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{"value"=>"278141", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7519", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 23, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-10-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Henry Laurens.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 4 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Hopes to see him before the arrival of this and a previous letter, but cannot say by what conveyance he will make the journey; Count d'Estaing's efforts though not entirely successful had been of some service, and his capture of the Experiment and the Ariel had lessened the number of infesters of the coast; the loss of men in the late unhappy repulse renders re-inforcements necessary, but it would be better to send none than an inadequate number, or to have them come by land; the principal objection of the Marine Committee to embark the troops will be obviated by the position of d'Estaing's fleet; hopes his father will see the necessity of transports, and that they will be sent at once."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Laurens, John, 1754-1782 (Charles Town, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
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1779
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1779
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1779-10-23
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1779-10-23
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1779-10-23