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

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Collection Summary

Dated April 23, 1777 - April 24, 1777.

Collection Details

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

Time Period

Primary time period: American Revolution, 1763-1783

Sub-Era: The War for Independence

Subjects

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Collection Item

Document

[Forged permission for marriage from John Hancock]

April 23, 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

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to John Hancock

April 24, 1777

Goevansson, Andrew, fl. 1777

Goevansson states that he received a forged letter which he believed was from Hancock last night authorizing him to join in matrimony Lawrence Wilson and Jane Bevan. He states he performed the act believing the note to be genuine. Asks what he should...

GLC01450.034.02

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

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