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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00853-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 12 November 1780
- Author/Creator
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
- Title
- to John Hancock
- Place Written
- Totowa, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.2 cm, Width: 21.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Signed for Knox by Shaw. Henry Knox's retained copy. Congratulates Hancock on becoming the Governor of Massachusetts and brings the suffering of the Massachusetts soldiers to Hancock's attention. The text is in the hand of Henry Knox, but the closing, signatures, and docketing are added in the hand of Samuel Shaw. The was originally drafted by Timothy Pickering as indicated by a note added later at the top, "[Drafted by Col. Pickering]." See also GLC02437.00854 which includes a note stating, "Instead of the foregoing - the one drafted by Col. Pickering was sent."
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