- unitid
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{"value"=>"275301", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 736", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Sept. 7, 1780", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1780-09-07"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Udny Hay, State Agent"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S., Melancton Smith, Assistant State Agent. 1 page. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Finds some persons buying flour in his district for the French fleet, and paying in specie; the supply bill prohibits every one except the agent of the state and his assistants from purchasing for the army, but this prohibition does not extend to the French forces; thinks permitting these persons to buy will be detrimental to the collecting of supplies for the state, besides raising prices and depreciating the new bills and opening a door for speculators to export flour; recommends that he lay the matter before the Legislature."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Smith, Melancton (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1780
- date_inclusive_end
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1780
- keydate
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1780-09-07
- date_start
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1780-09-07
- date_end
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1780-09-07