- unitid
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{"value"=>"278562", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9026", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"May 18, 1778", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778-05-18"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to President [Henry] Laurens [York, Penn.]"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Acknowledges letter inclosing a resolve of Congress dated Apr. 28 accepting his resignation; he had not intended that his letter of Apr. 22, which occasioned this action, should be understood otherwise than as a protest against remaining in Albany during the coming campaign; he wrote on the same date to Gens. Washington and Gates, to the same effect; he wishes to serve in the field, or not at all; he is the senior French officer in America; he came over on the invitation of [Silas] Deane; if he is now to be discharged he asks that he be given such a certificate as is customary."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Conway, Thomas (Albany, N.Y.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1778
- date_inclusive_end
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1778
- keydate
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1778-05-18
- date_start
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1778-05-18
- date_end
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1778-05-18