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- GLC#
- GLC03715
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 11, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793
- Title
- to John Barry
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Signed by members Hancock, Robert Morris, John Alsop, Richard Henry Lee, Joseph Hewes, George Read, William Whipple, and Stephen Hopkins as members of the Congressional Marine Committee (all but Alsop went on to sign the Declaration of Independence). The Committee praises Barry's capture of the prize sloop Edward. Mentions sending the prize to Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Reports on the presence of Captain Boys and four or five marines at Cape May, New Jersey. States "As the Men of Warr in Virginia, Delaware and New York will undoubtedly hear of you they will probably lay some plans to surprise or decoy you, but we dare say a continued vigilance will enable you to avoid the snares and power of those that are too strong for you, as well as to send us some more of those that are not an over match for the Lexington." The Committee repeats their approbation of Barry's conduct.
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