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{"value"=>"278552", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 8974", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 13, 1785", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1785-12-13"}
- 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"=>"He is under the necessity of proving to the present Congress the agreement he made with that of 1776, a statement of which agreement he prefixes to this letter; requests Gates's support of his declaration, Gates being well aware of the facts; [Elbridge] Gerry and [John] Witherspoon have testified in his favor; time must determine in what manner the justice of the United States will decide his claims; from their generosity he has nothing to hope."}
- 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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1785-12-13
- date_start
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1785-12-13
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1785-12-13