- unitid
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{"value"=>"276013", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2757", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 18, 1783", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1783-07-18"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [François Barbé de] Marbois, Philadelphia"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of F. J. Dreer, Esq. Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With a small wood engraving, on India paper, of the Res. of John Witherspoon Mercer Co. N. J.", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges a letter of the 14th by Mr. Delandes, to the education of whose son he will pay the strictest attention; he has now several young French gentlemen; he has never heard anything against Mr. Lavalette; the latter came to Princeton to teach French; he gave him encouragement, having tried himself to introduce a knowledge of the language, before the war; Lavalette left only because he could not gain a sufficient support."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Witherspoon, John (Tusculum, N.J.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1783
- date_inclusive_end
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1783
- keydate
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1783-07-18
- date_start
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1783-07-18
- date_end
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1783-07-18