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HANSON, JOHN, President of the Continental Congress. Letter signed ("John Hanson Presdt.") AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, to the Governor of Georgia, Philadelphia, 11 January 1782. 1 page, 4to, 225 x 188mm. (8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.), integral blank (silked), the leaves separated at central fold, second neatly inlaid. RARE.
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS REGULATES AMERICAN PRIVATEERS
A circular letter forwarding a Congressional law concerning privateers' seizure of enemy vessels at sea: "I have the honor to inclose [not present] an Ordinance of Congress...for amending the Ordinance, ascertaining what Captures on Water Shall be lawful..." Letters and documents of Hanson are rare: since 1976 only one document and one letter are recorded in American Book Prices Current. H.E. Klingelhofer, author of "Presidents of the Continental Congress," in Autograph Collector's Checklist, 1990, p. 12, deems Hanson's letters "very rare."
John Hanson (1721-1783), a Marylander, became active in the independence movement at the time of the Stamp Act Congress, was elected to the Continental Congress in 1780 and later worked for the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. Elected President in 1781, he served only one term, and then retired. He died in November 1783, which partially accounts for the rarity of his letters.
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS REGULATES AMERICAN PRIVATEERS
A circular letter forwarding a Congressional law concerning privateers' seizure of enemy vessels at sea: "I have the honor to inclose [not present] an Ordinance of Congress...for amending the Ordinance, ascertaining what Captures on Water Shall be lawful..." Letters and documents of Hanson are rare: since 1976 only one document and one letter are recorded in American Book Prices Current. H.E. Klingelhofer, author of "Presidents of the Continental Congress," in Autograph Collector's Checklist, 1990, p. 12, deems Hanson's letters "very rare."
John Hanson (1721-1783), a Marylander, became active in the independence movement at the time of the Stamp Act Congress, was elected to the Continental Congress in 1780 and later worked for the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. Elected President in 1781, he served only one term, and then retired. He died in November 1783, which partially accounts for the rarity of his letters.