In September 1776, the Continental Congress issued this commission under the characteristically flam
In September 1776, the Continental Congress issued this commission under the characteristically flamboyant signature and seal of John Hancock. It authorized Silas Deane, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Lee to negotiate a treaty with France on behalf of the newly (and as yet tenuously) independent United States. MS Am 811.1 (73)Houghton Library, Harvard University -- source link
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