- unitid
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{"value"=>"276766", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 4773", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Nov. 18, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-11-18"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Elisha Boudinot, Hanover, N. J."}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Go where he will, it seems that he must be driven by the British; wretched conduct of affairs in the south; Gen. Lincoln persuaded to shut himself up in Charles Town; the people of South Carolina are suffering no more than they deserve; movements of Cornwallis; surprise at Monk's corner; Col. Washington's escape; Beaufort [Buford] cut up; Sumpter surprised; rout at Camden; Gates's terrified flight; defeat of Ferguson and his tories; describes his own movements to escape the enemy; the design on which he came to North Carolina must be laid aside for years; the Charlotte academy is quite broken up; he has heard of the troubles at Elizabeth Town, and the awful fate of Mrs. Caldwell."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Macwhorter, Alexander (North Carolina)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
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1780
- keydate
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1780-11-18
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1780-11-18
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1780-11-18