- unitid
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{"value"=>"277479", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6240", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"June 7, 1755", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1755-06-07"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Robert Hunter Morris, Gov. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter, enclosing the Governor's address to his Assembly; considers it drawn with proper spirit and sense; expects the troops to move on Monday [June 8,] with 200 wagons; fears that progress will be slow owing to bad roads and weather; expects to reach Fort Duquesne in three weeks; remarks upon unfavorable criticisms of Gov. Morris, of which he had previously written. In a postscript states that Mr. Peters had asked for an engineer for the road, but it will be impossible to send one."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Shirley, William, 1694-1771 (Fort Cumberland, Md.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1755
- date_inclusive_end
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1755
- keydate
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1755-06-07
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1755-06-07
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1755-06-07