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[Appointment of Samuel Nicholson as Commander of Frigate Deane]

14 August 1777

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Signed by Hancock as President of the Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress.

GLC01450.001
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[Assignment of privateer's bond by John Hancock to Joseph Hewes and Robert Smith]

13 September 1777

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Countersigned by Jacob Rush and Benjamin Towne. Revokes the earlier privateer commission given to Barzilla Smith by Hancock as President of the Congress of the United States because Smith did not conduct himself and his crew according to the terms...

GLC01450.014.01
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Commission of Thomas W. Forster, Capt. in Artillery Regt. commanded by Knox

January 3, 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Printed sheet countersigned by Charles Thomson.

GLC03242
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[Notice declaring resolutions passed by the Massachusetts state senate intended to raise militia to meet Massachusetts' quota in the Continental Army]

16 June 1781

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Issued by Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts. Sent up for concurrence by Nathaniel Gorham as Speaker of the House of Representatives, read and concurred on June 16, 1781 by Samuel Adams as the President of the Massachusetts State Senate, signed by...

GLC03411
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[Delay of execution for Edward Johnson for five weeks].

2 July 1789

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Signed by Governor of Massachusetts Hancock and countersigned by Secretary of the State John Avery. Johnson was to be hanged for burglary. After requesting further time to prepare for death, he was granted a suspension of his sentence for five...

GLC03420

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