The Committee of claims reported, that there is due,

To Judah Alden 50 dollars, advanced on Account of expences in attending the French gentlemen. ²

Resolved, That General Schuyler be directed to have Brigadier General Prescot, lately made prisoner by the continental forces in Canada, taken into custody, and him safely and securely kept until the further orders of this Congress.

Resolved, That a copy of the above be sent immediately to General Schuyler, and that the general be informed by letter of the reasons which induced the Congress to give such orders. ³