- unitid
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{"value"=>"276218", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 3464", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 23, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-01-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [the Legislature of Maryland.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A.L.S. Endorsed. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The committee appointed by the in-closed resolutions of Congress [to inquire into the conduct of the enemy towards prisoners of war] request that the honorable body appoint gentlemen to take depositions on the matters contained in the resolve; the committee has heard that some of the British prisoners taken at Princeton said that they were ordered to stand until they were cut to pieces and take no prisoners, also that Gen. Mercer and Lieut. [Bartholomew] Yeates were killed after they had surrendered, and that several bodies have been found hanging on trees in the Jersies."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Chase, Samuel (Baltimore Town, Md.)", "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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1777-01-23
- date_start
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1777-01-23
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1777-01-23