- unitid
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{"value"=>"278566", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 9049", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Dec. 5, 1776", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776-12-05"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to Gen. [Lachlan] McIntosh, Savanna, Ga."}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. 4o", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Sends intelligence received by the President [John Rutledge] the day before, from Philadelphia; a gentleman who escaped from the enemy informed Gen. Green that 10,000 troops were to be embarked for this state; a fleet of transports sailed eastward; the master of the vessel that brought the letter reported sixteen men-of-war between the Capes of Delaware and Cape Hatteras; speculates as to the enemy's designs; retreat of Carleton; Howe wounded; after the news reached England of the success at Sullivant's Island mugs were struck off showing Gen. Washington with a palmetto tree and an inscription; if the punch-bowl and handkerchief merchants will be as bold, a fig for Lord North and Sackville; asks him to help Gen. [Robert] Howe with horses."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Charles Town, S.C.)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1776
- date_inclusive_end
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1776
- keydate
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1776-12-05
- date_start
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1776-12-05
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1776-12-05