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John Hancock LS 1784

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John Hancock LS 1784

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Auction Date:2010 May 20 @ 05:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Letter boldly signed by John Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts in Boston dated 31 March 1784. Addressed to Brigadier General McCobb, letter reads in full: ''I am to request that you will appoint a Suitable Officer under your Command with such Aid as you Shall judge necessary to proceed to Penobscot, & give him Instructions in every respect Strictly to carry into effect the Views of the General Court manifested in the enclos’d Resolve, after this Business is effected you will please to transmit to me the Results of your doings – I also enclose you an Act pass’d the Genl. Court at their last Session respecting the Refugees, this for your Government.” Signature is very clear and dark with flourish under name. Single page measures 7.25'' x 8.75”. Fine condition.