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{"value"=>"278070", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7337", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Mar. 2, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-03-02"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Thomas Sumter?]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 6 pages and 1 leaf with endorsements. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Has an opportunity to write before his departure which has been delayed by indisposition; is impatient to leave and will set out in two days; asks him to write so that Howe may hear when he arrives at Philadelphia; various reports prevail of the schemes and measures of the person addressed, some so clever that were they possible of performance he and the country might be congratulated; some of his romantic and extravagant exploits are worthy of the redoubtable Don Quixote; accounts from the West Indies report the defeat of the fleet of the allies; the King's speech breathes nothing but war, and promises alliances with Russia, Prussia, and Holland; 40,000 Prussians are to be sent to perform a summer's campaign in an American climate; presages that they will cut out work in the North; hears that Count P[ulaski] with his Horse is on his way from Philadelphia, that reinforcements from North Carolina and Virginia are on their way; the Governor is about to take the field in order to stir up the people; if his hieroglyphics cannot be read, he will write by proxy next time; sends regards to [Everard] Meade, [Nathan] Rice, Claybourne [Buller Claiborne], and Baylis [Hodijah Baylies]."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Howe, Robert (Charlestown, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1779
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1779
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1779-03-02
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1779-03-02
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1779-03-02