- unitid
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{"value"=>"277693", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6625", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"normal"=>"1781-03-07", "value"=>"Mar, 7, 1781"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Lieut. Col. Nisbet Balfour, Commandant at Charleston"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Complains of the arrest of Capt. John Pastell, who had been sent with a flag of truce to arrange for the exchange of some men detained by Capt. Saunders, Commandant of Georgetown; asks to have him released, or this violation of the law of nations will be reported to Congress; states that the men held by Capt. Saunders are ill-treated, having contracted quarters, and half rations; has treated his own prisoners of war differently; Lord Rawdney [Rawdon?] and Col. Watson have hanged three men of his Brigade, which will make as many British prisoners suffer a like fate."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Marion, Francis (Santee, S.C.)", "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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1781-03-07