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{"value"=>"277825", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6817", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Mar. 31, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-03-31"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Lieut. Col. [Nisbet] Balfour, Charles Town"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. and 1 leaf with the address. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter with the proceedings of a court of inquiry on Lieut. Col. Grimkie [John Faucheraud Grimké] and Maj. [John] Habersham; they are held guilty of breaking their paroles by corresponding with a man not in the king's peace; the court admitted that the letters contained nothing criminal; the mere writing of letters ought not to be construed as a breach of parole; as to the next clause, he asks whether Balfour deems the capitulation dissolved; there has been correspondence between Greene and Cornwallis as to a general exchange, and Congress has proposed a plan to which Sir Henry Clinton has assented; sending the American prisoners to the West Indies cannot hasten the exchange; ill-treatment will be retaliated by Gen. Washington; he is sorry to hear that Gen. Marion should use any prisoners ill; it is contrary to his natural disposition; asks permission to send a copy of Balfour's letter to Gen. Greene before the former proceeds to extremities."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Moultrie, William (Christ Church Parish, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1781
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1781
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1781-03-31
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1781-03-31
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1781-03-31