Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia

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{"value"=>"EM. 613", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"Feb. 25, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-02-25"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia"}
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{"value"=>"A. L. S., Sam. Huntington, President. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The president of Congress acknowledges receipt of his letters of 8th and 17th inst.; he hopes the success of the militia against the Cherokees may be attended with good results; will lay his letter of the 17th inst. before Congress; incloses resolution of the 24th inst., ordering the Convention troops to the northward, and if necessary the prisoners taken at the Cowpens also; they should proceed by the same route inland; the place for their cantonment is not yet fixed, but orders will be sent to the officers in charge; Congress and the Governor of Maryland should be notified of the movement and proposed route."}
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{"value"=>"United States. Congress, Continental, 1775–1789", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1781
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1781
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1781-02-25
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1781-02-25

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