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Letter from the President of Congress to the Committee of Safety in Trenton

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To the Committee of Safety in TRENTON:

Philadelphia, November 17, 1775.

By order of Congress, I enclose you a resolve passed this day, and desire you will get a copy thereof signed by the officers who are prisoners in your Town, as soon as possible, and transmit it when signed to the Congress.

I am, &c˙, JOHN HANCOCK, President.

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Title: Letter from the President of Congress to the Committee of Safety in Trenton, directing the Prisoners taken at Chambly and St. John's to be sent to the Towns of Reading, Lancaster, and York, in Pennsylvania
Creator: Hancock, John
Editor: Hancock, John
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1775-11-17
Recipient: New-Jersey, Trenton Committee of Safety
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Military action: prisoners
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp32-D0003
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V3
Part: S4-V3-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V3-P01-sp32
Usage Conditions: This work is in the Public Domain, and as such is not subject to copyright restrictions. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute it in whole or in part without permission.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Public Domain

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