- unitid
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{"value"=>"275131", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 420", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"normal"=>"1744-03-05", "value"=>"Mar. 5, 1744/5"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Theodoric Bland, Appomattox River, Prince George County, Va."}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Postscript added by John Bland. Endorsed on page 4. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Excuses himself for delay in answering letter of July 11, 1743; thanks the Blands and Cousin Mumford for their favors; his regret at the news of death of John Beverly; had a rough passage home; he landed at Yarmouth and proceeded to Scarborough by land, on account of the news of a Dunkirk privateer with a Spanish commission having taken a rich prize recently; found sickness at home; his brother still intends to go into the Virginia trade; birth of two sons to his brother; Scarborough has lost, out of 200 ships, only one to the Spanish and two to the French, a small number compared to the loss in the last war."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bland, Richard (Scarborough, England)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1744
- date_inclusive_end
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1744
- keydate
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1744-03-05