- unitid
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{"value"=>"278264", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 7762", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"July 1755", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1755-07"}
- keydate
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1755-07
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gov. [Horatio] Sharpe [Annapolis]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Disappointing action of the Assembly in adjourning to Sept. 1st without complying with the General's demand for cannon and stores; he hopes Maryland and Virginia will undertake to do the whole and depend on being reimbursed whenever Parliament puts the colonies on a proper footing; sends a letter from Gov. Shirley for laying an embargo on all provisions; the French fleet is at Louisburgh, with Admiral Boscawen before it; he is setting out to form a magazine near Shippensburgh; danger to the back settlements; Gov. Dinwiddie has ordered two pieces of cannon to Fort Cumberland and the Ohio; a party of the enemy appears to be between Fort Cumberland and the army."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Morris, Robert Hunter, ca. 1700-1764 (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1755
- date_inclusive_end
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1755
- date_start
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1755-07
- date_end
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1755-07