Attractive LS, one page, 7.5 x 9, March 31, 1784. Letter to Brigadier General Samuel McCobb. In full: “Enclosed I send you a Resolve of the Genl Court, directing an Inventory to be taken of all the Public Stores & Buildings left at Penobscot after the Departing of the British Troops—I am to request that you will appoint a Suitable Officer under your Command with such Aid as you shall judge necessary to proceed to Penobscot, & give him Instructions in every respect Strictly to carry into effect the Views of the General Court manifested in the enclos’d Resolve, after this Business is effected will you please to transmit me the Results of your doings. I also enclose you an Act pass’d the Genl. Court after their last Session respecting the Refugees, this for your Government.” Letter is professionally cleaned and backed and inlaid into a slightly larger off-white sheet. In fine condition, with cleaning and preservation as noted, and a light stain to left edge. While most of the Revolutionary War was focused in the southern United States, in June 1779, a small British fleet landed two regiments of 700 soldiers in the upper reaches of Penobscot Bay, Maine—then a province of Massachusetts. Planning to establish a base from which they could operate against American privateers and offer a refuge for Loyalists, the British enlisted local support and began the construction of Fort George. With British forces now off American soil, Hancock here desires to know of the damage left behind. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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