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Collection Reference Number GLC08038
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1784 
Title John Hancock to the Massachusetts delegates in Congress regarding land near the Hudson river
Date 27 May 1784
Author Hancock, John (1737-1793)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Petition on "lands laying to the west of Hudson's River which belong to this common wealth"
Subjects American Statesmen  Land Transaction  Westward Expansion  
People Hancock, John (1737-1793)  
Theme Westward Expansion; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859