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+ | Please to pay to the Delegates of the State of Connecticut, the Sum of Seventy thousand Dollars, to be by Them transmitted to the Governor & Council of Safety for that State, to be by Them improved to passage Clothing for the Soldiers in the Service of the united States, They to be accountable & Charge the Sums to the Committee, according to a Resolve of Congress of the 25th Sept. Last. | ||
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+ | (To the Honble John Hancock, Esq | ||
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+ | President of the Congress) by | ||
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+ | <strike>£</strike>20,000 Dollars | ||
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+ | <u>The Com. </u> | ||
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+ | Thomas Paine | ||
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+ | William Ellery | ||
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+ | [[George Wythe|G. Wythe]] | ||
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+ | Geo: Ross<br /> | ||
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+ | Arthur Middleton | ||
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+ | Wm. Williams. | ||
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+ | Lyman Hall | ||
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− | Order any paper. | + | Com. on Clothing |
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+ | Order any paper. | ||
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Revision as of 20:49, 3 July 2015
Letter text
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Philadelphia Nov 4 1776
Sir,
Please to pay to the Delegates of the State of Connecticut, the Sum of Seventy thousand Dollars, to be by Them transmitted to the Governor & Council of Safety for that State, to be by Them improved to passage Clothing for the Soldiers in the Service of the united States, They to be accountable & Charge the Sums to the Committee, according to a Resolve of Congress of the 25th Sept. Last.
(To the Honble John Hancock, Esq
President of the Congress) by
£20,000 DollarsThe Com.
Thomas Paine
William Ellery
Geo: Ross
Arthur Middleton
Wm. Williams.
Lyman Hall
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Com. on Clothing
Order any paper.
N.7.