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Letter from Commodore Hopkins to the President of Congress

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IN CONGRESS, Thursday, August 15, 1776. — Resolved, That the said Commodore Hopkins, during his cruise to the southward, did not pay due regard to the tenour of his instructions, whereby he was expressly directed to annoy the enemy' s ships upon the coasts of the Southern States; and that his reasons for not going from Providence immediately to the Carolinas are by no means satisfactory.

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Title: Letter from Commodore Hopkins to the President of Congress
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1776-08-17
Recipient: Hancock, John
Subject: Key people, events, and institutions: Continental Congress
Military action: military organization and discipline
Document ID: S5-V1-P01-sp06-D1684
Series: S5
Volume: S5-V1
Part: S5-V1-P01
Sub-Part: S5-V1-P01-sp06
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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