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Hancock, John, 1737-1793 to William Cooper

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00595 Author/Creator: Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 6, 1776 Pagination: 3 p. +doc. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Enclosing Declaration of Independence, with personal notes to his friend and description of sabotage of a captured American ship. Cooper was town clerk of Boston.

Hancock, John, 1737-1797
Cooper, William, 1720-1809

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