- unitid
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{"value"=>"275042", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 209", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 10, 1785", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1785-06-10"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Whitehill"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Answers to questions relating to trial of Mamachtagwin, an Indian charged with murder at Pittsburg; trial should be by jury of vicinage if there is any doubt as to place of the murder; the Indian has a right to a party jury, half white and half Indian; the President and Council, in his opinion, have authority to issue a special commission to persons not Judges of the Supreme Court, to decide in such cases; precedents cited; the court that tries should pronounce judgment and award execution thereof; reference of the warrant to Council is an old usage and might easily be dispensed with; place of judgment, by act of Westmoreland County, should be Hanna's Town; for precedent, the Commission should be special, and limited to trial of Indian now in custody."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bryan, George (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1785
- date_inclusive_end
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1785
- keydate
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1785-06-10
- date_start
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1785-06-10
- date_end
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1785-06-10