- unitid
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{"value"=>"276361", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 3909", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 12, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-05-12"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. Richard Caswell"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of F. J. Dreer Esq. Phila. 2 pp. Fo. With a small wood engraving, on India paper, of Christ Church Phila. Joseph Hewes of N. C. Died in Philadelphia in 1779 while attending to his Congressional duties -- and Buried in Christ Church by Bishop White", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"News has come that the enemy have landed at Portsmouth in Virginia and are marching on Suffolk; it is thought that this town will be one of their objects; the public stores are being put on vessels to be carried up the river, and preparations are making for defence, but it must be a very feeble one unless succors arrive in time."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Hewes, Joseph (Edenton, N.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-05-12
- date_start
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1779-05-12
- date_end
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1779-05-12