- unitid
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{"value"=>"275171", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 488", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Aug. 28, 1789", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1789-08-28"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to John Langdon, Portsmouth [N. H.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Senate has just finished the bill for compensation of members and officials of Congress; pay for members stands as passed by the other house, mileage at 20 miles a day, and $7 instead of $6, after five years, for senators; he is mortified and discouraged at the extravagance; they had difficulty in striking out the provision allotting $2 a day for the Secretary and clerk; Morris gave notice he would move to reinstate the clause; pay of chaplain fixed at $400 a year."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Wingate, Paine (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1789
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1789
- keydate
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1789-08-28
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1789-08-28
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1789-08-28