From George Washington to Ebenezer Hancock, 9 January 1777

To Ebenezer Hancock

Head Quarters Morris Town 9th Jany 1777

Sir

As many of the Colonels and other Officers who are on the recruiting Service in New England, will want Sums of Money for that purpose, I shall be glad to know the State of your Treasury, that I may occasionally draw upon you for the above purpose.1 I am Sir Yr most obt Servt

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LS (photocopy), in Tench Tilghman’s writing, DLC:GW, ser. 9. Fitzpatrick says the LS was sold at auction in 1910 (Fitzpatrick, Writings description begins John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745–1799. 39 vols. Washington, D.C., 1931–44. description ends , 6:486).

1. See Hancock’s reply of 30 January.

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Title: From George Washington to Ebenezer Hancock, 9 January 1777
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hancock, Ebenezer
Date: 9 January 1777

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Ebenezer Hancock, 9 January 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-08-02-0024. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 8, 6 January 1777 – 27 March 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 24.]

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