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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01205.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
Title | John Hancock to William Smallwood relating to a Tory insurrection |
Date | 1 February 1777 |
Author | Hancock, John (1737-1793) |
Recipient | Smallwood, William |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Sends resolutions by the Continental Congress (not included) relating to measures to suppress a Tory insurrection in Somerset and Worcester counties in Maryland. Orders General Smallwood to stand ready to execute the forthcoming orders. Signed by Hancock as President of the Continental Congress. |
Subjects | Rebellion Loyalist Military History Revolutionary War Continental Army Continental Congress Congress Government and Civics |
People | Hancock, John (1737-1793) Smallwood, William (1732-1792) |
Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
Theme | Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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