BIB_ID
105587
Accession number
MA 552.2
Creator
Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
Display Date
1777 Oct. 25.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.2 cm
Notes
Docketed.
From Jefferson autograph album.
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
From Jefferson autograph album.
Part of a two-volume set of autographs of signers of the Declaration of Independence; see main record for MA 552-553 for more information.
Summary
Acknowledging receipt of a letter and $45, "an additional Donation of the County of Albemarle for relieving the poor of Boston"; noting that his "constant application to Publick Business" has "so impair'd [his] Health that some Relaxation has become absolutely necessary"; telling him that he is setting out for Boston "with the Leave of Congress to be absent two Months"; offering his "services during [his] Stay at Boston."
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