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Hancock, John (gov. of Mass.)

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DCA05
129*
265*
DCA08
72*
73*
PJA11

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mentioned80

AFC05
AFC06
PJA13
AFC01
AFC02
AFC03
188
AFC04
DJA01
DJA03
DJA04
8
ix
PJA09
508
PJA12
151
PJA06
321
LJA01
DCA03
2*
x*
PJA08

in Continental Congress15

president of Continental Congress11

candidate for governor9

PJA09
511

and Mass. politics8

PJA08
57
58

idea of JA running against7

in local and provincial politics7

DJA01
DJA02
5
54
83
DJA03
295

account with JA6

LJA01
163 (illus. facing)
xv

as Mass. delegate6

PJA03
PJA04

in Mass. House of Representatives6

PJA02
170

respondent in Liberty affair, No. 466

LJA01

criticized as governor5

PJA10

mercantile wealth of5

DJA02
DJA03
161
DJA04
10

and Boston Massacre cases4

LJA03
3
4
7
11

and presidency of Congress4

AFC07

as delegate to congress4

PJA07
PJA08
94

dispute with Harvard4

PJA05

governor4

AFC04
7
23

JA criticizes conduct of4

PJA03

Mass. delegate to Continental Congress4

AFC03

offers use of his house to AA and children during inoculation4

AFC02

resigns from governorship (1785)4

AFC06

and case of Lydia 3

LJA01
39
LJA02

and Samuel Adams3

DJA02
352
DJA03

and seizure of sloop Liberty 3

PJA01

denied British pardon3

PJA03

elected to Congress (1785)3

AFC06

influence of3

AFC05
11
12
14

journey to Continental Congress (1775)3

AFC01

Letters3

To George Washington (1776)1

PJA04
10

To JA (1776)1

AFC02
51

To JA (1778)1

PJA05
398

suffers from gout3

AFC05
AFC06
290

ambition to be appointed commander in chief2

DJA03

ambitious for governorship2

PJA05

and anti-independence party in Congress2

DJA03

and appointment of Charles Lee2

PJA03

and Benjamin Harrison2

DJA03

and case of sloop Liberty 2

DJA01
339
DJA03
306

and Jonathan Sewall2

DJA02
87
DJA03
306

and R.I. expedition2

PJA07

and Sons of Liberty2

PJA01

as commander of Cadet Corps2

PJA02

as member of Mass. House2

PJA07
114
PJA08
93

Boston residence unhurt during British occupation2

AFC01

compared with Pisistratus2

PJA10

disagreements with2

PJA10

elected to Second Continental Congress2

PJA02

health of2

AFC07

in British cartoon2

PJA05
293 (illus.)
xi

in Raynal's Révolution 2

PJA12

interview with Gage2

PJA02

invites JA and Dana to board the Sensible from the Castle barge2

AFC03

JA on election as governor2

PJA10

JA writes to2

AFC06

jealousy of JA's diplomatic mission2

DJA03
324
DJA04
145

marriage of2

PJA03

marriage to Dorothy Quincy2

AFC01

Mass. delegate in Continental Congress2

AFC01

militia major general2

PJA05

on replacement of Deane by JA2

PJA08

Oration on Boston Massacre2

DJA02
DJA03
384

power of attorney from Longman, No. 122

LJA01

re-elected (1783)2

AFC05

resigns presidency of congress2

PJA05

ridiculed2

PJA05
353
PJA06

rumored to be in the pay of France2

AFC05

treasurer of Harvard College2

PJA10
21
22

uses JA letters to persuade legislature to pass federal impost2

AFC05

accounts with JA1

AFC03

and “a pair of spurs” for Wilkinson1

AFC02
357

and Boston Massacre oration of (1774)1

PJA02
91

and celebration of Fourth of July (1777)1

AFC02
274

and controversy over J. Temple1

PJA12
152

and Deane-Lee controversy1

DJA04
145

and Dr. Benjamin Church1

AFC01
299

and election of 17881

DQA02
387

and Franco-American alliance1

PJA07
113

and General Court dispute over appointment of officers1

PJA03
314

and Harriet Temple's claim for damages1

AFC02
87

and Hawley1

DJA03
305

and Hutchinson1

DJA02
81

and influence in Congress1

PJA10
217

and Mottin de La Balme1

AFC02
268

and proposal of American peerage1

DJA04

and ratifying convention1

DQA02
342

and Samuel Quincy1

DJA02
72

and Temple controversy1

AFC04

and Timothy Folger1

LJA02
149

anecdote about1

PJA10
285

appointed Mass. major general1

PJA03
358

arranges public reception for JA1

DJA03
216

as treasurer of Harvard College1

PJA04
111

at Harvard commencement1

PJA12
197

birthplace in Quincy1

DJA03
249

Boston selectman1

LJA02
12

called “a sovereign without a Crown”1

PJA13
542

characterized by AA1

AFC03

commander of Castle William1

PJA10
265

commands Independent Company1

EJA01
22

deposition, No. 581

LJA02

described as “Guilded puppet”1

PJA10
349

dines at Old House1

DQA02
453

elected governor1

AFC07
108

excepted in Gage's pardon proclamation1

AFC01
220

exempted from Gage's offer of pardon (1775)1

PJA10
353

expected in New York1

AFC07
197

general of militia1

AFC03
110

Gen. Joseph Palmer's debts to1

AFC07
111

gift toward building of Brattle Street Meetinghouse1

AFC01
283

gives ball for French officers1

AFC03

health and illnesses of1

AFC02
5

home of1

PJA01

ill(?) with gout1

AFC04
71

in First Provincial Congress1

PJA02
198

in No. 481

LJA02
213

in No. 501

LJA02
219

in R.I. campaign1

AFC03
78

invites JA to dinner1

PJA05
398

JQA on health of1

DQA01
313

J. Warren on as governor1

PJA13
519

Lovell's intercepted letter to1

AFC04
152

military aspirations1

AFC01
218

miniature by Peale1

AFC02

on Boston town committee1

PJA01
248

one of Braintree men who “set the World in a blaze”1

AFC04
361

political aspirations1

AFC03

portrait of1

PJA09
270

president of Marine Committee1

PJA05
116

purchases house in Jamaica Plain1

PJA13
451

Rawson on1

DJA02
32

receives report on Hampshire Co. disorders1

PJA13
204

recognizes Létombe as consul1

PJA12
53

reelected delegate to Continental Congress (1776)1

AFC02
131

reelected to congress1

PJA05
55

relationship with S. Adams1

PJA13
452

relations with Harvard College1

DQA02
205

residence in Baltimore1

AFC02
153

residence in Philadelphia1

AFC02
177

returns from Continental Congress (1777)1

AFC02
249

S. Adams critical of1

PJA12
150

service in Congress1

PJA13
147

shareholder in Charles River Bridge Company1

AFC07

ship Liberty seized (1768)1

PJA10
353

speech at commencement1

DQA02

speeches1

DCA03
183*

speech of 31 Oct. 1780 published in Dutch1

AFC04
267

Sullivan critical of reaction by to tax resistance1

PJA13
205

supports American attack on Boston1

PJA03
376

terms as governor1

DQA01
314

unable to attend First Continental Congress1

PJA02
99

votes for censure of Wooster and Hopkins1

AFC02
100

wharf of1

AFC02
58

witness, No. 451

LJA02
158

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