ALS signed “JH,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, October 18, 1783. Letter to the "Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives," in full: "I am possess'd of a Note of hand given to me by the Continental Treasurer in 1776, upon which there is due about Fifteen Thousand Dollars & is the property of this Common Wealth. I repeatedly mention'd this Circumstance to former Assemblies, they Chose a Committee but never perfected the Business. It would be too tedious to relate minutely the matter by message, but Submit to you the Appointment of a Committee upon the Subject, that by a Settlement the Common Wealth may be Avail'd of their property, & myself Discharg'd of the Note." Docketed on the reverse in Hancock's hand, "Message to Gen'l Court, Octo'r 18: 1783." In very good to fine condition, with light toning, splitting along a horizontal fold, and a pencil notation at the bottom by noted collector Charles H. Morse. An interesting letter having to do with the nation's finances during the Revolutionary War, which had come to a conclusion only weeks earlier with the Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783.
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