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{"value"=>"275982", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2639", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Jan. 15, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-01-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Robert Morris, Philadelphia"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A.L.S. in the possession of Simon Gratz, Esq. Philada. 2 pp. Fo. With a small portrait (wood engraving on India paper) of Francis Lewis", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"In answer to his letter of the 7th, concerning the ordnance board, he informs him that the members of that committee are now absent, and that owing to the urgent demands of Washington, Schuyler, and Knox for cannon, Congress has appointed Haywood, Whipple, and himself to that department, but they have been embarrassed by the fact that Paine, the former chairman, took with him all the documents; they believe that [James] Byers should be employed to cast the howitzers required for Ticonderoga; they are uncertain as to Imbert & Co.'s proposals."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lewis, Francis (Baltimore)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1777
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1777
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1777-01-15
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1777-01-15
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1777-01-15