Hancock family papers, 1767-1781.

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Hancock family papers, 1767-1781.

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The collection includes: a receipt ledger leaf, listing three accounts, one of which is Blanchard and Hancock, 1767-1768 ; letters from Thomas Robie to Ebenezer Hancock, Merchant, Boston, Oct. 13, 1768 re: Shipment of nails and gunpowder, Robert Parker, London, to Messrs. Blanchard and Hancock, Oct. 15, 1768, William Jennison to Ebenezer Hancock, Boston, Jan. 9, 1769 re: delivery of butter and pork, two letters from Nathaniel Jacobs to Ebenezer Hancock ; bills of exchange ; notice to the "Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives," signed J.H. [John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts] ; 3 fragments ; a receipt book containing receipts dated March 3, 1810-Sept. 30, 1814 ; a ledger documenting sales and transfers of shares in the Mount Washington Association, Aug. 13, 1835-Feb. 26, 1849, all signed by Charles L. Hancock, clerk ; and two loose leaves from a receipt book belonging to Charles Hancock, 1836.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7090439

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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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...

Hancock family.

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Ebenezer Hancock (1741-1819), John Hancock's younger brother, operated a general goods store in Boston in partnership with Edward Blanchard in the 1760's, was later appointed Deputy Paymaster General of the Continental Army, and resumed shopkeeping after the war. John Hancock, the wealthiest man in Massachusetts before the Revolution, died intestate in 1793 and 1/3 of his estate passed automatically to his brother Ebenezer and included the Hancock House on Beacon Hill in Boston. Presumably this ...

Hancock, Ebenezer, 1741-1819

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Hancock, Charles L.

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