- unitid
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{"value"=>"275172", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 492", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 15, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-01-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Followed by statement of his expenses for 1777, amounting to £792 18s. 6d. A. D. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Sends, in response to order of the House, dated Jan. 14, his account of expenses while in Congress; cannot give all the particulars as he was obliged to leave his baggage, account-books, and receipts in care of a minister in Philadelphia [when Congress fled to Lancaster, September, 1777]; is sure no gentleman lived at smaller expense."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Adams, John (Boston, Mass.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-01-15
- date_start
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1778-01-15
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1778-01-15