- unitid
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{"value"=>"278551", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8973", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Oct. 17, 1785", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1785-10-17"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to [Horatio] Gates"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 4 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"His presence is necessary to his affairs in Europe; before he sails, desires a final settlement with the United States; [Elbridge] Gerry and others have offered to testify to the conditions on which his servises were accepted; reminds Gates, who was then president of the board of war, that he offered himself as a volunteer, asking no pay except for necessary expenses; he had relinquished an income of 600 guineas a year; he asked only, that if the United States should be successful and his services be deemed satisfactory, he should have this sacrifice made good; in case of failure he expected nothing; the committee applauded this proposition, and Congress ordered him to join the army."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Steuben, Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand von, Baron (New York)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1785
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1785
- keydate
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1785-10-17
- date_start
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1785-10-17
- date_end
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1785-10-17