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- GLC#
- GLC01450.034.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- April 23, 1777
- Author/Creator
- Wilson, Lawrence, fl. 1777
- Title
- [Forged permission for marriage from John Hancock]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
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 Continental soldier wanting to marry, forged this document and John Hancock's signature.
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