- unitid
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{"value"=>"277701", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6639", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 23, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-08-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Cols. John Armstrong, James Thackeston, and Gideon Lamb"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed: \"Copy of a circular letter sent to Cols. Armstrong, Thackston ... Aug. 1780.\" 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Writes of the alarming situation of the State owing to the defeat of Gen. Gates on the 16th; His Excellency [Gen. Washington] requests, and Gen. Gates approves, that the officers of the 4th, 5th, and 6th regiments take charge of three regiments of militia from the district of Hillsborough; directs them to order all officers of the North Carolina Continental line to rendezvous at Hillsborough the 10th of Sept.; recommends them to take as little baggage as possible on account of the scarcity of wagons; has been given command of the Brigade and wishes to see them by the 5th of Sept."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785 (Hillsborough, N.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
- date_inclusive_end
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1780
- keydate
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1780-08-23
- date_start
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1780-08-23
- date_end
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1780-08-23