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From George Washington to John Hancock, 6 August 1777

To John Hancock

Camp near German Town [Pa.] August 6th 1777

Sir

I beg leave to be informed, whether Congress have written, or mean to write themselves to Generals Schuyler & St Clair to repair to Head Quarters, or whether they expect me to do it. My reason for this is, the Resolves for their recall, transmitted in your Favor of the 2d Instant do not mention how the same should be communicated. I have the Honor to be with great respect Sir Your Most Hble servant

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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 6 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 , 8:615). GW also signed the addressed and docketed cover of the LS.

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    From George Washington to John Hancock, 6 August 1777
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    Washington, George
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    Hancock, John
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    6 August 1777

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    “From George Washington to John Hancock, 6 August 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0537. [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. 537–538.]

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