- unitid
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{"value"=>"278338", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8130", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 8, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-01-08"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Thomas Jefferson?]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"A detachment of horse under Col. Washington totally defeated a party of 250 tories under Col. Vernor, about twenty miles from Ninety-Six; the enemy is preparing a movement, probably against Morgan's force; Morgan will not let himself be surprised, and will keep himself so situated that he may fight or not, as he thinks best; Col. Lea [Henry Lee] has arrived with his Legion, and Col. [John] Green is expected; even so, they cannot raise more than 1,500 men fit for action; scarcity of provisions; the country around Morgan has been eaten up by militia horse; remissness of North Carolina in the matter of supplies; that state has not 500 men in the field; 100 are with this part of the army; he will send a monthly return of the militia."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Stevens, Edward (Camp Hick's Creek, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1781
- date_inclusive_end
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1781
- keydate
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1781-01-08
- date_start
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1781-01-08
- date_end
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1781-01-08