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Sir, <br />
 
Sir, <br />
&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 of 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 [?], according to the Resolve of Congress of the 25th Sept. [?].<br />
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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 of 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 the Resolve of Congress of the 25th Sept. [?].<br />
 
(To the Honorable John Hancock, President of the Congress) <br />
 
(To the Honorable John Hancock, President of the Congress) <br />
 
by <strike>£</strike>20,000 Dollars<br />
 
by <strike>£</strike>20,000 Dollars<br />

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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 of 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 the Resolve of Congress of the 25th Sept. [?].
(To the Honorable John Hancock, President of the Congress)
by £20,000 Dollars
                             The Com.
                             Thomas Paine
                             William Ellergy
                             G. Wythe
                             Geo. [?]
                             Arthur Middleton
                             W.m 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.