From George Washington to John Hancock, 31 July 1777

To John Hancock

Coryells [N.J.] July 31st [1777] 10 OClock A.M.

Sir

I am this Moment Honor’d with yours of 5 OClock this morning, & have accordingly sett the Army in Motion One Division had Cross’d the Deleware the day before Yesterday, & I am in hopes the whole of the Troops now here will be able to reach Philada tomorrow Evening Lord stirlings Division lies just in my rear & will move on with us I propose setting off for your City as soon as I can get the Chief part of the Army over. I am with greatest respect Sir Your mo. Obedt Hhble servt

Go: Washington

LS, in John Fitzgerald’s writing, DNA:PCC, item 152; copy, DNA:PCC, item 169. Congress read this letter on 1 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 , 8:595). GW also signed the addressed and docketed cover of the LS.

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Title: From George Washington to John Hancock, 31 July 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hancock, John
Date: 31 July 1777

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Cite as: “From George Washington to John Hancock, 31 July 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0470. [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. 468.]

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