- unitid
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{"value"=>"278092", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7407", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"normal"=>"1779-05-05", "value"=>"May i.e. June 5, 1779"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed: \"From Gov. Rutledge, June 5, 1779 I suppose, and not May 5. 1779.\" 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Gen. Huger had delivered Gen. Lincoln's message which prevented his sending an inquiry about the time of service of the North Carolina and Virginia troops; will shortly send an express to North Carolina, Virginia, and Congress to represent the state of the country and the need of reinforcements by sea and land; will desire the South Carolina delegates to Congress to set off at once for Philadelphia; the proclamation and orders he has lately sent out are the best means for getting a force from the militia; sends intelligence received the day before from four deserters from the enemy's flat-bottomed boats (with which Anthony had a skirmish) at Capt. Hutchinson's Island; also despatches from Congress, Virginia and North Carolina. In a post-script sends Mr. Timothy's observations: impossible to say if the enemy will fortify Stono Inlet, embark there and go to Beaufort or elsewhere to surprise Fort Moultrie or attack Charleston; for want of time sends original papers and requests their return by a safe hand."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Rutledge, John (Charles Town, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-05-05