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Governour Cooke to General Washington

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GOVERNOUR COOKE TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Providence, July 12, 1775.

SIR: I beg leave to congratulate your Excellency upon your being appointed General of the United Colonies, which hath given sincere pleasure to every friend to America, and will, I hope, prove glorious to yourself, and be attended with essential advantages to your Country.

The General Assembly of this Colony have the deepest sense of the necessity of a strict union, and the most

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vigorous efforts of the Colonies to preserve them from unlimited servitude; and their utmost exertions in the common cause may be depended upon.

I also assure your Excellency, that I shall give you every assistance in my power, and that I am, with very great regard, Sir, your Excellency' s most obedient humble servant,

NICHOLAS COOKE.

To his Excellency General Washington.

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