Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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George Ross (1730-1779) was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress. He was initially a strong British supporter, acting as a Crown Prosecutor in Philadelphia until 1768. After which, he began to side with the colonies and eventually became a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia and vice prescient of the state's first constitutional convention. In the Congress, he was a member of the Committee of Safety. He is also the uncle-in-law of American flag creator Betsy Ross.
This letter, written October 26, 1776 from the Committee of Safety in Congress, requests permission from the recipient that a man named Lewis Guyon have the "liberty to go to New York."
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About This Item
- Title: George Ross asking special permission from Congress, 1776
- Creator: George Ross
- Creation Date: 1776-10-26
- Subject Date: 1776-10-26
- Location: New York
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 20.2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 420, Box 59/17
- Collection: John S. H. Fogg autograph collection
- Object Type: Text
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- Declaration Of Independence. United States--Signers
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- Liberty
- Travel
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States. Continental Congress
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