- unitid
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{"value"=>"1021188", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1868-1878", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1868/1878"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1868
- date_inclusive_end
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1878
- keydate
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1868
- date_start
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1868
- date_end
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1878
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"5. Cuban Independence Movement (Ten Years War)"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Over these years wealthy sugar planters and urban bankers succeeded in compelling the Spanish government to remove some of the constraints on their plans to expand the sugar industry. Taylor acted as a banker, handling funds transferred from Cuba to New York and New Orleans. The firm also acted as agents for the movement in obtaining armaments and other supplies. Taylor and Pyne were uniquely suited for their roles of agent and banker by virtue of their long and mutually profitable association with many of the planters and bankers (such as Gelato and Company) which were involved in the movement, and by their sympathy for the movement's desire to rid Cuba of Spanish rule and its restraints on the expansion of the sugar industry. Included in this section are correspondence, political and military records, financial records and accounts books, pamphlets and leaflets, the Letterbook of Carlos de Castillo, copies of letters to Manuel Quesada, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, and others.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Letters, 1863-1888; copies of letters; 1873-1878; copies of letters to General Manuel Quesada, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, and others, 1869-1876; account book, 1873; clippings; diario de las operacions, Matanzas; financial records; petty cash books; 1869-1878; receipt book, 1870;.</p>"}