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[[File:ClothingCommitteetoHancock4Nov1776p1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<p>"Clothing Committee to John Hancock, 4 November 1776, pg 1." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
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[[File:ClothingCommitteetoHancock4Nov1776p1.jpg|right|thumb300px|<p>"Clothing Committee to John Hancock, 4 November 1776, pg 1." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philadelphia Nov 4 1776<br />
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Sir, <br />
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Philadelphia Nov 4 1776
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.<br />
 
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(To the Honble John Hancock, Esq <br />
 
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President of the Congress) by<br />
 
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<strike>£</strike>20,000 Dollars<br />
 
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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;<u>The Com. </u><br />
 
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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;William Ellery<br />
 
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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;G. Wythe<br />
 
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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;Wm. Williams.  <br />
 
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Sir,
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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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[[File:ClothingCommitteetoHancock4Nov1776p2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<p>"Clothing Committee to John Hancock, 4 November 1776, pg 2." Image from ''The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.''</p>]]
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Com. on Clothing<br />
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Order any paper.  <br />
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Com. on Clothing
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N.7.  <br />
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Order any paper.   
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N.7.   
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Letter text

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"Clothing Committee to John Hancock, 4 November 1776, pg 1." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

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 Dollars

The Com.

Thomas Paine

William Ellery

G. Wythe

Geo: Ross

Arthur Middleton

Wm. Williams.

Lyman Hall

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"Clothing Committee to John Hancock, 4 November 1776, pg 2." Image from The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

Com. on Clothing

Order any paper.

N.7.

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