- unitid
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{"value"=>"278499", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8749", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Aug. 23, 1781", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781-08-23"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [George] Washington"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Having heard that Congress had resolved to exchange the Convention officers, he recommends himself as being anxious to go into the field again; he served in the Southern Department ever since Gen. Provost's invasion, and was captured at Charlestown; his knowledge of the ground would make his services useful; asks that his certificate of exchange be sent him without delay so that he may not reach the army too late."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Cambray, Count de (Philadelphia, Pa.)", "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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1781-08-23
- date_start
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1781-08-23
- date_end
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1781-08-23