George Washington Papers

From George Washington to John Hancock, 7 August 1777

To John Hancock

Camp near German Town [Pa.] August 7th 1777

Sir

Yesterday Evening, I received a Letter from Genl Schuyler of the 1st Inst., a Copy of which and of its Inclosures, I do myself the Honor of transmitting you. By these you will perceive, that Our affairs, at the Northward, have experienced no change for the better; On the contrary, that they are in a more unpromising train. I have the Honor to be with great respect Sir Your 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. On 7 Aug. Congress read this letter and its enclosures and ordered copies to be sent to Horatio Gates (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 , 8:621).

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    From George Washington to John Hancock, 7 August 1777
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    Washington, George
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    Hancock, John
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    7 August 1777

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    “From George Washington to John Hancock, 7 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0543. [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, pp. 545–546.]

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