- unitid
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{"value"=>"276073", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 2961", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 31, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-12-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to James Mercer, by John Lewis"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. 8o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The cruel murder of the Cornstock [Cornstalk], his son, and two other Indians at the Point has already occasioned the death of six people; he fears a general war next spring with the Shawnees and the Delawares; he has been so surrounded with smallpox that he has not been able to stir out this winter."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jones, Gabriel (Augusta County, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1777
- date_inclusive_end
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1777
- keydate
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1777-12-31
- date_start
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1777-12-31
- date_end
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1777-12-31