- unitid
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{"value"=>"276033", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2847", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 30, 1775", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1775-07-30"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Weathersfield [Wethersfield, Conn.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He sets out for Philadelphia in a month; he still retains an affection for his native country and wishes to have matters accomodated without a total separation; Great Britain will be reduced to great distress, especially if Spain and France make war on her; hopes it may prove her reformation and not her destruction; by the arrival of Gen. Washington affairs have been brought to better order; it was a kind providence that H's [Thomas Hutchinson's] letter-books were discovered; the publications have ruined him with many, and future ones will complete his overthrow; the affair of Lexington led people to plant more corn than usual, in apprehension of a scarcity; he hopes for an increased spirit of religion; Mr. Williams will show her extracts from the Colonel's letters, which he will not publish needlessly if his further conduct is not hostile to America."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Gordon, William (Jamaica Plain, Mass.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1775
- date_inclusive_end
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1775
- keydate
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1775-07-30
- date_start
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1775-07-30
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1775-07-30