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The Committee on Clothing writes to the President of the Congress [[Wikipedia: John Hancock| John Hancock]] telling him to pay $70,000 to the Delegates of Connecticut for them to give the sum to their Governor and Council of Safety to pay for transporting clothing to the United States soldiers.
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==Letter text==
 
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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|thumb|300px|<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;Thomas Paine<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;Geo: Ross<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;Arthur Middleton<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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&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;Lyman Hall<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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</blockquote>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 10 March 2018

The Committee on Clothing writes to the President of the Congress John Hancock telling him to pay $70,000 to the Delegates of Connecticut for them to give the sum to their Governor and Council of Safety to pay for transporting clothing to the United States soldiers.

Letter text

Page 1

"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

Page 2

"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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