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Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Congress's proposed ship's passport

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08115 Author/Creator: Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: circa 1776 Pagination: Order a Copy

Certifying Congress's proposed ship's passport, which became part of the 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France, the Nation's first treaty with a foreign power in the hand of Charles Thompson

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