- unitid
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{"value"=>"277835", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 6832", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 19, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-09-19"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Henry Laurens, Philadelphia.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Lord Howe's fleet has returned to New York, and a fleet of transports has come from the eastward, supposed to contain Gen. Gray's force returning from a successful sweep of cattle at Martha's Vineyard; indications seem to point to a West India voyage rather than to any offensive operations here; the sickly condition of Byron's crews, and other reasons, make an expedition against the Squadron and Boston improbable; the French West Indies are well garrisoned and provisioned; the British are neither."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Laurens, John, 1754-1782 (Fort Clinton, West Point, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1778
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1778
- keydate
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1778-09-19
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1778-09-19
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1778-09-19