From George Washington to John Hancock, 18 August 1777

To John Hancock

Neshamini Camp [Pa.] August 18: 1777

Sir

I last night had the Honor of your Favor of the 17th with Its Inclosure. You will perceive by my Letter of yesterday, transmitted by favor of the Marquis De la Fayette, that I had been so happy, as to anticipate the views of Congress by ordering Colo. Morgan to march with his Corps to the Northern Army. I have the Honor to be with great respect Sir Yr Most Obedt servant

Go: Washington

LS, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DNA:PCC, item 152; Df, DLC:GW; copy, DNA:PCC, item 169; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. Congress read this letter on 19 Aug. (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 8:653). GW also signed the addressed and docketed cover of the LS.

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Title: From George Washington to John Hancock, 18 August 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hancock, John
Date: 18 August 1777

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Cite as: “From George Washington to John Hancock, 18 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0641. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 10, 11 June 1777 – 18 August 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 657.]

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