- unitid
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{"value"=>"278163", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7567", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 14, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-03-14"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Brig. Gen. [Isaac] Huger"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Complains of the unmilitary manner in which Huger's flag of truce approached his Majesty's army; the men who bore it have been detained; refuses Gen. Huger's request as out of every custom of war, and observes that had not British humanity exceeded its justice there would have been no prisoners to look for. In a postscript states that the two men, who without permission had accompanied the flag of truce would be kept as prisoners of war."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Paterson, J. (South Carolina)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
- date_inclusive_end
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1780
- keydate
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1780-03-14
- date_start
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1780-03-14
- date_end
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1780-03-14