- unitid
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{"value"=>"276259", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 3616", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 19, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-10-19"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Hancock, Boston"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of M. Polock Esq. Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With two wood engravings, on India paper, of the Res. of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello Va., and The House in which Thos. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence S. W. Cor. 7th. & Market St. Philada", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"He hears from T[homas] Adams that the continental finances are not flourishing; from an Italian acquaintance, [Philip] Mazzei, he has learned that the Grand Duke of Tuscany has a large sum of ready money which he might be willing to put out at interest, also immense magazines; the Genoese have heavy deposits in the London bank which they might be induced to withdraw; Mazzei, who is a zealous whig, offers to undertake a mission from Congress to negotiate the matter; he thinks £600 would enable him to continue a year in Tuscany, in which time the purpose could be effected."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Albemarle County, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-10-19
- date_start
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1778-10-19
- date_end
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1778-10-19