- unitid
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{"value"=>"276268", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 3640", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 29, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-08-29"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to --"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf endorsed, \"General Stevens. respects his command of the reinforcemt designd for Fort Pitt.\" 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter of 20th inst.; he is doing what he can to obey the orders, but if it should prove necessary for the men to march there would be so many difficulties that their movements would probably be of no use to Fort Pitt; arms and supplies will be needed; he has put himself in communication with the commander of Fort Pitt; a report has just arrived of an action near Fort Wheeling in which the Indians were totally defeated; if true, there may be no necessity of sending men hence into that country."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Stevens, Edward (Culpeper, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1782
- date_inclusive_end
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1782
- keydate
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1782-08-29
- date_start
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1782-08-29
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1782-08-29