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{"value"=>"278008", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7167", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 11, 1798", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1798-08-11"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to William Gordon, Amherst"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Rejoices at his safe return; though it is said a strait line is good for cabbage planters it is not for a continental traveller; regrets to hear of the improper conduct of some of the inhabitants of New York; the people north of the Potomac are generally well united; the Dutch of New York are good and industrious people, but it is doubtful if any can exceed the Yankees in enterprise, though he cannot say in integrity."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"West, Benjamin (Charlestown, N.H.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1798
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1798
- keydate
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1798-08-11
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1798-08-11
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1798-08-11