- unitid
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{"value"=>"276364", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 3933", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 25, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-06-25"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. Richard Caswell, N. C."}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of F.J. Dreer Esq. Philada. 2 pp. Fo. With a small wood engraving, on India paper, of the Res, of John Penn Grandville N. C., now destroyed", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"On his way hither he learned that salt sold at $20 a bushel in Maryland; a number of merchants have made it a business to buy up the necessaries of life in order to fix what price they please; cautions the Governor to prevent this pernicious practice in North Carolina; the enemy have retreated from Brunswick; Gen. Washington thinks that the willingness with which the militia turned out is one reason for their desire to get back to New York; the people here have postponed all disputes about their form of government."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Penn, John (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "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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1777-06-25
- date_start
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1777-06-25
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1777-06-25