- unitid
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{"value"=>"275148", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 447", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 25, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-06-25"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Rev. David McClure, Portsmouth, N. H."}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges receipt of a letter in May, together with one to Mr. McClintoc; war is spreading; preparations for defence of the city; gallies; floating batteries; ship of war; chevaux de frise; a land battery; spirit of the militia; general desire for independence, except on the part of Quakers, Mennonists and proprietary connections; convention of 108 members to meet next month and draw up a state constitution; war preferable to their former condition; regrets that Great Britain and the colonies could not have separated peaceably; the very children now execrate the name of English; the question of the Church will probably remain undecided."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Duffield, George (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
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1776
- keydate
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1776-06-25
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1776-06-25
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1776-06-25