Letter "To the Honorable Convention New York", 1776 June 11.

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Letter "To the Honorable Convention New York", 1776 June 11.

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Hancock writes "The important Day is at Hand, that will decide not only the Fate of the City of New York, but ... of the whole Province ... there is no Necessity to use arguments with Americans, their Feelings I well know will prompt them to do their Duty, and the Sacredness of the Cause will urge them to the Field ... I must therefore again most earnestly request you in the Name and by the Authority of Congress to send forward the Militia ... with all the Dispatch which the infinite Importance of the Cause demands."

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