- unitid
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{"value"=>"277760", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6717", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Feb. 22, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-02-22"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to --"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 8 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Takes the first opportunity offered since the surrender of Fort Morris to send an authentic account, for which Gen. Prevost has given him permission; explains why it was not considered practicable to carry out Gen. Howe's first orders for a retreat; when the second arrived it was too late to do so by land, as the enemy had surrounded them; gives a copy of Gen. Prevost's summons to surrender and his refusal; describes the attack and his attempt to escape by means of the two galleys, which were blown up; was then obliged to surrender unconditionally; the non-commissioned officers and privates were sent to the prison ships at Savannah, the officers to Sunbury."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lane, Joseph (Sunbury, Ga.)", "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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1779-02-22
- date_start
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1779-02-22
- date_end
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1779-02-22