- unitid
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{"value"=>"278248", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7723", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Feb. 28, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-02-28"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Commodore [Abraham] Whipple"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"1/2 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Directs him to send the brigs Notre Dame and Gen. Lincoln to anchor within the bar, in such a way as to prevent the enemy from; buoying the channel; they must take such a station as to deceive the enemy and draw them on the shoals; the three Continental frigates and the Bricole are to be anchored near Fort Moultrie to assist in defending the channel; states that the British are throwing up works at Fort Johnston; authorizes him to annoy them if it can be done without risk to the ships. Contemporary copy."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 (Charlestown, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
{"value"=>"Whipple, Abraham", "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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1780-02-28
- date_start
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1780-02-28
- date_end
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1780-02-28