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{"value"=>"278125", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7487", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
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{"value"=>"Oct. 12, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-10-12"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Benjamin Lincoln?]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. and 1 leaf with endorsement. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Transmits the dispositions he has made in consequence of the orders given him to retire by Thunderbolt Bluff; his age, inexperience, and desire to retreat honorably induced him to consult the oldest officer of the General's troops, who, as well as the whole army, approves of his plans, reproaching him however for retreating by Thunderbolt, in which he is carrying out orders contrary to his own judgment; the Viscomte de Noailles agrees with him, and they deplore the alternative of surrendering without fighting, or dying of hunger; is grieved to sacrifice troops so necessary to the state; asks for written instructions. A. L. Endorsed: \"Count Dillon's letter to -- Oct. 12, 1779.\" In French."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Dillon, Arthur, Count (Savannah, Ga.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1779
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1779
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1779-10-12
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1779-10-12
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1779-10-12