- unitid
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{"value"=>"277730", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6673", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 1, 1782", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1782-07-01"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Alexander] Leslie"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"States that a party of Creek Indians consisting of 150 men under Emistisicho (headman and warrior) left their towns to force a passage to Savannah; had attacked. Mr. Wayne's army at Gibbon's plantation, driven them from the camp, and destroyed their baggage and ammunition; the loss of the rebels was great, that of the Indians but 17 in all; the chief Emistisicho had been killed; the rebel commissary carrying letters and talks from Mr. Wayne to the Creek nation has been detained; letters from the rebel commissioners of North Carolina and Virginia to the Chickasaw nation had also been intercepted."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Brown, Thomas (Savannah, Ga.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1782
- date_inclusive_end
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1782
- keydate
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1782-07-01
- date_start
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1782-07-01
- date_end
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1782-07-01