- unitid
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{"value"=>"277667", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6583", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"normal"=>"1781-03-24", "value"=>"Mar. 24. 1781"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to the Chiefs and Warriors [of the Chickasaw nation]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"L. S., Arthur Campbell, Evan Shelby, John Sevier, Joseph Martin, Commissioners. Endorsed: \"Copy of a letter from the Rebel Commissioners to the Chickasaw Nation, intercepted in the Creek Nation.\" 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Being appointed by the American Congress to negotiate a peace with them they invite them to send an ambassador within four moons to Col. Martin at Long Island; ask them to preserve the peace that existed during the colonial period; send a similar message by way of Fort Jefferson on the Mississippi river; request the young men to remain in peace at home; promise arms, ammunition, and clothing; in token of good will, send a string of white wampum."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Campbell, Arthur (Great Island, Va ?.)", "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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1781-03-24