- unitid
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{"value"=>"278375", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8246", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Apr. 23, 1759", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1759-04-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [James] Burd"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter of the 10th; they are well contented now that spring is here, and would rather remain than make a fatiguing march down the country to form the rear of the army; the troops here and at Legonier have suffered greatly for want of surgeons; Dr. Johnston has greatly obliged him by attending the people at this post, but cannot care for all; the enemy keeps peppering away on the communications; praises Col. [Henry] Bouquet, who is to command here; thanks Burd and Col. [John] Armstrong for their endeavours to obtain an augmentation of pay from the Assembly; a number of officers in the battalions of Burd and Armstrong ought to be broke; he made an excursion to Chartier old Town, which he thinks one of the finest places in America for a strong post."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mercer, Hugh (Pittsburgh, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1759
- date_inclusive_end
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1759
- keydate
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1759-04-23
- date_start
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1759-04-23
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1759-04-23