John Hancock to General Wooster

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Philadelphia, September 20, 1775.

SIR: The necessity of supporting General Schuyler in the important enterprise he is now engaged in has induced the Congress to direct you immediately, on receipt of this, to march with the Troops under your command to Albany, there to await the orders of General Schuyler, in case he should want your assistance; and you will please, without loss of time, to proceed.

By order of the Congress:

JOHN HANCOCK, President.

To David Wooster, Esq˙, Brigadier-General in the Army of the United Colonies, and Commander of the Connecticut Forces at Harlem.