- unitid
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{"value"=>"278362", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8213", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Jan. 15, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-01-15"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [John] Sullivan"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letters of the 8th and 10th inst.; states his opinion as to the nature of flags of truce, that they are partial cessations of hostility, covering only those immediately concerned in them; there can be no doubt as to the case in question, concerning a certain captured vessel; sends some York papers."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Prescott, Robert (Newport, R.I.)", "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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1779-01-15
- date_start
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1779-01-15
- date_end
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1779-01-15