About This Item


  • Call NumberARC_206_0001
  • Title[Letter from John Hancock to the Committee at Trenton]
  • Summary1776 letter from John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, to the Committee at Trenton regarding notice that a previous letter from the committee had been put before the Congress for consideration, and also requesting that the committee send a Brigadier General Prescott and a Captain Chace "who lately commanded the Gaspy arm'd vessel in Canada" to Philadelphia, the two being among a number of officers held prisoner at Trenton, lately escorted there by Colonel Wyncoop.
  • Date1776-01-22
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 letter : black & white ; 8.19 x 13.26 in.
  • Genrecorrespondence
  • CreatorHancock, John, 1737-1793
  • SubjectUnited States. Continental Congress ; Prescott, Richard, 1725-1788 ; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Hancock, John, 1737-1793
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  • Place[Location unknown]Other place
  • LocationPhiladelphia (Pa.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderAutograph Manuscript collection; Box 1, Folder 41