be accepted and that a commission be granted to him accordingly. Resolved, That Elijah Bowen be appointed first lieutenant of the said brig Lexington.

Resolved, That the commissioners at the court of France, be directed to use their utmost endeavours, to send, without delay, 80,000 blankets, 40,000 compleat suits of cloaths, for soldiers, of green, blue, and brown colours, with suitable facings, and cloth of the same colours, with trimmings, sufficient for 40,000 suits more, 100,000 pair of yarn stockings, fit for soldiers, 1 million flints, and 200 tons of lead, in armed vessels, to such ports of the united States, as the Secret Committee shall direct; that they pledge the faith of the united States for complying with their contracts; and should the application of Congress to the Court of Versailles, for the loan of money be successful, that they appropriate part thereof to the payment of the said articles; that the several States be requested to order their armed vessels into the service of the united States, under the direction of the Secret Committee; that they be allowed a reasonable compensation for the use thereof, with the appraised value of such as may be lost; and that one of the new continental frigates, with the armed vessels which may be furnished by the respective States, be employed by the Secret Committee, to export produce, and import military stores for the next campaign.