- unitid
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{"value"=>"278435", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8444", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 19, 1783", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1783-10-19"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to the Consul of the United States at Port L'Orient, France"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The American Army instituted a society by the name of the Cincinnati; Maj. L'Enfant, bearer of this, undertook to direct several engravings necessary for the society, which are to be done in France; McDougall, as treasurer-general, has desired L'Enfant to forward the same, when completed, through the Consul; in view of the condition of the American officers, all unnecessary expense must be avoided."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"McDougall, Alexander (Highlands, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1783
- date_inclusive_end
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1783
- keydate
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1783-10-19
- date_start
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1783-10-19
- date_end
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1783-10-19