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HANCOCK, John. Autograph document signed ("John Hancock Presdt." with flourish) AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, Philadelphia, 26 May 1777. 1 page, oblong, damaged and mended, with losses along several folds, affecting signature and two words in heading.
A PASS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. A boldly penned pass, addressed "To whom it may concern." Hancock directs: "Permit Colonel Joseph McIlvaine and Mrs. Rachel Graydon to Pass to Morris Town [site of the main encampment of the Continental Army under Washington] without the least the least hindrance or Interruption. Given under my hand at Philedelphia...." Despite defects, an unusual document; the first such safe conduct pass by Hancock that we have encountered.
A PASS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS. A boldly penned pass, addressed "To whom it may concern." Hancock directs: "Permit Colonel Joseph McIlvaine and Mrs. Rachel Graydon to Pass to Morris Town [site of the main encampment of the Continental Army under Washington] without the least the least hindrance or Interruption. Given under my hand at Philedelphia...." Despite defects, an unusual document; the first such safe conduct pass by Hancock that we have encountered.