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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05611 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1776 |
| Title | Fragment of a resolution in Congress 27th Dec. 1776 investing Genl Washington with certain powers |
| Date | 27 December 1776 |
| Author | Hancock, John (1737-1793) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Final page of document conferring extraordinary power on Washington. For six months he is granted the power "to fill up all Vacancies in every other Department in the American Armies; to take wherever he may be, whatever he may want for the Use of the Army...to arrest and confine Persons who refuse to take the Continental Currency, or are otherwise disaffected to the American Cause." The lost portion of the document confers on Washington other powers as well. It is possible this document was being sent to Washington himself, then intercepted by the British. Title from docket. Transcript for the full document available in collateral file. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Continental Congress Congress Government and Civics Military Law Loyalist Coins and Currency |
| People | Hancock, John (1737-1793) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Law; Banking & Economics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Transcript | Show/hide |