From George Washington to John Hancock, 30 April 1777

To John Hancock

Morristown 30th April 1777. ½ after 8 oClock, P.M.

Sir

I have been waiting with much anxiety to hear the result of the expedition against Danbury, which I never was informed of ’till this Minute. The inclosed Copy of a Letter from Genl McDougal and of Several Others, which he transmitted, will give Congress all the intelligence I have upon the Subject.1 I have only to add, and to lament, that this Enterprize has been attended but with too much success on the part of the Enemy. 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, DLC:GW; copy, DNA:PCC, item 169; Varick transcript, DLC:GW. Congress read this letter on 1 May and referred it to the committee of intelligence (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 , 7:319).

1. See Alexander McDougall to GW, 29 April.

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Title: From George Washington to John Hancock, 30 April 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hancock, John
Date: 30 April 1777

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Cite as: “From George Washington to John Hancock, 30 April 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0294. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 9, 28 March 1777 – 10 June 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 306–307.]

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