- unitid
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{"value"=>"275170", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 487", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 9, 1783", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1783-01-09"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Josiah Bartlett"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Encloses a newspaper with an account of the evacuation of Charleston; no official account received yet, however; in Congress, the day before, propositions to sink the Continental bills at 40 to 1, and at 75 to 1 were voted down; members from States that have more than their quota objecting to a lower rate; some of the Southern delegates suggesting one much lower; regrets that New Hampshire has been trying to raise more men, for the State has more men in the army than its due proportion, and Congress is at a loss to pay those already on duty; a committee from the Northern army has just presented a memorial of the grievances of men and officers; Mr. [Robert] Morris has appointed Stephen Gorham, of Boston, commissioner on Continental accounts for New Hampshire, an appointment with which it is not possible to find fault."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"White, Phillips (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1783
- date_inclusive_end
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1783
- keydate
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1783-01-09
- date_start
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1783-01-09
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1783-01-09