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{"value"=>"EM. 459", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Jan. 31, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-01-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Josiah Bartlett"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Jan. 24 he sent to the President [of N. H.] a warrant dated Jan. 23, on Esqr Gilman, from the Treasurer, for $50,000; committee of Congress [C. Carroll, F. Dane, N. Folsom, G. Morris, J. Reed] is now at camp to settle measures for the next campaign; a council of officers is said to have proposed to General Washington a plan of nominating general officers; it is also suggested that all soldiers take an oath of fidelity to their officers, that all officers not in actual service at the end of the war be settled with half-pay, and that officers widows be pensioned; 129 bales of woolens and linen arrived from France for the use of the troops; a merchant in London writes that public and private credit there is low, and bankrupcies frequent; subscriptions for the new loan come in slowly, the Dutch refusing to subscribe; bills are sold at 2 3/8% discount; the English hopes depend largely upon the present campaign."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Frost, George (York, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1778
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1778
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1778-01-31
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1778-01-31
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1778-01-31