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- GLC#
- GLC03716
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- June 14, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793
- Title
- [Resolution of the Continental Congress advising New York to make provisions for detecting, restraining and punishing Tories].
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 15.4 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Issued by Hancock less than three weeks before the Declaration of Independence, this resolution calls for the suppression of contact with the British among Tories in the colony of New York. It also claims that General George Washington will aid in carrying out these measures.
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