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4 Sep. 1777

Original paper slip text:4 Sept. 1777.

Philadelphia,

Original paper slip text:Philadelphia

John Adams

Original paper slip text:[JA]

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,
Henry Laurens

Original paper slip text:Henry Laurens

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and
Richard Henry Lee

Original paper slip text:Richard Henry Lee

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Meshech Weare

Original paper slip text:to [Meshech] Weare

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3 p.
  • Letter written in JA's hand, signed by Laurens and Lee. The three formed a Committee of Congress "to collect evidence and facts on the evacuation of Ticonderoga and Fort Independence." (JA, Papers 5:61–62).
  • KRS 21 Jan. 19865

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Morristown National Historical Park

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Printed :
Burnett Letters Members

Original paper slip text:Printed: Letters of Members to Congress, 7:601–02 under heading "Committee of Congress to Meshech Weare"

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Edmund C. Burnett, ed., Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, Washington, 1921–1936
8 vols.

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