- unitid
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{"value"=>"277636", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6533", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 17, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-08-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [John Alexander] Lillington"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Measures for the defence of New Bern; nineteen ambuscades have been planned; the artillery for the Palace is made ready, six pieces and forty swivels; a number of New England sailors are in town, who are well trained to the use of ship's guns; the French engineer laments the want of another floating battery, but the row-galleys will partly make up the deficiency; he thinks well of Lillington's plan, of following in the enemy's rear with the militia; the enemy will thus be cut off, while repulsed in front by the guns of the Palace, floating batteries, and galleys."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Avery, Waightstill (North Carolina)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
- date_inclusive_end
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1781
- keydate
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1781-08-17
- date_start
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1781-08-17
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1781-08-17