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Collection Reference Number GLC01450.001
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1777 
Title Appointment of Samuel Nicholson as Commander of Frigate Deane
Date 14 August 1777
Author Hancock, John (1737-1793)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Signed by Hancock as President of the Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress.
Subjects Privateering  Navy  Revolutionary War  Military History  Government and Civics  Continental Congress  Congress  Maritime  
People Hancock, John (1737-1793)  Nicholson, Samuel (1743-1811)  Thomson, Charles (1729-1824)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme The American Revolution; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859