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- GLC#
- GLC00779
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 14, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793
- Title
- to the Convention of Maryland
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Enclosing a letter from James Searle regarding possible attack by British fleet. On November 13, 1776 Searle spotted about one hundred British ships off the point of Sandy Hook at Long Branch, New Jersey. He immediately wrote to Thomas Wharton Jr., chairman of the Pennsylvania Council for Safety and warned him that the ships seemed to be heading southward. The letter caused great worry in Congress. Hancock sent letters to assemblies in all of the Southern states, and enclosed a copy of Searle's letter as well. However, the British fleet Searle saw was heading for Britain. Letter also notes that General Carleton's force had just retreated from Quebec. Letter signed by Hancock as President of the Continental Congress.
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