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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06502 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1777 |
| Title | Jon Hancock to William Smallwood communicating an act of continental congress |
| Date | 1 February 1777 |
| Author | Hancock, John (1737-1793) |
| Recipient | Smallwood, William |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Communicates to General Smallwood a resolution by the Continental Congress in response to a petition from citizens in Somerset and Worcester counties in Maryland. The resolution orders Smallwood to help "suppress the Tories in the counties of Somerset and Worcester, and to seize and secure the persons mentioned in a list to be transmitted." The loyalists would then be required to submit to a loyalty oath and some would be put on trial. Signed as President of Congress. Written "In Congress." |
| Subjects | Continental Congress Congress Revolutionary War Military History Loyalist Petition Prisoner of War Prisoner Oath |
| People | Hancock, John (1737-1793) Smallwood, William (1732-1792) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | 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 |