Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to John Hancock, 2 June 1777

George Washington to John Hancock

Middlebrook Camp [New Jersey] June 2, 1777. Encloses news from Northern Department. Deplores deficiency of troops. States that Colonel Elias Boudinot1 is going to Philadelphia to discuss exchange of prisoners.

Df, in writing of H; last line and postscript in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Boudinot was commissary general for prisoners, Continental Congress.

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    George Washington to John Hancock, 2 June 1777
    Author
    Washington, George
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    Hancock, John
    Date
    2 June 1777

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    “George Washington to John Hancock, 2 June 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0177. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 265.]

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