- unitid
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{"value"=>"278243", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7718", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 30, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-01-30"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Commodore [Abraham] Whipple"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Has no doubt of his ability to carry out his instructions for acting with his frigates as a protection to Charleston, nor of his zeal and that of his officers in the common cause: his duty will be to prevent the enemy's ships from entering the harbor, and if that is impracticable to oppose them at Fort Moultrie; has recently heard that with an easterly wind and a flood tide it will be impossible for a ship to lie with her broadside to the bar, to ascertain this orders him to have the bar and shoals sounded and buoyed, to reconnoitre the harbor, and report results to him. Contemporary copy."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Charles Town)", "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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1780-01-30
- date_start
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1780-01-30
- date_end
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1780-01-30