- unitid
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{"value"=>"278493", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8729", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Feb. 23, 1784", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1784-02-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Horatio] Gates"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Baron Steuben is going to Annapolis, and needs Gates's assistance with Congress; he is the last they have to provide for; many of their sins could be forgiven if they make atonement by doing justice to this valuable officer; Gates must tell the New England men about the economy brought into the army by Steuben, and of the waste before he came; alludes to Steuben's services in teaching officers and men, and his good qualities; in his own country he had an income of 600 guineas; he has now but a pittance of what he brought with him; praises his Plan for a military establishment, which would make the country formidable without endangering its civil liberties."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Peters, Richard (Belmont, Philadelphia, Pa.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1784
- date_inclusive_end
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1784
- keydate
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1784-02-23
- date_start
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1784-02-23
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1784-02-23