- unitid
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{"value"=>"275946", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2497", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 17, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-04-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Lebanon, Conn"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. in the possession of G. M. Connarroe, Esq., Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With a small wood engraving on India paper of the Res. of Roger Sherman Newhaven Conn", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Congress is desirous to subdue the enemy before reinforcements arrive; small-pox has retarded recruiting; Congress recommends an attack on Rhode Island by the neighboring militia; incloses list of surgeons appointed for the hospitals; Dr. Philip Turner is among them, recommended by Dr. [Isaac] Foster; no treaty concluded yet by Franklin and Deane; British subjects have lost £1,800,000 by American cruisers, and insurance is at 28; designs of the enemy; wishes his colleagues would attend; sends this by [John] Collins. Lithograph fac-simile of an."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Sherman, Roger (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1777
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1777
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1777-04-17
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1777-04-17
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1777-04-17