Collection of two documents pertaining to forged permission to marry [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Dated April 23, 1777 - April 24, 1777.

GLC#
GLC01450.034-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
April 1777
Title
Collection of two documents pertaining to forged permission to marry [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence
Forgery and Fraud
Revolutionary War
Military History
Marriage
Continental Army

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[Forged permission for marriage from John Hancock]

23 April 1777

Wilson, Lawrence, fl. 1777

Addressed to any clergyman of the city or liberties of Philadelphia. States "Lawrence Wilson has applied to me for license to be joined to Jane Bevan in matrimony. I therefore authorize you to do the same according to the usual form." Wilson, a...

GLC01450.034.01