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JOSEPH TRUMBULL TO JOHN HANCOCK.

Camp at Cambridge, August 2, 1775.

SIR: I have received your kind favour of the 24th ult˙, covering my commission from the Continental Congress, as Commissary-General in the American Army, and sincerely thank them for the honour done me in this appointment, and you for your kind wishes of happiness. It shall be my constant and earnest endeavour to discharge the duties of my trust to their satisfaction, and thereby obtain their approbation therein, which will render me happy.

I am, Sir, your obliged and obedient humble servant,

JOS˙ TRUMBULL,

Honourable John Hancock.

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Title: Letter from Joseph Trumbull, Commissary-General, to the President of Congress
Creator: Trumbull, Jonathan, Governour of Connecticut
Editor: Trumbull, Jonathan, Governour of Connecticut
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1775-08-02
Recipient: Hancock, John
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Document ID: S4-V3-P01-sp01-D0021
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V3
Part: S4-V3-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V3-P01-sp01
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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