LS, 1782 October 20 : West Point, to John Hancock.

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LS, 1782 October 20 : West Point, to John Hancock.

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Knox appeals to Hancock to consider the plight of disabled veterans. He says: "It would be presumption in me to suppose it possible I could urge any reasons to induce a measure which has lain so long dormant ... The state have too much dignity and too high a character to support, to suffer men who had shed their blood in its cause, and who in consequence are untimely cut off from all the sweet enjoyments of society, to solicit the icy hand of charity for that food ..."

1 1/2 p. ; 32.5 x 21 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United S...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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