The Life of Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress And Translator of the Bible From the Greek
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Secret Journal A, 1 776-1 783 : the contents of this volume appear to be merely minutes of proceedings, which were afterwards entered on the Public Journals. "The Journals, it must be remembered, were not the accounts of an individual, but were the accepted records of Congress ; that then, as now, each day's pro- ceedings were read to that body before they obtained the authority necessary for their preservation. I dwell upon this in order that you may not attribute the discrepan- cies between t...he originals and the printed Journals to the carelessness of a clerk or of the secretary. In my opinion, the responsibility rests with Congress alone." * John Adams, in his autobiography, mentions the fact that motions were frequently made in Congress which are not to be found in the Journals. " When motions were made and debates ensued in a * John Adams; The Statesman of the Revolution, with other Essays; by Mellen Chamberlain, p. 121. LIFE OF CHARLES THOMSON. 95 committee of the whole house [writes Adams], no record was made of them by the Secretary, unless the motion prevailed and was reported to Congress, and there adopted.
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