Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800) to John Hancock
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00307.01 Author/Creator: Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800) Place Written: Reading, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 September 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Informs Hancock that he has appointed "Francis Huger of Charleston South Carolina Deputy Quarter Master General for that State." department. Asks for a commission for Huger.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800) was the Quarter Master General of the Continental Army.
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