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{"value"=>"276311", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 3767", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Feb. 19, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-02-19"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Page, Williamsburg, Va."}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with address. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Thanks him for his last letter; if their large gallies were manned, gunned, and fitted, the navigation of the bay would receive no interruption; wishes Virginia and Maryland would act jointly in the matter; advantages of the gallies; events of war are at a standstill until the new army assembles; the horses of the enemy are nearly all dead for want of forage; it is disgraceful to Americans that 6000 men determined upon their ruin should winter in their country; urges Page to press forward their quota; a war in Europe is not far off; they expect news soon upon the return of the vessel that carried Dr. Franklin to France; Page's brother and sister were inoculated three days ago; Congress is to return to Philadelphia on Wednesday next; a postscript adds that seamen put ashore by Com. Hotham report that the ships have great fear of our gallies."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 (Baltimore)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1777
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1777
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1777-02-19
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1777-02-19
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1777-02-19