- unitid
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{"value"=>"277465", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6215", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 29, 1750", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1750-01-29"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [the Governor of Massachusetts, William Shirley.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges the receipt of a letter dated at Boston; sends intelligence just received of the meeting of his messenger, Major Washington, with the French whom he found strongly entrenched at French Creek fort; in reply to his complaints of violence to the English, they had said that the country belonged to them, and that three Indian tribes, the Chippeways, Ottoways, and Orundacks would assist them in driving out the English; Dinwiddie will order out a detachment of militia and call an Assembly, and hopes for assistance in preserving his Majesty's rights."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dinwiddie, Robert (Williamsburg, Va.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1750
- date_inclusive_end
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1750
- keydate
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1750-01-29
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1750-01-29
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1750-01-29