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==Letter text=
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lebanon 9th March 1776<br />
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Gentlemen<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I received your Letter of the 18th, of October last, asking for an account of Hostilities committed by the Ministerial Troops and Navy in this Colony, since the first of last March. I embrace this earliest time after receiving the Accounts, papers, and documents officially authenticated to inclose, and furnish you with the materials, vessels too.  <br />
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Lebanon 9th March 1776
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am, with great Faith & Regard<br />
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Gentlemen
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I received your Letter of the 18th, of October last, asking for an account of Hostilities committed by the Ministerial Troops and Navy in this Colony, since the first of last March. I embrace this earliest time after receiving the Accounts, papers, and documents officially authenticated to inclose, and furnish you with the materials, vessels too.   
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Honble John Adams and George Wythe Esquires<br />
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I am, with great Faith & Regard
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Gentlemen
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Your Obedient<br />
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Humble Servant<br />
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Jon Trumbull
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Honble [[John Adams]] and [[George Wythe]] Esquires
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[[File:TrumbulltoWytheandAdams9March1776p2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Jonathan Trumbull to Committee of Congress, 9 March 1776, pg 2." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
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Letter of gov Trumbull<br />
 
Letter of gov Trumbull<br />
 
9 March 1776<br />
 
9 March 1776<br />
 
With all of hostilities <br />
 
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Committed by the british fleet<br />
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Committed by the british fleet
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[[File:TrumbulltoWytheandAdams9March1776p3.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<p>"Jonathan Trumbull to Committee of Congress, 9 March 1776, pg 3." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
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Govr. Trumbull<br />
 
Govr. Trumbull<br />
 
To the Honble<br />
 
To the Honble<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John Adams and Geo. Wythe Esq.  <br />
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John Adams and Geo. Wythe Esq.  <br />
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at <br />
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Philadelphia
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==See also==
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*[[Jonathan Trumbull to John Hancock, referred to Wythe & Committee, 6 January 1776]]
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*[[Jonathan Trumbull to Wythe and John Adams, 25 March 1776]]
  
 
[[Category:Letters to Wythe]]
 
[[Category:Letters to Wythe]]

Revision as of 13:15, 4 July 2015

"Jonathan Trumbull to Committee of Congress, 9 March 1776, pg 1." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

=Letter text

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Lebanon 9th March 1776

Gentlemen

I received your Letter of the 18th, of October last, asking for an account of Hostilities committed by the Ministerial Troops and Navy in this Colony, since the first of last March. I embrace this earliest time after receiving the Accounts, papers, and documents officially authenticated to inclose, and furnish you with the materials, vessels too.

I am, with great Faith & Regard

Gentlemen

Your Obedient
Humble Servant
Jon Trumbull

Honble John Adams and George Wythe Esquires

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"Jonathan Trumbull to Committee of Congress, 9 March 1776, pg 2." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Letter of gov Trumbull
9 March 1776
With all of hostilities
Committed by the british fleet

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"Jonathan Trumbull to Committee of Congress, 9 March 1776, pg 3." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Govr. Trumbull
To the Honble
John Adams and Geo. Wythe Esq.
at
Philadelphia

See also

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