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Extract from votes and proceedings of Continental Congress, Philadelphia
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Extract from votes and proceedings of Continental Congress, Philadelphia
Manuscripts
Contemporary copy. Regarding Washington's speech on his appointment to command army.
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Resolutions by Continental Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington
Manuscripts
Contemporary copy. Letter regarding state quotas of troops. No place name given on document. (2 pages)
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Instructions from the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington
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Document signed. Instructions to George Washington as General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, drafted by the committee that created Washington's commission on 1775 June 19 (John Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and Edward Rutledge) with added resolutions passed by Congress on June 22 in response to queries of Washington's. Document endorsed by George Washington as "Instructions from Congress 22d June 1775" (no signature) and had been folded, so is most likely the recipient's copy. Text is primarily in the hand of Secretary Charles Thomson, with some in hand of President John Hancock; document signed by both Hancock (twice) and Thomson. (2 pages)
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Letter from Continental Congress, in Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington
Manuscripts
Contemporary copy. Place name given only as "in Congress." (3 pages)
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Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear
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Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding U.S. relations with Great Britain and Washington's desire to sell some of his lands. Includes a note marked "private" concerning Washington's possible plan to free enslaved persons at Mount Vernon. (12 pages)
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Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to John Cowper
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Contemporary copy. In hand of Bartholomew Dandridge. (2 pages)
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