- unitid
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{"value"=>"276463", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 4226", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 15, 1777", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1777-12-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with the address. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"A letter of the 10th from the General states that Howe, after unsuccessful manÏuvres and skirmishing, has retired into Philadelphia; a foraging party has since been over the Schuylkill and has been attacked; a privateer lately arrived from France says that all American vessels were stopped in the harbors; she cut and ran the night after the order was published; Conway is made Major General and Inspector; there are many emissaries of the enemy sent into the country; asks him to urge the executive power to have some active whigs keep an eye on those parts adjoining Pennsylvania, especially where there are prisoners; the people of Frederick begin to be poisoned."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lee, Francis Lightfoot (York Town, 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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1777-12-15
- date_start
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1777-12-15
- date_end
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1777-12-15