- unitid
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{"value"=>"277818", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6807", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 9, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-03-09"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter by Col. Laurens; it is impossible for the enemy to get over the bar this day, and the force that he has sent down is sufficient to prevent their sounding or buoying the bar; asks for some of the ships above, particularly the Queen of France, and a hundred marines."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Whipple, Abraham (On board the Frigate Providence, Charleston Harbor, S.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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1780-03-09
- date_start
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1780-03-09
- date_end
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1780-03-09