- unitid
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{"value"=>"277680", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6599", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 31, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-12-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Thanks him for his letter; is surprised at its contents; as he had supposed he was held as a prisoner of war; supposed when he surrendered to Col. Baker that he would be treated as the rest who were paroled as prisoners of war; asks that he may be exchanged; complains that he is kept in a cold room without fire or candle light."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Thomas, John (Charlestown Gaol, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-12-31
- date_start
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1779-12-31
- date_end
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1779-12-31