HANCOCK, JOHN. Signer (Massachusetts), President of Congress . Autograph free frank ("Congress Philada. John Hancock") as President of Congress, on a cover sheet (letter not present) boldly addressed by Hancock to "John Thomas, Esq. First Brigadier General in the American Army at Cambridge," n.d., [1775?], with Hancock's endorsement, "On the Publick service" at top right, no postmark (probably carried by military courier), neat repairs along fold edges, small hole affecting "s" in "Esq." A very good example.
HANCOCK, JOHN. Signer (Massachusetts), President of Congress . Autograph free frank ("Congress Philada. John Hancock") as President of Congress, on a cover sheet (letter not present) boldly addressed by Hancock to "John Thomas, Esq. First Brigadier General in the American Army at Cambridge," n.d., [1775?], with Hancock's endorsement, "On the Publick service" at top right, no postmark (probably carried by military courier), neat repairs along fold edges, small hole affecting "s" in "Esq." A very good example.
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