Middleton declined to serve in the office again, and so John Hancock, the president of the Robert Morris rejected suggestions that he should succeed Hancock, Henry Laurens of South Carolina was elected in November 1777.
Middleton declined to serve in the office again. Suggestions that he should succeed Hancock, Henry Laurens of South Carolina was elected in November 1777. This was what John Hancock rejected. John Hancock was the president of the Robert Morris.