- unitid
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{"value"=>"278206", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7649", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 14, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-07-14"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Maj. Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln, Charlestown"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 1/2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Thanks him for the paper, pens, and sealing wax sent by Dr. Flagg; is sorry that ink was forgotten as it is a necessary ingredient in letter writing; Col. Horry is leaving for Charleston in such haste that there is no time to write particulars; sends therefore his journal which will do as well; has every thing needful except rum, soap, vinegar, clothing, and pay which he wishes he might have; thinks he has placed his camp in as healthy a location as can be found, but without rum fears that officers and men will be sickly; \"send us rum or we perish,\" must be the burden of his song as it was in the letter of the brave Montgomery to Gen. Schuyler. In a postscript asks that the letter may be sent to Gov. Rutledge by way of an apology for not writing to him; Col. Horry will explain why the letter to Gen. Lincoln was opened; the intelligence it contained was not wholly true; only apart of the enemy's forces have gone to Savannah; begs that he will not forget the rum, rum, rum."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (Sheldon, 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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1779-07-14
- date_start
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1779-07-14
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1779-07-14