George Washington Papers
Documents filtered by: Recipient="Hancock, John" AND Period="Revolutionary War" AND Correspondent="Washington, George"
sorted by: date (ascending)
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-04-02-0289

From George Washington to John Hancock, 21 May 1776

To John Hancock

New York May 21. 1776

Sir

The Bearer, Mr Mersay being at Quebec when the Garrison Sallied & Obliged our Troops to an abandonment of the Siege & a precipitate retreat; I have taken the liberty to refer him to you for examination, that Congress may have such further Information of this unfortunate event as he possesses.1 I have the honor &c.

G: W—

LB, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The bearer was John Dyer Mercier. See Schuyler to GW, 13 May 1776.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Washington Papers
    Title
    From George Washington to John Hancock, 21 May 1776
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipient
    Hancock, John
    Date
    21 May 1776

    Reference

    Cite as
    “From George Washington to John Hancock, 21 May 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-04-02-0289. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 4, 1 April 1776 – 15 June 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991, p. 351.]

    More between these correspondents